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This is probably the best solution, bolded. I remember saying the pledge with hand over heart in elementary school. Not sure if they do that now, or if kids even know what the Pledge of Allegiance is.

Coming from you, I'll take this treasured 'advice' with a grain of salt.

The Patriots cast offs can hop aboard the Bucs bandwagon and root for Mongo and Tawhmie.

I hope the Pats do sign Kap and he starts, though I realistically doubt either happens

Because he didn't listen to the initial order to back away and held his ground. The mayor justified the police response. Here is a source of reference: https://www.tmz.com/2020/06/06/buffalo-mayor-knocked-down-elderly-man-agitator-martin-gugino-cops/

Are you a law man? I would bet that if the cops could have arrested him, they would have. How would you know what the prosecutor will ask them? He's not a martyr...he didn't die. His intent was to 'skim' the cops radio communication signal as well as set the cops up to give an appearance of brutality.

you really don't understand the issue with the old man Martin Gugino Thanks, that wasn't so hard. When you have a point to make, it's typically expected that you provide something to communicate your point, rather than asking others to do it for you. Anyway, I did read the article and not every member or the ERT quit in solidarity with the two officers, though some did as specified in the article. Not all 57 people in a group are going to have the same motives for taking a certain action. Point taken that it was union related.

He was inciting the crowd all day long, was provoking the cops, then attempted to skim their police radio signals with an app on his cell phone (when approached by police) while his antifa buddy filmed the entire incident. The old man was known by the Buffalo Mayor and asked to leave, which he did not. What the public saw regarding the old agitator being pushed to the ground and bleeding from his ear is exactly what he and antifa wanted you to see.

Ah, got it...thanks. I can see how black men would take offense to Fromm's joke.

So you're not going to supply a link to support your point? Lazy. Yeah, but I'm sure I'm the one who needs education...

You mean Fromm tweets? This is interesting re: hip hop lyrics and Modern Family. I just figured it was a dumb joke, but did not think it was racist.

That was obvious this past season, where NE blocked a punt after noticing a weakness in blocking assignments just a few weeks after Philly initially beat a broken assignment and blocked a punt. The issue wasn't fixed after the Philly game and of course Belichick took advantage of it. To Farwell's credit, after those incidents, SpT wasn't really a problem, at least that I can recall.

I mentioned it was a conservative site because none of the vaunted, msm outlets either bother to disclose information that is contrary to their agenda, or are too lazy to dig deeper. CTH has been around for years and runs articles based on current events, including those that more traditional outlets cover. If that strikes you as gullible, well I guess that is your problem. Again, they have been covering events for years and digging deeper into events than WP, WSJ, NYT, etc, etc. and are typically not inaccurate. The story broke today, so more should come to light in the next few days. The site is privately owned, why do they need to disclose ownership? All they have to do is report accurately, which they do. Interesting that your factcheck.org link only seems to list more conservative leaning sites as containing 'misinformation.' No left leaning sites that I can see....hmmm. You mentioned gullible and bias? Getting back to the original issue, why did 57 Buffalo cops resign from the Emergency Response Team, and risk their careers, if these two cops did indeed harm an 'innocent' 75 year old protestor? Could it be that they know something that isn't being reported by msm outlets?

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/06/06/buffalo-officials-duped-by-professional-antifa-provocateur-arrest-and-charge-two-police-officers-righteous-police-team-stand-together-and-walk-out/ This is a conservative media link, because the mainstream media won't cover it honestly; they do not want it disclosed that these protests are ripe for far left organizations to infiltrate and use for a completely different purpose than what was intended. Look at his twitter profile, which is linked in the article and pretty telling.

You know the guy the Buffalo cops shoved to the ground was an Antifa member and professional agitator...right? Details are often left out of agendas.

The OL is the same as it was last year; who is new in the starting lineup?. We picked up Diggs and drafted a couple of rookie WRs, but otherwise we retained our WR corps. Who wanted Foster, McKenzie, John Brown, and Beasley? All of them are on the smaller side. Remember jokes about the smurfs last year? Did Beane go rogue, or did Daboll have a considerable say in who he wanted? I would have to believe McD deferred the personnel decisions and requests to Daboll since he is the OC and McD doesn't seem like a micromanager; he gave Dennison enough rope to hang himself. I believe Daboll made the offense too complex for the personnel he had. His play calling is questionable, to say the least. It's amazing that these ex-Pats position coaches who get a shot at OC make the offense complex and try to emulate what NE did with a veteran QB, who took years to learn the E-P offense. When Brady became the QB in 2001 and went to the SB that year, as well as well as 2003 and 2004 seasons, Brady wasn't the Brady of later in his career, he was developing into the QB he is (or was, at least). NE relied on their defense to win. That all seems to escape Daboll and his supporters/sympathizers. Daboll needs 11 vets, and the more all pros the better, for his offense to be effective.

Correct. My thought was that even though the offense was too complex, they still had a better passing offense than we did...with Fitzpatrick. Daboll's offense was too complex for Josh and a bunch of young, second year WRs, as well as rookie TE's. We struggled to score points, yet Daboll is retained.

Plus they ended up firing their OC.

Pro sports events are not the place to get uncomfortable. If the experience gets unpleasant, people will stop attending games like they did a few years ago when Kaepernick started the kneeling trend. The owners felt the pinch and the kneeling went away, for the most part. Nothing good will come of Sunday afternoon protests.

I don't believe most people view kneeling as an act that wants to save lives, as a matter of fact, few probably do. Most people don't view beer ads as something that is trying to kill us, most view enjoying a beer as complimentary to watching a football game. Not once have I turned on a game and said "I can't wait to see who is protesting the NA, should be fun!" I do, however, enjoy a beer during a game. You make some really good posts, but your point here is missing the mark.

Most people do not view a beer ad as offensive, there has been ads for as long as games have been on TV. There are people who do view kneeling during the NA as offensive and disrespectful to the flag/country/vets, etc. Why is it so that beer ads are not noticed and kneelers offensive? Most people don't want to deal with social issues and protests on Sunday afternoons and just want to watch the game.

I'm lost on equating beer ads with Kaepernick's protests. I have no idea how you came up with that apples to oranges comparison. Whether you agree with it or not, people view Kaepernick's stance disrespectful; no one thinks twice about a beer ad.

on my side? Am I a Confederate Army General, or something?

I see. It's ok then for people to pay $100+ for a ticket to get into a game, in addition to paying an exorbitant amount for food and drinks all for the privilege of being educated, made to feel uncomfortable, etc by people who take it upon themselves to voice (including their actions) the misdeeds of a small amount of American police forces? Imagine if any other business got into customer's faces about <name the issue> and expected the customer to come back; won't happen. Same with the NFL, and no, it is not too big to fail. Careful about what you're proposing.

I mentioned that it would be good if politicians stopped making public statements (incl tweets) about the NFL. But like players, politicians are human too, though it is actually their job to comment on social issues. Again, I would like to see them not comment on pro sports like I would like to see players not display their social issue opinions on game day. A national consensus and police accountability would be good. Not all police are good guys; I went to college in a small mid Atlantic, mid southern town. The local police force was highly regarded and never questioned. That leads to abuses.