TheBrownBear

Sam Mills was a hell of a linebacker at 5'9". Might have been more like 5'7"-5'8", given how sports players/teams like to inflate guys' heights. Then again, the OP admitted to being 5'8" on the Internet, so he's probably closer to 5'4"

One of my best friends from HS went on to play sprint football at the Naval Academy. Maybe he was referring to that.

I might as well share my body as well.

Great thread. Lol. Kudos to Dennison for sticking by his guns and choosing to retire from NFL coaching. No problem with the guys who make this decision, unlike dudes like Beas who just whine and create a distraction for their teammates.

Beas ain't a racist. He's just an idiot. Maybe CTE set in during the offseason. But he needs to quit his whining and either get the damn vaccine or form an anti-vax football league with Hopkins and his other buddies.

Based on Josh's career progression to this point, I expect something in the neighborhood of 75% completion, 55 TDs and 6000 yards.

Thanks. I can now put "NFL Quarterback Physique" in my dating profile.

I do quite a bit of road cycling (logged 4500 miles in the past year) and love it, but it is dangerous as hell, even here in Southern California where there's tons of bike lanes and cyclists out and about. If you let your guard down for a minute, you can find yourself dead. I've had multiple instances where I've nearly been killed because of idiot drivers (and sometimes other cyclists blowing through stop signs/lights, passing/cutting me off without a heads up, etc.). Two weeks ago I'm sitting on my bike in the right of two left hand turn lanes at a busy intersection waiting for a light. I was about a mile from home and totally pooped after logging 60+ miles, so I wasn't in the sharpest mental state. The light turns green, the car on my left starts pulling out, blocking my view, and I mindlessly pedal out into the intersection. The car slams his breaks and I look left and a speeding car comes barreling through the red light (a young woman with her face in her phone) and misses my front tire by an inch. If I had pulled out a little quicker, I'd be dead.

Reading about the ERPO now. First I've heard of it. Poor guy must really be messed up. Clearly, this isn't one bad night. Can't help but think CTE is playing a major role in this.

If we didn't already have Breida locked up, I'd consider it. Maybe if there's an injury in the training camp?

Interesting that Sherman just recently began working with a mental/brain health company. Doesn't acknowledge any personal issues, but there's been other interviews he's given in the past where he expressed concern about the mental wellbeing of players. Maybe he knew it was coming for him? https://www.forbes.com/sites/yolarobert1/2021/06/09/nfls-richard-sherman-teams-up-with-healthtech-company-nurosene-to-shed-light-on-mental-and-brain-health/?sh=30ad17d2295a https://finance.yahoo.com/video/richard-sherman-investing-mental-health-212341981.html His last tweet was drawing attention to a seminar regarding treatment of concussions.

Who the hell ranks Diggs #8?

Might be getting a little ahead of ourselves with the CTE talk. Could just be a dude with depressive tendencies and a drinking problem. I have a couple of friends who unfortunately occasionally find themselves in similar situations when they go on their benders. Otherwise good people, but not when they are on the drink.

Yikes. Article below contains details from the 911 call. Sounds like an acute psychiatric episode of some sort. Hate to bring up CTE, but... https://mynorthwest.com/3034674/former-seahawks-cb-richard-sherman-reportedly-booked-into-jail/ Edit: Missed this little detail on the first read: "Moss assured dispatchers that he did not have weapons, but he had been drinking vodka and Hennessy"

I have no doubt about that. I knew some athletes that were dumb as rocks. But then again, I took a freshman writing/literature class and I was horrified by how many of my fellow non-athlete classmates couldn't form a single coherent thought in their writing. It was shocking. Multiple 18 year olds who couldn't write as well as my 7 year old son.

Yikes! Sounds like he really tied one on the last couple of days.

Clearly! Look at that chain around his neck and his defiant glare in his mugshot!!!

Sounds like he'd fit in with Mac Jones. Pats should sign him.

Athletes get perks, yes. And the way bigtime college athletics is set up is a joke to begin with. For the majority of schools, they'll take anyone who can write their name and then stick them in a bunch of bogus classes to keep them eligible (e.g., North Carolina). But playing football is essentially a full-time job for them. It ain't easy, physically or mentally, busting your butt the way these guys do at top college football programs, and then trying to play the role of full-time student as well. Having said that, Stanford does have much higher academic standards for incoming athletes than the rest of Division I. I too attended a top-25 school with high-major Division I athletic programs (football, basketball, baseball, etc.). It was well known that the "true student athletes" first choice was almost always Stanford. There were many football and basketball recruits where we had to sit and hope that they wouldn't clear Stanford admissions, so we could get them at our prestigious university. As I said, Stanford pretty thoroughly vets their incoming athletes. If Sherman got into Stanford with a 1080 SAT (not sure if this is true, but it's been quoted in this thread), you can be sure there were plenty of other non-athletic (academic, leadership, community involvement) factors that led to him receiving a Stanford offer (like being a salutatorian and having a 4.2 GPA). The guy clearly isn't intellectually stupid (I'll reserve judgment on Sherman's decision-making until the facts of this case come to light). Also, as an aside, there's plenty of shady behavior and systematic cheating among the general student population at top schools. Heck, in my fraternity we had a huge test bank and term paper library that we could use if needed (I didn't, but it was certainly available to me). It's not exclusive to athletes.

AP classes are weighted higher, so you can actually come close to having a 5.0 GPA on the 4.0 scale. I think my graduating high school GPA was something like 4.34.

Probably, one of these videos on the Players Tribune. Comes across very thuggish and violent. https://www.theplayerstribune.com/videos/theyre-gonna-use-us-up-by-richard-sherman https://www.theplayerstribune.com/videos/eat-well-play-well-richard-sherman-kelley-ohara-charity-morgan

I don't know about the SAT (I didn't do any prep), but for the LSAT (which, btw, Mensa accepts for admission), test prep makes a huge difference. I've witnessed a lot of folks go from mid-150s (slightly above average) to 168-172 because of intensive test prep. That's the difference between going to Duke vs. Georgia State School of Law.

He also was his school's salutatorian, was voted most likely to succeed and graduated with a 4.2 GPA. He's no dummy.

You're right in that he's no genius, but an 1100+ SAT on the old scale is above average. It's not as if he's an idiot from a pure intelligence perspective (not decision making obviously). But yes, nowhere close to normal admit scores for Stanford (any Ivy or any other top 25 university).

I have a James Hardy jersey. Got it right before his rookie season.