Robert James

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Agreed!

I'm guessing Mahomes, Burrow, and Jalen Hurts are all ranked ahead of him. They've got to be in the top 50.

Robert James. He had 9 total career interceptions, played in 3 Pro Bowls, and is on the Wall of Fame. He also roomed with O.J. Simpson when the team played road games.

I just renewed my subscription. The initial sign-up page has a heading reading: "Get a Limited Time Offer for the Rest of this Offseason." It also has fine print at the bottom of the page that says: "Limited time offer pricing is for the rest of this offseason only" This could mean that you are paying for a subscription for offseason content only, and that appears to be the case. After signing up for the $9.99 subscription, I looked at the "manage my subscription" feature, and it says my annual $79.99 subscription "Renews automatically on 8/1/2023"

McDermott is very good at coaching the team in general, but not good at coaching the team during games.

https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-declare-mitch-morse-and-boogie-basham-out-for-bears-game-week-16

I suggest posting of video showing us how you are currently throwing the football. Then let all of us send our corrections/instructions. That should be helpful. O almeno divertente!

Serious question: Can a player be fined when no foul is called? If not, then no, AJ won't be fined.

Yes, for purposes of this law. See the text below. However, I find it odd that New York forbids you from buying cigarettes or drinking until you are 21, but sets the age of consent for sexual relations at 17 . . . . "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 3 of section 30.10 of the criminal procedure law, as separately amended by chapters 3 and 320 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: (f) For purposes of a prosecution involving a sexual offense as defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law, other than a sexual offense delineated in paragraph (a) of subdivision two of this section, committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, ***** in the first, second or third degree as defined in sections 255.27, 255.26 and 255.25 of the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, or use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of the penal law, the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the child has reached the age of [eighteen] TWENTY-THREE or the offense is reported to a law enforcement agency or statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment, whichever occurs earlier."

I thought she had to be well outside the statute of limitations as well. However, see the last paragraph of the article: "And in February, Cuomo signed into law the Child Victims Act, which allows survivors of child sexual assault to pursue criminal felony charges until they turn 28, and file a civil lawsuit before age 55." She was 17 -- and therefore legally a child -- at the time of the alleged assault. Thirty years later she is well within the statute of limitations under this law. billsfan1959 posted the complaint filed on her behalf, and it cites the Child Victim's Act.

Definitely bad journalism. And as is you note, it hits at the very heart of what it means to be American. I believe it was George Washington who said: "Question not the lobbyists, nor those who do PR. And if ever football shall become a thing, let each man pay his share. Never shall the rich be made to compensate for that from which they profit."

I don't think anyone's calling for universal vaccination. It's more that if you sign a contract under which your employer has to pay you $30 million, you should honor that contract.

Who do you think is overlooking them? Every power ranking I've seen has had them listed as the number 1 team in the NFL for the entire season.

Except that the Browns will have their wide receivers against the Steelers backups. https://www.nbc4i.com/sports/nfl/nfl-cleveland/browns-covid-contact-players-eligible-to-return-thursday/

Agreed. Bennett for 2 first round picks, 1 second round pick, and an RB. Hughes for Kelvin Sheppard who played only four full seasons in the NFL following the trade.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/titans-shut-down-facility-once-again-after-staff-member-tests-positive-for-covid-19/

Patriots at number 4 is way too high. Way too many questions, including what their QB situation will look like.

Potomac Drainage Basin Indigenous Persons (credit Gregg Easterbrook)

I didn't want to personalize it, so I chose to make my point from a broader perspective. I think the broader perspective is important because, whether or not we advocated for it, it reflects the country we live in. I also think we should take that reality into account when evaluating the NFL's efforts to acknowledge the profound problems with the way black Americans have been treated in our democracy. Seen from that perspective, I don't think playing the Black National Anthem once is much of a burden.

The Powers that Be over the past 200+ years: Black people count as three fifths of a person; enslaving black people is perfectly legal; okay slavery is not legal but black people can't live in white neighborhoods; separate but equal; black people can't vote; okay black people can vote but good luck getting to a polling place; black people can't marry white people; black children can't go to school with white children; okay black children can go to school with white children, but we're going to make it very hard to live in white school districts; what's with these black people, why do they live in these horrible neighborhoods; we need stricter policing; etc., etc., etc. Black America: Black Lives Matter; Give Us True Equality! The Powers that Be: Stop being so divisive!!

Follow the link in the initial post to hear the black national anthem. The black nation (which is a figurative expression) is our fellow citizens of color.

That might have been appropriate if whites had been enslaved for centuries, and then disenfranchised, lynched, subjected to Jim Crow, subjected to segregation, ghettoized, and discriminated against systematically for the next 150+ years. It could also be argued that the National Anthem in a sense is kind of a white anthem, since it was written to celebrate a country ruled by whites at a time when slavery was completely legal.

It seems completely appropriate to me. People across the country are collectively recognizing the centuries-old problem of racial inequity and taking actions to address it. Seventy percent of NFL players are black. Playing the black national anthem before the first game of this NFL season is a fitting way to acknowledge the problem. And advocating for greater equality is completely patriotic.

If you see it as an issue between the employer and the employees, then you should have no problem. Here's what the Pegulas had to say when Bills players kneeled: "Our players have the freedom to express themselves in a respectful and thoughtful manner and we all agreed that our sole message is to provide and to promote an environment that is focused on love and equality." https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/2017/09/24/buffalo-bills-donald-trump-remarks-nfl-reaction/697856001/