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I think a lot of NFL fans feel for players who end up disabled because of the choice they make to play the game, unless said fans are complete sociopaths . The bottom line remains it is a choice. I feel a lot worse for miners, soldiers, and fisherman who do dangerous jobs that come with a lot less pay. That said, what the Colts fans did the other day was inane. Additionally, give the owners thing a break. Its an incredibly tired argument that stems more from class jealousy than anything else. We all have bosses who come from better financial standing than we do. In many cases, those bosses sacrifice less of their life and health for the good of the company. Society really needs to start moving away from this lack of consequences thing we have going on. Does it suck when an alcoholic's liver and kidneys go bad, yes. But, no one is forcing alcohol down their throat. They are adults who made a bad choice which has negative consequences. In the same vein football players are not victims. The facts about the dangers of the game are out there. They can no longer claim ignorance. Agreed, Rodgers is a weird guy.

With all due respect I think this idea took on a life of its own when Mario started complaining about it. Pretty sure he dropped into coverage on less than 5% of the snaps that year. The real story was he hit the wall hard at 30, and thought too highly of himself to be a team player. The guy lost it, and quick. He made excuses for himself, and negative journalists like Sully ran with it because someone was giving him attention and material. Was a great player for us. But Rex wasnt Mario's issue. He wasnt any better in Miami the next year.

Really like Yellow Ledbetter. I dont understand a word Eddie says but I sing along all the yebba debbas. Just Breathe has become one of my more favorite chill out and think songs as well.

Listen I understand. I have a very similar existence. I listen to podcasts at work and WGR on my way home. I skip the youtube. Just try not to generalize on the things that make people worthless nerds. Tends to be that people judge others on things they take enjoyment in. We all work our butts off (I think) so try not to kill what little joy a working life allows people.

Grew up on SRV. If I really need to zen out I throw on Lenny or his version of Little Wing. Was just playing Life by the Drop this weekend. I'd throw him above Hendrix because I enjoy Southern Blues a little more than what Hendrix was doing stylistically. Toss up between Clapton and SRV.

The real NFL is perpetuated by stats and numbers geeks. I think its a pretty hard generalization to say only nerds who didnt play football play fantasy football. I played it, and now coach it. I also take part in two leagues because my friends asked me to be a part of it. Not for nothing, were you not the guy in another post who spends his day listening to podcasts, wgr, and watching youtube at night? Glass houses my friend.

This is incredibly well put. The benefits my kids get from being a part of a team outweigh the risks right now.

Because Flores wants to be fired in the next three years.

1. Tom Brady made Bill Belichick. BB was 41-55 as a head coach prior to Brady, had one winning season in the 6 without Brady. Hasnt had a losing season since. 2. College Athletes should not be paid. They get free education, free food, free housing, free medical attention, and leave college with a degree if they have any sort of foresight. Additionally, many of them leave school with no student loan debt. I understand coaches make millions, but every business, and I am sorry but college is a business, has a wage scale. If they dont like not being paid, they could always get a job right out of high school. 3. I know Aaron Rodgers is good, I see it in the stats and the wins. Yet, there is a small part of me that thinks he is overrated. 4. I love the color rush jerseys and hate the white on blue uniforms.

No. I am telling you the documented head injuries for kids who participate in these sports at an amateur level are similar. CTE is different than a head injury. However, plenty of research shows the likelihood of a Hockey Player developing CTE is similar to a football player considering the force of hits in those sports. I dont see a lot of outrage for amateur hockey players. The bottom line is football is a more popular sport and more likely to gain attention which is where the outrage comes from. Head injuries, which again are not CTE, are similar in Soccer, Lacrosse, and Gymnastics due to the likelihood of contact to the head.

I gave in and let my kid play this year, he has been asking since he was 5. I made sure I could coach as I wanted to be as close to the field as possible. With that said, the studies out there for public consumption say Soccer, Lacrosse, Gymnastics, and Wrestling all have comparable head injury rates.

You have a 200 million dollar cap next year, and a Qb still 3 years away from his payday. Youre going to need to pay someone. Id love a 6"5 255 pound defensive end who played 83% of his teams defensive stats on my team. I am all for it.

If I were the Colts I'd be calling the Giants and seeing what they want for Eli.

Six passes. Please God let this preseaon end already.

Yes. They arent keeping both of them. Id be willing to bet it.

I had to go back and watch it. It was brutal, but a bit conflicted on how dirty it was. Aaron had his eyes on the ball carrier and didnt look at Jarvis until a second before he got smacked. Jarvis certainly wasn't using any sort of blocking technique so in that sense it really isnt part of the game because he was hitting more than he was blocking but a lot of chip blocks on a defender coming backside look a lot like that, just not in the speed of the open field. In comparison the Gronk elbow drop was after a play, out of bounds and a wrestling move.

Exactly, youre going out to keep things light. Life is stressful enough, and people get so weird about money. Best thing to do is try to avoid those sort of situations.

Agreed. Anything else is awkward and for some reason so many people wait until the bill comes to decide.

Granted my wife and I dont go out with other couples often, but we do have one close set of friends. For me, I'd rather just pay the bill for our friends, and not have to worry about splitting the bill or figuring out who ate what and how much. Now that we have done this a couple times, the other couple will just offer to take us to dinner. The next time we do the same. Its worked into a nice cadence and no one has to worry or be weird about money.

I think the exact opposite. I think both he and Antonio Brown are going to find out that its not quite as easy without Big Ben.

There is only a handful of players I'd ever want to see the Bills give up a first for, and they are all quarterbacks.

Feel like the teams that make the most sense are Tampa Bay and LAC. I also think any team that trades a draft pick for a over 30 running back is out of their mind. If you wanted to get real creative on this one we could start talking about a trade involving Shady and Melvin Gordon.

I agree, I dont think the Eagles are giving up a 3rd for McCoy with Sanders and Howard already there. However, I've never thought the Bills were going to keep both McCoy and Gore going into the season. I think its been a competition from the outset between those two guys, and one of them isn't making the opening day roster.

He loves Tyrod, RG3, and Kaepernick as well. Thinks they all got raw deals while, and I quote "Big Slow White Guys" keep getting second chances. What can you do except turn off the radio.

Apologies, given your other response I thought you were serious. I may be a bit touchy about the subject. Should have considered the forum we are in.