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What I find most disconcerting is that 100% of Americans are fully convinced that 50% of Americans are mentally disturbed. The United States has always been a Yin and Yang kind of thing with liberalism and conservatism forming a complementary dynamic, that when in sync can produce incredible results. But the force of one always matches the other. We've gone through multiple iterations in American history where one side has seemed to capture control only to see the other side rise up to meet it and turn the tide. We are a little over 20 years into wide-spread internet access. I think we are starting to see the negative ramifications of it. Ramifications that no one had any way of knowing, because such rapid access to information had never been available before in history. This is both good and bad. No matter what you believe—and in America you can believe literally anything—you can find news, opinions, and stories that are perfectly tailored to fit your narrative. Don't like what Fox News has to say, you can turn on MSNBC. Don't like what MSNBC has to say? You can turn on Fox News. Don't like what corporate media has to say? You can turn on Joe Rogan. The positive is that we have freedom of choice. We have so much freedom of choice. The downside is that, generally speaking, people don't actually want freedom. We can't handle it, that's why religion had to be invented. It was inevitable. We needed rules, guidelines, and something that told us all of this time on earth meant something. A few years ago, I began seeing a lot of studies about developed nations and religion. The general finding was that as developed nations become wealthier, people become less religious. Or, as countries become less religious, they become wealthier. It's kind of a chicken or the egg argument, but there seems to be a correlation. From my perspective, the extremely religious population (from a myriad of beliefs and denominations) has gone from being an afterthought to once again being at the center of American politics. They've risen up to meet the rise in the more atheistic liberalism that seemed to be the status quo for the past few decades. This isn't the first time that this happened either. None of this should be surprising. After all, the first Europeans to land here were religious extremists that had been exiled from England because their religion was considered, well, too extreme. In America, you can start a religion almost as easily as you can start a business. There's something for nearly any belief. Don't like what one denomination teaches, join another. There's a trend I've seen, and it's that as Americans, we're born with a sense of privilege and a belief that we're God's greatest gift to the world. On an individual level, we're all convinced that we're right and everyone else is wrong. We tell ourselves that we're free thinkers while getting all of our information from slanted external sources. 99.9% of us are not free thinkers but 100% of us sure as hell think that we are. Are we heading towards a civil war? I think we've never stopped fighting the first one and frankly, I don't know that we're capable of not fighting it. But this new civil war is fought without uniforms and generals. It's fought with mass shootings at schools, parades, churches, grocery stores, and concerts. It's fought on Twitter and YouTube, and Fox News, and MSNBC, and CNN. It's fought on Reddit and message boards. But mostly, it's fought in our own heads and in our beliefs. Put your weapons down and be good to each other.

I clicked on a political forum on Two Bills Drive once.

I'd probably go all defense and say: London Fletcher - replace Edmunds or Milano Aaron Schobel - replace Epenesa or Basham Nate Clements - Put him across from White while Elam learns Larry Centers could be interesting... he caught 80 passes in 2001 as a FB!

Oh man, love some Taron Johnson. I love even more that his NFL career started with him taking a football straight to the face at the NFL combine.

There's a tradition in pro wrestling where the biggest stars—at the end of their career—go out on their back. I know this isn't pro wrestling, but Fitzmagic is about the closest thing the NFL has had to a pro wrestler... well, aside from that time Brock Lesner was kind of in the NFL. Anyway, Fitz should end his career on his back, preferably after being body slammed through a table.

That's Good Sports is a great channel. His weekly recaps are generally pretty entertaining. He's a Broncos fan so he hates the Chiefs... which has made him a Bills fan by default.

First, the league amends the overtime rules and now they give the Bills a 13-day rest differential? It's almost like even the league wants the Bills to win the Super Bowl. What a time to be alive.

This is like the Eric Andre Show meets Dr. Steve Brule meets the 2022 Buffalo Bills... if this team doesn't win a Super Bowl then I don't know what to believe in anymore.

Is this a good place to discuss Tremaine Edmunds? I have some thoughts...

Yeah, but instead of tweets, he just reads this forum.

I have no children... but the way I feel when I watch this video is kind of how I imagine it feels to have a child... can anyone confirm?

Well, I guess I'm in the TMZ demographic now. Great.

Oh, I know. Was mostly a joke. I'll be surprised if the USFL lasts more than a few seasons.

The author has clearly never visited this website. Interesting piece, though. As running backs continue to be less and less valued, so to are middle linebackers.

I think Jack White hates everything that isn't made by Jack White. There are 13 notes and like 10 grooves used in popular music. Everyone is ripping off everyone.

Here's a bold prediction... The NFL and the USFL will form a Premier League style alliance and every year, the worst NFL teams will get demoted to the USFL and the best USFL teams will get promoted to the NFL.

I mean, Tim Riggins was drunk the entire season when the Dillon Panthers won state. And then he got to date Lyla Garrity, so like, why aren't all of us going that route?

Introducing... Brandon's Baked Beans "How do they fit all those beans under the cap?!"

Darrelle Revis is probably the closest comparison we have in terms of position, age, status, and playing style. Revis was 27 when he tore his ACL in week 3 of 2012. Over the next 3 seasons, Revis only missed 2 games and was named all-pro multiple times, made the pro bowl 3 times, and won the comeback player of the year award in 2013. Revis played a total of 5 seasons after ACL surgery, though he only played in a handful of games in his final season with the Chiefs. Obviously, anything can happen, but I'm expecting another 3 good years from Tre White. CB play declines significantly around age 30 so I think it's reasonable to assume that his play would naturally start to decline in the next few years even without the ACL surgery. Maybe he'll convert to safety at some point? That seems to be the best move for CBs who want to extend their careers i.e. Charles Woodson.

Going into this year with absolutely no distractions. Love it.

NFL player arrests (at least among active players) seem to be right around the expected number—maybe even a tad lower than expected—compared to arrest data for entire country as indicated here: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/persons-arrested#:~:text=The estimated arrest rate for,3%2C011.0 arrests per 100%2C000 inhabitants. Not sure I'm ready to say there is a criminality issue in the NFL... unless we're talking about Josh Allen not getting a chance in overtime.

Let's not act like Tua can't make this throw... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqFzSIaSxP4 Or this one...

Nobody is more pissed about this news than Progressive, who now has to scrap all of their At Home with Baker Mayfield ads.

I haven't enjoyed 91 seconds that much since last night.

White is a 27-year-old elite athlete working with the best physical therapists and trainers available, not a 40-year-old weekend warrior doing rehab at the local strip mall limited by the number of therapy sessions his insurance plan will allow. I'd say it's more likely than not that he's going to be ready to go for the season and back to form by October. That said, I imagine they'll still add a vet or two for depth and draft a CB in RD 1 who will likely start week 1 (and probably win DROY with this defense).