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I realise that we’re supposed to clown on this thread, but I want to respond. Cook didn’t hold out! He was a full participant at Minicamp and isn’t causing problems in the locker room. He’s making social media noise, which annoys fans, but he is going to play regardless. For this season, this is a non-story. Do I wish that it was a WR who was so good that he had outplayed his contract and was making harmless noise for more money? Yes. Yes I do.

You have to have a big personality as a HC if the team is located in what is essentially a beach resort with nightclubs.

Fans always talk about CBs transitions to safety to talk themselves into trades for aging CBs.

People are judging the players against each other, and in this case, Fitzpatrick is a better player than Ramsay at this point. But the Fins just traded their #1 CB and #1TE for a Safety. That's a bad trade and it doesn't matter how good the safety is.

Lawrence is such an interesting case. All the physical gifts are there, but he lacks mental resilience. I think that vaunted 68-game winning streak in high school and college meant that he never learned to pick himself off the mat. It just came so easy for him; he was always the best guy on the best team. When the losing started in Jacksonville, a sort of apathy set in from which he has yet to recover. It also doesn't help that the entire organization in Jacksonville seems like an afterthought. If Jacksonville decides to cut bait and he goes to the Steelers next offseason, I think we might see a Mayfield-like resurrection.

Exactly. Wealthy people don't go broke. They declare bankruptcy all the time and keep their jets and houses. They stash half in the Caymen's or in Switzerland and declate themselves broke to get out of paying debts. Then they do it again in a few years.

He just spent a week in a luxury hotel in Dubai.

I think it's hard for people not in WNY to understand how little attention the NHL gets in the U.S. in non-traditional hockey markets. I live in Cincinnati. We have an NHL team an hour and a half away in Columbus, and they might as well not exist. The Cavs get a lot more attention here, and Cleveland is three hours away.

Absolutely! But I thought it was interesting how close to the Watson signing those meetings were and how much that impacted the Lamar Jackson negotiations.

Those owners meetings took place from 3/27-3/30, 2022. DeShawn Watson signed that contract on 3/18, 2022. The owners were in shock.

The contrast between your smiling face in your profile picture and your ultra-negative takes is always jarring.

Are we going to keep having this argument about nothing instead of talking about the fact that AB was in Tehran last week and is currently in Dubai? He’ll end up in Pyongyang. He’s gone full Rodman.

People forget that. At that time, he only looked like a locker room distraction like TO. The real crazy didn't seep out until he got to the Raiders. The Steelers tight organization hides a lot of crazy. Rule #1. If he's too crazy for Tomlin, he's far too crazy for you. Cowboys are about to learn this lesson the hard way.

Yes! Yes! Yes! Remember when I posted MJ Lenderman to the general music thread? That's him on the Jazzmaster. They're from Asheville.

Not at all. They just got burned by Jermaine Burton last year so they wanna rewrite the boilerplate contract language so they can keep drafting bad dudes without paying the financial price.

So, modern(ish) American movies: Dazed and Confused Big Lebowski Annie Hall (I feel wrong for posting this, but I really love the movie) French Connection Royal Tenenbaums

They want the ability to draft guys with character "concerns" and not have to pay the cost when the issues inevitably arise. They got burned by Jermaine Burton just this past year. That's what this is about. And lookie here! Pac Man Jones is still getting arrested: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2025/06/11/adam-pacman-jones-pleads-not-guilty-to-assaulting-officer/84136075007/

Shemar Stewart agrees with you. Here is a quote from him: "I'm not asking for nothing y’all (the team) has never done before,” Stewart said. “But in y’all (the team’s) case, y'all (the team) just want to win arguments (more) than winning more games."

Mike Brown is not cheap. He's poor for an NFL owner. His only valuable asset is the small-market team.

Jeffery Lurie has a metric 💩 ton of cash and spends it kicking cap hits down the road. Mike Brown does not.

I have long given up trying to understand what the Bengals do, but they do have a new DC. It makes some sense that he might have wanted to see everyone in person in offseason workouts before deciding who to release.

James Cook

The modern media uses our cognitive biases against us to generate clicks.

But the Bills are about to trade Cook to the Cowboys. Or at least they are in the fantasy world of Pro Football Network rumor-maker Brandon Austin.