The Big Cat

That's because you still believe the myth that good RBs are a dime a dozen.

And when Kiko DID play, he was more often than not a liability for the Eagles (much like his rookie season in Buffalo).

No it wasn't.

I think you're stretching. A LOT. Boy, it seems that a lot of Bills fans would rather our most important offensive weapon last season not be on our team. This is very curious indeed.

Yeah, they totally should have seen this coming.

I saw a 6'5" guy who would have had to have gone STRAIGHT dow to get at his ankles where all the kerfuffle was taking place.

Plaid matches well with solid because motorcycles don't have doors.

Thus there was no transgression. Good to know.

That's what we were all wondering too.

Manning was stripped at least twice and sacked five times...

...a 10 second runoff following a needless penalty. You honestly couldn't have scripted a moment more fitting for what was a painfully over-officious five months.

Broncos scored 18 points on "drives" that accumulated a total of 3 yards. I'm not sure Carolinas defensive scheme is what we should be questioning.

Can we change the title of this thread to "Guys on the radio in Boston Want Mario Williams"?

I've read here that brain farts can only be blamed on coaching. That said, one guy DID run into him before he fielded the punt, which is what certainly caused the confusion.

I'm not a hypocrite. I spend no money on the NFL. I also never said they SHOULD do anything. I simply stated that the choice to follow a stronger moral path is theirs.

it's funny that you think we totally disagree on this. we don't. where we do diverge, however, is on the belief that change can only be willed by the consumer masses. of course they have the power to change, but they're not alone. the ruling minority has just as much power to decide what an organization is morally obligated to. that minority can absolutely choose their own values. to suggest they cannot is akin to saying that prohibiting laws are the only things keeping you from walking into a bar and squeezing a stranger's neck until his wind pipe collapses.

It's not.

The NFL has historically had an image problem not providing their ex-players with adequate benefits. Is this news to you? Why don't they do something about it? Why should they? That's the point that has apparently eluded you. It's the reality of the situation, and some people think that's kinda ****ty. You're welcome to believe that we all live in a vacuum and that they have no obligation outside of producing revenue, and that's fine. But people who feel otherwise aren't bananas. They're conscientious. You might think that showing commercials every 43 seconds makes for a fine product. We all know the NFL will squeeze as much revenue-generating promotions into each and every broadcast. Some people think that compromises the product, which, of course is the entertainment of consuming professional football. You're welcome to feel otherwise. The people who don't aren't complaining about a company (as you say), they're complaining about the product, and their opinion is perfectly valid. The NFL is now up to its neck in a concussion crisis. You may not see it this way. But many people do. The NFL arrived at this point because they went about their merry business for as long as they could until it became a full-fledged public nuisance. A handful of high-profile suicides tied to CTE which is tied to participating in football and boom, here we are. You might think that the NFL exists only to entertain the masses and to make money doing so, others happen to believe that some portion of their mountainous sums of money should be and should have been devoted to taking measures for prevention so that lives weren't ruined. It's not a radical idea. But again, perhaps you believe we all live in a sterile, money driven environment and that all that matters is cash cash cash. Fine. But you should understand that not everybody believes that's the case.

The connection must have eluded you.

Enlighten us.

I imagine some of the 'free market' hard wingers around here will find a way to trample this post, but what you've said here is simply irrefutable. And relative to the OP, quarterly performance evaluation--the only universe that really matters in the corporate realm--breeds the kind of short-sightedness that will weed out the long-term strategic benefits of doing things like being proactive on concussion and retiree benefits. An even greater dilemma now is this Millennial-appeasing shift to a false-facade of "corporate responsibility." Suddenly money making behemoths whose existence is and always will be precisely that are having to convince themselves so they convince their consumers that they have a conscious, that (for the sake of selling more units) doing the right thing matters to them. I won't deny the collateral benefits of this shift, but ultimately it's a ruse, and it's setting expectations that will inevitably trigger outrage when (gasp) they were in it for the money after all! I hope I'm wrong. And I hope that leaders are steadily emerging who actually do care about something other than the bottom line. But I think it's a sea change that, at worst, will never happen or, at best, will take at least another generation to come to fruition. I'm done with my soap box now if anyone else needs it.

You're either calling me a liar or pleading ignorance. Either way, nothing you've cited here refutes the fact that Rex's scheme changes week to week.

At least AW has some stuff in his closet NOT made of cotton or fleece!

Was never named Benruss best dressed in duds like these:

I don't mean to be a fuddy duddy (everyone please brace for fuddy duddiness): But it would kill the players to do these interviews wearing something other than their pajamas?