NFL Super Bowl XLVIII |OT| Best OP In The Game

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What's wrong with my pick?
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:jnc

bionic77 said:
I don't care who wins but if my friend orders Papa Johns pizza again (he is one of those rare freaks who actually likes that trash) then I am in the tank for the Seahawks.
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Bionic you already pledged your sword to me, you can't turn your back on me now man!!
 
bionic77 said:
I don't care who wins but if my friend orders Papa Johns pizza again (he is one of those rare freaks who actually likes that trash) then I am in the tank for the Seahawks.
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It's not PeyPeys fault he likes to push soulless/commercialized pizza.

Besides, I'm pretty sure you'll be buying a Buick Verano for one of your kids someday, if not your wife.
 
Rally's fries are pretty darn good. When I was working night shifts about a decade ago, one of my guys would make frequent food runs to that place and we'd go hog wild on them. I don't even want to think about the nutritional side of the house there. Those are fries you just know are dipped in mad trans fats and doused in salt.

Super Bowl parties are one of the few times I wish I wasn't a vegetarian. Pulled pork, burgers, the whole works. I went to one that had a full up shrimp cookout extravaganza and that killed me. Damn, I love shrimp.

I usually end up eating jalapeno cheddar poppers, a spicy black bean burger, and way too many chips and salsa.
 
Tragicomedy said:
Rally's fries are pretty darn good. When I was working night shifts about a decade ago, one of my guys would make frequent food runs to that place and we'd go hog wild on them. I don't even want to think about the nutritional side of the house there. Those are fries you just know are dipped in mad trans fats and doused in salt.

Super Bowl parties are one of the few times I wish I wasn't a vegetarian. Pulled pork, burgers, the whole works. I went to one that had a full up shrimp cookout extravaganza and that killed me. Damn, I love shrimp.

I usually end up eating jalapeno cheddar poppers, a spicy black bean burger, and way too many chips and salsa.
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Vegetarian?? Is it a health issue or just a choice on your part? If you don't mind me asking, my dad was a vegetarian for almost 5 years when I was growing up, it sucked lol
 
Tragicomedy said:
Rally's fries are pretty darn good. When I was working night shifts about a decade ago, one of my guys would make frequent food runs to that place and we'd go hog wild on them. I don't even want to think about the nutritional side of the house there. Those are fries you just know are dipped in mad trans fats and doused in salt.

Super Bowl parties are one of the few times I wish I wasn't a vegetarian. Pulled pork, burgers, the whole works. I went to one that had a full up shrimp cookout extravaganza and that killed me. Damn, I love shrimp.

I usually end up eating jalapeno cheddar poppers, a spicy black bean burger, and way too many chips and salsa.
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A vegetarian!??!?!

Ehhhh.. I suppose that's alright since you're pretty cool otherwise.
 
Sorry for the DP but holy crap, Salguero just went in HARD on Jonathan Martin on his blog. Man.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolp...rview-with-nbc-dolphins-offensive-tackle.html

At the risk of sounding unsympathetic, Jon Martin, your weak act is officially old. Go away. Just do what you did best as an offensive lineman on the field and back away. Just do what you did when you left your teammates unexpectedly during the season and simply disappear.

Every single step taken by you in this saga feels manufactured and authored by a lawyer as a step torward a suit. And that makes sense because you definitely have gotten excellent legal advice from your family and the lawyer you added to represent you in this matter. And I, for one, would be surprised if your legal team isn't preparing a suit.

The dramatic throwing down of your lunch tray and departure? No other teammate did that when you were among the players standing up and leaving them alone at a lunch table. So the fact you chose that harmless act to make your departure statement seems contrived now.

Seeking medical help? Please tell us where exactly? Please provide the details of what you were treated for? Because it seems you had some issues you're not eager to share. Furthermore, my understanding of classic ambulance chaser strategy is he or she demands you get "medical treatment" so your coming lawsuit can show damage, thus giving the legal action more bite.

The well-timed and slow leaks of allegations of wrong-doing, all of them done anonymously by your camp? Classic. They slimed the parties you intended be slimed and it was done with plausible deniability that you had nothing to do with it. It's brilliant, actually, using a media hungry for a story to feed the narrative of Martin as victim. You did it through the national media, of course, because you wanted to get your "story" out to as many as possible as quickly as possible. But you also wanted to use that vehicle because the national media wasn't going to question your motives. The national media wasn't going to form an opinion that is politically incorrect. And the national media wasn't in the locker room the week before you left when you were stewing and clearly unhappy about getting moved from left tackle to right tackle -- which in hindsight seems like another reason you left the team.

And now this NBC interview? Timed, coincidentally of course, during Super Bowl week. It is the NFL's biggest attention grabbing week of the year. And so that's the week you pick to go public with your first interview. Because that's the week it will get noticed most.

Well, this interview so far, is a dud, big guy.

The most hurtful thing you can point to as reprehensible behavior by the Dolphins is verbal abuse. So where's the "physical attack" your lawyer claimed happened? Why not give details to that? Where's the evidence of code reds?

You mean to tell me the full extent of the "bullying" your camp has alleged comes down to a pattern of mean texts sent and mean and unfeeling insults uttered by your teammates about your race or your mom or your sister?

Are you 11 years old?

You went to Stanford. You know how to communicate. Why didn't you take your tormentors aside and tell them in no uncertain terms the verbal abuse had to stop? Why didn't you tell your head coach, who definitely would have stopped the abuse and done so in-house so as to not embarrass you, your teammates or the organization? And failing that, why didn't you make an open show of one of the abusers in a full-on locker room takedown that would have definitely gotten everyone's attention -- including your coaches -- and screamed something had to change?

(Sorry people, but sometimes a man has to be a man and defend himself and his honor with whatever tools are available. Yes, flight is one of those tools, but that one pretty much sealed Martin's fate in Miami. He'll never play on that team again. He had to know that.)

Another thing:

Please Tony Dungy, you're a nice man and a Christian. So where is your discernment in all this, my brother? So far this interview shows no moment where you ask Martin why at the height of his frustration he didn't simply get face to face with whomever was tormenting him and do what men have done since David faced down Goliath -- they stand up for themselves.

No, NBC would probably frown upon this line of questioning because it would fly counter to the politically correct demasculinization of men in the 21st century. But if Martin's response to the abuse was always to grin and bear it, or even join in the abuse of others to be part of the group, that speaks poorly of the abusers, sure, but it also shows how weak Martin is in a den of Alpha males.

Dungy, by the way, is part of Dolphins owner Stephen Ross's committee that will look into establishing a code of conduct in the locker room. That the Dolphins need such a committee speaks poorly of the coaching staff because it is their job to establish that code and make it clear to players in no uncertain terms. Discpline on the field is born off the field, folks.

Dungy should be removed from this committee because he no longer seems impartial.

One more thing:

None of this gets Richie Incognito off the hook. He's a meathead. He displays all the signs of a bully -- loud, obnoxious at times, demanding attention. But because he's something of a bully, he can be stopped dead in his tracks.

Early in training camp in 2013 he started calling another reporter a "nerd." One day as I'm standing in the middle of the locker room, he walks by and starts joking about me looking like I was lifting weights (which I don't) and then started speaking gibberish as if in mocking Spanish.

I asked Incognito politely, but firmly and seriously to stop. "Just stop."

He did. Never again.
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SpinDasher said:
It's not PeyPeys fault he likes to push soulless/commercialized pizza.

Besides, I'm pretty sure you'll be buying a Buick Verano for one of your kids someday, if not your wife.
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Papa Johns is so bad that it makes Pizza Hut and Dominos look like fine dining. PeyPey needs to have some standards!

And a Buick? I don't do domestics my friend!

rando14 said:
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Bionic you already pledged your sword to me, you can't turn your back on me now man!!
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No way I pledged my sword to you bro! Only Tebow and my wife are allowed access to that piece of equipment!

Seahawks are the better team and I would probably prefer a defensive team to win it. Plus fuck Papa Johns!

Go Seahawks!
 
DeaconKnowledge said:
Bububububu bullying never happens in the NFL!

Where are all the people who were riding hard for this guy months ago?
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Same folks were crying about Schiano being mean to Freeman. Football needs to make some changes, but it will never be a sport played by soft men. Trying to introduce all that touchy feely crap is silly
 
squicken said:
Same folks were crying about Schiano being mean to Freeman. Football needs to make some changes, but it will never be a sport played by soft men. Trying to introduce all that touchy feely crap is silly
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I thought that the big thing that bother people with Schiano was that everyone thinks he is the one that leaked Freeman's failed drug test.
 
chris.trejo said:
Vegetarian?? Is it a health issue or just a choice on your part? If you don't mind me asking, my dad was a vegetarian for almost 5 years when I was growing up, it sucked lol
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ShaneB said:
A vegetarian!??!?!

Ehhhh.. I suppose that's alright since you're pretty cool otherwise.
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Coming up on my fourth year. My wife is a lifelonger (17 years and counting).

It started when I read Eating Animals by Foer. For me it's a combination of things, but it mainly comes down to health and impact on the environment. I used to have high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels, and have a family history of heart disease and stroke. One grandfather died at 56, the other at 63.

I had blood work done before starting the diet and every three months afterward for a full year. My doctor was blown away and asked me what I was doing. My BP is now perfectly normal, my lipid levels are in check, and my cholesterol numbers are well below average. According to my doc, I now have basically zero risk of heart disease as long as I don't become a sedentary fool.

Also, I really don't trust the way we grow/consume meat anymore. I've been to one of the mass meat-production factories and it's pretty terrible. Cows and chickens are so chock full of hormones, antibiotics, and other garbage that I want nothing to do with it. If you're willing to pay more for free range, grass fed cattle you're probably okay. If you're buying the junk that's cheap in the supermarket, I think you're probably rolling the dice.
 
Man, John Clayton is really butt hurt over Lynch not wanting to talk a whole lot to the media. The writers need to get over themselves.
 
yankeehater said:
I thought that the big thing that bother people with Schiano was that everyone thinks he is the one that leaked Freeman's failed drug test.
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Twitter types turned on him when he stripped Freeman of his captaincy and started talking up Glennon. Now it turned out that Schiano was a fake tough guy, but it was also true that Freeman is far too lazy to play QB in the NFL. I think Freeman's agents leaked that drug test to force his release. I just don't think anyone in the NFL would be dumb enough to expose themselves to that kind of liability

It's kind of telling that Freeman never pursued a grievance once he got his release, as his agents had threatened
 
Tragicomedy said:
Sanjuro sounds like a giant douche who is content with victim blaming.

This is the same dude who said the Dolphins were playoff contenders as recently as December. Seems to know what he's talking about.

Go away, Salguero, go away.
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The Dolphins were potential playoff contenders at that point. I would have agreed with him. Regardless that article is irrelevant to the Martin stuff so I'm not sure why you're bringing it up.
Just kidding, I am sure.

It's easy to dismiss the entire blog as "victim blaming" but if you actually read it you'll see that he raises some very strong points.
 
Paches said:
Man, John Clayton is really butt hurt over Lynch not wanting to talk a whole lot to the media. The writers need to get over themselves.
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lol did you read the Pro Football Writers of America's statement? Their asses are so chapped!!

The PFWA released this statement Wednesday morning, stating it is “extremely disappointed in the lack of meaningful access” to Lynch.

“Several of our long-standing and high-profile members were appalled by Mr. Lynch’s conduct [on media day] and refusal to answer any questions,” the PFWA said in the statement. ‘We find the statement by the league that ‘players are required to participate and he participated’ to be an affront to our membership.”
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Life is so hard :'''''(
 
Tragicomedy said:
Coming up on my fourth year. My wife is a lifelonger (17 years and counting).

It started when I read Eating Animals by Foer. For me it's a combination of things, but it mainly comes down to health and impact on the environment. I used to have high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels, and have a family history of heart disease and stroke. One grandfather died at 56, the other at 63.

I had blood work done before starting the diet and every three months afterward for a full year. My doctor was blown away and asked me what I was doing. My BP is now perfectly normal, my lipid levels are in check, and my cholesterol numbers are well below average. According to my doc, I now have basically zero risk of heart disease as long as I don't become a sedentary fool.

Also, I really don't trust the way we grow/consume meat anymore. I've been to one of the mass meat-production factories and it's pretty terrible. Cows and chickens are so chock full of hormones, antibiotics, and other garbage that I want nothing to do with it. If you're willing to pay more for free range, grass fed cattle you're probably okay. If you're buying the junk that's cheap in the supermarket, I think you're probably rolling the dice.
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Wow that's pretty great, hope you keep it up
 
The_Darkest_Red said:
The Dolphins were potential playoff contenders at that point. I would have agreed with him.

It's easy to dismiss the entire blog as "victim blaming" but if you actually read it you'll see that he raises some very strong points.
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True, he brings LOTS of nuggets of wisdom such as:

At the risk of sounding unsympathetic, Jon Martin, your weak act is officially old. Go away. Just do what you did best as an offensive lineman on the field and back away.
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No, you sound totally unsympathetic. Good start.

Seeking medical help? Please tell us where exactly? Please provide the details of what you were treated for? Because it seems you had some issues you're not eager to share. Furthermore, my understanding of classic ambulance chaser strategy is he or she demands you get "medical treatment" so your coming lawsuit can show damage, thus giving the legal action more bite.
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Questioning whether or not he sought medical treatment? Implying that Martin has other "pre-existing" issues that he needed help for? What the fuck does that have to do with the price of tea in India? If he wants to build up a strawman version of Martin who was mentally weak and maybe suffered from anxiety...ummmm, go for it? Why would that make anything that Martin did in the face of bullying any less legitimate? It's ridiculously illogical.

"Hey, man, you obviously have anxiety problems or something and you're taking it out on the team!" Victim blaming 101. Shut up, Salguero.

You did it through the national media, of course, because you wanted to get your "story" out to as many as possible as quickly as possible. But you also wanted to use that vehicle because the national media wasn't going to question your motives. The national media wasn't going to form an opinion that is politically incorrect.
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The national media questions everything. Salguero is part of the "media," and he's more than happy to pitch in here. If Martin felt like he was being bullied and treated unfairly, and that nothing was being done to fix the hostile work environment, why the hell shouldn't he take the story out there? Why is Salguero assuming to know Martin's motivations?

What the hell does political correctness have to do with this issue? Is Salguero some kind of back asswards corporation apologist? Is he okay with an employee having to suffer through a hostile work environment? Where is his judgment coming from?

You mean to tell me the full extent of the "bullying" your camp has alleged comes down to a pattern of mean texts sent and mean and unfeeling insults uttered by your teammates about your race or your mom or your sister?

Are you 11 years old?
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Ad hominem attacks are a good form of debate when you're eleven years old, so congrats on calling yourself out for being a fool, Salguero. Mean texts and insults about the race of family members is unacceptable in ANY work environment. Way to be a flippant and dismissive.

You went to Stanford. You know how to communicate. Why didn't you take your tormentors aside and tell them in no uncertain terms the verbal abuse had to stop? Why didn't you tell your head coach, who definitely would have stopped the abuse and done so in-house so as to not embarrass you, your teammates or the organization? And failing that, why didn't you make an open show of one of the abusers in a full-on locker room takedown that would have definitely gotten everyone's attention -- including your coaches -- and screamed something had to change?

(Sorry people, but sometimes a man has to be a man and defend himself and his honor with whatever tools are available. Yes, flight is one of those tools, but that one pretty much sealed Martin's fate in Miami. He'll never play on that team again. He had to know that.)
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This is probably the most offensive part of the article. Questioning Martin's manhood since he didn't "fight" back and stand his ground. Sometimes, being the bigger man involves not going to your fisticuffs like an uncivilized caveman, but instead using other available means to deal with a hostile environment.

No, NBC would probably frown upon this line of questioning because it would fly counter to the politically correct demasculinization of men in the 21st century. But if Martin's response to the abuse was always to grin and bear it, or even join in the abuse of others to be part of the group, that speaks poorly of the abusers, sure, but it also shows how weak Martin is in a den of Alpha males.
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Appeal to the alpha male stereotype. Call Martin a weakling. Pure fraternity bullshit 101. None of this strengthens Salguero's case, it just makes him look like a giant idiot.

THEN AGAIN, this is the guy who was suspended for shaming a former Vietnam veteran with the following write up:
Hey Billie, you must be still pissed off you lost in Vietnam. Talk about leaving people behind ... I'm sure the South Vietnamese appreciated you sucking as a soldier, failing in your mission and then leaving.

I'm wondering how you feel that immigrants like me came here with nothing and now we run the place? There are three Cubans in the US senate. Did you know that? By the way, cubans love baseball not soccer, so that piece of bigoted shit coming from you doesn't apply to me. I suggest you blow it out your ass old man.
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Class act.
 
Buckethead said:
My taste buds are fucked, I don't know what happened.
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I can't say for certain, but I am pretty sure this is the fault of the blacks.

May even go all the way up the black chain of command to President Hussain.

For more details please meet eznark and a gang of Floridians next to the big tree on the west side of eznark's compound. The password is John Stossel.
 
Found a local hole-in-the-wall joint that serves cajun/creole food. Brisket sandwich, jambalaya, corn bread for lunch.
 
This is the reality of offensive line play

Last week, an AFC personnel director called Giacomini a solid starter that any team could win with.

"He's a typical right tackle," the personnel man said. "He's always been an (expletive), and you want your right tackle to be an (expletive).

"He's got a nasty streak. Don't sleep on him because he'll hurt you. And he's athletic enough to do the other stuff."

That scout rated Giacomini about 15th among the 32 starting right tackles. Another indicated he ranked Giacomini in the low 20s.

"He's done a great job for us," Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell said. "He's not a left tackle but he's good at what we're asking him to do."

There has never been major doubts about Giacomini's run blocking. Despite his height, his pad level isn't bad. He gets more movement at the point of attack than the average tackle, too.

Because the Seahawks operate a pure zone-style running game, Giacomini is asked to cut on the back side. The job requires sufficient quickness and ruthlessness, and Giacomini's vicious temperament always held considerable appeal to the Packers.

"You know what they say about knocking someone in the teeth?" Packers offensive line coach James Campen said in July 2008. "Well, he is going to do it. He doesn't (expletive) around."
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Bread said:
nice

i worked right near one in san diego, it was pretty great being able to get some red beans and rice any day.
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Red beans and rice (or alternatively, black beans and rice) is way up there on my favorite meal list. I never grow tired of it.

I spent a year eating that in Costa Rica when I was six years old and have never looked back. Easy to make, very nutritious, and super tasty stuff. I might have that tonight for dinner...
 
Tragicomedy said:
Coming up on my fourth year. My wife is a lifelonger (17 years and counting).

It started when I read Eating Animals by Foer. For me it's a combination of things, but it mainly comes down to health and impact on the environment. I used to have high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels, and have a family history of heart disease and stroke. One grandfather died at 56, the other at 63.

I had blood work done before starting the diet and every three months afterward for a full year. My doctor was blown away and asked me what I was doing. My BP is now perfectly normal, my lipid levels are in check, and my cholesterol numbers are well below average. According to my doc, I now have basically zero risk of heart disease as long as I don't become a sedentary fool.
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I assume you avoid too much fast food and eating a bunch of processed shit?

I got the same results (lower cholesterol and BP) with the Paleo diet, basically eating meat, dairy and veggies and lost weight and increased my muscle mass. I don't doubt your results at all though. When I was growing up I knew a man who had been a vegetarian for over 30 years and was in his sixties and his doctor told him he had the heart of someone in their late thirties. So knowing that, I have tried the lifestyle a few times and had some success, but my body just doesn't do well with carbs and grains, seems to be much more efficient handling protein and fats, so I'll probably never try it again at this point.
 
Mackenzie 92 said:
I assume you avoid too much fast food and eating a bunch of processed shit?

I got the same results (lower cholesterol and BP) with the Paleo diet, basically eating meat, dairy and veggies and lost weight and increased my muscle mass. I don't doubt your results at all though. When I was growing up I knew a man who had been a vegetarian for over 30 years and was in his sixties and his doctor told him he had the heart of someone in their late thirties. So knowing that, I have tried the lifestyle a few times and had some success, but my body just doesn't do well with carbs and grains, seems to be much more efficient handling protein and fats, so I'll probably never try it again at this point.
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Yeah, you could be a vegetarian and have a complete garbage diet of nothing but chips, prepackaged meals, and candy. Being a vegetarian means you're excluding meat, not junk food.

I treat myself to junk once in a blue moon, but my diet is pretty consistently on point. We do tons of vegetables (greens, greens, greens!), a couple of pieces of fruit a day, whole grains, legumes, nuts, the works. Most of my protein comes from beans, peas, cheese (including cottage), and I might toss down the ocassional egg or have a whey protein shake depending on how I'm feeling. I open every morning with a hefty shake (kale, cucumbers, celery, and green apples) then try to stay healthy as the day progresses.

I've heard lots of word of mouth about the paleo diet working, but I haven't seen any decent amount of literature to support it from a physiological standpoint. There's so much wiggle room even within the paleo constraint of what is "natural" and how close you want to stick to the caveman diet. The anti-grain aspect of it is what confuses me the most. The premise that we somehow stopped evolving from a dietary standpoint 10,000 years ago makes zero sense.

Health problems in our diet largely stem from eating: (1) too much food; (2) unhealthy, processed garbage; and (3) mad amounts of sugar and sodium. Inasmuch as the paleo diet cuts out processed crap and high quantities of sugar, that's a plus. But hundreds of generations of people ate regular diets high in whole grains and dairy and lived long, productive lives. Significantly longer and healthier than a caveman ever lived, to be certain.

Avoid processed junk. Avoid lots of sugar and salt. Avoid fast food. You won't get fat.
 
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