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Isn't he the same guy who thinks everyone should live in concrete boxes because he has some fetish for skyscrapers or some such?
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NFL 2015 Week 12 |OT| - A Fraud is Thankful
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Isn't he the same guy who thinks everyone should live in concrete boxes because he has some fetish for skyscrapers or some such?
Himynameischris
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Yeah...it's hilarious in a sad and pathetic way.
FloydtheFathead
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It's just such a weird play. I'm not sure I've ever seen anything like it, and the whole thing about "teaching" him to finish forward seems like an insane thing to address for a big $ FA running back
It's like he was trying to keep the clock running. So soft.
Grover Cleveland
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Panthers long snapper JJ Jansen came into practice today with a headache so they signed Danny Aiken for an emergency one week deal. This short week gets better and better.
In other news, any of y'all leaving your Thanksgiving dinner table to go straight to boxing out soccer moms in the freezing cold for your opportunity to keep the fires of American capitalism burning (or just buy cheap electronics)?
In other news, any of y'all leaving your Thanksgiving dinner table to go straight to boxing out soccer moms in the freezing cold for your opportunity to keep the fires of American capitalism burning (or just buy cheap electronics)?
DeaconKnowledge
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It's just such a weird play. I'm not sure I've ever seen anything like it, and the whole thing about "teaching" him to finish forward seems like an insane thing to address for a big $ FA running back
I think it's amazing that we have definitive closure on whether or not the Cowboys O-Line made Demarco Murray. The answer is a resounding YES.
You are being held accountable for being a good team. Sounds rough.
This always happens when the Broncos play the Patriots. You guys turtle up, and try to play the underdog role, even when you haven't been the underdog since the AFCCG in 2013. Denver is the home underdog against NE, something that hasn't happened in a very long time. Probably since Tebow's start against the Steelers at home in the playoffs.
Personally, I won't let it happen this year. Sorry that you think there is some grand conspiracy theory behind it, and spooked yourself into thinking that I'm smarter than I really am. I've been consistent all year long as the Pats gathered a few injuries, that the train still rolls on as long as Brady, Gronk, and Edelman is still intact. Looks like even Edelman is replaceable by the way Amendola played. So it's revised to Brady and Gronk.
You still have the #1 D, the #1 O, you still have an idiot savant HC, and you still have a HoF QB and the most dominant TE we've seen since Gonzo.
You guys have me pinned into this corner where I can't praise you and I can't criticize you either. Give respect and you don't want it, give criticism and the pitchforks come out.
Sweeney Tom
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If Rams and Redskins finish in same place in respective divisions, Washington will become first team to play in consecutive weeks in London.
If Rams and Redskins finish in same place in respective divisions, Washington will become first team to play in consecutive weeks in London.
yankeehater
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Maclin was a great Wr when he was here, but I wonder if overpaying a guy whos heart is somewhere else really would have fixed much. His own step dad said that he wanted to play closer to home and for coach Reid. What Chip should have done was look to find a good FA WR, and not a piece of shit like Miles Austin to replace Maclin.
It's just such a weird play. I'm not sure I've ever seen anything like it, and the whole thing about "teaching" him to finish forward seems like an insane thing to address for a big $ FA running back
Huff I believe was the player who was killing Murray for this. It seems really silly to me, so he lowers his shoulder into the DB and gets an extra yard, who cares. Get the first down and then get down, he wasnt going to run over 4 guys are score there. This is one of the biggest problems with football, if things dont go great then people start looking into the stupidest shit to try and explain why they didnt. If the Eagles are 7-3 right now, people are saying how smart Murray was to avoid unnecessary contact there and save himself for the rest of the year, especially with Mathews already hurt.
Maclin would've been a HUGE help, but I'm not sure the Eagles could retain him. He was going home to KC, even if the Eagles matched the Chiefs contract. I still support Murray though, because barring last week he's been doing better, and Mathews is already banged up with a concussion.
I agree, but Matt Lombardo is the one who reported this story, not ESP
Himynameischris
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I'll take either one
I think we all would, especially with how Brady is playing.
Same for Cam, especially after last game.
Peiope am cry
And not having Shady is definitely showing the real side of the philly o-line
It's just such a weird play. I'm not sure I've ever seen anything like it, and the whole thing about "teaching" him to finish forward seems like an insane thing to address for a big $ FA running back
I'm confused. He got the 1st? Shouldn't the ball have been spotted at the start of the slide?
Bro, you do that shopping online. Going to stores on Black Friday is for chumps
I'm trying to build a new PC with Newegg/Amazon deals
The spot looks like it was wrong, but the point is you don't slide to finish a rush. Sliding is going to lead the refs to err on getting you a weaker spot
BlackGhost
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Some reason I just laughed picturing you sitting there watching the price is right.
yankeehater
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Can RBs give them selves up on plays? I think he got the first because even though he slid he was still open to be hit. I thought that the slide rule only protects QBs.
My dad used to watch the price is right daily right before he died.
I'm sitting on the floor in front my of TV eating fruit loops
The_Darkest_Red
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Sometimes you're pretty alright, beady.
Sup, foo? How'ya doin'?
Oh that would make sense. I thought every ball carrier could now give themselves up and be protected.
I know
Based off the image you fucks created of me that is probably the most accurate pic possible well doneBreadstream:
Bitanator
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Murray bulldozed people on third down last year, it is what made him so fun to watch, on third and one, you can always expect at least 4 yards. Watching him slide like that is embarrassing knowing the kind of running back he was
BlackGhost
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I can confirm bread loves the price is right, he also does not care about homeland security.
Goro Majima
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Bread is Charlie
It is known
It is known
Himynameischris
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Oh #AskJerryJones is a thing....thank you NFL.
Yeah, at least Ricky Waters had the decency to run out of bounds standing up to avoid contact.
Yankee I just looked it up in the rulebook. The language about sliding and where the ball is spotted for a slide is applicable to everyone, not just qbs.
Rule 7, section 2, art.2(d)
False, I want to make America great again.
But right now it's showcase showdown time though, absolutely unbelievable.
cowboys are going to upset the panthers. they upset the colts (w/ manning/harrison/maybe james too) when they were looking to go undefeated and they did it to the Saints when they were undefeated (i think). They have a knack for winning games they shouldnt and shitty the best the rest of the season.
Yea? No.
Yea? No.
Eh, I don't know if that was really the case.
Just the same, leaving Philadelphia was painful for Maclin and, Parres believes, part of another entire tier of his maturation.
“It was tough, man; I had established a lot of relationships there and had become very comfortable up there,” Maclin said. “I kind of wanted to be remembered as being the greatest receiver ever to play there.”
Maclin hadn’t just become at home with the Eagles. He also had become dug in to his suburban house in West Deptford, N.J.
He was so invested in the neighborhood that kids would leave him trinkets or treats after games.
On occasions such as Halloween, Maclin would give out candy and dress up his miniature bull terrier as a “little orange pumpkin.”
“I’m still a person just like everybody else; I never wanted to be looked at as better than anybody else or anything like that,” said Maclin, who intends to be the same way at his new home in Lee’s Summit. “So I made my house approachable at Halloween. I interacted with kids in my neighborhood …
“They’re our kids; they’re our future. The more we can get them to understand, ‘This is how we do things, this is not how you do things, this is what I experienced,’ the more you can help them learn.”
That broader perspective, ironically, might have been a factor in Maclin leaving the Eagles.
“The bottom line is I think they tried to take advantage of his good nature,” Parres said. “They knew he wanted to stay and there was really no reason they didn’t want him to stay, and they tried to take advantage of him.”
So when free-agency Saturday arrived in March, Maclin was intrigued by the prospect of an offer from the Chiefs and Reid but was inclined to stay with the Eagles as he went on a golf trip with Parres and family in Palm Springs.
Even when the Chiefs came at Maclin with a five-year offer worth an average of $11 million a year, Parres said, Maclin primarily wanted to know what the Eagles were thinking.
As Reid, quarterbacks Alex Smith and Chase Daniel and receivers coach David Culley were calling Maclin that day, “making him feel like he’s the greatest thing on Earth,” Parres said, Maclin could “barely get (Eagles coach and de facto general manager) Chip Kelly to answer the phone.”
“He called Chip Kelly five times Saturday: ‘Chip, can you just show me anything?’ ” Parres recalled.
(At a news conference after Maclin left, Kelly said he had had a number of discussions with Maclin and said that “we couldn’t go as high as Kansas City.”
That Sunday, while Maclin was on the golf course, the Eagles called and countered by shifting money from year three of their offer to year two — which contrary to Kelly and published reports made it close enough to the same deal Maclin was offered with the Chiefs that Maclin was ready to stay.
As they stood on the 16th tee, Maclin’s initial thought was just that.
Then Reid called again.
And 10 minutes later Maclin was Kansas City-bound.
“It wasn’t the money; it was that 10 minutes,” Parres said. “Jeremy said, ‘(The Chiefs) just wanted me more, and I think that’s where I should be.’ ”
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/vahe-gregorian/article32802171.html#storylink=cpy
It seems to me that Chip just didn't do enough to make Maclin feel wanted, not necessarily monetarily but just on a personal level. It comes down to having a good relationship with your players, which is something that Chip seems to really struggle with. Reid on the other hand was great with that.
yankeehater
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That is surprising. The refs messed that up for sure. I swear I have seen players slide into the endzone and get credit for the TD.
The article you posted says that the Eagles matched the Chiefs offer and he still picked the Chiefs. The idea that Chip needed to coddle him more is laughable. The fact that the Eagles were willing to pay him $10m a year should have told him that they wanted to keep him.
There was something about his stepdad saying he wanted to come home, but what you said definitely is a part of it too. Chip just seems so aloof and unable to connect to players, and that's what they need. He's the exact opposite of Andy. Andy would throw himself under the bus (too much toward the end) and rarely criticized players. Chip always just talks about execution, which could be seen as an indirect slight to the players for not playing well enough. Chip seems like he's trying to build the same culture that Belichick has, all business, do your job, anyone is expendable. But he's not on the level of Belichick, and he isn't having anywhere near the same success. And when you don't have success, the distance you feel from your coach probably becomes bigger.
Not sure how recent the langauge is. Definitely not new this year since it is not red lined. Not sure if they keep an archive of previous years langauge.
You truly are beautiful. No one here can ever take that away from you.
Alligatorjandro
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You are not though
I'm okay with that