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NFL Offseason Thread - Who cares who won we got a draft to prepare for!
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WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Valid point, but seriously, just fuck the Dolphins. I mean, come on.
FrenchMovieTheme
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So if someone gets arrested for drunk driving he should say aayyyye! I'm not the only one BRAH!
I'm just gonna go ahead and assume you didn't watch when the Dolphins were on Hard Knocks?
Joe Philbin is the least authoritative person to ever be put on TV.
He wouldn't be able to control harassment at a nursing home, much less in an NFL locker room.
Even if it does go on in other locker rooms, that fact is irrelevant.dionysus said:
That kind of behavior shouldn't be tolerated in any workplace.
The Artful Dodger
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Agreed. But I also have a hard time imagining the level of harassment goes on in successful franchises. I can't imagine Ray Lewis tolerating some of this, or Peyton being okay with the level of harassment.
yankeehater
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I don't see how. Guys are dressing up and harassing trainers, coaches are involved. Seems crazy that the HC had no idea.
slightconfuse
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Philban comes off the worst . In this whole mess.
Hoe could you be ignorant to all of this
Hoe could you be ignorant to all of this
DeaconKnowledge
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Can't wait for the media to act surprised about this.
That is not what I am implying. If the NFL wants to be just they can't pretend it is an isolated incident.
Both NFL and journalists actively cover up investigating anything unless they are forced into it by someone going public.
This is partly what I was going to eventually get at. And also they build narratives about good players and bad players that really don't do justice to either the good or the bad. Look how the media treated Barkley and Jordan. They did their best to never expose anything about Jordan's personal life but acted outraged that Barkley would gamble.
So now are the NFL and the media going to act outraged and do some hardcore investigating of the Dolphins, but do their best to make sure any other organizations black eyes remain safely buried?
yankeehater
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I have been following this from the start and I am very surprised it was this bad. This is horrible.
DeaconKnowledge
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And this will change how?
manfestival
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Bill Bellichecks daughter is ugly. Not that I expected hotness but dang she uggo
The_Darkest_Red
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It doesn't seem all that strange to me. They probably acted differently around him like most people do around their boss. It reflects poorly on him though, for sure.
slightconfuse
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I think it reflect more on to he O-line coach
DeaconKnowledge
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Why? It's a locker room.
There are probably 31 other instances in the NFL just like this. If you haven't been offended about something said in a locker room, you've never been in one.
The_Darkest_Red
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Yep. He's got to go.
BlackGhost
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JFF got me feeling like a little excited school girl.
yankeehater
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jnc. Harassing a Japanese trainer is not normal locker room behavior.
Ninja Scooter
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Jesus. Even Kenny Powers would have told Richie incognito to chill out.
Zvonimir Boban
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There is locker room banter and then there is the shit that is being revealed in this report. Some of it is clearly way over the line and brushing it off with "It's a locker room" or "This happens at the 31 other NFL teams" doesn't change the fact that this is unacceptable.
The_Darkest_Red
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What a mess, as if our team didn't suck enough. Philbin should been let go so a new GM could start anew, what does Ross do now? FIre Philbin and let his runt of the litter GM hire a coach this late? Incompetence starts at the top. If your owner is legit, it trickles all the way down. Ross was swayed by that media hype about Philbin holding this team together blah blah blah.
A part that stands out to me about the report is Martin admitting to being bullied in junior high and high school. It's like dude, that long? At no point did you talk to a counselor, teacher, coach or your moms on what to do?
A part that stands out to me about the report is Martin admitting to being bullied in junior high and high school. It's like dude, that long? At no point did you talk to a counselor, teacher, coach or your moms on what to do?
Yeah I expected at least a human being.
I shudder to think who or what the mother looked like. She basically looks like Bellicheck with few (very few) female body traits.
AND WOW AT THE MARTIN STUFF!
Even if shit happens across the league, I doubt it happens to this extent. Or that coaches are oblivious. Or that those same players are promoted to be leaders especially after being charged with sexual harassment at a company event. Or that it should be ignored and forgotten about. Hopefully, if this is happening at other places, this incident now gives some players the chance to speak and put a stop to it in their locker rooms.
Pretty sure a lot of coaches actually value a decent locker room with solid veteran leadership which doesn't include berating fellow coaches, trainers, and players with racial slurs and threats.
The Frankman
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DeaconKnowledge
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Never said it was acceptable.
What i'm saying is that it's pretty stupid to act surprised at it. 53 roided up athletes who play on the national stage, are paid millions of dollars and have no accountability to subordinates. What did you expect? High tea at noon and weekly sing alongs?
NFL knew a black eye was coming no matter what. People acting like Philbin didn't know, of course he did! He probably came from an organization that did the same thing!
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Grover Cleveland
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That mech thirst is real
Buckethead
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Too many Urkels on your team that's why your Winslow.
yankeehater
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Yes really. Even for him this seems way to gross to defend. This wasn't just to momma jokes, this was extremely racist shit. I can't imagine a more hostile working environment.
Minor correction... but I get your point :-\
Buckethead
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Why are the libs getting all hot and bothered over this Incognito stuff?
It seemed like in good fun ribbing although I haven't seen everything.
It seemed like in good fun ribbing although I haven't seen everything.
Plenty of roided out athleties especially in baseball were there are plenty of Asian players. I don't hear about them popping off like that and I'm pretty sure there are plenty of toolbags in baseball too.
By the way, that Dallas newscaster's video essay was so on-point.
Leonard Little kills a guy driving drunk, and the league doesn't even blink.
Michael Pittman literally t-bones a vehicle in which his child in the back seat with intent to injure his baby's momma, and, yet again, the Bucs held onto him for another 3 years.
Leonard Little kills a guy driving drunk, and the league doesn't even blink.
Michael Pittman literally t-bones a vehicle in which his child in the back seat with intent to injure his baby's momma, and, yet again, the Bucs held onto him for another 3 years.
The Pearl Harbor shit goes way over the head of ribbing.
DeaconKnowledge
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You don't hear about it, so it must not happen. Until you do hear about it.
Remember when the Red Sox got blown up because the locker room was a mess?
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On Tuesday the Dolphins were grateful for the Browns. On Friday the Browns are grateful for the Dolphins.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Because the guy has already shown he was a nut and people were probably scared of him.
DeaconKnowledge
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joke post?
yankeehater
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The Sox players were drinking and being lazy, ignoring their manager. I have not seen one report that said players and coaches were tormenting foreign players.
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