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Maybe the [NFL] isn't so bad...

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited January 2020
    I can't remember the context, but one of the sports radio guys around here said, disparagingly, "Jeter is the Eli Manning of baseball," and it stuck with me ever since.

    It's the perfect kind of bullshit hot take because it can be interpreted at least 4 different ways and is guaranteed to piss off segments of two different fan bases, even if they take it as a compliment.

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  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    mcp wrote: »
    Quarterbacks are strangely doughy

    Except for Brady Quinn that dude was ripped

    What in the fuck are you talking about

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  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    That is a body chiseled out of granite from stealing and eating 7 pounds of crab legs every day

  • RedTideRedTide Registered User regular
    ph blake wrote: »
    I can't remember the context, but one of the sports radio guys around here said, disparagingly, "Jeter is the Eli Manning of baseball," and it stuck with me ever since.

    It's the perfect kind of bullshit hot take because it can be interpreted at least 4 different ways and is guaranteed to piss off segments of two different fan bases, even if they take it as a compliment.

    What bitter market is this?

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    RedTide wrote: »
    ph blake wrote: »
    I can't remember the context, but one of the sports radio guys around here said, disparagingly, "Jeter is the Eli Manning of baseball," and it stuck with me ever since.

    It's the perfect kind of bullshit hot take because it can be interpreted at least 4 different ways and is guaranteed to piss off segments of two different fan bases, even if they take it as a compliment.

    What bitter market is this?

    Dallas because of course it is.

    (He mentioned later that he was joking, but god if that wasn't the perfect Dallas sports radio take)

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  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular

    mcp wrote: »
    Quarterbacks are strangely doughy

    Except for Brady Quinn that dude was ripped

    When you get smeared into paste a few times, things happen.

  • OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    Weightlifting/training for strength does not necessarily translate into chiseled bodies

  • H3KnucklesH3Knuckles But we decide which is right and which is an illusion.Registered User regular
    edited January 2020
    Yeah, my understanding was that being chiseled is more of a product of dehydrating to cheat boxing weigh-ins, or for models & pro-bodybuilders to show off the goods. Normal training is how you get Last Jedi's shirtless Kylo Ren.

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    Mulletude wrote: »
    Maximum wrote: »
    Everything is awful. Every team is owned by a billionaire (whatever GB), and employs at least a couple of people that have done either questionable or even outright terrible shit.

    But there's also lots of good people too, and I'll root for them. Mahomes seem pretty cool, and I'm sure most of the Chiefs players are too. Same goes for the 49ers, I know that a lot of those guys give back to their communities, and I'll cheer them on.

    Everyone knows Hill and Bosa are trash, I don't want to waste my time on them.

    And people like Katie Sowers, 9'ers coach and lgbqta+ activist, deserve support as well.

    But at the same time, I can't fault anyone for stepping away from the sport because of the likes of guys like Hill and Bosa

    I’m not saying people are wrong to step away from the sport, but if they’re stepping away because of people like Bosa and Hill and not because of people like Jerry Jones, they’re falling for the exact narrative the rich and powerful want them to fall for.

  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    The Super bowl preview we deserve
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0DiFzPzkko

  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    Why are y'all body shaming

  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    H3Knuckles wrote: »
    Yeah, my understanding was that being chiseled is more of a product of dehydrating to cheat boxing weigh-ins, or for models & pro-bodybuilders to show off the goods. Normal training is how you get Last Jedi's shirtless Kylo Ren.

    Visible definition comes from lower body fat percentage. Hollywood level definition comes from dehydration and steroids.

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  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    Why are y'all body shaming

    QB shaming

    These are all beautiful bodies

  • the wookthe wook Registered User regular
    edited January 2020
    Butters wrote: »
    H3Knuckles wrote: »
    Yeah, my understanding was that being chiseled is more of a product of dehydrating to cheat boxing weigh-ins, or for models & pro-bodybuilders to show off the goods. Normal training is how you get Last Jedi's shirtless Kylo Ren.

    Visible definition comes from lower body fat percentage. Hollywood level definition comes from dehydration and steroids.

    As far as athletes train for performance and not aesthetics, you generally only get that 'ripped' look when bodyfat significantly hinders performance. In football, this is generally limited to positions that require speed, power, and quickness: Secondary, linebacker, running back* and wide receiver*. In other roles, it's beneficial to carry fat to absorb impacts.


    *Eddie Lacy and Kelvin Benjamin need not apply.

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  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited January 2020
    Damn I never heard this story. In '09 the Giants beat the Cowboys in the first game at the new cowboys stadium and Eli signed the wall of the locker room.

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    Pretty incredible, hah.

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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    Antonio Brown turned himself in to police tonight after an arrest warrant was issued yesterday on a felony charge of burglary and battery

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  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    Russ should ALWAYS be wearing ski goggles

  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    That is exactly what the pro bowl should be and they should do it 3 times a year (replace two normal games with team-based dodgeball)

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    None of that is surprising.

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Giants are retiring Eli's number

  • OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    None of that is surprising.

    It isn't?!

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  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    Giants are retiring Eli's number

    117?

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Ringo wrote: »
    None of that is surprising.

    It isn't?!

    High level executives doing damage control for the catholic church in New Orleans?

    No, not really.

  • OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    Ringo wrote: »
    None of that is surprising.

    It isn't?!

    High level executives doing damage control for the catholic church in New Orleans?

    No, not really.

    It's kinda surprising given the high level execs are for a football team and not like the church

  • PellaeonPellaeon Registered User regular
    Oghulk wrote: »
    Ringo wrote: »
    None of that is surprising.

    It isn't?!

    High level executives doing damage control for the catholic church in New Orleans?

    No, not really.

    It's kinda surprising given the high level execs are for a football team and not like the church

    Power protects power

  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    Pellaeon wrote: »
    Oghulk wrote: »
    Ringo wrote: »
    None of that is surprising.

    It isn't?!

    High level executives doing damage control for the catholic church in New Orleans?

    No, not really.

    It's kinda surprising given the high level execs are for a football team and not like the church

    Power protects power

    This has still not happened on a major NFL team level publicly in court before to my knowledge. This is surprising

  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    I have a hunch they have some endorsement relationships too

    Like how Duke is close with the Church of Satan

  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    I have a hunch they have some endorsement relationships too

    Like how Duke is close with the Church of Satan

    This is offensive to the Church of Satan tbh.

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I'm just never surprised when rich people help their rich people.

  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    admanb wrote: »
    I have a hunch they have some endorsement relationships too

    Like how Duke is close with the Church of Satan

    This is offensive to the Church of Satan tbh.

    Yeah the Church of Satan are adamantly anti-capitalism and anti-executives. They have a lot of pretty correct views, honestly.

  • TicaldfjamTicaldfjam Snoqualmie, WARegistered User regular
    Oghulk wrote: »

    *Goddammit!*

    *SIGH!!!!* Not again!!

    -Roger Goodell.

    *Fuck you!*

    -Nawlins fans.

  • PellaeonPellaeon Registered User regular
    I'm just never surprised when rich people help their rich people.

    Agreed,

    I mean sure it can be surprising that this particular group of football people helped that particular group of religious leaders publicly, because you know of the saints as a football team in the business of football and the Catholic church in the business of religion.

    But if the story is instead that rich ass billionaire Catholic (who happened to own a football team) used parts of one of their organizations to help cover up Catholic abuses in the same city as that organization, it doesn't really seem surprising at all.

  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    Dirtyboy wrote: »

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4CNKar0dns
    Jarvis Landry really is too good at catching

  • MaximumMaximum Registered User regular


    I don't see how this could possibly go haywire...

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