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Post by jetstream23 on Jan 18, 2015 0:34:51 GMT -5
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Post by jetstream23 on Jan 18, 2015 0:37:12 GMT -5
You should be ashamed of yourselves, rooting for a team like that!
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Post by jetstream23 on Jan 18, 2015 0:37:24 GMT -5
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Post by jetstream23 on Jan 18, 2015 0:46:10 GMT -5
Temper Tantrum Tom
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Post by fnordcirclejerk on Jan 18, 2015 2:20:13 GMT -5
I'm glad Tom bravely defended himself against Reed's criminal assault. And Solder was keeping that guy from falling down because Patriots players are gentlemen.
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Post by astoria on Jan 18, 2015 4:13:23 GMT -5
I honestly believe that is a deliberate strategy on the part of the NFL. This way they can always rule in favor of who they want to be the victor. The NFL needs to tread carefully. This is why the NBA became unwatchable for me. At some point in the late 80's when I was little they decided to make the game about the stars and not the teams. As if losing to Jordan 90% of the time was not bad enough, we had to sit through endless hagiographic promos for Jordan vs ____________. But more importantly, the gulf betweeen those who got the calls and those who didn't was never wider. Refs assumed a central role in a game by deciding traveling, charging, technicals and just regular fouls. TONS and TONS of plays where travelling could have been called on Jordan or Kobe - but it wasn't because why let a foul get in the way of a nice play (or a win). Now these playoffs - the freakin' playoffs - when refs are supposed to recede into the background (I think we can all agree) - you had the DAL/DET game decided on a hugely questionable non-call (picked up the flag!!) and the DAL/GB game decided by the worst call I can remember for a long time. And then you had the NE/BAL game with the refs essentially losing control over the game by being gamed by NE. No game is really decided by one play - but look at these games - all with far too much ref input - and you see where this style of play quickly becomes a 'tragedy of the commons' thing. This is so spot on. It wasn't enough that Jordan was good. They had to make him an ICON, and bend the rules around him when possible. It couldn't just be, "Jordan has a great game and beats the Knicks", it was always "Jordan has a great game, LOOK AT HIM GO, and beats the Knicks, HE IS THE FUTURE OF BASKETBALL" and countless other mutations of sports and society that made Jordan's triumphs not only seem inevitable but also preordained. You see the same shit now with football. It's never enough for a team effort to progress far into the playoffs. Teams like the 2014 Cardinals, 2010 Jets, 200forever Bengals. Forget about it. You need a marquee quarterback, dipped in holy water by Peter King himself sometime after his second year in the league, and consistently sexually satisfied by Mike Florio in a West Virginia gas station before you can even THINK of being a legitimate team. The teams that Luck into such a quarterback seem to enjoy the current system. Teams that luck into a quarterback AND need to cheat for five years and three Super Bowls atop of that seem to be perceived by simpletons as a "dynasty".
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Post by Hotman on Jan 18, 2015 9:37:39 GMT -5
I REALLY want someone to do the same to him. And just finish the bitch fucker off already.
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Post by Fishooked on Jan 18, 2015 10:20:57 GMT -5
Can we make this the official Fuck The Patriots thread? I think so
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Post by The Tax Returns Are in Kenya on Jan 18, 2015 12:06:13 GMT -5
Those gifs are so infuriating. There's a perfect word for Brady, which I'd rather not say
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Post by afceastfan on Jan 18, 2015 12:28:08 GMT -5
Those gifs are so infuriating. There's a perfect word for SparklePony, which I'd rather not say I dunno. I always kinda liked PJ Soles.
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