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OFFICIAL NFL Discussion Thread: 2015-16 Season - Congrats to the Denver Broncos and their fans! SB 5
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He use to do preseason sideline reporting for us. Haven't seen him in a while. Damn
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When people complain that football is too soft now, they should have to live 1 day with the side effects of former players and see if they are still spewing that nonsense.
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No one said the game isn't physical or the players aren't tough. That doesn't change the fact the game is softer then it was 10, 20, 30 years ago. Anyone who believes the game is as brutal now as it was then is lier.
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[quote name="SoleByThePound"][QUOTE name="100027"]Is this the appropriate place for cliches about football being too soft now when it used to be for real men and how the game has been ruined and it's now flag football, or no?[/QUOTE]When people complain that football is too soft now, they should have to live 1 day with the side effects of former players and see if they are still spewing that nonsense.[/quote]"Garble, garble, there are no studies supporting blah, blah, blah inconclusive data. Fairy something, something, man's game."
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please dear lord baby jesus let Bradford walk some place else.. hopefully the eagles land a QB early this year to build around
and we'll happily take the compensatory for losing bradford
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Brock Osweiler to the eagles
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"They knew what they were getting into""Garble, garble, there are no studies supporting blah, blah, blah inconclusive data. Fairy something, something, man's game."
One of my favorites because it's so untrue but said with such confidence.
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Namath was the original @TimidTebow.Yo I'm watching the Namath doc on HBO...the man was a straight goon.
Delvin Breaux is far and away my breakout player this year. He was everything Brandon Browner was not this season. Great story though: Fractured 3 vertebrae in HS. Undrafted out of LSU because he was never cleared to play, although his scholly was honored. Played everywhere: GDFL, AFL, CFL. CFL All-Star in '14. According to PFF, led by 3 percentage points in highest amount of targets defended or intercepted.
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Untrue how? What person doesn't realize having your head bashed repeatedly can have health effects. I knew this as a child. Your basically saying these men who have attended college in some form don't have common sense.
money > health
That's the choice they made.
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cant lie, last nights hope solo talked inspired my lunch decision today.
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Common sense? Scientific community hadn't published/discovered the full extent of these head injuries until about 10 years ago AND the NFL was working full time to deny it. It's only the past 3 years the media has even taken it on as an issue.
Most people still don't know that no helmet comes close to minimizing the impact of head injuries, and that high schoolers who played on the line show permanent effects of brain damage.
Certainly when Randle El was a kid these things were not shared in the public domain.
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^ It's becoming more widespread now with all the press/movies/etc about head injuries and such, so perhaps for this next generation it'll be different.
I understand football is a physical game and injuries happen, but what bothers me is the unnecessary stuff, like getting in an extra hit late to send a message when it has no bearing on the play. At the end of the day, each player should hope that every other player on both teams is able to go home that night without a serious injury. That's just being a decent human.
I understand football is a physical game and injuries happen, but what bothers me is the unnecessary stuff, like getting in an extra hit late to send a message when it has no bearing on the play. At the end of the day, each player should hope that every other player on both teams is able to go home that night without a serious injury. That's just being a decent human.
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this.
I played baseball instead of Football from a young age up until college because i knew the risks of injury were greater in football than baseball not that i wasnt good enough.
i guess thats why i really dont feel remorse for these guys because youd have to be an idiot to decide to make a living out football without understanding the risks.
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If guys like Pacman Jones think Antonio Brown faked his concussion, u would understand why some football players don't think of the risks until when they are retired/near retirement
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You knew there were greater injury risks. You didn't know the extent of the risks and you didn't know that permanent brain damage was almost guaranteed and could leave you with dementia at 40. When you're weighing the pros and cons of a career (and you don't have a lot of other options) the details matter.
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Yes common sense. We've seen the results of head trauma for years. From boxers to anyone in all walks of life who have had these issues. I didn't need a league to tell me getting hit in the head repeatedly can cause health risk. These men lacked common sense if they thought they were risk free. It's that simple.
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