If the league doesn’t have specific rules governing how teams specifically identify players with similar surnames, why are the Ravens and/or Steve Smith, Sr. under any obligation to go along with what other teams do? Because it would make Sweet Jennie Lee comfortable? This seems like a pretty odd thing to get so…

When you find the person stupid or courageous enough to hit Steve Smith, Sr. in the head with a beer pitcher... Stay the fuck away from that bold, dumb person.

Weren’t the Ravens winning after he scored? People get carried away with this scoreboard thing and when it’s acceptable to trash talk. YMMV, but I’m not at all impressed by someone who talks trash after the outcome of a game is already known. I measure trash talkers by what they say before and during a game and what…

It definitely isn’t because Smith is an extremely common name and the Ravens have four players whose last name is Smith, right?

*Checks Ravens’ Roster*

Shut up, Jennie Lee!

And then LdT pulled a hamstring...

Can we get a link to your SoundCloud?

Saying you don’t like it doesn’t mean it isn’t good either. For the record...

I think you’re responding to the wrong person. Your response may well be true, but I was responding to your suggestion that it isn’t worth it to play football. And again, my point stands: If you’re not a skilled enough athlete to play football, why should anyone care whether or not you think playing football is a…

Yeah, it’s crazy to think that a person in an exceptionally dangerous profession that has been demonstrated to have long-term negative health consequences might be worried about his long-term health... Too far fetched. Must be another reason.

It’s not worth it to you. But you’re probably not in the very small subset of people who are capable of being a professional athlete. So your perspective on this is of one who is sitting inside, staring out a window, criticizing people outside for using umbrellas in the rain. You may not like umbrellas. You may think…

I get your clarification but I’m not sure how it makes more sense to you. Why not say that right away? To whom? In what forum? You’re criticizing them for airing their side of the story (true or false) now but what was their platform for airing it earlier? Were they supposed to create a burner and bring it up in the…

What play are you watching?!?! That hit was shoulder-to-shoulder. How is a shoulder-to-shoulder hit on the player with the ball EVER dirty?

This is a really dumb comment. The fundamentals you cited are completely wrong precisely because of the specifics of who was getting hit and why. He was delivering a hit on a QB. As a defender, you’re supposed to try to hit a QB as hard as (legally) possible. The hit was shoulder-to-shoulder, so it was perfectly…

This is as it should have been, even before they moved the line for PATs. If you go for the first 2pc and you convert, the other team is “forced” to chase that point. If you go for the first 2 pc and you don’t convert, you can always go for the 2nd 2pc. If you convert that one, you’re essentially even. If you don’t…

Did I see a dinger off the post? I think I did! It’s not an easy shot to make. It might not have been a more difficult shot to make if the keeper is doing his ACTUAL job. But that doesn’t de-fluke the fluke-yness of it.

This. A thousand times. And I don’t say that to say I’m cool with any of it. But you just hit the bullseye on how I read this too. This guy didn’t want to look like a punk to his girlfriend so he stepped to a guy who could absolutely destroy him in 14 seconds. As shitty as this situation was, there’s no better outcome…

I’ll hold the door open for you and then follow you out because I definitely laughed.

Well put. I’ve lived here for 20+ years and this is exactly what I see happening, coupled with the fact that in 2015 (and for the last several years, really) it is no longer necessary to pull for the geographically closest team in order to feel like you’re part of something. Locally, marginally affiliated fans can…

What difference would it make? I guess not much. You have an opinion that I don’t share (one that, seemingly, lots of people don’t share). I gave you an opportunity to elaborate on that opinion and asked you to give examples of things you would compare favorably. And this was your response. It’s the Internet, so you…

I’m running from a combine harvester... I’ve got a shrinking lead and the combine is just chopping up the field behind me, gaining ground. I run into a large barn. As I look back, the combine has grown to five times its normal size. I exit the far side of the barn as the massive combine tears through the side I…