I don't know what happened that night or with the cops but I will say that if the big black guy in the story is a star football player then yes, shit does work like that sometimes.

You hadn't heard that? It was literally everywhere for a while at that time. Were you just not interested in the facts that didn't follow the narrative you want to construct? (One which is accurate that the NFL doesn't give a shit about anything but $$$ but doesn't change the fact that individual teams do care A…

Just playing devil's advocate here because I am definitely with you, but if you're rich and paid very handsomely to do a job that also involves you being a major PUBLIC face of an institution, you do whatever you can to ensure your "good name" isn't tarnished any more or any longer than it has to be.

"Ignore" or "already wrote about it years ago when it was new"?

That's just wrong. There was a huge rumor he was going to be moved or cut for a while. He came back with a new attitude and that changed but it was absolutely up in the air for a while and they absolutely did hesitate to resign him for a while. You are making shit up and forgetting a good 2 years of possible…

They can be. What’s worse - Hitler’s ideas or the actions of Aaron Hernandez?

See, OJ’s the opposite to me. He committed an “understandable murder” (in that a woman he still loved was dating someone else. Clear-cut motive and emotion for it though obv, ya know, don’t murder people) whereas Hernandez was a sociopathic drug addict who originally murdered 2 people for spilling a drink on him in a…

No. A coach at Julien’s level of success has input on these moves. He could have said, “No, don’t keep resigning our average players to too much money” and didn’t. I appreciate everything they did and hate to say it, but it’s time for a new voice. Thanks for everything but it’s time to go.

Mainly for the Nickelback reference

^while also pulling yourselves out of contention for the most highly regarded prospects in the draft.

If they don’t want Mariotta Tennessee should just grab the d-lineman from USC or some other potential stud instead of getting a guy who makes them just good enough to miss out on the best of the best prospects while likely not being there long enough to actually spearhead a true rebound which this team is still years…

Dude, the bulk of the Rivers hate came from him being a jerk to JAY CUTLER. If Jay Cutler gets into a beef with someone you don’t blame the guy without the cigarette.

They’re too smart to do it. Either EJ takes a step forward or they draft a QB really highly next year and become the team to beat in the AFC East assuming Tom Brady is, in fact, mortal and hangs them up at some point.

Not joking, just wrong. By a lot. He’s maaaybe the 3rd or 4th best that’s played in his career (Duncan, Kobe, Shaq, then him in that order.) Duncan is unquestionably better and you’d have do some real mental gymnastics to say Kobe and Shaq aren’t better (at this point, LBJ could pass them by the time he’s done but he…

Right... except for the fact he won 6th Man of the Year there 2 years ago. Besides completely ignoring facts your argument is great!

THIS. Good for her! Also good for the first dude. But imagine being at the back of that line?!? Noooope

All I could think about through this whole article was this clip. The tone is all wrong and all that stuff which goes without saying since Carl is a jagoff but I couldn’t stop thinking of this and giggling the whole time.

Russ shoots 40 times and he’s carrying the team. Kobe shoots 40 times while actively insulting and alienating his teammates and being one of the least likable people in the league and he’s selfish.

I’m not saying it worked out as well as it could have, but it was absolutely a defensible move.

I’d also submit that a Westbrook/Harden led team with even scrubbier players would probably be in the exact same position.