Yup, you would think that people who get paid to understand the NFL would know this. The sports media hive mind had a collective chubby for the Raiders two seasons ago, before they promptly re-Raidered. As you and other commenters have noted, last year’s Jags team was an aberration, and this year is normal. They…

“Easy there, fella. I’m the embodiment of evil, but comparing me to Mark Davis is in poor taste.”
-- Voldemort

My thoughts exactly. If you’re dog isn’t glad to see you, you’re a bad person. ITS CALLED SCIENCE SHEEPLE. I would take the trash out and when I walked back in seven seconds later my dogs acted like I’d just come home from the war.

We need to tell all the former coal workers to get off their lazy asses and become Instagram celebrities or “influencers” or whatever it is people are (somehow) making hundreds of thousands a dollars a year doing. 

The only reason we know Charlton Heston plays a Mexican in Touch of Evil is because Welles calls him a dirty Mexican. Heston answers the phone by saying “Si”, and that’s it. I saw a screening of the film in the 1990s at a film festival, and Chuck was there. I heard him tell the “stay in the chariot” story at a…

OOHHHH. LEBRON HATE. SO EDGY. 

I think they are attempts at humor in the way James Harden attempts to play defense.

On most nights, for his entire career he’s been the best player on the court, at both ends, at every position, so yeah, let’s slag the guy because he’s not leaving it all on the court for the Magic Johnson’s collection of head cases.

Counterpoint: No.

As if LeBron has ever been coached. And as if Harden would ever listen to a coach. This is either a bad attempt at humor or just plain bad.

I surprised he didn’t steal a line from Eric Cartman: “My mom says there’s a lot of black people in Africa.”

Yeah, it’s pretty bad when the self-appointed expert on everything is saying “Whoa, dude, stop sniffing your farts.”

Fifty Shades was a big best seller. I don’t want to know her views on basketball. I agree with the OP, Gladwell has made a shit ton of money off of screamingly obvious observations. What a scam artist. 

Heh. As if Zion’s playing for free. I’m sure it absolutely sucks being the BMOC at Duke. He really looks like he’s suffering out there. HOW DARE WE EXPECT TEENAGERS TO HAVE FUN PLAYING BASKETBALL IN COLLEGE FOR ONE OF THE MOST RABID FAN BASES ON THE PLANET.

I fully expect him to be as successful as the rest of the USC QB fraternity. They keep cranking ‘em out, and the NFL hive mind falls for it every time. I think Sam Darnold just fumbled again. 

This guy has “future  attorney general for the Trump Administration” written all over him.

Sam Darnold was a turnover machine at USC. The NFL/media hive mind decided he’d do much better on a crappy team playing against professional defenses. WHAT COULD GO WRONG. Meanwhile, the Cardinals paid $18 million to Sam “Hodor” Bradford to go away, and the Lions are still waiting for Matthew Stafford to blossom. (In…

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This can only improve the, um, quality of play. 

It's gotten so bad I've heard Nathan Peterman referred to as a quarterback, and Jon Gruden as a coach.