The commentary does a great job of illustrating how hard it can be to tell when someone has a head injury— they fail to notice he’s having a problem until the refs stop play, and it’s clear they don’t make the head injury connection until much later.

“He’s officially out with a “head injury,” but we all know what that means” It means despite contributing to a billion dollar industry he’ll be cut with no health care, career or education?

It’s cray to think that 15-20 years ago, this probably would have been funny to a lot of people, and the announcers might have even joked about it.

I’m glad they took him out. Brady Hoke would have moved him to QB.

weren’t the beautiful, wealthy couple more than just nice-experience having luckies? they were essential actors: at best pretending to be a cheerleader is a bit weird, but mostly it just looks too much like they’re trying to fool people. Maybe: ‘...Sports Franchise lends floodlights to Pentagon for some hero-theatre…

and you even left out “politically connected”

Was I supposed to not?

I make it a point to remain seated with my hat on my head at every Ravens game when they play Lee Greenwood’s redneck pride anthem “Proud to be an American.” No, I don’t need to stand and participate. No, its not rude to talk through it. Its a stupid ass country song, nothing more.

This was an unforgettable experience that left us humbled, honored...

Here’s what I’ve never understood, as a servicemember who’s deployed. I didn’t just get whisked away one night by a plane and dropped off on my door step. The process it takes to actually come home is a pain in the ass that involves like 36 hours of travel time and a lot of waiting around.

I worked in Switzerland for 4 years. Where’s my family’s halftime show?

Don’t forget that the Defense Department has used $5 million of taxpayer funds to “Salute the Troops”. I’m curious if any taxpayer funds were used for this piece of pro-military theater.

Seriously. Its the worst example of name-dropping. “I was just having a conversation the other day with my friend, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS...”

This is the reason I immediately tear the heads off of any mascot I see. That could be my special forces wife returning from oversees where she strangles the terrorism out of the throats of our enemies on a daily basis.

Yeah, those sites probably went with the right headlines.

An incomplete list of things I hate about the NFL:

Shit, props to Lt. Valentine serving this weekend in a Third World area.

I spent a year in Korea and it was the easiest tour I ever did. I can’t wait till we reach peak Nationalism and we start doing surprise reunions after a two month TDY to Florida.

It’s symbiotic, dude. The armed forces have aired recruitment commercials on football telecasts for decades.

I gotta disagree here Tom. As a holder of a JD, I can tell you that advertising it rarely makes people like you.