Sitting in the upper level of an NFL game is like being surrounded by the commentariat of yahoo news on lots of cheap beer.

There's literally hundreds of threads on the internet (including dozens on Deadspin) where you can get on a soap box about the NFL and you chose this one? That says a lot about you and none of it is good.

Mike Tirico just made a good point. Where the fuck is the NFLPA? It's the players that are beating helpless victims. The NFL can't do shit with out the consent of the union. D. Smith has been virtually non existent in this whole thing. The NFL has fucked up on lots of levels that have been documented ad naseum and…

I think it may be. Certainly not first ballot but maybe down the line. After all, Ray Guy finally broke in for punters.

As a rabid colts fan I do wish they'd stop doing that. He's good and could become great but the pundit BJs are way excessive. He's still way too inconsistent.

I'd hit it.

Bingo. People's comprehension of context and nuance is staggering.

Not at all. Why would the Rice situation with a grown woman have anything to do with people spanking their kids?

While it's the fashionable thing to hate on the NFL because they deserve it I would like to point out that this is what progress looks like. Big, powerful organizations never turn on a dime. Even if it's purely PR, who cares? Beating women and children has now become VERY serious in the NFL. That was not the case a…

I'm not a T totaler on spanking kids. There's a big difference between disciplining a child in a quick way where they know what they did and why they're being punished and hitting a child out of anger with little structure around the punishment. I don't subscribe to spanking for my kids but if you don't think there's…

The shit people will condone because a person wears the right color laundry on Friday, Saturday and Sunday is astounding and pathetic.

Well, that's that. It was a good ride Roger. Nah I'm just kidding, you're pretty terrible.

Why not discuss how the NFL actually punished Ray Rice (as light and slap wristy as it was) but the government did NOTHING. Am I a hypocrite for paying taxes? The logical jumps you make here are textbook internet faux rage. You're very good at it.

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The Cowboys are the only team in the NFL that actually like "distractions". Seriously though, it's a good fit for Sam. Where the Rams were loaded with D line talent the Cowboys are thin at best. He could see game action this year. Hope it works out.

The tension in baseball is nonexistent compared to the other major sports. Way too many games and the games themselves are too long. Sports is about drama and outside of late October the casual fan can't spot the drama in baseball.

I have an old high school friend whose ex just got out of jail on $350 bail after his 2nd domestic battery charge. $350 for a repeat woman/child abuser!! Let's see how long it takes before he shows up and causes more harm. If we as voters don't require the state to crack down on these types of crimes then why do we…

Right but that's exactly what Dungy meant by distraction. Nobody thought Sam was going to invite it himself or be some sort of diva coming out of the 7th round. I understand I'm going to get crucified here for not towing the Dungy's a horrible person line but from a coaches point of view this is exactly what he was…

Once you put in a first round draft pick at QB there's no going back. Let him come in to save the season rather than struggle early. Of course that's assuming he's capable of winning. Not sure about that.

Agreed that they'll matter but the preseason polls really won't at all.