McCarthy’s playbook is now useless, as it consists solely of “Have Rodgers pull amazing plays out of his ass to save us.”

Packers fan here. Now everyone gets to see how shitty we are without a hall of fame quarterback to keep our defense in games.

I mean, that’s a fair point but it’s pretty clear to me that he was intentionally blocking the plate with his leg and is evidenced by his success.

If you’re trying to move quickly to your left, you don’t stick your left leg out straight to the left.

Agreed. I would like to know what Maddon would say if they got the out at home, but Contreras is out for the rest of the series with a broken leg or concussion. To me this play is just an unfortunate by-product of protecting players (and their contracts).

Yeah, you beat me to it. Contreras gets blown up if that rule isn’t around, and we’re back to collisions that are arguably more dangerous than what happens on football kickoffs.

But without that rule, doesn’t Culberson just plow into Contreras? I get that this is the MLB equivalent of the “What’s a catch?” but I think that play is dramatically different if the rule doesn’t exist. Maddon wants it repealed, but then we go back to arguably the most dangerous hits in US sports. I think Maddon has…

How insecure must these old bastards like Jerry Jones and Mike Pence be in their white privilege that the sight of a few black players kneeling silently during a song makes them so agitated that they cannot enjoy their greater privilege of undercompensated (mostly black) labor sacrificing their long-term health to…

I’m really kinda sad right now. I was a lifelong Dallas Cowboys fan. I gritted my teeth when Jerry coldly fired Tom Landry. I finally broke loose from a comatose state after Jerry fired Jimmy Johnson. I couldn’t believe that he brought in Terrell Owens, a guy who “disrespected” the star. I had to defend Terrell Owens…

Fuck Jerry Jones. Fuck Donald Trump. And fuck the Cowboys. You ain’t America’s team anymore. That honor belongs to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The NFL’s seemingly never ending race to the bottom steps it up a notch.

I heard the look-alike story a lot as a kid. It was due to steroids in our tellings.

Normally, one would be tempted to shower afterwards, but there lies the quandary.

Please forgive my rant.

Thank you. I teach IT at a community college, and have for 30 years; this is always a battle. I even have a line in my syllabus that says “Yes, you really have to read the book.”