The regret is palpable.

Underrated. No shit they would have tried if they could.

Of course. There was never any claim that he was upset about Barnes being traded. And you’re right about Barnes knowing he was about to be traded. But I think LeBron’s overall point is that teams get analyzed on one metric, and players get analyzed on a different metric that’s less fair. The team metric is “good…

Damn you. I’m sick of the narrative, too, but when you put it like that...

It seemed like comment/star tracking was difficult when I talked to Samer.

Damn, son. Even the “great comments” comments have 200 stars. It makes me wonder—do you have the record for starting the most-starred comment thread (stars on your original comment + other comments)?

I am brave, and I am (currently) not grey. Let’s see how it goes!

You ain’t from around here, are you?

We’re sorry about the ass cancer. Do you think having ass cancer put colonoscopies in perspective for you, or just the sheer number of them you’ve had? I don’t think colonoscopies are *that* big a thing, but you are sedated for them, and anything that requires sedation is a bit scary. Again, though, not as scary as…

I’m thinking Steve (the last one) has a Tomsula-brand life-hack coming his way.

In the broadcast, Romo mentioned how McVay actually adjusted to that by huddling. The Rams only left the huddle with 15 seconds left on the clock, so that the Patriots couldn’t do that anymore.

Also, that’s Hines Ward running the ball there, and it was filmed in Pittsburgh, I believe.

I’m not dignifying the asshole with a reply, but if you conflate “kneeling during the national anthem” with “making a commercial about how we spent time in Georgia” as the same performance, you can’t be helped.

Yeah, an injury to Cooper Kupp.

I firmly believe that McVay’s habit of doing Goff’s work for him over the headset has led to this. If he had been willing to let Goff develop his own instincts rather than feed him everything during the season, they would have maybe lost a couple of games, but maybe Goff would have been better prepared.

You’re goddamn right. Every other coach is like: “This is the scheme we use” and Belichick is like: “this is the scheme that this situation calls for”. How can no one else get this?

It’s true, though. Even if he doesn’t win without Brady, Belichick has been more important to the Patriots success. Brady is a strong, great quarterback, but he is not as integral to the Patriots success as Belichick, and he’s not the whatever “Greatest Of All Time” (I wish people would stop event trying to make that…

I love that recipe, but I haven’t halved it because I hate going to 1 1/2 servings. Stupid halves. I haven’t halved is a dumb sentence.

Welcome to the club! Unfortunately, the list of teams to hate starts getting longer and longer, and then you have situations like “Steelers v. Patriots” where you have to root for a natural disaster to strike.

What a load of horseshit that was. “Hey everybody, here’s some performative pap for social justice!”