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Someone please construct a television powered by pullups for future Dogg Children.
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Jun 30, 2014 21:19
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Sweet, that means he'll miss the Niners game. We'll need all the help we can get while Bowman's out.
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Jun 30, 2014 21:32
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MourningView posted:Yeah his story was that his dad agreed to let him watch as much TV as he wanted when he was a kid but only if he did pushups, situps, or ran laps around the house during commericials, and that he just kept on doing that for the rest of his life and does, like, 3000 pushups a day. So basically make your children do calisthenics while they watch cartoons and one day they will win the Heisman and get traded for a shitload of draft picks. Were you old enough to see that trade and somewhat understand what was going on, or did you just read about it after the fact while the Cowboys were wrecking everyone and laugh your rear end off?
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Jun 30, 2014 22:10
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Volkerball posted:Were you old enough to see that trade and somewhat understand what was going on, or did you just read about it after the fact while the Cowboys were wrecking everyone and laugh your rear end off? I was like three when that trade happened.
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Jun 30, 2014 22:11
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That's too bad. I wonder what it was like picking up the newspaper the next morning as a Cowboy fan and understanding what the gently caress just happened. It would have been amazing to argue with a person who thought it was a bad move for Dallas. There had to have been someone.
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Jun 30, 2014 22:14
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Volkerball posted:That's too bad. I wonder what it was like picking up the newspaper the next morning as a Cowboy fan and understanding what the gently caress just happened. It would have been amazing to argue with a person who thought it was a bad move for Dallas. There had to have been someone. There were probably lots. I doubt a lot of people fully understood exactly what Dallas had just done until they started cutting all the old shits they'd just traded for and stocking up on picks.
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Jun 30, 2014 22:16
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My understanding is that it was generally regarded as a trade that made sense for both sides and a decent number of folks actually thought Dallas messed up. It wasn't really regarded as a fleecing until a couple years later when it became apparent that it had helped Dallas build a powerhouse and Herschel flamed out in Minnesota. It was a different time. Walker was still regarded as an elite talent and teams didn't value draft picks back then like they do now.
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Jun 30, 2014 22:19
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If you think about the Vikings really came out on top because Herschel Walker could walk onto the team at any moment and be a better running back than Toby Gerhart.
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Jun 30, 2014 22:22
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Walker was coming off back-to-back Pro Bowl seasons, too, so I'm sure plenty of people wondered if they were getting enough value for him.
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Jun 30, 2014 22:22
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He had finished second in the NFL in rushing the year before on a really really bad team. He was Dallas' best player at the time and it wasn't all that close. Aikman and Irvin were on the roster too, but they weren't what they would eventually become.
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Jun 30, 2014 22:24
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Yeah, Troy Aikman could say the entire alphabet back then.
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Jun 30, 2014 22:26
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Detroit_Dogg posted:Yeah, Troy Aikman could say the entire alphabet back then. Irvin could go on a plane without worrying about nose bleeds.
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Jun 30, 2014 22:27
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Walker was also coming off over a half decade of pretty ridiculously deserved hype as well. He was signed into the USFL by the league breaking a rule against signing undergraduates, then paid him over twice what any player in the NFL was making per year (Though not the hilarity Steve Young managed to get). Then when he went to Dallas, they paid him a million per year, which put him near the top of all NFL players then as well.
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Jun 30, 2014 22:28
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FizFashizzle posted:Irvin could go on a plane without worrying about nose bleeds. probably not true
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Jun 30, 2014 22:29
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Kalli posted:Walker was also coming off over a half decade of pretty ridiculously deserved hype as well. He also broke Eric Dickerson's pro football single season rushing record there . He ran for more yards in his first 3 years with the USFL than he did in his 3 years in college which is pretty funny considering he was the best back in college football since he stepped onto the field as a freshman. But the USFL was pretty bush league. The thing about that trade is I've heard it really spoiled the coaching staff on Walker because of all the players and picks they lost. His debut game was fine, but after that everything fell apart. I think it was because Minnesota had more of a one cut system going on. He got 1,000 yards the first year after he left Minnesota, but never did it there. I wish he would've come to the NFL after his junior year, because as it stands, there's really nothing he left behind that you'd see in a record book. I think he's like top 10 in all purpose yards or something, but that's about it. Doesn't tell the story of what a loving freak that dude was.
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Jun 30, 2014 22:46
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MourningView posted:He had finished second in the NFL in rushing the year before on a really really bad team. He was Dallas' best player at the time and it wasn't all that close. Aikman and Irvin were on the roster too, but they weren't what they would eventually become. Irvin tore his knee up early that year and Aikman was a rookie who was getting murdered every week and had to fight for his job from Steve Walsh, so it was seen as an insane move. The full implications of it didn't become clear until Johnson dumped most of the players he got in the trade for picks. Boys Will Be Boys mentions also that Mike Lynn didn't consult the Vikes coaching staff before he made the deal for Walker, which is why the coaching staff was so livid about it.
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Jun 30, 2014 23:17
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Quest For Glory II posted:gently caress Welp RIP Eagles
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Jun 30, 2014 23:20
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NFC LEast Just means Eli gets another chance to further seperate himself from that scrub Peyton 
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Jul 1, 2014 00:26
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Free agent QB Kevin Kolb was arrested for boating while intoxicated over the weekend in Willacy County, Texas. That's really all you need to know
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Jul 1, 2014 00:30
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Could he play even if he wanted to? I thought he was just brain damaged out of the league.
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Jul 1, 2014 00:32
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When Kolb was placed under arrest, he told the cop, "Do you have any idea who I am?!" Cop: "No." Kolb: "gently caress. I don't, either" The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Jul 1, 2014 |
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Jul 1, 2014 00:42
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NFL is banning non-regulation facemasks.
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Jul 1, 2014 01:31
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Does that include the shredder masks that are supposed to be preventative for guys with neck injuries?
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Jul 1, 2014 01:41
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Atticus Finch posted:NFL is banning non-regulation facemasks. I thought they did that last year, maybe except for a doctor's note?
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Quest For Glory II posted:When Kolb was placed under arrest, he told the cop, "Do you have any idea who I am?!" I honor this post
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Jul 1, 2014 02:03
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Have they given any good reason to ban the Shredder masks?
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Jul 1, 2014 02:10
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gently caress this lovely company
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Jul 1, 2014 02:11
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Great there goes the only reason to have justin tuck
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Jul 1, 2014 02:24
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Pops Mgee posted:Have they given any good reason to ban the Shredder masks? It shows individuality and actual interest in playing football.
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ulmont posted:I thought they did that last year, maybe except for a doctor's note?
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Atticus Finch posted:The doctor's note doesn't matter anymore. July N/V title
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Atticus Finch posted:NFL is banning non-regulation facemasks. Are all the grandfathered one-bar guys gone now? I forget.
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Jul 1, 2014 02:57
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Pops Mgee posted:Have they given any good reason to ban the Shredder masks? Their argument was players wearing it felt embiggened to lead with their head.
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Jul 1, 2014 02:59
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Basil Hayden posted:Are all the grandfathered one-bar guys gone now? I forget. wasn't Morton Andersen (or Gary Anderson I foget) the last one?
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Jul 1, 2014 03:02
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thought the last was Feagles
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Jul 1, 2014 03:03
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Alouicious posted:wasn't Morton Andersen (or Gary Anderson I foget) the last one? After googling it the answer is apparently Scott Player, who was last on the Pats' practice squad in 2008. So I guess they're all gone now.
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Kalli posted:Their argument was players wearing it felt embiggened to lead with their head. What a crock of poo poo.
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Jul 1, 2014 03:06
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Kalli posted:Their argument was players wearing it felt embiggened to lead with their head. Does that mean they are going to ban the Chargers logo off of helmets because it gives an unfair psychological advantage as their players canimagine they are The Flash?
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Kalli posted:Their argument was players wearing it felt embiggened to lead with their head. I don't feel that explanation is very cromulent
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