The 2024 Offseason Thread - Mid player my team paid > Mid player my team didn't pay

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No Butt Stuff: Jun 10, 2004

Put it down on the ground to stop the concrete from sucking all the heat out of your feet. I did the same for the plastic chair.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 00:24

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# ? May 26, 2024 02:11

Silly Burrito: Nov 27, 2007; SET A COURSE FOR
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No Butt Stuff posted:

Put it down on the ground to stop the concrete from sucking all the heat out of your feet. I did the same for the plastic chair.

Learn something new every day.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 00:29

A Sneaker Broker: Feb 14, 2020; Daily Dose of Internet Brain Rot

https://x.com/AllbrightNFL/status/1765880022093435208?s=20

Darnold inbound for Bronco's Country.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 00:32

a neat cape: Feb 22, 2007; Aw hunny, these came out GREAT!

A Sneaker Broker posted:

https://x.com/AllbrightNFL/status/1765880022093435208?s=20

Darnold inbound for Bronco's Country.

Maybe they could sign Russ for vet minimum

# ? Mar 8, 2024 00:35

EmbryoSteve: Dec 18, 2004; Taste~The~Rainbow

My blood sugar is gon' be like

~^^^^*WHOA*^^^^~

a neat cape posted:

Maybe they could sign Russ for vet minimum

👀

# ? Mar 8, 2024 00:36

3 DONG HORSE: May 22, 2008; I'd like to thank Satan for everything he's done for this organization

a neat cape posted:

Maybe they could sign Russ for vet minimum

I'd do it

# ? Mar 8, 2024 00:40

BlindSite: Feb 8, 2009

Qb carousel is my favourite.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 01:05

A big flaming stink: Apr 26, 2010

Silly Burrito posted:

Serious question….cardboard?

A concrete stadium in the bitter cold is a gigantic heatsink that will draw in all your life and freeze you to death if you touch it

# ? Mar 8, 2024 02:08

Black Lighter: Sep 6, 2010; Just keep looking at what we're doing, keep watering and ask yourselves first and know 'Are you watering? And are you fertilizing every day?' So when it's time to pop, it'll pop.

BlindSite posted:

Qb carousel is my favourite.

Too bad Bryce isn't tall enough to ride

# ? Mar 8, 2024 02:26

FizFashizzle: Mar 30, 2005

Black Lighter posted:

Too bad Bryce isn't tall enough to ride

poo poo.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 02:42

seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
INTUITION; Toilet Rascal

A big flaming stink posted:

A concrete stadium in the bitter cold is a gigantic heatsink that will draw in all your life and freeze you to death if you touch it

This metaphor works so well, I finally get it lol

# ? Mar 8, 2024 02:48

fartknocker: Oct 28, 2012; Damn it, this always happens. I think I'm gonna score, and then I never score. It's not fair.; Wedge Regret

Black Lighter posted:

Too bad Bryce isn't tall enough to ride

# ? Mar 8, 2024 02:51

a neat cape: Feb 22, 2007; Aw hunny, these came out GREAT!

A big flaming stink posted:

A concrete stadium in the bitter cold is a gigantic heatsink that will draw in all your life and freeze you to death if you touch it

Why not build the stadium where it isn't cold?

# ? Mar 8, 2024 02:55

Silly Burrito: Nov 27, 2007; SET A COURSE FOR
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A big flaming stink posted:

A concrete stadium in the bitter cold is a gigantic heatsink that will draw in all your life and freeze you to death if you touch it

Somehow never encountered this problem in the Superdome.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 03:01

Fat Jesus: Jul 13, 2011; to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2023

Black Lighter posted:

Too bad Bryce isn't tall enough to ride

They're ridin' Shetland ponies.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 03:20

SKULL.GIF: Jan 20, 2017

Cardboard has a ton of air space that helps insulate against heat being sucked out through your feet. Even boots won't do much because the sole is solid rubber (or plastic). There's a reason homeless people sleep on cardboard sheets instead of directly on the ground, even when they have sleeping bags.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 04:01

Nervous: Jan 25, 2005; Why, hello, my little slice of pecan pie.

D-LINK posted:

Guess what big shooter, he's meeting with them imminently lol

Steelers country, let's smelt!

# ? Mar 8, 2024 05:27

Bellmaker: Oct 18, 2008; Chapter DOOF

A Sneaker Broker posted:

https://x.com/AllbrightNFL/status/1765880022093435208?s=20

Darnold inbound for Bronco's Country.

Bah Gawd that�s Jimmy G�s music!

# ? Mar 8, 2024 16:43

3 DONG HORSE: May 22, 2008; I'd like to thank Satan for everything he's done for this organization

I hope "rather soon" is somehow draft day 1...somehow..

# ? Mar 8, 2024 17:17

Kalli: Jun 2, 2001

Have an invective railing about Britt Reid and just how few consequences connected white shitheads suffer if you want to angry up the blood: https://sports.yahoo.com/former-chiefs-assistant-britt-reid-cut-the-line-into-the-nfl-now-he-cut-the-line-out-of-prison-180036459.html

quote:

On Feb. 4, 2021, Britt Reid was a 35-year-old assistant for the Kansas City Chiefs, where his dad, Andy, was and is the head coach.

On that day, Britt got drunk while working in the team facility. He then attempted a half hour commute home.

He didn�t make it a mile before slamming his pickup truck, traveling 84 miles an hour, into two cars parked on the side of an interstate on-ramp. One car was having trouble and the other came to help.

Britt Reid injured six that day, including himself. Four were initially hospitalized in serious condition, including a then 4-year-old girl.

The fifth victim was then 5-year-old Ariel Young, who Reid sent into an 11-day coma and a lifetime of challenges.

Reid was eventually given a three-year prison sentence, a plea deal down from the maximum seven-year stint. Ariel�s family fumed at that, but it only got worse. Like seemingly everything in this story, even meager consequences didn�t stick.

Last week, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson commuted Reid�s sentence after just 16 months served. Parson has since ducked the local media to explain his rationale. His office didn�t respond to a comment request from Yahoo Sports.

Ariel�s attorney, Tom Porto of the Popham Law Firm, however, says he knows why Britt Reid is out early.

�It�s because the Governor of Missouri is a Chiefs fan, went to the Super Bowl, went to the after parties, went to the parade and the rally and even has a Chiefs tattoo,� Porto told Yahoo Sports.

Can three Super Bowl victories get your son out of jail early? Perhaps. In Kansas City, the Chiefs run a self-described kingdom. What does a governor matter against that?

�It seems the laws don�t apply equally to the haves and have-nots,� Ariel�s mother, Felicia Miller said in a statement. �The haves get favors. The have-nots serve their sentence.�

The family reached a financial agreement last year with the Chiefs to help provide financial support for Ariel�s recovery. Now 8 years old, Young still has balance issues, vision problems and attends special needs classes, according to Porto.

�Ariel is dealing with the effects of her injuries to this day and there is an understanding of the lifelong deficits she is facing,� Porto said.

Parson didn�t bother to call the family or their attorney and let them know he was springing Reid early. They heard it through the news. Of course, Britt himself never offered them an apology, at least not until he was standing in front of a sentencing judge, 21 months after he nearly killed them all.

The only defense of Parson�s decision came via a statement from his office, which noted Reid had completed a prison �alcohol abuse treatment program.�

Great. Everyone should hope it will take, but this isn�t Britt Reid's first time through either rehab (including high-end private ones) or prison. He previously served just five months of a 23-month sentence for brandishing a gun during a road rage incident in Pennsylvania, when Andy coached the Philadelphia Eagles. Britt Reid also has a prior DUI and drug possession charge.

Reid's commutation letter read, in part, that he'd �served more prison time [16 months] than most individuals convicted of similar offenses.�

So now Britt Reid is some martyr? Of course Parson�s office has provided no data to back up its claim. Reporting by the Kansas City Star suggests it isn�t accurate and Reid got a favorable deal.

From the start this tragedy has been about favoring the offender not the victim. It�s been about endless second chances and excuses for a NFL coaching nepo baby, but cursory concern for the actual innocent child.

It�s been about protecting the powerful from revealing or even acknowledging their truth but just cursory concern for the powerless.

Ariel�s family is working class and lives in Missouri, supposedly the people Parson represents. Britt Reid lived in a rich suburb in Kansas, but obviously the Kingdom�s connections run deeper than state residency.

And yes, Parson, a former small county sheriff, has pardoned and commuted hundreds of sentences, but how did a repeat offender with a lifetime of addiction issues and less than two years remaining make the list? No one can explain it.

Jean Peters Baker, a Democratic prosecutor in Jackson County (Missouri) stated Parson did a favor for a man of �status, privilege and connections.� Jay Ashcroft, a Republican Secretary of State, said it was �not a good look.�

�There is bipartisan support for this being complete [expletive],� Porto said. �Everybody in the country feels this way.�

Britt Reid didn�t get to be the Chiefs linebackers coach because he was qualified for such a coveted position � NFL assistant is a top 1 percent of all coaching jobs. Britt�s only outside �professional� experience was as a graduate assistant at Temple from 2011-12.

He cut the line into the NFL. He cut the line out of prison.

It�s just enablement at both ends of the spectrum.

And it may extend beyond Britt Reid. The Chiefs initially stated they would �review� what happened in its facility that day. There is extensive security and surveillance in all NFL buildings and since this took place during COVID restrictions, cameras were truly everywhere. And that�s in addition to interviewing everyone.

Was Britt secretly drinking inside the team facility or was it out in the open? Did anyone else know that day? How about any day, since this was a problem employee with addiction issues? Is there a culture of drinking on the job there?

The Chiefs have never said and never revealed a thing. They�ve declined or not responded to questions throughout.

Meanwhile, the NFL stated it would look into the situation as well, but like the Chiefs it has gone silent.

This, the NFL, is an organization that will investigate the personal lives of players or hire entire law firms to look into some organizations. It holds a so-called �Commissioner�s Exempt List� to dole out discipline without much protocol. It once fought all the way to federal court over the inflation level of some footballs in New England.

Yet on this, a real-world issue impacting real-world families, a tragedy that every team could learn from, the league has never commented on if it even looked into, let alone found anything. Of late, it doesn�t even respond to requests for comment on the topic.

Everyone seemingly wants it to just fade away, memories blinded by the glimmer of all those Lombardi Trophies.

�As a Kansas Citian and a Chiefs fan, we want to cheer for this team and be happy for the success it has,� Porto said. �But this just rips the carpet out from the excitement about the organization.�

It doesn�t appear anyone cares or ever really did. Not the Chiefs. Not the NFL. And certainly not the governor.

They�ll outlast the outrage and put it behind them, even if Ariel Young never will.

Kalli fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Mar 8, 2024

# ? Mar 8, 2024 17:18

solarjetman: Jan 27, 2001; Fun Shoe

A Sneaker Broker posted:

https://x.com/AllbrightNFL/status/1765880022093435208?s=20

Darnold inbound for Bronco's Country.

Darnold as a 1 year tank commander / competition for Stidham, whatever, but if they commit real money to him and act like he can be a starter...

# ? Mar 8, 2024 18:08

Diva Cupcake: Aug 15, 2005

Kalli posted:

Have an invective railing about Britt Reid and just how few consequences connected white shitheads suffer if you want to angry up the blood:

quote:

From the start this tragedy has been about favoring the offender not the victim. It�s been about endless second chances and excuses for a NFL coaching nepo baby, but cursory concern for the actual innocent child.

loving wrecked.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 18:30

Black Sunshine: Apr 4, 2004; LEFT 4 DEAD IS A LOT LIKE FOOTBALL - I JERK OFF TO BOTH

Kalli posted:

Have an invective railing about Britt Reid and just how few consequences connected white shitheads suffer if you want to angry up the blood:

Blood status: boiling

If he was a poor person and/or a minority he would be serving the maximum sentence, gently caress everything. poo poo like this makes me wish I was oblivious to the world around me so I could just coast through life only being aware of my immediate surroundings.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 18:31

DeimosRising: Oct 17, 2005; �Hola SEA!

Black Sunshine posted:

poo poo like this makes me wish I was oblivious to the world around me so I could just coast through life only being aware of my immediate surroundings.

park your car near britt reid's house and give it some time

# ? Mar 8, 2024 18:40

Racing Stripe: Oct 22, 2003

Black Sunshine posted:

Blood status: boiling

If he was a poor person and/or a minority he would be serving the maximum sentence

Yeah. And this is why we should eliminate/dramatically reduce prison sentences period (for everything, including murder). The system will never stop favoring rich white assholes, and prison helps nobody, so the only realistic way to make it less discriminatory is to burn it to the ground.

Anyway, too bad Boyd is leaving Cincy. Makes sense, and this last season was one of his worst, but there was a time not long ago when he was one of the only bright spots on the roster. Hope he gets a decent paycheck for a few more years somewhere.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 19:25

kiimo: Jul 24, 2003

Silly Burrito posted:

Serious question�.cardboard?

When it is cold, like -27 with windchill cold, it's loving amazing how well this hack works.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 19:35

Kalli: Jun 2, 2001

https://twitter.com/Browns/status/1766109116974383340

# ? Mar 8, 2024 20:40

kiimo: Jul 24, 2003

wow.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 20:40

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Kalli posted:

https://twitter.com/Browns/status/1766109116974383340

lol lmao

# ? Mar 8, 2024 20:42

3 DONG HORSE: May 22, 2008; I'd like to thank Satan for everything he's done for this organization

mcmagic posted:

lol lmao

# ? Mar 8, 2024 21:00

Android Apocalypse: Apr 28, 2009; The future is
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and you are
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I mean, getting all of the plaintiffs together in 1 pic is quite the move.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 21:02

Amy Pole Her: Jun 17, 2002

Excited to see what they do for may 1st which is apparently national masseuse day

# ? Mar 8, 2024 21:19

Hot Diggity!: Apr 3, 2010; SKELITON_BRINGING_U_ON.GIF

Kalli posted:

https://twitter.com/Browns/status/1766109116974383340

Really couldn't find a better place for that picture huh

# ? Mar 8, 2024 21:22

fartknocker: Oct 28, 2012; Damn it, this always happens. I think I'm gonna score, and then I never score. It's not fair.; Wedge Regret

Kalli posted:

https://twitter.com/Browns/status/1766109116974383340

What, they couldn�t replace the banners of Otto Graham and Joe Thomas with Deshaun Watson and Kellen Winslow Jr?

# ? Mar 8, 2024 22:23

Hot Diggity!: Apr 3, 2010; SKELITON_BRINGING_U_ON.GIF

Comp picks:

ROUND 3

96) Jacksonville Jaguars
97) Philadelphia Eagles
98) Los Angeles Rams*
99) San Francisco 49ers*

ROUND 4

132) San Francisco 49ers
133) Buffalo Bills
134) Baltimore Ravens

ROUND 5

167) New Orleans Saints
168) Green Bay Packers
169) New Orleans Saints
170) Philadelphia Eagles
171) Philadelphia Eagles
172) Kansas City Chiefs
173) Dallas Cowboys
174) New Orleans Saints
175) San Francisco 49ers

ROUND 6

208) Cincinnati Bengals
209) Los Angeles Rams
210) Philadelphia Eagles
211) San Francisco 49ers
212) Jacksonville Jaguars
213) Los Angeles Rams
214) Cincinnati Bengals
215) San Francisco 49ers
216) Dallas Cowboys
217) Los Angeles Rams
218) New York Jets
219) Green Bay Packers
220) Tampa Bay Buccaneers

ROUND 7

253) Los Angeles Chargers
254) Los Angeles Rams
255) Green Bay Packers
256) New York Jets
257) New York Jets

https://www.nfl.com/news/2024-nfl-draft-nfl-awards-34-compensatory-picks-to-14-teams

# ? Mar 8, 2024 22:41

kiimo: Jul 24, 2003

Hot Diggity! posted:

Really couldn't find a better place for that picture huh

omg

Jim Brown looking down, wondering which one he'll slug first

# ? Mar 8, 2024 22:43

indigi: Jul 20, 2004; ^{how can we not talk about family

when family's all that we got?}

Kalli posted:

Have an invective railing about Britt Reid and just how few consequences connected white shitheads suffer if you want to angry up the blood: https://sports.yahoo.com/former-chiefs-assistant-britt-reid-cut-the-line-into-the-nfl-now-he-cut-the-line-out-of-prison-180036459.html

I don't want to be made mad or sad, but I appreciate that someone wrote something to this effect

DeimosRising posted:

park your car near britt reid's house and give it some time

(sadly) lol

# ? Mar 8, 2024 23:23

Chef Boyardeez Nuts: Sep 9, 2011; The more you kick against the pricks, the more you suffer.

Hot Diggity! posted:

Comp picks:

Unfair of the 49ers to exploit the system by not being racist, imo.

# ? Mar 9, 2024 15:06

Bellmaker: Oct 18, 2008; Chapter DOOF

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1766516691905720331

Broncos rapidly becoming Great Value Football Team

# ? Mar 9, 2024 18:54

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# ? May 26, 2024 02:11

YOLOsubmarine: Oct 19, 2004; When asked which Pokemon he evolved into, Kamara pauses.

"Motherfucking, what's that big dragon shit? That orange motherfucker. Charizard."

Bellmaker posted:

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1766516691905720331

Broncos rapidly becoming Great Value Football Team

Jerry Jeudy was already a store brand WR, getting rid of him is probably addition by subtraction.

# ? Mar 9, 2024 19:10

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