Oberst posted:

I'm glad the Bengals lost.


I'm glad because I'm not sure I would be able to hold myself to this decision if they had won.


I had an amazing seat for the game, and was perfectly placed to see the hit made on Giovanni Bernard. This is a kid who has been every bit the upstanding citizen, and builds schools in Haiti with his wealth. What I realized when I was asked to watch a player lower his eyes to the grass and drive the crown of his helmet through Gio's head over and over is that the NFL doesn't care at all about these people. I guess I always knew that but it really drove the point home.

The NFL reviewed the play to see whether their idiotic notion of what is and isn't a catch was held to. They reviewed the play to see whether Gio's wrist touched the ground. They reviewed the play to see if he was able to hold on to a bit of leather as he lost consciousness. They forced us to watch Ryan Shazier do exactly what they claim to be trying to prevent over twenty times. I finally came to terms with the fact that the reason the NFL doesn't make a more serious effort to enforce these penalties is because they don't give a drat about Giovanni Bernard. As I watched fans throw cans and bottles at the officials I realized that had more to do with the colors on the uniforms than the fact that that one hit will almost certainly have a major impact on the kid's life. I like the team because I like the players.

Players don't give a poo poo about personal fouls because they're called arbitrarily, and until the NFL makes personal fouls reviewable I am not consuming another second of football. I should stop outright regardless, but I love the game. I will miss chatting with y'all but I can't justify following a sport that has such flagrant disregard for the welfare of its players. I'll see y'all in other subforums.

Metapod posted:

Yall see this

https://twitter.com/ab84/status/1078113528861548544?s=21

Eifert Posting posted:

The Browns would have made the playoffs if the Titans hadn't had such a soft schedule. Their young quarterback showed a lot of promise, I think Derek is going to be really good. Also it's too early to tell, but I think Joe Thomas may be a probowl level tackle.


Also why are you talking about Donald Trump, did you just watch Home Alone Two? I guess anyone would be better than W am I right?

Ghost Dog posted:

joey porter

CharlestheHammer posted:

Why isn’t sustainable? Because one team stopped it.

That’s like arguing actually Peyton Manning is a fraud because of those years the pats shut him down.

Before you say the offense can’t work let’s wait until its stopped consistently instead of overreacting hard.

The Puppy Bowl posted:

I may be confusing him with another Bengals poster. Too many Andy avatars. Who's the dude who quit football for a half breath after the Bengals/Steelers playoff game?

Metapod posted:

They are playing the wrong video game 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

Chris James 2 posted:

https://twitter.com/dpshow/status/1090680242832736256

Bigass Moth posted:

Ohio is quite good.

Oberst posted:

The Ravens own so loving much

Ches Neckbeard posted:

You shamed yourself before Baker with this.

BrownThunder posted:

No Irish Need Imply posted:

I'm glad the Bengals lost.

Dom is Here posted:

never

Cavauro posted:

Flikken posted:

Forums-> Sports Argument Stadium-> The Football Funhouse-> The AFC North: There are actually more than two teams in the division

FuzzySkinner posted:

I uh.

Don't think you understand sports all that well.

Cavauro posted:

The Cincinnati bengals are exactly like Pasquale Caggiano, seven time candidate for Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts. However, they're actually not. Pasquale was elected on his final attempt and died three months into his term. the bengals died dried up inside of a tissue in a trash can

Ghost Dog posted:

the mundane witlessness of browns posters itt reminds me of the endless loving avalanche of packers posters, a veritable army of them just endlessly talking about their 4th string fullback being the best in the league. that kind of espn 14 round table eventually drove gendo to be a sex pest and like oberst is just sitting there with a deliverance voice, overalls and a straw hat petting his pet pig and yall wanna play games

Oberst posted:

br*wns suck lol

Kawalimus posted:

I wish i were a blackburnian warbler. Probably not honestly cause migrating would be a lot of stress and id probably fly into a window and die. Also my habitat under threat.

Today they were all gone!! but theres still plenty of time left for more to come through.

When i saw the blackburnian yesterday i typed it into our text group and minutes later the guy who runs the group showed up behind me and was like "where was it". That scared me!

BrownThunder posted:

All hail the Life Bird

Cavauro posted:

make that simpsons image, where it means "that's the joke that was said, and you just said it again!" the background of this forum in my dumb rear end opinion. still deliberating over stretched, tiled or centered

Big Ol Marsh Pussy posted:

smugbird indeed, parmesan basil