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FizFashizzle posted:Clowney said his reasoning for tennessee was "familiarity over economics," and though I understand what he was saying I'm choosing to believe how Loomis was selling him on a contract that would pay out incrementally over 17 years and automatically deposit into an investment instrument that he could turn into tranches and sell on the forex markets "Just like we did with Emmanuel Sanders to get around the cap" and Clowney eventually glazed over and said "gently caress this poo poo."
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Styles Bitchley posted:This thread needs more Two Glove Teddy: Even though I'm obviously not going to root for the Panthers, I really do want Teddy to succeed.
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Styles Bitchley posted:This thread needs more Two Glove Teddy: Man, it still hasn't sank in yet that football starts in a few days
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Shinji2015 posted:Man, it still hasn't sank in yet that football starts in a few days Gotta get my DAZN membership again, baby!
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Barudak posted:Gotta get my DAZN membership again, baby! Are you streaming at like 2 in the morning?
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CannonFodder posted:Are you streaming at like 2 in the morning? Sometimes yes. Night games though are usually early morning for me though so if I get up I can watch them live and then all of you pass out
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Barudak posted:Sometimes yes. Night games though are usually early morning for me though so if I get up I can watch them live and then all of you pass out All your rowdy friends are here for
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wandler20 posted:Also, what the hell is a "soft-tissue" injury? Usually high-five to low-six figures with the right lawyer
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Bruised ligament? Can those bruise?
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Joey Freshwater posted:Good thing the Bucs best receiver is still healthy. Time for Scotty Miller to shine!
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CannonFodder posted:Bruised ligament? Anything that receives a blood supply can bruise.
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A.o.D. posted:Anything that receives a blood supply can bruise. Bruise... Deez?
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Holy poo poo there's an NFL football game tonight? What the gently caress? What happened? Something's gone horribly wrong
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PostNouveau posted:Holy poo poo there's an NFL football game tonight? What the gently caress? What happened? Something's gone horribly wrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYFH_xNvl5g
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Not gonna lie I'm gonna watch so much loving football this year until the league collapses under the weight of various covid crises. Especially with nothing to do on the weekends.
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PostNouveau posted:Holy poo poo there's an NFL football game tonight? What the gently caress? What happened? Something's gone horribly wrong the stadium was loving packed, fam... I can't even. You know exactly the kind of people who were there. The only sounds heard during the "moment of silence for national unity" were boos.
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Chilichimp posted:the stadium was loving packed, fam... I can't even. Yeah that was mega hosed up
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Shinji2015 posted:Makes me glad I didn't watch the game Don't worry, im sure most games on Sunday with crowds will also feature the booing of black people asking to be seen as human beings.
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PostNouveau posted:Yeah that was maga hosed up
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https://twitter.com/saints/status/1304495589653123081?s=21 Okay this is actually good and awesome Also: https://twitter.com/kat_terrell/status/1304514443464892418?s=21 gently caress Junior “beats women with a belt” Galette Spintzel fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Sep 12, 2020 |
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Wasn't Galette the guy that got run out of town for being lovely in the locker room, then justified that decision when the Redskins signed him by making GBS threads all over his former team mates? gently caress the Saints, but also gently caress that guy.
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A.o.D. posted:Wasn't Galette the guy that got run out of town for being lovely in the locker room, then justified that decision when the Redskins signed him by making GBS threads all over his former team mates? He got run out of town because video surfaced of him hitting a woman with a belt iirc.
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