2019 NFL Offseason Thread

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:33 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:56 am There's also this (and I didn't know this, if it is indeed a thing):

I certainly did not know this.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:35 am

Does this mean I have to throw away my New Balance OK Sign 5s?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:38 am

Ryan wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:35 am Does this mean I have to throw away my New Balance OK Sign 5s?

Pretty sure those are the "Okee-dokeys" approved by white dads everywhere, so you're probably fine.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:41 am

Ryan wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:35 am Does this mean I have to throw away my New Balance OK Sign 5s?

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:52 am

Can I still use it in support of my movement to repeal the Admissions Clause and restore the original 13?

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:53 am

Found this in a Charlotte Observer article from last year about the Klan recruiting kids in New York state...

Apparently it is a thing.

Which I am tempted to say reflects poorly on Nike's R & D folks, but would you guys have expected Nike to know about this?

Also, expect to see a lot more of these flags at events on Thursday.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:55 am

Fuck, I can't eat Snickers now either?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:56 am

Those two flags together make total sense

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:59 am

Ryan wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:56 am Those two flags together make total sense

(Insert bitter, ironic yet deep laughter)

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:07 pm

New Balance=supporters of the Missouri Compromise

Edit: OMG Adidas is a visual representation of the Three Fifths Compromise

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:14 pm

Doc Martens...is anti-vaxx!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:17 pm

New Balance is the official shoe of neo-nazis and old guys with wide feet.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:47 pm

I'm the latter and avoid them explicitly because I make a mental association with the former.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:55 pm

I think Kaep is totally fucked up on this one and I really don't like Nike giving in.

Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:07 pm

I don’t feel strongly about this particular issue but I’ve bought multiple pairs of Nikes in the past year specifically because I respect their willingness to give a voice to leftwingers like Kaepernick.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:57 pm

Joe K wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:07 pm I don’t feel strongly about this particular issue but I’ve bought multiple pairs of Nikes in the past year specifically because I respect their willingness to give a voice to leftwingers like Kaepernick.

Sure, and I think that's great. But there's a limit to everything, and "don't use a Revolutionary-War era US flag logo because some of the Revolutioners had slaves" is on the other side of it.

Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:14 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:57 pm
Joe K wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:07 pm I don’t feel strongly about this particular issue but I’ve bought multiple pairs of Nikes in the past year specifically because I respect their willingness to give a voice to leftwingers like Kaepernick.
Sure, and I think that's great. But there's a limit to everything, and "don't use a Revolutionary-War era US flag logo because some of the Revolutioners had slaves" is on the other side of it.

That’s fine. It’s also fine for Kaepernick (or anyone else) to feel the other way. And Nike presumably put a lot of thought into its decision to use Kaepernick as a prominent endorser. If a right-wing athlete like Nick Bosa or JD Martinez were in that position with Nike, then they’d just go forward with issuing the shoe.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:55 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:57 pmSure, and I think that's great. But there's a limit to everything, and "don't use a Revolutionary-War era US flag logo because some of the Revolutioners had slaves" is on the other side of it.

I feel like you have to consider if your opinion would change, at all, if you were you but black. The default "I don't know because I can't know" feels much safer than opposition most every time.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 3:40 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:55 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:57 pmSure, and I think that's great. But there's a limit to everything, and "don't use a Revolutionary-War era US flag logo because some of the Revolutioners had slaves" is on the other side of it.
I feel like you have to consider if your opinion would change, at all, if you were you but black. The default "I don't know because I can't know" feels much safer than opposition most every time.

Oh, I have no doubt that Kaep's feeling is legit. And I have no animus towards him - if he can use his newfound status to agitate, more power to him, and I will agree with him way more often than I will disagree.

But I don't think Nike should have given in to him, because the implication is that it's not okay for the US to celebrate its own founding. And that is not reasonable.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 4:24 pm

A little more reading says his reasoning was grounded in the alt-right's apparent adoption of that flag as a symbol of "better times".

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 6:16 pm

If that’s the full reason, I’m even less on board.

Keep it and you either force morons to buy Nikes or none of them do and you reclaim the symbol.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 7:23 pm

This doesn't seem a whole lot smarter than when people overreacted to gangs appropriating sports logos.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:26 pm

Can't. Stop. Laughing.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:49 pm

What are those humans?!

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 2:43 pm

Josh Normal training in a different way

Senior vice president of communications, Tony Wyllie wrote: no comment

https://wtop.com/washington-redskins/20 ... -pamplona/

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:10 pm

Just checked out the "latest news" at Pro Football Talk. Most recent six stories include the Packers setting records in revenue last season and three NFL Friday afternoon news dump suspensions (including Incognito).

Really sums up the NFL real quick (and I guess the others being a team CEO making a suggestion for moving to an 18-game schedule and a player injury fit right in, as well).

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:31 pm

Incognito doesn't make 50. Guaranteed.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:11 pm

Everyone knows that the kids get to do whatever they want with the head.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nydail ... utType=amp

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 5:10 pm

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:11 pm Everyone knows that the kids get to do whatever they want with the head.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nydail ... utType=amp

Oh jeez!

The technician, no .406 hitter like the baseball legend, missed the can with several swings of the wrench and smacked Williams' head directly, spraying "tiny pieces of frozen head" around the room.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 2:58 pm

Bengal, are you ok?

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 3:16 pm

Totally not it. But Marvin Lewis did suck and I do own a 32 Hill jersey. So maybe that was me.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:47 am

It looks like Jerloma with a fake mustache

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 2:35 pm

I just. I can’t even make a joke. Sorry bengal.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 3:48 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 2:35 pm I just. I can’t even make a joke. Sorry bengal.

I mean, it could have been worse.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:43 pm

and Tyreek Hill hurt in practice..

Post by **brian** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:46 pm

Never rooted for an injury, but if Hill had an injury which forced him to miss say the first 8 games or so, that would be some fitting karma.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:06 pm

Rooting for injuries is just asking the universe to do the job the leagues aren't. I'm fine with it. Let's hope this one is career threatening.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 2:57 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:06 pm Rooting for injuries is just asking the universe to do the job the leagues aren't. I'm fine with it. Let's hope this one is career threatening.

Maybe Breeland was just sparring with him.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 3:47 pm

Evidently just a bruised quad (to which a Reddit user replied, who names a kid Quad?)

Post by **brian** » Thu Aug 01, 2019 12:26 pm

Might only be of interest to the Texans fans, but this is more detail than I've ever seen on JJ Watt's season at Central Michigan.

(Note: It's The Athletic, so subscription required.)