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2023 NFL offseason thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Michael_ Gee, Feb 13, 2023.

  1. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    The Lions have unveiled their alternate helmets.

     
  2. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Actually pretty good.
     
  3. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    Guess so. Could've been worse, for sure.
    That version of the lion reminds me of my NFL pillowcase and the early Silverdome days.
     
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  4. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    BTW, anyone know what's up with Jake from State Farm?
     
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  5. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    This story popped the other day - apparently Vick is up for the CFB HOF - and IMO he's a lock - the dog-fighting stuff came later.

    Michael Vick reflects on one man who advised against dogfighting enterprise

    It really took me back to how big that story became - obviously dog-fighting is horrible, but I think most of it was Vick's status in the league. He was probably Mahomes or at least Justin Herbert level of fame at that point in his career. And now, looking back - as horrible as the crime was - given what has transpired since with athletes and other celebrities - it seems like maybe a 6 on the outrage-0-meter if it would have happened today. Outrage Inflation?
    Does it take more to get us pissed off these days? Has bad behavior by the famous become less shocking?
     
  6. BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo

    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo Well-Known Member

    He was probably at a level just below Mahomes...not a Super Bowl-winner, but a Madden cover guy and, I think, a guy with lots of endorsements? Crazy how long ago that seems. Probably because in the interim, we've "elected" as president a racist rapist game show host who tried overthrowing the government when he lost his bid for re-election. So yeah, the bar has been raised/lowered.
     
  7. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Thing is, did we ever see Michael Vick's ceiling? Did anyone get out of Vick what Andy Reid and his staff got out of Patrick Mahomes?

    For all we saw, I think there's still a "what might have been" feeling to Vick's career that we won't have to worry about with Mahomes.
     
  8. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    If we were to learn that, say, Lamar Jackson was fighting, torturing and killing dogs for fun, I am pretty confident you would learn that our threshold for outrage on that hasn't changed much.
     
  9. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Wasn’t Vick pretty damn good post-incarceration in Reid’s offense in Philly?
     
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  10. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    I was at Arrowhead when the Chiefs punked Vick and Atlanta, winning, like, 56-10. That's all I gots.
     
  11. melock

    melock Well-Known Member

    Good enough that one reason Reid traded McNabb because he had Kevin Kolb, Kolb got hurt in the season opener against Green Bay, Vick was fantastic off the bench, led them to playoffs, Kolb was traded to AZ that offseason and Vick got another $100 million contract not long after.
     
  12. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Don't underestimate how much people hate anyone who abuses dogs.
     
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