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Football 2022: Time Makes Fools of Us All

Beta Metroid

At peace
(he/him)
Man, it'd be a rough year if the Lions were the only team I had to root for. It's so nice to have an undefeated college team to root for, especially upon removing the undefeated status from another team nearby! Who knows where this MSU ride will end, but I'm enjoying it very much in the meantime!
 
Fuck Aaron Rogers. What a complete asshole.
To recap to those not in the know:

Rodgers tested positive for covid. The NFL only does regular covid screenings for its players that aren't vaccinated. So Rodgers is both antivaxx and he got himself the virus. But...! That's not all.

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And this was Rodgers back in August when he was asked directly if he'd been vaccinated:


It's been a frequent topic of debate, specially for sports pundits if Rodgers has been justified in how he's treated the Packers over the last several years, or if he's just an asshole. And while one doesn't preclude the other, it's nice to know pretty definitively that yes, the man is indeed a giant, gaping, prolapsed anus of a person.
 

Jeanie

(Fem or Gender Neutral)
Okay, he's been "immunized", whatever that means? But he also claimed that he's allergic to two of the three vaccines, according to ESPN.

Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday and will miss Sunday's game at the Kansas City Chiefs. On Friday, during a 46-minute appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show," Rodgers said that an allergy to mRNA vaccines prevented him from getting two of the three approved vaccines and that he did not feel comfortable getting the other because of reactions that he had heard about. The use of that vaccine was briefly suspended earlier this year.
 

Juno

The DRKest Roe
(He, Him)
The silver lining to today is that I don't have to care about football anymore this season.
 

Paul le Fou

24/7 lofi hip hop man to study/relax to
(He)
Seahawks having a bad one out there. Just, rough games top to bottom. The thing is they're not playing that terribly, most of the time, just never quite good enough to win. I guess? I'm not really paying attention because fuck the NFL, but I can't be completely ignorant of it in the house I live in
 

Violentvixen

(She/Her)
I had the Patriots defense, Jonathan Taylor and Justin Jefferson on my fantasy team last week so that was good times! Got the high score of the week which gets me $5, and the high score of the season which gets... well, nothing but feels good!
 

Rascally Badger

El Capitan de la outro espacio
(He/Him)
It's been a long time since I complained about announcers, but man was Aikman bad during the Chiefs/Cowboys game this last week. There were at least three or four times he talked about the momentum really swinging in favor of the Cowboys, only for the Cowboys to go 3 and out and punt. Maybe wait for them to actually do something before declaring a major shift in their favor. Combine that with his (and Joe Buck's) love of the taunting penalties, which suck soooo bad, it made the game kind of hard to watch.
 
Troy Aikman is garbage and everyone keeps talking about how Troy Aikman is garbage. Yet somehow garbage Troy Aikman keeps on calling games. It's nuts.
 
If the Colts lose today, the Chargers and Raiders could just kneel out the entire game tonight and both go to the playoffs. I'm wishing for this with all my might. It'd be the perfect end to this weird, stupid season. Plus it would make a bunch of suits angry and that's always a win in my book.
 
If the Colts lose today, the Chargers and Raiders could just kneel out the entire game tonight and both go to the playoffs. I'm wishing for this with all my might. It'd be the perfect end to this weird, stupid season. Plus it would make a bunch of suits angry and that's always a win in my book.
we were so close
 
Welp, I think we can say for sure whether Brady or Belichick was the most important element of the Patriots' success.
 
Welp, I think we can say for sure whether Brady or Belichick was the most important element of the Patriots' success.
the bucs were almost there before brady went tbh. even with winston throwing 30 ints they had the number one pass offense that year. it's not really comparable

not to mention, football is the sport that most adamantly relies on each player, it's silly to try to pin accomplishments on one of the 22+ starters and coaches
 
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Okay maybe I didn't phrase it perfectly, but the argument over who was more instrumental, Brady or Belichick, has been raging for years and the evidence is now stacked pretty heavily in favor of Brady.
 
I'm still not really sure I see it that way. both are potentially the best that have ever done their jobs and I'm not sure if Brady started under maybe any other coach he would be where he is. Not trying to be catty or anything, it just irks me when people make these discussions, because it's been so heavily pushed by every sports outlet and doesn't ever feel to me like it's analyzing anything.
 

Rascally Badger

El Capitan de la outro espacio
(He/Him)
I'd say Belichick getting that pretty crappy Patriots roster to the playoffs this year is actually a point in favor of him.
 
I don't usually root for a hated division rival, but when I do, it's because Aaron Rodgers is a giant sack of shit.
 

Paul le Fou

24/7 lofi hip hop man to study/relax to
(He)
I was "rooting" for the Bengals in their game since I'm from Ohio; I was "rooting" for the Rams in their game because fuck the 49ers for what they did to Cap and also the Rams knocked Brady out which got them a few bonus points, and both those teams won. I guess I'll be rooting for the Bengals in the superbowl, sure.
 

jpfriction

(He, Him)
I was "rooting" for the Bengals in their game since I'm from Ohio; I was "rooting" for the Rams in their game because fuck the 49ers for what they did to Cap and also the Rams knocked Brady out which got them a few bonus points, and both those teams won. I guess I'll be rooting for the Bengals in the superbowl, sure.
About where I’m at.

I guess Brady is formally retired. No idea what my high school buddy is going to be an insufferable prick about every year at his SB party now.
 
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