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"...arbitrary and sanctimonius..." "...a long way down from the unrelenting quality of..." "...this two-year vet that's just aching to blossom..." "...its transient, opaque identity..." "...the juggernaut that was the 1994..." "...sometimes, geography was the science..." "...dark, foreboding, and imposing..." "...ranked really, really, high, and I can't quite figure out why..." "...scorched brussels sprouts..." "...outright olfactory torture..." "...the final round brought

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Well, that was fun. The Pats used 2 Gronkdowns to take a 14-3 lead and Mike Tomlin is right now murdering a kicker. OPEN THREAD FOAR FITBAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2nd half!

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Holy crap, it's here.  We have ACTUAL, COUNTING FOOTBALL for the first time in roughly 10 quatrillion years.  We've been subjected to preseason football, Ballghazi, Spygate Redux, The assorted ongoing [*Redacted] s debacle, the goddamned Patriots being your returning champions, the preseason knee apocalypses of Jordy Nelson and Kelvin Benjamin, thousands