Month: January 2017

Your “The Things We Used To Do” Thursday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: Take it as you will, but the League reports concussions were down from 2015. According to ESPN, there were 244 reported concussions during practices and games in the preseason and regular season, down from 275 in 2015. But the number is still higher than it was in 2014

CrimeBeat!: Giving Up the Gun Edition

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[Note From The "Author": pursuant to a number of comments across multiple posts, CrimeBeat! will officially be a politics-free zone until things calm the fuck down. I trust that you are all (mostly) intelligent adults who understand the responsibility to keep yourselves informed and participate in the political process. I

Better Know a Mythical Woodland Creature: Romonculus

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As we delve deeper and deeper into the postseason, we're also going to be delving deeper and deeper into DFO's mythological pantheon.  This week, we'll be taking a look at one of the most ephemeral creatures to make occasional appearances on the gridiron, the Romonculus.   Species Name: Romo Sapiens Individual Names: Leon Lettucewin,

Your “A Different Sheepskin On The Menu” Wednesday Night Open Thread

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NFL News: Getting in the way of a Romo trade is the fact that he counts for $19.6 million of Cowboys salary-cap space in 2017. But they do save $5.1 million if he is not on the team. Philip Rivers considers the Pro Bowl his "last game" as a San Diego

Historical Badasses: Thomas Fitzpatrick

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We've all done some stupid shit when drinking; dancing, fights, arguments, hook-ups, whatever can be done, humanity has done it many, many times over. But there are very, very few people who can claim to have drunkenly committed grand theft airplane and lived to tell the tale... not just once,

Your “Super Bowl Bye Week is the Worst Week” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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Because there's nothing going on. There's even a lack of good rumours, partially because most job openings have been filled. It just means time for more "Peter King thinkpieces", which isn't good for anybody. I'm not one of those "back in my day" types who thinks the break is too long.

That’s it.

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Author's Note:  I wrote this in the wee hours of Monday morning after being rightfully PISSED OFF about Sunday's game.  I've sat on it and spent all of Monday trying to cool down and get some perspective.  I'm re-reading it on Monday night to see if I want to take

Your “Ugh – Two (More) Weeks of that ‘PATS NATION!!’ Garbage?” Monday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: The most exciting Superb Owl week news so far is that Jim Tomsula has been hired by the [Redacteds] as their new D-line coach. the hobo has come home! I hope Big Daddy Drew keeps the "lifehacks" going. Dan Snyder is relieved he now has someone he can pay in