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Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction has been vacated.

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That is a stupid law. Assuming, of course, that he did commit suicide, since his death was by his own hand, he voluntarily ended his cooperation with his appeal, so I don't think that law should apply. Now, if he had been murdered or died of "natural" causes (ie not of his own hand), that would be a different matter, although the law still wouldn't make sense.

 

EPIC FAIL of the Day


http://m.fanatics.com/NFL_Washingto...dskins_6_x_6_Repositionable_State_Shape_Decal

 

And this is an officially licensed vender for the NFL.

 

When I was growing up, I thought the Washington Redskins and the Washington Bullets referred to like, Olympia, Spokane, Tacoma, etc. I never figured out until the Bullets changed their name to the Wizards that they were the Washington DC Redskins, Bullets, and Wizards.

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I grew up in Virginia (still live here), so I never had that confusion so far as the football team goes. Like you, I did think the Wizards were in Washington State for a long time (but that's because I was mostly paying attention to the NBA during the Jordan years - My sports team passions have always lay with NFL - and watched only very casually after Jordan had his second retirement in 1998.)

 

And the funny thing is, because all I knew about hockey was Wayne Gretzky when I was growing up, I didn't know the Washington Capitals even existed until I was in my 20s, nor was I aware that both the Minnesota Twins and the Texas Rangers originally existed as the Washington Senators until I discovered Wikipedia. Those should have been red flags to alert me to which Washington the "Washington" pro teams referred to. And I grew up in Texas as a Cowboys and Spurs fan.

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Josh Gordon denied reinstatement.

 

RIP Tom Brady

He's going to be Madden cover boy. Goodbye to your career old Tommy.

 

Garrison Hearst = Catastrophic injury in a playoff game vs Atlanta. Missed 2 full seasons
Barry Sanders = Exit Barry Sanders, Enter Matt Millen
Eddie George = Caused a pick six in the playoffs
Daunte Culpepper = knee
Marshall Faulk = knee
Mike Vick = Prison!
Ray Lewis = Missed playoffs
Donovan McNabb = ACL
Shaun Alexander = foot
Brett Favre = shoulder, later became a Bountygate victim
Troy Polamalu = MCL
Larry Fitzgerald = lost his quarterback to Bountygate
Drew Brees = lost a playoff game to a 7-9 team
Peyton Hillis = the single most self-explanatory case supporting the Curse
Calvin Johnson = missed the playoffs despite his own individual performance
Adrian Peterson = foot, Commissioner's Exempt List
Richard Sherman = elbow, lost the Super Bowl
Odell Beckham Jr = Fight On the Field vs Josh Norman! Suspended for one game.
Rob Gronkowski = hamstring

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Don't forget Gronk's back.

I'd love to see the curse get Brady, unfortunately it would be just typical for Brady to be the one that bucks the curse and not only has a health year, but gets another Super Bowl as well. *grumble*

 

Yeah, I'm not worried. Curses don't exist.

 

Up until last November, Cubs fans might not have agreed with you.

 

Brady overcame the evil Goodell suspension last year to win #5, this year he'll over come Madden's curse to win #6!

 

Just keep my Cowboys players off the cover.

Then again, Emmitt Smith did manage to beat the SI Curse by winning Super Bowl MVP after his cover appearance.

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Eddie George's "curse" was that they rode his ass 403 times in a primitive offense like he was a ******* plow horse, ruining his body permanently. Then Jeff Fisher tried to do the same thing with Gurley.

 

Please don't refer to him by name. Use Pornstache instead.

 

Peyton Hillis also had injury issues before in his career, so that was no surprise. The games he did play in that season he played well.

 

this is the possible successor to Eli, QB Davis Webb and his future go to guy and friend TE Evan Engram,


sounds very professional like a vet!

I know the kid looks skinny but he has a strong arm!

 

The Giants didn't retire Kerry Collins' number?

 

Thanks for reminding me, vin:

Peyton Manning to be the first Colt to have his number retired.

 

Just saw Giselle interviewed on CBS and she said Brady had a concussion last season. Is this true? I don't recall him having one. Did the Patriots cheat again? This time avoiding the concussion protocols set by the league.

 

ESPN has seen my post.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...lt-concussions-according-wife-gisele-bundchen

 

now it's ConcussionGate . if you tell me you believe Cam Newton didn't get a concussion during the 1st 2 games last year and still played, I got a bridge in Guam to sell you.

 

I don't get this. A guy literally puts his health on the line to play sports, and could possibly be playing great in that sport while also in pain or discomfort, and your reaction is to claim he's cheating? I think you may want to reconsider the ferocity of your passion for the sport and the teams you love and hate.