The NFL, Kneeling, Ratings, and the Flag

[ThunderHorse]

Nope. They are pandering just like they've done for years and it's why I no longer follow the sport. Nice to hear they are on "exploit veterans and patriotism 2.0" now since BLM is no longer cool or profitable. Roger Goodell needs to die in a fire.

Goodell makes the owners a ton of money. He's going nowhere. But yes, they're pandering. Because BLMers don't buy tickets. We're somehow still doing Pride Nights in the NHL when gay hockey fans make up like .0000000000000000000000000% of the fanbase. But hey whatever makes people feel good as they pander not to fans but to certain sponsors that want their name in front of the very people they claim are toxic.

 

[Blizzard]

Shedeur Sanders still not drafted after the third round. Definitely did not anticipate that.

There’s a video going around of him being “Pranked” by somebody calling his phone and telling him that he’d been drafted. The young man and his papa have been served a very unappetizing slice of humble pie.

It's awesome to see, especially after this:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1915733860345667748

Following this shitshow has been the only reason for me to take an interest in the draft in years.

At this point, there seems to be a strong chance this kid goes undrafted:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916149356345938297

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Cleveland finally takes him at pick 149 in the 5th round.

 

[Blizzard]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916172117638316126

 

[AWP]

Cleveland finally takes him at pick 149 in the 5th round.

Their second QB of the draft and Cleveland's history drafting QBs has resulted in some bombs.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Browns look thrilled with the QB the owner obviously made them pick!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916196636138868939

 

[Topkick]

Browns look thrilled with the QB the owner obviously made them pick!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916196636138868939

 

[ThunderHorse]

So Quarterback interviews are highly technical, a bit like coding and sports analytics. They don't ask you feel good questions and they last hours. You break down plays for hours. If you look at a bunch of the articles...one I find hilarious. Apparently Shedeur answered a Facetime call in an interview and didn't say "hey I'm in an interview, call you back". He had like 20 minute conversation.

To multiple teams in interviews when asked to break down plays he declined and wanted to talk about nonsense like how he was so good he would change the trajectory of the organization blah blah blah. People want to say he's better than Dillon Gabriel, who is #2 all time in Passing in the FBS...if Dillon Gabriel was as tall as Shedeur (6'2 1/2") he's drafted before Jaxson Dart.

Consensus was that Shedeur doesn't love football. Mel Kiper hasn't been this in love with and this wrong with a QB since Jimmy Clausen (Mel falls in love with QBs). Rather than watch the sideshow of ESPN for D2 and D3 I switched to the NFL Network and it is so much more professional.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916139354897993920

When you her everything Tom says here, why would you want to draft Shedeur?