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they don't support a position that turf HELPS you win super bowls, but they sure as hell unseat the huddle's insistence that the football sky is falling, and that's what this is all about.

the only owner in the nfl to do so, undoubtedly

Addendum: I personally would prefer grass too, for player safety exclusively, but I am not a massive whiny crybaby so I'm not going to write eight hundred paragraphs on why football is dying because of it.

I'm going to do science: without having already searched for the answer, I'm going to randomly select a period of ten years of football seasons, pull the super bowl teams for each season, and see if we can find any meaningful corroboration between performance outcomes and playing on ~tuuuuurf~ since the majority of the huddle is melting down and declaring this a persecution of The Real Way Football Is Played. Here we go, commencing inductive research: 2010 - Packers (Turf) Steelers (Grass) 2011 - Giants (Turf) Patriots (Turf) 2012 - Ravens (Turf) 49ers (Grass) 2013 - Seahawks (Turf) Broncos (Grass) 2014 - Patriots (Turf) Seahawks (Turf) 2015 - Broncos (Grass) Panthers (Grass) 2016 - Patriots (Turf) Falcons (Turf) 2017 - Eagles (Grass) Patriots (Turf) 2018 - Patriots (Turf) Rams (Turf) 2019 - Chiefs (Grass) 49ers (Grass) 2020 - Bucs (Grass) Chiefs (Grass) Observation: of the twenty total super bowl appearances by teams in the last ten years, 60% of them were by teams that played on turf, exceeding the percentage of teams that use it (45%). Furthermore, a whopping 70% of super bowl winners in the past ten years played on turf at home. Conclusion: people that bitch about "real football" (whatever that means) being played on turf are imbeciles, and you shouldn't take their cries about player safety seriously because they're also the same people who bawled about losing "real football" (again, meaningless term) when the NFLPA changed defensive rules to protect players. When your hallowed refrain is "well why don't we just put flags on 'em next?" you've lost the moral high ground and your concerns are no longer about safety, but about a sense of heritage. Which is dumb, but on par for Carolina, a fanbase known to prefer gutty 7-9 seasons with a lunchpail quarterback doing things the traditional way. So it goes. There, science!

reserving the right to bitch loudly and incessantly if we draft a linebacker in the first

damn, that is sad. what a disappointment.

suckers. they should invest in film instead

i'm just trying to channel vintage fiz. carry on

i deleted the part about misdemeanors if that helps

not on sports betting because i'm an adult

whether he's good or not it's gonna be weird having a quarterback capable of overthrowing them

well we're getting a little tired of olive garden so maybe consider that

fitts philosophy is it's a lottery after the first round anyway, so having more darts to throw at the wall is better than pretending you have good aim. i'm here for it

this is dumb. people living on sidewalks in bangladesh would find it hard to frown about your complaints about your 35k/year job, but that doesn't mean you're not allowed to be upset/disappointed when things go south

linebacker. that would be so fuging demoralizing

meh i feel bad for him ultimately. he's probably ready to get out of what is to him a toxic and nightmarish year of employment.

that's not how casting works

would've been a fantastic choice, he probably would've done it too. kevin james is a weird choice if it's a serious drama

if i was a falcons fan over the past half decade i'd have booze on an IV drip

pitts then best tackle in the second guard in the third this would be a fantastic armament and weapons upgrade for the ginger cringer.

30 touchdowns feels like a decent benchmark. assuming that's not matched by the same number of touchdowns it would be a nice first-year progression from his dumpster fire start and signal a high ceiling.

denver is ideal if we want a QB to fall to us

i'm just glad we didn't have hurney here to trade next year's first and immediately give him a five-year extension

i would be thrilled with this

precedents for this - good or bad - narrow substantially when you control for his situation, which is getting traded partway through a rookie deal.