Who would have thought propping up tons of low IQ black QB's and 2 decades of making it illegal to play Defense would have consequences...
You raise a good point. For the mixed ones, like Jordan Love, it's always hoping the white side takes over. Ya know what I'm sayin'?
When a player is full darky, but rly good, I'll elevate them to "honorary hwite man" status. At least until they fuck you. Then they're immediately demoted.
Kinda like when the Vikings traded Randy Moss for pick #7, which was a WR. Fast lil' dude, but that was about it. I get why teams value draft picks (younger and rookie contract), but it gets absurd at times. Trading a guy (like AJ Brown) who is already good, and on the precipice of taking the next step, for the potential of drafting a good player (at the same position) is just plain retarded.
That footage of Vrabel almost storming out of the Titans war room in reaction to Brown getting traded was enough for me to take his side in the resulting back and forth he had with management, no matter how many people Amy Adams pulled out of the woodwork to badmouth him.
Really hope he proves to be what New England needs, and that the Mayo fiasco taught Kraft to go back to being hands-off.
Especially everything surrounding situation. New GM comes into a team that's trying to take the next step and immediately trades one of their best weapons. A weapon whose head coach, a head coach that shifted the team into a winning culture, was very fond of. Then the GM fires said head coach the next year, only to be fucking fired the year after.
What's funny is that basically everyone viewed Vrabel's firing as a mistake, Titan's fans included. It all came off as a GM wanting to install his own guy at HC for the sake of his ego and it makes sense. I get it. GMs are always kinda skiddish walking into a situation where the HC from a previous regime is still there. Both need the same vision to run a good football program, and that doesn't always happen when two guys with no background or history are saddled together. What doesn't make sense is firing the GM one year after he started to put his fingerprints on the franchise. It reeks of incompetent ownership.
Vrabel will be fine in New England though. If you listen to Bussin' with the Boys, the guy knows how to run a locker room. Where the risk comes in though is who he installs at coordinators, especially on offense. Josh McDaniels is a Peter principled guy and obviously rubs players (except Patriots) the wrong way, but if there's anyone not named Bill Belichick who can manage McDaniels, it's Vrabel.
I am so glad that we have another stupid owner in the league who will make stupid decisions. Someone has to replace Jerry Jones when he dies soon
We need to resurrect Al Davis, the crusty hyper-progressive Jew that he was, really knew how to be entertaining. Fucking drafting guys purely based on their 40 times, or firing Lane Kiffin by wheeling out an overhead projector was pure kino. Mark Davis isn't nearly as entertaining other than his cool haircut.
Fun fact: The Raiders traded up to #23 in front of the Packers in the 2005 NFL draft. I was convinced the Raiders were gonna take Aaron Rodgers because they needed a QB and Green Bay was the next possible destination for Aaron Rodgers. Nope. Fabian Washington. CB. Nebraska. His 40 time was 4.29. He was awful.
This is also where I learned I don't know shit about the draft. I was PISSED Green Bay took Aaron Rodgers. Mostly because he was a Jeff Tedford guy. As it turns out, I've never been more wrong in my life.
