The Football Thread

I was watching the game and thought OMG that safety is really awful.
You can bet if he was a good player, they wouldn't have let him go regardless of his tweets.

Auspice

@Tyche said in The Football Thread:

That spicy chicken sandwich seems to have a powerful effect:
Man fatally stabbed in fight over Popeyes chicken sandwich in Maryland, police say

As a friend and I discussed earlier today:
no surprise it was in PG Country.
If it'd been Anne Arundel, it'd have been a shooting.

Tyche

Ohio State is a 50.5 point favorite over Rutgers!
Would you take OSU?

Thenomain

Is OSU playing a single goddamn team this season? I suppose there's Penn State and UMich, but OSU is ranked #2?

I hate the football ranking systems. They rarely seem to make any difference except for keeping people justifying their jobs.

Auspice

I know it hasn't been a great year for the Browns, but goddamn Garrett.

If it wasn't for DeCastro (66), that would've been a far more dangerous hit.

Ganymede

@Auspice

We’ll never know what Rudolph said to him.

Macha

@Ganymede IDGAF what he said, that was so far out of line, Garrett is lucky someone got in the way, or he could have done serious damage and gotten worse than an indefinite suspension.

Ganymede

@Macha

On replay, Rudolph pretty much stepped on his groin. Accidentally, perhaps, but still.

I’m okay with the suspension. Garrett is taking responsibility.

Rudolph is still bitching about it because the Browns picked him off four times.

Macha

@Ganymede Then kick him in the nuts. Don't swing with his helmet. If no one had gotten in the way, and he'd hit him just right, there's speculation it could kill a man.

Ganymede

@Macha

And?

As I said, I am okay with a suspension. That was a dangerous thing to do. Garrett’s response is appropriate and accepts responsibility.

But what about Rudolph? He stepped on Garrett’s groin. After being separated, he went for Garrett’s helmet. That’s when Garrett swung.
He declined to file criminal charges.

But JFC, people are acting like Rudolph was some innocent bystander. Fuck that. Kill him with the helmet? That’s a load of shit.

C’mon. I watched that game get chippy. Garrett needs to tone back a bit before he becomes the new Burfict, but I’m not going to consider Rudolph a victim.

Macha

@Ganymede I didn't pull it out of my ass, so no it's not a load of shit

Ganymede

@Macha

I’ll concede that it is a possibility. It’s a possibility in every sport. A baseball in the head. A stick to the head. A perfectly legal hit that nearly killed Ryan Shazier.

And? It’s football. The guy ran up to Garrett looking to take his helmet off. The fuck, man, sensationalism? Sensationalism.