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I miss the days when players were like Deshaun Watson...
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Mar 4, 2024, 2:13 PM
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who led the Tigers over rival South Carolina while playing on a torn ACL. Or Ronnie Lott, who had his broken finger amputated so he wouldn't miss any games. Or Curt Shilling, who wore a shoe full of blood after having surgery in the training room to repair a torn tendon in his ankle so he could pitch in game 6 of the 2004 ALCS. Heck, as a kid I even pitched the last game of the season barefooted because I couldn't wear cleats because I had blister the size of a silver dollar on my ankle after unknowingly stepping in ashes that were still hot.
I guess I'm from a generation that is just not used to guys taking games off because they could use some rest.
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Re: I miss the days when players were like Deshaun Watson...
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Mar 4, 2024, 2:15 PM
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Yessir. The Swamp Fox hit the nail on the head with that post! He has also watched the wussification of the American male with much disdain.
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Re: I miss the days when players were like Deshaun Watson...
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Mar 4, 2024, 4:12 PM
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What about the Combine? Never thought I would see the day where players accepted offers to the combine just to sit and not compete. If I was the NFL, I would fix this issue immediately because as the trend goes, these same players will find reasons to sit during NFL games.
The NFL should fine every healthy player at combine 10% of their initial contract if they don't compete. Make it costly to be a wuss as the combine is a big event for NFL and lot of college fans watch to see how their players stackup. Top players not competing will kill the fun of the combine and continue the trend of being primadonna sissies!
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Re: I miss the days when players were like Deshaun Watson...
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Mar 4, 2024, 6:34 PM
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No, the NFL should do nothing.
Smart teams should penalize the squatters by drafting them later (and maybe they do). A later draft position affects how much they earn in their rookie deal.
I find I am more of a libertarian at heart the older I get. I want less interference from everybody.
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Re: I miss the days when players were like Deshaun Watson...
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Mar 4, 2024, 2:15 PM
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Cosign.
Nice first post coot.
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Heisman Winner [141036]
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Thank you.***
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Mar 4, 2024, 2:42 PM
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Re: Thank you.***
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Mar 5, 2024, 9:58 AM
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You forgot to mention how our best baseball player is playing this year with only 1 arm. Yet I don't hear Bakich complaining or Cam for that matter.
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Re: I miss the days when players were like Deshaun Watson...
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Mar 4, 2024, 3:26 PM
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Or Jack Youngblood playing for the Rams with a broken leg. A couple of playoff games and the Super Bowl.
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Good call!***
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Mar 4, 2024, 4:18 PM
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You're talking about young men that played with courage, guts!! They
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Mar 4, 2024, 3:26 PM
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knew what it took to win and what it meant to the team. Unselfish players that knew what their presence meant to the team, fans and university.
Yep, I miss those players too!!
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Re: I miss the days when players were like Deshaun Watson...
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Mar 4, 2024, 3:38 PM
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Re: I miss the days when players were like Deshaun Watson...
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Mar 4, 2024, 3:41 PM
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My favorite was Larry Csonka.
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Re: I miss the days when players were like Deshaun Watson...
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Mar 4, 2024, 3:48 PM
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Did someone say Willis Reed?
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Sammy Sosa missing games because of a violent sneeze wasnt manly enough for you***
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Re: I miss the days when players were like Deshaun Watson...I've told this
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Mar 4, 2024, 4:11 PM
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before but my wife worked with a guy whos son went as Ronnie Lott about every Haloween of his childhood. He later became a solid high school player himself but was not good enough for college ball
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Yep. Glad these types werent the ones fighting the Germans and Japanese.***
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Re: Yep. Glad these types werent the ones fighting the Germans and Japanese.***
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Mar 4, 2024, 4:20 PM
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Yep. We wouldn't be speaking English. That is if we were here.
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Dont forget Mankind vs Undertaker's #### in a Cell match***
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Re: I miss the days when players were like Deshaun Watson...
Mar 4, 2024, 6:31 PM
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Think it has been proven that was ketchup on Schillings sock
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Jack Youngblood playing in a Super Bowl...
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Mar 4, 2024, 6:32 PM
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...with a broken leg.
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You and me both***
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Re: I miss the days when players were like Deshaun Watson...
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Mar 4, 2024, 6:45 PM
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I bet Deshaun Watson also misses the days when he was like Deshaun Watson
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As much as I loved him
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I can’t say anything positive about him after what he did. A total disrespect for other people-females.
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Let me guess, you compared that blister to the size of a Susan B Anthony coin.
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Mar 4, 2024, 7:05 PM
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didn't you
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Cade Klubnik and DJU played injured their Sophomore years***
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A hero cannot be denied
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Back when I was a kick boxer in Thailand
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Mar 4, 2024, 7:59 PM
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I used to train by chopping down bamboo trees with my shins. It made me tough and allowed me to avenge my brother when he was rendered paralyzed after fighting Tong Po, a dangerous thug who was involved in organized crime. We did not wear gloves, yet dipped our hands in resin and crushed glass. I beat Po with vicious roundhouse kicks and had to restrain myself from ripping out his throat with my bare hands.. You just don't see that very much from kids these days.
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Re: I miss the days when players were like Deshaun Watson...
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Mar 4, 2024, 8:03 PM
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Same thing with young folks not wanting to work more than 40 hours a week bc it’s hard. Well, we need hard workers. I work smart and hard and long and I reap the rewards.
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Not his pitching arm, but broken/cracked and in a cast, and Catfish Hunter pitched a no-hitter in the North Carolina championship baseball game … 1968 I think it was … in Greensboro and I was there.
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Mar 5, 2024, 9:22 AM
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All heroes of the game. Look what it got Schilling. … ostracized and shunned from Hall
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Not all hope is lost
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Mar 5, 2024, 9:32 AM
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May I introduce you to Cam Cannarella?
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