See Red Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 6 hours ago, heavybass said: And now the Saints are priming themselves into the Watson situation... And the salary cap will cease to exist pure and simple... just as Pat Mcafee has been saying on his show. The salary cap is already just a minor inconvenience with the way teams work around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 12 hours ago, habsfan1 said: Is this a Guiness World Record for shortest retirement? He can't make up his mind. Just curious for anyone who's criticizing this decision, have you ever reached retirement age at a job that you love? For most of us, once we file those papers, have the horrible "happy retirement" cake, give our colleagues our personal emails and say to "stay in touch", it's over. It's all over. And for many people, there's an unfillable void there. Let's not pretend that nobody that's retired from a "real" job hasn't changed their mind. But unlike Average Joe, who's retirements from soulless corporations are more/less final, he's in a position where he can change his mind and be welcomed back with open arms. Who the F are fans to criticize someone's career decision? If I retired but then ended up returning, maybe as a consultant or something, I'd probably stab anyone that dared criticize my life choice. And let's not pretend that even though it's not nearly as visible as in SPORTS, there's young up-and-comers that are blocked by aging vets (and... an aging Vet) in corporations too. Look, my team just got knocked down another peg with this news, and I get that SPORTS isn't the real world, but people are people, and everyone needs to get over this. 10 "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Anyone with any sense knew the man wasn't retiring. I will never believe it until I don't see him on the field anymore. He is one of my least favorite athletes of all-time but I hope he knows when to finally hang it up. Hopefully, for his sake, that is before he gets seriously injured. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 12:33 PM, BryanSmalls said: Nice to have a variety. Let's go with the Lakers hat. @DG_ThenNowForever, your Lakers hat is safe. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I'm so mad at Tom Brady. Some said he waited to inform of his decision to retire until after the season ended because he didn't want a Kobe/Jeter like farewell tour, then made us watch 20 combined hours of THANK YOU GOAT highlight packages and sitdown interviews, hijacked much of the Super Bowl coverage, and then comes back anyways so now he's going to get a Kobe/Jeter like farewell tour. It's like Brett Favre's never-ending retirement times 5. Go Away. 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 13 hours ago, Cujo said: Remember when we slammed Brett Favre for not making up his mind every single offseason? This is just the norm now. Rodgers the last two years. Brady now. Fully expecting Big Ben to come back tomorrow. There was time where we genuinely thought we lost Brady, Ben and Rodgers in the same offseason. 2/3 are back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleVermilion81 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 So happy Brady is coming back! Love seeing all the bitterness and whining. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManillaToad Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 36 minutes ago, Sport said: Some said he waited to inform of his decision to retire until after the season ended because he didn't want a Kobe/Jeter like farewell tour, then made us watch 20 combined hours of THANK YOU GOAT highlight packages and sitdown interviews, hijacked much of the Super Bowl coverage Sounds more like you should be directing your anger at the media 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, ManillaToad said: Sounds more like you should be directing your anger at the media The end of his career was always going to be handled by the media that way and he/his team of reps knew that. The media can only go off of what they were told and they were told he was retiring so they broke the glass and mashed the "Tom Brady Career Over" button that they've had ready to go for at least five years. But now because of him we get to do it all over again in 2023. This is on him and I'll direct my anger wherever I want, thank you. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 14 hours ago, Germanshepherd said: I hope he gets hurt idgaf No, no, we're discussing Tom Brady, not Aaron Rodgers. 7 http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 If you'd like to learn more about Brady and Rodgers, as well as their fans, here's a great NSFW link with a ton of detail on just how they get by. 1 1 Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 37 minutes ago, ManillaToad said: Sounds more like you should be directing your anger at the media Both the narcissist who can't walk away and the media who can't stop slobbering over all things Brady-related are to blame. I never liked Peyton either, but at least he left with a shred of dignity. Sure, he could barely throw a football anymore and was dragged kicking and screaming to that Super Bowl by his defense, but when he retired, that was it. No faux-retirement to derail the Super Bowl hype, no unretirement to divert attention away from March Madness. It just goes to show who's secure with themselves and what they've accomplished over the years and who's deeply insecure. When Brady does finally have to retire, I could easily see him becoming one of those salty "back in my day" guys (the type you often see in the NBA) who spends his life trashing the current generation of players to prop up himself and his era. It's obvious he can't handle anyone else getting attention. 1 1 POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Tom's back? Awesome. Let's go! 2 1 2 PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan1 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 3 hours ago, BBTV said: Just curious for anyone who's criticizing this decision, have you ever reached retirement age at a job that you love? For most of us, once we file those papers, have the horrible "happy retirement" cake, give our colleagues our personal emails and say to "stay in touch", it's over. It's all over. And for many people, there's an unfillable void there. Let's not pretend that nobody that's retired from a "real" job hasn't changed their mind. But unlike Average Joe, who's retirements from soulless corporations are more/less final, he's in a position where he can change his mind and be welcomed back with open arms. Who the F are fans to criticize someone's career decision? If I retired but then ended up returning, maybe as a consultant or something, I'd probably stab anyone that dared criticize my life choice. And let's not pretend that even though it's not nearly as visible as in SPORTS, there's young up-and-comers that are blocked by aging vets (and... an aging Vet) in corporations too. Look, my team just got knocked down another peg with this news, and I get that SPORTS isn't the real world, but people are people, and everyone needs to get over this. In my defense, this is a huge decision and I absolutely give him all the time in the world to make his decision. Whatever he chooses is his right. But when you make a public "final" decision to officially retire and people spend hours on highlight packages and all the work they put it to honor your career, only to come back in a few weeks, the next time Brady calls it quits, a lot of people won't believe it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Sport said: I'm so mad at Tom Brady. Some said he waited to inform of his decision to retire until after the season ended because he didn't want a Kobe/Jeter like farewell tour, then made us watch 20 combined hours of THANK YOU GOAT highlight packages and sitdown interviews, hijacked much of the Super Bowl coverage, and then comes back anyways so now he's going to get a Kobe/Jeter like farewell tour. It's like Brett Favre's never-ending retirement times 5. Go Away. If it makes you feel any better, at least he totally upstaged Big Ben on his retirement only to not retire. You can’t tell me you don’t get a little joy out of that part of it. 2 6 On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 4 hours ago, BBTV said: Just curious for anyone who's criticizing this decision, have you ever reached retirement age at a job that you love? For most of us, once we file those papers, have the horrible "happy retirement" cake, give our colleagues our personal emails and say to "stay in touch", it's over. It's all over. And for many people, there's an unfillable void there. Let's not pretend that nobody that's retired from a "real" job hasn't changed their mind. But unlike Average Joe, who's retirements from soulless corporations are more/less final, he's in a position where he can change his mind and be welcomed back with open arms. Who the F are fans to criticize someone's career decision? If I retired but then ended up returning, maybe as a consultant or something, I'd probably stab anyone that dared criticize my life choice. And let's not pretend that even though it's not nearly as visible as in SPORTS, there's young up-and-comers that are blocked by aging vets (and... an aging Vet) in corporations too. Look, my team just got knocked down another peg with this news, and I get that SPORTS isn't the real world, but people are people, and everyone needs to get over this. I can fully understand why he came back, doesn't mean I'm not allowed to dislike it. I'm not out here baffled that someone might want to keep being an NFL quarterback, which is why I wasn't really convinced he was retiring. Holding an understanding of why he made his personal decision and my right to be annoyed by his personal decision are not the same thing. "Who the F are fans to criticize someone's career decision?" Inane and laughable coming from you. You've NEVER criticized an athlete's career decision? By your logic Ben Simmons would also be off limits. Now you're going to tell me why that's a different situation. 56 minutes ago, FiddySicks said: If it makes you feel any better, at least he totally upstaged Big Ben on his retirement only to not retire. You can’t tell me you don’t get a little joy out of that part of it. For one, he didn't. We had to endure 3 full weeks of pretending Ben Roethlisberger isn't one of the worst people to ever play professional sports and, two, now Ben's hall of fame weekend won't be upstaged by Tom Brady so no, no joy has been derived. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 5:13 PM, heavybass said: And now in a WTF'ness... the Browns have granted permission to Landry for a trade out... On 3/12/2022 at 5:16 PM, heavybass said: I mean Cleveland, you can use Landry and Cooper as a core WR running tandum... I think they'd rather bring in a rookie WR than deal with this scenario for another season. I'm guessing Landry also made it know that he wasn't going to stay if he had to give up money this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Lights Out said: I never liked Peyton either, but at least he left with a shred of dignity. Sure, he could barely throw a football anymore and was dragged kicking and screaming to that Super Bowl by his defense, but when he retired, that was it. No faux-retirement to derail the Super Bowl hype, no unretirement to divert attention away from March Madness. It just goes to show who's secure with themselves and what they've accomplished over the years and who's deeply insecure. When Brady does finally have to retire, I could easily see him becoming one of those salty "back in my day" guys (the type you often see in the NBA) who spends his life trashing the current generation of players to prop up himself and his era. It's obvious he can't handle anyone else getting attention. I think you did a great job of explaining exactly why Tom Brady's situation should not be compared to Peyton Manning's. Peyton Manning could no longer compete at this level, so he retired, unequivocally. Tom Brady has proven that he still CAN play at this level. Just because he's at an age when you, and others, THINK he should retire doesn't mean he's somehow more insecure about his legacy than Peyton Manning was. I get that all sports fans are essentially arm-chair experts in everything, but it's not Tom Brady's problem that every football TV broadcast wasted bandwidth on highlight montages because their own reporters speculated on his retirement. I could understand calling him a narcissist if he didn't still have game, but he's still one of the best quarterbacks in the league. Just because he's capable of defying norms defined by others also isn't his problem. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Trubisky has a new home in Pittsburgh 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcake Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I’m concerned that that’s a sneaky-good move for the Steelers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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