2013-14 NFL Wild Card Weekend: The Philip Rivers Spectacular

[Krandor]

Brownies interviewing Josh McDaniels for the head coaching spot.

[Bregor]

Brownies interviewing Josh McDaniels for the head coaching spot.

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[Xajii]

T
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B
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J
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(same deal)

[Krandor]

According to the Excellence in Sports Programming Network Todd Bowles (Cards DC), Dan Quinn (Hawks DC), Adam Gase (Broncos OC), and Gym Shorts are also on the list.

[Pharaun]

Colts
Christmas Connection
Niners
Iggles

[Bregor]

Gym Shorts

Seriously a Schwartz/Manziel combo and I am done

[Melena]

Niners
Saints
Bengals
Chiefs

[Bregor]

Chris Kluwe droppin' bombs:

http://deadspin.com/i-was-an-nfl-pla...-an-1493208214

I Was An NFL Player Until I Was Fired By Two Cowards And A Bigot

Hello. My name is Chris Kluwe, and for eight years I was the punter for the Minnesota Vikings. In May 2013, the Vikings released me from the team. At the time, quite a few people asked me if I thought it was because of my recent activism for same-sex marriage rights, and I was very careful in how I answered the question. My answer, verbatim, was always, "I honestly don't know, because I'm not in those meetings with the coaches and administrative people."

This is a true answer. I honestly don't know if my activism was the reason I got fired.

However, I'm pretty confident it was.

Allow myself to tell you a story about ... myself. The following is a record of what happened to me during my 2012 season with the Minnesota Vikings, written down immediately after the 2013 draft in April, when I realized what was happening, and revised recently only for clarity. I tried to keep things as objective as possible, and anything you see in quotes are words that I directly recall being said to me.

This is a story about how actions have consequences, no matter how just or moral you think your cause happens to be, and it's a story about the price people all too often pay for speaking out.

It's kind of long after that but worth a read, for sure, but here's the meat of it:

Throughout the months of September, October, and November, Minnesota Vikings special-teams coordinator Mike Priefer would use homophobic language in my presence. He had not done so during minicamps or fall camp that year, nor had he done so during the 2011 season. He would ask me if I had written any letters defending "the gays" recently and denounce as disgusting the idea that two men would kiss, and he would constantly belittle or demean any idea of acceptance or tolerance. I tried to laugh these off while also responding with the notion that perhaps they were human beings who deserved to be treated as human beings. Mike Priefer also said on multiple occasions that I would wind up burning in hell with the gays, and that the only truth was Jesus Christ and the Bible. He said all this in a semi-joking tone, and I responded in kind, as I felt a yelling match with my coach over human rights would greatly diminish my chances of remaining employed. I felt uncomfortable each time Mike Priefer said these things. After all, he was directly responsible for reviewing my job performance, but I hoped that after the vote concluded in Minnesota his behavior would taper off and eventually stop.

-snip-

Near the end of November, several teammates and I were walking into a specialist meeting with Coach Priefer. We were laughing over one of the recent articles I had written supporting same-sex marriage rights, and one of my teammates made a joking remark about me leading the Pride parade. As we sat down in our chairs, Mike Priefer, in one of the meanest voices I can ever recall hearing, said: "We should round up all the gays, send them to an island, and then nuke it until it glows." The room grew intensely quiet, and none of the players said a word for the rest of the meeting. The atmosphere was decidedly tense. I had never had an interaction that hostile with any of my teammates on this issue—some didn't agree with me, but our conversations were always civil and respectful. Afterward, several told me that what Mike Priefer had said was "messed up."

[Tajin]

RIVERS
Niners
Iggles because, fuck Breesus
KC because, FUCK YEAH Andy (Over 9000 lolz for SF if they win it all, so that's a bonus I guess :/ )

[Ksandra]

Chris Kluwe droppin' bombs:

http://deadspin.com/i-was-an-nfl-pla...-an-1493208214



It's kind of long after that but worth a read, for sure, but here's the meat of it:

I wanna give Kluwe a hug.

[archibaldcrane]

That Kluwe shit is insane. Kluwe should've decked him, made it into a "reported upon incident" and then it would've come out why.

[archibaldcrane]

Speaking of (probably) ex-Vikings, LB Erin Henderson got arrested for suspicion of DUI.

For the second time in 2 months.

[archibaldcrane]

Cutty getting "at least 50M guaranteed", so at the shortest he's there for 3 years.

[archibaldcrane]

In the playoffs, dome-dwelling teams playing in temperatures below 35 degrees on the road are 3-22.

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[Headspace]

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What about warm weather teams?

[Mertron]

that TE, i think his name is Wright, on the bucs isnt too bad.

RUTGERS

[Rhinox]

RT @RapSheet: #Bears QB Jay Cutler’s contract: 7 years, $126 million with $54M guaranteed.



Great deal for both sides

[Mertron]

also

OH ANDY with the points and win outright
DRAM TRAM win and cover
CHAHGAHS with the points and win outright
KRAPPER win and cover

i just picked one home team to win, im dumb and also a homer

[Cutriss]

In the playoffs, dome-dwelling teams playing in temperatures below 35 degrees on the road are 3-22.

I'm obviously pulling for NO here but this honestly seems like a game of fail-chicken. IE - what team fucks up the least.

Wind looks like it won't be a major issue at least.

[Bregor]

Redskins and Lions getting Rooney Rule'd into talking to Jim Caldwell. OH GOD PLEASE TAKE HIM

Yeah Lions just confirmed this I think. He'd be almost as hilarious as the Schwartz but in a totally opposite way. Have Megatron? MORE JOIQUE BELL SCREEN PASSES