NFL 2020 Off-season Thread: Kool-Aid Man Gets His Ring

[Cail]

Things keep changing, idk where it is atm

[Rhyis.]

Deshaun Watson was seen at peaceful protest march in Houston the other day. Haven't heard of any other NFL players/coaches/whoever risk it.

[Cail]

Deshaun Watson was seen at peaceful protest march in Houston the other day. Haven't heard of any other NFL players/coaches/whoever risk it.

5 Panthers players were out in Charlotte on Monday

https://twitter.com/PanthersBill/sta...25636044079105

[Cail]

Drew Brees is having himself a day lol

[Weltall]

His pending drama with Michael Thomas is extra spicy. Anything to usher in the answer: Jameis Winston.

[Rhyis.]

And I would ask anyone who has a problem with what I said to look at the way I live my life. Do I come across as someone who is not doing my absolute best to make this world a better place, to bring justice and equality to others, and hope & opportunity to those who don't have it? That's what I meant by actions speak louder than words. ... My ACTIONS speak for themselves.

He has a point. The guy has probably spent more time and money helping one of the poorest black communities in America than most people have doing their 9-5 job.

Certainly more than Thomas, that's for sure.

[Cail]

https://twitter.com/adamschefter/sta...501914113?s=12

the replies are great

[Weltall]

Drew Brees has probably done more for his local community than any NFL player in history. I don't even know what he said in his interview, but the people going in on him probably fall short of his efforts.

There was apparently 1 interview that was quickly deleted. Did he just straight up drop the N word or something?

[Cail]

During the interview, the Saints quarterback was asked what his thoughts were on the subject of players potentially kneeling again during the national anthem for the 2020 season.

Brees then made it very clear that he's against that form of protest because he views it as disrespectful to the American flag.

"I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country," Brees said. "Let me just tell you what I see or what I feel when the national anthem is played, and when I look at the flag of the United States. I envision my two grandfathers, who fought for this country during World War II, one in the Army and one in the Marine Corp. Both risking their lives to protect our country and to try to make our country and this world a better place."

Brees also added that standing with your hand over your heart is an equally good way of showing unity.

"Every time I stand with my hand over my heart, looking at that flag, and singing the national anthem, that's what I think about, and in many cases, it brings me to tears, thinking about all that has been sacrificed," Brees said. "Not just those in the military, but for that matter, those throughout the civil rights movements of the '60s, and everyone, and all that has been endured by so many people up until this point. And is everything right with our country right now? No, it's not. We still have a long way to go, but I think what you do by standing there and showing respect to the flag with your hand over your heart, is it shows unity. It shows that we are all in this together, we can all do better and that we are all part of the solution."

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/d...test-comments/

[Celeras]

He said he would never agree with anyone who disrespects the American flag.

[edit] ^ Or yeah quote the whole damn article

[archibaldcrane]

Coming out strong for police brutality lol

[Cail]

He said he would never agree with anyone who disrespects the American flag.

[edit] ^ Or yeah quote the whole damn article

quoting what he said lol

[Rhyis.]

peeps are just jealous of the works of cail schefter

[Mertron]

https://twitter.com/mysportsupdate/s...345735168?s=21

Punter Michael Turk has received a waiver from the NCAA to return to Arizona State after declaring for the NFL & going undrafted in April. It is the first time ever that a waiver of that sort has been granted. You might recall, Turk did 25 reps on the bench press at the Combine.

interesting since this is the first time this has ever happened

(lolpunter)

[Weltall]

Wow, Jake Fromm is a fucking idiot lol.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-racist-texts/

[Rhyis.]

Josh Allen had racists tweets in his college days too. Maybe the Bills seek these guys out.

[Celeras]

Wait Fromm went to the Bills? LOL

[Weltall]

Wait Fromm went to the Bills? LOL

I mean they needed to put some hope into a backup, once their fan-base realizes that Josh Allen is trash tier.

[Rhyis.]

if fromm can help allen read a defense on the sideline that could end up being one of the best 5th round qb draft choices in a while

[Cail]

since it got brought up about NFL players being at protests/etc:

Several Vikings players, including Kyle Rudolph, Adam Thielen, Garrett Bradbury, Mike Hughes, Aviante Collins, Alexander Mattison, Chad Beebe, Cameron Smith, Tajae Sharpe, Tyler Conklin, Jake Browning and Dakota Dozier, were in attendance for Thursday's memorial service (for George Floyd), which was held at North Central University in downtown Minneapolis.