NFL Football

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Interception!

Infant!

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New Football Thread:

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We have TVs.

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I hate him a little less this evening.

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Good for Brady and the boy.

New Football Thread:

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I'm guessing that no one else will post to it, poor thing.

If SF loses my disappointment will be tempered by my pleasure over your disappointment, child.

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If SF loses my disappointment will be tempered by my pleasure over your disappointment, child.

Small victories .

Sometimes these weather games are fun just for the comedy of errors.

This one, not so much.

Dune will still be there.

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Small victories .

Sometimes these weather games are fun just for the comedy of errors.

This one, not so much.

Dune will still be there.

I'm still watching It. I flipped to the game to see what you were talking about - the ball was in the air on the way to an INT by Indy. Damn, you're good.

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The football gods have an interesting sense of humor.

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Will they be better with Nagy in quarantine?

I've not watched the Bears game for two weeks in a row.


I've chosen wisely.

Week 7 recap: Justin Fields has 5 turnovers as the Chicago Bears are out of it early in a 38-3 loss to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

5?! Ugh.

Buccaneers fan got a sweet deal after accidentally getting Tom Brady’s 600th TD ball

... Brady threw four touchdown passes in Tampa Bay’s 38-3 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Three of those scoring throws went to wide receiver Mike Evans. TD No. 600 came on a 9-yard pass from Brady to Evans.

One problem: Evans didn’t realize this was the milestone and he gave the ball to a fan in the stand who was wearing his jersey number....



Joey Knight of the Tampa Bay Tribune talked to the fan, whose name is Byron Kennedy.

“I knew how much it meant to Tom,” Kennedy told Knight, “and I was willing to trade.”

But not before Kennedy got a different game ball and a $1,000 gift card to the Buccaneers team store, the Athletics’ Greg Auman tweeted.

That may seem like a king’s ransom, but the ball was estimated to be worth $500,000, according to Ken Goldin of Goldin Auctions.

Good on the (mostly) non-greedy fan!

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Will they be better with Nagy in quarantine?

Can they be any worse?

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Peyton and Eli are back tonight.

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Peyton and Eli are back tonight.

I'm dialed in, finally. Thanks.

I did not notice this:

Tony Romo's crude Gisele Bündchen quip is problematic beyond tarnishing Tom Brady's historic moment

Gisele Bündchen is an incredibly accomplished woman, and in many parts of the world, she is more well-known and recognizable than her husband. She is a stalwart environmentalist, an activist for numerous other causes, a best-selling author, businesswoman and mother.

But in an instant Sunday, she was reduced to a piece of property that should be passed around like a bowl of Halloween candy for ... a piece of memorabilia....

The CBS cameras of course caught the exchange, and commentator Tony Romo offered this creepy narration on what was being said:

"A date with Gisele. A date with Gisele and I'm in," Romo says, pretending to be a fan.

"OK, Tom will do it. One time, you got it," Romo continues, now voicing the Bucs official.

As if that weren't enough, after hearing details from sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson on what Kennedy agreed to before handing back the ball, Romo doubled down on his belief that a date with another man's wife should have been part of the negotiation....

To be clear, Bündchen's achievements aren't the reason why it was offensive. Every woman, no matter her net worth or amount of fame, has agency and is not her significant other's chattel, no matter how many Super Bowls he has won.

It was all so unseemly and crude, the implication that Brady owns his wife and would offer her up in such a way. With the Washington Football Team workplace case still casting a shadow, and with Romo arguably the most visible broadcaster among the NFL's partner networks, his inappropriate quip served to reinforce the general disregard for women in and around the league.

Not making any predictions, but it won't bother me if Romo is fired over it.

Crude in a different way has been the reaction of Kennedy "fumbling the bag" by not keeping the ball for his own profit or trying to get more from the Bucs and Brady. Via Greg Auman of The Athletic, Kennedy received a different game ball and a $1,000 gift card to the team store, plus Brady indicated that he'd be sending along some swag as well. Kennedy suggested Monday, politely, that Brady could play a round of golf with him as repayment. He reportedly also got two signed jerseys and a helmet from Brady, a signed Evans jersey and cleats, and two seasons tickets for this year and 2022.

Ultimately, Kennedy did the good and decent thing — really, he returned Evans' act of kindness with one of his own.

Or as Kennedy's friend who was at the game with him said, "When Tom Brady asks for something, you give Tom Brady something."

If you take a spin around social media, decency certainly seems to be in short supply these days, especially when there's money to be had. At least one expert said if Kennedy kept the ball he could have gotten $500,000 for it from a collector.

But the ball meant something to Brady. In a career full of milestones, even Brady said there isn't much he holds onto, but that particular piece of equipment was one he wanted. Kennedy acknowledged its importance and the moment and did the right thing.

No creepy tradeoff necessary. Take notes, Tony.

I agree.

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Brady guesting with the Mannings.

Good inside football stuff.

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Brady guesting with the Mannings.

Good inside football stuff.

Not for me. I found them distracting and guess I prefer the traditional broadcasts. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

Plus, the Seahawks lost a close one.
Russell, Russell, Russell!

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Brady guesting with the Mannings.

Good inside football stuff.

Not for me. I found them distracting and guess I prefer the traditional broadcasts. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

Plus, the Seahawks lost a close one.
Russell, Russell, Russell!

See what you missed!

Even Tom Brady thinks Byron Kennedy caved too soon.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan became an overnight sensation after he possessed and quickly relinquished Brady's 600th-touchdown ball on Sunday, costing himself a small fortune.

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I dunno, giving Brady the ball was the sportsmanlike thing to do, but it's not like Kennedy stole the ball. He was given the ball by the scoring player in the same manner hundreds of balls are given (tossed) to someone in the stands all season. So for however long he held it, I think it was legitimately his. So a question might be, is the ball really worth "$500,000" today? And to whom? If the answer were "yes, it's really worth the 500K and here's an offer from a guy holding a cashier's check" I'd probably have a hard time giving it back in exchange for some (admittedly nice) swag. And Kennedy is really going to feel like an ass when he reads in a couple of years that Brady sold the ball while cleaning out his Tampa house to move to New York with Gisele.

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Come on man, they're going to move to LA.

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Come on man, they're going to move to LA.

May be, they had a place in Brentwood before - along with other properties all over. I'm sure they'll find a nice spot.
https://nypost.com/article/tom-brady-houses-photos/

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Come on man, they're going to move to LA.

May be, they had a place in Brentwood before - along with other properties all over. I'm sure they'll find a nice spot.
https://nypost.com/article/tom-brady-houses-photos/

Geez, they've been busy.

Guess I won't worry about them.

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I dunno, giving Brady the ball was the sportsmanlike thing to do, but it's not like Kennedy stole the ball. He was given the ball by the scoring player in the same manner hundreds of balls are given (tossed) to someone in the stands all season. So for however long he held it, I think it was legitimately his. So a question might be, is the ball really worth "$500,000" today? And to whom? If the answer were "yes, it's really worth the 500K and here's an offer from a guy holding a cashier's check" I'd probably have a hard time giving it back in exchange for some (admittedly nice) swag. And Kennedy is really going to feel like an ass when he reads in a couple of years that Brady sold the ball while cleaning out his Tampa house to move to New York with Gisele.

He knows that it was a mistake that he was given the ball in the first place.
Brady earned that ball with all of the time and effort he's put into being the GOAT.
Kennedy also got a $63K Bitcoin and may yet get that round of golf with Brady.
He made out pretty well and his karma is squeaky clean.