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Will all of the NFL teams make it through the whole season?

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Hamilton Samuels

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Re: NFL
« Reply #2085 on: July 04, 2020, 11:03:47 AM »
Quote from: josh on July 03, 2020, 09:34:00 PM
Guesses on a new name for the Redskins?

The Washington Subpoenas. Because the fans should sue for what they've been forced to watch. The Washington Fillabusters. Because maybe they should be stopped from taking the field.  The Washington Gridlock. Because team is going nowhere. The Washington Monuments. Because they play like there standing still and the team should be torn down.
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« Reply #2086 on: July 04, 2020, 11:09:32 AM »
As a tip of the cap to Washington's legendary O-line, the Hogs", how about the Washington Pork Barrels?

or the Wahington Lobbyists?

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« Reply #2087 on: July 04, 2020, 11:10:16 AM »
Maybe the best name is the Weathervanes. The team would always just fit in with the prevailing winds of change. After all, these days, you don't need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
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« Reply #2088 on: July 04, 2020, 11:14:18 AM »
From CBS sports:

Redtails
This is the name that won a design contest several years ago, and honestly, I dig it. It's a nod to the planes flown by the Tuskegee Airmen, an all-Black squadron of fighter and bomber pilots who fought in World War II and were the first Black military aviators in the United States Armed Forces. Three of the first five admitted Airmen were from Washington, which gives the Redtails name a specific connection to the city. The team could easily keep the colors and the "R" logo, while also transitioning from a name with potential negative connotations to one with extremely positive connotations that honors the city, the armed services, and Black America.

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« Reply #2089 on: July 04, 2020, 11:21:42 AM »
Redtails works on a lot of bases.
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« Reply #2090 on: July 04, 2020, 01:41:49 PM »
Quote from: bankshot1 on July 04, 2020, 11:21:42 AM
Redtails works on a lot of bases.
Yeah, I like it.

One of my friends said it should be the Potomacs. Not a bad name, until you consider it is a "European spelling of an Algonquian name, variously claimed to mean "river of swans", "place where people trade" or "place to which tribute is brought". The natives called the river above the falls Cohongorooton, "river of geese", and that area was renowned in early years for an abundance of both geese and swans. The spelling of the name has been simplified over the years from Patawomeke to Patowmack in the 18th century and now Potomac. The river's name was officially determined as Potomac by the Board on Geographic Names in 1931."
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Washington Redskins Change Name
« Reply #2091 on: July 05, 2020, 05:03:22 AM »
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« Reply #2092 on: July 05, 2020, 07:50:06 AM »
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Re: Washington Redskins Change Name
« Reply #2093 on: July 05, 2020, 10:55:30 AM »
Quote from: Echo4 on July 05, 2020, 05:03:22 AM
https://sports.theonion.com/washington-redskins-change-their-name-to-the-d-c-redsk-1819575691?fbclid=IwAR2wZJxzHVbWANNILdtVpEOicJCm5tJpp7NlbdStg1m_ab0MU2uc16UYy_M

I'm half expecting Snyder to say,

"After engaging highly regarded consulting firms, marketing firms, and investment banks, and undertaking exhaustive studies including conducting hundreds of interviews with large corporations, local businesses, and hundreds of loyal and concerned season ticket holders, I've given the matter the serious and careful deliberation it deserves, and I have concluded that I really like the name and the logo, so fuck off.

Hail to the Redskins!
Hail Victory!
Braves on the Warpath!
Fight for old D.C.!

GO SKINS

Sincerely

Chief Dan Snyder

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Re: NFL
« Reply #2094 on: July 05, 2020, 11:45:16 PM »
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/05/sports/minority-owners-want-sell-stakes-redskins/?event=event12

The three minority owners of the Washington Redskins are attempting to sell their stakes in the National Football League franchise, people familiar with the deliberations told the Washington Post. According to one of those people, the owners — Robert Rothman, Dwight Schar and Frederick Smith — hired an investment banking firm to conduct the search for potential buyers, in large part because they are ‘‘not happy being a partner'' of majority owner Daniel Snyder."

If the 3 partners change their minds and rescind their decision to sell would they...


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Re: NFL
« Reply #2095 on: July 06, 2020, 04:28:23 PM »
Chiefs reportrdly sign Mahomes to 10 year contract.

no details yet

10/450? more?

But the guaranteed dough can't be much more the 4 yrs $150-$160MM, right?

security for insecure times
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Re: NFL
« Reply #2096 on: July 08, 2020, 12:38:47 AM »
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« Reply #2097 on: July 08, 2020, 09:44:04 AM »
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Re: NFL
« Reply #2098 on: July 09, 2020, 08:40:32 PM »
https://twitter.com/Edelman11/status/1281209187310149632?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Nice sermon by Rabbi Edelman on empathy, understanding, uncomfortable conversations and tasty burgers.

good job Jules

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CCa321fgixi/
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Re: NFL
« Reply #2099 on: July 13, 2020, 09:58:24 AM »
Redskin's no more

Name and logo to go to happy hunting ground

New name TBA.

Washington TBAs?

go figure.

I liked Redtails.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/sports/football/washington-redskins-new-name.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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