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Think for yourself or others will think for you, without thinking of you - Henry David Thoreau

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@iowahawkblog It takes a lot of effort to riot. You may want to consider hiring experienced, professional rioters

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Tom Brady reveals the overlooked reason practice squad players never succeed in the NFL

It’s not a lack of talent.

Brady watched it happen for 20 years. The pattern was undeniable.

As soon as a practice squad player got promoted and had to perform under real pressure, they crumbled. It took years for Brady to understand why.

“There’s 53 guys on the active roster and there’s now 15 guys on the practice squad. So there’s 68 players. But those practice squad players are important because if anybody on the active roster gets hurt, they can get elevated to the squad.”

“These scout team receivers would come in and practice with the scout team and they do really well. And I’d be watching. I’m like, ‘Man, we got to get that guy. Let’s get him up on offense. He’s making a lot of plays.’”

“Then all of a sudden, we’re like, ‘Hey man, you’re doing really well. You got to come over here and deal with the pressure of succeeding now that you have expectation.’”

“And these guys are like, they weren’t prepared for it. So whatever we saw in practice against where there was not a lot of pressure, now when they’re put in a situation where there’s an expectation for performance, they’ve never had to personally deal with that and then they fail.”

“And then what I realized was a lot of guys on those practice squads, they don’t want to be elevated to the roster.”

“They’re very happy living this life where they could tell their family and friends, which I have no problem with that. But the reality is a lot of guys don’t want the pressure of dealing with top.”

Twenty years in the league and seven Super Bowl rings later, Brady learned that talent wasn’t the hardest thing to find.

It was people who actually wanted the pressure that comes with being great.

[The Best @TheBestqueenx]

His friends, who were on vacation with him, casually told him, “Don’t worry, we’ve got your boarding pass.”

When he asked the flight attendant for it, she handed him an absolutely massive sheet of paper.
His face was priceless. 😂😂

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Would not be as funny without the disclaimer note 😂

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@RobProvince We demand Free Door Dash for the Young and Dumb!!

[Mike Maher @mikeMaher]

Another thing no one asked for

[Pat Thorman @Pat_Thorman]

When a kid runs padless into telephone poles grows up and tries math

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@emzanotti Congrats!!!!!

[Cooper Lawrence @CooperLawrence]

I could become a morning person if they started it around noon

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@matthewstoller No mention of the super high rent airports charge retailers?

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@kevin_barral Clearly Willis was throwing to his WR on a slant not the idiot catcher

[ヒロクライム🐼 @tannokasa6]

やめい😹😹😹

[Damin Toell @damintoell]

Actually that’s what you’re in for

[Tony Vegas @tonypayments]

If the Jets are going to draft their franchise quarterback, he’s going to be a gambling degenerate via the supplemental draft. I’d pull the trigger.

[Nicky The Good @nickythegood]

Billy, this is David Stearns. He went to Harvard and won a few games for the Milwaukee Brewers. He uses big words to sound smart. His defect is he’s a total fucking moron. Instead of paying Pete Alonso to play 1st, he signed a guy who never played 1st base and is never healthy

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@sfj8888 Everything he loves is there

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@zephzoid For many years it’s been olive oil, not extra virgin. I resisted buying it for that reason. But I learned the secret to its very good taste are the Roma tomatoes from Italy and the slow cooking. I haven’t noticed a difference in the flavor, but I’ll be wary

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@johnsaponaro You’re right. This is not the 2025 squad. Granted, it’s early, but this iteration appears worse

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@unclegarytrucks GENIUS

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@EricLDaugh Love it but now do beef