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[NFL Rumors @nflrums]

🚨🚨 Kelly Stafford is not happy that the media still calls Matthew Stafford, “Matt”

“What gets me is that he’s been playing in the league now for close to two decades and people who have jobs reporting on it, still call him Matt. I find it highly disrespectful.” #Rams #Ramshouse

[Trey Carney @CarneyMedia]

Roman Wilson is a genius. Changes his number to 14 to trick Rodgers into thinking he is still dumping it off to Gainwell. We could see a historic season from Wilson this year.

[Alan Saunders @ASaunders_PGH]

The Pittsburgh Zoo is clearly in win-now mode.

[Missileman @MinuteofZombie]

What the armed forces never denied in practice but politicians deny for cultural reasons is that combat fitness standards were not derived by scientifically calculating how fast or strong or enduring you have to be to survive the battlefield.

They have ALWAYS been calculated by looking at population distributions and selecting a value that gives you the force size you want.

So if a 6:00 mile yields only 5% of recruits and the average Ranger indoc class size is 200 and you want about 10 guys per class to graduate because of the force size you want, you choose the standard to be a 6:00 mile.

That’s literally how they do it. Has nothing to do with “what it takes to survive”.

[Andrew Riddle @AndrewRiddle36]

Novel form of terrorism where you force your enemies to choose between being bombed or shooting down the aerospace equivalent of a pristine 1965 Mustang GT

[JMU Sports News @JMUSportsNews]

The Patriots had no business taking the spot of a 4-loss SEC team in this game. We need to change the playoff format ASAP!

[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

Never gets old

[papabeer @papabeer2014]

@KTSmithFFSN As Steelers fans it is not usually worth noting that you are better off than Cleveland. Not a good sign when you have to point it out.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick @FitzMagic_14]

This one is on me Harvard…

[David Harsanyi @davidharsanyi]

No one is in charge. That's why they're cheap.

[Klara @klara_sjo]

"What if the ship of Theseus was sentient" is not a question I was prepared to grapple with today.

[Asanwa.sol @Chizitere_xyz]

David sits in his car. The engine is off, but he hasn't moved for ten minutes.

​He is parked in the driveway of the house he pays for, staring at the front door. Inside, the lights are warm. He can see the silhouette of his wife, Sarah, moving in the kitchen. He can see his daughter watching TV. It looks like a perfect life.

​But David isn't soaking it in. He is hyperventilating.
​He grips the steering wheel until his knuckles turn white. He is taking these ten minutes to put the "mask" back on.
​At work today, he lost a major client. The company is downsizing. He might not have a job in three months. The panic is a physical weight on his chest, crushing his lungs. He wants to walk inside, fall into Sarah’s arms, and say, "I’m scared. I don’t know if I can keep holding this up. I need you to tell me it’s going to be okay."
​But he doesn't.

​He remembers three years ago. His mother died. He broke down in front of Sarah. He cried. Really cried. He saw the look in her eyes shift. From comfort to fear.

The "Rock" had crumbled, and she didn't know how to look at him anymore. The attraction faded for months.

​He learned his lesson: He is allowed to be sad, but he is not allowed to be helpless.
​So, in the darkness of the driveway, David swallows the panic. He fixes his tie. He checks his reflection in the rearview mirror and practices the smile. The "I'm fine" smile.
​He opens the car door and walks inside.

​"Hey, honey! You're late," Sarah says, not looking up from her phone. "Did you remember to transfer the tuition fees? The school sent a reminder."
​She didn't bother to ask how he is.

​"Yeah, I did it," David says, kissing her cheek. She accepts the kiss, but she doesn't lean into it. That moment, he felt like he is just part of the furniture. A utility provider that keeps the lights on.

​Later that night, in bed, David reaches out. He runs his hand down her arm, starving for a touch that isn't transactional. He just wants to feel desired. He wants to know he matters.
​Sarah sighs. A heavy, annoyed sigh. "David, I'm exhausted. The kids were a nightmare today. Can we just sleep?"

​He pulls his hand back immediately, humiliated. The "Beggar Dynamic" kicks in. He feels gross for even asking. He turns his back to her, staring at the wall.
​Lying there, in the house he built, next to the woman he loves, David realizes the terrifying truth:
​If he died tomorrow, they would miss him.
But if he went broke tomorrow, hmm...
​He realizes he isn't loved unconditionally like his daughter or the dog. He is on a performance contract. As long as the payments clear, he is allowed to stay.
​He closes his eyes. The panic returns. But he stays silent.

​Because the only safe space he has left is inside his own head.

[McNeil @REFLOG18]

@Ravens ITS HAPPENING

[papabeer @papabeer2014]

@THEChrisMack 100% yea

[Some.BYU.Dude @ByuSome]

Guys, I'm confused by the NFL playoff.

You mean they don't have a committee that just decides what teams get in? How could they possibly know who deserves to be in the playoffs without a committee telling them?

Traditionally, the Chiefs have been really good. Why are they out?

Arizona is out? But they play in the NFC West. They'd be 17-0 in any other league.

Why are they playing playoffs this weekend? Why aren't they waiting 24 days to play?

Why is Denver so high? Their SOS isn't as good as the Bengals? Have you seen the SOS of the Bengals?

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

The Steelers had a priest bless the field with holy water pregame

The blessing took place in the exact same endzone that the Ravens missed the kick

[DUBBY @DubDotDUBBY]

Millennials never getting passed up

[papabeer @papabeer2014]

@KurtSchlichter Javier Milei applauded the action. How is number 8 true?