The Weird, Wacky and Awesome World of the NFL - General Banter thread V3

Shedite27 wrote: »

The Charges to LA has the hallmarks of a short stay really. Poor ticket sales suggest there's not really a fan base to sell the stadium. They've all the big names coming to town this eyar so they'll sell a lot of tickets, but it'll be 50/50 Chargers V away fans at most games this season. With the stadium being handed to them they've very little tying them to LA. Wouldn't be surprised to see a new owner looking to relocate the team

BonnieSituation wrote: »

That's a lot of bottling vibes!

Former NFL player Phillip Adams kills five in South Carolina, then himself, authorities say

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren, before later killing himself, authorities said Thursday.

York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson told a news conference Thursday that investigators had not yet determined a motive in the mass shooting Wednesday.

"There's nothing right now that makes sense to any of us," Tolson said.

Dr. Robert Lesslie, 70, and his wife, Barbara, 69, were pronounced dead at the scene Wednesday, along with their grandchildren Adah Lesslie, 9, and Noah Lesslie, 5.

A man who had been working at the home, James Lewis, 38, from Gaston, was found shot to death outside. A sixth victim, Robert Shook, 38, of Cherryville, North Carolina, was flown to a Charlotte hospital, where he was in critical condition "fighting hard for his life,'' said a cousin, Heather Smith Thompson.

At Thursday's news conference, Tolson played audio of two 911 calls related to the shooting, the first from an HVAC company that employed Lewis and the other person doing work at the Lesslie home. One of them, the caller said, had called him "screaming" and saying that he had been shot and that his co-worker was shot and "unresponsive."

"I think there's been a bad shooting," a different man said in a second 911 call, saying he was outside cutting his grass and heard "about 20" shots fired at the Lesslie home before seeing someone leave the house.

Tolson said evidence left at the scene of the shooting led them to Adams as a suspect. He said they went to Adams' parents' home, evacuated them and then tried to talk Adams out of the house. Eventually, they found him dead of a single gunshot wound to the head in a bedroom, he said. Adams was 32.

Tolson said both a .45 and a 9mm handgun were used in Wednesday's shooting.

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Don't know if anyone here follows Aaron Wilson. He used to be a reporter for the Baltimore Sun on the Ravens and was very well regarded. Often had league-wide news too, not just for Baltimore. One of the "if he says it, it's true" type reporters. He moved to the Houston Chronicle to cover the Texans and kept that reputation.

Anyway, he got fired today for comments he made about the DeShaun Watson accusers. He said "you don't negotiate with terrorists". I get what he was trying to say - and this was when the allegations were very new (and very fewer) - but damn, talk about poor phrasing.

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

I didn't notice a major drop in the level of play but my perception was that injuries were a lot higher. But I don't know if that's actually the case, would be interesting to see stats.

Either way, is this a broncos problem or an nfl problem? I wonder if they were the only ones doing everything virtual would their play suffer relative to the opposition?

Foxtrol wrote: »

Lions, Bucs, and some Patriots players have released statements that they are skipping them also.

Arians made a good point earlier in the year that for many veterans virtual OTAs is a gift, less reps for young players means less likely the young players take their jobs.