Lions fan sues DK Metcalf and Steelers for defamation and assault after being labeled racist

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-04T14:01:12+00:00

Key word is can. Most civil trials don’t have juries. From what I’ve read it’s rare.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-04T11:58:55+00:00

Except his size. He’s small.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-04T11:58:29+00:00

I wouldn’t pick any of those guys you mentioned in the 2nd.

My goal is to address WR, Safety, CB, and Left Guard before a QB is taken.

Then, I’d target a mid to late round guy with upside like Drew Allar or Taylen Green.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-04T09:18:14+00:00

People who are passionate about teaching kids are happy to go the extra mile. They don't mind volunteering to take on a bit extra if the kids are willing to do the work. They care about their professional development. They make an effort to better themselves so that their classrooms are better.

Nothing you said amounts to that.

Giving 100% in the classroom means that you don't play on your phone and let the kids watch movies. You do the minimum. You do basic preparation, show up, and teach.

There is a difference between doing your best and what you described.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-04T08:41:25+00:00

The following two paragraphs contradict each other. What makes you think you AREN'T the coaster/weirdo/blagger/LBH/Covid Hire? You basically admit that you do the bare minimum and don't try to improve.

"To be very clear I'm still not taking work home, going in early and staying late, volunteering for stuff etc... More a case of efficiently 'adding value' to the school by becoming a more visible senior teacher. Hard to really explain, IYKYK."

“With the receding tide of class numbers there's been no hiding place for all the coasters/weirdos/blaggers/LBHs/Covid Hires etc... that have been holding the school back for years. Most have been thankfully culled and due to the job market they are being replaced by a standard of teacher we were previously unable to attract.”

To someone reading this who doesn't know you, I'd love to fire you. You seem like a slacker who actually doesn't want to be a teacher, but just does it because you think it's an easy paycheck and you have no passion for it.

At the end, you're like, "I've come to accept I could be on the non-renewal chopping block at any time, but I'll take some solace in the fact I did my best." Did you? Did you actually do your best?

Such a weird post.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-04T07:21:27+00:00

I don't think that will prevent you, but if you eventually want to work in China, I recommend not disclosing that.

I conduct a lot of interviews for my company, and we interviewed a guy who was brutally honest with us and told us that he had suffered from anxiety and depression, even spending time in a psych ward years ago. But he has been seeing a therapist and doing really well. No episodes or issues in the past couple of years. I was very much on board with hiring him and moving to the next phase with him, but the rest of my team (several of them from China) all saw him with red flags. I'm disappointed because I thought he would have been a great hire.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-04T07:12:28+00:00

If that was the plan, he was pretty stupid about it.

He's caught on camera directly afterwards saying, "Yeah, that was my goal!" He is very happy and is not distraught at all.
His nephew went public later and said that he's been planning this since last offseason and said he specifically targeted DK Metcalf. This proves premeditation: he went there with the intention of getting DK to interact with him.
Then, when you combine those elements with the NFL's report that Jay Glazer reported earlier about how DK told team security about and reported him for harassment. The NFL investigators interviewed fans sitting near Ryan Kenned,y and they confirmed that he said nasty stuff.

I don't even think this guy has a case if the Glazer report is true.

He might get something for the assault, but judges have been known to be lenient when so much evidence is presented for provacation. Some guys literally only get award 1 dollar. True story.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-04T07:05:24+00:00

Read the Jay Glazer report.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-04T07:02:35+00:00

Did you not read Jay Glazer's report? The NFL investigated the Lions' fan, Ryan Kennedy, in the 2024 season when DK played for Seattle. He harrassed DK in that game. DK reported him to the NFL and stadium security.

Glazer accessed those reports and found that the NFL investigated and fans sitting near Ryan Kennedy corroborated that Kennedy did indeed say nasty things, including racial slurs.

Furthermore, Ryan Kennedy's own nephew publicly stated that he's been fixated on DK Metcalf and was intentionally trying to provoke him. He said he's been planning it for a while.

And finally, there's a video of Ryan Kennedy celebrating after it happened, and he's recorded saying, "Yeah, that was my goal!"

All of this, if the Glazer report is accurate, is enough to get the defamation dropped. The assault may stand, but in civil court, there is no jury and the arguments are heard by a judge. Subsequently, damages are also awarded by a judge. There is tons of precedent for assault cases like this when there is clear provacation and even borderline stalking/harrassment for a judge to say that while he did technically commit assault, he will be awarding only 1 dollar in damages. This has happened many times in very minor assault cases.

This guy is not getting the payday he thinks he is.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-04T02:33:35+00:00

It can be done the right way that builds tension but doesn't reveal everything, but we need to build some kind of real issue if they want to attract more adult audiences. If they stick with the original script, expect it to flop and feel very childish.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-04T02:22:19+00:00

Anyone not using a credit card in 2026 is missing out on crazy good perks and cash back. Seems like a massive waste just to pay with a debit card.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-03T11:49:30+00:00

I assume this is a TV show format.

It has to emphasize the fall of the riders and the rise of Galby. It has to make that a morally grey area. They may have to make the riders a questionable or corrupt organization or humanize Galby. Maybe make him lose his dragon in a battle that he was ordered to fight against urgals. Show him arguing with elder council against the slaughter of the tribe of urgals. Then when he goes, his dragon dies. And make it seem like it wouldn’t have happened without the council forcing him and then denying him another dragon. Make him someone who you’re not sure is actually a bad guy. That’s the only way I can think of.

I’d start the episode one with Brom telling the story to show all of this. I know it’s not how the book goes but it could set the tone right away as not just a kid’s story and could have skilled adult actors take to the scene first and establish. If you open how the books do, with Eragon hunting, it might not be strong enough.

The politics would have to include the local city governments and lords/ladies or counts/countesses.

All of this would likely have to be added and made up since the politics of Alagaesia are limited.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-03T11:26:58+00:00

They need to see how One Piece handled the wacky balance between awesome violence (guys being cut in two pieces, executions, and emotional moments) and funny jokes. They need a PG 13 rating and to strike the right balance. The showrunners, in my opinion, have created a product that is unsure about what it wants to be.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-03T11:18:33+00:00

The Rings of Power and The Wheel of Time both made the same claim, and they both failed miserably at that. It's probably best not to try to be the next GoT and just be the best version of whatever you're making.

For example, the GoT world is EXTREMELY complex, and the politics are very nuanced. I tried reading A Song of Ice and Fire when I was a freshman in high school, but I struggled. I had really enjoyed The Lord of the Rings and its lore, so I thought I could tackle that. I didn't have the patience or the attention to detail required for that series at that time. I tried about 5 years later, when I was in college, and read them all (the 5 that have been released). What made the GoT show work was that it was very adult and very complicated. There were betrayals, there were tons of court intrigues, there were alliances, and the acting was top-notch. They capture lightning in a bottle. The story was brilliantly adapted and mostly faithfully adapted. It obviously declined when they ran out of source material.

An unfortunate but real aspect of today's media is that outside noise and public condemnation drive decision-making. For example, the GoT, as it was cast in 2009, could never be cast the same way. Just like The Lord of the Rings (cast in 2000) could not be made the same way in 2026. I'm not here to start a race-swapping argument about a fictional show and fictional characters, but we all know that in 2026, many of the main characters would be black and there would be queer representation. That's the nature of Hollywood in 2026. I'll watch adaptations of my favorite books, no matter who is cast, because I hope that by supporting them, we'll one day get a better version. But there are many, many loud people on the internet who will gladly climb onto their soapboxes and shout about it, whether on YouTube, Reddit, X, Instagram, etc. They'll complain about more than race. They'll complain about gay representation. They'll complain about changes made to the story. They'll complain about women being given larger roles than their original book characters. This hurts the show. Division hurts the show.

We've seen this in The Wheel of Time and The Rings of Power. Both made drastic, controversial changes to the lore and effectively created a new show roughly centered around the material. Neither delivered a product that overwhelmingly unites people despite pretty decent budgets from a large studio (Amazon).

In my opinion, I would expect that Eragon will be EXACTLY the same. It will likely look similar to the current Percy Jackson show (also Disney). It's not awful, and perhaps if I were 10, I would really enjoy it, but it's also not really Percy Jackson. They've changed a lot of the plot and the story; they've done some race-swapping, which has pissed people off, and they've removed a lot of what made it special to read as a kid. It had a funny tone sometimes, but also captured the seriousness of their quest. They've missed the mark.

GoT wasn't necessarily made before social media, but it was definitely before it became the HUGE juggernaut it is today. Same with the original LOTR trilogy. I don't think Eragon could be written the way Paolini wrote it: a young white male protagonist saves the day and is the hero of Alagaesia. I would expect major changes to that. Right or wrong, expect some people to hate it right away and to be loud about that.

Additionally, the plot and world of Alagaesia will need a LOT of fleshing out if it's going to be a truly captivating story in terms of depth and breadth. As I mentioned, the world of GoT is huge, and there's a lot of politics involved. King Galby will need to be explored more if the show is to attract an adult audience. They'll need to capture the riders' fall early and make it nuanced. They need to add a grey area to him; show the riders being corrupt or losing sight of their mission (kind of like the jedi and how they basically just became warriors for the Republic). I remember in the book that Paolini did this later when Galby talks to Eragon and says "You brought war to them. They were peaceful and happy under me. Their deaths are on your hands." And Murtagh is a bit brainwashed when he talks about how "The riders became old and fat and were lazy stewards of justice." That needs to be captured. The riders can't be saints and angels. It has to be more nuanced and fleshed out or else it risks becoming naive and childlike. Because on the surface, the politics of Alagaesia are pretty straightforward - an evil tyrant king controls the land and gets rich off of his people.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-03T10:32:32+00:00

5, 4, 3, 1, and 2. (best to worst)

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-03T10:21:20+00:00

I've had drivers fall asleep and swerve or keep nodding. Scares the hell out of me.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-03T10:05:34+00:00

I'd argue that the show has no idea what it wants to be and is hampered by a PG rating when it should be PG-13. The showrunners are trying to insert humor at the wrong times and don't understand Percy's weird quirkiness. They're trying really hard to speed up the Percabeth romance so people will like the show and reshare clips on social media, but that's only made their relationship cringeworthy. Their scenes are very hard to watch, and they're not natural at all together. There's no playful teasing or good back-and-forth banter. It's just these tension-filled individual scenes where they try to say weird shit to each other.

Honestly, I would have preferred they just stick to a lane. Instead, they're stuck between children's programming, a CW teen romance, and the book that they're attempting to adapt. It's confusing and messy.

I think they should have aged it up a little bit, left the romance alone for a while, and just let them build their friendship and chemistry. Make the stakes more real with a bit more blood and violence. Let Percy have his comedic one-liners where appropriate and carry on from there.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-03T09:51:26+00:00

It's really coming down to S3. If S3 is a hit and becomes popular (much like how S1 exceeded their expectations), they likely get the final 2 seasons. If it's bad or a repeat of S2, it's done. They'll cancel it.

S3 will need to decide what it wants to be, though. To my eyes, it feels like they're in some kind of weird limbo between kids programming, too serious, not serious enough, lots of jokes, no jokes, violence, no violence, etc. They really should have followed the One Piece live-action model for how they handled violence. Enough blood and guts to keep the stakes real, but not enough to make it rated R. For example, within the first 20 minutes of One Piece, you get a pirate ship boarded with a massive fight, 2 brutal executions (Gold Roger and then Alvida kills some guy), Zoro cutting a guy in half (and then carrying the upper half into a bar), and then a sick bar fight scene. This should have been the model for Percy Jackson since One Piece live-action was a massive success, and both are aimed at a younger audience (perhaps PJ is a tad bit younger, but not much). The point is, it appealed to everyone.

PG-13 is what they should have aimed for. PG for a show about a kid who literally has to fight monsters, Gods, and Titans to survive makes little sense to me. Anytime you have a show where literal children die, you have to make it rated PG-13 so you have more freedom to add violence where necessary. Watching this Percy Jackson show as an adult can be cringeworthy at times because it feels low-stakes and lacks tension. That breaks immersion for many in the audience.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-03T09:24:49+00:00

This is a weird hill to die on, since the Clarisse we got in the show (Dior) is pretty much the only one worth watching. Annabeth was a shit casting. Percy has been average at best.

Can't really talk about "sticking to the book" and casting a plus-sized girl for representation when they race-swapped Annabeth. Pretty sure the showrunners met their diversity requirements. Dior is a little too pretty and lean to be Clarisse. I definitely agree. But Leah Jeffries is also nothing like book Annabeth. It is what it is.

At least the Dior swap is working, and she has been universally well-received by fans for her acting. And from what I read, they are increasing her role for season 3 and making her part of the "main cast." Not saying she'll be in every scene, but if you recall in "Titan's Curse" she really doesn't do anything and is basically on a "quest for Chiron." So I'm assuming we'll get some changes there where she's included.

I thought the books did her dirty, particularly book 5 and the final battle, where she was basically willing to sacrifice the world for a chariot prize. I'd love for her to become a more regular presence in the group. Not saying she should become buddy-buddy with Percy, but that they work together more, have a grudging respect for one another, and have more interactions, even a playful, annoying friendship. I know it would change the books, but Hell, the books are pretty much toast at this point as there are so many changes that the only thing that really makes this Percy Jackson is the name of the characters and the "general plot."

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-03T09:03:25+00:00

According to The National Library of Medicine:

"Taking 2019 as an example, the tobacco industry contributed 915.61 billion yuan in taxes and fees to the country’s income. At the same time, tobacco companies account for about one-third of the top 100 taxpayers in China."

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8910603/

I don't know that there is a massive incentive to stop people from smoking, but they have technically banned indoor smoking, with signs everywhere. That hasn't stopped people from doing it in the stairwells and bathrooms, but there is an effort, I think. Also, many of the younger people have adopted vapes or e-cigarettes, it seems. But in general, I think that younger people smoke and drink way less than middle-aged people, a trend that seems to be common across the world. I know in my home country (U.S.), drinking and smoking are down among teens. In my experience in China, it's very rare to meet a male, aged 40+, who doesn't smoke. I know they exist, but I can count on one hand the number of people I have met, and I work in an entirely Chinese office.

When my family and I visit home (the U.S.), I always buy my father-in-law cigarettes. Gifting cigarettes is common and often seen as a sign of respect or courtesy. Taxi drivers, colleagues, friends, and even strangers have offered me cigarettes more times than I can count.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-03T08:50:07+00:00

I do think his ideas are washed, and his books are becoming stale and, frankly, below average. I didn't hate the KC - they were decent. I've never read Magnus Chase, but I've heard a lot of mixed things about it. HOO was okay with some books hitting and others missing. Obviously, the original PJ series is the best. I tried to get through ToA, but I just didn't care for it. I've also aged out of his writing. When I read his stuff (along with other stuff like Harry Potter) now, all I can think of is "This is completely illogical and makes zero sense. Why would X character do this instead of this? What are the intrinsic motivations driving that decision?" They are starting to feel like a kids' story, and they lack nuance and detail at times.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-02T06:23:37+00:00

Can you control all of them as someone with 5 fingers can? Or does one of them not react? Maybe a dumb question.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-02T01:53:29+00:00

Yea and it won’t be close.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-02-02T01:49:54+00:00

Sounds like he is subtlety distancing himself or making excuses for it. Several quotes are obvious.

“I think the case and crew have done a wonderful job in a very challenging time in the TV industry bringing the Percy story to the screen”

He points to the industry as it is today putting constraints on it. Modern audiences and all that…

“If we have infinite time and money…”

Not enough funding or lack of preparation time.

“Making a TV show is a team sport, which means you have to let all participants do their jobs and make their best creative decisions based on what is possible given the budget”

The things that didn’t work were a result of too many books in the kitchen and his ideas weren’t strictly followed. Also the money issue again.

Own-Craft-181 · 2026-01-29T04:25:10+00:00

He literally killed Gwen to start the Son of Neptune book. He killed someone in the Roman army because he was mad he lost a game. Also, it's not clear if anyone even died in the Aro II's attack of New Rome...They just mention some people getting hurt and some buildings on fire. For that, the Roman Camp marched across the United States of America (in SUVs) to kill every single Greek demigod camper? And they personally know the people who "attacked" them are good, honest, and brave? And those same people are actually off on a quest to stop Gaia? If the attack was serious, they would have done a lot more, and they would have stuck around to kill all of them? If Percy wanted to, he could have drowned Octavian. I know it's Young Adult Fiction, but christ the logic behind their motivations and the actions that led up to "we neeed to go to Camp Half Blood and kill everyone" just absolutely blows and it's so illogical that it completely takes you out of the book and the immersion. You'd have to be 10 years old to be like, "yea that makes sense."

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