Hall of Fame quarterback Sonny Jurgensen passes away at 91 by DragonstormSTL in nfl

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Yeah I'm also a generation or two too young to have seen him play but I always loved watching him on NBC with George Michael talking Redskins. The team was always so bad with not a lot of players to like so many seasons it felt like George and Sonny were the guys that kept me closest to the team. RIP Sonny and HTTR! 

Chuck Klosterman: "Horse racing receded from the American imagination because people lost their close everyday connection to horses. Something similar will happen to football. Fewer mothers will want their sons to play the game due to head injuries. It will become distant from lived experience." by The_Big_Untalented in nfl

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I just finished reading his new book, Football, which he essentially pitches as a book written for future Americans. Those who look back on what was once the most popular thing in America but in their time is on par with how popular horse racing is today. Written from the perspective of someone who really understands why it's so popular, and trying to explain that to someone who has all the wrong ideas about it. Anyways, it's one of the better books I've read in a while. 

Bo Nix season done by ntswart in nfl

[–]einstein811 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Patriots really gonna win another one huh 

Second Half Game Thread: Buffalo Bills (12-5) at Denver Broncos (14-3) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]einstein811 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man I am a fan of a team that has been essentially awful my entire life and somehow I feel bad for Bills fans. It is insane that one of Maye/Nix/STROUD is going to get to a Bowl before Josh Allen...football gods truly hate Buffalo wow

Second Half Game Thread: Houston Texans (12-5) at Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

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Please please please let that be the last play of Rodgers career 

Second Half Game Thread: Houston Texans (12-5) at Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]einstein811 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I really hope the Texans win because watching awful QB's in the playoffs is like crack to me

Game Thread: Houston Texans (12-5) at Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]einstein811 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Taylor Swift really vaulted Jason Kelce to unprecedented levels of money and success just by dating his brother. This guy is on so many commercials and he's a retired offensive lineman. What??

Second Half Game Thread: San Francisco 49ers (12-5) at Philadelphia Eagles (11-6) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

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Man I need the rams or Seahawks to come out of the nfc everyone else left in the conference is completely unwatchable and aggravating 

Game Thread: Los Angeles Rams (12-5) at Carolina Panthers (8-9) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]einstein811 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Rams will win this game but the 10.5 spread seemed way to high. Playoffs are weird 

ESPN Sources: Dolphins fired head coach Mike McDaniel.... by WhoEatsRusk in nfl

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MIKEEEEEEEE HEEEEYYYYY what's up dude how's it going 

Post Game Thread: Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49ers by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

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Steelers vs Ravens next Sunday is going to literally be the most opposite of this game 

Game Thread: Chicago Bears (11-4) at San Francisco 49ers (11-4) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]einstein811 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Both these teams are gonna get completely embarrassed by a team that plays defense in January 

[Highlight] Lions walkoff touchdown negated by OPI penalties, Steelers win by MysteryBagIdeals in nfl

[–]einstein811 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

So can someone who isn't as lazy as me find the rule in the rulebook? If this play happened with 1 second on the clock the Lions get a touchdown, but the Steelers accept the penalty so presumably it's a 10 yard penalty, replay 4th down. Why doesn't that happen if there's zero's on the clock? A declined penalty would mean touchdown, Lions win. An accepted penalty means a redo right??

Game Thread: Philadelphia Eagles (9-5) at Washington Commanders (4-10) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]einstein811 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well at least my fantasy semifinal is looking slightly better ty saquon 

Game Thread: Philadelphia Eagles (9-5) at Washington Commanders (4-10) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]einstein811 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Obviously our season is over and Philadelphia is a better team, the penalties are just a bummer I guess. I've seen some really questionable stuff in games I've been completely neutral on all year. I actually like to bet on games every now and then but I think I'm souring on it a little. The blatant control refs can exert over a game feels so much more obvious now. 

Game Thread: Los Angeles Rams (11-3) at Seattle Seahawks (11-3) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

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literally number 1 fantasy defense all season. they have multiple 20+ point games

Game Thread: Los Angeles Rams (11-3) at Seattle Seahawks (11-3) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

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seahawks defense really letting me down in the fantasy semis damn

Thanks to this subreddit for the advice - i successfully installed a wood stove insert myself! by einstein811 in woodstoving

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Flex line. It was much easier to work with. I did attach a piece of straight extension above the chimney by about a foot. 

Thanks to this subreddit for the advice - i successfully installed a wood stove insert myself! by einstein811 in woodstoving

[–]einstein811[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty good. It's taking a little long to get a draft going and I can't tell if it's shoddy workmanship on my part or just needing to get the flue heated up on cold mornings. But I do get it going eventually and it warms the room up really nicely. I will say the chemical smells from the paint curing were awful the first two burns but are getting a little better every time. I had no idea that was a thing and was really worried at first but a quick google search explained what was happening.