I don't think it's delusional at all to think the Bills will make the playoffs this year
i wasn't suggesting you were being delusional with anything related to bill enthusiasm - i was just saying that in the NFL it's the norm to go into the season having unreasonable expectations for your team, specially when it's been more than 5 years since playofffs
People that still haven't forgiven Michael Vick bother me. Especially these steeler fans that put out a petition to not have him on the steelers team
those same steeler fans will wave their dirty laundry for a guy who should have went to trial over some pretty convincing rape acquisitions (which if they arn't true, fuck those criminal cunts and sluts)
I don't hold the dog fighting thing against Vick even though I'm an AVID animal lover for the sole reason that I think he's truly remorseful about the whole situation. I watched a couple of the speeches he gave at schools after all that happened, and if he wasn't being sincere in what he said then he's the best damn actor in the world. Because I believed him entirely.
personally i stopped holding athletes to any moral standards once i became an adult and realized they are not supposed to have anything in common with your local firemen. most NFL'ers grew up in poverty with single mothers and social circles were practically the minor leagues for career criminals
ghetto kid>playing college football while being treated like a prince> signing multi million dollar contract and not having any supervision during the offseason
this cycle is crazy, the kinds of lives NFLers go through is not like anything anyone else can quite relate with...retired players really should be doing more to guide/prepare current non-veterans still on a rookie contract
i can't even hypothetically tell anyone that if i suddenly became a millionaire how i would handle it. it's easy to say you wouldn't be a vince young level disaster but these particular pairs of shoes just don't fit anyone who wants to pretend to wear them
i have no problem with vick. even if all the facts we know regarding his dog fighting lifestyle are just the tip of the iceberg
just because somebody mistreats animals doesn't automatically make them a bad person in my eyes.
i'm not anti-animal but i don't even remotely agree with all the rights they have in our current society....do people not understand how ruthless the wild is? the best/most humane way for a wild animal to be killed is by a human.
do i think vick is a good person? if i was told with confidence that he is a good father, doesn't criminally disrespect woman or children, is a philanthropist, works hard at practice/mentors his peers and is no longer involved in animal abuse at any level than he sounds like a pretty great guy that i would have no problem with him being around my team or family
the fact this guy is still in the league is admirable. 3 years in a prison is a long time, long enough to perma fuck up a lot of guy's lives. i cant relate but i'm pretty sure having to be reintroduced into society and succeeding sounds damn near impossible - specially when everyone in the country knows who you are and what you did
just like men currently locked up who were born into severe poverty and chaos never really had a chance - some dogs are born without any hope of living a good life. people have been doing demonic fucked up shit since baby jesus was still wearing
the holy diaper and it's not just going to stop. it's just best to learn to accept it and to commit to a lifestyle that isn't going to make things any worse than they already are
in the 1200's Genghis khan made hitler look like a jay walker. there are people in this world that are more evil than anyway imaginable and they will go to the grave evil. how's this for trying to put a positive spin on tragedy? there's a good chance Genghis and hitler were responsible for the deaths of people who were destined for even darker things than the people that killed them