Quoted from Deaconblooze:

Who you are is a product of your brain. If parts of your brain have been damaged to that serious of a degree, then yes you can be an asshole because of brain damage.
Thinking that damage to your brain can't cause someone issues is almost hilariously naive.

Quoted from Who-Dey:

If I truly believed that football was brain damaging tons of people then I would be fighting to have it banned.

Quoted from fosaisu:

While you’re waiting for the jury come in on that one, how’s your campaign against boxing coming along?

Quoted from Who-Dey:

I dont watch boxing.

Quoted from Who-Dey:

I KNOW that brain damage affects people's personalities and their judgment but everybody who does stupid shit dont have brain damage either. When did I ever say that brain damage doesn't make people do dumb shit?
A very small percentage of football players have brain damage, that's all that I am saying. Also there are alot of them now jumping on the CTE bandwagon trying to cash in and theres nothing wrong with them. If I truly believed that football was brain damaging tons of people then I would be fighting to have it banned.

Quoted from fosaisu:

You'd have to twist the words pretty badly to reach that conclusion. The comments on this page were specific to AB, who played a concussion-heavy sport his entire life. If we were talking about a 31 year old chef that went off the deep end, most of us would be thinking drugs or latent mental illness, not CTE. And if AB were just facing sexual assault charges or had shouted at his boss one day we'd probably still just take it as a star receiver being an asshole or a diva, nothing out of the ordinary there. But with AB you have a whole package of self-destructive but also often downright weird behavior that suggests something more is going on. Couple that with his known concussion history and the schload of studies showing what football can do to your brain, and what brain damage can do to your behavior, and well ...
If you're still not taking my point, it's that context matters.

Sure it's possible. Or it could be a mix (asshole tendencies plus human decency filter destroyed by shots to the dome) which would be my guess for many cases. But it's also indisputable -- well, you seem to be disputing it right now so let's say indisputable if you like to have facts to back up your positions -- that brain damage can completely change people's personalities, and that lots of NFL players end up with brain damage. So if a guy made it pretty successfully for 10 years in the league but took a bunch of concussions and then totally implodes, CTE has to be considered a likely culprit.

Quoted from Who-Dey:

A very small percentage of football players have brain damage, that's all that I am saying.

Quoted from vicjw66:

Some of you guys are trying to explain chess to a guy who can’t even grasp checkers. He’s been spewing nonsense for years. Noone is going to change his mind because he “knows things”.
The lion does not concern himself with the opinions of the sheep.-Tywin Lannister

Quoted from Who-Dey:

Eli Manning retiring!

Quoted from RWH:

I'm not surprised at all by this, he should have done it in 2016.

Quoted from hwyhed:

Not long ago, a linebacker played for the chiefs and did a heinous act: killed his g friend, then later shot himself in front of a coach -think it was Todd Haley at the time..I think Jevon Belcher was only 25..normal people just don’t think/act this way...

Quoted from hwyhed:

Not long ago, a linebacker played for the chiefs and did a heinous act: killed his g friend, then later shot himself in front of a coach -think it was Todd Haley at the time..I think Jevon Belcher was only 25..normal people just don’t think/act this way...

Quoted from Rondogg:

...which makes their protection of that scumbag Tyreek Hill that much more puzzling:
Domestic assault conviction
Stillwater police records indicate that on December 12, 2014, Hill was arrested on complaints of assault of his 20-year-old pregnant girlfriend, Crystal Espinal. The police report states that the two got into an argument and he threw her around like a ragdoll, punched her in the face, sat on her and repeatedly punched her in the stomach, and choked her. Oklahoma State dismissed him from the football team after the charges.
Hill eventually pleaded guilty to domestic assault and battery by strangulation and was sentenced to three years of probation.
Then what happened with his son and the broken arm? Yeah, classy organization...

Quoted from vicjw66:

And you don’t think Belichick and the Patriots knew anything of Aaron Hernandez and his problems? The better the player you are, the more they will put up with it. It’s just a fact of life. Same goes for entertainment, and business.

Quoted from Rondogg:

So now you're saying the Patriots knew Hernandez murdered 3 people and kept him on board? That's the hill you want to defend?
I've seen some disgusting posts in this thread but this is by far the worst.

Quoted from Rondogg:

I've seen some disgusting posts in this thread but this is by far the worst.

Quoted from Jaybird815:

I mean the Pats learned their lesson right? Then sign AB after the Oak fiasco, Rub and Tug in SoFL?

Quoted from vicjw66:

And you don’t think Belichick and the Patriots knew anything of Aaron Hernandez and his problems? The better the player you are, the more they will put up with it. It’s just a fact of life. Same goes for entertainment, and business.

Quoted from TheLaw:

bwawawa

Quoted from Rondogg:So now you're saying the Patriots knew Hernandez murdered 3 people and kept him on board? That's the hill you want to defend?
I've seen some disgusting posts in this thread but this is by far the worst.

Quoted from PtownPin:

No I don't think he knew that he killed 3 people....nor did he know he was hanging out with a bunch of drug dealers

Quoted from RWH:

Another Patriot arrested on drug possession. Joejuan Williams CB was pulled over and found in possession of prescription drugs without prescription, other drugs (not named) and drug paraphernalia items. I hope this is not just another pot bust, I figure the script drugs were probably pain killers.

Quoted from vicjw66:

No, of course not. I was referring to the well known issues he had while playing at the University of Florida. One being severely beating a bartender who tried to get Hernandez to pay his bar tab. Hernandez was a first round talent who was passed over by every team until the Patriots scooped him up in the 4th round.

Quoted from Pinball-is-great:

What???
I believe u meant to ref someone other than Whysnow. He doesnt post that type of stuff.

Quoted from vicjw66:

Oh please, save your Righteous indignation. That’s not at all what I’m saying.

No, of course not. I was referring to the well known issues he had while playing at the University of Florida. One being severely beating a bartender who tried to get Hernandez to pay his bar tab. Hernandez was a first round talent who was passed over by every team until the Patriots scooped him up in the 4th round.

Quoted from JodyG:

Anyone start a GoFundMe yet for AB's bail?

Quoted from Rondogg:

Good call, I meant to call out Who-dey, not Whysnow. My apologies to Whysnow, who has never posted anything racist. With Who-dey, every post toes the line...
Deleting post now.

Quoted from Rondogg:

Good call, I meant to call out Who-dey, not Whysnow. My apologies to Whysnow, who has never posted anything racist. With Who-dey, every post toes the line...
Deleting post now.

Quoted from Dee-Bow:

I agree.. his posts are just trolling and really don't add much to the conversation. I see him joining his buddy from Chicago soon.

Quoted from Deaconblooze:

Pro Bowl this weekend... I'll be at a kid's birthday party, so it's actually perfect for that. It's something to watch, but nothing I'll be upset about if I miss or someone's talking over it. I would have it on at home, but it would probably get less attention in that setting.
Is there a skills challenge this year? I think I remember them doing something last year.

Quoted from CrazyLevi:

I've discussed the vaunted "patriot way" and how it's kind of a bunch of bullshit. They have what, one successful reclamation project in Randy Moss? I can think of plenty of misses, Albert Haynesworth, AB, Josh Gordon, and of course Hernandez. Other teams would have been crucified for making these moves.

Quoted from TheLaw:

Skills is tonight @ 8.
used to love the pro bowl but moving it ahead of SB is dumb.

Quoted from TheLaw:

used to love the pro bowl but moving it ahead of SB is dumb.

Quoted from Deaconblooze:

I also liked it in Hawaii. Something about seeing that sort of a place in HD during 3 months of gray makes me feel a little better. I know it's still in a warm weather place, but nothing really compares to the idea of HI when you're stuck under a foot of snow.

Quoted from RWH:

Sadly the pro bowl has regressed to just a dog and pony show.

Quoted from RWH:

Sadly the pro bowl has regressed to just a dog and pony show.

Quoted from Who-Dey:

The pro bowl is a total joke now. They dont even play hard anymore like they used to. They really shouldn't even play the game and just have like an all madden team and a skills competition or something like that.

Quoted from RWH:

Sadly the pro bowl has regressed to just a dog and pony show.

Quoted from JayDee:

Even a dog and pony play harder. It’s more like a slug and sloth show

Quoted from fosaisu:

How do you think they used to motivate players to actually try in the pro bowl? Did they have a larger cash payout vs NFL salaries at the time? There must have been something, it's hard to imagine players in the 80s just too foolish to realize they were risking injury for zero gain.

Quoted from fosaisu:

How do you think they used to motivate players to actually try in the pro bowl? Did they have a larger cash payout vs NFL salaries at the time? There must have been something, it's hard to imagine players in the 80s just too foolish to realize they were risking injury for zero gain.

Quoted from JayDee:

I think they always played like they were made of glass. But since the game has evolved into faster and more intense gameplay, the fact that they are taking it easy is magnified

Quoted from fosaisu:

That makes more sense to me. You'd think the teams would want to scrap the Pro Bowl too, to avoid having their players hurt in a meaningless game. But if everyone's slow walking it, maybe there's no real threat of injury anyway.

Quoted from JayDee:

I agree it should be discontinued. The game itself. They even change a lot of the rules so it’s not really the same anyway. Keep the skills competition and even expand on them. Maybe some battle of the network stars type of events