NFL - Are You Ready For Some Football?! - Off Season

[Al B. Sure!]

Yes, Muslims can not have dogs as pets but that's not relevant; I'm not a Muslim.

[Ben Kenobi]

If we decide to treat animals as instruments to satisfy human needs, whether for food or for entertainment

Here's the difference, Albert. I agree that it's ok for us to kill and eat animals, but I do not agree with killing animals for entertainment. Shocking, I know.

Yes, Muslims can not have dogs as pets but that's not relevant; I'm not a Muslim.

They are the only other ones who make the argument you are making here. So it's little wonder to me that you see nothing wrong with what Vick did, because dogs are unclean.

[Al B. Sure!]

Yes, I'm a Muslim. I don't believe in God, but I'm a Muslim

[ColdWizard]

Lockout saves a life?

Leonard Pope is best known as a professional football player. But for a family in Americus, Ga., Pope is more aptly described as a hero.

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end came to the rescue last weekend, saving six-year-old Bryson Moore from drowning in a family swimming pool.

"We were attending a pool party, and Bryson was in the water with the other kids," the boy's mother, Anne Moore, told the Americus Times-Recorder in Monday's edition. "All of a sudden, I saw Bryson going down in the water and I started screaming. Leonard was inside, and he came out of nowhere and dove into the water without any hesitation, cell phone in his pocket and all. He saved my son's life, and I am so thankful that he was there for me and my child."

Moore has known Pope since he was a young child. Incredibly, he was the only person attending the pool party that actually knew how to swim.

Pope recounted the story in a Monday appeearance on "NFL Total Access," explaining how it all went down.

"As he was just tumbling around in the water, you know, he kind of lost his footing and he went sliding in the deep end a little bit," Pope said. "And that's when I heard his mom, Anne, yell and I was on my way out the house and I just went for it."

Pope acted instinctively, personal possessions on his person be damned.

No, everything. Cell phone, wallet, you know it didn't really matter because at that time that's a life on the line and it just had to get done," he said.

"My prayers were answered by God when Leonard jumped in and saved my son," said Moore. "The fact that he is normally at camp and could have been in Kansas City just proved to me that he was placed here to save my son from drowning, and I thank God that he was here. He truly lived up to his nickname "Champ" because he was truly a champion for me and my son this past weekend."

Pope is a native of the area, having starred as a teenager at Americus High School. He played collegiately at Georgia.

"I brought him back up, I handed him to his mom, patted him on the back, he coughed a couple times," Pope said, "But he was pretty good for the rest of the day."

[Al B. Sure!]

Only person at the pool party who knew how to swim? That makes a lot of sense

[ColdWizard]

Playing in the shallow end is a good way to cool off when it's hot. No swimming needed.

[rah]

I can't believe someone that owns a pool would not know how to swim.

[MRT144]

Only person at the pool party who knew how to swim? That makes a lot of sense

The worst thing about this is the racist jokes that could be made.

[Al B. Sure!]

I was always surprised that Leonard Pope hasn't made a career out of himself. A 4.62 40 is pretty solid for a 6'8" TE. I don't get how he didn't emerge as a go-to jump ball target for either Warner or Matt Cassel. He's taller and faster than draft-mate Marcedes Lewis who has funnily enough become exactly that sort of player in Jacksonville.

[Demonbinder]

Supposedly a deal is 85% done. Yeah, right, I'll believe it when I see it. But it does seem as if some progress is being made and according to reports it's after the lawyers have been thrown out of the negotiations. Why does that not surprise me?

[SlowwHand]

Which franchise do you think is most likely to move to L.A.?

http://www.nfl.com/

Spoiler:

22%
Jacksonville Jaguars

13%
Minnesota Vikings

18%
Oakland Raiders

27%
San Diego Chargers

20%
St. Louis Rams

I voted Jaguars.

[giblets]

That's what you don't seem to get, Albert. Killing dogs for fun is depraved.

I agree with Ben.

[Al B. Sure!]

I agree with Ben.

This piece of **** is a girly man who has no interest in football yet he comes in here to follow me.

Which franchise do you think is most likely to move to L.A.?

http://www.nfl.com/

Spoiler:

22%
Jacksonville Jaguars

13%
Minnesota Vikings

18%
Oakland Raiders

27%
San Diego Chargers

20%
St. Louis Rams

I voted Jaguars.

It won't be the Jaguars, as likely as that has seemed for various reasons. The Jaguars have a lease on the stadium til 2030 and clauses in the contract would make it financially prohibitive for the Jaguars to break the lease. I guess money talks but Wayne Weaver doesn't seem to want to move.

[-Jrabbit]

Signs of life at today's NFL meeting. Season will start on time, players will give up some money and gain full free agency after 4 years.

ESPN's Adam Schefter reports all players with at least four years of service time will be unrestricted free agents under the labor agreement currently being discussed.

This had been the expected outcome as long as a new CBA was reached as opposed to a court-ordered short-term fix. The new free agency rules will affect upwards of 500 players, which should lead to a frenzy in late July after an agreement is reached. DeAngelo Williams, Ahmad Bradshaw, Joseph Addai, Sidney Rice, Santonio Holmes, Steve Smith (NYG), and Zach Miller are the major fantasy names affected. All of the above will hit the open market.

[Al B. Sure!]

This will be an interesting Free Agent period because it will be so brief.