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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

THIS is exactly how the local stud is SUPPOSED to roll.

PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles rookie quarterback Carson Wentz demonstrated his winning ways during the team's bye week.

Wentz, 23, was drafted out of North Dakota State and returned to Fargo during the Eagles' off week on Oct. 1, running up a $1,000 tab with a group of friends. He then picked up the tab and left a $500 tip.

According to CSN Philly, Wentz hosted a private party in a back room at Herd & Horns Bar and Grill last Saturday night after watching his alma mater beat Illinois State 31-10.

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Dak Prescott cemented his grip on the starting quarterback job in Dallas with his fifth straight win, and even if the broken bone in Tony Romo’s back is healed by Oct. 30 off the Dallas bye, it’ll be a shock if Prescott gets yanked. This win was special. Prescott, NFL rushing leader Ezekiel Elliott and the Dallas defense dominated the shrinking Aaron Rodgers at Lambeau Field. For the second straight week Dallas beat a consistent playoff team by two touchdowns—Cincinnati last week, Green Bay now.

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

THIS is exactly how the local stud is SUPPOSED to roll.

PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles rookie quarterback Carson Wentz demonstrated his winning ways during the team's bye week.

Wentz, 23, was drafted out of North Dakota State and returned to Fargo during the Eagles' off week on Oct. 1, running up a $1,000 tab with a group of friends. He then picked up the tab and left a $500 tip.

According to CSN Philly, Wentz hosted a private party in a back room at Herd & Horns Bar and Grill last Saturday night after watching his alma mater beat Illinois State 31-10.

Well maybe, but that doesn't sound SO different from what you might have heard about Johnny Football.

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ORIGINAL: Black 47

This Brock Osweiler stinks.

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ORIGINAL: JC2015

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ORIGINAL: Black 47

This Brock Osweiler stinks.

Funny

Whenever I type something like that the player immediately goes off

No sooner had I typed Thielen was a #4 WR then he goes off

Right after you typed this he leads them back for a win

funny

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

THIS is exactly how the local stud is SUPPOSED to roll.

PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles rookie quarterback Carson Wentz demonstrated his winning ways during the team's bye week.

Wentz, 23, was drafted out of North Dakota State and returned to Fargo during the Eagles' off week on Oct. 1, running up a $1,000 tab with a group of friends. He then picked up the tab and left a $500 tip.

According to CSN Philly, Wentz hosted a private party in a back room at Herd & Horns Bar and Grill last Saturday night after watching his alma mater beat Illinois State 31-10.

Well maybe, but that doesn't sound SO different from what you might have heard about Johnny Football.

Totally.

Other than every single detail...

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

THIS is exactly how the local stud is SUPPOSED to roll.

PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles rookie quarterback Carson Wentz demonstrated his winning ways during the team's bye week.

Wentz, 23, was drafted out of North Dakota State and returned to Fargo during the Eagles' off week on Oct. 1, running up a $1,000 tab with a group of friends. He then picked up the tab and left a $500 tip.

According to CSN Philly, Wentz hosted a private party in a back room at Herd & Horns Bar and Grill last Saturday night after watching his alma mater beat Illinois State 31-10.

Well maybe, but that doesn't sound SO different from what you might have heard about Johnny Football.

Totally.

Other than every single detail...

Oh please.

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ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott

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ORIGINAL: JC2015

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ORIGINAL: Black 47

This Brock Osweiler stinks.

Funny

Whenever I type something like that the player immediately goes off

No sooner had I typed Thielen was a #4 WR then he goes off

Right after you typed this he leads them back for a win

funny

He stunk most of the game and then leads a "comeback" against a terrible defense.

There is really nothing remarkable about it. Texans pursued the wrong QB. Should have traded with the Eagles...

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ORIGINAL: JC2015

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ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott

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ORIGINAL: JC2015

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ORIGINAL: Black 47

This Brock Osweiler stinks.

Funny

Whenever I type something like that the player immediately goes off

No sooner had I typed Thielen was a #4 WR then he goes off

Right after you typed this he leads them back for a win

funny

He stunk most of the game and then leads a "comeback" against a terrible defense.

There is really nothing remarkable about it. Texans pursued the wrong QB. Should have traded with the Eagles...

Of course it was remarkable

If the defense was so bad how come they didn't score more earlier?

17 points in the last 2.5 minutes of regulation and OT is special

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ORIGINAL: JC2015

What is the record of teams trailing by 14 with less than 3 minutes to go in the 4th quarter?

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First, with 3:26 left in overtime, Arizona kicker Chandler Catanzaro missed a 24-yarder. (He had already made two field goals over 40 yards, including a 45-yarder just a few minutes earlier.)
Then, Seattle kicker Stephen Hauschka had his chance to be the hero--but his 28-yard attempt didn't go in either. (Hauschka was also successful in his two previous kicks in the game, despite the fact that both were longer attempts.)
It’s likely that both kickers’ mistakes made their respective coaches sick to their stomachs. But the real lesson came later, in the post-game news conference.

When a reporter asked Cardinals coach Bruce Arians if he had any words for his (downtrodden) kicker, here’s how he responded:

Make it. This is professional, this ain't high school, baby. You get paid to make it.
Wow. Arians has a point. But was this the best way (and best time) to express it?

In the meantime, Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll addressed the media with these comments:

[Hauschka] made his kicks to give us a chance and unfortunately he didn't make the last one. He's been making kicks for years around here...but he's gonna hit a lot of winners as we go down the road here.
I love him and he's our guy.

Way to encourage, coach. I love it.

Why do I love Carroll’s reaction? Because it reinforces a lesson I strongly believe in--namely, that we can inspire confidence in others at pivotal moments by taking their emotions into consideration.

In reality, both coaches try to do this. But whereas Arians tries to inspire the typically negative emotion of fear, Carroll reinforces the belief that he’s got his players backs--through thick and thin.

Based on this interaction, which “boss” would you rather work for?

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ORIGINAL: JTC2017

Interesting how some are trying to blame the NFL's ratings decline on Kap

Nah, I think much bigger factors are:

* concussion issues including a movie
* Mediocre product
* Lack of exciting stars like a Moss or a young Peterson - Beckham imploding doesn't help
* Same teams winning

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: JTC2017

Interesting how some are trying to blame the NFL's ratings decline on Kap

Nah, I think much bigger factors are:

* concussion issues including a movie
* Mediocre product
* Lack of exciting stars like a Moss or a young Peterson - Beckham imploding doesn't help
* Same teams winning

Pat Kirwan went on a bit of a rant on Friday saying he thinks it's the casual fan and the NFL's catering to the casual fan that's contributing to the ratings decline. He cited examples of OBJ and the net, deflategate, and contract negotiations getting more play than game analysis or even just highlights at halftime. He thinks real fans are saying "What happened to my football?". Kirwan thinks the NFL would be well served to focus more on the actual game and less on attracting more casual fans who may not even watch the game anyway.

So this morning I gave a good watch to Fox's pregame of the London game. Yep it's crap. You have Terry Bradshaw and Jimmy Johnson yucking it up and looking ridiculous. They throw in a bunch of Saturday Night Live type skits and then they spoon feed the audience one or two actual things about a player or the game. It's crap. You get better analysis listening to a fantasy football show on the radio.

Another thing I notice is that the TV personalities that cover the games all seem like a cookie-cutter stamp now. It's a former player that's been trained how to speak using his hands and only say generic dumbed-down things - basically stuffed shirts.

I think the NFL would do well to just put the smartest analysts they can find that still have a good on air presence. It's like they've forgotten that it's the game that everyone loves. Those casual fans will continue to be casual fans just like they are now. Get the true fans talking more about the game and the product and others will follow.

Right now the NFL's marketing reminds me of Donald Trump's campaign. They keep doubling down, then tripling down, then quadrupling down on the dumb-dumbs of the world and then can't figure out why no one is taking it seriously.

Stop dumb-ing down your product NFL (and TV networks). Dump the 90-IQ-Circus you call TV coverage and put something in that someone with half-a-brain or better can get something out of.