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I thought 'intent' was the deciding factor in using racial slurs.  Are you guys suggesting AB was looking for a moderate insult?

BTW, I agree with you both.  There's just not a good white racial insult word.
What the #### are you talking about? The cracker is not the issue here, Dude! I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line, you do not... Also, Dude, "cracker" is not the preferred nomenclature. "Toxic masculinist," please.

 
Did you go 15 or 20, then realize you had to edit your post because they won 11 years ago?
Not sure if you're intentionally being stupid or not. Tomlin has been the coach for 13 years and they haven't won since his second season, when it was still Cowhers team that he left behind. Nobody could actually miss the point other than to troll.

 
Not sure if you're intentionally being stupid or not. Tomlin has been the coach for 13 years and they haven't won since his second season, when it was still Cowhers team that he left behind. Nobody could actually miss the point other than to troll.
You mean that awesome 8-8 team that he inherited?

 
Nice cherry pick of 10 years.  They haven't had a losing record since 2003, have been to 3 Super Bowls in that time and won 2 of them, plus other AFCCG loses in that time.  Every team (except the Patriots) would like to "underachieve" to that degree.
Right. I said Tomlin is a joke and cherry picked by not including the years he wasn't the coach. Never noticed how touchy the Steelers fans are. You're hitting cowboy levels here.

 
Right. I said Tomlin is a joke and cherry picked by not including the years he wasn't the coach. Never noticed how touchy the Steelers fans are. You're hitting cowboy levels here.
You sure picked the right user name :lol:  

I don't care if you like Tomlin, but the Steelers have not underachieved by any reasonable definition.

 
Right. I said Tomlin is a joke and cherry picked by not including the years he wasn't the coach. Never noticed how touchy the Steelers fans are. You're hitting cowboy levels here.
The remark that I was originally responding to was that the Steelers are always underachievers.   During Tomlin's reign I can't remember how many times the Steelers were the pre-season favorites to win the Super Bowl but it hasn't been many.    

If the definition of underachieving is not winning the Super Bowl that is a pretty high pedestal for anyone (other than the Patriots)

 
So.... is anyone risking playing him? I put him in over Fuller, will wait to see anymore news.  I’m 50/50 on this though.

i think the raiders know if they let him suit up, they have to throw to him like everything was good

 
Dude is the TO of the NFL today but worse. We just need him to insinuate one of his QB's is a closet homosexual and start doing sit ups in his drive way. Frankly I'd probably take Prime TO with his issues today over AB today. 

 
This. I don't see AB as a guy who can handle being on a losing football team. I think he'll go full Randy Moss Raider years and entirely check out mentally halfway thru the season.
He'll be fine on a losing team as long as he gets his numbers.   He doesn't care whether the team wins or loses.

 
Shefter just tweeted that Gruden says AB playing on Monday


odds of AB playing week 1 for the Raiders isn't 0 yet right? i honestly feel like Gruden is equally crazy and controlling enough that he can make this right. somehow. knock on wood if you're with me... 
shameless bump. :grad: this is a marriage made in heaven. gawd i hope AB is still on the team when they move to Vegas. would be the best reality show ever. i mean, like, better than bachelor season 2 ever. at this rate Mayok will be out before AB.

 
Seems like rewarding AB for his behavior is less than advisable. 

What a weird saga. 
Being frank here.

Schefter really got too ambitious with his "scoop" on this story spweing out suspension, voiding contract talk. Blew up in his face.

Brown is a nutbar. We all know that.

But he is playing Monday night. He apologized to his team with all the team captains by his side.

It's over.

Let's go AB go be AB on the field and lead our teams. 

LETS GO!!!!!!!! 

 
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Being frank here.

Schefter really got too ambitious with his "scoop" on this story spweing out suspension, voiding contract talk. Blew up in his face.

Brown is a nutbar. We all know that.

But he is playing Monday night. He apologized to his team with all the team captains by his side.

It's over.

Let's go AB go be AB on the field and lead out teams. 

LETS GO!!!!!!!! 
Huh? You don't think the raiders leaked that stuff to him to get Browns ### in line? Seems like it worked perfectly. 

 
Probably ”honky” but otherwise, no. Those are easily the silliest & least offensive.

also; I have been called both. Once seriously while walking though Oakland in the 80s at night by some super sketchy types. 

Sometimes its not so much what’s said as who’s saying it to you. Laughter was not a good option there. :no:  
The closest I came was when I was in my mid to late 20s playing basket ball against some black guys in a park in Jersey City and they kept calling me and my friends "Hoboken Boys" (a more affluent city right next to JC). I just pointed to my apartment building on the corner and said "I live right there".

 
Huh? You don't think the raiders leaked that stuff to him to get Browns ### in line? Seems like it worked perfectly. 
Who knows.....but it does not look great on the media. They went nuts with this crap yesterday. Pure made for TV BS.

 
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I thought 'intent' was the deciding factor in using racial slurs.  Are you guys suggesting AB was looking for a moderate insult?

BTW, I agree with you both.  There's just not a good white racial insult word.
I wasn't suggesting anything - just saying how I would take it. It sounds funny to me.

 
I was guessing that Browns agent negotiated a fix that just required an apology, and speculated that the agent was having a hard time convincing Brown to do it. 

Fan fiction?  

 
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Totally.  I bet when Mayock got called cracker he had flashbacks to all those times he was discriminated against because of his race.  The feeling of oppression and historical injustice against straight white males just swelled up in him. 
Lmao at the double-standards when it comes to this.

 
So.... is anyone risking playing him? I put him in over Fuller, will wait to see anymore news.  I’m 50/50 on this though.

i think the raiders know if they let him suit up, they have to throw to him like everything was good
If he plays, I roll with him.  Not a big risk considering my options.  

 
Who knows.....but it does not look great on the media. They went nuts with this crap yesterday. Pure made for TV BS.
In front of teammates & reporters AB had to be held back while threatening to punch the GM I’m the face.

you're being a bit fast & loose with the recap & you’re out in left field in shifting blame to the media for reporting what happened.

i’m shocked he didn’t get suspended/cut. 

But it’s the Raiders, and Chucky is in charge, so...  :shrug:

 
I was guessing that Browns agent negotiated a fix that just required an apology, and speculated that the agent was having a hard time convincing Brown to do it. 

Fan fiction?  
To be quite honest this is how I thought that it would play out at the end of last season with the Steelers.  They would all meet and kiss and make up.  Of course that situation was more of AB wanting guaranteed money which the Steelers were not about to give considering he was under contract for a few more years.

In this case AB was in danger of losing the $30M guaranteed and wasn't going to sniff anywhere near that amount from another team.  He HAD to apologize to keep bidness boomin

 
Chris Harris will be covering Brown all night.

If the skin colors and words were reversed....the collective social media heads would all be exploding....Brown meant for it to be a racist comment....

 
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