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[areobee401]

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This is certainly one way to prevent Tim Tebow from being a distraction in camp. Not the way I would have gone about it, but effect nonetheless.

[kingkilla56]

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This is an awful lot to get Tebow to embrace being a TE. At this rate he'll be a starter by default. Isn't he the same size as Hernandez? hmmm

[Bdubb]

Well today he went from his house to Gilette and now headed north towards NH with news helicopters following him.

[bigbob]

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A little taller, so he'll be a better target in the redzone.

[wwharton]

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There's a (well deserved) new thread for the Hernandez saga now. Feel free to take the discussion there.

[bigbob]

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Why would we talk about Tebow in a Hernandez thread?

[wwharton]

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Why would we talk about Tebow in a Hernandez thread?

No idea why you would, lol.

I didn't quote you. It was a statement on the Hernandez talk.

EDIT for clarity: Feel free to continue talking Tebow here.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Bernard Pollard lets loose on....anybody:

The message in Titans safety Bernard Pollard’s locker remained up on Wednesday after practice, and he wasn’t distancing himself from the words on a white sheet of paper despite criticism from some national websites.

Hardly. In fact, he turned things up a notch.

“Our mission is to kill. If you want to take it and run with it and say whatever you want to, take it and go,’’ Pollard said. ”Our mission is to go in and beat teams … and when we hit them we are going to knock the (heck) out of them. We can’t care about that. We can’t give a rat’s tail about how a team feels about the way we hit. That’s the mentality we have to have. If you come across the middle you are going to get hit. If (NFL Commissioner) Roger Goodell wants to fine us, then we’ll take it.

“At the end of the day it is about us playing football. We are at a disadvantage already. As a defense we are going backwards … and we are taught to react. We are going to play (hard) and we’re going to knock the (heck) out of people and if you don’t like it who cares, because we are going to do it again.”

Pollard, signed as a free agent from Baltimore this offseason, has a message in his locker written in Sharpie that reads:
Goal — Super Bowl.
Mission — Kill!!!

When a story ran on The Tennessean’s website earlier Wednesday, Pollard was called out for his verbiage, and use of the word “kill.”. He also has a message for those who might question him.
“I don’t care what they have to say. If they feel like we’re going to carry guns and knives and try and stab people and try and kill them, shame on you. You are an idiot,’’ he said. “For us, when we say kill, we want to go out there and knock the (heck) out of people, we want to hit you. And for me, we’re going to help you up because I’m going to knock you back down. I have been at plenty of pee-wee football games where I have seen my son, my daughter, and you hear parents, you hear women, white, black, Hispanic, Chinese, Japanese, telling their sons, “Kill them! Telling their daughters, Kill them!”

“Do I believe they mean kill them? Literally kill them? No. So if you have never played this game before and you want to take that and run with it, go ahead. Shame on you. You’re a fool. But for us, that is just the mentality you have to have and that’s not going to change.”

Pollard said he’s never talked to Goodell, who has taken measures to cut down on violence in the game by issuing fines and suspensions for borderline hits.

And he said he has no desire to do so.

“I really don’t care what the commissioner is doing. I don’t think he has ever played football, he has never played in the National Football League and he has never walked in my shoes. And I haven’t walked in his either,’’ Pollard said. “I don’t know what he has to say about me, and to be perfectly honest, I don’t care what he has to say about me. I know that we have to have that mentality to play the game. You have to be (ticked) off, and you have to do some things to (tick) other people off. … If you don’t like that, I’m sorry for you. We’re not going to change, and we’re not going to apologize.”

“…My job is to play football. My job is not to talk to the commissioner. I like the way things have gone in my career. I fly under the radar and don’t get in trouble. You are not going to hear about you and you are not going to see me. But I promise you this: On game day, you are going to hear my name and you are going to hear my helmet popping.”

[TheMatrix31]

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There is seriously not a doubt in my mind that Bernard Pollard will derail the Texans' aspirations this season with a dirty hit that will end up injuring one of our critical players.

Literally zero doubt.

[wwharton]

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Bernard Pollard lets loose on....anybody:

I feel him in his explanation of "kill" but there's a reason the Ravens wanted him gone. He's got no filter or desire to change his thoughts or actions to keep the peace. Good luck to you, BP.

There is seriously not a doubt in my mind that Bernard Pollard will derail the Texans' aspirations this season with a dirty hit that will end up injuring one of our critical players.

Literally zero doubt.

In his defense, I don't think he's had any "dirty" hits. Hell, even Reed had more illegal hits than Pollard but I don't think any of the hits by either were dirty. They're more in defiance of the new rule changes, not willing to change and accept what you can and can no longer do.

[N51_rob]

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I tend to second the Pollard isn't "dirty" thing. He hits hard as ****, and sometime high, but there are plenty of guys that are far worse than him IMO.

[turty11]

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In his defense, I don't think he's had any "dirty" hits. Hell, even Reed had more illegal hits than Pollard but I don't think any of the hits by either were dirty. They're more in defiance of the new rule changes, not willing to change and accept what you can and can no longer do.

i feel pollard is a dirty player, but thats probably only because one of the patriots key guys gets hurt anytime we face him

[bigbob]

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No idea why you would, lol.

I didn't quote you. It was a statement on the Hernandez talk.

EDIT for clarity: Feel free to continue talking Tebow here.

I was just messing with you, it was clear what you meant, lol.

[TheMatrix31]

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I tend to second the Pollard isn't "dirty" thing. He hits hard as ****, and sometime high, but there are plenty of guys that are far worse than him IMO.

There are definitely guys way worse than him. He plays hard and rough. I probably shouldn't have said "dirty" because that applies more to guys like Cortland Finnegan, James Harrison, etc.

Either way, I'm still sure of him injuring a Texan this coming year. That's how **** works for us.

[p_rushing]

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And removing 7000 seats. #improvements

To avoid blackouts.

Also, for their move to LA they can say they get a much bigger/nicer stadium.

#FutureProof

Can't lie, I'm actually surprised they pulled that off with The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party still being there.

The 7,000 seats were already under a tarp, they didn't count against the ~67,000 seats.

There will be the same video board on the other end of the stadium also.

For the UF/UGA game, they will add temporary seating like they do above the south end zone.

When was the last time the Jags have had a blackout? yeah its been a few years and plenty of others teams are struggling more.

You don't put up $50 million when you can't take a stadium with you.