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Once upon a time, NFL types who read ProFootballTalk felt like they couldn’t admit to it. (We never quite understood why.)
Though some folks still staunchly deny taking a peek at this space (e.g., King Carl), more and more players and agents and coaches and front-office types are willing to acknowledge that they are card-carrying members of PFT Planet.
The latest? Bills punter Brian Moorman outs himself as a multiple-times-per-day visitor, in his blog on BuffaloBills.com.
Says Moorman: “I was just informed that this blog made the Buffalo Bills one liners a couple of days ago on Profootballtalk.com. That’s really a lie. I saw it myself. I check that site about 5 times a day.”
Then again, maybe Moorman’s decision to admit that he’s a reader isn’t evidence of our arrival in the mainstream. Maybe he’s still feeling the effects of this.
July 31st, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Collegehumor just mentioned as well in there latest sports talk article
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July 31st, 2008 at 11:31 pm
RIP Sean Taylor…
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July 31st, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Today a punter….tomorrow…who knows…maybe a long snapper will come out of the closet!
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July 31st, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Florio, I’m not sure what’s more embarrassing — that he reads pft, or that you read a punter’s blog.
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July 31st, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Moorman really got blowed up on that one.
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August 1st, 2008 at 12:02 am
gone but not forgotten….
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August 1st, 2008 at 12:53 am
I’m pretty sure Florio has been waiting forever to show that clip one more time!
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August 1st, 2008 at 1:31 am
12 days without an arrest. Oh that’s right, they’re all locked up in their dorms.
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August 1st, 2008 at 2:07 am
man he really got debacled!
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August 1st, 2008 at 2:14 am
spanky07
that was a good one
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August 1st, 2008 at 4:04 am
I was living in D.C. during that Pro Bowl. First of all, Sean Taylor was a terrible player. Congratulations, you made Adam Archuleta look bad. Brandon McGowan did that, too. And then he died, so he became a wonderful person and had the potential to be the greatest safety ever. Anyway, I got so sick and tired of hearing the morons that I worked with who wouldn’t shut up about what a great hit it was. A.) It’s the Pro Bowl. B.) You tackled a punter. Let it go. I would have taken Brian Moorman on my team any day of the week before I let Sean Taylor sniff the jock straps in the laundry bin.
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August 1st, 2008 at 4:05 am
Yeaaaaaaaaa…..I forwarded this to Florio. Good to see you actually read e-mail that we send you.
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August 1st, 2008 at 6:33 am
I love that Moorman went and found him before his ass was done celebrating.
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August 1st, 2008 at 7:36 am
He got JACKED UP!!!!
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August 1st, 2008 at 8:29 am
I get pissed off whenever I see this clip. Shawn Taylor is that kid who always tried WAY too hard in gym class. I think he should earn an automatic spot on the All-Time On-Field Turd List. Way to go Shawn!
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August 1st, 2008 at 8:52 am
What a horses–t tackle. But everyone loves it, and he gets to dance around because it was a great hit. A good running back would have bounced off that and picked up 5 more yards.
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August 1st, 2008 at 9:07 am
Hey DrDipso, Just because you lived in DC doesn’t give you the right to b!tch about A) Taylor, B)The Skins, or C) The people you work with who probabaly didn’t like you anyway. You’re probably one of the million Cowgirls fans that live in the area, but yet have never been in Texas before.
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August 1st, 2008 at 9:09 am
well of course. unlike other ballplayers, punters can read and write. and speak the language.
right, emmitt?
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August 1st, 2008 at 9:15 am
This is in response to DrDipsomania’s post. What a class act you are. Disrespected someone who was murdered in his own home with his girlfriend and child hiding under a bed. He might not have been the world’s greatest safety…but to say he was a terrible player is ridiculous. Look at his stats that put him in the pro bowl that year. You minimize his skills by taking one play he made that just happened to be on a punter. All you have to do is go to youtube and watch one of his highlight videos to watch an amazing young talent with nothing but potential. You are the moron. RIP #21.
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August 1st, 2008 at 9:17 am
I wonder if he posts comments, and what his sn is.
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August 1st, 2008 at 9:56 am
ease up guys. DrDipsomania has a right to express his opinion not because he lives in Washington, but because he has an opinion.
I don’t agree with how he said what he said, but he’s right about his two mains points- it’s the probowl, and it’s a punter.
That clip doesn’t show Shawn as the classy player we all hope to remember him as. In order to remember Shawn Taylor as a class act on and off the field certain incidents have to be neglected (which is perfectly acceptable to do, imho).
1. 2004 DUI arrest in Virginia
2. 2005 Armed assult arrest in Miami
3. popping a punter during the probowl.
His traggic end indeed warrants compassion, and it would be classless to slander the dead. But if somebody chooses to consider more than his brutal murder in remembering him, i don’t see any problem with that. Hopefully people will also consider his efforts to clean up his act, which ended prematurely with his murder.
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August 1st, 2008 at 11:12 am
Of course he can have his opinion, but the fact that he stated that he lived in DC seems to me like he is using that to qualify his statements. I loved Sean Taylor from his days back at the U. And yes, his off field activities indicated how immature he was at one point in his life. But the true tragedy here (almost greek tragedy, hubris etc.) is the fact that he was murdered just when he was turning his life around for his daughter. So yeah, he screwed up as a young adult, but people have the right/will to change right?
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August 1st, 2008 at 12:20 pm
i totally agree with you.
but if you’re chosing to be critical of DrDipsomania actions, while chosing to forgive Shawn Taylors for his actions, i just see some incongruity.
In the same ways you chose to not be critical of Shawn Taylors indescretions, i would recommend extending that further… even to strangers on the interweb who say things you might not agree with.
Your judgment of a celebrity, or a random internet user doesn’t have immediate impact on anybody but yourself. The only time it does radically affect the other person is for the negative, usually the product of defamatory comments. Do we want others negatively affect our lives because they believe their morals are truer than ours? And if we don’t want others trying to negatively us, why would we chose to negatively affect others?
forgiveness and acceptance have hugely practical applications.
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August 1st, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I’m pretty sure that the statement made by DrDipsomnia is really Brian Mooreman since he admits he check this site 5 times a day. RIP 21
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August 1st, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Wow, pretty deep there obscenery. I think this is the first time I have discussed philosophical merit on a post board. Point well taken, and forgiveness and acceptance extended to Dr. Dip. Kudos on the logic…
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