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SepticeyePoe said:
No, what is it?
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Supposedly because Carr was one of the few people who didn't kneel during the anthem the line and receivers left him out to dry. Receivers suddenly couldn't catch and the o-line suddenly couldn't block.

Unsurprisingly there are only anonymous team sources behind this but they are saying they're reliable sources and any team beat reporter who brings is up gets blackballed
 
Ludy51 said:
Supposedly because Carr was one of the few people who didn't kneel during the anthem the line and receivers left him out to dry. Receivers suddenly couldn't catch and the o-line suddenly couldn't block.

Unsurprisingly there are only anonymous team sources behind this but they are saying they're reliable sources and any team beat reporter who brings is up gets blackballed
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Hmm, that's an interesting rumor. Could just be an excuse for playing badly.
 
Ludy51 said:
Supposedly because Carr was one of the few people who didn't kneel during the anthem the line and receivers left him out to dry. Receivers suddenly couldn't catch and the o-line suddenly couldn't block.

Unsurprisingly there are only anonymous team sources behind this but they are saying they're reliable sources and any team beat reporter who brings is up gets blackballed
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Hopefully they do the same thing to him next week.
 
Dom McRaven said:
Boy, that's some bullshit if that's true. Yeah, idiots, let's leave our franchise QB out to dry and if he gets hurt.....again.....well, that'll teach him.
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I was looking into it, and listening to radio hosts in Oakland talked about it and they had a quote from one of the offensive lineman, at which they said it was one of the Guards. "He wants to stand alone, he can stand alone on the field".

They mentioned some "odd drops" by WRs that never happen. If this is true, goodness gracious. Carr has the right NOT to protest as much as they have the right to protest. The hosts said a reporter got wind of it, and asked a team official about it. Team official responded back saying that if he reported it, he will be blackballed. The reporter's career reporting on the Raiders will be done.
 
JO_75 said:
I was looking into it, and listening to radio hosts in Oakland talked about it and they had a quote from one of the offensive lineman, at which they said it was one of the Guards. "He wants to stand alone, he can stand alone on the field".

They mentioned some "odd drops" by WRs that never happen. If this is true, goodness gracious. Carr has the right NOT to protest as much as they have the right to protest. The hosts said a reporter got wind of it, and asked a team official about it. Team official responded back saying that if he reported it, he will be blackballed. The reporter's career reporting on the Raiders will be done.
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Man, if there's an ounce of truth in this...
 
JO_75 said:
I was looking into it, and listening to radio hosts in Oakland talked about it and they had a quote from one of the offensive lineman, at which they said it was one of the Guards. "He wants to stand alone, he can stand alone on the field".

They mentioned some "odd drops" by WRs that never happen. If this is true, goodness gracious. Carr has the right NOT to protest as much as they have the right to protest. The hosts said a reporter got wind of it, and asked a team official about it. Team official responded back saying that if he reported it, he will be blackballed. The reporter's career reporting on the Raiders will be done.
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allblackraven said:
Man, if there's an ounce of truth in this...
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So let's say for a moment that this is true. I don't recall Carr EVER kneeling before so why is it NOW that they would turn their back on him? I mean, think of how ass-backwards that sounds if they truly did this.
 
Dom McRaven said:
So let's say for a moment that this is true. I don't recall Carr EVER kneeling before so why is it NOW that they would turn their back on him? I mean, think of how ass-backwards that sounds if they truly did this.
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Because last weekend protest was not only about what Kaep started and racial inequality? This was supposed to be protest against what Trump said, as well.

Dunno, just guessing
 
allblackraven said:
Because last weekend protest was not only about what Kaep started and racial inequality? This was supposed to be protest against what Trump said, as well.

Dunno, just guessing
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But even then, it's not like Carr is in complete support of Trump nor did he say that the players need to stand. If anything, I remember him placing his hand on Mack's jersey as a sign of unity. Whatever though. I'd be pretty pissed if our o-line intentionally (I know our o-line is subpar right now) did that to Flacco.
 
Dom McRaven said:
But even then, it's not like Carr is in complete support of Trump nor did he say that the players need to stand. If anything, I remember him placing his hand on Mack's jersey as a sign of unity. Whatever though. I'd be pretty pissed if our o-line intentionally (I know our o-line is subpar right now) did that to Flacco.
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Oh man, I am pissed no matter what player is on the receiving end. It's just terrible to even think something like that can happen.
 
Guess it will be interesting to see how many times Von Miller hits Carr on Sunday. Should be one of the good games unless the Raiders throw this one and its obvious.
 
Ludy51 said:
Anyone else hear the rumor about the raiders line throwing the game?
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I'm calling bullshit (though it's deplorable if found to be true - but a couple of anonymous sources who are using "reliable" anonymous sources themselves doesn't come close to cutting it as proof). These guys are so competitive that they literally compete to out-spend each other, so I find it hard to believe they'd collude to leave him high and dry over a protest they don't even feel strongly enough to be doing next week (Donald Penn's words on the record) when they know it'll lose them the game or, worse yet, end their entire season if he gets injured. More likely it was just a team that had a bad day, which we know about all too well.
 
allblackraven said:
Oh man, I am pissed no matter what player is on the receiving end. It's just terrible to even think something like that can happen.
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Exactly. Now you know this story may have some fruition when Alex Jones of all people starts to talk about it in this video:

 
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Ludy51 said:
Supposedly because Carr was one of the few people who didn't kneel during the anthem the line and receivers left him out to dry. Receivers suddenly couldn't catch and the o-line suddenly couldn't block.

Unsurprisingly there are only anonymous team sources behind this but they are saying they're reliable sources and any team beat reporter who brings is up gets blackballed
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If this is true it is just incredible. I need confirmation asap. lol
 
JO_75 said:
So..... the Jets have won the first overall pick as apparently two Jets fans spent $150 on a custom Sam Darnold Jets jersey.

https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/9/29/16388848/sam-darnold-new-york-jets
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Inqui said:
I'd like to see the Jets pick someone else now, just to troll these guys.

On that note, I wonder how many people decide to stick with their "[team name] Super Bowl champs [year of upcoming Super Bowl]" tattoos.
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haha id love it if sam darnold didnt come out this year...
or the jets out jets-ed themselves and managed to accidentally win 4-5 games and be well out of contention for a qb
 
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