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  1. profusion
    He seems too irascible for the thug life.
  2. profusion
    If other teams were also bribing refs (that's in the same rumor), then Roger Goodell might want to get his own boat safely out there in international waters. 😄
  3. profusion
    The entire thing is just a recap of the last 24 hours on Twitter. I'm waiting to see the report before even thinking about the substance any further. The people who obviously know aren't talking. A bunch of Twitter randos posting rumors isn't credible.
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    The Post and the team have probably been going back and forth on this for at least a week. The bottom line is that few complex stories are ever 100 percent airtight. There are undoubtedly anonymous sources being used, and those sources have to be given the option of backing out. The Post has to find alternate sources if any have backed out. If the story implicates criminal misconduct, the paper has consider the possibility of getting dragged into a criminal investigation and prosecutions. Lots to deal with. Entire legal practices are built around this.
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    In a story with multi-billion dollar ramifications, there's going to be a long process between the Post's lawyers, editors and reporters. And yes, Jeff Bezos and his executive team. Every single word is going to be scrutinized a hundred times. Legal pitfalls mapped. PR strategies developed. Follow-up stories planned. Traditionally, Friday and Saturday were the days to release stories you wanted buried. However, we live in a perpetual news cycle now (especially we're all stuck inside all day), so I'm not sure that applies anymore. The Post could release the story in the afternoon today or tomorrow for huge online impact when the maximum number of people are online. They do risk a leak taking the air out of the balloon, though.
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    The Post would undoubtedly leak that a story is coming, but they wouldn't be the only ones. The reporters all have the same basic pool of sources, and they'll pick up scuttlebutt on what the other media outlets are doing. For non-Post reporters on Twitter, their interest in tweeting this is to essentially get a free ride on the hype. They help build their own brand by getting more Twitter views and followers, not to mention clicks on their own articles. As for the Post, this story verges on a bet-the-company move. Running a story that could cause a man to lose control of a multi-billion dollar business could result in a multi-billion dollar lawsuit if the story is wrong or not sourced firmly enough to be provable. The Post has to balance being first with making sure to get it right. As more of their competitors figure out the details of the story, the Post risks losing control of it, but if the story is complex and involves deep sources it may be difficult for other outlets to put together a lawsuit-proof piece themselves without the weeks or months of effort the Post has undoubtedly put in. With the Twitter hype going stratospheric, I do think there's a risk of the actual story being a letdown. Anything less than Snyder and Jeffrey Epstein running coke and underage girls between the USA and Mexico on Redskins One is going to seem anti-climactic. If I had to guess, it's probably more like Snyder knowing that certain of his underlings were engaged in scandalous and possibly illegal behavior. Now, if someone like Bruce Allen did a document dump at the Post, this might end up being "here's a whole bunch of really bad things you didn't know about Dan Snyder." In that case, he might want to stay out there in international waters for awhile.
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    If there's personal involvement, that's the case. The "institutional control" stuff isn't going to fly if it was just flunkies involved. The other owners aren't going to open themselves up to that standard. If he's not personally implicated, Dan claims shock and sadness, promises change, empanels a reform board, and throws some money to some activists. The memory hole swallows it in a few weeks or as soon as the next target is acquired.
  8. profusion
    The other owners aren't going to open up that Pandora's Box.
  9. profusion
    That wouldn't be enough to force Snyder out unless he was a participant, ala Jerry Richardson. If it's a #metoo thing, I suspect it's very much worse than garden variety sexual harassment.
  10. profusion
    Is there any indication that Bezos actually wants to buy an NFL team? I imagine he could have bought the Seahawks when Paul Allen died, had he wanted to. Hell, maybe he still could. While I'm sure he has an enormous ego, he doesn't strike me as the type who desperately needs the ego stroke of being shown in the owner's box every Sunday on Fox. He'd probably rather just buy Fox...which he could do with pocket change.
  11. profusion
    Based on the circling of the media buzzards on Twitter who are being so vague, here's my read: Whatever's coming tomorrow is strongly defamatory towards at least one person with access to significant legal resources. I'll speculate that it's Snyder, since flunkies would just get fired (if they haven't been already) and wouldn't get the benefit of the team's legal counsel. When a media outlet gets hold of something even mildly defamatory, the legal department will vet it thoroughly and require double- and triple-checking. You'd be shocked at the kind of benign-looking reports have resulted in libel verdicts against media outlets. When it's a big fish getting caught, you can bet the Post has deployed all its legal guns and has already been in contact with the affected party (or their lawyers) for reaction and rebuttal. The reason the guys from the other media outlets have been vague-tweeting it is that they know what the story is but can't get specific since they and their own employers don't want to risk getting sued, either. It hasn't nothing to do with professional courtesy. These guys would kick their own mothers to get a story out first. It could be that other media outlets are trying to sufficiently source the story to beat the Post to the scoop, but it's unlikely to happen at this late hour--particularly if the story requires an extensive write-up to avoid a lawsuit.
  12. profusion
    The Redskins' current unis are a classic look. No need to change. You know it'd be some atrocity like what the Rams just did. Combining the deep maroon and number colors of the 1937 jerseys with white pants and the current helmet stripes/logo might be cool, but we'd never get that lucky.
  13. profusion
    I'd prefer '30s retro like the 1937 throwbacks over the garbage new uniforms the league has been generating lately. The Redskins are a cornerstone franchise and should look like it, not like an XFL team.
  14. profusion
    I have no use for the New Jersey Swamp Creatures, but much respect for Eli. So many times he pulled some wacky play out of his *ss at the last moment to save the day on offenses that really weren't very talented.
  15. profusion
    Leonard Fournette better get ready to run into a brick wall of defenders at the LOS on every single first down play.
  16. profusion
    Those Giants fans will no doubt love experiencing years of anxious clapping on the sidelines at Jimmy Hoffa Memorial Stadium.
  17. profusion
    ESPN reports Browns are hiring Vikings OC Kevin Stefanski. You just keep doing you, Jimmy Haslam.
  18. profusion
    Don't question him. He's a Football Guy. 😄
  19. profusion
    Jerry heard bells. Not that there's anything wrong with that... As only Jerry Jones can, he spun a family tale to connect to his affection to McCarthy. "My sister explained to my dad one time when she was explaining why she wanted to divorce," Jones said. "Dad loved her husband, and he said, 'What's gotten into you?' And she said, 'I don't hear bells.' He said, 'Bells? Bells? I haven't heard bells for the last 30 years.' The bottom line is that is a dad trying to advise his daughter on the right move. "But the bottom line is, I heard bells." McCarthy smiled as Jones told that story and had one of his own about the interview. "Jerry is telling a story about the purchase of the Dallas Cowboys, and at the end of the story, he leans over to me and he grabs me by the forearm and reaches out to shake my hand and he says, 'You need to be the coach of the Dallas Cowboys,'" McCarthy said. "I jumped up and hugged him. I'll stop right there. We had a hell of time. "Now that's a moment. And that's a story I'll be telling the rest of my life."
  20. profusion
    It could be they're waiting on someone whose team is still playing...nah, it's just the Browns being the Browns.
  21. profusion
    That is what the ESPN reports indicates. Seems like a weird match, to me. In fact, the whole thing seems odd--like Gettleman and the Giants are being too clever by half.
  22. profusion
    I think that is a legitimate criticism of Payton. For years, he focused on buying talent to put around Brees while neglecting the defense, even though it's obvious that defense is what gets you through the playoffs. The Saints' SB win was fueled by an opportunistic defense, and that should have clued in Payton.
  23. profusion
    The media reaction seems pretty mixed, so far. As ever, the real issue is Jerry.
  24. profusion
    I married a Texas lady. Her family is just as fatalistic about the Cowboys as we are about the Redskins. I did enjoy a brief look at Cowboys Zone and everyone talking themselves into liking this hire.
  25. profusion
    Au contraire. It's simply the delicious buildup to another excruciating 8-8 disaster for "America's Team."
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