The Washington football team should be renamed the Red Wolves
I'm pushing for the Washington Red Wolves. I think I just think it'd be cool that you got the teeth. You got all the fans in the stands, just making big howling noises. ... I just think that there are no professional football teams named after dogs and everybody loves dogs, right?
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Dak Prescott sitting Indian style in the shotgun would be a better quarterback than Andy Dalton
Dak Prescott not moving would be better than Andy Dalton. ... [Or] Dak sitting down Indian style, like he's got a cramp, in the shotgun formation just on his ass. I think that Dak Prescott not moving would be better than Andy [Dalton].
Every team in the NFC East should try to get Ryan Fitzpatrick
Any one of these... anyone in the NFC East should try to get Ryan Fitzpatrick. The reason is pretty simple. You can maybe win the division at 6-10. Seven and nine, you're a lock. And all you need to do is like hope that the Fitzmagic times up perfectly at the start of the playoffs.
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You have to out-prepare everyone so that you have the freedom to be yourself in the moment
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