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Jake Moody and the Ghost of Billy Cundiff There’s a scene that plays on a loop in my head (pun intended), and if you bleed purple, it probably plays in yours too. Week 18. Acrisure Stadium. Forty-four yards between the Ravens and a playoff berth. Tyler Loop‘s kick sails wide right, the Steelers sideline erupts, […]

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A decade after Kaepernick’s quiet protest shook the NFL, his exile looks less like an aberration than a blueprint for the culture war that followed

America likes nice round numbers, perfect for anniversaries and reflections, and it has, suddenly, been 10 years since Colin Kaepernick first protested police killings – more accurately, police killings of Black people that went unpunished either internally or by the courts – by taking a knee during the national anthem for the entirety of the 2016 NFL regular season. He never played in the league again.

Ten years covers a lot of ground, especially in these years of American darkness, and many of the important details surrounding Kaepernick, his banishment and significance have disappeared, time replaced by more time and more darkness – time moving faster than ever, at internet speed, where nothing matters, where nothing sticks. We consume by clip, by click, by meme, and knowledge by meme is not knowledge at all.

Now that the Jets 53 man roster is official, it’s time to focus on the waiver claims and practice squad.  Always important to remember that practice squad additions are reported but not official until announced by the team. LB Troy Reeder: According to Connor Hughes, the Jets have added Reeder to their practice squad.  The seven-year […]