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OFB wishes a speedy recovery to Redskins' rookie wide receiver Devin Thomas, who was carted off the training camp field this week with a strained hamstring.
No timetable has been established for his return.
We presume that Capitals' center Boyd Gordon is well mended from his own groin injury -- he competed in the Stanley Cup playoffs this spring with a torn groin.
15 Comments on "Devin Thomas, Profile in Courage"
#2
Posted by Dan, July 26, 2008 6:15 PM
Hey guys. Just something to keep in mind...there are many of us who are just as crazy about Rocking the Red as we are the burgundy and gold.
And I have to say, I realize that you were being sarcastic, and I get that it was a joke (I'm not usually one to take something way too seriously and get bent out of shape about it) but I think that using the photo from the candle-light vigil for Sean Taylor as the punctuation for the punchline of your joke was in bad taste. I'm just sayin'...
#3
Posted by pucksandbooks, July 26, 2008 6:52 PM
Dan, if there are, as you allege, "many" who root fervently for both teams, they do not patronize this site in teeming volume. Indeed, to the extent that OFB has been a consistent voice of criticism re. the excessive media coverage the Skins enjoy from D.C. media, we have "many" here who share that view, and wish the team winless seasons. Of course, it's your prerogative to support both teams, but I'd have you spare us the lecturing. Clearly you possess a devotee's fluency with Skins' media -- the photo that aggrieved you so with this file could just as easily have accompanied one of Coach Gibbs' retirement announcements. From my vantage, what's truly offensive is Americans holding candle vigils for fallen pigskinners but indifferent to servicemen and women coming home from the Middle East in caskets.
#4
Posted by OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki), July 26, 2008 7:24 PM
@ Dan: I personally can't stand the Redskins, nor can I stomach the insane level of attention they garner. But I do realize that many are fans of other D.C. teams in addition to the Capitals.
Still, this post and the accompanying photo are simply a dig at the 'Skins, as well as at the NFL's ongoing self-foot-shooting seen each summer as big-name players crumple with injuries during the too-long camps and preseason.
Don't take the image choice too literally; as you said, it's just a joke, and a mild one at that -- not like pulling a Howard Stern and calling Air Florida to ask if the 14th Street Bridge would be a "permanent stop" (perhaps the most infamous poor-taste joke in D.C. history).
#5
Posted by Steven, July 27, 2008 12:02 AM
The Skins have suffered numerous losses the last few years, all of which have been well documented by the media. Couldn't you use a picture of anguish that did not involve the death of a person?
#6
Posted by drew, July 27, 2008 3:27 AM
I enjoy reading your blog daily, but i find that using a picture from the death of a person in poor taste as was your tepid response. Your explanation that the picture could be from a joe gibbs retirement would be better if you simply found a picture of that event. Remember that in this day in age preception is reality. Would it be appropriate to show a picture from a small town where people are morning the death of a fallen service member or public servant ie. fireman/police officer? If the answer is no, then perhaps you would care to explain why you should get to decide who deaths are worthy of morning.
#8
Posted by pucksandbooks, July 27, 2008 8:06 AM
Drew, I guess you're just gonna have to buck up and accept the reality that on this site, when it comes all manner of excesses associated with the football team in town, nothing is sacred to us.
#9
Posted by Rage, July 27, 2008 8:28 AM
That's ridiculous. You're criticizing people for going out and showing that they cared about Taylor? If something happened to Clark or Ovy or Olie or any of our guys you would be the FIRST to organize some sort of tribute. And you'd be proud of it.
If you think that there is a plurality of people who like the Caps but hate the Skins, you're nuts.
#10
Posted by pucksandbooks, July 27, 2008 8:41 AM
The.Man.Slept.With.A.Machete.Under.His.Bed.
We'd all agree, I think, that mercifully, such individuals are a statistical anomaly in society. We might also agree that such individuals might fairly be regarded as street warriors, and as such, are somewhat unlikely to live to see great grandfatherdom.
Holding candle vigils, then, for such "untimely" departures is preposterous. In light of Taylor's background, more than a few have suggested that he was lucky to live as long as he did.
Incidentally, the Caps' Gaetan Duchesne passed last year; we acknowledged it here, left candles unlit, and carried on with our lives. Is Ovie wielding a machete we don't know about?
#11
Posted by Rage, July 27, 2008 12:11 PM
How many people who read your blog knew about Duschesne? 10%? 15%?
Fundamental differences, man. We get that you don't like the skins. Fine. No need to be disrespectful though. And if you don't see it, then... fundamental differences.
#12
Posted by pucksandbooks, July 27, 2008 12:27 PM
For you "10 percenters" out there who regularly patronize a hockey blog devoted to the Washington Capitals and know of Gaets, here's Mike Vogel's file remembering "one of the best checking forwards ever to wear a Capitals' sweater":
http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=316521&page=NewsPage&service=page
#13
Posted by dmg, July 27, 2008 2:35 PM
Sure, Taylor slept with a machete under his bed but that doesn't mean....well, really it doesn't mean anything.
There was a knee-jerk reaction/assumption on the part of many that this was somehow related to Taylor's lifestyle but those were just that: assumptions, based on a readiness to assume NFL players were criminals. But the reality doesn't support it: people broke into Taylor's home in an attempt to rob it and shot him. How can you possibly suggest that this is in any way his fault, any more than it would be if it happened to your next door neighbor?
#14
Posted by Ben, July 27, 2008 7:29 PM
Fair comment to get a lol out of a football player carted off with a minor injury in one hundred degree weather when a player in some other sport played through a totally different injury.
Using the photo from Sean Taylor's vigil, not cool. Quit digging a hole defending it and let this thread die.
#15
Posted by pucksandbooks, July 28, 2008 9:21 AM
Note to self: find more photos offensive to Synder lemmings,(preferably tonight), and run larger.
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Posted by puddin_an_semin, July 26, 2008 5:49 PM
You could of also mentioned some pro hockey guy, hmmmm can't think of his name that got stiches in his mouth, broke his nose and scored 4 goals during the same game in the middle of season (play offs weren't even permitted to be discussed at the time)! or wait how about Clark when he broke his jaw, and finished his shift, and actually asked the ref if he could leave the ice! Even Sidney "I whine and cry about everything" Crosby played the end of the 06-07 season with a broken foot! LOL, sometimes I wonder about NFL players, they seem like a bunch of babies to me (given this comes from a person that doesn't really enjoy football). meh still funny though! hehe
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