At least we didn't waste a 3rd round pick on Bryant...
Makes you appreciate getting Martavis in the 4th
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Racist?? Give me a ******* break
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Give the guy a little room to be a dumb-***. He does have to play for the Bills. In Buffalo and under Rexxy-poo too. I would be pulling my hair out and lashing out of frustration. EJ Manuel and Tyrod Taylor as your QBs throwing the ball to you. I feel for you Sammy. You can be as stupid as you want. Just don't call our #10 to get sympathy or to vent. He's busy catching TDs from a future HOF QB and fighting to play in a game 17, 18, and maybe a 19. Chin up Sammy Waaaatkins and keep on Billievin!
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I have to tell you I struggled to read this and received a headache after I finished with it. This is so indicative of the athlete that gets pushed along in HS and goes on to a major university for his football skills and can't even construct a proper sentence. We do not have our priorities straight in this country when you read total garbage like that. They learn absolutely nothing in the classroom for the time they are in school. The Bills invested heavily with this pick and it sure looks like it may blow up right in their faces.
Can you please get rid of your avatar? I can't read a damn thing you post and have no idea what you just said.
Good point. Everyone once to spell correctly, even if just wants.
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No. You give me a ******* break. A dude posts a bunch of nonsense on social media and because he's black it must be "ebonics in written form"? Not just some plain old nonsense like anyone is capable of? Come on dude that's pretty cut and dry and I don't believe that just because I'm white I shouldn't call it out. It was a racist thing to say.
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yep... a trailer trash cracker! ; - )
The real issue is that he's attacking people with what he implies are "lesser jobs" or lesser lives". He lives a life of privilege and luxury. Is it a physical game? Sure? Are there serious risks of injury? Of course. But for that he is compensated literally millions of dollars, a great deal of which is guaranteed up front. He's got nothing to complain about. He has signed a contract not only with the team, but through extension with the fans of that team. It is his responsibility to represent them.
He's doing a piss poor job of it.
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This is my favorite part of the tirade.
...since everyone once a response...
I'm assuming should be ...since everyone wants a response...
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Can you please get rid of your avatar? I can't read a damn thing you post and have no idea what you just said.
That avatar apparently got your attention. She is rather cute!
Since we haven't exactly gotten to know Martavis. Since he is the same age,, went to same school, graduated same year, plays in same league and same position as Sammy. Assuming they have the same cultural back ground.
And since the guy cant stop doing dope to the point he already has his 1st four game suspension in his second year in the league.
Yeah I don't think hes a blue collar guy who teaches sunday school
The possibility is strong.
The Bills could have stayed put and drafted Odell Beckham Jr. It was incredibly unwise to give up so much for a WR, in a class that was just loaded with WRs. Piss-poor approach to building a team.
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Bullshit, if it was up to someone like you, we wouldn't even be allowed to acknowledge the existence of such a manner of poorly speaking the English language. What would you rather someone call it? "urban-inner city-minority-broken English"??
Let me guess, I bet you think it's racist to say "thug" too, huh?
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Bills traded a 1st and 4th to move up 5 spots for this guy.
Probably graduated summa cum laude... but for Clemson so it's not worth much.
Personally, I think it's ignorant at the least and racist at the worst, to label anyone black who is speaking/writing in broken English as using Ebonics. What would I rather someone call it? How about "uneducated" or "****** grammar". That's what you'd call it if he were white.
And while we're on it. "The Race Card" thing is about played out too. Some folks say some stupid, prejudiced, racist crap and when they get called on it they play the "Reverse Race Card" ... i.e. "Oh, there you go playing the race card" in an attempt to switch the heat from themselves to the person who actually pointed out the ignorance of their statement. Guess what? If the person speaking hadn't made it an issue of race with their ignorance, then there wouldn't be a reason to call them out. That's not playing "The Race Card", that's pointing out stupidity, ignorance, prejudice and possibly racism.
Not saying there are a lot of racists on this board. However, there are a lot of statements that get posted that at the very least are ignorant and show a basic lack of tolerance for the thoughts and feelings of anyone who is not Caucasian. I usually just try to ignore them because there are many more folks on here who are not ignorant and intolerant.
Now, back to the original issue. It wouldn't surprise me if Martavis presents as as uneducated as Sammy when writing. But hopefully he'd be smart enough not to put that **** on twitter. Ya dig?
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What I find amusing, is that it was Bryant that stepped up for Clemson when Watkins was suspended.
Watkins has always been a egomaniac that could run wast.
When you compare him to Bryant or CJ Spiller he's a moron.
CJ Spiller is a guy i wish we would have on this team. He's absolutely a down to earth nice guy.
Watkins has always been a egomaniac that could run wast.
When you compare him to Bryant or CJ Spiller he's a moron.
CJ Spiller is a guy i wish we would have on this team. He's absolutely a down to earth nice guy.
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It's sad that people have been so conditioned to see some sort of "ism" everywhere, that they can no longer tell the difference between a statement that invokes some vs aspect of race and true racism.
Nobody had a problem with any of the posts saying how dumb Watkins sounds. But reference the term Ebonics, to make the same point and its somehow racist. Nevermind the fact that ebonics does in fact describe what Watkins wrote.
White people didn't come up with Ebonics. It was black activists. They came up with the term Ebonics to describe the way many black people talk. Then they made a push to have Ebonics accepted as proper grammar on tests and such.
Nobody had a problem with any of the posts saying how dumb Watkins sounds. But reference the term Ebonics, to make the same point and its somehow racist. Nevermind the fact that ebonics does in fact describe what Watkins wrote.
White people didn't come up with Ebonics. It was black activists. They came up with the term Ebonics to describe the way many black people talk. Then they made a push to have Ebonics accepted as proper grammar on tests and such.
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That's a lot of assuming, especially since Martavis has actually dealt with his fair share of ignorant fans trying to rip him apart for that suspension. He didn't lash out at them and call them losers. He put his head down, did the work he needed to do and came back to the team with a "lets get to work attitude". So no, I will not "assume" they are the same. Might as well lump LeVeon Bell in there too, I mean he got busted for weed too...he must be the same egotistical asshat that Watkins is.
I could care less about the grammar, listening to interviews throughout the league you'll see plenty of that...it's the attitude towards the fans. Him going to his agent to have him complain to the Bills about his lack of targets, demanding 10 targets a game. The dude is a headcase...Martavis has not displayed ANY of that type of attitude.
I work with Martavis first cousin. He was his High School QB back at his first High School he attended. He said his family has been trying to get him help for a few years. He said this was his first real attempt at trying to quit.
What I read had very little Ebonics and a whole lot of piss poor grammar and spelling. The fact that a black person is using ****** grammar and incorrect spelling does not make the language he's using "Ebonics".
So, yeah, I would agree that Watkins sounds dumb. I would agree that he used poor grammar and his spelling is atrocious. I disagree that he was using Ebonics. And I disagree with the notion that every dumb *** person using ****** grammar and spelling, who also happens to be black, is using Ebonics.
But **** it, this is the football area of a Steelers message board and most likely not the place to have long, drawn out discussions on race, tolerance and ignorance.
So, as far as this part of the conversation goes .. I'm out < ----- "Ebonics"
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Yet here you are still STILL equating his bad grammar with blackness, and still not understanding how that's racist. Shut the **** up
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Exactly, especially to the bolded. And they still don't understand that it makes them racist to only see "ebonics" in bad grammar because the author of said bad grammar is black. Let them stew in it.