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Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 3 in ~sports.american_football
NonoAdomo Link ParentI'm wondering about recent QBs that haven't gotten hat second chance. Who's left that needs that extra help?I'm wondering about recent QBs that haven't gotten hat second chance. Who's left that needs that extra help?
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Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 3 in ~sports.american_football
NonoAdomo Link ParentI'm a big fan of Darnold's growth throughout the years. Obviously the Jets were never going to develop him well. When he got his second chance with the Panthers I saw a player that had thr...I'm a big fan of Darnold's growth throughout the years. Obviously the Jets were never going to develop him well. When he got his second chance with the Panthers I saw a player that had thr potential, but he had to both work out his lingering issues and also not be held down by a shit coach in Rhule.
I think him taking a year as a backup in a competent organization of the 49ers was what he needed because ever since then, hes been straight fire. He got lucky to get a break in Minnesota when JJ went down early, but then after that season I knew it was a mistake to let him go. People tried to shit on him for "choking" but he still looked generally good and his time in Seattle has proven he has been more than up for the challenge.
Between Darnold and Daniel Jones, this makes me wonder about what other QBs that didn't quite work out early and just need a fresh outlook. Thoughts?
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
NonoAdomo Link ParentI'm aware. I'm not adverse to PvP at all, I just naturally avoid it when by myself. Best way to not lose a fight is to not to get into a fight in thr first place.I'm aware. I'm not adverse to PvP at all, I just naturally avoid it when by myself. Best way to not lose a fight is to not to get into a fight in thr first place.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
NonoAdomo Link ParentYou pretty much summed up my experience with the game. I run around accomplishing either quests, acheivements or personal goals. Solos for me are delightfully friendly and I've had numerous...You pretty much summed up my experience with the game. I run around accomplishing either quests, acheivements or personal goals. Solos for me are delightfully friendly and I've had numerous occasions where someone has come by to either revive me or at least escort me to the exit when I get knocked. (mk3 survivor for the win) and I rarely have issues where people shoot at me. A few people try, but they tend to not be as good of PvP players as those set in the PvP lobbies.
I would be interested in trying out some duos, given that our time and region matches up. Im not against PvP, I just naturally avoid it and thats how I ended up in friendly lobbies.
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
NonoAdomo Link ParentI loved Mob Psycho 100. My wife and I have come to the same opinion that it's a more refined and nuanced approach to the more blunt forced concepts the creator did in One Punch Man. For the anime,...I loved Mob Psycho 100. My wife and I have come to the same opinion that it's a more refined and nuanced approach to the more blunt forced concepts the creator did in One Punch Man.
For the anime, I've started telling people if they're upset with the recent output of the OPM anime, just go watch Mob Psycho and you'll get a better experience for a similar concept.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 2 in ~sports.american_football
NonoAdomo Link ParentNo need to apologize for the truth. I was definitely getting a bit of PTSD creeping in, but it doesnt hit as hard because we got our catharsis in 2015's NFCCG. That being said, I understand...(apologies to our resident Carolina fan) late stage Jake Delhomme
No need to apologize for the truth. I was definitely getting a bit of PTSD creeping in, but it doesnt hit as hard because we got our catharsis in 2015's NFCCG.
That being said, I understand completely what Texans fans are going through. The problem is, they can't wave it off as "end of career". He looked like absolute ass out there for two games in a row. 10 turnovers in 2 games. Do you even pick up his 5th year now? What's your exit strategy if he can't turn it around and busts?
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Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 2 in ~sports.american_football
NonoAdomo LinkIt'd been a while since we have seen such a relatively balanced playoff bracket. With the exception of one game, everything has felt within reach until the 4th quarter for everyone. Tons of lead...It'd been a while since we have seen such a relatively balanced playoff bracket. With the exception of one game, everything has felt within reach until the 4th quarter for everyone. Tons of lead changes and close games makes me a very happy fan.
Bills v Broncos was a great game that both teams managed to lose. Its really sad that we will get a likely dud game for the AFCCG. I wish Nix the best in his recovery (though I do appreciate their HC not getting to the SB. I think the three non-saints teams can agree on this. As for the Bills, I really feel that McDermott was badly scapegoated. The GM should be gone too but I guess he is an S-tier brown noser. Pour one out for the Bills fans, because their window just snapped shut.
49ers v Seahawks was the only lopsided game and anyone who didn't see this coming wasn't paying attention. This Seahawks team is at peak form at the best time. When they played the Panthers towards the end of the season I noticed that they were an absolute wall on defense and you have to work for every yard. They offense is consistent and doesn't make mistakes. They are my favorites to win the SB at this time.
Texans v Pats was a torturous to watch strictly because that Texans defense was clearly championship caliber. There is no way the game should have been as close as it was with 4 INTs from Stroud. He looked lost out there. As a Panthers fan, im happy that we finally settled the "debate" on if we should have taken Stroud over Young, but honestly I wish it wasn't like this. The debate has ended by Young not looking like complete ass despite the loss. I hope he bounces back and figures it out, but I'm honestly not sure.
Rams v Bears was a great finisher to a strong weekend of football. Both teams were clearly well matched and it really could have gone either way. That 4th down throw by Caleb was unreal. I watched it live and I'm still in disbelief it happened. They are going to be a force for the foreseeable future for sure.
What a great weekend of football with only 3 games left to go.
Next week: Rams v Seahawks is the match up to watch. I like the Hawks in this one, but I expect it to be entertaining.
That's more than we can say about Pats v Broncos. Without Nix, there is little hope for the Broncos. I'll watch, but I expect this to be not very competitive. Its a shame and a sour note on an otherwise great playoff season.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
NonoAdomo Link ParentNothing will fully fill that E33 hole, but there are a few things that will try. P3 Reload and P5 Royal are great Persona games. P4 is solid as well, but they are giving it the P3 Reload treatment...Nothing will fully fill that E33 hole, but there are a few things that will try. P3 Reload and P5 Royal are great Persona games. P4 is solid as well, but they are giving it the P3 Reload treatment so you might as well wait for that. There is also Metaphor by the same team which I did enjoy as well. Very stylish but be careful not to spend the time comparing these titles to E33 and instead give them their own place to shine in their unique way
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Comment on Terra. Invicta. in ~games
NonoAdomo LinkI, like the others in this thread, have been playing the hell out of this game. Its the inverse scope of XCOM and the dev experience with the Long War mod really shows. I'm only just now in my...I, like the others in this thread, have been playing the hell out of this game. Its the inverse scope of XCOM and the dev experience with the Long War mod really shows.
I'm only just now in my second attempt able to comfortably leave the early game with a decent position but I'm now seeing the challenges in my plan. Unsurprisingly, the populace loses interest in your faction when you lose 5 armies in a war. Also, defensive fighting and offensive fighting are apparently scored differently. I got absolutely smashed when I tried to cross the border and gain a territory after kicking the enemy out of mine.
Overall I love the game. I understand some of the criticisms, and they are valid, but I also love how they set up the pieces like a crazy complex board game. It scratches my itch for those games nobody will play with me because they are too intimidating and take all day. I can happily push my pawns around a board and wait for the consequences later.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 1 in ~sports.american_football
NonoAdomo Link ParentI didn't have him "stepping down" on my bingo card. It probably was a "mutual parting of ways" but there is also the possibility that he just needs a break. He'll be immediately into media land.I didn't have him "stepping down" on my bingo card. It probably was a "mutual parting of ways" but there is also the possibility that he just needs a break. He'll be immediately into media land.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 1 in ~sports.american_football
NonoAdomo Link ParentThis is a awful predicament for the Steelers. He's a great standard bearer and excellent rally, but cant develop players to get a deep playoff run. What they really need is to blow it up and...This is a awful predicament for the Steelers. He's a great standard bearer and excellent rally, but cant develop players to get a deep playoff run. What they really need is to blow it up and rebuild, but thats a hard sell. The next coach is in a rough spot with no QB and the inability to easily get one. Rodgers could come back for one more year, but then you want you keep Tomlin because Aaron likely does not want that change.
Long story short, I think he's firmly in a year-to-year basis. Latest he'll be is through 2027, as they are unlikely to extend him unless he manages to pull off a deep playoff run.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 1 in ~sports.american_football
NonoAdomo Link ParentNah, Packers have enough injuries and scapegoats to protect his job. Get back Parsons, get a new kicker and then you likely don't lose that game.Nah, Packers have enough injuries and scapegoats to protect his job. Get back Parsons, get a new kicker and then you likely don't lose that game.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 1 in ~sports.american_football
NonoAdomo LinkYour Carolina fan, this is the last update from the focus of my beloved Panthers for a while. Wow. What a game. Its a shame we didn't win, but this team put up a fight with the favored MVP...Your Carolina fan, this is the last update from the focus of my beloved Panthers for a while.
Wow. What a game. Its a shame we didn't win, but this team put up a fight with the favored MVP candidate and nearly came out on top. If it weren't for Jaycee Horn being out on the final drive (injury eval) we likely have a chance to hold off their comeback. Or if Jimmy Horn didn't drop a decently placed ball on 4th down, we could have finished the comeback.
But those all are delightful what-ifs that won't change a thing. What was nice is that of the home teams that lost this weekend, we were the only one to not boo their team. People were still cheering them on and excitedly chanting for next year. The bones are there. A few linebackers and a pass rusher and this team becomes firmly well rounded. The vision is in place. The team believes they can do well. Anything short of a winning record and playoff appearance would be a failure in 2026. It won't be easy, but I believe we can do it.
The rest of the weekend was great too. It's not often that we are blessed with such a good wildcard round. Usually its filled with the "pretender" teams getting embarrassed and the only one who did were the Steelers. (Seriously, you get 3 turnovers in your favor and you still get blown out??? That's embarassing. I wouldn't know anything about that...)
My bandwagon this year is firmly hitched to the Bills. I think they can go the distance. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind seeing Darnold and the Seahawks win as well. Regardless, I feel we are in for a good rest of the playoffs
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Comment on The 2025 Steam Awards in ~games
NonoAdomo Link ParentI wouldn't be that harsh on it. This is a far cry from an XBox COD lobby with kids screaming insults and slurs into microphones all match long. The chat is proximity based, and many times I can go...I wouldn't be that harsh on it. This is a far cry from an XBox COD lobby with kids screaming insults and slurs into microphones all match long. The chat is proximity based, and many times I can go an entire raid without seeing another soul. Sure, sometimes you get someone who does scream toxic shit, but 99% of the time its when they have lost a fight and you are about to send them back to Speranza with nothing.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 18 in ~sports.american_football
NonoAdomo LinkYour resident Carolina fan here, we apparently needed one last stunt on this roller coaster of a regular season before we bring it into the station. Against the Bucs... I don't think I can really...Your resident Carolina fan here, we apparently needed one last stunt on this roller coaster of a regular season before we bring it into the station.
Against the Bucs... I don't think I can really share my true feelings in polite company. The team didn't quite perform to the level I was expecting, but it was also raining like crazy and our OLine just can't get leverage to spring our run game anymore. I think we've been figured out and that's something to address in the off season.
But I think I need to talk about the elephant in the room: this was the absolute worst officiating I've seen in a long time. And I wouldn't be mad if it had not absolutely felt one sided against the Panthers. I try to keep out of conspiracies and "What if's" when it comes to sports officiating because in 99% of the time it's a fool's errand. This time? I think I found the 1% of the time where it could be easily argued that they prevented Carolina from winning. I'm just going to stick to the two major ones: First I want to talk about is the phantom OPI on TMac that took away a major 30 yard gain and effectively killed the drive. This guy was clearly doing arm fighting with the defender and breaking free where the defender was caught off balance and staggered a bit. The announcers were clearly giving the refs shit for this one too, as I'm not sure what TMac was supposed to do.
The second, I think was bigger: The blown dead backwards pass where the ball was clearly passed backwards, meaning it can be dropped and picked back up and run forward. Rico had room in front of him to run and was ready to get a good chunk of yards, but as soon as the ball was in his hands the play was blown dead. Which was wrong. That's okay, the refs are human and mistakes can happen. There are ways to correct this, by allowing the offense to replay the down. Which the refs did not give the option for Canales (the HC) to do. INSTEAD what they did was to rule this ball "Out of bounds" six yards behind the line of scrimmage. Out of bounds. Friends, I'm sure you have eyes. Rico has the ball in his hands when the whistle blows and the players let up. Clearly he is in bounds. Where in the hell did they get that idea that it wasn't?
....I'll cut off here, I could go on for ages on how bad this officiating was. Something needs to happen, but I know nothing will and that makes me sad.
So ultimately, instead of just comfortably watching the rest of the weekend knowing full well we were in the playoffs, I was subjected to Saints at Falcons, and having to root for a division rival in a proxy war to determine the fate of the division. The Falcons came out on top (thankfully) and we're moving on, but it was weird to watch a game where division rivals were in the stands being friendly with one another. The tickets were cheap enough for fans from Carolina to buy up a bunch and drive down to ATL to get in on the action and I don't blame them, if I still lived in the area I'd have considered doing it too.
Our next opponent is the LA Rams. We beat them before, but I also know this team appears to be running on fumes. I don't expect a win, and I would be happy enough to just to have the playoff appearance. I just want it to be a good, competitive game.
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Comment on The 2025 Steam Awards in ~games
NonoAdomo Link ParentThe short answer is no, you will always be in the map with other players. They will be doing their own thing and they are always a threat. However, they do have a matchmaking algorithm that...The short answer is no, you will always be in the map with other players. They will be doing their own thing and they are always a threat. However, they do have a matchmaking algorithm that matches players based on how they interact with other players. Shoot on sight? Straight into the thunder dome. Passive and more PvE? You get put in with people who are more friendly. Now this can change with time of day or if people are gaming the algorithm to try and easy targets (foxes in the henhouse, if you will) but in the past week I've only been taken down by players a handful of times. Honestly arc get me more because the higher end bots are incredibly dangerous if you try to fight them.
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Comment on The 2025 Steam Awards in ~games
NonoAdomo Link ParentI've played the hell out of the game maybe I can clarify a bit. In my opinion, none of the "innovation" is around the zeitgeist of player interactions. They're great, especially in solo play, but...I've played the hell out of the game maybe I can clarify a bit. In my opinion, none of the "innovation" is around the zeitgeist of player interactions. They're great, especially in solo play, but I don't think the "Aggression Based Matchmaking" was in place soon enough to sway the results of this voting. For clarity: Aggression Based Matchmaking is some behind the scenes engine that people speculated on for a long time that matches people based on if they shoot other players on sight. I'm on the friendly side of the spectrum and I rarely get shot in solos these days, it's rather great.
But I don't think that's why you get the innovation award. That's not enough to justify it, right? Well, there are two other major things they've done that I've never really seen in other games:
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On-the-fly voice changing for in-game chat. In an actual, innovative use of AI, they devised a system that allows people to make their voice sound different when chatting through the in-game voice chat. It actually doesn't sound half bad and when I played around with it while playing with my wife, she was impressed that my voice could come out incredibly differently. The next thing that she said is "I like this, I can mask my voice to not have people think I'm a girl right away." It's not perfect, but I've not seen anyone else try this yet. I'm curious to see who else innovates on this concept.
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The enemies feel legitimately smart. I'm old by gamer standards, and I've seen many generations of "Our in-game enemies are the smartest yet!" and sometimes they're good, other times they're smart until you figure out their programming and then they're not all that. In Arc Raiders? These enemies are genuinely scary and they feel strangely organic. Their behaviors make sense and it's actually quite intimidating. Lets take the humble wasp as our case study. It's what it is on the tin: a quad copter with guns strapped underneath it. A pain in the butt to deal with. Lets see some of the simple things that this one item does:
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It scans both visually and audibly. It either will see you or hear you. If nothing is out of the ordinary, it continues on a scripted patrol route. If it sees or hears a player, it will go into a "query" mode where it will then break from it's patrol route to investigate. If it finds nothing, it will then go back into "patrol" mode and return to it's route. If it see's something however, that's where the interesting stuff starts.
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Alright, now it knows you're there. What do you do? If you're caught outside without cover, it's pretty easy: you've got to fight back because it's pretty good at filling you full of holes. If you have cover, it will try to shoot you as soon as it has a clear sight, but it doesn't like to move while firing to keep a stable firing platform. You can get out of the way by hiding behind a rock or tree. The wasp will then try to find an angle where it can get a clear shot on you again. Normally, in most games, this would be a simple strafe, side to side which these do sometimes, but they also trained them to use all three dimensions. These robots have no problems going over top if it will get them a better shot. But what if you go and hide in a building? No problem. If they know you're there (i.e. they were shooting at you on the way in, or you shot one of them) they will swarm around the building. Suddenly you feel like you're trying to hide from the raptors from Jurassic Park. They will look at literally EVERY angle to see if they can get a shot. I've seen them circle around the building to find the one window in the back to get that clear shot and take someone down. And, adding on to that verticality I mentioned earlier, I had a scenario where I thought I was safe in a building with one door that they could reach. The arc quickly taught me that there was a hole in the ceiling as it descended down to start taking shots at me indoors. They aren't limited to a range. They will chase you across the map if you can run from them that long. If they know you are there, the desire to eliminate you is the ultimate goal.
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Now what about when you fight them? As you can see in the image, their rotors are unarmored. You can shoot them to take it out, which is relatively easy to do if you are 1-on-1. When you take out one rotor, this destabilizes the drone, and it starts to wobble around erratically. After a moment, however, the drone does figure out how to fix the problem and stabilize itself to return itself back to stability on only three rotors. This is never just a scripted "Wobble in one of 10 ways" like in games of the past. No, this is dynamic. Every time it is different and relatively unpredictable.
The point of this? All enemies do this to some degree. The Hornet is an armored version of the Wasp. There's an Arc that's goal is just to scan and call in friends when it finds you. There's an upgraded version of the wasp that's larger, heavily armored and fires rockets that will ruin your run if they hit you. The walking enemies also do this too. If they lose legs, they crawl around dynamically based on the legs they have lost. They try their best to work around and enact as much damage as possible on the players. I've played lots of shooters over the years, I have not played against enemy NPCs that are as consistently challenging as these are. The scary part? I'm convinced that the devs are slowly making them better over time without telling us. Every week or so, I'm noticing the bots doing something subtly different that I'm certain they weren't doing before.
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So yes, I don't think it's just a zeitgeist emergent game play between players thing. I'm sure that was part of the reason why some people voted, but the Arc themselves really have had an impact on how people perceive and interact with the game. My favorite? Watching someone who downed me get swarmed by robots because they foolishly ran in front of a pack of them to finish me off is always funny as hell because this ruthless killing nature is being done in my advantage.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 17 in ~sports.american_football
NonoAdomo LinkYour Carolina fan here... This week was weird. Last week, I confidently espoused that the Bucs would beat the Dolphins. They completely flubbed it and lost, which opened the window! ...Then...Your Carolina fan here...
This week was weird. Last week, I confidently espoused that the Bucs would beat the Dolphins. They completely flubbed it and lost, which opened the window! ...Then Carolina promptly ignored it because they lost to Seattle. To be fair, Seattle is one of the best teams in the league AND we hung with them through most of the game. Honestly, without the untimely (and undisciplined) Jaycee Horn facemask penalty, we have a good shot of winning that game. It's wild seeing a single penalty just suck the air out of the stadium like that. At that moment, we all knew the game was over and it most definitely was. This team surely has more to go in growing and learning how to win against great teams.
That being said, there was one playoff scenario that I honestly though was too out there to even talk about last week. I mean, first of all it did involve the Bucs losing to the Dolphins, but now it ALSO needed the Falcons to somehow manage a win against the Rams. ...which they did. Despite trying their best to return to their roots and give the game away from a massive early lead. I have three takeaways from this game:
- Next year, the Falcons are going to be a menace. Between Bijan on offense and Pierce on defense, they have a solid core forming. In fact, this whole division will be a bloodbath with the Saints recent resurgence with Shough as their QB. Even if we do manage to win the division (I like our chances now) I think we will find it hard pressed to repeat.
- The only saving grace from them being a menace is that if they end next week with a win, they will have won 4 games in a row and likely keep their HC for at least another year. This will handicap them greatly and waste another year of performance.
- Jon Bois and Alex Rubenstien did a great documentary series on why being a Falcons fan is suffering and watching last nights game, trying to root for the Falcons (as disgusting as that felt) reminded me of that fact. They quickly got to a 21 point lead, and then did their absolute best to squander every single point of that lead, requiring them to have a game winning field goal at the end and EVEN THEN, they were barely able to keep it together where Puca almost made the catch of the year to at least tie the game and bring it into OT.
So why do I care about how the Falcons are doing so much? Since they now are tied with the Bucs and one game behind the Panthers, there is a scenario where all three teams end up with an 8-9 record. If this happens (Where Carolina loses, but Atlanta wins next week) then there will be a three way tie that results in Carolina winning the division (3+ tiebreakers get interesting)
So now we're in a position where we can beat Tampa and secure it for ourselves (Which is doable) OR if we fail to do that, Atlanta could beat the Saints and give us that safety blanket.
What weird scenario for the end of the season.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 16 in ~sports.american_football
NonoAdomo Link ParentI had completely spaced that there were games on Saturday until after they happened so I missed that highlight and I went to look at it just now. Yeah, that's an intense fight, closer to what I...I had completely spaced that there were games on Saturday until after they happened so I missed that highlight and I went to look at it just now. Yeah, that's an intense fight, closer to what I would expect from a hockey game. Usually an NFL fight is just some colorful word exchanges and maybe a punch or two. Most players are smart enough to know not to punch helmets because you are the one who will lose more ( Helmets hurt) and the penalties and fines aren't really worth it. For those curious, here is the highlight on Reddit
That being said, seeing an Eagles player take on like 8 Commanders and still not go down easy was impressive. Also, #0 from the Commanders is a coward. Started that shit and dipped out to avoid any penalties. At least finish what you start, even if it is swinging at a guy twice your size.
When I was still subbed to Netflix, disabling this was a godsend. Youtube does the same BS and I had to disable that there too before it started recommending stuff that my mouse accidentally rested on.