Mourning on twitter is just as valid as leaving flowers by a cross on the roadside, or a giant balloon display in front of a site a mass shooting. If anything, those reminders are more symbolic but highly localized. Twitter is ethereal, but vast. The loss felt in that plane crash isn't localized, it's distributed. A memorial in the desert would be much less appropriate than a tweet, not to mention the arab/middle east people seem to view twitter much more seriously than Americans.

Marshawn needs to garner about 40 years of future earnings while his iron is hot. That way, he can avoid being brain-damaged AND homeless in ten years. Skittles and the Seahawks have profited enormously from his contributions and should share the wealth, obviously.

n.b.- That is in no way insensitive; if a company's pr team doesn't post a sensitive and heartfelt tweet, fb post, et al, they run the risk of being lambasted internationally as callous and uncaring within 12 hours. I wouldn't expect this type of public "mourning" to subside until it all collapses or the machines take over (although, the machines might actually perpetuate the behaviour- life sucks that way.)

The last couple of weeks make me want to stay out from under airplanes in general.

I wouldn't underestimate the ISIS war on women.

While this has been an ugly time for commercial aviation of late, things also have to be placed in perspective....

http://www.vox.com/2014/7/25/5933871/sta…

It is not age Lynch has to worry about, but the structure of his contract. His cap number this year is 7 million, (base salary: 5 million), and in 2015 that jumps to 9 million against the cap, and the base stays the same. But, his dead money figure is 3 million in 2014, but only 1 million in 2015.

He stays for 2014 (the team has no one of quality behind him now), but do not be surprised if they cut him in 2015 when the structure makes it more team friendly to do so. Watch them draft an RB next year high in the draft and cut Lynch. Seems very probable.

Lynch is more than a player, he's a box office draw.

The good news is that they don't really need a stellar RB to win trophies.

But you want someone who can put a star label on a Seattle team.

YOU DRILLBIT!
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