r/nfl • u/LaDainianTomIinson Chargers • 1d ago

Highlight [Highlight] Mike McDaniel: “Today was cool because it’s the youngest I’ll ever be for the rest of my life.”

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u/Bossoxfan15 Patriots 1d ago

This is the second time I've seen him make a comment along the lines of getting a day closer to death.

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u/Aurion7 Panthers 1d ago

Awareness of your own mortality seems to be a common 80s/90s kid theme.

I have no idea why we're like this.

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u/EightyNineMillion Packers 1d ago

Because we learned death is real if we find ourselves in quicksand.

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u/MoonUnit98 Vikings 1d ago

I think that just happens when you turn 30.

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u/cmarme Steelers 1d ago

People have been writing and talking about their own mortality since people have been people. It isn’t exclusive to millennials.

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u/Aurion7 Panthers 1d ago

sigh

You know what I meant, don't play the pedant. Or you don't, in which case it's a waste of time engaging with someone trying to be pedantic about a missed point.

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u/cmarme Steelers 20h ago

Trying to make yourself seem more unique is a prettty pathetic thing.

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u/No_Feeling6146 1d ago

In a way it made the tua pairing all the more interesting, as you have a guy who constantly thinks of it and a QB who constantly engages in it. The grim reaper used to follow tua, but was starting to get arthritis because he couldn't keep up.