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Courtesy of Las Vegas Raiders On Tuesday, Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib revealed a groundbreaking announcement so fearlessly nonchalant. Nassib stepped outside of his home in West Chester, Pennsylvania, pulled out his phone, and uploaded a 60 second clip to Instagram so laidback, yet so historical. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Carl Nassib (@carlnassib)   "What's up, people?" Nassib said. "I just want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. I've been meaning to do this for a while now, but I finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest." Nassib is now the first active player in the NFL to come out as gay.  "I'm a pretty private person so I hope you guys know that I'm really not doing this for attention. I just think that representation and visibility are so important. I actually hope that like one day, videos like this and the whole coming-out process are just not necessary. Bu...

Courtesy of Michael Ainsworth "If you want to go back to normal, get vaccinated." Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians was blunt in front of local reporters when asked about the NFL's newly announced preseason and training camp guidelines. Arians is encouraging as many players to get vaccinated as possible, and hosted a clinic at the Buccaneers facility for medical experts to educate the team on the efficacy of the available vaccines, and provide vaccine stations for players who choose to get them. He says he understands the players are free to choose, but has reiterated that normal, pre-pandemic operation is impossible if the team cannot reach herd immunity. "I think everybody is tired of meeting out here and eating outside and doing all those things we had to do last year. It's still a personal choice, but I don't see a reason not to be vaccinated." Courtesy of Chris O'Meara With a new season on the horizon and the national recovery efforts...

Courtesy of Adrian Kraus "We will be back."  Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen insisted to the media in a post-game press conference following a 38-24 defeat in the 2020 AFC Championship that the Bills aren't going anywhere. The Bills were on the doorstep of playing in their first Super Bowl since 1993, and marched into the AFC Championship riding their best season in a quarter-century. They finished the 2020 campaign at 13-3, winning the AFC East for the first time since 1995, and winning a pair of playoff games. Above the record setting numbers, an all-time win-loss record, and the most talented Bills team in a generation, the 2020 season embodied a culmination of 2 decades rotting in the underbelly of professional North American sports, and a renaissance for the franchise.  The wait for Bills fans to watch their team reclimb to the elite tier of the NFL was agonizing, with excruciating miseries of the likes Bills Mafia needs no reminding. Everyone remembers the 4 Su...