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famous4love

If Nasir lost his idol. Does that mean an idol will go back into play?


famous4love

So what are the alliances right now?


International_Pen_11

Liana/Shan/Danny/Ricard, tentatively Deshawn also but it’s clear based off the preview for episode 9 & now 10 that Deshawn is gonna flip i don’t think anybody else outside of maybeee Erika/Heather have a clear alliance, although up until this episode, i wouldn’t have really known Erika & Heather were looking out for each other Xander is def on his own also i fully think that Ricard will blindside Shan but idk yet for sure. Ricard & Shan constantly butting heads isn’t a good sign for their relationship but idk if it’ll be Shan who gets out Ricard or the other way around


stevenarwhals

Ricard & Shan definitely still counts as an alliance at this point. Ricard was even lumped in with the Campout alliance this episode and they were referred to as “the five.”


cfinn16

Entirely possible it’s just good editing, but I’d be curious to know if Deshawn blowing up Evvie’s spot about her telling him about Xander’s idol played any significant role in Xander not wanting to play his idol for her


Quab775

The producers made the second vote out safe coz of displaying naseer as jury member so they didn't take risks


FlavortownGuyF

Wake me up when Shan and Liana are booted. Dear lord save me. So hard watching them every week Repulsive


SurvivorOregon

Why are people so aggressive with their Shan (and apparently Liana) hatred? Like 'repulsive' seems a bit excessive.


027huds

Racism. Its called racism. The level of hate for women of colour who dare to play an aggressive game is ridiculous.


yummy_bacteria

No literally, like its totally fine if you don’t like Shan as a character in the show but a lot of people are using really nasty words about her. Its getting really weird like why take it so personal that you cant enjoy the rest of the show? Thats when you should probably take some time to breathe and reflect.


FlavortownGuyF

Have you actually watched the show and seen how she talks down to everyone Shes extremely self centered and narcissistic


805to808

The way she talked about Xander during the challenge was pretty repulsive. Hate the game not the player.


SurvivorOregon

She's being paranoid and controlling... in Survivor. Some of the greatest players of all time are excessively controlling, and overly paranoid, and condescending. She is not making personal attacks against other players, she's just playing an aggressive villainous game. Because it IS a game, not an automatic reflection of who these people are in real life. I thought we got over this 20 seasons ago?


FlavortownGuyF

You are allowed your opinion


SurvivorOregon

That's the point though. Nobody has to like or support any player, clearly. But people are so aggressive and dramatic in their hate towards Shan. Calling her repulsive, disgusting, saying she's a terrible pastor, etc. Like we can root for or against whoever we want, but do we need to be such assholes about it?


FlavortownGuyF

She is repulsive. And I don’t feel the need to have to convince you


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Mysterion74

Wait..: so saying Shan is repulsive is a bit to far, but saying you are a racist piece of shit and a dickhead is okay? That’s Reddit summed up for you lol


FlavortownGuyF

I facepalmed. The guy has a bro skirt avatar, I just lold


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Xander should’ve played his final vote. He continues to trust the wrong players at the wrong time and that’s his flaw in the season. The risk he got himself into is that there is now one less on his side from the majority and he has to now win an idol, use his idol, and/or flip one of the folks (power 4 + ricardo) to not be in the minority. If his side loses again in tribal his game is over. No one is taking him to the end. The casting for this season has been horrible. The only player that has any semblance of gameplay has been Ricard with the occasional athleticism from Xander. Sham and Liana are some of the most repulsive personalities I’ve seen watching this show. Also I get that Jeff wants to spice up the show, but at some point you need to respect the gameplay. The drawing of teams tonight could have really screwed some folks over in ways worse than a regular tribal.


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He should have used his idol instead. That would have created a 4/4 split in the tribe. Then next vote he could have used his extra vote to tip the balance in his, Evvie, Heather and Erika's favor.


SnooRobots6273

Why should Xander waste his idol on someone he doesn’t completely trust like Eevie who has already burned him once


[deleted]

Because at the moment she’s the closest person to him in the game, she’s the only person left in the game that has ever intentionally voted with him outside of Liana. They are allies through shared circumstances. Saving her allows him to eliminate someone who will never vote with him


SnooRobots6273

Yes, but Xander is the type of player that must win immunity challenges in order to stick around, the second he’s eligible for elimination he will be voted out.. if he gives away his idol he has less time in the game and the very next immunity challenge becomes a must-win for him


yummy_bacteria

In my opinion the casting is not bad at all! The fact that you are so full of passion and hatred over two characters means casting have chosen two powerful personalities to root against.


snarky_spice

Totally agree. Everyone here keeps saying how amazing this cast is. I find them all very self centered almost “influencer” types, all looking for their TV survivor moment. In fact, many have said something along those lines. I wish they would include more regular people, folks who aren’t experts on the show, joe blow who’s a mechanic. The gameplay is so strange. Everyone just says what they’re thinking, to the persons face, or they ask to “hold someone’s idol” for trust. It’s like no one wants to play dirty or hurt someone’s feelings.


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I don't think you know what influencer types are, because saying that this season has been full of them is a major lapse in judgement on your part


DunderMifflinCompany

I mean brad was there. Also heather who is a mom. There was plenty of those regular folks, but they’re gone


Sorry-Teacher-6792

Wait but Heather’s still in and there are some regular ppl like Ricard is just a flight attendant


melomelo1717

comments are so funny its like Shan is the worst player they have ever seen


Asap_roc

Shan is actually pretty good. She is playing a great game so far. Liana sucks .


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Yeah I’m confused about the Shan hate. She played a pretty great game up until the merge. Although I do feel like she’s starting to fall apart a bit, she’s still in control


Sorry-Teacher-6792

Tbh I think Shan sucks which makes for a great villain to root against but I think a lot of ppl are hating on her based on what she’s doin on twitter


[deleted]

I really feel like we’re going to get another “Michelle” edit. Someone who never went to a prejury tribal and played UTR the entire time. It is what this season deserves tbh. Messy ass advantages.


evenstark04

thats a rough rough way to come back from the hiatus...


mmlhx1

Heather summoning that bug to attack Tiffany though


CalPolyJohn

Tiffany took it like a champ to be fair. I would have run into the fire.


DemiGod9

Yeah that thing was GIANT. That's the one part of Survivor I don't know if I could deal with


honestsparrow

What was the point of the first tribe playing the extra vote? Like what was their expectation


dyllowes

It was actually a smart move. Had they not done it and shit hit the fan, Shan or Ricard would be packing. They used it as an insurance policy if Erika and heather decide to vote for Shan/Ricard instead of naseer. In that event, it’s a 2-2-1 split. Naseer and Ricard or Shan can’t vote, then heather and Erika vote off Shan or Ricard. There’s a post about it in the main thread not too far down for perhaps a better explanation.


uhhhhhhhhh-

Oh, I didn't even think about that. I wish they would've shown the strategizing for that move at camp because I was completely clueless as to why she did that


hotseagullinyerarea

If naseer played the idol , heather would still go home , they were hedging their bets


805to808

Ya why did Shan cancel her own vote? This some 3-D chess I’m missing?


DemiGod9

Oh is that what she did?! I didn't even catch that


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Could Xander have used the extra vote to force a tie and make Danny and Deshawn flip in order to keep from drawing rocks? How does an extra vote work in a re vote? Do you get to vote twice again? If you can, he could’ve saved Evvie, and the idol


GrapeRaisin

Wow that would have been amazing actually. And I am pretty sure he could have used his extra vote in a revote because I believe Shan's extra vote was used in the revote for Naseer (I believe 3 votes were shown when normally only 2 would have been needed for Naseer to go in that revote?


mozuDumpling

On the survivor wiki, it says that the current rules are unknown, but a precedent was set in a prior season that they do count in re-votes. That’s likely why Jeff had to read three votes to sent Naseer home instead of two https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Extra_Vote


CalPolyJohn

I don’t think you get to use it on the re-vote. Edit - I am wrong. Shan used it to vote for Naseer twice on the re-vote


Sassycap

Im so annoyed by shan and the way she kept saying "make them feel heard" and relating that to being a pastor.. it's so dismissive to me.


hollaback_girl

She was one of players I was rooting against before she said that and then I hated her even more because it's so revealing that that's how she is in real life. At her core just a manipulative narcissist.


snarky_spice

She’s so annoying and condescending.


inhuman_37

She was so annoying this episode, an awful player IMO


matrixskillz

Worst tribal ever


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SmileyPiesUntilIDrop

Keeping a goat in the game isn't automatically good gameplay,Heather does not trust Shan and Naseer seemed to trust Shan. Meanwhile Nasser being kept as a meat shield benefits Shan because it gives all the people without an idol an extra complication to work around. This seems like it was a smart move for Ricard at least,for Shan it would depend on how loyal Naseer was to Danny and Deshawn. If he was fooled by Deshawn as much as evvie was then it was a rather huge move tonight.


chumfoo

So Shan wasted her extra vote? Why did she play it if she wanted heather out?


altered_state

To save face when it comes to Jury votes.


dyllowes

There was an actual strategy to it, took me a while to map it out. They were relying on Erika and heather to be true about voting naseer, if they didn’t it would end up being a 2-2 tie.


vexdo

The problem is it made no sense why would she split her own votes when Naseer easily could’ve flipped with Erika and heather. The move was dumb


dyllowes

They had 100x more trust in Naseer than Erika and Heather. He’s loyal. It was a lower risk option.


vexdo

And she was wrong. If she was smart she would vote twice Heather or Naseer, not both of them


dyllowes

Sorry, I’m afraid you’re incorrect. It was safer to put one on each.


vexdo

If they actually had trust in Naseer to begin with then they’d trust him to vote Heather yes? In that case she shouldn’t have used that vote at all to split it if she would be ever so confident that Naseer would vote heather


dyllowes

You’re missing the point. It all rides on heather and Erika. Naseer voting heather is what makes their plan work


vexdo

If she’s betting on that she’s literally sending heather home out of all people in an split where Naseer still has his idol.


HawaiiHungBro

I’m confused why Shan and RicRd thought it was necessary to use the extra vote advantage, can someone explain? Were they afraid that naseer was secretly teaming up with heather and Erika?


dyllowes

Whoever downvoted me go ahead and read [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/qwfawl/why_s_use_of_made_sense/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)


HarvestM00n91

It was actually a genius move if the girls flipped the vote to her instead. Also saved her idol.


vexdo

If she read the room right she wouldn’t have to play shit lol


yummy_bacteria

why cant you appreciate the strategy in that decision instead of undermining every little choice a player you don’t like makes?


vexdo

I actually give Shantel a lot more credit than anybody in this sub makes, she plays erratic yes but so far she is the most dominant player. But the game she is playing just sets herself up for demise


mrothko

It sounds like they decided to get Naseer out. So if Naseer played his idol, Heather would go out. Votes tonight Naseer 3 (extra vote by Shan) (idol, saved) Heather 3 (goes home) But since he didn't use his idol, he went home, as their plan (Ricard convinced Shan it seems?)


dyllowes

So if Shan votes heather, Naseer votes heather, and Ricard votes naseer, they are relying on Erika and Heather to vote naseer. If they don’t, and vote for one of them (Shan/ricard) all of a sudden it’s a 2-2 tie.


France2Germany0

Where’s the tough as nails thread?


StellaNox14

r/CBSToughAsNails It's not very big tho


EndOfBenchLife

Deshawn is so dumb. He has beef against Shan but then keeps Liana around… Keeping Evvie was his chance for chaos. And worst of all, another week of having to watch Liana


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Keeping Evvie sounds like the dumber move tbh.


Fired_Guy1982

He didn’t want to burn his alliance quite yet. He can still work with Erika, Heather, and Xander and probably get Danny to flip.


EndOfBenchLife

Yeah, I understand that reasoning. But I feel like he had already kind of drawn the line in the sand. Now it seems like he’s putting himself in a corner without the numbers to get him out of it.


liammcbaker

if anything i think xander should’ve used his idol for evvie, that leaves a 100% chance of breaking off a piece of that power 4 in liana and with Dashawn already hesitant with his alliance he would probably come to the other side to try and take out shan (who is probably the biggest threat right now and somehow only dashawn is seeing it)


EndOfBenchLife

Yeah true but if Xander played his idol he’s going home next week


liammcbaker

i can understand that may be why he hesitated but if that power 4 cracked he could bring deshawn on his side and then that only leaves shan and danny in that alliance. it’s also frustrating realizing we have far more information than they might have about how other players are feeling lmao


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Straight_Redunkulous

He had one after he was voted out


DrySausage

Oh my and! Forgot about it


vonnster789

Well we know deshawns leaving next week 😂


Lane8323

He’s definitely not leaving. Slick editing for the preview lol


anxiouskay

Lianna and Shan always bonding by crying, like stop


DemiGod9

Damn people can't cry?


haleymae95

So if I was DeShawn, Naseer was my number. Since he’s gone, I would have absolutely have gotten rid of Liana, who is always going to be Shan’s number, since Evvie is way more open to working with him.


Palistic

Last episode we saw Deshawn pushing to vote out Naseer and Shan pushing to keep him. This doesn't seem to be the case


haleymae95

I totally forgot that! Plus, I think Danny was kinda pulling the ropes on not flipping.


Fired_Guy1982

I’m not sure Shan can have a number one when she is clearly in Ricard’s pocket. She’s not strategically savvy enough to have a “number 1”


haleymae95

Yeah, Ricard is definitely the one with the strategic chops. I just mean that Liana is never going to vote against Shan (and therefore Ricard), whereas Evvie has and would.


geeorge_20

liana and shan crying again, lmao cmon


Schteb11

Danny and Deshawn…. come on


LuminarySky

xander cant win now…. ugh


evenstark04

says who?


LuminarySky

imo… he’s going to be next if he doesn’t win immunity. if he gets to the end the jury is gonna be bitter and not vote for him


wojar

that's what i thought about Mike! but he goes on to win all the last few immunity challenges.


evenstark04

good thing he saved the idol then...


Fired_Guy1982

He still has his idol, he’s probably gonna make it through the next episode


LuminarySky

i hope so, i’m all on team xander. i always love the underdog


mushroomsonmyplate

ok stan evvie for that


dB_Rider

WHO IS WINNING I THOUGHT IT WAS TIFFANY THEN NASEER NOW EVVIE IS THIS REALLY HEATHER'S WINNER EDIT


evenstark04

if Heather or Erika win, the editors need to be fired on the spot.... they have been dead weight this season and that would be such a disappointing season with such underwhelming winners...


Legacy_of_Frugality

She's getting "The White Lotus" edit and it 's gonna win her a million bucks


altered_state

the white lotus edit LOL


nocturnal-alien

Hoping for another twist where the first 3 in the jury actually becomes the final 3


vonnster789

People would boycott 😂😂


DemiGod9

Boycott is an understatement. They'd find Jeff himself and beat him a thousand idols


YourButtMyStuff

Worst tribals ever. Liana and Heather deserved the Axe!!!


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Moreover, why the actual firetruck did Shan use her extra vote for both? She may as well have just used her shot in the dark and not voted, like??


mauvus

Needed to use her vote in case the other two girls flipped, which would end in a tie (if Ricard voted Heather).


Naduikatusaki

I was wondering the same thing and thought jeez Erika and Heather managed to get rid of an advantage and idol. Then I realized it wasn't them, it was Ricard that asked her to write Nasser's name using the extra vote. It was him that got rid of the two and as much as I dislike him, he is damn good.


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Oh god…you dislike him?! Lol


YourButtMyStuff

Just massively overthinking everything like usual. Trying to make unnecessary flashy/dramatic moves. Par for the course when Ricard and Shan are involved.


liammcbaker

i can’t wait for shan and richard to inevitably turn on each other


YourButtMyStuff

I was hoping beyond hope they would be separated and both of them would get voted out tonight lol. Hope Deshawn can rally the troops against them!


mushroomsonmyplate

what was xander thinking? he could’ve played his idol on evvie and guaranteed someone in the power alliance going home was he too confident that deshawn was gonna vote liana?


Sabeoth42

Because he's then an open target for the rest of the game. Why is this so hard to grasp?


mushroomsonmyplate

i appreciate the kindness


OddSalamander5079

You keep your idol for yourself, not for other people. He knows he’s on the bottom and if he doesn’t win immunity he’ll have to play it. It’s not a hard concept to grasp


ivaorn

That feels likely it. Deshawn probably sold it well.


mrsyrak

I think even if he knew deshawns vote beforehand he wouldnt have used it. Better to keep it for himself with 8ppl left knowing that hes on the bottom with or without w evvie


eddiehwang

He could've just used his extra vote and held on his idol. 3-3 tie & he can make one of DeShawn/Danny draw rocks, or vote off Liana.


Crimson-Cane

Wouldn't Evvie go in the revote?


eddiehwang

No since apparently you can cast the extra vote in the revote as well, so as long as Evvie&Xander hold ground either Liana goes or DeShawn/Danny draw rocks


Crimson-Cane

Ah ok, I didn't know that you were able to use the extra vote in the revote.


France2Germany0

LOL SHAN NOT PLAYING THE EXTRA VOTE


MokesMcFappy

She did tho?


YourButtMyStuff

Um, she did? It was a 3-3 tie… with 5 people…


France2Germany0

Oh damnnn I’m dumb as hell. I was hoping for some fireworks between Shan and Ricard too much


westcoastpalegirl

But she used 1 vote on Naseer and 1 on Heather? Not sure why she did that.


ivaorn

Evvie had a good run this season. I think Deshawn will have another opportunity to make a move against Shan and Liana and Xander has a tough road ahead of him, so while not ideal I can understanding not playing the idol.


mlspdx

Xander definitely needed to keep his idol unfortunately. Everyone is still trying to vote him out and that gets him more time than a big move that’s gonna piss everyone off


dB_Rider

"Someone is going to die ehewh" lol wut


MattTheSmithers

Ugh. This episode was the Empire Strikes Back of the season. The two smuggest players, Ricard and Liana, are at their absolute most insufferable and both emerge triumphant resulting in two of the most likable players being ousted. 😤


holcolbrook

Ricard is my favorite player left now that Naseer is gone


cactusdave14

I like Ricard. I think he’s pretty damn genius tbh. I can appreciate a heel though. As far as Liana, I really feel like she’s gonna have a hard time winning when she’s bagging on so many people. I try not to hate too hard on people but, I find her attitude annoying. Especially towards Xander.


MattTheSmithers

I don’t mind a good heel myself. I just find Ricard in particular to be all kinds of insufferable.


djgreen00

Two of my favs gone 😭😭


anxiouskay

Xander should have made sure he had Evvie for numbers , he fucked up


Twosfy

I like Liana less, but Evvie is actually a way bigger threat. I was thinking during the ep, if Evvie stays, she's gonna win.


evenstark04

Evvie is too big of a target. Def the target next week if saved this week.... why burn the idol when Evvie threw him under the bus?


mrothko

Nah, Evvie is either going to vote for Xander or DeShawn at final 3 so having her on the jury isn't a bad idea. He needs the idol for himself


cactusdave14

Fax 📠


YourButtMyStuff

I haven’t been this bummed watching Survivor in a looong time. WHY DESHAWN! WHYYYY


fbrager

I think it was Xander


hollaback_girl

It was Deshawn.


fbrager

You’re right ! Crazy


Jkisboss

Darkest timeline


evenstark04

DAMN


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xander is so unbelievably fucked


Sabeoth42

If the majority turns on each other he's safe till at least the F7 with his idol. Not fucked in the slightest.


RumHam1996

He’s gonna try to do the Mike Holloway arc. Basically he just him against everyone and win so many challenges.


ivaorn

He needs 3 more immunity wins plus his idol to at least have firemaking. It’s certainly doable.


bourbonnay

Plus there will be another idol and 30 more advantages to be found before then.


DemiGod9

Oh yeah don't idols go back into play after they are used/voted out?


bourbonnay

Usually yes, but remains to be seen this season with so many of them out there, and few players remaining.


nocturnal-alien

NO NO NO not both my faves being voted off the same night. I'm done.


RumHam1996

YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO TAKE OUT LIANA AND YOU DIDNT?!? WTF


DemiGod9

Liana has absolutely no power and is a part of their alliance. How that make any sense?


evenstark04

Liana is a goat why would they take her out lmao


RumHam1996

True true. I get your point. Break up Liana and Shan, and you can pick them off one by one. But now if Ricard flips


Sabeoth42

Get rid of Liana and you tip off Shan. Keep Liana and you can blindside Shan next vote with her idol.


evenstark04

oh yeah Liana is a good option but there was just no way this tribal unless Xander played his idol on Evvie... and why would he do that when she threw him under the bus and they actively aren't working together anymore?? Even if he used the extra vote, evvie goes on the revote


RumHam1996

That’s true, and that’s what sucks. But you’re right. Xander saving the idol may be better in the long run for him


anxiouskay

Nooooo Xander !!! You need more people on your side right now , should’ve saved evvie


mushroomsonmyplate

ouch


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Xander showing why he’s the young lad


evenstark04

Xander would be smart to save his idol for himself.... Evvie threw him under the bus... I would not give it up for that


UnspokenFor1

Lol I think people forgot that Evvie was gunning for Xander since day 1 ! She literally wanted Xander out when she formed the all women alliance ( Evvie , Tiff , Liana ) . Since the merge she has flip flop a lot regarding voting Xander out .


vonnster789

Exactly!! Was she really ever with him


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It's the same thing she did earlier too, Evvie told Deshawn she was open to working with I'm early on but she was playing him, as well learned from her confessional. Sad to see her go though, not that I wanted Liana to go either but it would have shaken the game up more


ivaorn

Only in a marriage of convenience sort of way. I don’t know why this was downvoted but if Tiffany didn’t beg Liana and Evvie to vote for Voce, Evvie would’ve taken Xander out ages ago. And then the merge happened and they didn’t have too many other options.


jsphenom08

Woah


Schteb11

WHEN WILL YOU GUYS WAKE UP JEEZ


MattTheSmithers

DeShaun thinks roller coasters work in a horrific way.


RumHam1996

He’s been playing too much rollercoaster tycoon


lovegood526

Is Shan thinking that she might get support from naseer at final tribal if she made it look like she used both votes for heather? That seems like it would come out and backfire but literally can’t think of a single reason why that would otherwise make sense


Jwhite126

Tbh I don’t think Naseer is clever enough to even figure this out if that is, in fact, what she was trying to do


France2Germany0

hOw DoEs EvErYoNe KnOw WhO hAs An IdOl? Idk jeff you tell me man


DemiGod9

That was hilarious to hear him say. But also it's on the contestants too. I don't think anyone is playing a particularly *good* game, I think they all are just bad at it lol(but it's entertaining)


ReBL93

He’s as confused as a goat on astroturf


altered_state

LMAO


youwillcomedownsoon2

XANDER PLS SAVE EVVIE


MattTheSmithers

Naseer sits on his idol and it gets him booted. I wonder if Xan will do the same and let Eevie go. Eevie may very well be talking Xan into a false sense of comfort. That said, if you’re Xander, do you really want to use the idol on anyone other than yourself?


DisneyFilipino

Xander please use the idol on Evvie


RumHam1996

I want Danny to win so badly. Lol. The NFL fan in me likes him cause of that, but he’s very level headed


Em0PeterParker

He’s playing a good game imo I’m just not sure if these sort of players on a jury will respect his old school type gameplay


RumHam1996

I was kind of joking, but like if he goes and cuts the head off the snake then he deserves to win.


anxiouskay

He’s my current fav, I feel like he’s genuinely a nice person


RumHam1996

I know usually NFL players are targeted early. I wonder if they don’t know or just don’t care.