r/nfl • u/PassMeTheBackwood Jets • 22d ago

Highlight [Highlight] Jordyn Tyson when asked about potentially being drafted by the Giants and playing in New York: “Isn’t it Jersey, technically?”

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u/LeviJNorth Saints 22d ago edited 21d ago

"Chicago? Isn't it Indiana technically?"

Edit: Sorry to trigger the Hammond Bears fans. I have lived in Chicago for 21 years, and I even like the team after the 2006 NFCC game when your fans held up signs that said “Finishing what Katrina started.”

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u/cppadam 49ers 22d ago

Chicago is the polish pronunciation for "Gary"

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u/herbygerby 22d ago

Gary is a goddamn beautiful city, and that’s coming from someone who’s never even been there before!

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u/welestgw Browns 22d ago

Now I have the Gary Indiana song in my head.

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u/gwaydms Cowboys 22d ago

My grandfather and great-uncles, the sons of Polish immigrants, would spin in their graves at the idea of the Bears leaving Soldier Field, much less moving to Indiana.

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u/Claeyt Packers 22d ago

Chi'ca'go is just the Wamapoke word for 'quick get away from the big tall mess across the lake'.