{"id":211,"date":"2026-02-22T23:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/christakernssportjournal\/?p=211"},"modified":"2026-02-22T23:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:42:14","slug":"the-relentless-flock-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/christakernssportjournal\/2026\/02\/22\/the-relentless-flock-member\/","title":{"rendered":"The Relentless Flock Member"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Currently using the Orioles to heal my football-induced trauma. Here to talk ball, keep the Flock energy high, and remind everyone that February to August is just a very long halftime&#8230;<\/p>&mdash; Christa (@VibeCheck_52) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VibeCheck_52\/status\/2025711502196375589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, here we are again. The glitter has been swept up, the confetti is gone, and for some reason, the Baltimore Ravens weren&#8217;t the ones holding the trophy. Again. If you\u2019re like me, you\u2019re currently in the &#8220;Five Stages of Grief,&#8221; but I\u2019ve been stuck on Stage 2: Anger since the clock hit zero in the playoffs. I\u2019d love to say I\u2019m &#8220;over it,&#8221; but if anyone brings up the game, I&#8217;m taken right back to January&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NFL offseason is a special kind of purgatory. One day you\u2019re screaming at the TV until your veins pop; the next, you\u2019re watching a mid-April baseball game wondering if the center fielder has the wingspan to play safety for us. But just because the pads are off doesn\u2019t mean the fandom stops. This year, my persona is shifting from &#8220;Full-Time Screamer&#8221; to &#8220;Professional Offseason Consultant.&#8221; If you\u2019re following me over on X, expect a healthy dose of aggressive optimism where every free agent signing is a future Hall of Famer until proven otherwise, we&#8217;re cheering for the O&#8217;s while hoping to see a Ravens player at the game, all while keeping an eye out for which Raven&#8217;s coach they fired or hired now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Official member of the &quot;We\u2019ll get &#39;em next year&quot; support group. \ud83d\udc9c Catch me manifesting a 2027 Ring while pretending I&#39;m not still mad about January. Keeping the vibes high and the Ravens talk constant until the pads come back on.<br><br>Reloading, not rebuilding. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ravens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ravens<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RavensFlock?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RavensFlock<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Christa (@VibeCheck_52) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VibeCheck_52\/status\/2025712950946779487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll also be checking in on the Orioles, the Olympics and the rest of the sports world, mostly to see if their fanbases are as stressed out as we are. We say we\u2019re &#8216;taking a break&#8217; from the stress in February, but as soon as the first trade rumor leaks, we\u2019re back to making the Ravens our entire personality again. I\u2019m here to keep the energy high and the takes spicy. Whether we\u2019re roasting our rivals for their questionable draft picks or collectively manifesting a Super Bowl run for 2027, the Flock stays together. We don\u2019t just &#8220;move on&#8221;\u2014we reload, we complain, and we keep the receipts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll be live-tweeting the chaos, the rumors, and the inevitable &#8220;Lamar is looking jacked in his workout videos&#8221; posts all spring and summer. Join me on X for the daily grind as we navigate the &#8220;Dark Zone&#8221; together. My current offseason tagline remains: \u201cIn Lamar We Trust, In the Playoffs We&#8230; well, let\u2019s just talk about the Draft.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is it football season yet ?? \ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/charmcity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#charmcity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RavensFlock?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RavensFlock<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nzCAwSvX5k\">pic.twitter.com\/nzCAwSvX5k<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Christa (@VibeCheck_52) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VibeCheck_52\/status\/2025421206619369534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, here we are again. The glitter has been swept up, the confetti is gone, and for some reason, the Baltimore Ravens weren&#8217;t the ones holding the trophy. Again. If you\u2019re like me, you\u2019re currently in the &#8220;Five Stages of Grief,&#8221; but I\u2019ve been stuck on Stage 2: Anger since the clock hit zero in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/christakernssportjournal\/2026\/02\/22\/the-relentless-flock-member\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Relentless Flock Member<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32088,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/christakernssportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/christakernssportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/christakernssportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/christakernssportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32088"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/christakernssportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/christakernssportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/christakernssportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/christakernssportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/christakernssportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/christakernssportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}