Two contentious conflicts near their end game, with this difference: NFL players insist on actually reading their CBA before voting, while members of Congress regularly pass huge pieces of legislation unread. Does that mean the average monosyllabic, painkiller-addled, mouth-breathing, multi-concussed linebacker is smarter than the average lawmaker (some of whom, to watch them in action, may or may not fit those same adjectives, BTW)? Hmm.