What about this board intimidates you? I'm honestly asking.
I can speak to that a little bit as I used to feel the same way. I think I've been on this board lurking for about as long as it's existed. I can remember being over at the Zone and thinking what the hell happened to all of the good posters.
I didn't play football growing up, but I learned a ton about the game from just reading things here. That alone kept me from speaking up too much until a few years ago. This place will call you on your stupid shit, which is one of the things that makes it so great to participate in. I definitely lost my rose colored glasses a long time ago and can understand why the same thing repeats itself every year, just from reading people's views here. Nothing changes, if nothing changes.
If I had to wade through all of the endless garbage on the Zone, I wouldn't do it. If I go there, about the only thing I do is read SBK's posts. Because as much of a dick as he could be, I think he had interesting thoughts on football. I think EZ was a dick too, without as much football knowledge. Those two definitely had an impact on how much I was posting back then.
That was kind of rambling, but you asked...