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I don't know what people's obsession for a first round pick is. You can have a pick that has a 50/50 shot of being a bust basically or you can have a guaranteed stud. If I can afford it, I'm taking the stud. He's also at an optimal RB age to give a deal where you are not on the hook for much money after 3 or 4 years and you get 3 or 4 years of prime age performance. He runs great, he blocks great, he catches balls great, he does it all. Not to mention if the pick is a bust you are wasting millions in cap on a bad player.

Well, with that logic if you look at the Bills history you could say that we are not better than 25 of the teams! The Steelers would not beat us with a home/home schedule twice with the current rosters. In the last 2 years they've lost the best RB in the league, the best WR in the league and one of the best MLB in the league while the Rapist gets another year older.

I'm taking off the Eagles too. Who knows what Wentz is going to do. He didn't look that great last season. And what is with all this Steelers love? Not seeing it. I got: Rams Chiefs Saints Chargers (w/ Gordon) Pats (until Brady proves otherwise they belong here) That's about it.

Maybe if you are arguing against PEDs, but comparing pure skill and numbers, both these guys have him with their hitting for avg and power combos. Not to mention Arods running ability especially in the first 1/2 of his career. Puckett has Manny on D for sure, but Manny's run of numbers from 95 to 08 are mind boggling (not Barry Bonds mind boggling, but he's a lefty and is on a whole separate level from EVERYONE else - if you haven't looked at his stats lately I implore you to do so, its insane).

I mean, he's great. He's HOF worthy. He is not a top 3 right handed hitter of all-time though. Come on now. Arod, Manny, Pujols, Cabrera are all better hitters and that's just from the last couple decades. Then you got Mays, Aaron, Foxx, and plenty of other old timers that would be ahead of him. I'd even put Henderson above him, but he may have a harder argument over just hitting, but offensively as a whole I definitely would with the OBP, Runs, and SBs.

OPs last topic he started: "Anybody know how to get tickets via a download? I mean, without having to drive to a supermarket somewhere to pick up a voucher. In other words, utilizing 21st century technology to accomplish a simple task like getting a ticket to an event that will be about 50,000 people short of a sell out." Always a ray of sunshine and seemingly obsessed with our organizations inability to embrace the "new age 21st century." SMH. Humans. Ugh.

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I hate surveys like this. It has no indication on how much they follow/watch their "non-favorite" sports.

Could also be that its impossible to know how every single guy in the NFL actually is "culture fit" wise. And getting him on a 1 year trial period before having to commit big money is exactly the right move. If he fits in, then you pay him the big bucks. Sure, you risk losing him but the bigger risk you protect yourself from is way overpaying for someone who is not what you hoped for.

Fast cars - driving, going to shows, watching videos Expanding vinyl collection Expanding original art collection - try to buy 1 or 2 nice things a year from local shows or local artist galleries on vacations Visiting different MLB stadiums

Nice. My uncle has the CTS V sedan that he never drives and my cousin has the STS V. I've never seen another CTS V on the road besides his.

Agree on everything you said. Alfa and Mass are jokes (the quadrifoglio models have been especially disappointing reliability wise). That M5 V10 is notorious for burning oil (similar to Audi's in that time frame too - I had same problem with a 2007 Audi). The M3 V8 in that time had its fair share of issues as well. I'm was referring specifically to the new B58 engine in the "M lights" and the S55 in the new "True Ms" M2, M3, and M4s. 100% agree with your assessment of Mercedes and their drivers! F-Pace SVR is pretty fast SUV for sure and the SVR models are really the only Jags I would ever consider, but I'm still taking the X3 M Competition over it but its really pretty much a wash. Even with less HP and torque, it has slightly better splits. I'm sure you'll have a blast with it. Admittedly, I currently drive an M240xi so I am a bit biased here.

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Have these dudes been put in the thread yet? Like Black Keys, Nathaniel Rateliff sound? How about a stunning woman doing cool stuff? What about great scenery? Well, enjoy then.

I'm in the Collins boat, but my favorite song of theirs may be a Gabriel one. Really dig The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. I'm just not into the progressive rock that much and Collins had a more mainstream sound when he took over.

Actually, the last handful of years BMWs has improved dramatically. The B58 engine, for example, used in M140, M240, M340, Z4 M40, X3 M40, X4 M40, any other "40" in the current lineup and even the new Toyata Supra, has won awards for the best 3.0 engine in the market in 2016 and 2017 (Wards top engines). This year it finished 2nd to the Porsche 2.5 litre turbo in its category for International Engine of the Year award. You'll be hard pressed to find any Mercedes engines on any of the lists at all, much less winning anything. Personally, I'm not a fan of Mercedes unless its an AMG or one of their beautiful coupes/roadsters that are well out of my price range into the 6 figures. I'd take most "M" versions of BMW models over their "AMG" Mercedes counterparts. I'd probably take "RS" Audi's over them too. But who cares in the end, right? They are all amazing cars in reality.....but Jaguars, not so much. They are like Maserati's, cars that people who know about cars laugh at because we know that person just bought it because they wanted a Jag or a Mas for name recognition, not because they are even close to worth what they cost.

I would take the BMW version of any car over the Jaguar version of a similar car any day of the week. Jaguar reliability for the money is horrendous.

A rule of thumb I like for situations like this. If their number is retired any jersey. If not, has to be a time period appropriate one. I don't know why, just makes sense to me that way.

Groins and hamstrings. Once they go, you never really fully recover and they are always vulnerable to re-injury. Sorry to say, I think its time to move on from EJ. Just cannot stay healthy consistently. Its a shame, he plays well when he actually plays.

I'm going to preface this comment by saying that I am all for stricter gun laws and banning certain weapons completely. But, in the grand scheme of things, this really isn't that many people. If you consider a current US population of over 300M that is only 0.0003% (1 out of 333,000) of the population. That figure is actually high though considering all the people that have come and gone since 1966. These stories are tragic, no doubt, but they are so dramatic and sensationalized that their actual impact gets blown way out of proportion IMO.

I have literally bought Madden every year since 2001. This may very well be the first time I don't. Online play has been terrible for years. Their focus on trying to get players to buy MUT packs to make extra money has ruined the rest of the game. MUT mode sucks. I'm sorry. It does. People run the same 3 plays over and over and over again. All game. How is that possibly fun? And franchise mode? I can't even list all the features of franchise mode that have been taken out over the years only to come back again (or not) as some sort of "new" feature. Basically, it's paying $60 every year for a roster update at this point. Sad really. Very sad.

So, we are judging a 2nd round draft pick after 1 week of training camp. Awesome stuff. My lord. Worst post in a while. Congrats.

If I'm here for only one day or so from far away, there's only one must do and it's Niagara Falls. Do the maid of the mist. It's something that you can't really do anywhere else in the entire world. It's amazing. And as locals we take it for granted way too much. Everything else mentioned is just filler.

I could have been the 53rd man on the Pats roster for the last 20 years and they would still have 6 titles.

1. It may not be "too hard" to prove just cause. However, you have to go through negotiated discipline levels where a "just cause" firing in a non-union world would not. They could be contractually obligated to be a verbal warning 1, verbal warning 2, then a written warning, then a written warning 2, then a meeting, then a suspension, then a longer suspension, then, finally, a firing. These rungs on the discipline ladder can mean it can take 5-10 offenses to fire someone sometimes. Not to mention that previous actions tend to have a time limit, so they come off the ladder. And add to that the extra cost of doing so with grievance hearings and appeals, etc. When, in the non-union world this person would be gone after 1 or 2 offenses with no extra expense. 2. Very true. This is not the point. The point I was going for is that in the contracts they make it too hard to get rid of bad employees because of the things I already mentioned. I remember visiting an auto factory once for one of the big makers. I noticed a handful of guys sitting around in an area every time I went there. Finally I asked, what is up with those guys always just hanging out over there? I was told that their union jobs were in the contract. Since the company moved their machines out they couldn't work on them. And instead of re-assigning them to another machine, they went to the union and said this job is in the contract, if the machine is not there to do the job anymore that's not my fault. They we being paid a full union job salary for literally sitting around all day long not doing anything because they refused to move to another machine. Absolute insanity. 3. This comment was meant to reflect keeping the actual dues-paying members high, not the dues themselves high. Yes, the corporate world is BS wage wise, but I would think a stronger union (as described above) would be able to get more out of the company than one that is always fighting them and protecting their problem childs.