SageAgainstTheMachine

Thanks for posting that. The world needs one thing first and foremost...and that's for everybody to just try to be nicer. If that's schmaltzy, I'll gladly take the ribbing, but I also think it's true.

Yeah, I noticed multiple times this season when both Jones and Stevie were the key to big runs by Spiller.

Not with my 10 1/2 foot pole.

I'm actually weirdly accurate. Haven't been beaten in darts! Anyway, I think we all have to admit there's a certain inherent absurdity to a field where we rake the best through the mud and save scant praise for the BEST of the best. For the sake of argument, let's say that Fitz is the 25th best quarterback in the NFL. Think of all the guys in this country who picked up a football imagining themselves as a professional. There must be a million of them. But we spend so much time criticizing the guys who actually achieved that dream. I know I'm a participant in that criticism, but it just boggles the mind.

He's just not a favorite of mine. He does everything decently, but nothing particularly well and he's injured too often.

Gabourey Sidibe is dangerously overweight, but her job is to be an actress and I couldn't care less about how attractive she is. If your point is that she'll be offered limited roles, you're right on. But that doesn't diminish her fine work in Precious. And if Beyonce needs to shed pounds (which I disagree with, but whatever) then it doesn't diminish her work as a recording artist. Accomplishment is accomplishment.

Good point. My only real point here is that until I accomplish something on par with becoming a starter in the NFL (and in my opinion, a top 15 starter at his position) I won't call him dumb or lazy. Maybe Stevie wouldn't be able to comprehend the Patriots way, but I similarly can't comprehend the sacrifices and work that Stevie put in to even make an NFL roster.

Which is the right way to do it. As much as we make fun of Ruvell Martin and Marcus Easley, most teams' WR5 are either a project or a special teams guy. I'd rather have a player-coach guy like Driver occupying that spot.

To each his own. I think Beyonce's overrated, but disgusting is hyperbole here.

Gotta love the arrogance. Those who don't think the Bills will draft Nassib are "delusional". It's a highly likely scenario, but it's not as if EVERY rising college coach brings his QB along with him.

Funny thing is, if the experts were actual experts (as in, they hold some secret key to draft prognostications) NFL teams would be outbidding the TV networks for their services.

Wasn't his entire quote about how he's going to rededicate himself to working out, and see if he can get even better?

Oh, I thought you titled the thread smoke and mirrors because that was your opinion. Misunderstanding.

What part is smoke and mirrors?

Wow. Same page. That combination of color and texture just gives me the gags. Mayo, miracle whip, bleu cheese dressing, ranch dressing, pudding, sour cream, whipped cream, yogurt. Blech.

Ummm

I work for Sage and I'm a SUPERmodel and I disagree with all of that stuff.

+1 The fact that the Ravens won the Superbowl means nothing more than the fact that the Ravens won the game. The 49ers' inability to gain 5 yards in one particular situation doesn't really act as a referendum on mobile QBs.

What I find spurious is the assertion that following the booklet's advice will suddenly tack on 300 yards to Stevie's seasonal performance. Why take him on his word there? If he's running and playing basketball in the offseason, I don't see how that's not considered decent cross training.

The preferred term is "fierce" I believe . Like you said, it's perception. Almost anything a woman does can be marketed as female empowerment. And if men enjoy watching them be empowered, that's all the more money. I call it a mutualistic symbiosis personally.

Me too. I just wonder how much is an actual manifestation of passion and how much is for show. I know a lot of passionate people and nobody is that consistently riled up.

Madonna was treated like some kind of national treasure in her twenties and thirties too.

DRAAAAAAIIIINAGE, ELI.

For musical taste, everybody seems a lot more proud of what they hate than what they like.