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Yeah, kid wound up renting an AirBnB for I think 1200 a month. Her hostess rented 3 rooms, she looked for student interns or resident physicians or contract nurses. So I think she was bringing in $3600/month from the rooms, she could probably pay most of her mortgage with that and given the demographic she targeted, they were pretty much working too hard to cause her any problems. I *guess* a young couple trying to buy a house could do something similar but obviously, there’s some risk there and I also know there are people who bought property to do AirBnB rentals and lost their shirts during the pandemic when travel went pffffffffftttt.

My kid had an internship out in Fairfield last summer. The work was interesting and she liked the people, but the apartment costs were outrageous. And, the big company she was working for paid the same wages to interns working on the coasts as they did in the Midwest. Cali has a housing problem, no question.

Inflation ought to be a topic we can discuss Economics is a complex topic with a breadth and depth far beyond who is President in the US at the moment and includes stuff like global trade, supply and demand, war and conflict in other regions of the world. If you think otherwise, consider taking it as a challenge to educate yourself. It ought to be a topic we can discuss here without people making cute cheap political allusions (or outright political comments) but maybe it’s not? Let’s give that a try and if I have to hide another “cheap political allusions” or “actual politics” post, it’ll lock and folks can go to PPP to discuss. Special note to someone who said in this thread they were actually trying to get it moved to PPP (and anyone else who thinks that way): If you want a PPP thread go there and start one, don’t be a passive-aggressive douchecanoe trying to deliberately derail a thread that’s here.

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I think that’s a reasonable list. Herbert and Watson are both good QB but Herbert its “prove it” and Watson is “show you still got it” after a full year away.

IIRC, Tasker says some stuff about that and so does someone who played D - that basically he and Kelly weren’t well-liked early on because they weren’t likeable people in their first years here

but paper defeats rock! just beware scissors

I don’t know the answer to that question, but since Schefter deleted his tweet pretty promptly someone might have explained what the perceived problem in this instance was

No argument there.

I have no idea what all that means. What is PSA/DNA certified? Does it actually have a piece of a game worn jersey with his DNA on it or something?

"unless you failed civics class and have the basic understanding below a 3rd grade education"? seems a little Extra here when you make the comment "it doesn't prove guilt and that's all that matters" in response to someone else saying "the recent Watson tweet reacting to the grand jury announcements rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. The GJ returning no bills on the charges in no way “proves innocence” ". A Grand Jury indictment would not prove guilt if they returned a true bill, so saying "it doesn't prove guilt and that's all that matters" is bizarro. It's like being asked how to make chicken soup and responding "it doesn't contain kumquats and that's all that matters" Of course it doesn't contain kumquats, it's chicken soup. Of course it doesn't prove guilt, that's not the point of a True Bill or No Bill from a Grand Jury. A "no bill" likewise does not mean "Deshaun Watson did not commit any crimes and is not guilty of any offenses" as Watson's lawyer claimed, it just indicates the alleged crime did not have enough supporting evidence to move forward and the case is dismissed. I believe you probably know this stuff. Or should I type I bElEIvE yOu pRoBAblY kNoW thIs STufF? By the way, if you're here to talk football, Welcome.

That's how I read it - that it's a 4 year contract with some amortized bonus carried into the 5th and 6th years, and the team option to keep Diggs here if we feel he's still gonna be productive.

There was a specific contention and a specific question: I asked "I recall you explaining at the time of the trade that Diggs would be clamoring for a new contract after 2020... I think you may have doubled down after 2021, but I could be mistaken. What, other than your contention, would be the evidence that Beane had any job to do "keeping Diggs at bay" the past two seasons?" That is a slightly different question than "before the end of his Vikings deal", which, as you point out, had 2 more years to run - and had 4 more years when he was traded to Buffalo. You said at the time that Diggs would insist on a new deal after 2020. He didn't. Now you're saying "Beane did a good job 'keeping Diggs at bay the past two seasons'. One last time: what, other than you saying so in the past, and doubling down now, is the evidence that Diggs was lobbying for a new deal and had to be "held at bay" prior to this offseason? This doesn't seem to be a hard question to answer. Either you have some evidence, something you read or heard - or you don't, and it's your opinion, unsupported by any evidence. Once you answer the question, we can move on. Telling people to "take the L" is cute verbiage, but when you're very transparently dodging or shifting the question that was asked, it gets old. Do you think no one notices and it somehow gives you credit for "dunking" on people who are trying to have a discussion with you?

Let me help you straighten that. I asked "I recall you explaining at the time of the trade that Diggs would be clamoring for a new contract after 2020... I think you may have doubled down after 2021, but I could be mistaken. What, other than your contention, would be the evidence that Beane had any job to do "keeping Diggs at bay" the past two seasons?" You stated that "I think Beane did a pretty good job keeping Diggs at bay on an extension for a couple years." I'm simply asking, what, besides your prior stated viewpoint, is the evidence that Diggs needed to be "kept at bay"? If the answer is "nothing, it's your personal opinion", that's fine, I'm just asking if it's anything besides your personal opinion. I'm asking you to back up your statement, or to clarify that it's simply your opinion.

Did he "miss" the combine or did he just not perform during the drills? Because I think part of the reason the Bills are so set on selecting players who participated in the combine, is that they value the chance to see how they interact with the press and other players, and also to interview them in more depth than the Senior Bowl format allows. If you're considering McDermott and Beane, collectively, and you're considering 37 picks, then you're including 2017. That means you're overlooking the obvious "Trade down" elephant in the room: the 2017 trade with Kansas City that resulted in an extra 1st round pick in 2018 and the selection of Tre' White at 27 in 2017.

I think there are different philosophies on the deep ball. There was a former QB (I forget which one - not a top guy) who was dissing off everything Jordan Palmer said about how to throw a deep ball to a "spot on the field". I don't think you get this much dissent unless there are multiple ideas about how to 'get 'er done'. Obviously it's better to throw it where no one can get at it, than to throw it short for a pick. My understanding is that the WR has a "normal for them" fast speed that if they get a reasonably clean release and aren't being held, will let them get to the ball and that's what the QB throws for. Then the best deep WR have an "afterburner" they can turn on to make up ground if they see the ball is caught up in the wind or got over-thrown. So far, I personally don't think Stevenson has shown he belongs on an NFL field. I'm not dismissing him out of hand - it often takes late round guys a year or two to develop and speed is "uncoachable", but his field awareness and ability to follow his blockers on returns last season did not seem good to me. He didn't get many offensive snaps during the season, but from what I saw preseason he didn't seem like a guy with enough developed release or route-running skills to be able to be WR #4 at this point. Doesn't mean he couldn't become that guy - I would have said the same about Isaiah McKenzie in 2018 and 2019 and really he only started to look like he could actually run routes in 2020 and 2021. The problem with the "one trick pony" like the "jet sweep guy" or the "you go long" guy, is that after a while the opponent sees them on the field and says "OK, this is what's coming". That's the reason we saw less of McKenzie for a while after some success - he had become the "he's on the field, OK, here comes the reverse or the jet sweep", and it wasn't until he developed the ability to release and to run some slants and crossers and even to pick up the occasional LB on the blitz (!!!) that he was able to be useful. I believe it's also the reason we moved away from Bob Foster, he got tagged as the "deep guy" and the word was out, he's going deep, jam that guy on the line, bump him within 5 yds, you can throw him off and otherwise, if you have to, just hold him.

JMO, but I think how you're talking about the why/how vs. simply talking about it per se may have something to do with being 'attacked'.

1) the driver of that dump truck will carry the burden for the rest of his life, even if he is 0% at fault. I have heard the stories of locomotive engineers who had someone go around the gates and get struck by their train and die. That's 0% the fault of the locomotive engineer - a big train doesn't even slow appreciably in the time between seeing someone and the train getting to the crossing - but they carry that for the rest of their lives. 2) on a restricted access highway where it's illegal to be a pedestrian, there is no way the dump truck driver is going to be found majorly at fault. If he were proven to be speeding and distracted at the time, those would be contributing factors. 3) people can be remembered for their lives and accomplishments more than a final decision they made, even if it were a poor decision.

I don't think you need to be a genius to realize that Not trying to cross a busy restricted-access interstate would have prevented this accident. Haskins may have had individual reasons that seemed good to him at the time, but individual reasons are too...individual to be generally useful as an accident prevention strategy.

Well, a couple of points here. First, while you're right about how long passes are a relatively infrequent play and in your list of "things that can go wrong", there's a counter point that any WR who is good at tracking the ball can adjust for an underthrown pass. But a true burner, the guy with the "extra gear", can adjust to an OVER thrown pass or one which the wind picks up and carries. Second, there's a thread on the board right now showing the effect of arm strength on a long pass. It's an under-appreciated point that arm strength affects throws to the sideline and over the middle of the field - it allows the QB to safely fit the ball into windows he couldn't manage with less zip. But the same thing applies to WR speed. It's not just a factor on deep routes. Tyreek Hill has been killing teams with his ability to take a short pass, turn upfield, and smoke everyone. Defenders think they've got an angle on him, and he turns on the jets and they miss. Then there's the ability to outrun defenders on a simple crosser, or just to execute the route more quickly before the pass rush swallows the QB. Frankly, I thought that's where Beasley had lost a bit this season even before the rib injury, though maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, don't under-rate the importance of those extra 5 feet in the same time. They don't just matter vertically.

That's really how I feel about what we know so far - most of us in our late teens/early 20s did at least a handful of things that in hindsight, were pretty much lucky we weren't injured or killed. I don't know why he was crossing that road, how heavy the traffic was at 6:30 am, or what he felt his alternatives were that he didn't choose. Just hug your family and kiddos and tell them you love them, because one stupid decision can cost a life.

I recall you explaining at the time of the trade that Diggs would be clamoring for a new contract after 2020... I think you may have doubled down after 2021, but I could be mistaken. What, other than your contention, would be the evidence that Beane had any job to do "keeping Diggs at bay" the past two seasons? What is the evidence that this is the top of the WR market? What other positional contracts have peaked and gone down? Are there any examples of that? When I look at the structure of the contract, I think it's designed to end with 2 years left.

They don't exclude anyone based on "will be gone early" because you never know what the teams ahead of you will do, and sometimes players slide. I doubt they exclude talent as "not priority this draft", either. But they grade all the prospects they have enough info on. There will be some they don't have enough info to grade. Some guys won't get a grade because they feel they would not be a "character" or "process" fit, or because of injury red flags, or because simply not a scheme fit. I dunno how many guys are on the Bills board, but the point is it covers players they grade for every round, but those players are a selected subset of all the players who declared. Disclaimer: my understanding.

Unfortunately in this day and age, major news networks are not immune to pulling the trigger on reporting information that proves to be incorrect. Not saying this is, but just like the first reports on fantastical NFL contracts, it's reasonable to expect there will be second takes.

I think we're gonna have to wait until better (meaning more definitive) news emerges from the investigation.