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I Did Not Know That. I already didn't like him, but now it's "dislike by previous client association" Penny has yet to be tried on charges that he tampered with evidence in the USA Gymnastics scandal, by removing documents from the Karolyi ranch that are still missing, right? At least he has experience dealing with sleazy cases where his clients are accused of despicable things.

Dear @Roger Goodell, I understand a block I made in the Bills-Texans playoff game on 4 January 2020 is now being used in an NFL training film as an example of when not to utilize a blindside block call. Not only was my team penalized with a blindside block call on that play, but I was assessed a fine of $28,075. In view of this recent development, I respectfully request that the NFL refund my fine money, plus interest. Signed, Not Cody Ford, but Should Be

The point is: how much did he see the field last season? Cleveland plays the highest % of 3 TE sets in the league, maybe 6th highest % of 2 TE sets. But Njoku still saw his playing time nibbled down by a rookie. He was "underutilized" in part because he dropped on the depth chart to their big FA acquisition, Hooper, but also to their rookie. Seattle also plays a lot of 2 TE sets - maybe 5th highest %, higher than Cleveland - and with Seattle's FA acquisition of Olsen, Hollister saw his playing time drop, not only to Olsen, but to 3rd year Seattle draft choice Dissly. My point is if we want to sign a team's #3 TE who had "meh" production last year and got pushed down the depth chart by a FA signing and a younger player, we don't have to trade for him and pay him $6M, we already signed that guy.

I think you kind of answered your own question. Njoku got pushed to #3 on the Browns TE lineup by the upgrade they felt they needed (Hooper) and a 4th round rookie Bryant. Difference makers don't get "swallowed up by the offensive depth" at TE, especially when that depth is not stunningly productive - Bryant had 238 yds on 38 targets, 24 receptions and Hooper had his worst offensive productivity since his rookie season with 46 receptions on 70 targets for 435 yds. Njoku really had one promising year to my view of those statistics, his 2nd. The Bills already did the experiment of paying $$ to a "buried on the depth chart" guy who had one good season, with Tyler Kroft. If the question is "What #3 TE in his 4th season who played on a contending team last year can we pick up as an audition for a long-term contract?" the answer is already on our roster, we didn't have to trade for him, he didn't cost us $6M cap, and he's previously accustomed to catching stuff Allen flings in his general direction.

There is definitely "pot kettle black" in Hardin's handling where he is complaining of Buzbee trying the case in the press/on the internet - while he actively tries to do the same, just not as skillfully. Is it just me, or is Hardin acting like he's been totally bait-n-switched on this by Watson - like he took the case expecting it to be one thing (maybe 1 or 2 women, allegations of Watson exposing himself during a massage that could be explained away - and it's totally morphed into something else?

The difference would be that Houston actually got 8 sacks last year and Addison...didn't More than 6 sacks were expected of each of them, based upon historical production. Addison previous years: 9.5, 11, 9, 9.5 Houston previous years: 4*, 9.5, 9, 11 QB hits: Addison previous years: 15, 15, 12, 14 Houston previous years: 6*, 20, 12, 18 * Houston was injured, played 5 games You don't offer a guy $12M a year (Houston) or even 3 years, $30M (Addison) for 6 sack production.

Links to articles covering of Rusty Hardin's press conference are upthread A couple of them have links to the actual press conference Yeah, that's what his lawyer said. The only thing I can think of is if Hardin has reason to believe some physical evidence was preserved - Watson on a towel, so to speak -and is trying to defuse that impact by openly acknowledging that sexual acts happened, but insisting it was all consensual. I don't think there's going to be evidence of force other than testimony of "he said, she said" - it's two people alone in a room, what can there be? The bit about Watson incredulous "she didn't consent?" and crying is just SMDH, SMDH at Hardin though.

Finally someone asks the important question Does anal-retentive have a hyphen?

Good morning! What names did they wish to use? Or did he just take everything he could think of? I think our needs are strongest at DE/DL. DE is a huge hole

Marcel Louis-Jacques has a little Bills story featuring DMX.

He started his career with a pick 6, but it was the only pick he threw that game. He passed for 2 TDs, completed 76% of his passes, and the Jets won 48-17 (I looked that all up) I thought he has had a handful of games where he looked pretty good - maybe 4 his rookie season, 3 his 2nd season. The point is he arguably improved slightly from Year 1 to Year 2 but by Year 3 he was clearly on a downward trend. I honestly blame Gase. When you have two different QBs who look OK your first year then tank, I see a pattern. Tannehill had a rennaissance in Tenn, we'll see what happens for Darnold.

There is a really cool video here explaining part of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine manufacturing process https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/01/health/pfizer-covid-vaccine-efficacy-six-months-bn/index.html

I was responding to this post: I'm not generalizing this viewpoint or saying I think it's true; I'm responding to a post where someone is generalizing to "most folks who don't get the vaccine" Now perhaps I misinterpret @LeviF91 but, I interpret this as: 1) Public health measures to reduce Covid-19 spread were "forced" on young and middle aged people solely to protect only the "elderly" so people should go back to normal living, whether or not they're vaccinated. [In other words "Save the Grannies" is not important enough to limit our lives while ~40% of Americans >65 are still un- or incompletely vaccinated.] 2) People who don't want the vaccine don't care if they (or their friends/associates) are protected from Covid-19, because they see their personal risk as low and "Save the Grannies" isn't important to them. Almost as many Americans age 30-49 have died from Covid-19 (~17,000), as there were babies impacted with CRS (~20,000) during the mid-60s Rubella epidemic. Americans responded to the latter with a massive widespread vaccination campaign, for a disease that posed literally no personal risk to those being vaccinated. American response to the former? Well I'm hearing "I'm sure most folks who don't get the vaccine couldn't give two ***** whether or not they're "protected" from COVID" which sounds a way of saying "neither 17,197 dead people ~ my age, nor dead Grannies, matter to me" I'm just responding to what I read. I'd say if you find it gross (and honestly, I do), take it up with people who feel that way. And again, perhaps I'm misunderstanding @LeviF91 and he'll explain what he actually meant.

You need to put a warning label on your posts, Oh Killer of Keyboards

https://xkcd.com/2443/ There's one school of thought that having a strong reaction is good as it's proof of a good immune response to the vaccine I'm sure that's not very comforting right now Feel better soon! (I'm sure this doesn't make you feel better, but there are some cases of people with awful side effects who turn out to have coincidentally, been infected with covid-19 about a week before they got vaccinated, so the symptoms showed up post-vaccine. This is known because they tested positive for covid-19)

So the way VAERS works (vaccine adverse event reporting system) is that deaths following a vaccination MUST be reported, and any serious adverse event (kidney or liver problems would qualify) are strongly encouraged to be reported by physicians. But that doesn't mean they were caused by the vaccine - there's an expected rate of death in different age groups, and a known rate of various other medical problems and especially since the vaccine was initially available/encouraged to the most vulnerable (HCW and elderly), people were gonna die and have heart attacks and liver problems and so forth. VAERS has a bunch of analysis tools designed to pull out links between vaccination and adverse events above what's 'normal' for an age group or sex, and spot emerging patterns early. I don't see liver and kidney disease anywhere on the known side effects of any of the vaccines. It's possible that episodes may show up in VAERS, but that doesn't mean they're caused by the vaccines.

I think chills and fever for 24-30 hrs are pretty common vaccine side effects for Pfizer and Moderna (especially mild/moderate). But for someone with a high fever that persists >24-30 hrs, I would suggest to call doctor and get tested for flu and covid-19. Similar happened to a friend of mine. Got his shot Fri afternoon. Saturday am he was feeling fine, so he drove off about 90 minutes to a volunteer work day with a group he belongs to. Several hours into it, exhaustion, low-grade fever, headache...struggle to drive home, felt awful. Next day feeling tired, 2nd day normal. Doesn't help to be told it's a relatively rare extent of side effects when it's you. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/info-by-product/pfizer/reactogenicity.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/info-by-product/moderna/reactogenicity.html

Um...where did you see liver and kidney damage as a side effect of which vaccine?

https://coltswire.usatoday.com/2021/04/09/nfl-free-agency-ravens-colts-justin-houston-visit/?utm_source=MSN&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=inline-related [Click to embiggen data from Pro Football Reference] Cons: -32 yrs old -impact seems to have declined across the board last year Pros: -Still had more impact than anyone else on our roster with 8 sacks and 12 QB hits (Hughes 4.5 sacks, Addison 5 sacks; Hughes 11 QB hits, Addison 8] -Position at which we need help The fact that he's still unsigned this deep into FA may argue that he wants something close to his previous contract, 2 years $24M with $18.5M guaranteed.

Risk/benefit is always a question, but to be fair, it's not just because of Europe's regulators. I think there are some real issues with the vaccine: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/rare-clotting-disorder-may-cloud-worlds-hopes-astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine Good summary by my boy Pharma R&D blogger Derek Lowe: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2021/03/30/blood-clots-and-the-az-vaccine-revisited The estimated risk is 4 cases of this clotting disorder/1 million doses where background is estimated at <1 case/1 million doses. Then it becomes a cost/benefit analysis - which will be strongly age group dependent, because covid-19 disease risks are age group dependent: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2021/apr/07/uk-covid-live-news-mhra-astrazeneca-vaccine-coronavirus-latest-updates?page=with:block-606dcf218f087dc3964a2295#block-606dcf218f087dc3964a2295 Now, ICU admission does not arguably tell the whole picture of covid-19 risk for <30 year olds, since some do suffer enduring morbidities they would presumably prefer to do without. But IMO, the cost/benefit analysis for using the AZ vaccine in people <30 makes UK's decision legit.

First of all, kudos with wearing a mask in public from respect. Many do not do this. 🙏 Appreciate if you could point me at a source for the deaths, as I can't find it and I'm collecting this stuff. Details matter. Are you talking all reported to VAERS? [Edit: I found on the CDC site. It's VAERS, which collates all deaths: "FDA requires vaccination providers to report any death after COVID-19 vaccination to VAERS. Reports of death to VAERS following vaccination do not necessarily mean the vaccine caused the death. CDC follows up on any report of death to request additional information and learn more about what occurred and to determine whether the death was a result of the vaccine or unrelated." Currently 2,792 deaths, none of which are considered to be caused by the vaccine] Just a note that there have been 179,000,000 doses of vaccine administered in the US to date (per CDC). It takes a bit of math to figure out how many individuals have been vaccinated, but my math says 115,826,000. So taking 2,500 at face value, that's 2.2 deaths per 100,000 doses [Edit: 2.4 with the current #]. We've only been vaccinating about 4 months, so annualize at 8.8 deaths/100,000 per year [Edit: 10/100,000 per year with the current #] The overall normal death rate (again, CDC data) was 869.7/100,000 people in 2019. Here, lemme give you the table: For age 25-34, death rate was 129/100,000. For age 35-44, death rate 199/100,000 My guess is that the deaths would predominantly be in age >65, because that's where the vaccinations have focused - 78% of population >65 vaccinated at least 1 dose vs 45% of the population >18 So if all those 2,500 deaths prove vaccine-induced (excess deaths over what would normally be expected from that cause in that age group), it's a small # compared to normal death rate (assuming it's slanted in the >65 age group). [Edit: I should add, it is a requirement that all deaths within a certain time period - maybe 1-2 weeks - following a vaccine administration MUST be reported to VAERS, whether or not it is believed to be caused by the vaccine. VAERS is continually mined with various statistical tools to try to pull out patterns.]

Back years ago when Dinosaurs roamed the Earth and all the little kiddos walked to and from school (uphill both ways through the snow of course), I started grade school during an epidemic. It was an epidemic of Rubella, aka "3 day measles" or "German measles". Now Rubella is a total wuss of a virus. 50% of those infected don't even know they have it, no symptoms. In the rest, it's totally milquetoast-rash, mild fever, headache for mebbe 3 days. But, in a pregnant woman who contracts it in the first 3 months, it's very bad news for the developing fetus. So, there was an excess miscarriage rate amounting to 11,000 lost pregnancies; 2,100 deaths in newborns; and lastly, 20,000 babies born with Congenital Rubella Syndrome which causes intellectual disabilities, heart defects, cataracts, deafness, liver and spleen damage, and a bunch of less common things. As an airborne disease, it spread widely and wildly through schools A vaccine was developed, and approved in 1969. But prior to that, thousands of schoolchildren lined up to be vaccinated. There were permission slips and informational meetings. My recollection, though, is that very few of my classmates opted out. We understood that rubella wasn't a big deal to us. A few days. We all wanted to SAVE THE BABIES and spare the mothers and fathers that grief of having a stillborn child or a child born with multiple birth defects. So we lined up and bared our arms and the nurses came down the line with alcohol wipes followed by that horrible vaccine gun they used then CHUFF CHUFF CHUFF CHUFF. Rumor had it, if you didn't bring your permission slip, the principal and your teacher and the school nurse would visit your parents and ask why they didn't want their kids to help save the babies. Very few lost permission slips - Who knew what else they might discuss about you? "SAVE THE GRANNIES" or "PROTECT THE GRANNIES" just doesn't have the same ring to it, I guess? At least 557,093 Americans who died before their time from this. We have age data for 431,207 from the CDC. Yes, many of them were Grannies and Grandies, 63,310 were age 50-64 and 17,197 of them were age 30-49. Back when Dinosaurs roamed the earth in the late 1960s, 20,000 babies with CRS was considered cause to vaccinate the whole freakin' country, schoolchildren first and young folks who weren't considering bebbies just yet. Today, Rubella has been practically eliminated in the US. Now a days, ~20,000 people age 30-49 dead from covid-19 is apparently considered an insignificant number to care about - "it's just the elderly"

"Chris Simms Unbuttoned" podcast Also appears with Mike Florio as co-host of NBC's ProFootballTalk Live

Some Truth there

Here are a few. Not sure which one you want, but it's a fun play to go back and find highlights of This one has more views and analysis: At 1:42 in, it almost looks to me as though Justin Zimmer got his fingers on it a bit! See what y'all think! This might be the one you're thinking of though: