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I relish the overreaction by the media to the Dolphins today. The media desperately wants Miami to be relevant. Miami won due to the Ravens being very thin on defense. This won't be the last game the Ravens will lose this year because their defense is so thin on talent. They go straight from A team to C- backups. Ravens defense was *absolutely* gassed in the 4th, like delirious gassed. I was worried Justin Houston may have died - he's been in the league since 1973, and he was out on that field all day yesterday, and it was hot and humid in the sun yesterday afternoon. The Jets win because the Browns don't have wise coaches. I say wise instead of smart because the best strategy yesterday was for the Browns to *not* score that touchdown. Chubb should have went down at the 1 yard line and kept the clock moving.

The Bears seem to hire coaches and coordinators that have no imagination, strategy or fire time and time again. Just the same ol' vanilla stuff they teach first year at generic football coach university.

He probably needs surgery for that hip injury he sustained in 2021 and didn't get it in an effort not to get cut for being unavailable to play.

In a few days grocery stores will begin pricing in the inflation for the last quarter. That wave of sticker shock will hit just in time for holiday baking. Anything made of flour is going to be noticeably more expensive. Flour is up 23% YoY. Cereal, 17%. Bread, 16%. I've seen the shelves bare in my area of things like bread and I had no idea why people are hoarding it - and now I know why.

The abortion issue is not going to save the Democrats in November. Inflation, another Fed Reserve hike, layoffs from trying to slow the demand side via those hikes, and the costs of energy (and seeing the costs of energy abroad) are going to be fresh in voter minds. That assumes they don't bungle averting a rail strike and the Covidians don't start up the "we all need to wear masks in school!" again.

The Jets way of conducting business is what keeps them in the sad lake of mediocrity. You can plug and play the staff - the GMs and coaches - and nothing changes because the rest of the organization's decision making isn't good. Just two coaches in their history have a record north of .500 - Parcells and Groh, and that all occurred between 1997-2000 back in the Hess era.

Nate Hackett, you fool.

A quick check around the news yesterday, only Fox had 9/11 as their top story online. CNN, MSNBC, Drudge, Philly Inquirer, Pittsburgh Post Gazette either had the Queen or football. If you told your 2002-era selves that, they wouldn't believe you. As time has gone on, my interest in 9/11 has only grown because I no longer buy the official story. I used to. If the official story was anywhere near the truth, the US government, through the Bush/Obama/Trump/Biden administrations, wouldn't be going to such great lengths to keep that information classified.

I didn't see a defense that can stop the Bills. Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers looked tired and uninterested. Cardinals, Colts and Cowboys looked completely unprepared. Frank Reich would have been fired today if the Colts lost.

That's because the Ravens don't want to offer him a contract. (and haven't for a while.) This is a marriage that only exists until the kids graduate high school.

In my opinion: Vance Joseph, who was his DC in Miami and Arizona, asked Phillips to be the more or less the traditional nose tackle, and that's not something Phillips is really good at nor wants to do, and it showed. With the Bills, Phillips is asked to do what he does best and what he likes to do - pass rush.

I've never understood the modern-day British fascination with monarchy, considering how terrible the monarchy has treated the respective people that make up "Britain" over the centuries. I've always thought she gave the order to the British government to have Princess Diana, Epstein and his associates killed or otherwise imprisoned. Diana knew the dirty secrets and used them to leverage her way out of the family. Only reason Maxwell is alive is because of her and her family ties to the throne, and that we have her here in the states.

Biden and Trump are easily the two worst Presidents in the last 50 years of US presidents. Historians will reflect on this era as a lost decade for the US Presidency. Lots of chaos and hot air, few accomplishments. Their collective accomplishments pale in comparison to the others on the list. I don't know who you'd rank below Trump and Biden. Nixon (until 1974) Ford Carter Reagan G Bush Clinton GW Bush Obama Trump Biden

Not every QB ages like Tom Brady. That's a lot of money for a 34 year old quarterback on a new team with Nate Hackett calling the shots. Risky. The Ravens are not going to offer Lamar Jackson a long term contract. I think they are content to let him be a free agent.

The Presidential power to both classify and declassify is quite expansive. If President Biden wants to declassify every document related to the JFK assassination for example, he can do so without asking anyone for permission. He can ask for the CIA's advice on the matter, but ultimately, it's his call. There is no material way a President of the United States can "steal" or abscond with classified documents. There is no higher authority. That's why I don't think there's anything here.

I've always wanted a show that delves into the technicalities of scouting from day one of a team's interest in a player. I know that the GMs are the shot callers on draft day, but there's a faceless cast of scouts, agents, athletic directors, families that all ultimately influence the decision on draft day. Did the team have doubts before draft day? Were they totally sold on the player, or was there an AD or agent aggressively politicking for them? Who was the scout? Is he/she any good? I think seeing the start to finish of the process for the Raiders to draft Leatherwood is likely quite interesting. I wonder if the fan watching it would be able to identify the moment where you knew the pick wasn't going to work out. FWIW, I think Leatherwood is a lot like Dareus. Talented, but lazy, and when it wasn't easy steamrolling lesser competition, he folded without a guiding influence in Vegas.

Can presidents declassify matters directly? Yes, because it is ultimately their constitutional authority. Facts don't need to matter to the FBI or media, but when Trump skates for the 100th time, facts will be why he does.

Yes he will. Some of the losses last year were due to an abandonment of the running game. There will be less Josh Allen runs in games the Bills match up against clearly inferior opponents later in the season. Won't be surprised to see him go over 100 versus the Rams.

Andre Smith. I don't understand why the Bills insist on keeping a suspended player that has sparingly played and was the result of a trade for a 7th round pick in 2020.

Speaking of follies, sometime in mid-November, this speech will be considered an unforced error by the Democrats. I expect this speech to be intentionally divisive, and that will not only 1) re-energize the Republicans but 2) come off as making President Biden look small, out of touch, and un-presidential. A bonafide Jimmy Carter malaise mistake. I can't remember a President giving such a speech in the past, even in the water carrying days of the Obama administration. I think few outside the most liberal Democrats think democracy is under threat from extremism. That's their fever dream. American democracy is principally threatened by the eroding quality of life in the United States, keeping people in poverty, and eroding the ability of the middle class to stay out of poverty. It's hard to embrace democracy when your entire life is a desperate battle to make ends meet. That's how the true dictators come about - as "saviors" to those troubles.

I'm amazed at how little news coverage there is of the situation in Iraq. Fox, CNN, MSNBC have nothing.

Sure. Lots of them did. Hell, Trump was in favor of it before he wasn't. The Iraq War changed a somewhat strong opinion to very strong opinion that America largely creates the chaos in the world.

Not really Biden's fault as he hasn't done anything yet to screw that pooch worse. Iraq is at the feet of Bush/Cheney, and always will be IMO. Next to invading Iraq in the first place, the most consequential decision was disbanding the Republican Guard and Baath party after the war. Guys like Hussein, Gaddafi and Assad suck, but sometimes the alternative is worse from a pure American perspective.

The Patriots litmus of a successful season isn't simply making the playoffs. Tanking works to get you into the best position to select the best talent.

They are quietly tanking this season, along with about 7 or 8 other teams to enter the Stroud/Young QB sweepstakes. (Falcons, Texans, Bears, Seahawks, Giants, Commanders, New Orleans). Busy trade deadline on the horizon. The Bills are testament that your franchise is running in place without blue chip talent at QB, so you've got to tank it to get into position to get one.