BisonMan

Nice to see a spotlight on our OLine play. Plus, these guys are funny

That Daryle Lamonica guy in Oakland turned out great. I forgot what team traded him away! 🤦‍♂️ 🤪 🤬, I’m old!

Again, Lewis testified at the trial as did several other witnesses. The only people not talking were the defendants, as is typical. There was never a question as to who did the stabbing at trial. The only question was whether it was self defense. We went from “he murdered somebody” to “he sat in a limo”. Not sure what relevance his coat was. He didn’t grow up a rich NFL player. He absolutely tried to keep his mouth shut and hide his presence at the scene of the confrontation. He’s admitted that along with telling others to do the same. In the end, with all the evidence and testimony, the jury believed it was self defense.

Again, I’m no fan of his but that was not reason for the outcome of the case. Lewis testified that he saw his friend stab the guy. He testified against his friends. By some accounts, the DA did a really poor job but all the evidence was available including the knife. It sounds like a violent street fight that the jury felt the “winners” were defending themselves. At worst, Lewis was protecting his friends and probably worried about his reputation. If I was there when my longtime friends got attacked and killed somebody, I’m not sure if my instincts would be to protect them or call the cops and hope they wouldn’t be charged. I didn’t grow up in his environment so I not a great judge of his actions.

He didn’t murder anyone. Two friends of his stabbed two guys and killed them in an incident that the jury decided was self-defense in Atlanta. Lewis was there (sitting in a limo) when it happened. He told everyone to keep quiet about it and refused to talk to the cops. He was charged with obstruction and made a plea deal to testify. I lived in Atlanta at the time and it was big local news for a while. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/ray-lewis-murder-trial-controversy/0ae4fc1ec50219fdc3527892 Lewis broke from his childhood friends and turned his life around. He’s held in high esteem by Baltimore police and runs fitness clinics for them for free. I’ve never been a fan of Lewis but he doesn’t belong on this list. my 2 cents

Bass…but the surprise is that he is still on the roster to be cut.

Ditto. Had his poster on my bedroom wall growing up. Used “stick’em” to keep it up there! 🤪

She won the Citi Open in DC in 2019. I think it was her first title ever…and 6 of the top 10 players in the world are European, 2 are American (Gauff, Pegula), one from China, and one from Tunisia.

I watched that match this morning. She had to finish off yesterday’s match and beat her friend and doubles partner, Coco Gauff (ranked #2 in the world). She had 20 minutes to get ready for the final. She fought off 5 match points to win in the final set tie-breaker. Gritty performance! She could make a run at Wimbledon next but she’s a long shot at 30-1.

I lived on Jones Road about 5 minutes from there. We bought a 5 acre farm and lived there for over 10 years. The farms all sold out and mansions moved it. Chipper Jones lived 2 doors down from me. The house next to our property was 20K sqft! Paul Newman and Joan Woodward lived off Stroup near Tyrod’s house. I’m not surprised by that price. Those were $2-3M when I moved away 20 years ago. The Atlanta metro area population has grown by 50% since then. Roswell was a great place to live.

Not many 5th round QBs survive this long in the NFL. Looking at the teams he played for, he has really just been a backup on a rebuilding team throughout his career. There hasn't been high expectations that he'll need to come off the bench and save a team trying to make the playoffs. So, given the teams he's played for and the situations, he's a good candidate for NO this year. I don't think there are high expectations there for 2024 and if he is another "coach in the room" or on the practice field, this is an excellent decision. Low cap hit for a vet that can help "coach'em up". Good FA "pick" for New Orleans. As a previous poster noted, he may be setting himself up for a post-career coaching gig. Win-Win for him and New Orleans. My 2 cents.

Great stuff. I did not know BIA had a runway renovation project back in ‘04. I moved away in ‘83. That allows larger aircraft to now land there. So, you’re right, Terry is cheap! 🤪

One of the travel issues may be traced back to BIA. The runway is not rated for larger commercial aircraft from both length and aircraft weight requirements. This limits the team to smaller, less comfortable jets for travel. From experience traveling more than 100,000 miles per year, I’d much rather sit in a 757/767 than a 737 (even if the doors stay on) and I’m only 5’9”.

I guess the dietitian recommending, and the cafeteria only serving, Beef on Weck and Buffalo Wings everyday doesn’t sit well with the players. 🤔

As others have said, this is really a non-issue. First, there is no benefit to "stop the clock" when the penalty would just give the offense a free down. For example, going Offside intentionally would stop the clock, but it would give the offense the down over, plus 4 yards. If it gave the offense a first down, it's 4 additional downs to run the clock. Most in-play penalties (holding, interference, etc.) also create an automatic first down (again more free plays, more time used). If Ramsey held on the Bills 3rd and 13 to stop the clock, he's a moron. The situation here is rare when the offense got the first down "legitimately" and the fouls just added additional yards and stopped the clock. The only place this might be a good strategy is if the offense was 3rd and 1 and was the Eagles. You know they're almost automatically going to "tush push" the first down and giving them an additional 4 yards by being Offside helps by stopping the clock. Pretty rare situation. I do agree that post-play penalties is something to look at. Then the defense already knows the outcome was a 1st down and could draw an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty (i.e. call the ref an #######). I'm actually not sure if those currently stop the clock but competitive teams would have low value players pull that stuff in every game if that did stop it. There are probably a lot of rules the could have game situational "tweaks" to marginally increase "fairness" like this one. However, making the rules more complicated and more situational doesn't bode well for having better management of games by the refs. More complexity and nuance leads to more mistakes in any situation. The "juice isn't worth the squeeze" to change the rule for this type of somewhat rare situation. Now, fumbling the ball through the endzone.... My 2 cents.