Miyagi-Do Karate

Translation: Zach Ertz time.

16 years. But I got it free last season and so figured there was no chance I would get it two years in a row. Never had it free before last year— but usually got it at least 50% off.

I was getting ready for the dance, and all the usual back and forth. She just shocked me into total silence. In fact, when I started the call, I did my usual slow wind-up about high fees and my wife being mad, and she was like, “I’m sorry but I am confused. What do you want?” I was like, “I want to pay less for Sunday ticket.” And 10 seconds later—done.

In what can only be described as a festivus miracle, I called directv, asking what they can do for me. They pulled my account and said, “looks like it is already free. Oh, and it’s max this year.” What in the?!

Should we be worried about Diggs’ knee?

that’s because there isn’t really any such thing as LA Rams or LA Chargers fans. do people in LA just randomly get to pick one of these teams to support?

This strikes me as another attempt to start a Zach Ertz thread! 😃

If Josh is mastering the check down, he will seriously be unstoppable.

Totally agree. That was dying down and she threw it and slinked away.

True, but good teams get a little more lucky too, it seems. How much dumb luck has befallen the Patriots over the years? It’s astounding. Also, we got some pretty good breaks ourselves last year, including a questionable PI call at the end of the Rams game to win it. But even separating out fluke plays, good teams do know how to grind it out and win close games or games when they aren’t playing their best.

I like the effort! But good teams win close games.

Agreed re Gray. BTW, some of those media talking heads back then calling all the players “thugs”— not a good look today.

My view on taunting is it should be a 5-yard “walk-back” penalty. Don’t lose a down or the play or anything. A 15-yarder is brutal.

I don’t know much about Fromm, but I wouldn’t call his pass a “desperation 4th down throw.” Under pressure, he threw a real clutch beauty of a pass that won us the game. Maybe he is just a PSer, but that was a clutch play.

Agree. Really interesting to see it too from the Jermaine O’Neal angle, and how it impacted him.

the third down play was also impressive in a different way. He was almost strip sacked on a jail Break and fought off the end, stepped up, and threw it away (passed Duke).

didn’t get a chance to watch. How did Spencer Brown and Tommy Doyle look? I have heard some great things out of Brown in camp, yet I also hear how our ends blow by him all the time.

Re CB depth, you wonder if Josh Norman may be an option. I wasn’t a fan of this, but his knowledge of the defense and the comfort level by the coaches might make him pretty serviceable.

I am not in any of the markets for any of these 7 pm games— but I guess they are randomly showing the Titans game where I am. I figured there was only one option— oh well. Will have to get it on replay.

I am getting the Titans game. I thought the Bills was the national one on NFLN.

I can’t get this on my directv app— huh?

Yeah, that seems pretty hefty to me to be able to squeeze into an already pretty tight cap situation. But the Steelers have always been creative with the cap.

I don’t understand how the Steelers can do this. Schobert has a pretty big contract.

you can probably replace “EJ Manuel” everywhere you write “Jones,” and you’d have pretty much the same write-up every homer Bills fan was writing about 5 years ago. 😉