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It looks like the truck is mounting the plow in an effort to make baby plows.

OK, but just hope you are not the next accused of similar atrocities. When you are, you might revisit your stance on this issue.

^ Took the 3rd place ribbon at last year's NYS Fair for his highly regarded cherry pie.

Whoever they replaced him with would still account for 30% + of our offense! At least if Tyrod is still around! That stat is not so much Shady is amazing as it is Tyrod sucks.

I heard he has stitches on that finger resulting from a cut that was bad enough--obviously--to need stitches. Hey, if he bleeds, we can kill him.

Didn't know who she was or that she was married to Aaron Rodgers. Also didn't know she's crazy. As someone said upthread, the skill set cannot be denied!

The NFL seems to attract this breed of cat the same way a dropped ice cream cone attracts ants in July.

^ Thoroughly experienced beyond his mere "rookie" status at this site.

^ Used to be that guy in the van down by the river until he discovered the game of golf. The rest is history.

I like Mason Rudolph.

This woman is worth her weight in gold given the combination of looks and talent. Any man who runs into her--marry her.

My favorite for a long time, many years ago, used to be at Mike's subs at the Delaware Ave./Lincoln Blvd. location in Kenmore. Maybe that was the only location back then? Maybe that is the only location now!? They did a steak and cheese that was lovely, based mostly around the meat they used, which is what I would call "real steak" like a thin but meaty piece of sirloin steak. I.E., they didn't use paper thin "Steak-ums" or whatever that crap is like most all other sub places. I used to get tomatoes, lettuce, steak, cheese, oil, salt... They were always well seasoned and dammit....I am hungry right now and can taste one! Wonder when I last ate one at that location. May well have been 25-30 years ago. The fact I can still remember them well speaks to their quality.

Advice for any students among us who may have a test or exam coming up: When in doubt, look about!

^ Assisting /dev/null in his valiant fight to rid to the world of innocent children consumption.

^ Enjoys a respectable +74 rating at this site, whatever that means.

Dana Carvey: "Chopping broccoli". From memory: "My lady, she went downtown...she bought some broccoli, she brought it ho---ome....she's chopping broccoli. She's chopping broccoli! She's chopping brocccc---oooooo---llllllll------iiiiiii, she's chopping broccoli."

There are times when making PI a spot foul seems fair; many times it is way too severe a penalty. I like the idea of changing it to 15 yards, with a flagrant spot foul variety reserved for those cases, like a DB who is badly beaten, never turns around to look at the ball, and just tackles or trips up a WR on a pass that is like 20 yards or longer. Those could be the spot foul type. Could also give warnings to DBs in a game; like after 2 or 3 15 yard penalties, all PI penalties called on you, in that game, become flagrant...so as to prevent guys from routinely using PI as a form of defense.

B/C all of the accumulated head hits are still attributable to football; the fact that a % of them are received in the NFL doesn't eliminate the NFL's culpability here. I doubt most kids are getting their bells rung at low levels of football... High school, yes. College, yes. NFL? YES! And all the hits cause CTE. It's possible this could lessen the NFL's culpability but it certainly doesn't eliminate it. They are looking (I would presume) for medical evidence to show that CTE is congenital or brought about through chemical processes or anything that has nothing to do with head shots received playing football.

I've said this before; take off the helmets and pads. Give them minimal protection and those things they wore in the 1950s that look like WWII tank crew helmets. If a player feels naked and vulnerable on the field, he is not going to fly around and use his head and body as a weapon. Everyone's technique would change dramatically b/c it would have to. Rugby seems just as fundamentally violent a game, but they have no padding, no helmets, and I don't believe are getting concussions and head shots all the time. Seems there is a lesson learned there. Shazier would still be playing if he had not worn a helmet...he would not have tackled head down.

Huh? How many blows to the head does the average person receive in a lifetime, not related to playing football?

Here is a "drill" they need to invent if they haven't done so already. Take a QB candidate at the combine and make him do 3 mental activities at once. Respond verbally to audible commands, while arranging words in alphabetical order, and changing which chair he is seated in when told to do so. Just process information all at the same time. See who can do it. The best fighter pilots and race car drivers have a tremendous ability to multi-task in this manner. Seems to me the best NFL QBs in 2018 need to be able to do this too. Has anyone in the football community even thought of this sort of test? They seem to busy measuring a guy's standing broad jump.

Of course you can't rely purely on statistics; you need to watch what these players are doing and see the games. Especially at the college level, it seems like you will often see a long throw for a TD. Looks great on the stat sheet for the QB and the WR. In reality, the ball was grossly under thrown and totally undefended by a CB who will never touch the NFL...the DB gets all turned around and lost in space, the WR comes back to the ball, catches it, and runs in for a TD. If you only go by stats, this might look like a 65 yard completion for a TD. In the NFL, it's an interception. Forget the stats! You have to use your eyes to see what is happening; the game is much more complex than stats allow for. Another favorite of mine: college QB drops back, stares down #1 receiver, then throws to wide open #1 receiver for a completion when #1 receiver uses huge talent mismatch to get 5 yards open on bad DB who will never be drafted into the NFL. This all looks good on the stat sheet. In reality, the QB has shown you NOTHING that is of value in the NFL and in fact he may be showing you bad traits that won't work in the NFL. You have to see what is happening on the field.

Me too.

Lighten up, Francis.