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I don't ever recall Tasker returning KOs (Easley does, but he never gets a chance to actually return them). Tasker didn't return punts til late in his career & as I recall, didn't enjoy it. He wasn't a particularly good returner, but one thing he was EXCELLENT about was that he fielded EVERYTHING and reliably so punters seldom got the advantage of roll distance.

Highly unlikely, probably, yes, maybe. Respectively.

I agree that Carpenter has been top notch. Great 55 yd FG; only 1 miss. KOs have been good, too. ~50% TB & of those returned a good %age are stopped (well) b4 the 20. Hopkins was thought to be (among the) best kickers coming out this yr & I've seen nothing to dispel that. I feel it'd be a shame to give up on him, but then again, Carpenter has performed about as well as one can hope. Personally, ideally I'd like to keep Hopkins on the active roster & let them fight it out next yr in training camp (I assume Carpenter has a 1 yr deal, but one should be able to resign him; if not NBD, no worse off.) Failing that, IR Hopkins now while he still qualifies (you can't IR a healthy player & IDK if I'd like to risk getting him on Practice Squad) As for Powell, he's not good. Top notch leg strength, but his "touch" punting is sub-std. "Inside the 20", you should end up inside the 10 most times & inside the 5 some. Inside the 10 seems a rarity for him, seemingly occurring less than TBs. Being a young punter, I'm hoping he will develop those skills in time. As for his consistency, I don't really see that being an issue. No punter always booms it & never shanks it. His main deficiency is when he/we has an opportunity to pin a team close to their goal line, he seldom does it.

One thing they can do that would have an immediate impact is stop running the hurry up. Assume they try to run plays 50% faster; that means both our offense & defense (& ST) will play about 25% more plays. All things being equal, that means 25% more injuries. (& arguably, since players are more fatigued, they're MORE prone to injury). Now, it stands to reason that your opponents are also getting injured at a 25% greater pace as well, but often injuries are a more than 1 game thing, so much of the equalizing benefit that this would cause is lost.

He was playing later, so hopefully not too severe. We lack depth on the interior OL (in fact, by most opinions, we only have 2 capable starters).

I would assume that he does (too lazy to verify), but that's more indicative that he was (that might be the operative word) a good kicker & he was our most recent kicker. Kicking has improved MEASURABLY over the yrs. I think Googalak(sp?) was an all-pro having made like 66% one yr. Norwood, at the time, was among the most accurate in history, making about 80% on his career. These days, if you make <90%, you're in jeopardy of losing your job.

What's wrong w/ putting 2 full size appliques on the helmets to change colors? They apparently are changing the stickers for the emblems.

Generalisimo Francisco Franco is still valiantly holding on in his fight to remain dead.

It stands to reason that if you run ~25% more plays, then all else being equal, you'll have 25% more injuries. Unfortunately, injuries are often a more than 1 game thing, so although you're also subjecting your opponents (for that game) to the same added risk, over the season, we will have more injuries which will be a competitive disadvantage. Now, does it outweigh our supposed advantage of keeping the tempo up? That's the question.

I believe the Pats* led the league in # of plays last yr. Typically, I think teams do ~60 plays/gm. We were getting ~80 in preseason (except the last game). If both us & the Pats* go hurry up, we might well see almost 200 plays this game! We're presumably the younger team; I also think more of an emphasis has been put on conditioning. This might play to our advantage (that is assuming that the game stays close.)

Curious no ST Capts named. I guess we no longer have any established players there, but still.Sanborn maybe? He does his primary function well, been around for awhile and seems to contribute to coverage as well.

What common feature do Hamtramk MI & Hollywood CA share? & I believe they're the only 2 US cities that do.

Can't we file one of those "freedom of information act" petitions to get the scoop (or is it cup )?

I had a torn rotator cuff (& suspected torn labrum) & the ortho (surgeon) recommended surgery. I'll interject that it was caused from Vball; possibly I did something to initially damage it, & I continued playing & it got progressively worse. Anyway, surgeon said recovery time was anywhere from 6wks to 4 months depending on what they found & what the ended up doing. From what I researched, all but the most severe tears will heal themselves, just not perhaps as efficaciously as surgery. Considering some of the horror stories I know of from surgery (granted, mostly knees), I really didn't want to have surgery, especially when likely an equivalently long rest would likely solve the problem. Anyway, 6 weeks, no Vball then a few months of "babying it". It was fine. I'll add however, that a couple years later now, I'm starting to have discomfort again & am limiting myself to about 2x/wk. Whether it's related to the previous injury or new wear & tear, IDK. Regardless, I did have ~2 yrs of painfree, full performance from it. Prolly need to take another break for awhile soon & all will be well again. Sucks to be old.

Reminds me of a lab TA I had. Every once in awhile, he run around saying "supply key, supply key". Took me 1/2 the dang semester to realize that corresponded to us having a "surprise quiz". DOH

Much like Cuglablasta, I've had a few experiences w/ "special orders" & such w/ HD that were VERY bad. It seems that they just DGAF about customer svc. If it's something in the store, no matter - prices, selection, quality etc both stores have advantages & disadvantages. But if it's a special order, or something where good customer svc might be valuable, HD would have to yield a SIGNIFICANT savings in order for me to risk dealing w/ them. FWIW, Lowes is much closer to my house, so they're my default, which is fine w/ me.

Do you perhaps have a vanity plate that sez like "A nu start"? http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i0.wp.com/www.rowsdowr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/anustart-arrested-development-blue.png%3Fresize%3D600%252C600&imgrefurl=http://www.rowsdowr.com/2013/05/30/anustart-t-shirts-for-sale-arrested-development/&h=600&w=600&sz=171&tbnid=7UOwQctjG5uM-M:&tbnh=138&tbnw=138&zoom=1&usg=__T8Ld_K4YcIgcGLCZaP_Szl9qFpU=&docid=LjYRqgsBxF_xwM&sa=X&ei=bmnLUdm5M6jf0gH2-oHQCA&ved=0CD8Q9QEwAw&dur=862

Is there perhaps an element of irony to this?

I had it done ~14 or 15 yrs ago. Yes, I personally was happy w/ it, but I will concede it is a tradeoff of a few factors. Briefly, I'd say that if you're willing/able to wear contacts rather than glasses, it's prolly not worth the tradeoff/risk. I couldn't wear contacts & had ~12 or so yrs of primarily not wearing glasses. I now wear them most of the time. The reason I don't get an "enhancement" is that were I to do so, I would then need reading glasses & I'd rather remove my glasses to read up close than put some on &/or not be able to if I don't have them w/ me.

You got the sense from the very beginning that something was amiss, or at least not as it appeared. Didn't quite expect that, though.

I'd like to add that in almost all instances, when a prank phone call is aired, one of the parties is aware they're being recorded. In some (most?) states, that is all that is necessary. In this case, the both parties in the conversation were unaware they were being recorded AND that their conversation was essentially being illegally tapped.

Casual? If it's "casual", why would you wanna wear sneakers? Flipflops!

I, too, greatly value ST. However, while most are lauding much of our new coaching staff, at least on paper, our ST coach is seemingly a very weak hire. We'll see. Much is dependent on what the HC emphasizes (Levy, Jauron = great ST. Wade & Chan, no so much)

My preference woulda been Millner or Warmack (both selected right after #8) then go QB in round 2. BUT we got the QB that we needed (& obviously our 1st choice) AND we managed to get another 2nd rounder. Is this scenario better than waiting to pick from whatever QBs are left at 41 (& having everyone virutally certain that we will pick a QB there)? IDK; depends on how much disparity there was in their ratings of the various QBs.

Sounds like a recorder. FWIW, the album liner (Touchdown) indicate numerous flutes, but only 1 recorder (George Marge). Unfortunately, the listing isn't song specific.