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Is everything okay?

Fans of teams that have gotten close, but haven’t managed to win it all tend to dwell on the costly mistakes that ended their seasons. Pats fans aren’t dwelling on the Helmet Catch or any of the plays that ended so many Pats seasons prematurely because they have 5 SB wins with Brady. John Elway lost 3 SBs before winning 2 later in his career. That narrative changed when he got the first one. Just one championship changes so much. If Buffalo can get over the top just once you’ll see it here too.

I agree. I’d rather watch them play a game of kickball than pretend to play a football game. What makes the football game especially bad is that two players every five years take it seriously and wind up injuring someone with a hart hit they weren’t expecting. Just let them compete in some fun stuff that won’t get anyone injured. Make it a good time and maybe players will want to go again.

This one was on me. Went to a concert on Friday with some friends and we each got $15 in free slot bets at the casino. I’ve lived here 10+ years and have never been so we went. I was the only one who won a few bucks - $51 - and I didn’t want to keep playing so I wandered over to the sports betting spot with my buddy. It was free money so I put in a parlay bet with the “free” $50 I won. It was mostly on the Bills, including some prop bets, and they did not come through as 3 of the 4 did not hit. Win by 5.5, over 53.5, TD by Diggs all missed. Just got the Allen TD (which was a gimme). So it was my bad for billeving. I’ll try to be more pessimistic in the future.

Last season the OL was built to pass block. They built the line that way at the expense of run blocking, which they were poor at. This off-season they traded some pass blocking prowess for better run blockers. I have no idea why they did that. It has been my only big worry on that side of the ball. And it’s a big one.

This is fair criticism

People overreacting moments after a loss is understandable. They aren’t right, but it’s an understandable emotional reaction. Acting like you’re the voice of reason by calling the loss meaningless is much more wrong.

Except that mistake might’ve saved the Phins asses in this game. I know it changed the deficit from four points to two, but we got far worse field position because of it.

For how hard he worked today I have to think Allen had to have some heat/fatigue/dehydration issues. Certainly could’ve affected his mechanics. The pressure he was seeing couldn’t have helped him either.

Nerd rage

The hope is scary

I am definitely repeating myself. I think that the issue might be a misunderstanding of the legal definition of evidence and confusion with proof. Proof is a fact that demonstrates something to be real or true. Evidence is information that might lead one to believe something to be real or true. Proof is final and conclusive. Evidence is not. A pneumothorax Is definitely evidence of malpractice. It alone may not be enough to win the case (but you never know with a jury) and there obviously will be other evidence presented.

Again, it absolutely can be due to malpractice. Just because something is a known complication doesn’t mean that the doctor has a get out of jail free card. Standard of care still applies.

I’d probably start with his punctured lung.

I have not been a fan of signing Edmunds to a huge contract. In general I think he does some things very well, but has some significant holes in his game. That all said, he had a great game last night. Literally it was the best I’ve seen him play.

I get what you’re saying but let’s not pretend like it isn’t typical behavior across the league.

Less than a minute left in the half. Defensive players often lay on offensive players to kill the clock. He probably thought Dane was doing that and didn’t realize he was hurt.

Because sometimes bad outcomes are not due to a medical practitioner failing to meet the expected standard of care. And sometimes they are. A disclosure of a possible complication does not mean that a doctor’s performance does not impact whether or not that complication occurs or whether they are responsible for it. With this specific procedure it’s obvious how a mistakes by a physician would lead to a punctured lung. Sometimes that same complication might be unavoidable, but the performance of the doctor would definitely have a bearing on it. The legal burden of proof is anything over a 50% chance that the doctor’s performance cause this complication. Settlements usually occur in the 11th hour so there’s no surprise that there has not been one yet. I don’t have a dog in this fight. I just know how these cases go due to being in the insurance industry. I’m just trying to explain what almost always happens.

The first hurdle in a med mal case is standard of care. IOW the expected level of care from a reasonably skilled doctor under the same circumstances. The expectations include factors such as specific circumstances and specifics about the medical practitioner. For example a specialist would have a higher standard in their own specialty than a GP would. An NFL team doctor definitely would have a higher standard than average. Waivers regarding known complications and risks are not get out of jail free cards. They do not impact standard of care requirements. From what I’ve seen they have 3 uses: - educating patients on the risks of a procedure - discouraging claims - protecting the medical professional when adequate standard of care is given In a nutshell, a bad outcome is not necessarily due to malpractice. But it certainly can be. IMO this would be a fairly easy hurdle for TT’s lawyers to clear. The second hurdle is the injury to the patient. That’s straightforward. The last one is the actual damage done. In this case, it is any money that it cost TT in terms of future earnings? I agree that it is debatable if it did cost him anything. But here is a real issue. The burden of proof in med mal cases is almost always “preponderance of evidence”. That’s anything greater than 50%. Between the risk of the verdict going against them, the legal costs and the possible jury award (which could be far more than $5M) there is no way an insurance company take this case to a verdict. The math will dictate that they settle.

What I “promised” you was that the legal standard is exactly the same whether a medical procedure is elective or not. Common sense - or a quick google search - should tell you that.

So you think a valid defense is that TT had the option to decline the procedure? I promise you that it’s not.

TT was starting the game the day it happened and it certainly appeared that the plan was for him to start moving forward. For how long would likely have depended on his performance. How successful he’d have been is certainly debatable, but I don’t think there is any debate that it cost him his chance. That doesn’t necessarily mean that his lawyers would clear the other legal hurdles and he’d win a judgement, but I think the insurance companies would prefer to settle if the number makes sense. Unless the insurance carrier lawyers think they have the most iron clad case they’d much rather come to something like a $2M settlement than take their chances with a jury decision. As for the doctor’s insurance, he’s a team doctor working with athletes making tens of millions of dollars a year. No way he’s not carrying a huge amount of coverage. Hell, it would be a requirement of the team before a doc got near their players.

$5M in lost wages would still be well within the backup QB range though. So he would not have to claim it cost him a starting QB contract, only a better contract as a back up. Also I am in commercial insurance and insurance companies almost always settle cases like this one. Last I saw only 7% of malpractice cases reached a jury verdict. Jury awards can be ridiculous so insurance companies avoid them in almost every instance. As long as TT’s lawyer has a reasonable expectation of what this suit is really worth, there will be a settlement.

At the Bar Bill in East Auora you can get food from their takeout place in the back of the plaza and take it into Aurora Beer Works to eat it if you buy drinks there. My opinion is that this is good in a pinch, but the wings aren’t as good as what you get in the actual restaurant. Like Bar Bill North level good. Also Auora Beer Works is a cool place and has a great beer selection. They even let us eat downstairs when they got crowded. Often it does, but usually not as long as the wait in EA

Yup. They are not a good team overall and they have limited QB. Mac Jones has a place in the league, but it’s not starting for a contender.