The Frankish Reich

Why is pushing legal? A long time ago, wasn't this flagged as Aiding the Runner? I don't see any value in allowing it, and it seems to add to the potential for injury as increasingly big players are used as pushers.

Of the many possible reasons for Josh's subpar performance these last few games, I think this is the least likely explanation.

And right on cue, Hurts (ultra low turnovers!) with the INT.

"Half" seems to be a gross exaggeration. Polls are, of course, problematic these days (but note that they pretty much nailed the overall Republican +2 congressional preference these midterms), but they show that less than 30% believe that Biden's victory was tainted by fraud. About the same percentage of Republicans said that if their party didn't win the midterm elections if would be at least somewhat likely that fraud was a reason. Among Democrats, only about 18% said that if the Republicans win Congress they'd suspect fraud. https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/axios-ipsos-two-americas-index

Jack should stick to his search for that pizza gate basement where all the children are hydroponically grown, Matrix style. During the campaign, Posobiec was special-projects director for Citizens for Trump, a never-officially-organized voter-fraud prevention group. Several hours after Önel sent his November 16th tweet, Posobiec went to investigate Comet Ping Pong and another nearby pizzeria. Live-streaming the visit on Periscope, he described evidence of “what’s really going on” – a double pane of glass near an oven, security cameras, a texting cashier. Posobiec paused, worrying his viewers might not understand the situation. “It’s like in the movie Jurassic Park,” he said. “Nedry had the shaving cream bottle. And you could press the top and a little bit of shaving cream came out. . . . The bottom part is where they had the dinosaur embryos.” https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/ So yeah, keep citing Jack Posobiec. He's a reliable source! And keep denying that you are utterly smitten by this QAnon crap. Everyone knows where this is coming from. Why else would anyone follow such a fool.

Hawley gets it? The fist-pumping Jan 6 cheerleader boy? He and his ilk are why the red wave didn’t happen. The Repubs nominated fools like Blake Masters in Arizona instead of wooing a generally competent Republican Governor in Doug Ducey to run for the Senate. Same thing in PA with Melania fave Turkish Army veteran and NJ resident Mehmet Oz. Old fashioned Republicans are back in style. Trump buttkissers are struggling everywhere.

Well, I’m not a Dolphins fan and I don’t really care about their half-assed fan base. But I do like what they’re doing, particularly on offense, taking a successful trend in the NFL — speed over power — to its absolute limit. There’s a single-mindedness to that approach that makes them fascinating to watch. And I did like Tua, even at Alabama, making him perhaps the only Alabama player in recent history that I’ve actually liked. Watching him fit perfectly with this offense so far is surprising. I think we’ll catch up to them in the second matchup. Either way it’s a compelling matchup.

The narratives are all prepped and ready to go!

I like that take. Know thyself.

Tua: 18 TD, 3 INT 118.4 QB rating 71.0 completion percentage 70+ completion percentage in a seasons, the full list: - Brees (multiple times) - Rodgers - Young - Anderson - Montana - Baugh And: Watson/Tannehill/Carr/Burrow/Cousins/Bradford Is he on track to join that first group? Or is he part of that last group? (Fluke season, or captain check down types, or too soon to tell?). Is he basically late-career Drew Brees? All we know now is he’s doing exactly what the Dolphins are asking him to do and it’s bringing some very impressive results. if the season ends today, I’m voting for Tyreek Hill as MVP. But given that Waddle deserves some credit too, there’s a good chance Tua gets those votes.

Everyone knew that was coming with Cousins the play before. And the realistic worst case scenario happened to him: no gain, turned over on downs. Fumbling the snap is kind of a 1 in 1000 outcome. It’s Piscataway Joe Pisarcik for us seasoned fans. The Mark Sanche Butt Fumble for those of a more recent vintage. In other words: so unexpected, so ridiculous, that it needs a nickname.

Since Corey Dillon. That was the only 1st tier RB he ever had. And that was in Dillon’s decline. Fournette doesn’t count.

We are one Leroy Hoard away! Seriously, though, you have a point. Moss was supposed to do this. He failed. We’ve tried Gilliam a few times with some success. Singletary is effective but has neither breakaway speed nor power to churn out a couple yards when we need it. Cook (and Hines presumably?) are pure speed guys. Out last battering ram type runner was … Boobie Dixon? Karlos Williams? Super Bowl contending teams sometimes need pure role players like the “I’ll get you 2 yards” guys.

My rational side says it’s all ok. Sometimes you flip a coin and it comes out heads four times in a row. My irrational side sometimes sees a little Chargers in this team. In other words, on paper (in many seasons during and after Philip Rivers) one of the best rosters in the game, but always managing to screw it up when it counts. Then again, wasn’t that Andy Reid until a few years ago?

So Josh = Clyde Drexler?

How quickly we forget the bad old days …

I was heartened to see the rather sneaky (buried in the middle of pages of pregame Jets posts) return of Jimmy Spags. Hmmm…

Yep. I'm seeing some of that. Of course, Mahomes had his similar stretch last year, trying to make the big play when defenses were oriented around stopping it. I'm not worried. Yet. The Eagles low turnover rate = not sustainable. Sometimes it really is just luck.

I've hated it since it started. But it's gone past the point of no return. It's now the official moniker for Bills fans everywhere.

I forgot that you only get a pinky ring if Rex Grossman is the opposing QB. I am praying that we don't go to the Super Bowl only and be forced to accept victory over Geno Smith. I'd almost rather not make the playoffs at all.

You get a little (well, a lot) older, you get a little perspective. 1. It was great entertainment! Really the best 3.5 hours of entertainment this month. Makes up for my wife making me take her to the opera last week. Honestly, I would rather spend those 3.5 hours of fantastic entertainment resulting in a Bills loss than 3.5 hours of a 6-3 Bills win c. Jauron Era. 2. I saw tremendous feats of athleticism. Diggs' ridiculous one-handed grab. Jefferson's ridiculous multiple grabs. Gabe's ridiculous non-catch catch. 3. I saw jaw-dropping twists of fate. The goal line stand followed by the fumbled snap. I don't even care to try to calculate how many hours of football I've watched in my life (could it add up to a full year? isn't life too short for that?), and I have never ever seen that happen before. That's why we keep watching. 4. In the end this is watching grown men play a kid's game, putting on a helmet with a stylized bison on it even though almost no one on the team has a true connection to Buffalo - at least not a connection that pre-dates signing with the Bills, or that will post-date a Bills career. They trick us into watching by saying it's "Buffalo vs. Minnesota." It's not even the World Cup with general identification of teams and nationalities. It says nothing about the relative merits of Erie County and Hennepin County. It is entertainment, not life. Relax. Enjoy the show. Get on with life. Until next Sunday.

Delcious irony - totally lost on the Trumpies - if Lake "comes from behind" through late-counted votes to win in AZ. But this one should've been easy for the Repubs. Ducey (term-limited) was a solid conservative governor. These nutcase fringey candidates are struggling everywhere.

Wow. These are some horrible teams. I hadn't been tempted to watch either one until I got bored tonight. Now I know the truth.

Amazon gave Al Michaels a ton of money to openly mock these Thursday night games. That's the only reason I'm watching.

OK, that's weird. It's ok to be anti-abortion/anti-birth control because a lot of religions encourage procreation? And there were the Shakers, but that's a big reason why they died out. Poor Donny feeling rather irrelevant ...