SinceThe70s
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50 minutes ago, aristocrat said:
They might need to go the way of having a great team around a qb on their rookie deal going forward. Instead of paying the qb spreading money around the roster
On my way home from work yesterday I was listening to Bart Scott on local radio talking about how when a QB hits the jackpot it affects the teams ability to spread the money around. He was talking specifically about Eli and the Giants and making the point that after Eli got paid the offensive line disintegrated. Got me to thinking that the Packers and Saints may have suffered from that a bit as well.
His point wasn't that you don't pay your elite QB, but that you expect your elite QB to be able to overcome deficiencies in the team created by the huge contract.
WRT to Bortles, I thought after his putrid passing in the Bills game he was a dead man walking. Kind of strange that his worst playoff game was at home against the Bills as opposed to how he played on the road against the Steelers and Pats.
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Is it possible to turn a movie thread into yet another Tyrod thread?
I saw Blank Panther today. On the way out my 11 year old told me that half-way through he realized that the Black Panther looks like TT and he couldn't get it out f his head.
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Mets fans?
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I just heard on the radio that Dominc Smith was scheduled to start and bat cleanup today but instead got benched for showing up late.
Is it always going to be something with this guy? I hope not.
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1 minute ago, RaoulDuke79 said:
I had a hypothetical conversation with my wife tonight regarding whether she would be happy or disappointed if she won silver or bronze. She said she would be happy regardless because she got a medal in the Olympics. This is probably how most reasonable people think. Me on the other hand, I think if I was talented enough to make it to the Olympics I would be disappointed I'd I was on the podium and it wasn't gold.
I get the Canadian girls disappointment in a silver medal. However, I think you have to have some situational awareness and not do what she did. Give it the ol McKayla Maroney not impress face or something, but keep the medal around your neck.
The team vs. individual dynamic is interesting as well.
We all want or expect certain behaviors from the also-rans, but none of us put in the blood, sweat and tears to get where they did, whether it's individual or team.
In the end, I didn't like nor would condone what she did, but I won't condemn it either. She was emotional, people are fallible, poop happens.
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12 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:
She is getting killed on Twitter..in typical Canadian fashion most bashes from Canadians are something to the effect,,
"Cmom your Canadian, you're better than that, that is something the Americans would do"
although they have not done that 4 medal ceremonies previously.
Just catching up now.
#1, I don't see this as a Canadian/American thing.
I appreciate that her competitive nature led her to do what she did. I think it's more a slap in the face to Finland and the womens teams that didn't medal. But I don't think that was her intention.
I'm also an Islander fan that remembers when Billy Smith refused the post-series handshake. I always gave him credit for owning it and to some extent respected his opinion even though I still thought it was douchey.
In the end I just see it as an emotional response by an intense competitor. No biggie.
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3 hours ago, BringBackFergy said:
Looks like my plan is coming together.
Next stop, franchise tag.
As I understand it, the Bills FO has coined this the Tag and Release Program. The NFL is a copy-cat league. Nice to be ahead of the curve for a change.
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I'm not sold on Strasburg either, but I have to admit he came back strong. Roark was the surprise for me. If he were a Met, you and I might have a higher opinion.
Great takes on the Mets staff. A few minor quibbles:
I'd put Thor ahead of deGrom but that ignores last years injury.
Only comment on Harvey is that I think he lost some of the physical ability and that compounds the head case issues. But I totally agree with you that he can turn it around and we shouldn't turn our back on him.
I think Lugo has a bigger upside than just an innings-eater. No better than a #3 though.
So what are we celebrating first: a Lombardi for the Bills or a WS for the Mets? And for context, did you get to enjoy 1986?
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3 minutes ago, Logic said:
Bills wouldn't have won that game without two in-season roster additions by Brandon Beane: Kelvin Benjamin and Deonte Thompson.
Benjamin, obviously, caught the only Bills touchdown in regulation with a perfectly timed leap. Thompson with the long catch of the wobbly Joe Webb pass to set up the winning Shady touchdown run.
Following Joe Webb's awful end-of-game interception throw, we came a missed Vinatieri kick away from losing that game, which would have resulted in the Bills not making the playoffs. Crazy.Also would've won the game if Vinatieri didn't hit the ridiculous 43 yard extra point.
Also would've lost without the penalty on the 2-point attempt that preceded Vinatieri's extra point.
Crazy indeed (without even mentioning the OT punt).
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On 2/17/2018 at 10:55 AM, Gugny said:Prior to signing Vargas, the Mets' ONLY left handed starter was Steven Matz.
I love Matz, but let's face it - he's the Sam Bradford of MLB.
I'm hoping that a new training staff will help slow (can never stop) the ridiculous amount of injuries our starting pitchers suffer every year.
Healthy, this rotation is - by leaps and bounds - the best in all of baseball. I'd say, "in my opinion," but I consider it to be a fact.
LET'S GO METS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bold statement and I hope you're right but my first thought when I read this is 11 AM is way too early for drunk sports talk.
Only kidding. But at the same time I think you might be mistaking how good they could be with how good they are.
So here's a challenge for ya. We go one division at a time. I pick a team that might have a better rotation than the Mets and you prove me wrong. Starts with the NL East and I'm going with the Nats:
Scherzer: this guy is the balls. He won the last two Cy Youngs and nobody on the Mets can match him. Scherzer > Thor
Strasburg: it's taken awhile but he is back to dominance. I'd call this a draw Strasburg == DeGrom
Gio Gonzalez: 6 years with the Nats...that surprised me. Started strong, faded, but came back strong last year. Solid, dependable, occasionally dominant #3, who is ours?
Tanner Roark: I would've dismissed this guy, but 3.41 ERA over 4.5 years and regularly throws 180 innings. Who is doing that for us?
A.J. Cole: ESPN has him as the 5th starter. I have no clue about him. I'll concede the 5 spot.
So by my count we have these potential starters:
Thor
DeGrom
Harvey
Matz
Gsellman
Lugo
Wheeler
Vargas
What's your rotation and how are they better than the Nats?
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I could be totally off base here, but maybe these kids that don't show are getting savvy to the fact that (apart from the photo op when things go well) the draft is about the NFL and not them.
Along similar lines, I wonder if he'll have a camera crew in his face wherever he is on draft night waiting to capture the elation or dejection with every pick. Win win for the NFL.
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If you want to nitpick, this isn't from a movie, and its not a one-way beatdown:
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7 hours ago, mead107 said:
So on March 1st Switzerland bands putting live lobsters into boiling water.
They consider it in humane
A quick google search on inhumane:
"without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel."
And then I read this:
2 hours ago, Fadingpain said:I don't have a Ph.D in marine biology and have never done any in-depth research on crustacean neurology, but I am pretty sure it is generally agreed that putting a lobster head first into boiling water is a very human way of killing it almost instantly.
Intrigued, I came across this USA Today article:
"The first such national legislation of its kind in the world calls for a more humane death for lobsters: “rendering them unconscious” before plunging them into scalding water. Two methods are recommended: electrocution or sedating the lobster by dipping it into saltwater and then thrusting a knife into its brain."
Before I can develop an informed opinion on this topic i think I need to delve further into the deleterious short term effects of electrocution and Walking Dead type executions on these tasty crustaceans.
Life must be pretty good in Switzerland if this is what keeps their lawmakers occupied.
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8 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
Wow! I'm impressed you could find or recall that.....
....now that it's recalled to mind I do wonder what that was all about anyway?
I remembered it was Johnny Johnson but had to look up the picks and drafted players. Cardinals wanted Garrison Hearst and the Jets wanted Marvin Jones. I guess by including JJ the Jets knew the Cardinals wouldn't steal Jones. So they got their guy and a starting RB. As I recall JJ was pretty good with the Cardinals but didn't do much with the Jets.
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This goes back a few years but in 1993 the Phoenix Cardinals traded the 4th pick in the draft and RB Johnny Johnson to the Jets for the 3rd pick in the draft. Cardinals selected RB Garrison Hearst, Jets took LB Marvin Jones.
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1 hour ago, 4merper4mer said:
I agree but they would have had to turn it around pretty quickly. Connect with NYPD while in flight and get some young under covers out through the jetway.
That was similar to my first thought wrt greybeard's comment/disappointment.
My second thought was whether they could leverage previous communications, explain away the missed flight and set up a sting on a different flight.
I would expect that the legalities and logistics of either scenario are difficult to work through.
Regardless, props to the ticket agent.
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1 hour ago, Greybeard said:
I am a bit late with this but a day or two ago, they interviewed an AUT crosscountry skier or biathlon athlete who won the bronze. I am going to paraphrase a bit but his reply was something like, " I train by myself, I compete by myself, I am happy I won the metal." He didn't give that standard line " I am so happy I can do this for my country."
There is no I in Austria!
Oh wait, there is, never mind.
3 hours ago, Fadingpain said:The USA vs. Canada women's hockey game was absolutely fantastic.
At the final horn, a pretty good scrum erupted in the Canada goal crease with quite a bit of pushing and shoving and roughing it up! The women! I loved it!
Yesterday Rob Ray commented on the "compete" of both women's teams asking "Can you imagine if the guys in the NHL played with that level of passion and commitment? It'd be pretty good!"
Couldn't agree more with Rob.
I think the NHL waits for the playoffs for the passion and commitment. Unfortunately, my Islanders don't make the post season enough for me to say for sure.
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8 hours ago, Gugny said:Mets signed Jason Vargas to a two-year deal today.
https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-sign-jason-vargas-to-2-year-deal/c-266572588
VERY responsible move on Alderson's part. Vargas led the AL in wins (18) last year.
Great signing, IMO.
"Responsible move"....I like that. Can never have too much pitching depth. Maybe more so this year if Calloway has a twice through the order mentality with the starters.
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Suspended four games in 2015 for violating the substance abuse policy and 1 game in 2016 for personal conduct (off-season arrest). Had clubhouse issues in 2016 with Brandon Marshall (in fairness that probably cut both ways).
From a talent perspective it looks like a no-brainer, but he doesn't look like the type of player McBeane wants.
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Around 25 years ago I was privy (!) to a similar scenario from someone I knew briefly , except a stick was the facilitator of choice and I assumed it was a single use scenario. After reading this, perhaps I was wrong.
And since we're on bedroom humor, here's a joke I heard two days ago:
Why didn't the toilet paper cross the road?
Because it got stuck in a crack!
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5 hours ago, Bills4everNY said:I went to Mets practice today. It was pitchers and catchers but some other players were there too. Conforto was there but wasn't hitting. I got autographed baseballs from Conforto, Cespedes, TJ Rivera, Gsellman, Robles an Anthony Swarzak.
Lets Go Mets 2018!!
Nice! If you're local, keep the updates coming!
TJ seems like the odd man out. That bothers me.
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9 hours ago, Alaska Darin said:
They greatest are at their best when it matters most. Shaun White is they best ever.
He's been the best for as long as I can remember.
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1 minute ago, Mr. WEO said:
YAAAAH!
Other than the miracle on ice, that was the greatest winter olympic performance I ever saw. Simply unbelievable.
I haven't seen it in ages but I remember it looked like he was on the brink of disaster the whole way down.
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8 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:
baaa...BOOOM!
Ok, what is the greatest downhill skiing Olympic run ever?
Klammer
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I'm not sure if this was posted already, just came across it.
Bill Burr is one of the few Patriots fans I can stomach. Seems like a genuine sports fan and not a band wagon guy. Even still, I'm glad this was a sucky day for him:
Jaguars Have Signed Bortles to a Contract Extension
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Like him or not he was one step away from the SB. And yeah I get that the defense was the dominant force. But he lit up the Steelers on the road and had a pretty good game against the Pats. He was well above mediocre in his two biggest games ever (albeit well below mediocre passing against the Bills).
Signing him to a contract that allows the Jags to retain the core talent around him probably makes more sense than breaking the bank for Cousins or starting over. I'll be interested to see their backup plan.