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Doc Brown

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  1. Now comes the hard part in convincing younger people to get it as polls show they're the least likely to get it. Especially in the 18-29 range. Sometime in the middle of May.
  2. I'm assuming you mean the world made this a black swan event by overreacting to it for political purposes. I dispute that as the death toll is the highest since 1918 as far as short term infectious disease outbreak by far. They finally came out with excess deaths yesterday and there was a 15.9% increase in deaths per capita in the US compared to 2019. Covid was the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer. I'm not as cynical as you when it comes to the restrictions and shutdowns. I think a majority of the local and federal elected officials did the best they could given the information they were provided. There were/are of course some politicians who used this crises for political gain and power. Most of them have been sniffed out by now.
  3. The problem with calling Florida, Georgia, Texas, etc. a success is the warm weather there as people are outside more. Also, we don't know the death rate if they didn't ease restrictions. An apples to apples comparison is really difficult because the US is composed of 50 states that all implement their own policies. In a perfect world I think warmer weather states should have less restrictions right now and then maybe reverse it in the summer time. You saw a spike last summer states where people had to go inside and rely on the air conditioning. Meanwhile, the more northern states got hammered until spring time in 2019 as people began to spend more time outside. A post pandemic autoposy is going to be very difficult and unfortunately motivated by preconceived notions.
  4. He said 2018 where the Cardinals traded up for Rosen. Most likely team. The Pats and Skins may also be interested. Dark horse teams could be Minnesota and Pittsburgh.
  5. I've said from the beginning of this that those who I respect the most are the experts who admit they don't know because this is such a black swan event. Those serving up hot takes about Covid or making predictions over the last year are about as useful as draft experts handing out grades right after a draft. All we can do is make policy decisions based off the most up to date scientific studies. It's why I said going back to mid fall that kids should be back to school full time even though the studies showing children less likely to catch and transmit Covid is completely counter intuitive to how schools are usually a petri dish for most viruses. This Berenson guy is likely a grifter but there's plenty on both sides using this event to promote their own self interests even if it means harming society as a whole. In this case, making his followers more unlikely to take the vaccine which is our only freaking way out of this.
  6. I didn’t realize one of the woman accused that she was forced to perform oral sex. I thought she could’ve walked out if she wanted. If her accusation is true, I take it all back. Vick will always be a POS though.
  7. With the 1st pick in the 2022 NFL draft the Panthers select...
  8. There'd be no disincentive to be careless with the ball (either when diving for the pylon or leaping over the pile stretching the ball trying to break the plain of the end zone). Offenses don't need another advantage over the defense. The one easy change I'd suggest is the opposing offense would get the ball where it was fumbled before going into the end zone. Being backed up at the one yard line is obviously more difficult than starting at your own 20.
  9. If true, as awful as that is at least they can live to talk about it and probably get compensated. The dogs on the other hand........
  10. Disagree but I'm a dog person. Betting on two dogs fighting to the death is pretty sick. Hanging, electrocuting, and drowning dogs deemed not aggressive enough is pretty appalling. I'm not downplaying him putting these women in extremely uncomfortable situations but there's been no accusations of rape to the best of my knowledge.
  11. Any coach that instructs his team to fumble the oddly shaped leather ball that bounces unpredictably out of bounds at the one yard line when going down should be fired on the spot. It's a weak argument.
  12. If we're going by presidential endorsements of boycotts as the standard then you can't ignore Biden's predecessor. Trump as president asked Americans to boycott Nike, Goodyear, Harley Davidson, AT&T, and the NFL. Is that an excuse for Biden? No. Acting like it's something unique to the left is disingenuous though.
  13. Maybe a 2nd if they're lucky as he's still 29 and a desperate team may pick up the phone (BEARS). He is only one 29 and one blown double digit 4th quarter lead away from three Super Bowl wins.
  14. Not surprising really considering we used to carry two kickers under the old regime and thought dropping Dareus and Williams back into coverage was a good idea.
  15. That's Tre White so it couldn't have been 2016. It was the beginning of the brutal stretch in the middle of 2017 where we were embarrassed by Josh McCown. It was also the game I finally concluded Tyrod would never be the answer.
  16. I wish we wore white facemasks to offset the horrible red on red for that game. Jets unis were the best they ever looked.
  17. Didn't know that but the NBA jumped the shark a long time ago.
  18. Wow. That's unprecedented as I don't ever remember a major league sport punishing a city whose state passed some sort of voting law. I'm not a fan of certain aspects of the bill but there's nothing too egregious in it to warrant this type of move. On a side note .... they were supposed to celebrate the life of Hank Aaron. Maybe they'll have it in Milwaukee now.
  19. On the BBMB they had a signature section where I just included the disclaimer... *All comments made are based on my opinion and my opinion alone and should not be taken seriously by anybody.
  20. That's a decent rebuttal in my opinion or whatever.
  21. The most important thing he did was before the election in defeating the Sanders/Warren wing of the party. There's also a massive vaccination effort and the US is doing better than most European countries and you see the jobs/businesses impacted most by the pandemic coming back. I'll let you guys debate on what administration is more responsible for that. Businesses not having to worry about trade wars also helps. Education hiring boomed this month thanks in large part to the relief bill as districts know they're getting needed funding now.
  22. Nope. They were always gray face masks since switching over to the white helmets (minus the Cowboys and 49ers games). They now have a stormtrooper look to them.
  23. Probably. I know it wouldn’t be called Highmark stadium. That’s for sure.
  24. Don't fumble the ball by stretching for the pylon. I kind of like the high risk/high reward type play there.
  25. Some thoughts: -The obsession with making the onsides kick easier is annoying to me. You played poor enough to be down double digits late in the 4th and it should be a miracle for you to come back. -Two preseason games (one at home, one away) along with a couple of scrimmages with other teams should be more than enough. -The more replay expands the more frustrating and confusing it gets. I'm not a fan of the "replay officials" (really sky judges) type proposal they're putting out there. It just puts more on the coach on what to and what not to challenge.
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