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I am worried about relying on Bass this year, but would much rather stick with him than go with York or Carlson. Different isn't always better.

When you look at the Democrats or Liberals endorsing Trump or the Republicans and Conservatives endorsing Harris, it is clear that this election is more about establishment vs. populist than Democrat vs. Republican or Conservative vs. Liberal. Each side has their celebrity figure. If you are pro establishment, Taylor Swift can do no wrong and Elon Musk is the boogeyman. If you are populist, you look up to Elon Musk while Taylor Swift is the Boogeyman (or woman in this case). To me, it is actually relatively humorous when compared to other issues dividing the country.

Older: Maurice Jones-Drew: I loved watching his running style and had him as a keeper in my dynasty fantasy league for a few years. Dwight Freeney and Donovan McNabb: I was a fan of them when they were in Syracuse and followed them both in their NFL careers Current: Gardner Minshew: His grittiness and uniqueness reminds me of Fitz. Jared Goff: I was indifferent to him until last year, but I gained respect for him when he beat his old team in the playoffs after being cast off as an afterthought in the Stafford trade. I would have also said Mike White because I respected that he kept battling against us despite the Jets lack of protection getting him killed, but he is now one of us.

Lamar is #3 to me. His success isn't at the level of the Mahomes or Allen, but has been more consistent than anyone else over the past five years. Burrow has a stretch of short term success second only to Mahomes, but has been hurt a lot and whether or not he can get back there is question Stroud and Purdy may be in the conversation someday, but are not there today. Hurts is pretty good, but I do not see him as the type of QB that could carry an offense at the same level without an elite cast around him.

I honestly thought that their posts were satire. Sadly, posts like that show that the "rebelling by conforming" narrative of the far left which became popular during COVID is still alive and well.

There are two levels of Busts for top 10 picks in the first round.. The first level is picks who are NFL caliber players, but were disappointing in production compared to where they were picked. Examples of this would be David Carr, Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold or for a non QB, Marcell Dareus. Had they been 3rd or 4th round picks, they would be seen differently, but more was expected based on being a top pick. The second level those that are so bad that they do not belong in the NFL as a starter or a backup. This would be more for the likes of JaMarcus Russell, Josh Rosen, Zach Wilson or for a non QB Aaron Maybin (not quite a top ten, but still a great example). From what I have seen so far in Bryce Young, he appears to be in the latter category.

I am not a MAGA but an independent; sorry if that doesn't fit your narrative. I despise the Project 2025/Christian nationalist/Trump Messiah crowd just as much as I despise the far-left extremists. I've had a few of my more conservative friends accuse me of "going woke" for calling Trump and the far right out in the past, but at this point, the far left side is the more significant immediate threat, so most of my comments have been against them recently. Democrats have no room for judgment on this subject anymore after the past two months. In case you didn't notice, there were two attempts on Trump's life in the past two months. Don't even try to spin that. I can think of dozens of comments from politicians on both sides that could incite the masses.. If someone backs the stance of "stopping speech that is dangerous to society taking precedence over free speech", then that should be enforced across the board. If a platform decides to let everyone speak freely or ban potentially harmful speech from everyone, both choices are valid. However, When a platform has two sets of standards for each side, as every major one outside of X does, it becomes problematic and reeks of corruption. If you do not understand this, you are part of the problem.

How dare a social media platform allow both sides to speak freely! The nerve of them! Just for the record, Musk is not a conservative. He is a liberal who is a free speech absolutist. Remember when the liberal party used to champion freedom of speech?

If we are talking Star Wars and politics, I am the equivalent of late life Luke Skywalker deciding that he is done with both sides and isolating themselves on a mountain.

You are the last person on this board who has any business calling anyone out on this.

I can't wait for the media to dismiss it and say something like "But he once played Ronald Reagan in a 3rd grade school play so he is clearly a Republican!"

I wish that Trump had focused on the fact that Vets and Homeless US citizens are being displaced and losing shelter related and social services in most cities who are prioritizing illegals or that Fentanyl is cheaper than Bottled Water in some cities instead of a silly sounding scenario of eating a dog which at the most was an isolated incident. Trump dropped the ball on that one, but there are real problems out there because of lax borders.

Your party tried to kill the other candidate twice in two months. Nothing is worse than that. Game, set, match, End of story.

Your initial reply told me everything that I need to know about you. You are not capable of critical thinking or anything beyond basic cliches and insults. You would dismiss anything that i had to say and have nothing of value to add to the conversation that I haven't already heard on CNN for the past eight years. You only further proved this to me in your last statement with a childish dismissive insult. I stand by my initial statement. What part of "you are not worth talking" to do you not understand? The only way that you can prove my negative perception of you wrong is by taking a hint and seeing this as the end of the conversation.

That is not your opinion. You may truly think that it is, but in reality, you are only parroting what you heard on the news. You are nothing more than the end result of a media that has been the extension of one party for the past eight years. Oooh tinfoil hat. That's original. That right away tells me that you are not worth talking to.

How many more times will officials hand the Chiefs the game on a silver platter before someone finally steps in with an investigation?

I am not a fan of Trump at all, but If you told me when I was younger that there would be a country with one political party who had the media campaigning for them 24/7, and used multiple court trials along with two assassination attempts to try and stop the opposing candidate, I would have never guessed that they would be referring to the United States.

The Jets and Dolphins have the talent to keep up with Buffalo, but their issue is both having questionable leadership and team chemistry. We had Chemistry issues last year that hurt us, but seemed to get past it in the second half of the year enough to win the division and get the #2 seed in the playoffs. The path looks much easier than it did two weeks ago, but i wouldn't call it a lock yet. There are always a couple of teams in the NFL who look like a train wreck early that get hot by the end of the year.

No one doubts McDermott's ability to build a team culture or coach up players, the in game calling/strategy has been his downfall in the past. This year? Not yet, 1-0 in one score games and a masterful job yesterday. So far so good.

This was one of the most complete performances from the team that I have seen. The defense and rushing played well enough where we could have won with Trubisky or White playing at QB. That is very rare in the last few years. Don't get me wrong, Josh Allen is the franchise and the team's success goes hand in hand with his, but it is nice to see that we can win in more than one way.

McDermott did great tonight and this was a complete team effort. What stood out to me more was just how outclassed McDaniel was. He may be a brilliant mind or an ideal fit at a lower position, but he looked lost as a head coach today.

Fair enough. I see what you described on both sides. Most of us would probably have more in common that what we think if we went over what is frustrating us in the country. Instead, most online debates turn into people trying to out Google and out insult each other. If anything, 2024 should be a hard lesson for both parties to do a better job of finding the best candidate for their party.

The tone of your reply only provides us a stereotypical snapshot of how divided this country is. Nothing more, nothing less. We have all seen it thousands of times. You added nothing to the conversation.

Now Hill wants the cop fired. He was driving recklessly, got pulled over, acted inappropriately and was still cut a break because of his status as an NFL player. Bad look for him.

Harris also said things that were not accurate. I am not saying that they should not have corrected Trump, but that they should have also fact checked her and asked her tough questions. If you do not like Trump like many don't, fine. I do not care for him either. What I do not get is why people would not want to see equal treatment and an even playing field on the debate. Regardless of how it is spun or justified, that did not happen.