Herc11
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Figure some may not know... it's clearly a reference/joke about the general mills plant in south B-lo that has the whole area smelling like cheerios.
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7 hours ago, JoPar_v2 said:
Eh seems like the guy just has a very particular message he wants associated with his son. Maybe some of those other sources really did burn the kid in some way in the past. The father seems pretty traditional; absolutely nothing wrong with that.
I got the vibe he was more worried about his own image and this is why he is so controlling of the situation. Your son is a man now and about to be a millionaire. It's time to let him go and hope the values you raised him with carry forward.
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4 hours ago, PUNT750 said:
I think they've always gone for a very tough, low cost, hard surface turf that would last for years in our harsh weather. I can't believe they actually factored in player acceptance. The turf installed in 2011 was new to the NFL market from a local manufacturer maybe looking for his 1st major customer? Cheap? I don't know. Erie County is actually buying the turf this year under a $3 mil budget which includes paint and minor concrete repair work.
Gov't paying means lowest bidder wins. Anyone that has spent time in the military or Gov't work knows how that goes.
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Just be glad it's not a camel spider. Those things are terrifying, very aggressive, and get quite large. I was on a deployment to Saudi Arabia, where they are everywhere. I worked nights and me and a buddy got back from a fuel run. A camel spider came out from underneath our fuel truck and my buddy goes and throws the wheel chock at it. The thing was peacefully going a different direction, until that chock almost hit him. I sh!t you not, that camel spider stopped dead in its tracks and turned and bolted after my buddy. Thank god I never ran across another one in my deployments.
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1 hour ago, Doc said:
He broke the law and was offered a plea deal KD. He rejected it. The only one blowing it up into a bigger thing is Kraft.
Nevermind, just read back a page and you guys have covered my comment
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5 hours ago, Jay_Fixit said:
How was I wrong?
Go back, use your eyes and read what I wrote, then once you understand how words work, come back.
Sure, cause you surely weren't insinuating that he was wrong with your snide remark. ?
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13 hours ago, Jay_Fixit said:
I will not be apologizing.
So we've not only learned you were wrong, but you also dont know how to be humble and admit that you were wrong. Great qualities right there.
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On 4/2/2019 at 7:29 AM, dave mcbride said:
Tom is now the main breadwinner in the household given that Gisele's modeling prime has pretty much ended. He made $22 million last year ($14 million from the Pats and $8 million in endorsements) and she made $10 million: https://www.boston.com/culture/celebs/2018/12/14/gisele-bundchen-highest-paid-model-2018 . Regardless, him taking a little less to make his team beter pays off in the end because of all the outside cash that comes with being the GOAT and and all-time legend on a perennial championship team in a major-market city. Basically, he'll be paid a lot for pretty much whatever he does the rest of his life. He's actually a terrible example for the argument about players like Jones. He's truly unique.
He has been that way his entire career. If he was doing as Kirby suggested he should do, he would of been the highest paid QB many times over. If you are out to maximaize your income, you don't take a contract well below your potential just because you have endorsements and a highly paid spouse.
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2 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:
You certainly alluded to it!! There is never a team that is ever in jeopardy of not keeping the guys that they want. If they have to have them they can BERY easily.
So you don’t care about their earning window but they shouldn’t either? Would you be cool if people found it “refreshing” if you worked for less than your market value? I know I sure as hell wouldn’t want that. I want to be paid what I’m worth.
There is also a MAJOR difference between cap space and contract. The largest cap hit of any QB is 15.7% of the cap. If you don’t think that the right QB is worth that then we don’t agree. Also, you aren’t keeping star players on “team friendly deals.” You pay market value. It is great to have rookie contracts and everyone agrees with that. It isn’t however a bad thing that a guy wants to get paid what he’s worth. There has never been one reasonable argument that they are out of line.
There certainly are teams that can't keep some of the star players that they would like to keep. Look at how much that Seattle D fell apart as their players started demanding star contracts. Yes, you can afford to keep 2-3 players at top contracts, but that's about it.
Like I said before.... Tom Brady. Take a look at his contract throughout the years. Never once has he been the top paid QB or had the highest contract. He has on many occasions restructured in order to pay other players. Yes, I know restructuring isn't essentially losing money, just changing the way it's dolled out. In fact, in 2016, 17, and 18 Joe fricken Flacco's cap hits were $22.5, $24.5, and $24.7 M... Brady? His was $13.7, $14, and $22 M.
I do agree with you however about the QB position. That is the one position where you have to pay your franchise guy. We all know what its like not to have that guy. And again, I never said it's bad that someone wants to get what they are worth.
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2 hours ago, Ol Dirty B said:
Yea you should get on that.
I mean that was a cute insult, but the fact that something this meaningless can be tampered with doesn't matter to me.
Everything on social media is getting tampered with. People buy likes, retweets, friends, followers. Everything is pretty much fake on their and that's what it exists for. People can push out the narrative they want that isn't subject to anything beyond what they decide to type or post. Sorry I'm a social media hater.
You know one thing that really doesn't matter?
Your opinion. If you don't care then why the f are you even in the thread?
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12 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:
To my original question then, “why shouldn’t they be out for themselves?” The team can cut ties and cancel a contract whenever they want. Why shouldn’t the players be able to do the same? Why is it a bad thing to maximize your worth? Their earning window is less than 10 years long. Why is it bad to make as much as you can in that period? I will NEVER understand that logic and I give my reasons in an earlier post.
The team isn’t ever in jeopardy of running out of money or space. It is so, so, so, so easy to create. That is something that the owner’s hide behind to not pay a player more. It’s a bs reason. You aren’t “hurting the team” by asking for more money. You are hurting the billionaires that have to pay it. Again, why root for billionaires over millionaires?
Point to where I said they shouldn't. Let me help you, you won't find it because I never said it. What I was saying was that I think its a positive when you have a top rated player that knows the importance of keeping more than just him on the roster.
Earning window of 10 years, huh? I can care less about that. Most starters in the NFL make more money in 1 year playing a game than I will in my lifetime. They only go bankrupt because they don't know how to not spend that money. So you don't think a QB that is getting $30 M per isn't limiting the team? Or a WR make $20 M per isn't? You got save somewhere on the team after having those kinds of contracts. There's a reason why the draft is so valuable now... Rookie contracts that can keep star players and fill the team out for cheap for 4-5 years. This is exactly McBeane's strategy if you haven't noticed.
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18 minutes ago, Ol Dirty B said:
Please don't care about this
I'm embarrassed by you and this is the first I've heard of this. Who cares and why do you? What do you get?
So before that it actually meant something. I mean, really?
I'm a ***** fan... oh well. It doesn't bother me at, I actually find it pathetic people get worked up over these things.
huh? You're embarrassed by me because I pointed out what happened? I think its stupid that Titans fans cheated to win and I think its even more lame that Fox let it happen. Beyond that, I have two exams to study for so...
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4 minutes ago, APoxOnYou said:
Are we sure it wasn't because the Predators tweeted about it at 11:47? They have almost 600,00 followers.
20,000 votes in 1 minute? Highly unlikely
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1 hour ago, Kirby Jackson said:
Again, why is it “refreshing?”
My apologies, I didn't see you ask it the first time. In a world with players that are only out for themselves such as OBJ, its nice to see someone that thinks about the team as well.
1 hour ago, nucci said:he makes close to $10M now....probably wants a few million more....he may say being the highest isn't a priority but he certainly wants to be close
I don't doubt that.
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24 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:
This guy doesn’t want a raise!! That means we like him right? We don’t like “divas” that want more money correct?
No, its the fact that he knows that its important to be able to sign more than just him. This is exactly the benefit that Brady has given the Patriots throughout his career. While QBs are getting $100 million contracts, he isn't close. Being able to have top-rated talent at team friendly deals is a major plus in my book.
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2 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said:
I say we flip the bird to that rotting corpse of Bud Adams....
We were on the same page with that one...
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Just now, OldTimeAFLGuy said:
....may not care about being THE highest paid WR, but he's looking for money "close"......apparently not happy with his current deal.......can you realistically see McBeane trading to inherit the current tariff and then adding to it?.....
SPOTRAC INFO:
Julio Jones signed a 5 year, $71,256,045 contract with the Atlanta Falcons, including a $12,000,000 signing bonus, $47,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $14,251,209. In 2019, Jones will earn a base salary of $9,600,000, while carrying a cap hit of $13,466,667 and a dead cap value of $5,333,334.
Of course he wants a new contract, but it's refreshing to hear a player say that being the highest paid isn't his priority. He even stated how important it is to be able to keep other players around, which shows he's not a selfish teammate. That definitely sounds like a McBeane type attitude to me.
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Damn... really wish we could trade for this guy.
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5 minutes ago, ddaryl said:
Not all Bills fans want to be associated with the word Maia or Mafia. I run away from that designation as fast as I can
Bye
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5 hours ago, WotAGuy said:
According to the Eagles song, Winslow is in Arizona. You sure you don’t live in Arizona?
Winslow, AZ is the small town they modeled the movie cars off of with the old route 66. Theres actually a little hotel with the teepees just like the movie.
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49 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:
Do you live in Pgh? I haven't listened to the Fan much. They are a joke, and Pirate apologists.
One of their hosts, Joe Starkey is from Buffalo and loves the Bills.
clearly you have never been here.
I've lived in Buffalo for a few years and have visited Pittsburgh a handful of times as it's where my in-laws live.
Pittsburgh is a dirty, disgusting, *****-hole of a city. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
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5 hours ago, DC Tom said:
"Free-standing mountain?"
As opposed to those held up with buttresses and cable stays?
Nevermind, I now see that its been answered several times already.
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8 minutes ago, 1ManRaid said:
The Great Wall of China of text walls.
My ADD will wait for a TLDR version.
Lol... I went straight to the comments after seeing that essay
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51 minutes ago, TOboy said:
Is that really a thing???
Yes, overcompensation injuries are a thing. They typically relate to when someone has an injury. The body begins to overcompensate for the injured body part resulting in either a worse injury or another injury. I suppose changing from the left to the right could contribute to overcompensation injuries as he has played so long at one position, the mind-muscle connection may not be as developed for the differences, which will lead to overcompensation of the stronger muscles/connections.
I didn't follow his injuries last year, so I have no idea if this was a contributing factor or not. I just read on a Raiders report that he was shifted to RT after they drafted a new LT.
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