UConn James

Done with it... so far. ‘They’re’ saying there may be a third dose needed later this year for continued protection & variants. There’s anecdotals of long-haulers getting better after getting the shots. While I’m here... So far, only injection site soreness to report and some wrist ache on the same arm.

Got my first Moderna jab this afternoon. Arm is feeling sore now ~4 hours later.

🤨🤔 Not quite understanding. Mr. Abramoski was an athletic trainer. That’s more of the medico side of things, nothing to do with preparing equipment e.g. trainers need to clear injured players to return to practice / games. To be clear, I wasn’t insinuating that equipment guys having a tough time with decals wouldn’t be any kind of reason that a helmet wouldn’t be used. ... The weird bump-outs and different modeling on helmets in more recent years makes me wonder whether teams / Nike will be forced to reduce the size of helmet logo decals or what kind of work-around they come up with.

NFL releases 2021 Helmet Testing Lab Reports Overall positive news that there are now some better testing options for players and a removal of three that no longer test within the moving-target of acceptable limits. New position-specific models have been introduced by VICIS and all graded in the dark green recommended. One is a lineman model that has built-up areas where DL & OL have more impacts. Let’s get Mitch Morse, especially, into one of these! The design, however, is not very conducive to decal application. Will be interesting to see how equipment managers problem-solve it.

This is a mole hill, not a mountain. Beane gave Diggs a bump-up in salary after the trade, iirc. And it seems like the deal they did last month to clear some cap space was just about moving numbers around, not a reduction. But I think everybody knows that this, of all times, probably isn’t the year to be demanding more scratch. Cap will be jumping starting next year. Recalibrate then.

I belong to a UniWatch FB page and the general consensus there is that this was a solid update. They didn’t need to do much. Nixed the white side panels and the contrasted collars that Nike for some reason makes 3-4” wide. In an ongoing trend, the shoulder numbers have disappeared. Would’ve been nice to see a white pants set that have the orange and black stripe (not just a black outline). Removed the 3D effect attempt on numbers that just looked bad. A number of teams could benefit from a few minor tweaks and simplification. It’s when they go for a fuller redo that Nike & teams swing and miss (see: TB Bucs 2015-2020).

Maybe especially after the NHL ref got caught on a hot mic that a penalty he called was small-time but that he just wanted to give that team one.... Reffing in EVERY sport needs to get more consistent. Such a 💩y thing where make-up calls, most-favored-player/team status, and terrible judgment calls can’t be questioned (and when PI was reviewable, refs gave everyone a HUGE 🖕🏼).

I developed a coke (big C) / soda habit during college. My teeth would really show it in cavities and my cousin, who was my dental hygienist was like... If you don’t stop I’m gonna kick you in the ass. Mostly cold-turkey for a couple of years, but losing the afternoon caffeine hit kinda hurt. It didn’t do anything to me at the time wrt weight gain (I’m 6’1” and was about 165 all the way through uni), but now it might. And it’s a rare treat or if someone in the fam is having an upset stomach / bloating; that’s actually what coke was first developed to treat. Also a former nail biter into my teen years. Really bad. Down to the quick and more. Don’t quite remember what prompted quitting, but it was probably girl-inspired. Not something you can easily hide. Also a hair-puller, trichotillomania as the official word. Long time. A depression / anxiety med has helped a great deal, but I still find myself with thinned eyebrows and such sometimes and didn’t really realize I’d been doing it. I still bite my lip a lot, especially this past season as things got really real.

Not unlike Bills games, to be fair.

Other than the ‘because he’s a major celebrity’ reason... maybe it’s HIPPA-related and they can’t? 🤷🏻‍♂️

I really don’t think that’s part of the Competition Committee’s area. When the one-shell rule was ‘revealed’ to the media, it was with the then Tampa Bay coach saying that the Bucco Bruce Orange creamsicle set would not be worn in an upcoming game, as had been planned prior in the offseason / ramp-up to the season in ~July, when these uni schedules have recently started to be officially released by teams. I expect that call was made by a safety committee in conjunction with the docs involved with CTE studies. The UniWatch’s Paul Lucas & Sports Logo forum’s Chris Creamer started a podcast a couple of months ago and a recent one had the one-shell rule as a main topic. There has been a rumor that the one-shell rule will be ending. They don’t know if this year or next; nor is it for certain, as is the nature of rumors. But it has been a kinda persistent one. But so far, I don’t think there’s been any leaks from any clubs about any possible second helmet color. Perhaps at the draft? Perhaps there will be an announcement later into the offseason? Or perhaps, in the same manner as its inception, a team will just show up with a different helmet.

It’s almost like “Yesterday.” This one’s been on my mental movie queue for awhile. Need to finally get to it.

You must have missed maybe the most crucial line of the movie, then.

Yes, but I would imagine there would be some kind of signing bonus involved that they probably want to put at least some of on this year’s cap.

Imagine being the ex-Panther that McBeane DOESN’T sign.

Space for re-upping Josh Allen is my bet.

To say nothing of OLines being given the freedom to hold and/or maul DLmen... it takes away the imperative.

Who the heck named Kwity (Quitty)? I’d still want to take the LB from Mizzou that folks here were projecting to replace Milano. Need a good LB corps & depth.

Is it just me or is AT&T Lily getting a bit plump all over as well as they’re hiding her midsection with tables and crossed arms. Is she 🤰🏻?

Yeah. Why were banged-up (broken leg, literally) Beas and a knee-injured nothing-burger John Brown better options in the KC game? Were they, at 70%, better than McKenzie at 95%? I understand My-Yami was running for the buses in the second half, but... 🤷🏻‍♂️?

If / when they go to 17, it really should trigger a second bye week and making the roster management changes from this COVID season permanent. Perhaps increase rosters to 55, as well.

My mum passed just over 5 years ago now. At times that feels like a long time ago and at times it feels like it was yesterday. I was a caregiver during two years of pancreatic area cancer (ampullary node) and the end was extremely difficult to witness. Like Wacka, I often have dreams where there was a mistake of some kind and she’s still alive. I’m autistic (Asperger’s as-was before the DVM-5) that was quite late-diagnosed and had depression quite awhile before I started getting treatment / meds for it shortly into my mum’s cancer fight. It’s gotten a bit deeper since. Not suicidal / harmful to others, just to make that distinction. But just felt kinda rudderless, hollow, and so very tired all the time... the kind that even 24/7 sleep can’t help if I could sleep that much and I have lots of sleep disturbance (may be due more to autism as it’s been that way all my life, really). Doc has tried different meds to little/no/worsening effect. Talk therapy maybe helped a bit but haven’t been in almost two years after my last left the clinic I go to; and the turnover was such that it just seemed fruitless to start over again with a new one. Maybe I should start that again but with how it is now with the ‘Rona, I have lots of issues doing that over the phone; I just don’t like talking on the phone. Video is slightly easier. As for bereavement, maybe give that a try. (For myself, there were none in my area and I have difficulty with social settings.) The 😭 grief has for the most part blunted over time and the chest pain associated with grief does resolve (I had tremendous chest pain for about 6 months and then it was like spontaneously gone 🤷🏻‍♂️). Probably the most comfort I’ve gotten has been my dog, to be honest.

Compound fracture of a leg bone and a fractured ankle, reportedly. The ankle is the big deal. Certainly never gonna be the same; that injury and usual treatments haunts you forever movement-wise and pain-wise.

May have been marital issues if he was in a hotel for a month+. That can trigger a lot of stuff. 😟

I would hope they could do both throwback versions. The Rams have said that they want to release new kits into their lineup each year for the next 3 years. We’ll have to see what the league comes up with for what they allow. Personally, I would favor if they did an old-school throwback weekend in the Thanksgiving week games, and maybe a ‘90s throwback weekend somewhere.