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Can we add a clap reaction on TBD so we can be sure to continue the debate about friendly vs. passive-aggressive claps on all future threads?

There's no way Edmunds gets that 3rd down sack or makes that INT last night. Bernard is so fun to watch.

I thought McDermott made an interesting comment in the post-game press conference about Samuel needing to rebuild his confidence and remember that he is a great football player. The mental side of sports is so fascinating to me, but I tend to think about it more in baseball, basketball, tennis, and golf. But anyway, if Samuel keeps ramping up, I feel a lot better about the offense heading into this critical 3-game NFC stretch (and the playoffs).

Homie just doesn't want to play

I heard they used the skin on his nose for stem cells to help grow him a new leg after his old one snapped in half in 2009.

Schools don't make players.. there's literally eight quarterbacks drafted every year The fact one school can consistently recruit high school kids and get them to the NFL level is remarkable Who would ever draft a Michigan quarterback because they've been good for 120 years.. yet Tom Brady Who would ever draft an Ohio State quarterback, they've been good for 120 years.. yet CJ Stroud and even Joe burrow was at Ohio State It's a player thing not a school thing Carson Palmer, is that you?! Jk, obviously it's the player over the school. Was mostly just making a joke. By 2030, all quarterbacks drafted will likely have thrown passes for 2-3 different colleges.

Yes, but also, it's generally a good idea to avoid QBs from USC.

I've never seen a message board so obsessed with converting Cornerbacks to Safeties. Sure, this is the only message board I participate in, but still, it's a little out of control.

Can we get Tim Settle back, too? He's kind of been sneaky good in Houston this year.

because most of the starters are also the backups 😂

Spend a few days in Manhattan, walk thru Times Square, try taking transit, stroll a few blocks from River Cafe, cross your country and take a nostalgic visit to Haight Ashbury, walk King Street, or Queen Street in downtown Toronto, review the crime stats in Portland and Vancouver. Count the needle giveaways sites, the drug sales on those corners, the violent car thefts gangs in major cities...if you don't see that it is hard to imagine how wonderful that life must be for you. Police forces have been forced to become army units, cannot have a traffic stop without vests and fully armed, the growth of agencies and programs for mental health, which is just code for drug use. Please let us know what Utopia city you live in, please. ps. I never mentioned blue cities, just cities. I can't speak to Toronto or Vancouver as they're not American cities. I lived in Manhattan. Worked in Manhattan. I rode the Subway every day and every night. I rode it through the Bronx to visit my Girlfriend who lived on Castle Hill. I rode it all through Queens and Brooklyn, etc. Times Square is a laughable tourist trap compared to what it was in the 1980s. We don't go to Times Square anymore — not because it's dangerous, but because it's lame as hell You ask me to look at crime stats in Portland in Vancouver, but earlier you said stats from self-serving bureaucrats couldn't be trusted. So? Look, I'm not saying crime doesn't exist and that cities are perfectly safe. What I'm saying is that, by and large, crime in America has decreased tremendously since the 1980s and that includes all major metros. It's actually remarkable how much crime has dropped in America. However, Trump campaigned with heavy rhetoric about this big crime wave that is spiraling out of control due to liberal policies. But as a person who has lived a majority of their life in large cities, my lived experience does not match up with the way crime has been portrayed by republican politicians. But it's a classic republican campaign tactic — stir up fears about crime in American cities (especially crime committed by immigrants) — that has been used as far back as Reagan. At least Reagan had actual crime data to back up the campaign rhetoric. And I get it, it works. I just think it's absurd. My prediction is that crime will continue on the downward trajectory it's been on for the last 40 years, Trump will say how great of a job he did, and all Republican voters will agree that Trump made such a big miraculous dent in American crime. PS: The Cato Institute — a libertarian think tank that has been heavily influential on the development of Republican economic policy and the push for smaller government over the last several decades — has also strongly held that immigrant crime waves are a myth: https://www.cato.org/blog/yes-youre-still-imagining-migrant-crime-spree-response-steven-malanga-migrant-crime. TL;DR: Republicans consistently stoke fears about crime being out of control in American cities during their campaigns despite all evidence telling us that crime has continually decreased over the past 40 years. And people who, by and large, don't live in said America cities buy it up. PPS: I lived in Austin until a month ago. My wife and I just moved to Carrboro, NC, so our kids could be closer to their cousins. We love Austin and would absolutely move back in a heartbeat if we had reliable family there.

Drug store chains are closing because of theft, you cannot walk in many areas of cities at night or day without worrying about your life from some wackev out druggie. More pllucdmzn hzfd been killed prf year than in decade totals up to 1990. NYC subways have more cops, less ridership because of danger. Whole stretches of San Fran, LA, Chicago have boarded up stores and restaurants do to safety and robberies. Mass shootings are regular. Protests about foreign wars we are not involved in are far more violent than anything from the 60s and Vietnam. Children cannot play in parks because of druggies, drugs and needles. Shootings are so common papers don’t report them. Gangs from Mexico, Central America, Columbia are ruling areas of cities. So unless you are living in a village in Idaho it is hard to imagine you dont see it, read it, hear it. Stats produced by self serving bureaucrats are not to be believed. Thanks, @Niagara Bill. Based on your bio, I see you live in Niagara Falls, on the Canadian side? Is that correct? You say stats produced by self-serving bureaucrats are not to be believed? But, I'm wondering where are you getting your information about San Fran, LA, Chicago, and other cities that you do not reside in? Are the news sources where you are seeing this "crime wave" not susceptible to being self-serving or misleading to create a desired result among voters? I just think it raises a question: why are so many people experts on crime and gang behavior in places that they do not live? Because, man, In the blue cities that I've lived in, the portrayal just isn't lining up with the lived experience. Now, I will concede on mass shootings. But, I do know that we have a really strong thoughts and prayers plan in place, so I think those really won't be a problem going forward.

Obviously you never tried a Utica Club. I've had my share and kept it all down.

What happens to the price of food if you reduce the supply of food by 25-40% but keep the supply of money the same? Simple: you just make the quality of food worse and cheaper to produce and slap a nice-sounding marketing term on it. Works every time. Can't wait for McDonald's to start advertising that they no longer use seed oils. It's going to be big mac season so soon.

Find a map of say NYS. Find the counties that went blue. Hang out after hours, live there. Cool. Yeah. So, I've lived in New York County and Queens County, and spent many, many late nights in Monroe County, Bronx County, and Kings County. I didn't find them to be even remotely unsafe. Also grew up in Utica, NY, an area which I'm sure is more blue than the rest of Oneida County. Never felt unsafe there either.