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Definitely an eclectic mix, and I love that. I love when a band puts its own spin on a song. I mean, that's how Rock and Roll began. People took old blues classics and transformed them. The Stones, Zeppelin, Clapton, Allman Bros, the list goes on. Sometimes, the original song doesn't even have to be good. Example. A song I haven't heard in decades popped up on my Youtube the other night. Its all I really remember from the movie. Movie makers in the early 90s took a god awful Pat Boone song and gave it to Jeff Beck. "Jeff see what you can do with this". (Smiling) "let me see what I can do." If nothing else, the kids loved it. Keep it going. Happy to hear about the awards.

Antonio Rebollo. A name so random I didn't know it until I pulled up the YT clip. But responsible for the coolest Olympic torch lighting in history.

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Biggest difference from last week. The Eagles defense isn't the Lions defense.

In the middle of Chiefs country. The watch party has dwindled since my son and his gf are going to Arrowhead. Still have a few coming over. All Chiefs fans. Ribs were cooked yesterday. Im saying screw it, making jambalaya. Getting ready for New Orleans. It still has Franks in it. Just got back from the store, looking at everyone with their Chiefs coats on as opposed to my Bills jacket. Got out my phone and played the Shout song on my phone as I was walking down the aisles.

Bingo! People think KC Masterpiece is the KC BBQ sauce. It isn't. Smoke belongs on the meat, not in the sauce. Gates or Arthur Bryants are the only sauces I'll use for ribs. Perfect combo of sweet and spice. Now excuse me, I have to dust the snow off my Weber and drag it from the backyard. Baby backs and wings tomorrow.

I live in chiefs country, 70 miles from Arrowhead, and the majority I deal with are fine. Most have gotten a bit arrogant, but that's what you'd expect when you are looking to go for your 3rd straight SB. I can and often do, wear Bills gear in public and don't think twice about it. I don't get as many "go Bills" but I get more "good luck on Sunday" comments when I'm out. The latest was yesterday afternoon, I had my dog out when the mailman came. I had my vintage, Superbowl Era Starter Jacket on. We talked for a minute about other things, but as he was walking away, he said, "oh man, I gotta tell ya, I love that jacket." -I've said many times, after we were walking out of Arrowhead after the 13 second game, I received countless high fives, handshakes and "great game" comments from Chiefs fans. So many so that it basically drowned out the catcalls. -When my new neighbor moved in last year, when we introduced each other, one of the first things he said to me was "You're a Bills fan". I thought, damned, Zillow is getting thorough". Turns out he saw me mowing my lawn with a Bills Tee. - Probably the most accurate comment I got was a few months after the 13 second game. We were out and I had Bills gear on. A guy at the bar made a comment on it and we talked for a bit. What he said that was accurate, was "with Mahomes and Allen, if nothing else, we should have a rivalry for the next 10 years." -I will be doing some babybacks this Sunday for a few of the Chiefs fans coming over, well, along with some wings. NO BBQ SAUCE ON THE WINGS! THEY WILL EAT THEM WITH FRANKS OR NOT AT ALL!

Forget the curveball, just give 'em the heater

nice call

Bill Pullman? They need to bring him to the stadium to do a reworked version of his "Hell Yeah" Independence day speech. A little change of the words but it could be done.

Reading the thread title, I thought Betelgeuse might have went supernova.

Blackened chicken = Raven. So be it.

He was drafted due to his athleticism being through the roof. But he always had a nasty streak to him. lower third round...basically a middle round pick, he was worth taking a chance on, I always thought, even if he wasn't a finished product. His high side was a Lane Johnson Lite, the low side...out of the league in a few years. The first two years, he really needed work, esp. with his back problems in his 2nd. I didn't have much hope for him after year 2, but that was due to his back. Not a good sign when someone that young, playing that type of position, needs back surgery that soon. He got his pass pro technique fixed, but I always thought he was pretty good as a run blocker. He could always move people. Edwards is the pleasant surprise for me. I saw him a few games with the Rams,. and wasn't impressed. That was before his injuries.

It isn't the thread for it, but there is a recent western that I can recommend. I saw Old Henry the other night o the Roku channel and liked it. Low budget, limited cast and an all male cast. But Tim Blake Nelson is excellent in the lead role. It has a lot of elements of the Leone movies and closer to Unforgiven than anything that has come out in a long time. It has a "reveal", but you will figure it out long before it comes out. Anyone who watches westerns in the 21st century has a basic knowledge of the Old West and the little clues during the movie give it away. It has its flaws, but far better than anything that has come out in a while...like, say, the remake of the Magnificent Seven.

Cribbs was Thurman Thomas Lite, before there was a Thurman Thomas. He'd hit the hole quick, fight for yards, good receiver out of the backfield and a willing blocker. He was a huge part of the offense for his first couple of years. He replaced the bust that was Terry Miller, who had been picked at 5th in the draft (I think) 2 years before. It wasn't a surprise that he bolted to the USFL at the time. This was a pre free agency, pre salary cap, pre Polian era, and the Bills...weren't paying some of their best players. Birmingham probably paid him at least twice of what Buffalo was willing to pay.

My son likes his Blackstone, but then he has a pellet grill, so what does he know. I don't really need an outdoor griddle, I have a panini press. I could always flip the plates on it and plug it into an outdoor outlet, if I wanted to griddle outside. Weber Charcoal Round Kettle Still the most versatile grill on the planet, and it lasts forever. My wife bought me a used Weber as a father's day gift when she was expecting our first. It lasted until he graduated from high school Never covered it only replacements were the wooden handle for the lid and one of the little metal "hub caps" for one of the wheels. But that's me. everyone is different.

pfft. When Cassidys burned, at least somoe ran in and save the wheel.

Kelly used to joke that every time Andre Reed would come back to the huddle, he'd say, "Im open, throw me the ball". of course, that didn't happen too often in the 90s because they ran a no huddle offense. Maybe that's why they went to the no huddle, Kelly got tired of hearing Andre Reed say he was open. That was back in the day. But if Coleman was really disrespectful, Josh wouldn't have thrown him the TD pass later in the game. And yes, he threw it higher.. I just saw it as a simple gesture, "a little higher, I'll nab it for ya".

In a way...(and I emphasize in a way, lol)...its a bit like the Lions taking Gibbs in the 1st. What I mean is that for most other teams, the pick wouldn't work. But the picks were made by 2 teams that were looking for a specific type of talent to fit a specific role. With Gibbs, the Lions took Gibbs when they had built their O line, were going to be a running team, had a back who could get the tough yards. They wanted a dual threat back who could take it to the house every time he touched the ball. For most other teams, taking a RB in the 1st wouldn't work. But it did for the Lions based on what they needed, how they had been built and what they wanted to accomplish. On many teams, especially teams in the process of rebuilding their Olines, it wouldn't work. Worthy was taken because the Chiefs didn't have a deep threat and it was needed. He wasn't taken as a No 1. He was taken to get open deep, to draw deep safety coverage and 2 run things like jet sweeps and find creative ways to get him open. Lots of other teams might want him to be their no. 1, to be more involved in run blocking, etc. But that wasn't what the Chiefs needed, or wanted. I agree, I wasn't keen on drafting him, I actually wanted them to trade up for Brian Thomas, especially as he started falling into the 20s. They could have used 1 of their no. 2's in next years draft to move up. But what's done is done.

My son's are 1/4 italian, so a few years ago for xmas Eve, we made this: We pretty followed how he did it, except I did the meatballs a lil different (I braised some shortribs and pork), and definitely didn't make rigatoni/penne/hollow pasta by hand. A two day affair, since I made the sauce and meatballs the day before. He's right, at the end of the video, when he says, its more than a glorified lasagna. It is pretty cool to make. Actually, we made it 2 years in a row. PS, If you never saw it, Big Night is a very good movie. Written, directed and starring Stanley Tucci, with an excellent role from Tony Schalaub (sp.)...the guy from Monk. As far as the game goes, I'd make baked beans, but I plan on using the leftover hambone for Red Beans and Rice after Christmas.

I just remember they tried to trade up with Pittsburgh, but it really wasn't going to happen. Dan Rooney wanted Ben, because he always regretted passing on Marino in '83. Cowher and Colbert wanted an OL, but Rooney convinced them otherwise. Donahoe might not have known Rooney wanted Ben, as it wasn't a consensus in the Steelers draft room until the end. I don't know if the Bills tried to trade up with Jax or Houston, who drafted at 9 and 10 that year. But Pitt wasn't trading down. https://steelersdepot.com/2017/04/friendly-reminder-dan-rooney-reason-pittsburgh-drafted-roethlisberger/

yeah, this one has been posted already, but I couldn't quote Pasta Joe's and delete the other vids. It was my late wife's favorite, so it has some sentimental attachment for me. Last Friday was the 5th year anniversary of learning she had cancer. I wasn't in the best of moods anyway (lots of flashbacks from that day), but I had to run to the store in the afternoon. On the way home, I was becoming really annoyed with drivers going 20 in a 35. I might have flipped a bird or 2 as I was driving. But this song came on just as I was getting home, and ended as I pulled in my driveway. I raised my eyes up and said "you did that on purpose!" But a second later I added, "but thank you". She's still looking out for me at times. I still don't know how Nat King Cole could smoke 3 packs of cigs a day and still have a voice like that.

Red Green was always better.

I like what the Lions did in building their team. Many of the moves and draft choices were off beat, and were criticized, but also solid for what they were looking to do. And it worked for them. While some teams brought in coaches for their teams who look like they were dragged out of the analytic dept. somewhere, McDaniel, Sayleh, and Nathaniel Hackett, (who really is an analytic nerd, and not very good at it.) The Lions went with a coach with very little coaching/coordinator experience, but looked like a player, (ofc, he was) who really promised very little besides biting kneecaps and giving blood, sweat and tears. So Churchillian. But he also surrounded himself with a couple of very gifted coordinators. In drafting...they have been outstanding, again, being offbeat but solid in their picks. In 2021, they traded away their franchise QB for some high draft picks and the Rams castoff QB. IT almost looked like they were conceding defeat and wanted to give Stafford a chance at a SB. They used the 7th pick on a guy who was looked at as a right tackle for them. "you don't take a right tackle that high". It worked. That year they also nabbed a WR in the 4th, who was like the 15th WR taken, who has become one of the best in the league. In 2022, they used one of the draft picks in the Stafford trade to move UP to take a WR who wasn't going to play that year. But they wanted a deep threat in the future and to a large extent, it worked. They also nabbed Kerby Joseph in the 3rd who has become one of the best safeties in the league. Hutch wasn't really an offbeat pick, he was pretty much a consensus. In 2023, they def. went offbeat. They had the 6th pick from the Rams, traded down to 12 and got an early 2nd in the deal. And they used the 12th pick on...a RB. Yeah, that got some howls from the draft people, and the "you don't draft a RB in the 1st round" calls from many of those people. But their reasoning made sense. They knew they were going to be a running team. They had already built one of the best OL in the league. They signed David Montgomery, a very good back who will grind out yards for them. But they wanted a dual threat back who gave the opportunity to turn a 4 yard gain into a 40 yard gain. So with Gibbs, they got a guy who, in splitting carries, has 1300 yards from scrimmage, 12 tds, and is averaging 5.7 ypc. It worked, for them, because they knew what they wanted to do and how to get there. At 18, they drafted a MLB, another pick that many called a reach, or something you don't don't do in the 1st. But again, their reasoning was solid. In 2022, they were 29th against the run. They have been top 5 in the past 2 years. With their 34th pick that they got from trading down ,they picked up Sam LaPorta, a reasonably athletic TE who had the ability to become a better blocker. He's fit in well in what they wanted to do. And they used their own 2nd round pick on S Brian Branch, they have one of the better Safety combos in the league now. They used their 1st 2 picks in 2024 on CB's who will remain to be seen. They definitely went against convention in a number of ways. But it worked...for them.

Yeah, there was a run on LB' towards the end of the 3rd in that draft. Henley and Simpson went right after each other, and then Overshown and Williams a few picks later, right after each other. As soon as they said The Pick is In, I was pretty sure the Bills picked Dorian, basically by process of elimination. Overshown was a former safety, tall and rangy, but everyone said he would need time to figure out the position. Now this. I feel for the guy.