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(Someone needs to get paid)
We take a big picture look at free agency, what team needs do we want to see filled first and foremost. Then we look at all the running back options available.
meh
Conspiracy Theory Time
Bollywood actress Sridevi died over the weekend after she drowned in a hotel bathtub in Dubai, despite initial reports stating that she went into cardiac arrest at a family wedding. She was 54.
Sridevi, said to be Bollywood’s first female superstar, was in the United Arab Emirates for her nephew’s wedding. She was found dead Saturday evening, the BBC reported.
Dubai police confirmed on Tuesday the actress’ cause of death was “due to drowning in her hotel apartment’s bathtub following loss of consciousness.”
New post – move along: http://www.thehogsty.com/2018/02/27/free-agency-2018-inside-linebackers/
The whole QB class this year isn’t making me think we have a future HOF’er
That’s why Doug Williams is holding off till next year’s class.
Will the kid from UGA be available then or will he need another year. Thought he was a true freshman. Helluva a player though.
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USC QB Sam Darnold, regarded by many as the potential No. 1 overall pick, will not throw at this week’s combine, and will focus on athletic testing and interviews instead, per source. He will throw at USC’s Pro Day on 3/21.
In stark contrast Josh Allen will be chunking it a country mile .
Wow Josh that was a great throw, but next time maybe try facing down field the right direction rather than backwards.
knocks out a scout sitting in the stands
Nuke LaLoosh as a QB prospect.
He could use a laser rocket arm.
-Tanner Lee
Found us a new free safety. Wait for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVZYRFGLY04
Nice! Looks solid black.
Should’a took back his comp. picks……
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WITCH HUNT!
Throw them in water and see if they float
Any updates from your sources noone
Nothing new, combine time is when I’ll probably get some new info
Thanks
The effort to recover legal fees, reportedly in excess of $2 million, from Cowboys owner Jerry Jones does not arise under the rule that allows Commissioner Roger Goodell to impose punishment for conduct detrimental to the game. Instead, the authority comes from Resolution FC-6, adopted in 1997.
STICK IT TO JERRUH!
Take it from their cap.
I don’t know noone…that one year we took Scherff at 5 a lot of us had that pick right.
Ahem
yeah he’s the only pick I ever got right lol, so I’ll never forget.
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At 711 in Bethesda. 2 people, not together, wearing Cowboys gear
NBD’s
it’s a “syndrome”. stop making fun.
NFL trying to figure out if Teddy Bridgewater is a free agent or not
“The rules are just so damn complicated and hard to understand” said the NFL spokesperson
https://youtu.be/xbhumni6N5Y
A manure spreader , what are you trying to say ?
the offseason is underway n the NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers safety Sean Davis is being sued by a family for libel, cyberbullying, intentional infliction of emotional distress and slander after allegedly mocking a teenage boy who worked at a Chick-fil-A on his Snapchat account.
According to Paula Reed Ward of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the complaint claims that the boy was the subject of bullying at school after the video was posted.
A recording of the video quotes Davis as saying “Chick-fil-A got little kids. This kid like eight years old. No wonder the lines be so long at Chick-fil-A,” which was accompanied by “an emoji of a face laughing until tears were flowing out of its eyes, representing how funny looking he thought minor-plaintiff was,” per the complaint.
and
A Jets player going the wrong way through the Lincoln Tunnel sounds like the set-up to an old joke.
But it turned serious last night, when linebacker Dylan Donahue was arrested for DWI when he crashed into a bus while going the wrong way.
According to Larry Celona of the New York Post, Donahue was charged with DWI and reckless driving after crashing into a Jitney bus.
the time of year where legal issues outnumber catches and tackles
Man, what is up with people
A man here who spent his time trying to improve his neighborhood was shot to death on Monday while streaming on Facebook Live, authorities said.
Prentis Robinson, 55, was gunned down roughly one block from police headquarters where he had just stopped to report a stolen cell phone, according to Wingate Police Chief Donnie Gay.
The suspect, 65-year-old Douglas Cleveland Colson, surrendered Tuesday to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, according to Gay. Colson, a lifelong Wingate resident, has been arrested before.
Former Nikolas Cruz neighbor: ‘He was always dealing with something dark’
the situation was a total fail on the local, state and federal level
easy to say in retrospect, but, should we arrest or otherwise limit the freedoms of everyone “dealing with something dark”? i don’t know what the answer is. yeah, there were “red flags”. probably 25% of the population has red flags, in retrospect.
Yes the kid was clearly disturbed and needed metal health help which he should have been forced into having
When you say you are going to shoot up a school yeah you get your freedoms limited
i bet there are thousands, tens of thousands, of nuts who have made similar comments. it’s easy to spot the killers after the fact, but can we jail them all now?
what if “school” is that new hotness ecstasy drug mix?
HTTRsince65 alex35332 • 12 minutes ago
Whoa!
==================================
like twice in 10 minutes, are you a horse trainer or something?
I think he meant Whaa
just an idiot i suppose
Vita Vea is our leading pick among the mocks
which means we will not be picking Vita Vea according to hamster theory
I wouldn’t pick him at 13 he will still be there in the early 20’s.
We should outsource the citizenship processing to McDonald’s
I’ll take a Royale with Cheese meal and a US citizenship please
Over 4 million citizens created!
Thank You!
— The Democratic Party
About Vita:
https://thehuskyhaul.com/2017/12/06/why-vita-vea-should-be-top-pick-nfl-draft/
#LivinLaVitaVea
https://twitter.com/BaldyNFL/status/967957395883413504
I’m not gonna lie
I’m coming around on your boy
There ya go! Best case scenario would be trading back 3-4 spots and getting him there.
That’s perfect
btw, I think your guy Kentavius Street is going to blow up the combine.
i want to draft him just for the name: “kentavius”…. that is all kinds of awesome. is barkevious still in the league? gotta pair them up.
Barkevious takes the prize. I think he’s with the Colts, now. Best name since Tebucky Jones.
my sister lived on kentavius street in richmond… cute little neighborhood.
isn’t it (doesn’t it feel like it is) missing a “r”?
He’s gonna run in the 4.7 range at 280 plus
Someone also claimed he might have a 40″ vert, which would be completely insane.
#70 fucked up.
Assisted on the block and moved on to the second level. Not a mistake in general … unless the guy you’re leaving is unblockable one on one.
If “assisting on the block” means jamming your Tackle from sliding inside. He didn’t drive on Vea, just prevented the Tackle from getting a good angle. The run was inside the Tackle, right? He never picked up #7 either. At least show a better clip.
https://twitter.com/RaiderLoungePod/status/966512153904721921
Here, I’ll do it for you.
https://twitter.com/AumanacDraft/status/934610953269862400?s=20
A bunch vs. Stanford
https://twitter.com/JohnOwning/status/949110860919615488?s=20
He didn’t do shit . That was no double team by any stretch of the imagination.
Tried to lick Vita’s ear, but you know, helmets and all.
7th – UDFA
Looks like Cousins is going to have at least a bidding war between the Vikings and Jets.
…if you believe ANYTHING teams “say” this time of year
I wouldn’t count on the Vikes.
Denver radio thinks they (the Vikes) will be the prime suitor for him. Of the teams rumored to be interested, they have the cap room and the best team to put around him. Jacksonville could be a close second. Trey Wingo said that the Bortles deal was just to get his cap # down from 19mil to 10 and that they had to do it because of his wrist injury – they couldn’t cut him. Would they then chase Cousins?
“sources” say that they are not going to franchise Keenam, and that they are going to make a push for Cousins. And of course, the offense is right, and the team is right, and the indoor stadium is right … for Cousins. They play his fav team, the Bears, twice a year, but he’ll get over that.
Damn, Junior, be careful!
https://twitter.com/JovaisG/status/967962455392636928
practicing for his figure skating debut at the next olympics.
i miss the olympics.
Seriously? I thought it was never going to end.
Iowa granting gun permits to the blind.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/08/iowa-grants-gun-permits-to-the-blind/2780303/
They’re probably a better shot than most people who can see.
how about liberal states that want to Grant voting rights to non-citizens.
can we agree that both sides are worse than the other?
Need to expedite the citizenship process, and then let them vote. A 3-day naturalization process seems reasonable.
Whoa, how about all the other citizens that waited, and became citizens legally. The idea the a 203 day process is sufficient seems unreasonably short to me.
4 Hour wait period for them.
5 years…
In terms of doing it on the local level it’s not as crazy as you’ed think. It’s a good stepping stone for legal residents to learn the democratic process. When it comes to cities and towns, those immigrants are usually the first ones impacted by policy decisions like what neighborhoods get invested in, what older buildings are torn down, so giving them a say in things that will impact their community is a good thing.
Clearly it’s banned federally, so it will never impact the Senate/House/White House. And I’ve yet to hear of any state doing it even for state level offices.
Whoa!
NO non citizen should ever have the right to vote. Period. smgdh..
Immigrants can apply and become citizens, THEN vote! It’s not that hard to understand.
Martavis Bryant for Su’a Cravens? Thoughts?
https://steelerswire.usatoday.com/2018/02/26/redskins-could-have-the-defensive-player-the-steelers-need-in-a-martavis-bryant-trade/
Deal!
Hasn’t Bryant had drug and locker room issues?
He has some warts for sure. So does Suzi Q. I’d make that deal in a second, Bryant can and wants to play, IMO.
I would think they would want Dix more so than Suzy though.
Bryant would help a lot. Plus he’s only 26, $705K for 2018.
This is a deep draft for the positions of need for us
OL and DL can be greatly improved
can we just get on with it!? the waiting is awful…
Dude, it’s Combine week!
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Geez, who could have seen this coming?!
“President Trump promised that his tax cut would encourage companies to invest in factories, workers and wages, setting off a spending spree that would reinvigorate the American economy.
Companies have announced plans for some of those investments. But so far, companies are using much of the money for something with a more narrow benefit: buying their own shares.
Those so-called buybacks are good for shareholders, including the senior executives who tend to be big owners of their companies’ stock. A company purchasing its own shares is a time-tested way to bolster its stock price.
But the purchases can come at the expense of investments in things like hiring, research and development and building new plants — the sort of investments that directly help the overall economy. The buybacks are also most likely to worsen economic inequality because the benefits of stocks purchases flow disproportionately to the richest Americans.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/business/tax-cuts-share-buybacks-corporate.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Yeah, knew that was coming.
Pretty sure the group of executives told someone in Trumps cabinet that they would do just that.
Companies already had a surplus of capital and they weren’t using it to hire people or invest in more infrastructure so why would anyone think giving them more capital would make that change.
New market opened up not too far away from where I live. Kinda like an Asian Whole Foods Market. Gotta check it out.
http://kxan.com/2018/02/16/photos-take-a-tour-of-austins-new-hmart-store/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KXAN_News
All I want is for HEB to open a Central Market in my neck of the woods.
Yeah, Central Market is great. Love HEB.
4 QBs in top 10 benefits us.
http://www.nbcsports.com/washington/redskins/how-run-qbs-could-really-benefit-redskins-nfl-drafts-first-round?utm_content=buffer01676&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2018/02/26/listen-ian-rapoport-hangs-up-twice-on-chad-dukes-who-blows-a-gasket/
Rapoport hangs up on Dukes mid interview. Chad dukes flips the fuck out on him. Its great.
Brain rot
Which one
All of it.
The guy’s name is dukes ffs.
I mean.
Wtf does that even mean?
Dropping a duke.
That’s what it means.
Meh…
Because no one want’s to listen to a radio host named Sisson. Changing to a nom de plume is still normal in radio.
it’s great
I love it.
Bullock has a piece on the Post about 3 DL candidates…. Sheldon Richardson, Re Sign Phil Taylor, Benny Logan….. Thoughts?
Richardson is a monster but very $$. I’m still disappointed Taylor got hurt last summer. Logan can play.
Jerruh getting fined over 2 million by NFL!!!
There goes the glory hole fund
Why couldn’t they take back the 4 comp. picks……wtf is 2 mil, meh…
i hope this fine in ADDITION to his having to pay the owners legal fees.
sadly, no draft picks or “football money” is involved.
Happy Tuesday!
Back at ya, 65!
Hpy Hpy
Heyo
Did anyone listen to Chad Dukes slaughter Ian Rapoport for calling in and hanging up on the interview twice to take other phone calls? What a douche.
No, but I agree with you.
Chad went crazy and basically said he’s the worst of all those type of NFL reporters. Gonna open up every show with 5-10 minutes of how much Ian sucks until he calls back and apologizes LOL
Even if true what Chad is doing now is beyond juvenile. Rise above that have some class and dignity. Don’t sink to the gutter level
I think it’s funny. It’s all over Twitter….you can listen to both times Ian ditches the interview for another call and Chad’s rant.
opening your show basically throwing a tantrum until he calls in and apologizes is juvenile or worse. rise above it, have some dignity and class.
Being juvenile and tribal is no way to build an entertainment empire.
Now, bang your monkey to get the third hour!!!
-Jim “The Jungle” Rome
Those 2 are a match made in heaven.
Predictable as the sunrise, teams are starting the release players and dump salaries as the new league year approaches, deepening the UFA pool. More FA players will also begin to re-up with their teams. The ‘available pool’ will really shape up the next two weeks. Come on, March 14.
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Well played!
FEBRUARY 26–A North Carolina woman is jailed on multiple felony charges after she allegedly opened fire in a movie theater during a dispute over assigned seats at a screening of “Black Panther,” according to police and court records.
Investigators allege that Shameka Latrice Lynch, 30, squabbled with other moviegoers around 11:45 PM Friday at a crowded AMC theater in Greenville.
During the dispute over seating arrangements for the Marvel superhero movie, Lynch allegedly pulled out a .32 caliber pistol and discharged the weapon inside the theater.
You can’t make this shit up.
Just another reason I don’t go to movie theaters.
That and you’ve been banned from every theater within 30 miles of Germantown?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSjyf6n28VI
One derp, 5 Dems, zero smart people. There ya go.
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“[Smith] wanted to be here,” Hall said. “When he was in Kansas City he reached out to those guys in Kansas City and told them, ‘Hey, I understand you guys want to move me. Could you try to get me to Washington? I really want to get to Washington.’ #Redskins #HTTR
That’s cool, but I wonder why?
Only thing I can think is scheme
Great news if that’s true.
I’m with Scamp on this I think it has to be scheme.
What can I say, I’m just a lovable guy – Jay
FedEx Corp said on Monday it would allow the National Rifle Association to continue using a discount program but said it opposed sales of assault rifles.
The package delivery company’s statement comes as major corporations are under pressures to sever marketing and other ties with the NRA in the aftermath of the Feb. 14 shooting that killed 17 people at a Florida high school.
FedEx said its positions on the issues of gun policy and safety differ from those of the NRA. The shipper supports restricting assault rifles to the military and opposes allowing civilians to use them.
“While we strongly support the constitutional right of U.S. citizens to own firearms subject to appropriate background checks, FedEx views assault rifles and large capacity magazines as an inherent potential danger to schools, workplaces, and communities when such weapons are misused,” FedEx said.
As for discounts, it added that “FedEx has never set or changed rates for any of our millions of customers around the world in response to their politics, beliefs or positions on issues.”
Alright peeps, buenas noches.
Good nachos to you too
Your score is: 22973 (GRADE: A)
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 13: Smith, Roquan, ILB/OLB, Georgia (A+)
Round 2 Pick 19 (DET): Bryan, Taven, DT, Florida (A)
Round 3 Pick 28 (PITT): Ragnow, Frank, C/OG, Arkansas (A+)
Round 4 Pick 13: Gallup, Michael, WR, Colorado State (A+)
Round 4 Pick 20 (SEA): Samuels, Jaylen, RB/WR, North Carolina State (A+)
Round 5 Pick 9 (SEA): Falk, Luke, QB, Washington State (A+)
Round 5 Pick 12: Whitehead, Jordan, FS, Pittsburgh (A+)
Round 6 Pick 14: Hill, Holton, CB, Texas (A+)
Round 7 Pick 13: Weathersby, Toby, OT, LSU (A+)
Round 7 Pick 23: Facyson, Brandon, CB, Virginia Tech (A+)
Luke Falk in the 5th… that’s a win right there.
So… the cowardly cop claims to have not been sure where the gunfire was coming from and claimed he thought it was outside. A couple students were interviewed and saw him hiding behind the corner of a building with his gun drawn pointed at the building the gun fire was coming from while coaches and teachers ran INTO the building to help. Everyone knew where the gunfire was coming from.
Plenty of agendas to contend with in this situation. Anti-Trumpers, Broward County vs. Corral Springs, NRA, Anti-gun, cop haters, cop lovers….
I’m none of those…
Yeah, just watching it all unfold.
Just finalized my spring Michigan fly fishing trip with my bro and pops. Psyched!
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c7b543aa9d0e1f7c8d44522800dcf149cc5d6bc76208105a772b341ddcebfff3.jpg
This’ll be me again in a couple months. Happy
Bugs eating his ass up, eh?
No… it was HOT
By the way… that is actually me
I do most of my trout fishing in the colder months, smallmouth and flathead in the the warmer months.
It was spring… typically pretty cool. But that day was quite warm. That was May in upper Michigan… still pretty cold.
Yeah, I’m sure the water was plenty cold.
Notice the nice, tight loop on that line. I musta got lucky
Pics of snow!
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That’s fantastic, absolutely beautiful.
Lookin’ happy
If you are supposed to be 68 , you don’t look like it and I don’t know many people that age snow skiing . None actually . Good on ya
My folks ski… they are 65. Hit Tahoe every year… and Utah
That’s killer . I love to snow ski but hadn’t been in years . WV and Va. Probably can’t hold a candle to out west .
I learned in Maine… Sugarloaf. WAY different snow than out here.
Snowshoe WV has the best skiing I have ever been too. That’s kind of the best place to go within decent driving range . Still a hump.
always wanted to go to Vermont . I took the wife once , she had never skied . It didn’t go well. Not at all .
Not to Vermont , just to Massanutten , which isn’t much .
I’ve skiid Stowe and Killington. Both nice mountains
I was surprised she struggled because everything comes easy to her . Great softball , volleyball player , very coordinated . She had never kayaked and took to that like a fish to water . Skiing , not so much .
I hear Boone, NC is pretty nice
I’ve heard that too. I see them having a hard time keeping and making snow but IDK.
Yeah. Lot’s of ice on the east coast. I learned in NH, upstate NY, and VT. Have to learn to ski all over. I learned on hickory skis. Skis in the last 20 years or so are much different and waaaay easier to turn.
Snowshoe, 7 Springs, Wintergreen.
I prefer the icy snow.
68 in early May. There are tons of retirees here that ski into their 70’s and 80’s. I can’t wait until I get my senior+ discount at 70.
ha , I hear you . Healthy Oregon living .
I attribute it to local craft brews! 🙂
Cheers !
Finally back from a day on the mountain. Beautiful weather. I am exhausted! I’ll post some pictures after I get them scaled down to 5MB.
Sweet!
My quads were burning by the end of the day.
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If that’s not a ABC Lounge, I don’t know what is.
has that look to it
The Valvoline sticker though
NASCAR races, $1.50 long necks!
FYI SCamp, just got those Compass waders delivered today, they look pretty damn solid. Clean stitching and tape. I’ll let you know how they do when I get a chance.
Cool… the proof will be in a year or two. Looked reasonably priced. I finally got myself a pair of Simms last year. Would have never spent that kind of dough on myself but a bunch of family members got together some gift cards for my birthday and Christmas… basically had nothing else I really wanted.
Yeah, I’m looking for cheaper alternatives. If I can get a few years out of them, I’ll be happy.
Indeed. I found another brand the other week that looked like it might be a good deal and new technology… but alas I already have some Simms. Maybe next time
Fuck it, ride in the Cadillacs as long as you can.
Been fly fishing for 30 years and never had a pair of Simms…
All the hot chicks are gonna follow you around now, lol
They do that already 😉
HA! Stank bait
What’re you gonna do in those waders?
Fish
Fly? conventional? Spear? Archery?
We use ultralite spinning tackle for trout. Plenty of fly-fishermen up here, also. It’s not always practical in some of the rivers. Everything is usually in the mountains.
That’s how I started out… ultralites and mostly Panther Martins. Still use them for panfish sometimes
Those narrow pocket water rivers and streams are fun. I have a 2 weight fly rod for those. Challenging casting for sure. I can tell we’re going to have to meet up when I get back east and do some fishing.
Where do you fish? I grew up fishing right in the Shenendoah a lot
Jennings, Reed, Little Irish, Pedlar, Piney, Tye, Rockfish.
Pocket water fishing is fun stuff
I catch all my flathead bait wade-fishing. Perch and silver chub will knock the dog shit outta a trout magnet. Just drag a mesh bucket with you. You’ll have three dozen in no time.
I fished Piney on President’s day, in the rain. Caught some natives (native Brook). Fished Little Irish with my daughter Thursday or Friday afternoon, caught three stocked Brook before the derp derps slinging power bait showed up.
Nothing more pretty than a fall Brook though…
The natives are beautiful.
You should see the native rainbows out here… cutthroat, too
I’ll bet. I like the way the rainbows bite, but the stockers don’t taste as good as Brook, IMO
Don’t fight as hard either
Y’all got the big boys out there, though. Most of our fish are between 7 and 20.
Yea… there are some monsters.
I could always post that picture again…
I know where that’s from, because of the spacing of those trees, lol
If you can find it you can catch em
Yeah, I won’t be going to Cali anytime soon.
I don’t blame you… don’t give these commies any of your money
I have peeps out there, just no time.
Tell them to get out while they still can
They’re retired, they got it made.
Sounds good, I rarely use a panther martin, or any spinner. I have caught some nice Browns, that had survived a few years from being stocked, on them. Usually laid up on a log. I use trout magnets, mealworms, red worms, fake maggots. Mostly trout magnets.
Here’s a question… does the knitting circle even bother to discuss football anymore or are they simply here to take shots at Conservatives and Trump?
It was morning when I left Alabama
it must have been around in mid July
I got behind a chicken truck from Georgia
and feathers were a flying like snow out of the sky
You ever seen a chicken truck accident?
Feathers all over the damn place. Except the ones stuck to wherever a chicken got smeared on the pavement or a car.
Thought I’d put a picture of a chicken truck accident. Found that apparently, that sort of thing happens fairly often and was like, ehh.
What doesn’t happen all that often is…a pizza truck accident.
https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/ap_17221810989575.jpg?quality=85
Click it for the high res image.
Look at all the pizzas!
Tombstones!
My Dad volunteered his help on a Beer truck accident in Charlottesville, about 15 years ago, ended up with about 20 twelve packs of Sammy’s Boston Lager and Winter Lager, free.
Did he have to put on rain gear to crack them open?
Only the first few. I helped him drink them.
I couldn’t get up the speed to pass him
and the funny smell was a getting close to me
something keeps messing up my windshield
and the further I go the harder it is too see
he slowed down and I tried to drive around him
on a big long hill just south of Tennessee
he had a box of colonel saunders on his dashboard
he was eating fried chicken and throwing the bones on me
Steve and D_C are an excellent example of why nothing ever gets fixed in this country
Really? What did I say that would lead you to that conclusion?
nothing specifically, just an example of the opposite viewpoints that cannot find any compromising middle ground to agree on
Washington Redskins
players under contract 69
2017 cap carry over $1,484,362
current contract value $130,352,567
You gotta wonder how teams like the Browns and the 9ers get away with as much carry over as they do?
We the people, are stupid. I’m soldering pop riveted connector blades on a cheap Chinese headlight switch that I paid $23 for. The GD things are loose from the factory and create so much heat, it melts the switch body. What is my other option? A more expensive Chinese version of the same damned switch.
They do make some total crap over there. OTOH, they also make some pretty damned high quality stuff. Look at all the high end boats that are built in China now. Amazing joinery work, wiring, etc.
I wonder what the fuck happened? – GM
OTOH….taking a CFL apart and making it a remote ballast to keep the heat of the ballast outside the grow space…
I’m retired
HBO’s Mosaic…six episode murder drama.
Good stuff.
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/968280134561288192
Draft prospects with the most to prove at the Combine:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2760359-prospects-with-the-most-to-prove-at-2018-nfl-combine
Very nice write up on Day 2/3 hidden gems, although they’re not all *that* hidden if you’ve been overfocused on the draft.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2760203-hidden-gem-draft-prospects-who-will-shine-at-the-nfl-combine
I think all of these guys are intriguing … except Callaway. Way too many red flags there. I really like the Boise WR, and Coutee would give us some of what we lost in DJax.
The right wing bit down pretty good on that, not really Broward County sheriff’s Lamborghini story
Is there a more gullible group of people in the entire world? The Parkland students are paid activists, the whole thing was staged to take your guns, Obama was born in Kenya, Hillary has a hole in her tongue….
Ew
Yeah, leftists have never reported and commented on questionable and inaccurate news stories.
As far as the Obama born in Kenya story, it was a legitimate question to ask and to look into in the beginning before the question was definitively answered.
Dude, it was NEVER a legitimate question to look into, on several levels. First, even if he had been born in Kenya it wouldn’t have mattered because his mother was a US citizen. Ted Cruz actually WAS born in Canada and no one on the right gave a shit about that. Why? Racism.
And two, there was never a shred of evidence that Obama was born anywhere but Hawaii.
Racism? What about the people who questioned whether John McCain could run for president since he was born in Europe? Was that racism, too?
But listen, Obama’s always been very shady about his background and his records, and I’d bet the house that there’s a reason for that. As far as his birthplace goes, his father is/was Kenyan (not sure if he’s still alive), he lived overseas as a child, and they took a long time to produce a birth certificate and his birth announcement. The man was running for president. It was legit.
Yep, racism. First black presidential candidate — he must be African! He must be a Muslim! He MIGHT be the Anti-Christ!
Obama was never shady about his background. There was never any reason to ask for his birth certificate. Have we seen Trump’s birth certificate? Hell, we haven’t even seen his tax returns! What about Melania’s immigration records?
Obama has ALOT to hide, and did it well. I thought the folks that questioned his birthplace were well within reasonable rights. Now, it did drag on well past the expiration date and became the cause of the wacko brigade, for sure, but it was reasonable at first considering the circumstances.
Agree to disagree. Again, it wouldn’t have made any difference re: his eligibility even if he had been born in Kenya and brought over as a baby. It’s not even a close question.
We’ll agree to disagree. I think Obama is a very sketchy person, and I also think the voting public had a right to know where he was born considering that he was running for president.
Of course they had a right to know, and he told them. End of story.
I’d say Obama was the LEAST sketchy president we’ve had in a looong time. His administration certainly had fewer scandals than any in my lifetime.
Reasonable at first?
He was previously a state Senator and at the time, was a member of the US Senate. And you think that there hadn’t been thorough background checks on him by the federal government?
Here. I’ve got something for ya. One size fits all btw.
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So it’s cool for this crew to take thinly veiled shots at half the people on the blog but I can’t call them out for it?
You blog cops need to get your shit straight…
Sissy guest up voter. Dudes can’t stand on their own two feet.
You know that some of the kids who survived the Parkland massacre are getting death threats from NRA supporters? WTF is wrong with people?
They are stupid, and probably angry because they have a hunch that they’re stupid, but are too stupid to be certain of it.
you joke, but, w/o those so-called “gullible” people, we’d never have broken up clinton’s child sex-trafficking ring.
LOL
I still can’t believe she got away with the Seth Rich murder!
Bullock has a piece on free agent DL. Richardson , Logan , somebody else .
Phil Taylor
right . be nice if that guy could stay healthy . He looked promising
Yeah man…he did.
That would be like a big gift if that was to happen.
That’s his fundamental problem, though, he’s never healthy. Can’t rely on someone who has never been healthy.
I know it and when he got hurt the last time , it didn’t look like anything spectacular really . There was nothing to see .
Reed anyone??
Keith Marshall and Phil Taylor are going to save the day.
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Where has Kelly been ? hadn’t seen him in a good while .
He may have started his cross-country move.
oh yeah . Sounds like not fun at all.
Moving to MD.
Merlin?
If Cravens doesn’t play for the Redskins this season, McCloughan will have and 2nd and 3rd round BUST he is held accountable for (Matt Jones)….and Josh Doctson needs to take a BIG leap this year.
Or you’re gonna do what?
All this talk about Kirk Cousins being “disrepected”, if anyone is being being disrespected it’s Case Keenum.
Why do you say that? Because they won’t franchise tag him?
Because it’s being reported that the Vikings are now players for Kirk Cousins. You have a QB that just led you to the NFL Championship and you wanna trade him in for a QB that’s never won a playoff game?
Yea, but who’s saying it? Is it coming directly from the team?
By the way… I’m not one of those that think Kirk was disrespected. You play the game… then play the game.
That’s the media . They love to hate on Snyder to begin with
…and you wanna trade him in for a QB who’s a p*s*y.
There. Fixed it for you.
Yes . One guy is clearly better that the other one and wins are a team thing . Vikings so much better than Washington across the board its not even funny .
Or Casey Casum.
Casey Casum was NEVER disrespected
Casey Casum was very disrespected, after death. There was a massive fight for his estate and his remains after his death. Somebody took his body to Europe somewhere, I believe, and left him in a funeral home for months and months while they were fighting over him. It was some sort of wild story like that.
Ted Williams .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Kasem#Illness_and_death
He died in Washington St. Expressed a desire before death to be buried in Los Angeles. Wife moved his body to Montreal, and then again to Norway. Took 6 months of squabbling for him to finally be buried. In Oslo, not Los Angeles as he wanted.
I’m glad my relatives won’t do that to me.
he was literally frozen after death due to a family squabble .
Throwing 2 TDs and 3 INTs with a 73.5 QB rating in the playoffs will garner some disrespect.
Damn if he wasn’t great the week before that though . I’ll give him that .
Maxine Waters back at it today…
…if there was ever anyone that needed to be mental health listed it’s that psycho.
She’s an embarrassment to congress, and that’s really saying something.
…and the afternoon knitting crew shows up.
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Lol
Which one of the knitting crew does the most honking?
We’re supposed to play nice so I won’t say who has the size 18 shoe .
For me… this is VERY tame.
It’s okay to insult people that AREN’T on the blog… just not the ones that are on here.
Oh . Steve didn’t specify that . If you aren’t here at the present , your ears are on fire .
I’m just going to leave this alone now… football convo above.
Knitting clowns? Must be a California thing.
Griffin and Jackson ran 4.39
griffin ran 4.39, and then his leg fell off.
Ricky Sanders told us on the air sitting right in front of me that he watched Darrell Green run a 4.1 40.
his play reflected it .
Humphrey ran 4.41 and 4.46
The CB’s at the combine are big and fast.
Yep. And the WRs are big and slow.
Yeah
So Trump envisions himself an action hero now eh.
Hmm…I’m going to guess that he’s seen Air Force One at least, ohh….ten times.
Now all he needs is a souped up golf cart — the Trumpmobile! Because I doubt he could run more than 20′ without having a heart attack.
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/01/57/12/015712fe0616139337bf1f31021ab901.jpg
He was apparently a pretty good baseball player back in his day.
apparently he’s a pretty good golfer too – even allowing for 5 or 6 cheats a round.
Clinton was the worst at cheating at golf.
Pretty good at hand rolling a cigar though
Him and his old lady are right fair liars in there own right . Hang with the best of em’
is this about how he would have run (hahahaha – trump running) into the school?
whatever trump says, the OTHER THING is true:
““I’m not good for medical. In other words, if you cut your finger and there’s blood pouring out, I’m gone,” he told Stern.
….
“So what happens is, this guy falls off right on his face, hits his head, and I thought he died. And you know what I did? I said, ‘Oh my God, that’s disgusting,’ and I turned away,” said Trump. “I couldn’t, you know, he was right in front of me and I turned away. I didn’t want to touch him… he’s bleeding all over the place, I felt terrible. You know, beautiful marble floor, didn’t look like it. It changed color. Became very red.
…
“I was saying, ‘Get that blood cleaned up! It’s disgusting!’ The next day, I forgot to call [the man] to say he’s OK,” said Trump, adding of the blood, “It’s just not my thing.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-time-donald-trump-turned-away-in-disgust-while-a-man-bled-to-death-in-front-of-him
Yeah how pathetic was that comment.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cowboys-hint-dez-bryant-could-be-cap-casualty-bryant-tells-critics-to-kiss-my-a/
Dez Bryant tells critics to kiss his ass. Warning , video contains Michael Irvin. Click at your own risk
Looks like Goodell is going to stick it to Jerry Jones.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22588191/nfl-commissioner-roger-goodell-fine-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones
This oughtta be good…
I wish they could hit him with draft picks or salary cap dollars .
Been some media talk today about moving on from Dezzy.
If he refuses to pay the fines… which is almost guaranteed
To hell with fines, take away draft picks! And give them to us!
Looks like sloppy Joe’s and succotash . Bon Appetite
man…. that’s quite a come-down after the fried rib-eye thing…
Succotash? That stuff Sylvester the cat used to talk about?
It’s real?
If its butter beans and corn mixed together it is. Sometimes you can add a few stewed tomatoes with it .
That reads like something looking for a spoon and some tabasco.
Suffering Succotash
thuffering thuccotash
daffy duck, too, right?
C’mon Daffy, you know it is.
Always amuses me how this place shuts down about an hour before quitting time. I imagine all you right coasters trying to cram 8 hours of work into that final hour…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SazBzvQ0ZAM
Those of us in the world 21st century tech do multiple things at once, I’m never working with less than 2 computers at once in the office. Typically I’m working on 3-5 machines at any one time.
At least that’s what you tell your boss
If my boss ever checked on anything I do.
The mass blogging now explained…
Probably hear from him every 6 months.
I have to talk to mine every single fucking day… that fucking guy
He’s a prick I tell ya
(fyi… I AM the boss)
AKA
You mean your wife’s the boss
Not in this house…
We co-own
There’s probably a happy medium between those two extremes that would be a better way to manage.
Wyatt Teller, guard from Virginia Tech
Squats 600
Bench’s close to 500
Get him in the fifth
Is he any good at football?
I guess….
This guy has him higher than Hernandez:
https://football.realgm.com/analysis/3034/Pre-Combine-2018-NFL-Draft-Big-Board-Offense
With no explanation. I’m just kinda meh about both lines for Tech this year.
Clearly
Wasnt Tony Mandarich a work out warrior but sucked in the NFL?
Mirror muscles
Says who?
Laron Landry
Says me
The Defensive lineman McGlue brought in who they cut and ended up with the Bears . All bark and no bite . Can’t remember his name . Huge but couldn’t tackle a sack of potatoes .
Paea
Bingo. He’s your huckleberry
Or Ziggy Mo’diggity
Seriously read his write up from the nfl draft
Had a bad senior year but was up and coming prior to that
point guard or shooting guard?
6′ 5″
So guard tower
Your score is: 20894 (GRADE: B+)
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 13: Edmunds, Tremaine, OLB, Virginia Tech (A-)
Round 2 Pick 16 (LAC): Bryan, Taven, DT, Florida (A)
Round 3 Pick 20 (LAC): Hines, Nyheim, RB, North Carolina State (A+)
Round 4 Pick 19 (LAC): Cain, Deon, WR, Clemson (A+)
Round 5 Pick 12: Welsh, Sean, OG, Iowa (A+)
Round 6 Pick 14: Jackson, JC, CB, Maryland (A+)
Round 7 Pick 13: Facyson, Brandon, CB, Virginia Tech (A+)
Round 7 Pick 23: Fitts, Kylie, DE/OLB, Utah (A+)
They had Smith go in the top 10, which is who I wanted but Edmunds is really young, lot of potential there.
I don’t see Luke Falk there in the 4th
Fail
Luke Falk goes way to high in First Pick’s mocks (usually in the 3rd round) I was hoping for Kurt Benkert in the 7th, but the 49ers snagged him 1 pick before I was planning to.
Well fuck… the season is ruined
the other POV from the officer who did not go in
Broward Sheriff’s Deputy Scot Peterson, in a statement released through his lawyer Monday, said his actions during the Valentine’s Day massacre “were appropriate under the circumstances.”
Peterson “heard gunshots but believed those gunshots were originating from outside of the buildings on the school campus,” according to the release. “BSO trains its officers that in the event of outdoor gunfire one is to seek cover and assess the situation in order to communicate what one observes with other law enforcement.”
“Allegations that Mr. Peterson was a coward and that his performance, under the circumstances, failed to meet the standards of police officers are patently untrue,” according to the statement sent from the office of Fort Lauderdale attorney Joseph DiRuzzo.
In the statement, Peterson claimed he took up a position outside Building 12 after rushing over to respond to a report of firecrackers. He said that he was the first BSO deputy to dispatch on the radio that shots were being fired. He also claimed that he told a first-arriving Coral Springs officer that he “thought that the shots were coming from outside.”
“Radio transmissions indicated that there were a gunshot victim in the area of the football field, which served to confirm Mr. Peterson’s belief that the shooter, or shooters, were outside,” according to the lawyer.
He also said he “had the presence of mind” to have school officials review closed-circuit TV cameras “to locate the shooter.”
The lawyer also ripped into Israel for prematurely criticizing Peterson, all while cautioning the public to wait for the results of a fast-moving investigation.
That rings true – chaos and confusion, basically. Perhaps we all rushed to judge, including me.
I doubt we’ll ever conclusively know what was going through his head.
Honestly, under those circumstances, not sure he will either.
This is probably true. I certainly judged him pretty quick… guess we’ll have to wait and see.
it is so easy to jump to conclusions and then be wrong
it’s why investigations and postmortem reviews are so important to determined what actually happened
i’ve read that security cam footage was way behind real-time. that could easily be a factor.
yes the cam footage was like on a 15 minutes plus delay
Trump says he would have run into Florida school without a weapon
well that would have solved some people’s issues
Except for those heel spurs.
Ha!
At least he would have except for those darned bone spurs.
a simple rule for interpreting trumpspeak:
whatever trump says, the OTHER THING is true.
it all makes sense once you realize that.
Just a whiny, sore loser who isn’t a true Redskins fan either.
What’s funny is quite a bit of what he said and was laughed at by the media and the left-leaning analysts has proven true.
He’s crude, arrogant, and imprecise with his words (sometimes intentionally so, for effect) but history will eventually judge him as one of our most effective presidents, IMO.
steve,
shall i file this observation in the same bin as the “invading iraq was a good idea” bin?
Invading Iraq was necessary. The handling of Iraq after the fall of the Baath Party was a disaster.
so…. yes…. funny.
You can think what you want. You haven’t been there. I’m not getting into this topic any more in this forum. If you want to discuss, I’m happy to do it offline.
there was no need to go into iraq. we’d have known if sadaam sneezed. he was not a threat to us.
No it wasn’t. We could have just let Sadam fester. Pin him between no-fly zones, and nail him with economic sanctions.
I don’t see Trump as a runner. I mean, he’s 75 years old, so not that its a knock.
HA!
Yeah, I don’t think he’s running anywhere.
I love it when people say what they’d do in that kind of situation. You don’t really know until you’re there. I like what Trump’s doing, but that wasn’t a smart thing to say.
Exactly… once fight or flight kicks in THEN and only then do you know.
The only comp I have for myself was during a neighborhood shooting a few years back.
Heard gunshots at about 1 AM, went outside, a few folks running away in all directions, a guy on the ground 2 blocks away, called 911. Cops got there before I was even able to get shoes on and walk up to the scene see if the guy was still alive.
On the plus side, no drug dealers hanging out there on the corner.
Armed Gunman arrested on a balcony at Austin’s Downtown Doubletree Hotel. No injuries reported.
updated with 43 mocks now — some picks have changed
Vita Vea, DT, Washington 11
Da’Ron Payne, DT, Alabama 8
Derwin James, S, Florida State 7
Calvin Ridley, WR, Alabama 5
Roquan Smith, ILB, Georgia 4
Tremaine Edmunds, LB, Virginia Tech 1
Quenton Nelson, G, Notre Dame 1
Minkah Fitzpatrick, S, Alabama 1
Marcus Davenport, DE, Texas-San Antonio 1
Leighton Vander Esch, LB, Boise State 1
Josh Allen, QB, Wyoming 1
James Washington, WR, Oklahoma State 1
Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma 1
D_C bots hard at work
None of them know anything- dc
Eight out of 43 can’t be wrong!
Locklear booking photo
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/02/26/heather-locklear-arrested-for-domestic-violence-attacking-police-officer-reports-say.html
yes you will have to scroll down to see the photo
Heather Locklear arrested for looks hitting the wall
Heather Thomas was hotter in the 80s and is still hotter than Locklear today.
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Is that Iggy Pop?
Awww man
Really?
There goes that
SCamp AustinSkin • 7 minutes ago
I think Payne is more consistent and polished
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I also think the level of competition he consistently faced was tougher.
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Look at what some of the top DTs did in their last year of college:
Gerald McCoy: 15.5 TFL, 6 sacks
Geno Atkins: 10.5 TFL, 3 sacks (drafted in the 4th round)
Fletcher Cox: 14.5 TFL, 5 sacks
Kawann Short: 15.5 TFL, 7 sacks
Ndamukong Suh: 20.5 TFL, 12 sacks
Da’Ron Payne: 1 TFL, 1 sack
And to be fair….
Vita Vea: 5.5 TFL, 3.5 sacks
Nose Tackles:
Haloti Ngata – 9 TFL, 3 sacks
Dontari Poe – 8 TFL, 1 sacks
Eddie Goldman – 8 TFL, 4 sacks
Just booked the hotel for State championships… I’ve never seen an 8 year old so damn proud of himself.
Might be hard to live with for a while…
Congrats
Awesome stuff
Thanks… I think he’s going to get manhandled at the State level but I would never deny him the experience. He’s worked extremely hard for this and improved amazingly.
Whats he doing? Bear wrestling?
Not quite… little kid wrestling
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Mayock: If Vita Vea runs a sub 5 second 40, that’s more impressive than John Ross running 4.2
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Shit, he’s going to break John Ross’s mark!!
Put him at CB then
Re speed cameras, I have no idea how they can ticket the vehicle (owner) and not the driver. That’s f’d up.
The vehicle’s registration fine print reads ‘The holder of this registration is responsible for any and all acts that we can somehow manage to assign to you’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi6XjUbxJKc
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Mr. Juan Carlos Fernandez had been issued a court-ordered restraining order forbidding him from contacting his former wife. Fernandez continued to harass and stalk her. On November 13, 2016, Fernandez went to his former wife’s family residence. His ex-wife’s father went outside to talk to Fernandez. The boyfriend of his ex-wife arrived, confronted Fernandez, and the two began to fight. Fernandez walked back to his car and retrieved a handgun. Fernandez chased the boyfriend and threatened to shoot him. The boyfriend ran from the scene and Fernandez grabbed his ex-wife by the hair. Her father attempted to pull Fernandez off of her. Femandez shot the father in the head. Fernandez then shot his ex-wife’s grandfather and mother, injuring her grandfather and killing her mother. The bullet, which killed her mother, also struck his ex-wife in the chest. Fernandez grabbed his ex-wife by the hair again and dragged her to his vehicle attempting to shove her into his vehicle. Fernandez placed his ex-wife in a headlock, put the gun to her head, and pulled the trigger. The ex-wife heard the gun click, but it did not fire. Officer R. Bainbridge arrived on scene and saw Fernandez standing in the street, holding his ex-wife by the head with Fernandez’s handgun pressed up against her temple. Bainbridge ordered Fernandez to drop his weapon and get on the ground multiple times. Fernandez responded by threatening to shoot Bainbridge and Fernandez’s ex-wife. Fearing Fernandez was going to shoot the ex-wife, or Bainbridge and his partner, Bainbridge fired one shotgun round to Fernandez’s head, killing him instantly.
so the police interfered in the course of Mr Fernandez “handling his business” and killed him while he held an empty gun
so outraged!
“Femandez shot the father in the head. Fernandez then shot his ex-wife’s grandfather and mother, injuring her grandfather and killing her mother. The bullet, which killed her mother, also struck his ex-wife in the chest. Fernandez grabbed his ex-wife by the hair again and dragged her to his vehicle attempting to shove her into his vehicle.”
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what is there to discuss?
That awesome shot to the head?
It was an awesome shot. Great teamwork there to get that angle on him.
Do you want the fish or the chicken.
Holy shit
If that’s asking you to sign in, go here….
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I could see it fine, nothing like FLIR to show off a shotgun discharge
The youtube uploader put an age restriction on it. For some reason.
Watching someone get killed usually requires that. And rightly so.
Ehh
I could see if it was in color
That was something to watch… wow
In my neck of the woods, they got rid of ‘photo red’ cameras after a couple of years. Seems accidents went up significantly at those intersections as folks were jumping on the brakes and either getting rear ended or losing control.
So in exchange for Peters the Chiefs got the Rams 4th round pick plus a 2019 2nd rounder. Chump change.
Pretty good deal for both teams.
My God, Idiocracy has finally arrived:
https://www.facebook.com/uniladmag/videos/4534210093268681/?t=34
Easterners and their old ways. Of course, there are much better ways to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
Watching someone get hit in the nuts and fall over in pain = funny.
But this, there’s no point to it, what am I supposed to laugh at?
Texans will more than likely cut Lamar Miller….any interest or is he too old?
Absolutely interested he was drafted in 2012
Not a lot of wear
Miller is still “young” at 26
decent production
worth a look
Not interested. Look at his yards/carry over the last 4 years:
’14 – 5.1
’15 – 4.5
’16 – 4.0
’17 – 3.7
Kinda like AlMo was here
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Mike Mayock says interior defensive line is stacked early in NFL Draft.
Cough Payne cough
No
And why?
Lack of production. Produced very little pass rush and had very few tackles for loss. Second round guy, IMHO.
But first round pick according to those who actually work in this industry
So there’s that
He certainly looked the part in the championship game.
Pairing him and Allen together would be awesome
Yup.
Vita Vea will get manhandled in the NFL.
That guy is ungodly strong with great lateral quickness. Doubt he get’s manhandled
Just messin’ with D_C. Vita is his guy.
IMO, Payne is just more explosive.
I think Payne is more consistent and polished
I also think the level of competition he consistently faced was tougher.
I don’t know… SEC was pretty weak last year outside of Auburn, Georgia and the team he was on.
Same folks who called Billings a round 1 prospect? And he went in the 4th round?
I’d be happy with him or Vea.
Given all the skins needs, I’m all for trading back from 13 at this point for more picks, and frankly I’m always a trade back proponent. Doing a mock draft here’s the offers:
Cleveland
Round 1 Pick 13 (13) for:
Round 2 Pick 1 (33)
Round 2 Pick 3 (35)
Round 3 Pick 1 (65)
Baltimore
Round 1 Pick 13 (13) for:
Round 1 Pick 16 (16)
Round 2 Pick 20 (52)
Buffalo
Round 1 Pick 13 (13) for:
Round 1 Pick 21 (21)
Round 2 Pick 21 (53)
Round 3 Pick 32 (96)
Pittsburgh
Round 1 Pick 13 (13) for:
Round 1 Pick 28 (28)
Round 2 Pick 28 (60)
I traded with LA Chargers for #17 and recouped our 3rd round pick. Sounds fair.
So of these 4, I’m assuming you would love Baltimore 16th & 52nd picks.
…and frankly, we never do it
the best values are the BALT and BUF trades
the BUF one gives us 4 picks in the top 100 which is pretty huge
Redskins trade No. 13 and No. 50 to move up and grab WR Calvin Ridley….
That sounds more like our FO
That buffalo trade would give me a pants tent
Just the two 1st rounders would be way more than No. 13 is worth, according to the old draft value charts. Can’t even imagine them giving us both PLUS a 3rd rounder.
saw some great video over the weekend of two women shooting a robber armed with sawed-off shotgun in Tulsa OK liquor store
only problem was too small caliber guns they used, shot him four times and did not put him down
one of the guns looked like a .25 or .380 auto
The “haters” will try to downplay Alex Smith, but if he was a free agent, he’d be right there with Cousins as a highly sought after QB.
getting Smith looks like a very savvy move at this juncture.
Yes. I’ve studied him enough at this point – in conjunction with my column I wrote and otherwise – to know that he’s a fine replacement for Cousins for a few years.
very psyched about smith. we should be goo there for 2, maybe 3? seasons.
loved me some kurt cummings, but glad that ish is over.
This is borderline pornographic.
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The #Vikings are not expected to franchise tag QB Case Keenum and he’s slated to hit free agency, per sources with knowledge of the team’s thinking. Barring a change of heart, Minnesota joins the fray for a starting QB… and will make these next few weeks fascinating.
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I’d go so far as to call the guy who destroyed the speed camera a hero.
He’ll get destroyed in court, though. Maybe, Martyr?
Definitely a martyr. Destruction of public property. At least a misdemeanor depending on how much that thing costs.
Oh they are not cheap. The companies that make them are bringing in a fortune.
something like 60 K to purchase, and $5 K a month to operate (which is all profit)
I’m sure that’s easily justifiable… can you hear my eyes rolling?
To say nothing of all that lost revenue in missed speeding tickets.
That wouldn’t be a part of the calculation for purposes of a criminal charge. I don’t know DC criminal statutes, but most of them are based on the dollar amount of the stuff you destroyed, not the consequential damages.
I was kidding. Sort of. Wouldn’t be surprised if some lawyer tried to include it.
and I thought you were all about law and order. Who knew what a rebel you actually were ?
I’m all about being a good person and doing the right thing; that doesn’t including being a fan of governmental over-reach and monitoring.
Road safety is an over-reach?
Monitoring and ticketing via auto-camera sure the heck is.
Hard to face your accuser
I mean, the Defense Department literally once took a sample of my DNA and is keeping it on file. Which didn’t make me happy at all, but it was either that or court martial.
^Explains the army of Steve Thomas clones.
Thank USSOCOM for that. I’m unique, trust me, and not necessarily in a good way.
I mean, every government employee and contractor at the least is finger printed for some reason.
Because you know, what if the janitors are up to no good.
“PLEASE come forward, identify you yourself and take responsibility for
your actions…so we can all vote for you for Mayor,” one user wrote in
the comments to the Washington Post article. “Well done good citizen.”
Top 100 FA List.
http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nfl/78124/309/free-agency-update
Your score is: 21077 (GRADE: B+)
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 17 (LAC): Vea, Vita, DT, Washington (A)
Round 2 Pick 12: Penny, Rashaad, RB, San Diego State (B+)
Round 3 Pick 20 (LAC): Brown, Tony, CB, Alabama (A+)
Round 4 Pick 13: Watts, Armani, FS, Texas AM (A+)
Round 5 Pick 12: Phillips, Skyler, OG, Idaho State (A+)
Round 6 Pick 14: Lazard, Allen, WR, Iowa State (A+)
Round 7 Pick 13: RollandJones, JaVon, OLB, Arkansas State (A+)
Round 7 Pick 23: Lauletta, Kyle, QB, Richmond (A+)
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I think we can all agree; Republican, Democrat, Conservative, Socialist, Populist, whatever Scamp is this week. We all agree, speed cameras are evil and should all be destroyed.
But he left the hard drive…
In DC it’s $100 a pop.
How much for destruction of city property?
you know how to avoid getting caught by speed cameras?
don’t speed.
What they love to do is put them in places where the speed limit is lower than it needs to be, like a 25 MPH road in the woods.
that camera was not anywhere near the woods.
They put them in some pretty manipulative spaces. At the end of a 55mph zone that is being brought down to a 35 mph zone. All the one on New York Ave. Literally, no reason for a 25 mph zone over there. Traffic can easily handle 35.
I’ve never seen one . I haven’t been towards Va Beach in years , they may have them over there considering how populated it is. Haven’t seen any towards Richmond either .
There’s trees across the street. Looks woodsy enough to me.
I will, but get off of my lawn!
In a city full of speed cameras, you have got to deploy countermeasures.
Speed cameras are evil and un-American. They should all be destroyed. In fact, people raised enough ruckus in my corner of the world that they got rid of them.
I think he needs anger management
Definitely put him on the AR-15 ban list.
Absolutely . He needs weed.
I think he needs to get a medal.
That was one of eleven speed cameras destroyed that night.
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.@thecooleyzone would love to see the #Redskins draft OK State WR James Washington.
I like him too but at 13? eehhhhhhhh….
Cooley was saying in the 3rd but his dumb ash doesn’t know we don’t have a 3rd anymore.
one of the mocks has us taking him at #13 which is a huge reach IMO
another has us taking him in the 2nd which is more reasonable
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I didn’t know tat Buck was on a trip through Missouri. They don’t call it the show me state for nothing.
It was cold . That’s why the shrinkage .
was he carrying a country-fried steak?
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Scow’s wife?
Link not working….
How about now?
Nope…. Page can’t be found.
Cousins, Brees, Bradford, Cutler, Keenum, McCown, Bridgewater, am I forgetting any FA QBs?
Glennon lol
McCown.
HA
who the f cares?!?! we got ours. glad to be ignoring that discussion.
I like the new you!
what do you mean?
What do YOU mean, what do I mean?
what “new you” are you talking about?
The “forceful, assertive” you. C’mon Walter, run with it.
well its going to be the biggest news of this years FA market….and wherever Cousins goes and for how much will always be discussed here and by local media.
every time I hear hookers I think of Police Academy and Commandant Lassard giving his speech as the podium
Any time I think of Police Academy I black out.
And then sees Guttenberg’s character (and not the hooker)….
1 reason Alex Smith wants to be here, he likes our helmets.
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The UTE’S
Also Alex Smith only wants to wear read uniforms I guess.
well, our helmets are, objectively, the sharpest-looking helmets in the league.
Is Cutler still with Mia or did he only sign a 1 year deal?
WHAT THE F!!!!? – Suzy
Why is everyone just giving up on Tannehill?
Tannehill is Miami’s starter. I think Jay Cutler was a one year deal.
Mia Khalifa an’t letting no 6-8 close to her.
The 2nd amendment does not restrict the Govt from banning certain weapons that is a major falsehood. It only says people have the right to bare arms it doesn’t specify the type of arms.
What it means is that both men and women can go outside (or inside for that matter) with bare arms….
Be they hairy, or shaven, it makes no difference!
I was going to post a pic of a woman with hairy arms , you know as a joke . NOT ! The internet is nasty and obsessed with sex.
Lol, thanks
Cousins vs Rogers 2 times a year would be good for the NFC North.
Rogers is simulataneously laughing and fuming at that comments. To even be in the same sentence with that guy….
Laughed when Griffy said it, fuming when Twirk says it.
Twirk….
Ikr, we have no respect for his brand……..
Kirk beat him here in 2016….the infamous McGlue head rub….
Well, except for that Monday night game in the wind .
Sure better than Rogers vs whoever the Bears had for the last 5 years.
Gil on where Kirk Signs….
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Hey @Gil_Brandt … Just a hunch, but from a few things you’ve said, it sounds like someone whispered to the godfather that Cousins will sign with the Vikings. True?
Closest to Michigan and the play indoors .
good points
They also told him they would hire someone to rub his p*s*y.
Daron Payne
Will Hernandez
Make that happen
Too bad Donald Trump didn’t name him.
Big Bad Jon
The Greek
Baron Payne
Jets or Minnesota will sign Kirk.
kirk is the anti Christ . Nobody wants him now and he will make no money ever again.
Jacksonville didn’t want him, he will make money but it’s not going to be the mega deal everyone is talking about.
Plus he’s got a little sliver of orange pie, sad…..
Minny has the cap space.
Run ball, stop run. Draft accordingly .
Bingo!
-Sherm
Yep!
Also stop the pass.
Also kick really good.
And score a bunch of those touchdown things.
And go get hookers
Pretty ones, though, not those streetwalker chickenhead types.
all of the above .
My top needs for this team are WR, LG and DT with RB not far behind. We need somebody that can take the top off of the defense and a better run game if Smith is going to be successful, and our run defense has been absolute trash for years. Need somebody who is immovable in the middle of the DLine
VV
I wouldn’t be mad at it even though I like Payne more
Vincent Vega? He sucks ass…got manhandled.
Same with Paul Pinto. terrible
Hahaha, 🙂
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The #Vikings are not expected to franchise tag QB Case Keenum and he’s slated to hit free agency, per sources with knowledge of the team’s thinking. Barring a change of heart, Minnesota joins the fray for a starting QB… and will make these next few weeks fascinating.
And Kirk’s mega deal just dropped 2 sizes.
He’ll still get 25-28 a year
Or, now Minny is now in play for KC.
Yup
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Braggart! Listen to you all high and mighty with your technology knowledge. Well, laudy-freakin’-do!
I’m tech savvy , what can I say ?
Ihaveasmallpenis@bigbuck………. wasn’t that the password Squinns created for you? Something to that effect?
I think it was .
Master of the dark web.
not now, but it happens
close out browser completely and then come back in that usually fixes it
if not buy a new computer – LOL
When that happens it means that my browsers been open too long. Try closing out your web browser totally and re-opening, should fix it.
Your web browser is jacked up. Surprised you didn’t know that . Elementary .
So, you may want to test your internet speed to see if that’s the issue.
Try going to http://www.clownpenis.fart and see how long it takes to upload.
We need a real starting RB. Draft one or sign Lewis, Hyde, or Crowell.
A critical need, for sure.
Skins meet with Rashad Penny so I wouldn’t be surprised if its him.
I think it’s much too early to attach any team to any player, honestly, no matter what Mel Kiper thinks.
Penny would be a good PR replacement for Crowder.
yeah he would be
Guns seem to be the topic du jour.
Guns Schmuns F those things
You brought a gun to a grenade fight.
for D_C
M203 grenade launcher attachments fitted with the standard rifled 40mm barrel are classified as “Destructive Devices” under the National Firearms Act part 26 U.S.C. 5845, 27 CFR 479.11, because they are a “non-sporting” firearm with a bore greater than one-half inch in diameter.
Also each grenade constitutes a Destructive Device on its own, and must be registered with the Federal government, requiring payment of a $200 tax (on a $15 grenade round) and compliance with storage regulations for high explosives.
Okay, but the 2nd Amendment only talks about the right to bear “Arms.” If the theory is that it was created to arm the populous with militia-style weapons, i.e., typical weapons that a soldier would carry in an armed conflict, then there’s no real justification for banning full auto, grenade launchers, hand grenades, etc.
OTOH, if the theory is that it just provided for home protection, then there’s little CONSTITUTIONAL justification for allowing rifles of any kind, or semi-automatic handguns. Which, of course, doesn’t mean that rifles and other arms would be illegal per se. It would just be up to the states and federal government.
the term arms cover all weapons from swords to atomic weapons
we currently restrict private citizens from owning certain arms
we can further restrict that if the lawmakers so decide, like ownership of other weapons such as semi-automatic weapons without destroying the second amendment
I agree, but I doubt Steve would.
I don’t agree with any of that.
And I meant M203, by the way, not M204.
I didn’t want to embarrass you. 😉
It’s not embarrassing. It was a mistake.
Testicular fortitude.
Like I had a clue.
You can find it, verbatim, on Wikipedia.
My list of team needs factoring in who’s currently under contract.
1. WR- Starter
2. LG- Starter
3. ILB- Starter
4. DT- Rotational player
5. RB – Rotational player
6. CB- Depth
7. S- Depth
8. OLB- Depth
9. C-Depth
10. Kicker- Starter (not worried about it, but we need someone)
11. QB- 3rd String
12. OT – depth
Mine:
DT
RB
LG
ILB
WR
If you’re not counting FAs I’d say we should also be looking at finding a starter at CB.
I think we have our starters at CB already – Norman, Dunbar, Moreau.
Maybe, but at this point Moreau is a completely unproven prospect. I wouldn’t feel very comfortable throwing him into the starting lineup Week 1.
Well, I don’t think there is any question about Alex Smith’s work ethic so that’s all that matters on that front . He has plenty of talent and he works hard . I said it so it must be true .
The Redskins need O-line depth as well. I think Kuandijo is a good depth guard…not a starter.
RICK’S LIST of NEEDS (in order)
7. S
6. CB
5. TE
4. Edge Rusher
3. LG
2. RB
1. DT
Wow, my own list is way different.
I strongly disagree with leaving WR off the list, and I’d leave TE off. To me, WR is the #1 need.
Forgot about that….you’re right.
….TE is a need, they don’t have one that can block.
Jeremy Sprinkle can do it. He just needs time.
So, how about them guns?
My favorite weapon I’ve ever personally fired? M204 grenade launcher.
Which should be totally legal for high school students to purchase!
why not? i don’t think it’s proscribed by the founders.
Well, for one thing, I could make an argument that a portable grenade launcher isn’t actually a “gun”.
but it is clearly “arms”.
That one is strictly a military weapon.
That’s the one that is under the rifle on a M4?
M203A1 is used under an M4
the Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher is pretty neat too
the pay for content is like the old cable TV versus non-cable TV debate back in the day
why would I pay for what I get for free
so long as their is so much “free” (paid for by ads) sports content it’s hard to make money with paid for content
you have to get enough exclusive content that people can’t get for free
for cable TV it was premium services like HBO/SHO
for Netflix it’s a lot of shows that you cannot get anywhere else
And who’s paying for all this porn on the internet?
Their advertisers
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Picking the best available player without regard to need isn’t smart.
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Steve just called DC a dumby, To be fair, though, most people up here have. [insert smiley face]
No he said that move isn’t smart….
BPA@PON is the only true path to righteousness.
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Alex, is that one of ours? Everyone, pls buy this.
Yes, this is one of ours.
talk about a highly-specific “niche” type product…. haahahaha
Our entire operation here is a “niche” product.
Everything I do I do for my niche.
Normally I’d agree with Steve’s statement, but the sad truth is that there is no position on the Redskins, with the possible exception of OT, that doesn’t qualify as a position of need. We’re set at QB for 2-3 years, but even there, if one of the top 3 guys falls to 13 I think you have to take him.
We definitely have alot of needs. I’d prioritize some ahead of others, and I don’t think some are 1st round-level needs.
It’s a tough call for me. I’m just saying that if, for example, a safety or LB I rank in the top 5 falls to 13, I’d take that guy over a DT who I have ranked in the 15-20 range.
Now, if they’re only separated by 3-4 spots on my board I’d probably lean toward the DT.
After the combine I’m gonna do my personal spreadsheet that I always do where I end up ranking needs vs guys projected draft value, and come up with my chart. I may end up sharing it this year if I think it’s any good.
We need ery’thing .
I think most GM’s don’t plan for anything further out than 3 years to begin with. From what I’ve heard anyway.
so…. do we think kirk’s development from 4 round afterthought to top free-agent qb was bad drafting? kirk and his awesome work ethic? or jay gruden, the qb whisperer?
or… what percent would you ascribe to each aspect?
50/50
Have to have something to work with up front
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You put way too much time into that
Never too much time for pie.
But far too much time for Kirk
a pie chart . brilliant , you’re hired .
I’d pay 5.99 for that Alex.
Poor KC only has a sliver of natural talent though .
Lol, that’s a very small slice of orange.
Have you watched his deep ball?
Yes
Also, natural talent is IMO, the least valuable part to great QB play. You can have all the talent in the world, but if you aren’t mentally tough, and coached up right, you will fail.
You don’t have to defend your pie chart with me, buster 🙂
I don’t agree. QBs can have all the work ethic in the world, but if they don’t have arm talent, it’s pointless. See, e.g., Beck, John.
Well Beck had negative talent…
Yes , but there are overachievers . Guys who outwork everybody else .
Such as John Beck.
Don’t recall him outworking anybody but if you say so .
I’m with buck. He never struck me as an overachiever.
well…. i mean… he did some really great guitar work.
That’s the other Beck, who’s playing in DC tonight I think.
#1 – I’m done caring about this. But in answer to the question, I think it’s perhaps 25% Kirk’s work ethic, 25% Jay Gruden, QB whisperer, and 50% Jay’s QB-friendly system.
you can be “done” with it, as i am with kirk, but is is a pertinent question. was kirk this gem that we let get away? or can jay coach up another guy?
I think Jay’s great with QBs, and his system allows the right QBs to accumulate big stats.
What if I said KC’s work ethic made Gruden’s offense better than he really is ? Is that going to upset the narrative ?
It appears that Cousins is going to price himself out of a job with potential teams who are finding cheaper alternatives or using the draft.
He’ll get paid… just not sure it will be by a contender now.
Heading out to hit the slopes in a few. Will post pictures of the deep pow when I get back. Someone will need to head over to Falls Church and talk Walter down from the ledge, though. Thanks in advance!
Please refer to your location as “here”, or “there”, when posting the purtty powdah pictures, for our entertainment, if you please. Also, thank you in advance.
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Heather Locklear was reportedly arrested for felony domestic violence and attacking a police officer.
When cops attempted to arrest the 56-year-old, she reportedly became violent and attacked a police officer.
According to Variety, Locklear’s full charges are one count domestic violence, a felony and three counts of battery on emergency personnel.
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So those 3 guys are starting their own sports site, and want to make a living off of it charging 5.99 a pop.
Lets say they are willing to be super modest about the type of money they are willing to take in, and each hope to make only 40 K a year, plus lets add a little extra, say $2,000 for the cost of a website & some other expenses.
They would still need close to 1,700 subscribers to make it work.
And I’d guess that they are planning on making more than 40K per year.
I’m trying to be modest in what a startup could bring in.
DC area MSA pop is 6M so say 50% male that make 3M if you can get 0.5% to sign up that would be 15,000 subscribers
You’re assuming that 3 M are DC sports fans, When the hard core sports fan base for DC is probably a fraction of that… 100K may be generous given how we can’t see a full FedEx most days.
that’s where the 0.5% comes into play, even if it is 0.25% penetration that still 7,500 people
if you can get 3,500 Redskins fans, 2,000 Nationals fans and 2,000 Caps fans that would get you to 7,500
I think 5K-7.5K are needed to make it viable
It’s too bad the commenters here won’t pay $5.99…..hint hint
What 3 guys?
McNally
Standig and some dude from the times.
No idea who that is
“The three men — former Washington Times enterprise writer Todd Dybas and longtime local sports reporters Brian McNally and Ben Standig”
To quote from Tampa below.
McNally and Standing are beat guys both do a lot of radio work.
I think I’ve heard of the first 2 but could not tell you what they have done other than Tweet. The first guy… no clue
Yeah don’t recognize him. Is an enterprise writer someone who writes about star trek?
MUST be.
I was never clear on something…In 2015, when the Redskins offered Kirk that deal, did Kirk’s agent actually counter and the Redskins scoffed?
As I understand it, 2015. Kirk’s side offered a deal, Something like 3 years 15 M a year. Skins scoffed.
Got it.
2016, skins offered a deal. Kirk Scoffed.
We’ll never know the whole story, and I don’t care anymore.
I think the real story is whatever the person telling it at the time wants it to be .
I’m not so sure that Cleveland’s Kizer couldn’t go somewhere else and be successful. They aren’t exactly a beacon franchise for rookie QB’s. They guy does have some skills , IDK, thinking out loud,
They ruined him.
A United passenger landed in hot water after ditching his flight from New Jersey by opening the emergency exit door and jumping down the inflatable slide, officials said.
Troy Fattun, 25, shouted that he was on the wrong plane at Newark Airport on Sunday, so he took matters into his own hands and pulled the wild stunt, which delayed the 7 p.m. flight to Tampa, Fla., for hours.
Even though Fattun claimed he was on the wrong flight, police said his ticket showed he was on the right plane.
I bet Kirk plays for less money than most think.
I already said he wasn’t going to get the huge deal people think he will get.
I think he’s going to get the massive deal.
Yep
Arizona has no cap room to sign Cousins to the deal he wants.
neither do the Broncos
The Jet’s plan is scare all the other teams off with bold talk of big time guaranteed money. Then, once they’re the only team making an offer, they’re gonna low-ball that preppy knob.
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#NFL combine prep.
5. There is going to be strong Kirk Cousins buzz all week as his market takes shape. If #Broncos are willing to pay $25 mil per and $80 mil+ gteed, I believe he ends up there. If not, I think his recruitment gets wild among other suitors.
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…and that would mean Kirk will have made 125 million guaranteed in his career. Not bad for a guys that’s been “disrespected”
If they do that they wont be able to do much else.
I’m going to stick with my 5 years/$159M prediction.
Josh RosenSquinns Zig-Zag_BC • 2 hours ago
Steve saying to keep the comments civil or Steve strongly espousing his opinions on the subject matter?
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The point isn’t the opinions: what I scolded people for was that they were cursing at each other and calling each other vulgar names. I never, ever do that, either here or in real life.
To be fair, this is totally true. Never seen Steve participate in name calling. I have seen him vehemently defend his positions and perhaps call someone else’s argument foolish. Notice that the two choices I gave never involved Steve calling people or name or using vulgarities.
People that have the testicular fortitude to accept being misinformed, or even sometimes flat out wrong, understand what your point was, and is still.
“testicular fortitude” – LOL!
BWAHAAHAHHAHA!!! Awesome.
Jacksonville out of the Kirk sweepstakes. Looking like maybe a 2-3 teams race for Cousins although those teams have top draft picks to use on a QB.
clearly, Cleveland is drafting their guy, they’ll prob sign someone like Bradford to a 2 year deal.
NYG are going QB
I think Denver and NYJ would prefer FA QB, prob also Arizona, though if they are QB-less going into the draft…
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Not him again…
The thing is, is Cleveland is pretty much set on drafting a QB, and Foles gets traded, he’s going to be down to about 2 teams, assuming Bridgewater isn’t being considered a starter somewhere next season.
I hope the little Shit gets stuck on the Browns.
So you don’t have to hear about him in the local news every week?
Who?
Ahhhh. The Richmond QB.
If that’s who his agent is…I take him off my board.
Why would that matter if he lets his relationship with Kirk interfere with other clients then he should be fired.
Norway to spend $13 million on upgrades to their doomsday seed vault.
No word yet on how anyone is ever supposed to get to the remote island located between Norway and the North Pole, should, god forbid…a doomsday scenario actually take place.
The three men — former Washington Times enterprise writer Todd Dybas and longtime local sports reporters Brian McNally and Ben Standig — described a mission familiar to anyone who’s followed the Athletic’s rapid expansion. They want to present online Washington sports coverage without clunky ads, autoplay videos or print deadlines. They want to provide a heavy dose of analysis and explanation, and to avoid outlandish headlines and bluster. And they want to do it by charging readers $5.99 a month, hoping that enough subscriptions will turn this into a viable full-time enterprise.
That’s only going to be $1 more than Disney is going to charge for ESPN Plus streaming service
Charging for content……
How do we make that work?
Depends on who you ask….
47 year old Kevin Smith had a heart attack last night. Doctors say it’s due to blockage.
He’s currently in hospital recovering. Due surgery too.
Minn going to want Cousins to sign a one year prove it deal.
BWAHAHAAHHAHAAHAH!!!!
That’s a good one .
What does he have to prove? He is an addonis who can sling the ball beautifully! I mean, just look at the form and stroke.
-Hope
That wont happen
I don’t understand why Minny would be in the market for a QB. Keenum is damn good and would cheaper than Kirk.
Probably just looking at every option.
You think ? Why wouldn’t they . There is obviously a small seed of doubt regarding their current crop of QB’s or they would have already committed verbally at least .
Think? I Thought we were just supposed to puke up rehashed Twitter Babbage as gospel?
well, there’s exceptions
No reason to even think about it really.
Keenum is their guy.
A lot of other teams in the past weren’t sold on Keenum, maybe Minn isn’t either.
He has accomplished more than Cousins.,
I don’t get why Minny hasn’t just made the call and signed one of their guys.
You have 3 decent guys in house, to walk away from all 3, foolish IMO.
Yup
Bradford is prob not getting a starting gig, so he might have to settle for backup money
Two guys have injury history and the other guy is a one year wonder right now
And Kirk has a lot of yards in an offense geared to getting lots of yards he doesn’t have much after that though.
Cousins Next Team – of all the possibilities mention since last year
WAS – out
LAR – out
SF – out
JAX – out
NYJ – leader
CLE – possible
AZ – possible
DEN – possible
MIN – possible
BUF – possible
denver and minn would be great for him. i’m big enough to admit that i’m small enough to hope he goes elsewhere.
Denver won’t be able to build around him. Minny is SB or bust!
Cousins won’t win in NY…why would you go to that division? You won’t win it it anytime soon.
why?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Minn made a run at him as they are close to getting to the SB. I see him accepting whatever contract they put in front of him.
For years, I never paid attention to Day 3 of the draft as a Redskins fan….but over the past couple of years, we’ve gotten a few “gems” late in the draft AND some decent UDFA signings.
I think it’s the best day to pay attention to.
Sure you may not know any of the guys, but they pick someone, you will like the pick and get juiced up watching their highlights.
“It’s the process,” Hall said. “Along that journey there are things that happened as far as trading for (Griffin) and losing draft picks. That set the franchise back. There was moving my money and Haynesworth’s money into the uncapped year [in 2010], which gave us a steep, steep cap penalty two years in a row. Didn’t allow us to get better in certain areas. To have all of that behind us and have (team president) Bruce Allen at the reigns — and Scot McCloughan was here for a little while helping out, and (senior vice president of player personnel) Doug Williams.
“To have all of those [front office] guys in place now, you can just see that things are running smoothly. Maybe it’s not the guy people want, but it’s the guy who can help us. I think this organization has done a great job. I know a lot of people are hurt that Kirk is moving on. I love Kirk, but I don’t know if Kirk wanted to be here. For us as an organization, we had to look for the next guy and Alex was the next guy.”
Hal’s sellin’ the sauce for a front office job.
Smart man
Ha, that’s what I was thinking also.
but also, he could be right.
A few ‘gems’ from DeAngelo Hall…
“[Smith] wanted to be here,” Hall said. “When he was in Kansas City he reached out to those guys in Kansas City and told them, ‘Hey, I understand you guys want to move me. Could you try to get me to Washington? I really want to get to Washington.’ For a guy to really want us as a team, as teammates, that means a lot, that means a whole lot where, you know. It felt like Kirk was forced to be here. I wish nothing but the best for him and whatever is next for him, but this organization is doing nothing but going up.”
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Kirk was playing us for suckers…good riddance!
As I’ve said; Kirk is a two-face mercenary. Says the right things, but will stab you in the back as soon as gets a chance.
Kirk, Schmirk, fuck that guy.
What can you REALLY tell about players at the combine?
You can tell if they took the time to train and prepare. If they paid attention in the classroom and have the aptitude required to study and excel. And if they’re eager to play football or are just like ‘Yea, whatever man. I’m the greatest. You got to pay me.’
physical measurements
how well they move in certain drills
how football smart they are
This
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Anxious for the combine to start
How many mass shootings, er I mean days until the combine?
i think the conversion is “days/1.5 = mass shootings”
What happens when teachers who are “strapped” fear for their lives and shoot a student in a “stand your ground” state?
of course teachers should have arms, can you imagine trying to corral the kids at recess without arms
it would be total chaos, teachers head butting and kicking kids try to keep them in line
let the teachers have arms
The blow that whistle like it’s supposed to get your attention. Now, fire a few rounds off to get the kids to come in from recess…no student is going to disregard that.
At least not until they get used to it and stop giving a damn.
fire one round to start class, two rounds to end class
forget using bells
Well, you want to whole school to hear it so. Gotta go with cannon fire.
good point
and a nice cannon out front would be a great deterrent
School officials in a rural area in the Pocono Mountains, in northeastern Pennsylvania, reportedly told elementary school parents that their children will be relocated for the day Wednesday to accommodate a nearby church planning a special wedding-like ceremony involving AR-15 semiautomatic rifles — similar to the weapons used in a Florida high school massacre exactly two weeks earlier.
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If couples can’t bring the guns because of legal problems “or other reasons,” they are “invited to purchase a $700 gift certificate from a gun store, as evidence of their intent to purchase a ‘rod of iron’ in the future,” the church’s site says. “These actions to participate with crowns and a rod of iron/gift certificate are signs of attendance, sovereignty and vigilance to protect God’s coming nation.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/02/26/pa-elementary-school-relocates-students-after-nearby-church-plans-wedding-like-ceremony-involving-semiautomatic-rifles/?utm_term=.b1baf6449772
This is classless, just absolutely absurd.
“While the ceremony and church are on the American fringe, religiously, they are making common cause with evangelicals, who polling shows are more likely than Americans overall to be satisfied with current gun laws and who prefer laws to be less strict, according to Christianity Today. A 2017 piece by the magazine cited data by the firm PRRI finding “evangelicals were the only religious group in which a plurality (40 percent) say that putting more emphasis on God and morality in school and society is the most important thing that could be done to prevent future mass shootings.” ” – Michelle Boorstien
If I can get $300 – $350 on trade in…I’d be nuts not to bump up to the S9.
It’s got a, get this…variable aperture.
Do you get a trade in on a phone?
Yes.
If you have one that’s been out for a few years, the trade in is minimal. It’s based on the make and model.
Our offense needs to be able to impose it’s will on teams, not just rely on clever scheme. Sometimes opposing DCs just have your number, you gotta have that to lean on.
Walter, RumpleSkin says he has some great picks of all the fresh powder they’ve been getting.
Escobar???
Haha! (I was waiting for that) sometimes you just know.
Teaser
I forget his proper handle. I’m sure that’s wrong.
The Redskins need a true “havoc-wreaking” pass rusher…not “very good” or “pretty good” but someone that demands a double team and one that keeps OC’s up at night.
http://newarena.com/nfl/ranking-all-32-nfl-starting-quarterbacks-from-worst-to-best/3/?amxt=yvid2
QB rankings by New Arena:
Eli-25
Smith-15
Dakota-13
Carson-4
i HATE those things like that where they make you click/refresh 15 times to see the whole list. did you see current redskin kurt cummings on the list?
He wasn’t on there because he’s not a starter on any given team.
And I agree. I hate that too.
kinda ridiculous not to include him… how do they know he’s not the starter? who did they assume was the chiefs’ starter? eagles? foles or wentz…?
nevermind.
Ash vs Evil Dead is back. So there’s that to look forward to later tonight.
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Crazy.
Funny that the Chiefs will be starting Amerson and Fuller at CB this year.
throw the ball on them.
we’re all going to miss fuller… for years.
New river reported in Falls Church. Appears to have a high saline count.
he’s from vatech, too! glad we got rid of cousins. glad we got smith. sad about fuller.
GaTech, Notre Dame, Miami, all home games this year.
Dang.
That’s the sort of thing you say to division rivals. Not one of your own.
also, funny you say “new river”. the new river that runs right past blacksburg, va, is possibly the oldest river in the world. it existed before the appalachians and cut an east-to-west path right through them as they rose 2-3 hundred million years ago.
Cool. Just messin’. We’ll probably miss Fuller; but I’d rather be down Fuller and Alex Smith (with the QB situation settled for at least a couple of years.
The more I think about it the more I think we should go pure BPA in the first two rounds. The team just has too many needs and too little talent to be in “win now” mode. We need more blue chip players regardless of position.
As long as it’s interior BPA. Yes.
As long its defensive lineman BPA in the first, I’m good.
Well, that’s not BPA. I’d be okay shading it a *little* bit for interior, but not a lot. If a Roquan Smith or a Minkah Fitzpatrick falls to 13 I’m taking that guy unless Quentin Nelson is also available.
I’d not complain about a James or Fitzpatrick.
What is this “win now”, that you speak of?
Picking the best available player without regard to need isn’t smart.
Alright. Shows over. Back to guns, the NRA, and why the right is wrong.
Harrumph!
You were wrong last night in your post. I understand that it must taste like shit because of who called you out, but hey…. that’s none of my business.
Man, looks like I missed some good stuff over the weekend.
Mr. Steve gave some folks a spanking. It wasn’t really, really bad. We’ve seen worse.
Steve saying to keep the comments civil or Steve strongly espousing his opinions on the subject matter?
Those three had a little fight.
The point isn’t the opinions: what I scolded people for was that they were cursing at each other and calling each other vulgar names. I never, ever do that, either here or in real life.
What are you talking about?
Kibosh. It’s kibosh.
Not, kabosh.
What’s that, Yiddish for “high flow day”?
Hopkins isn’t the board game thing. That’s Tress.
Yeah I didn’t bother to correct Steve there. I should have. Also it’s a card game, not board game. D&D fans would be outraged.
BTW I ordered Tress’s game a year ago, still hasn’t come out yet.
Steve needs a lot of correcting. I can see not bothering from time to time.
The trade for Smith bumped getting a WR up on the shopping list.
yup. if the pick is Calvin Ridley, then so be it.
Oh my God no. that’s just the stupid boneheaded move out front office would do. Build the lines we need more lineman. If the wide receivers were good enough for Casey than Alex Smith should come in here and make them all Pros. Alex Smith is so much better than Kirk Cousins
I want DL at 13, but I don’t think Ridley is out of the question. I think they would consider him.
I’m not saying WR in the 1st
Hell no
Problem is we need both lineman and WR. Our WR is bupkiss literally awful. So either FA or draft you’re gonna need some serious help there.
Disagree. So long as Alex Smith can run the offense with equal efficiency as Kirk, we’ll be fine. Not saying we couldn’t use help at WR, but it’s not high on the list.
A 36 year old QB changes all that up. He needs weapons now.
He’s 46, so he NEED weapons
Did you see the 2019 Volvo V60 wagon that came out over the weekend?
Damn fine looking vehicle.
I don’t have a Volvo anymore, but since I did, I still get all the emails every time a new rig comes out. I’m kinda partial to the V90 Cross Country.
And since I have a Subaru, I got asked if I want to pre-order their new Ascent (replaces the Tribeca). I’m thinking I’ll wait two years and then buy next model year’s slightly used. Don’t want to buy the first year. Plus, I don’t have the money.
though, if you looked at the starters we had on the WR corps, not sure you’d not put it as the highest need per se.
…excluding team building prioritization, all I’m saying is that that corps needs a leader.
I think Smith and Kirk are both as good as their weapons make them. Both Kirk and Smith are efficiency QB’s, they will take everything they can get. Kirk took a step back last year in a sense with out two great WR’s, he still produced but not the kind of production you would hope for.
He didn’t have Jordan Reed. More than losing Garcon and Jackson, that impacted the offense.
I don’t know about “more than”, it didn’t help.
So Dianne Feinstein isn’t liberal enough for California…
Holy heaven, the US is being torn asunder. The polarization that started under Bush 2 hemorraghed and got ugly under Obama, and now under Trump has the US on the operating table and the surgeons stabbing each other with scalpels.
Now I’m as big a believer in the dispersion of powers and the faction-approach of the Founders as a check against centralized political tyranny as anyone. But what’s happened to the “gentleman’s agreement” that competing factions have a job they have to do together at the end of the day to govern and get stuff done?
The US is degrading into tribal warfare, and the old adage “the center must hold” has never been more true. The reasonable adult centrists are getting slaughtered by the ideologues who are more driven by their dislike of the “other tribe” and vengeance for that last election, than they are driven by a clear unifying vision for the country.
Got to think it comes down to…she’s 84.
I mean…that’s noone territory. Kinda old to be going after another 6 year term.
Thank her for her service and all. But, it’s time for that ol broad to hang up the cleats.
She didn’t fail to get the endorsement b/c of her age, but because she’s not “leftist” enough on healthcare, immigration, etc.
Whatever it was….time for her to go.
“But what’s happened to the “gentleman’s agreement” that competing
factions have a job they have to do together at the end of the day to
govern and get stuff done?”
That was only normal in the 20th century, because of the unity created from killing a bunch of Nazi’s in WW2. For most of our political history the government behaved more like we are seeing now, out of touch with the common man, only doing what’s in the best interest of the elites, be they in Wall St. or in Washington.
Remember that during much of the industrial era, that often if a company had a labor issue, the government would go in, shoot the workers, and that solved the problem.
Well it’s no coincidence that America’s ascendancy to world super power came in the 20th century, I suppose. When the “gameplan” is executed and the teammates aren’t cannibalizing each other, what we have working in the US is pretty darn good.
China has the reigns now. Instead of trying to keep pace, the thing to do is spend a few decades retooling and retraining and hope the make the mistake of biting off more than they can chew.
That’s the mistake we made.
well… since you went there above, it’s “reins”, not “reigns”.
Now I have to spend the rest of the day whipping myself. Thanks walter.
time was a single blue-collar job used to be enough for a family to make a middle-class living.
The norm was also that your home, food and other “expenses” were about 25% of your income, most people spent more on food than a house.
the thing is, we designed our original gov with flavors of the Native American style confederacy, which allowed for unity when needed but also more communal identity. and we’re going against the biological grain here, methinks, but that’s always been a problem. there are a lot of things going on that are hurting America. that includes economic hunger, and a lot of us don’t have it per se, or don’t have the opportunity to put it forth because some tribes don’t see many of the opportunities as meaningful work to them. and when people are stressed, when they perceive (not necessarily consciously) scarcity, we all… we ALL revert back to tribalism.
^Hit the nail on the head.
The original the Island of Dr Moreau was okay. But mostly because it was the 70s. The Brando and Kilmer version…awful.
Totally agree.
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It won’t be.
His age limits his offers. Plus, he’ll want to stay.
I’ve said for a while that we need to trade Ty for a few draft picks, someone out there’s got to need a starting T on a cheap deal for a year.
He’s 32.
What are you going to get in picks for a 32 year old back up?
to be fair, Alex said for a few years so perhaps a few years ago that made sense not now though
Yes I’ve been saying it for 2 seasons now.
32 y/o backup for anything is a win. What’s more valuable a 32 y/o on the final year of his deal or a 7th round pick with a 4 year contract?
Extend Crowder. Fine. Just…no more punt returns. For the love of ball security. No more punt returns.
The guys the #1 WR on your roster, probably the best weapon at the position. Your #1st shouldn’t ever be on the suicide squad. Save that job for a #4 guy or a backup RB.
Nothing stings like seeing $2,493 taken out of your account by the tax man first thing in the morning.
Yikes. Adjust your withholdings.
And if that ever happens again….explore doing it installments or see about getting it reduced. But for certain, adjust your withholdings.
I did that, the annoying thing is I had asked my company to do max withholding last year, asking for 0 exemptions.
But then after my raise I guess they didn’t change what they were taking out, dunno, our HR person is terrible, claimed 0 exemptions means they withhold the least amount at one point.
You almost always have to do it yourself.
Yes, I re-did them this year and asked them to withhold an extra $125 each check to be safe.
it could always be worse Alex. Be happy you pay taxes. Do you know who doesn’t pay taxes? The poor!
I’m not sure how that works out.
Even when I was 15, working part time at minimum wage I still paid taxes, I think my first time I filed for a 1040EZ the total the government got was $125, not to mention SS/Medicare, I paid something. So I don’t see how anyone with any job pays 0.
The poor pay taxes man.
Well they get them all back. I’m not talking about consumption taxes I’m talking about federal income tax and State
That’s right. They get them back.
In the mean time…that money is sitting in the IRS’ bank, out of reach.
What he’s probably trying to say is, they get back more than folks with higher adjusted gross incomes do.(for the same exemptions)
I know what he’s saying.
I’m saying….they pay taxes. They have to wait before they’re returned.
It’s always left out, that part about how…that money came out of their pay and is out of reach until they file.
Kelley healthy…is still no starter.
What were they thinking?
Yes. Nelson is fighting Irish
Anderson will improve. He started slow and buried on the depth chart is all.
That’s my thinking. If you bring Murphy back cheap, it makes sense, no need to spend big money when we have good depth already.
Rick’s in Grant’s corner. That makes it Jay, Jamual and Rick.
I’m fine if he’s back, just don’t use him as more than a backup.
Brown’s agent tried playing hardball last FA period. Are they really going to go there again and cost himself more money and end up with another one year deal somewhere?
08:32….football talk
It’s that time of year.
Don’t sweat it man. Just letting peeps know. Nothing wrong with Icarus and dudes shoving breakfast sandwiches in their craw.
Zach Brown and Bashaud Breeland.
An impact Dlineman that can play in the middle of the line.
We need a staring interior Olineman at LG and (maybe) C depending on what we do with Long and how we feel about Coullier. Also need some decent backup Olineman. Nsekhe and TWill really broke down last year.
Not sure what our plan is at strong safety now…
With the roster we have I think the “plan” is thus:
Monte- FS#1
DJ- FS#2
Everett- FS#3
DJ- SS#1
Su’a- SS#2
I know this is a homer comment, but you could draft a guy like Nick Gates in the waning rounds and he could play prob 3 or 4 spots on the line in a pinch. But then if you found out what the new S&C guy said about the old Neb staff, maybe this isn’t they year to draft a Neb lineman. (rumor has it the old staff didn’t have them doing or emphasizing squats)
From scanning things, looks like you guys kept it shockingly civil over the weekend.
I won’t comment on posts that were removed from the thread.
were some?
Yes, from k0n, SCamp, and D_C. I however, have remained intact.
You’re doing it wrong
Plug that thing, for God’s sake MAN!
Heyoooo….