The Results Just Don’t Measure Up
April 10, 2018
by Steve Thomas
Bruce Allen during 2017 training camp. Has he been any better than Vinny Cerrato? Maybe not. Photo credit: Thomas Lawrence
I really hate to have to write the front office, again, because I am fully aware that some of you out there in the Redskins fanbase are sick of hearing about it, but it’s time to address the elephant in the room for this franchise. I wrote a column last offseason called, “Let’s Talk About Bruce Allen” (click here to read), in which I argued in part that because Allen appears to have the business functions of the Redskins franchise under control, he wasn’t as bad as some might think and that Dan Snyder will likely keep him around for awhile notwithstanding the results on the field. That column was published right at the beginning of the Scot McCloughan, raging incompetent drunk / not a drunk or incompetent debate, and I stated that Allen needed to publicly step forward and defend his player personnel guy.
Well, that didn’t work out, did it?
I refuse to bore and/or infuriate our readers too much by further re-hashing that particular nightmare, but suffice to say this: what we learned from this drama is that it’s clearly been The Bruce Allen Experience this entire time. This entire ship belongs to Allen. And while things haven’t been a complete disaster on the field – after all, it isn’t Bruce’s fault that the whole team decided to get hurt at the same time this past season, forcing the Redskins to field 663,784 different offensive line combinations – it’s just as true that we, the Redskins-consuming public, haven’t been witness to anything more than the usual mediocrity under his leadership.
If you’ve been listening to our shows, you know that I’ve tried to take a measured approach to the team’s problems. You haven’t heard me claim that Brucey-Boy is the spawn of Satan who single-handedly demolished a once proud franchise, and I haven’t once used the #FireBruce hashtag. Not all of this team’s problems rest in his Bourbon-soaked lap, even though a sizable portion of the fanbase believes it to be true.
All the same, though, the never-ending cycle of awful to mediocre to once in a blue moon minor playoff functionary, then back to awful, gets old, doesn’t it? After all, Bruce, who is the son of a Redskins legend, the venerable old head coach George Allen, was brought here to bring a sense of professionalism to the organization and bring it out of the Vinny Cerrato-created disaster zone.
While the often nonsensical, sometimes infuriating, occasionally teasing, always stupid free agent signings have come to a grinding halt, which had the collateral effect of reigning in the salary cap craziness that was a hallmark of Bug-Eyed Vinny’s tenure, have things actually gotten any better? I’ll grant you that the team is no longer a national embarrassment and walking punch-line, but how about some honest-to-goodness, objective results? Let’s take a quick look at the Cerrato and Allen eras and find out.
Cerrato was the general Executive Vice President for Football Operations during two separate tenures, the first being from 1999-2001 when he was fired by head coach Marty Schottenheimer. His second tenure was from 2002 – 2009, which was 8 seasons. I’ll give him a pass for his first tenure for the purpose of this comparison. Allen has been the general manager and more recently team president from 2010 – the present, which is also 8 years. As a result, this is a perfect time to compare the success of the two. Here are the records of the Cerrato and Allen teams:
Cerrato Playoffs Allen Playoffs
2002: 7 – 9 No 2010: 6 – 10 No
2003: 5 – 11 No 2011: 5 – 11 No
2004: 6 – 10 No 2012: 10 – 6 NFCE Champ, 0 – 1
2005: 10 – 6 Wild Card, 1 – 1 2013: 3 – 13 No
2006: 5 – 11 No 2014: 4 – 12 No
2007: 9 – 7 Wild Card, 0 – 1 2015: 9 – 7 NFCE Champ, 0 – 1
2008: 8 – 8 No 2016: 8 – 7 – 1 No
2009: 4 – 12 No 2017: 7 – 9 No
Total: 54 – 74; playoffs 1 – 2 Total: 52 – 75 – 1; 0 – 2
Winning perc: .422 Winning perc: .406
Cerrato’s teams had 21 pro bowl selections from 2002 – 2009, including multiple selections for the same player. Allen’s teams had 23 pro bowl selections from 2010 – 2017, including multiple selections. Allen’s advantage in pro bowls is in large part thanks to Trent Williams.
The two track records look remarkably similar. Frighteningly similar.
Here’s the point: from an objective standpoint, the Bruce Allen tenure hasn’t produced tangible results that are any better than his predecessor; in fact, Allen’s .406 winning percentage is actually worse than Cerrato’s was. No, it isn’t totally fair to solely blame the general manager / team president for the win – loss record, but the NFL is a results-based business, and from an on the field perspective, Allen’s teams have actually been worse overall. If someone told me when Allen was hired 8 years ago that this would be how things were going to turn out, I’d never have believed it. I expected much more from him. The truth is that the general manager / team president is ultimately responsible for the hiring the coaches and drafting and signing the players, so I don’t feel as though assigning blame for the team’s win – loss record to each of them is an unfair measurement of the success of each man’s reign.
Let’s take a quick look at the coaches hired by both men:
Cerrato: Steve Spurrier (2002-03), Joe Gibbs (2004-07), Jim Zorn (2008-09)
Allen: Mike Shanahan (2010-13), Jay Gruden (2014-present)
Of that group of five coaches, only Jim Zorn was clearly a mistake from the beginning, and I do blame Cerrato for that. All the rest, even Spurrier, had potential at the beginning. A slight edge to Allen, then, in the coaching department.
Here’s a look at some of the key and/or big money players signed/re-signed/traded for by both men:
Cerrato:
2002: Tre Johnson, Leslie Shepherd, Jeremiah Trotter
2003: Trung Candidate, Regan Upshaw, Randy Thomas
2004: Mark Brunell, Clinton Portis, Marcus Washington
2005: Santana Moss
2006: Adam Archuleta, Andre Carter, Antwaan Randle-El
2007: London Fletcher, Pete Kendall
2008: Jason Taylor
2009: Derrick Dockery, Albert Haynesworth, Reynaldo Wynn
Allen:
2010: Adam Carriker, Jammal Brown, Donovan McNabb
2011: Stephen Bowen, Barry Cofield, Chris Chester, Rex Grossman
2012: Pierre Garcon, London Fletcher, Brandon Meriweather, Josh Morgan
2013: Kedric Golston, DeAngelo Hall
2014: Jason Hatcher, Desean Jackson, Shawn Lauvoa, Andre Roberts, Tracy Porter, Adam Hayward
2015: Will Blackmon, Chris Culliver, Mason Foster, Terrance Knighton, Stephen Paea
2016: Will Blackmon, David Bruton, Josh Norman
2017: Zach Brown, Ziggy Hood, Terrell McClain, Stacy McGee, Terrelle Pryor, D.J. Swearinger
This isn’t an exhaustive list, but it’s clear that each has hits and misses. Also, Cerrato had Joe Gibbs picking players for 4 years, and Allen had Mike Shanahan doing the same, so neither man is 100% responsible for these acquisitions. Again, though, both were the team’s senior executive and therefore get both the credit and the blame. Certainly, Cerrato had the biggest mistake – actually, one of the biggest free agent mistakes in NFL history – in Albert Haynesworth, but putting him aside, does the Allen list (which was guided by Scot McCloughan for 2 years) look noticeably better than the Cerrato list to you? The point is, both men had their successes and failures, but neither ultimately produced a long-term winning team.
Allen, of course, has other important tasks, chiefly, the stadium project, which will doubtlessly keep him employed with the team for the foreseeable future absent some sort of unforeseen disaster. But from a football perspective, it’s an objective fact that the franchise has at best essentially stayed the same as it was during the Cerrato tenure.
I don’t necessarily think Allen is quite as awful as some of you do, but it just isn’t working on the field. 8 years is enough to show me that Bruce Allen is charge of football operations isn’t going to work, ever. It’s too early to tell if the promotion of Doug Williams to Senior Vice President of Player Personnel will make a difference. I’m willing to give it a shot out of respect for Doug, and also because there’s not another choice for fans. I’m not holding my breath at this point that we’re going to see a magical turnaround under Bruce’s leadership. I hope I’m wrong.
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You posted a Chippendales calendar ?
No, more religious naked pics. wif will love them
Your score is: 22186 (GRADE: A) Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 13: Smith, Roquan, ILB/OLB, Georgia (A)
Round 2 Pick 15 (ARI): Phillips, Harrison, DT, Stanford (A)
Round 3 Pick 15 (ARI): Penny, Rashaad, RB, San Diego State (A+)
Round 4 Pick 9: Dawson, Duke, CB, Florida (A+)
Round 5 Pick 5: Phillips, Skyler, OG, Idaho State (A+)
Round 5 Pick 26: Blanding, Quin, FS, Virginia (A)
Round 6 Pick 14: Burnett, Deontay, WR, Southern California (A+)
Round 7 Pick 13: Harrison, Desmond, OT, West Georgia (A+)
Round 7 Pick 23: Facyson, Brandon, CB, Virginia Tech (A+)
Ariz traded up in 2nd to pick Mason Rudolph
there is no round three .
He traded
yes he did .
Arizona took a QB? Lamar? Green Bay was no threat.
Ariz traded for our 2/12, we got 2/15 and 3/15
I got stoned at lunch once, I was like 16, framing houses. This was a big custom home with a conventional framed cut up roof, hips and dormers sticking out everywhere. We were studding in the Gable wall on a big Dormer, the boss is up on the rafter ready to make a mark, I’m standing on the wall under him with the 2×6 on the bottom plate layout, 4′ level in my hand. The idea is, I hold the stud on layout and plumb it while he marks the top, the cut man notches it while we nail in the previous stud, moving along.
“Ok, mark it”
“Hey dumbass”
“What”
“Look at your level”
I’m holding the level perfectly plumb on the face of the board, not the edge. The level is plumb, the board is doing it’s own thing. I stopped smoking weed at work. It was embarrassing, they never let me forget it, either.
Framers , that’s another rough bunch .
Not if you do it right 🙂 but yeah, no future in that unless it’s your company.
I can build a house though, I don’t regret the skills I learned.
Yeah , good skills . Did that for a bit too. Couldn’t build a house though . I didn’t do it long enough . That was before nail guns too.
Gotta be careful with nail guns, keep it tight. The gun won’t pull the wood up tight like hand driving does.
I can hang a picture.
Gotta start somewhere.
I think the worst job I ever had was a brick mason’s helper . Mixing mortar and hauling it wheel barrows . Stacking cinder blocks and bricks . That and pouring concrete . Miserable jobs .
Make it soupy! Raise the line!
No patience on them guys . They were already hating life . I had more than one ask me WTF I was doing there , go to college while you’re young .
Did it some as a teenager. Mortar and concrete are terrible for the human body.
You got that right . Burn your skin, work you like a dog .
It, like paint and drywall dust, makes men crazy.
Putting up basement forms. Pouring, then breaking down the forms when the concrete had cured. On a hot day…fuuuuuuuck that.
Yeah, that sucks
Tell you what though, those days, I was usually asleep before my head hit the pillow.
That work’ll wear ya the hell out.
It built character! I’m ready for anything!
https://www.bedbathhome.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/top_brass_hose1.png
Sham…………WOW!
6x stronger than what? Your’s just broke.
I got a year out of it. Good concept. Not very well made though.
The Zero G looks to be much better constructed. Gonna try the Goodyear version too. Neither of them expand. And while that’s fun to watch the first 200 hundred times, it takes several minutes to get the water out of the hose so you can put the thing away.
Yeah, I mess with you, only because my mom went through a bunch of those.
I bought two of those things and they both blew up within a couple weeks. POS
Lol
Why the French are so F*up culturally
how to fix it so Netflix can’t compete at the Cannes Film Festival
Cannes first announced last year, saying that films that want to compete for the prestigious Palme d’Or award must have a French theatrical release, minimum of one week, to be eligible. But the company couldn’t get around French media regulations that require a film be kept off streaming services for up to 36 months after a theatrical launch. I’m surprised any films can meet this rule and be eligible for a Palme d’Or
“movie” people need to get over the fact that the young part of the population doesn’t go out to the theater like previous generations did, streaming is the future of things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnOcwy3Jle0
Once upon a time , when I was young , I worked for an auto parts distributer . Organized inventory , delivered parts to auto part stores . It was a shitty job , but it was a job. We started getting stoned in the parking lot in the morning before work . One day I headed out in a panel truck full of auto parts for the days delivery’s . First stop was the gas station and I was stoned fairly good . When I got to the first parts store , the manager said call your boss. I called him and he told me to go outside and look at the gas tank on the truck. I did and what was there ? The damn nozzle from the gas pump at the station . I took off with the damn thing still on the truck . Ripped it clear off from the hose . felt like a dumbass. True story
never would have done that if I wasn’t stoned
working and being stoned is like working and being drunk
worked with painters and dry wall guys who had vodka in their big gulp cup all day long
at some point it starts to affect your work
It does . I was around age twenty and didn’t give a shit but I was still embarrassed about it .
every house painter I ever knew was either a drunk or a pot head .
that was my experience also
Dude behind me is wailing on his steering wheel like it’s personal
Meanwhile, to my left there’s an Asian woman repeatedly slapping the fella behind the wheel
Gotta say, he’s taking it well
..and you’re texting and driving?
Technology
It’s a hell of a thing
Truth grenade?
The car has ears
I talk it types
That doesn’t work with the joke, so…..NANANANANANANANANA!
Hose roller
Ha!
pay depends on what the government organization does
when I worked for the state, auditors had a hard time classifying what we did
we had evolved to a knowledge based organization
we had lots of high end people with either professional licenses, advanced degrees, etc.
we administered the money and figured out where it should go and evaluated how well it was utilized
we had people with doctorates in civil engineering, geology, biology, hydrology and land use management
the money was spent on the clerical and blue collar workers to accomplish the work/changes
has anybody seen Ben Wapple ?
He busted in k0n’s pocket?
weed will be legalized G DAMNITT and nobody better argue with me about it
It wouldn’t hurt my feelings.
I don’t much care . If I want to smoke some pot , i’ll go buy some . Employer still has the right to not hire or to fire you for weed in your system
That is correct.
and I believe they should have that right . There are jobs you wouldn’t want to do with somebody stoned and there are jobs you can only do if you’re stoned , just to get through the day . Like painting or hanging dry wall
I personally don’t work under the influence of anything except caffeine. You have to consider your family, and the family and person of your fellow employees.
For me, if I’m on vacation, weekends, relaxing, if I feel like smoking some, I will. If I feel like having a few drinks, I will. Work is different.
It is , but some knucklehead somewhere doing a dangerous job won’t look at it that way . You represent the majority but that’s not who employers are worried about
Yeah, and they can piss test all they want, it’s their company. I’ve been in boilers watching other welders snort heroin off of a welding lense, right there on the scaffolding. I’d make it clear to them, to stay the fuck away from me. They’d usually fuck themselves up, or be arrested copping dope in whatever city. Karma
That’s hardcore .
Kicked one dude right off his bucket, what’s he gonna do? Tell on me for objecting to him using heroin on the job? Nope. Get his ass beat? That would be his doing.
absolutely
Coming to work stoned is a knee-jerk assumption. Is there an epidemic of people who come to work drunk? Not in my experience. People will smoke or drink once they are off the clock.
That is not true . Two totally different substances and how they effect you . I know people that smoke weed all day , everyday .
I don’t have that need.
Me neither. I had a small stash that I threw away after not touching it for over 10 years. To be honest it wasn’t very good. The new stuff? One hit, and I’m just fine. I like the economics of that.
The science of cannabis is enjoying a spectacular leap. The strains available today…… it’s like fine wine, or whiskey.
No shit. And I have a healthy respect for its potency.
Yeah….you shouldn’t smoke shit…..we call that “Mexican brown”
me either , but there’s a shit ton of people who do . I know dudes that won’t take a job that drug tests. They don’t have a pot to piss in either .
There ya go.
You know the type .
Yup
I work for myself, so I can do as I please. But if I had people reporting to me, and ANYONE came in stoned, there would be an immediate discussion and a warning never to show up stoned again.
That’s kind of my point .
You may not know they are stoned as opposed to being buzzed from alcohol . Some people can hide a weed buzz pretty good.
If they are high functioning and it’s not a dangerous job, I’m less concerned. But if they smell like weed and are zoning out, there would be a discussion.
Yeah , IDK . Are they at their best ? Does their work suffer ? Some people can function at a near normal level while stoned , within reason. Others , not even close
If you’re a good employer, you have standards, metrics and deadlines. If you are unwilling or unable to perform your job description, you’re out.
This why I don’t buy the idea of NFL players showing up for games stoned. The game is way too competitive, and you’re easily replaced. Will it happen sometimes? Sure it will. And players will pay the price.
And yeah, we gonna argue
LEAAAAVVVVEEEEE BEN WAPPLE ALOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNE!
– D_C
“Federal employees lag private sector workers in salaries by 32 percent on average, report says”
Down from 34-35%.
That has to be an incredibly difficult comparison. Because both the government sector and the private sector have very different ways of grinding down their workers.
I have hired govies to my company as contractors whereby they leave on a Friday and come back Monday working for me. They keep the same office and the same job, but they work for my company and see anywhere from 20-60% pay increases and it’s still great business for us because we typically bill the government twice what we pay ’em.
Whenever anyone asks me what I do for a living – and I get asked that a lot – I smile, raise my glass and say, “I print money.”
“Last year the Congressional Budget Office concluded that federal employees overall earn 3 percent more on average but that there are large differences by educational level: from a 34 percent advantage for federal workers with a high school education or less to a 24 percent shortfall for those with a professional degree or doctorate.”
That sounds about right. And the gap is the largest in the big cities, where you’d expect it to be. And you expect an (more than the private sector) egalitarian entity to over-pay the lower end and under pay the higher end, that’s one of the major criticisms of communism.
Any grown man that has a “as seen on TV” woman’s shrinking water hose, malfunction, had it comin’.
Go buy a real water hose, your arms will get stronger, rolling it up will become easier.
Typical reply from a gas burning leaf blowing dinosaur
Lol, hahahaha! Shots fired!
Who here has tried the Zero G hose?
My brass bullet pocket hose went and ruptured on me. Dammit.
your pocket hose ruptured? sounds incredibly painful
Sounds kinky
What exactly do you do with the “brass bullet pocket hose”?
You don’t wanna know – D_C
I have a commercial grade dark red hose I got at Lowes. 100′ long, heavy as der hecken, but I don’t bother bringing it in even in winter. rock solid, hard to kink, still plenty flexible in the winter. and in fact it hangs on a reel on the front of the house. it screams “a man, possibly a firefighter, lives here”
FWIW: “3/4-in-x-100-ft-Contractor-Duty” from NeverKink
I promised Mr. Steve I wouldn’t say that word anymore.
kind of like trying to talk basketball without the double entendre
“he’s quick and agile… and with that length, can break down, penetrate and take it right to the rack”
Lol, yeah
happened to a buddy of my they got drunk wife on top, oops she missed
ambulance ride, surgery, people making fun of them
Broke dick? Ouch.
I’m cringing at this story….
Me too.
The pause button is most used whenever one of us is talking or making some kind of noise during a show.
The difference is, being as I’m 12, as soon as she hits play, I start talking or making noise again. This can happen several times over until I feel as if something thrown at my head is immenent.
I use the pause button at home quite a bit. I work long days. Look forward to spending a little time with my son, have dinner and then mindliessly relax in front of the tv; however, my wife believes that last part should be “let’s talk” time. So, I have to pause frequently to accomodate the talk time (sometimes she is more chatty than others).
pause button and sliced bread are running neck-and-neck.
have you sliced unsliced bread lately? you end up with one thick side that won’t fit in the toaster and one thin side that burns in the toaster. and then you end up hacking into that mixing blade the bread machine uses but sticks in the cooked loaf until you cut it out.
So, in summary, has firefighter grade hose, uses tools poorly?
My mother bakes bread in the oven, from scratch, it’s amazing. Truly a dying art.
Carfentanil, a synthetic opioid that’s 5,000 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times more potent than its derivative, fentanyl, which is lethal on its own and accounts for a surge in fatal overdoses nationwide.
Carfentanil — it’s used to tranquilize elephants — is deadly to humans at 0.02 milligrams, an amount akin to a speck of dust compared to fentanyl, which can be fatal at 2 milligrams.
Carfentanil is being produced in underground labs in China and sold illegally to traffickers via the internet, according to federal officials interviewed by Fox News.
Natural selection
Members of Congress can’t possibly regulate Facebook. They don’t understand it.
Born long before the digital era took hold, the mostly gray-haired members of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees came to grill Mark Zuckerberg, the errant 33-year-old CEO who came before them in his uncustomary suit and periwinkle tie on Tuesday afternoon.
And for very good reason, since Facebook — where billions of people all over the world get their news, whether true or false — has been incredibly irresponsible and cavalier with users’ personal information. That was made clear last month in the blockbuster news that Facebook had allowed the detailed personal data of perhaps 87 million users to get into the hands of a data firm, Cambridge Analytica, bent on electing Donald Trump as president.
But what happened at the hearing instead was mostly a gentle, respectful tutorial from Zuckerberg on how the giant social media platform works.
“It would be cool to see Zuckerberg questioned by people who know how Facebook works,”
Most members of Congress are clueless about technology
And/or reality
the thing is, would want to be careful about regulating an industry that we are actually dominating the world at
and if the issue is selling information to other people that allows them to target messages we have been making that trade-off for years with free radio and TV. we have traded paying money for content for (in theory) our time in watching or listening to commercials. now, we’re just served up the infotainment and commercials that we want to see, instead of scatter shot.
That’s why they have staffers to prepare them. Sounds like the staffers are doing a poor job of it.
they have SSN, financial account numbers and PINs, family history, … my medical records?
or do they have my Facebook browsing data?
they have your wants, desires and unfulfilled dreams
that’s true. most of the ads served up to me on Facebook are car ads; almost all of them are, and the others are from home depot. how much of that is Google cookies and how much is facebook? dunno.
and if Cambridge Analytica wants it, I’ll burn their ears off talking about cars, in fact, my wife might welcome that so she doesn’t have to hear it
First of all, I only created a Facebook account to enter a contest to win Redskins tickets years ago, and I used fake personal info except for my email address. I haven’t accessed it since then. So I’m not on Facebook. But this guy Zuckerberg deserves to be grilled by the Senate even if they don’t really understand it, because Facebook did a horrible thing. And since there’s no way to stuff the genie back into the bottle, I have no problem with him getting yelled at by some Senators for a couple days. It’s the least he deserves.
it’s mostly to share baby pictures with the relatives
RIP Comedy Store Owner Mitzi Shore Dies at 87 aka Pauly Shore’s mom
Wow. Though I prob wouldn’t know anything about her or the Comedy Store if not for the Joe Rogan podcast.
She was very important to the development of a number of famous comics
Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Jay Leno, Jim Carrey, Chris Rock and Roseanne Barr to name a few
others who played the club inlcude om Dreesen, George Miller, Byron Allen, Jeff Altman, Jimmy Walker, Louie Anderson, Barry Levinson, Bob Saget, Billy Crystal, Gallagher, Freddie Prinze, Marsha Warfield, Sam Kinison, Howie Mandell, Andrew Dice Clay, Chelsea Handler, Mark Maron, Joe Rogan, Whitney Cummings, Carlos Mencia and Maz Jobrani
she was given the moniker of The Godmother of Comedy
yes, Pauly Shore was on one of his episodes and they talked a lot about her and the Comedy Store
FWIW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Gr3xm89-k
Pauly looks rough
Crunchy nugggggsss.
he just turned 50
for old people like Walter the pause button available on the in home theater system in invaluable when you and your wife have to use the bathroom every 30 minutes and an alternating fashion
it’s watch for 15 minutes, pause, bathroom, watch for 15 minutes, pause, bathroom, repeat until movie is over
LOL
I may have a product for you then
— Joey Thighsman
he could be on the down cycle with creatine too
…dude? i can go 6 full hours, unless drinking….
and i know about the invaluable pause button for those circumstances. (i just tell the great grand kids to find the pause button – those buttons are so darned small!)
Everyone Walter’s prostrate is all good!
Thank God!
well, her i guess, and genetics and so forth.
Gotta give credit where do. Replies are hilarious, too.
https://twitter.com/B1ackSchefter/status/981567889663721473
Bob3’s favorite group is Public Ene-ME!
Yeeeeaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Booouuuuuueeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
https://twitter.com/RGIII/status/984122307231830016
I see my name on their draft board!!!!!
– Rex Grossman
Ikr
Stop taking pictures when you should be studying your playbook!
-Ravens Fans
Can I order a print in “above my bed” poster size?
-DC
DC, you could get yourself one of the 3-D printers, wink-wink….
I cannot WAIT to work with you!
– Clipboard
I’m surprised they let that photograph out, with all that data visible…
sometimes the best smoke and best mirror is a photograph?
I see all DTs! But what they really want is Lamar, and we’ll give him to them…..for a price – Bruce
Dang it! – Arizona
Coach what page is the triple spin pump fake double jump fade back into a ten yard sack on?
Wait should my foot be facing backwards?
The pink slip you’ll get if you try that shit here.
triple spin pump fake double jump fade back into a ten yard sack …
Beans, you forgot the ending….
…impregnate multiple baby-mamas and skip out on my parental and legal obligations….
is he not still with the estonian blonde anymore?
He’s looking for that play in the Ravens’ playbook.
doesn’t “feel” like a Camero type of guy, but you know, maybe there’s a Chevy deal right around that corner!
mike,
i believe you’re thinking of the mitzubishi “mirage”.
buck,
didn’t they recently marry? i don’t know. totally not on my radar.
going to the bathroom now. back in a sec to read your reply.
what a freakin multi-millionaire douche. well, i mean, he’s done the multi-millionaire part right.
It’s really hard to paint the face……….crazy eyes, and all that jazz
you kid, but it IS really hard. that image above is a great representation of tom brady….
I don’t kid, I draw and paint. Imagine the caricature potential of this photograph. He looks like a political cartoon.
Actually, that’s a lie, I do kid, just not about that, right now.
Not wild about it, butt hay….
30: R1P30 C BILLY PRICE OHIO STATE
44: R2P12 CB JAIRE ALEXANDER LOUISVILLE
62: R2P30 RB RASHAAD PENNY SAN DIEGO STATE
94: R3P30 DL DEADRIN SENAT SOUTH FLORIDA
109: R4P9 LB MALIK JEFFERSON TEXAS
142: R5P5 OT ORLANDO BROWN OKLAHOMA
163: R5P26 LB SHAQUEM GRIFFIN UCF
167: R5P30 DL B.J. HILL NORTH CAROLINA STATE
205: R6P31 WR ALLEN LAZARD IOWA STATE
231: R7P13 WR DAURICE FOUNTAIN NORTHERN IOWA
241: R7P23 QB NIC SHIMONEK TEXAS TECH
re bowling:
4 of us went bowling for a few hours about 6 months ago. it’s not cheap. bowling, “dinner”, drinks.
if you went to a movie and got “dinner” and drinks, would it be any cheaper?
i think it would have been cheaper. though, i find bowling, well most anything, more entertaining than going to a movie. i’ll watch my movies at home, on a pretty big screen, with good food, bathroom and so forth readily at hand.
sort of similar to my perspective on attending games at fed ex.
dunno. haven’t been to the theatre since Deadpool and haven’t actually bought concession at a theater in like a decade.
consessions at the theater are a lot like those at a ball park: $14 tickets, $12 hot dogs, $8 cokes….. x4 and all of a sudden we’re talking real money.
dc so good to see you again
You were missed
He was.
– Nobody
You know one can still READ the posts even when one is banned, right? lol
Hahaha. Who didn’t know you were on the outside, face pressed against the glass, unable to join in as tears steamed down your face each time someone expressed pleasure that you were not here whining and crying about the man who shitstomped your party and shattered the hopes of all preparing for a coronation?
I bet you sat here all day reading the posts you couldn’t respond to.
What a loser.
See, I was under the impression that these sorts of personal attacks are frowned upon by this establishment? Enforcement seems somewhat random?
You being a loser is a fact.
I am merely stating a fact.
You being placed on ignore is a fact. AMF!
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaa……….__________
where’s Ben Wapple when you need him ?
Corn syrup?
Wapple House?
I love bowling, yuuuuuuge fan!
I think they made bikes too.
Yeah, I think you’re right.
Some dense objects like to have three holes filled. They get ignored.
BAN YOURSELF BEFORE YOU GET BANNED AGAIN!
You’ll have to show me that trick….I checked, I’ve only got two.
You gotta pop out an eyeball.
Oof
Off pudding.
-bowling ball
I love bowling. Bowling kicks ass. When I get old, I’m gonna dress up like Ernie McCracken and hang out at the AMF all day.
I’m with you. Bowling rocks.
I’m gonna try to stay the single moms too! Just like ole’ Ernie did.
mostly because it’s a sport you can legitimately drink beer, eat pizza, yell loudly, and that’s the participant, not the fan
Don’t believe there is an ignore feature here….
Arrow to the right: “Block user”
OK. High block, reverse punch.
Block feature, to be specific
There’s the wheel and, double-sided duct tape.
Everything else is just, junk.
So all indications are that the Giants will take a QB with the #2 pick which I think is a big mistake if you’re keeping Eli Manning
they drafted Davis Webb last year, let him season for another year
draft Barkley and Hernandez, put some quality people around Eli
but let them draft a QB high, it is such a crap shoot at QB let them go down that road and hope it fails for them which is a win for us
I hope they pick a QB!
every QB taken 1-12 helps us get a better play
Yep, plus, if the Ginas take one it will guarantee them a year or two of turmoil as fans call for the rookie to start, Eli pouts, OBJ goes off the rails, etc.
agree. and then they’ll have to fire a coach and he’ll want “his guy” … process starts back at zero OR they have a fairly high chance of not have a great coach-QB combo
Hey the Nats are playing at 1PM.
I do dip into the Nats game thread/blog which is quite fun actually.
Great day to take in a game and put on my OOO.
Take that shit over to WaPo. We’re talkin’ politicks here.
Yeah dipshit, I am. That’s why I posted that I was.
Say hi to Fat Pete!
In related health news….
The States Where People Die Young
We’ve known for some time now that Americans are increasingly dying younger, but the scale and nature
of the problem has been a little bit murky. There was speculation that the downturn in American life expectancy was all thanks to “deaths of despair,” but some experts have said that might not be the full story, and that obesity and tobacco are still major factors in American mortality.
A new study out today in the Journal of the American Medical Association drills down into which states are showing increases in deaths among the young, and why. In doing so, it reveals a profound disparity among the states when it comes to both life expectancy and disability.
Most startlingly, since 1990, 21 states have seen an increase in the death rate among people aged 20 to 55. In five states—Kentucky, Oklahoma, New Mexico, West Virginia, and Wyoming—the probability of early death among young adults rose by more than 10 percent in that time frame. Meanwhile,in New York and California, young and middle-aged people became much less likely to die in the same time period. The authors note that opioids, alcoholism, suicide, and kidney disease—which can be brought on by diabetes and alcoholism—were the main factors leading to the increases in early deaths.
In 2016, the 10 states with the highest probability of premature death among 20- to 55-year-olds were West Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arkansas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Tennessee, and South Carolina.
Meanwhile, the 10 states with lowest probability of premature death among this age group were Minnesota, California, New
York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Washington, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Hawaii.
“Overall the nation and some of our states are falling behind other, less developed countries,” Ali Mokdad, a University of Washington epidemiologist who co-wrote the study, said in astatement. “The strain on America’s health resources is getting worse,
and the need for prevention services and greater access to and quality of medical care is increasing.”
Though not an immediate cause of death, major depression increased by more than 27 percent across the country between 1990 and 2016, and anxiety rose by 31 percent.
Some of the findings track with the “diseases of despair” hypothesis—the idea that Americans are self-medicating their misery with alcohol and drugs—but it’s also clear that Americans’ poor diets are a major part of the problem. Between 1990 and 2016, Alzheimer’s disease and opioid abuse became more prominent causes of death and disability, but so did diabetes. A poor diet was the leading cause of death, followed by tobacco use and high blood pressure.
“To an increasing degree, overweight, obesity, and sugary diets are driving up health-care costs and are costing Americans
years of healthy life,” said the University of Washington’s Chris Murray, who also authored the study, in a statement. “They are
undermining progress toward better health.”
“In 2016, the 10 states with the highest probability of premature death among 20- to 55-year-olds were West Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arkansas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Tennessee, and South Carolina.
Meanwhile, the 10 states with lowest probability of premature death among this age group were Minnesota, California, New
York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Washington, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Hawaii.”
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Become a Democrat — it’s good for your health!
Yes.
You are so stable.
Jobs. people don’t want to leave their family structure even if the “jobs” have left
what a coinkydink! startling.
So, become a Democrat and you’re saved? What sort of religion are you peddling?
i’d say it’s more complex than JUST that. what’s your explanation for the correlation?
D_C just insinuated that becoming a Democrat was good for your health, posted a list, you propped it up. I know why these people do drugs and drink alcohol, eat corn syrup by the barrel, ect. You know why, as well, let’s not bullshit around about it.
no. why? the answer is not “corn syrup”.
C’mon man, your Pop was a diplomat, you can do better than that.
first, i can’t believe the shit people remember about what i post. yes – pop was a diplomat.
so…. are we going with “economic opportunity”? why are those less in those states?
edited to add:
pop would totally, completely argue in favor of education. education, education, education.
You underestimate people.
economic opportunity is a step in the right direction. It’s a really long conversation.
why is my suggestion of “education, education, education” underestimating people?
Do you really want your workers educated? Are you sure that’s what you want, Walter?
and stop trying to flip channels, or I’ll shut off your cable.
In the end, though, the society that you put forth, is a eggshell, with a soft mushy middle, and it will most certainly be devoured by natural law, without fanfare or fireworks, maybe just a casual passing of wind.
Lots of factors: the blue states expanded Medicare, generally have stronger safety nets, education, better hospitals, better diet, etc.
blue states tend to be where the old legacy of sea shipping was good. so the jobs were stable and population relatively dense. and if money is involved, money typically has profound implications on the variables in a population.
but there is also a Puritan legacy that helped them (interesting read on that: Albion’s Seed). the Puritans emphasized community and education and had a good level of pragmatism. And like the actual rules they had or not, the structure had profound implications on their community. It is many of those people who settled Kansas as Abolitionists and why Kansas is a basketball state while the surrounding states are all football states.
jobs.
C’mon Mike, let him read the whole thing, crack those knuckles and let her rip!
Jobs doesn’t quite explain it. Alabama and Arkansas have lower unemployment rates than CA, for example.
@WIF Less incest; better healthcare.
Sure, nevermind those blue bloods in Connecticut “continuing the family name”. Kissin’ cousins, my ass, y’all invented that shit.
#laughing@U
My goodness! What sort of devil taught that trash how to type?! – Bradford von Dueche
To be fair, I said less incest…
I would probably attribute it to better access to healthcare.
I will say that marijuana being legal, at least medically, could put a huge dent in the opioid epidemic.
there are multiple studies by medical professionals that say legalizing MJ will basically end the opioid crisis which is why the opioid industry is backing the anti-medical MJ wave
but it would just be a different way to treating the symptom, not the disease
though, if it made people eat more sugary, high carb food, then it might not be as good of an alternative as first imagined
Yep, and the regulated domestic production will create jobs, increase revenues to State coffers, and put a dent in Cartel revenues.
Kumbaya, muthafucka
They could quit paying tobacco stamps.
My grandfather was an alcoholic literally drank himself to death
I know well enough to NOT drink
That’s the choice I make
If people choose to engage in activities that would result in addiction that’s the choice they make
Yea, except some of us were too young to understand that when we first made our poor choice… and then deal with the consequences for life. You can’t judge everyone through the lens of your own actions. People are different with different environments and circumstances. I didn’t know my father and grandfather for many years when I was young to know there was alcoholism. By the time I realized it ran in the family I already was one…
I obviously know now and I am very open with it with my 8 year old son. Trying to impress upon him that the deck is stacked against him.
Empathy and compassion. Two qualities sorely lacking in todays society
Thanks Obama
I think actually, empathy and compassion are overly expressed at “levels” where pragmatism is necessary, and under-expressed on the personal level where people are more individualistic and would rather have tough things be dealt with by faceless entities. and now, some people seem to think that that big faceless entity HAS to deal with it or it is a human hatecrime emotion bomb.
it’s jobs. it is as simple as that. women are not needed as critically for their traditional biological and societal purpose and in fact are socially demeaned if they emphasize it, and the same for men. So some of us are able to find ways to express themselves with leveraged-technology opportunities given chance, but many are not. And without natural selection there to manifest, the (clinically speaking) chaff is not generationally sloughed off and in fact, natural selection is working in reverse population wise, but in fast forward economically. we flounder with new ways to identify ourselves outside the traditional box, so we have all sort of dysfunction and social crisis. Because we no longer perceive a purpose and a productive way to meet it. Usually though, from a civilization historical standpoint, this isn’t a problem for too long. Because some-thing will come in and burn it all down and start over.
Can I buy some pot from you?
YES!
Every family I ever knew fairly well has had these issues and i’m just one person.
I’m typically wary of people that claim to have a perfect family life… because I have never actually met one whose was
secrets…………haunting secrets……………..dirty secrets……….
Was my guess, that or Dad. Good on you for breaking the cycle.
Opiates , heroin, and meth pour in over the border and in our ports . You can’t turn your back on that shit from a law enforcement standpoint . That stuff ruins lives and destroys families as well as killing people . Weed is a different story .
well, of course. but how do you draw a line, philosophically, and say this drug is good (or ok) and this is bad?
Fentanyl is coming in from China through multiple points of entry, and that shit is life threatening.
true, why is the DEMAND so strong…
Just like they do now… poorly
mind you, we’ve all (society, laws) accepted that alcohol is an “ok” drug…. legislators (hypocrites) who drink alcohol have trouble extending this understanding to other drugs.
Buck, it’s hard to understand your point from this office chair.
Execute traffickers of Heroin, Meth, Cocaine, Opiates. Catch them with a shipment, gun them down, save the rhinos!
I’d be fine with that . I bet you mofo’s would think twice about it .
I’m ready, let’s do it.
I’m in favor of domestically produced opioids.
It’s stupid to import that shit.
laws are changing for medical providers and that’s a good thing . They are over prescribed, but necessary .
The war on drugs has been an abysmal failure. Need to treat drug usage as a medical issue, not a criminal one. Ron Paul has the right idea in my mind.
Ron Paul is a lunatic.
I agree to disagree. Without being disagreeable.
I’m with you
Careful. You got dudes in here that believe addiction is a choice.
Addiction is a genetic condition. Taking the drug or drinking the drink in the first place is a choice.
Donald Trump said it best when asked why he doesn’t drink – he said something to the effect of, there’s alcoholism in my family, maybe I’d be an alcoholic, maybe not; if I don’t drink I don’t have to worry about it. That’s essentially my position.
You lost me at, “Donald Trump said it best….”
He should try a drink or five.
put a mouse in a place where it has nothing to do, and it will suck the water bottle with the drugs in it preferably over the clean one
give it a place where it has something to do something and it stops using the drugs
*I believe the drug was heroin, but don’t hold me to that, and I believe the study was discussed on the Freakonomics podcast some time ago
This is what you do all day, besides blogging, create mouse junkies on the taxpayer’s dime?
I’m telling you…Krieger.
Think about it.
Lol
to win the war on drugs you would have to treat the demand side of it more like the criminal (like the supply side) and less the victim. and possibly, create a war so the kids would have something productive to do with their lives.
The demand side is ever there. Ever wonder why? Perhaps we need to look at it differently. Doing the same thing, over and over, and expecting different results..you get the idea.
Legalize everything
Resuscitate no one
That’s where I’m at
No more narcan
No more state / government sponsored rehabilitation
You wanna od please proceed
Sounds good, but the bleeding hearts would never allow it.
Need to pick a lane
Those on the left are not big fans of consequences
look at Portland and these other liberal looney bins , homeless drug addicted population is exploding .
They use public bathrooms to shoot up. Sounds like a great place to live
Thank God there’s no opiod problem in rural Virginia.
Sheeeeeeeeeeat
opiod problems everywhere . I’m talking about the homeless population exploding due to existing policy.
We rehab peeps on the gun squad, they get better, or die. – Buford T. Justice
I think the “problem” is simply the Hippocratic Oath
however, you can’t stop someone from doing something medically, that would be unethical, you prob could in some way made it difficult for them to recoup the money from the system for doing so. that is, it would be charity by medical professionals.
so… coke? heroin? name your drug i don’t know, etc… (and xtc)? i don;t know. seems radical to me, but, philosophically, i guess i’m not opposed.
I’ll roll those dice. Let’s PAAAAARTAAAYY!!!
Fair stance, Beans.
That’s a weird hard line to draw.
But hey, if you want to leave a loved one lying on the floor….
My loved ones don’t partake
By all means you should try everything
Rehab sponsored by the state is a waste
Yea…you say that as if you are there every minute of the rest of their lives.
My grandparents were well into their 70s before they found out every one of their adult children and grand children smoked marijuana.
It only took what…25 or so years before they figured it out.
Grate??
When they leave the house….
Great attitude… as long as mine are fine…
That’s what this country was built on…
Life’s full of choices
Some good some bad
Sure, sure… you you can’t just say “I’m fine so fuck everyone else.”
Sooner or later everyone needs compassion and understanding…
I struggle with both so my apologies
No need to apologize. You are welcome to your opinion. It’s just that in my experience… every family suffers from something at one point or another where help and compassion are needed. The future is a fickle thing my friend.
“as long as mine are fine” is a pretty nifty summary of libertarian values, no?
Is there anyone here besides me who’s never tried any illegal drugs?
Hand raised. I’m not against them, just not my thing.
There was a time in my life when I could have said yes.
Pre-K
Later then that
define tried
By “tried”, I mean any one single sip, pill, snort, puff, injection, or however else it’s supposed to be taken.
As long as contact buzz didn’t count, I’m in
For example, smelling pot at a concert or party doesn’t count in terms of my question if you weren’t actively trying to be around it.
I was actively being around my friends… Guess I’m out.
I worded that poorly. What I mean is that you weren’t actively making an effort to try the drug.
I didn’t inhale – slick willy
no injections here…
I have never, EVER, done drugs intravenously!
zig,
yeah… i don’t think that was the question.
You don’t say……….
if by “never” you mean “in the last 15 hours”, then yes!
i speak only hypothetically, in jest, because illegal drugs are… illegal, and i’ve never partaken.
All we have is today
John boener is a politician. He will support anything that he thinks will get him reelected.
Ok flounder, take it easy
Your obviously stupid
Obbvusly
…you might want to re-think that statement.
Mock Draft
1. Booze
2. Weed
3. Pills
4. Cocaine
5. Opioids
6. Meth
6th place? Fuck that!
-Walter White. Got to get more pure, blue shit.. we’ll climb that ladder
Trade back for extra bath salts.
#STOCKPILE
– FD
Don’t forget the Flaaka either
If you don’t have Ecstasy on your list it’s worthless
on date night, anyway
-Cosby
I find those Bill Cosby jokes so off-pudding.
I think Cosby is probably going to get convicted this time unless the jury nullifies.
I believe that may be GHB… which if used properly is also a lot of fun.
Do tha fish flop!
I did say pills
Capsules WAYYYY better
time release
And by that you mean, pharmaceutical grade MDMA yea?
All sorts of Ecstasy is fun. We used to get stuff cut with heroin as well as what I got busted with which was pure lab grade Molly
Booze is a locker room cancer. Gonna try and make a trade, but if I can’t, I’m cutting that fucker.
Meth looked good on paper, but the further the season went on, the more it became obvious that meth was really dragging the team down. After that initial burst, there’s a lack of focus and a really bad smell.
Weed…future HOF. Book it.
Quaaludes, peyote, mescaline and shrooms
I really, really need to get this draft preview posted.
One day….one day….a pound of great weed will be in line with the price of a pound of great coffee.
Hopefully never.
It’s coming dude. No stopping this train.
I’ll come by for a visit. We can smoke cannabis and shoot guns.
oh yeah, that’s how my cousin got shot in the foot
the hippie lettuce made him do it?
I believe Texas is trying to deny concealed carry permits to individuals with a medical marijuana license.
Because you know, People who smoke marijuana can’t be trusted to own a gun. Better yet, they lose their right to own a gun, or at least a concealed carry permit.
Good.
It’s not coming. I think it’s only coming in the minds of those who advocate for it. Nothing good will coming from legalizing marijuana, and I don’t really care about raising more tax revenue for the government to waste.
So to be consistent, you’re against alcohol as well correct?
Yes, that’s correct, although clearly the train left the station a hundred years ago about alcohol; plus, it’s a multi-billion dollar industry now.
I personally don’t drink alcohol, which you know if you’ve listened to the show.
Applaud your consistency, disagree with your opinion but that’s ok. Alcohol is far more deadly than Marijuana.
I think people who drink Orange Sunkist all day should not be allowed to own guns. The sheer amount of sugar in those drinks can induce a diabetic reaction, rendering poor judgement, and making the individual a threat to society and himself.
I actually limit myself to 1 soda per week, Monday – Friday, and then a couple on the weekends. That’s my rule, because otherwise I’d drink the stuff all the time.
I disagree
me too, and that voice is growing…
We’re a nation of drug users. It’s definitely coming. 30 states and counting.
Texas looks like a fool and a hypocrite for fighting against the liberty to self-determine.
1. They’ve already resolved the QA process for hemp food-grade products for those who do not want THC and also legally pass a drug test. The Canadians even have a label for this for food stuffs they export to the US.
2. Politicians love tax money
3. Seems to me that the smoking regulations that apply to tobacco will apply generally to weed, and based on State and local laws. so, most places you’d not come in contact with it… legally anyway… just like now the only time I’m around a smoker is if I am behind one in my car on the freeway in a traffic jam… that is, almost never.
4. What I don’t see as figured out, or haven’t read up on is how edibles and injestables will be treated, because that pathway is in fact, hallucinogenic to a degree. I guess you treat it like public intoxication? Require labeling like herbal supplements?
Try new unfiltered Acapulco Gold 100’s
Great to share among friends
A smoother, longer lasting high for the discernible pot smoker
recommended by 9 out of 10 Dentists
Screw sharing. I mean, I’ll give you one out of the pack but, there won’t be any reason to share one anymore.
Mons Venus owner Joe Redner, 77, has stage 4 lung cancer and wants to juice his own marijuana, harvested from his back yard.
The 77-year-old strip club owner with stage 4 lung cancer already has a recommendation from his state-certified physician to do it. But the Florida Department of Health won’t let him.
In an unprecedented lawsuit challenging the state’s interpretation of Amendment 2 and asserting what he says is his own constitutional right, Redner is fighting to grow medical marijuana from his home in Tampa. After months of litigation against the health department, ending in a short trial last month, the judge is expected to rule any day.
I’m to the point of legalize it, put a tobacco level tax on it
and you can pay for the wall in like 18 months
Screw the Wall. Unless it’s a seawall. Seawalls are cool.
Just another brick in the wall
We don’t need no educashun…
we don’t need no thought control…….
…….cuz when you get home at night, your fat psychopathic wife will thrash you, to within inches of your liiiffffffe!
with Skynet Hunter-Killer drones to take care of the leakers
To the point?
You had to be convinced?
that it is not worth the money we spend fighting over it, yes
Spent over $1 Trillion on the War on Drugs, and they’ve never been more plentiful.
I don’t know plenty of drugs around when I grew up
unlike alcohol you just can’t give someone a breathalyzer test and send them home from work or fire them
the key lever is industrial hemp, and the thing really holding ya back there is the Cotton lobby
…and probably the timber/paper lobby as well.
I’m rooting for him to lose.
life or lawsuit
John Boehner ✔ @SpeakerBoehner
I’m joining the board of #AcreageHoldings because my thinking on cannabis has evolved. I’m convinced de-scheduling the drug is needed so we can do research, help our veterans, and reverse the opioid epidemic ravaging our communities. @AcreageCannabis
John Boehner just became likeable
Boehner traded in his wine glass for a bong in retirement
Can’t say i blame him
Gave up cigarettes for blunts
Why the fuck do you insist on posting this political shit 24/7?
Serious question here.
He’s no longer a politician, so there’s that.
Wanna talk about grocery stores, cupcake?
Neither is Obama or Hillary but that never stops you from whining and crying on their behalves about the man who won the election. All you do is cry and complain and your pain brings me joy.
He just got paid.
If we want to do that, have cannabis treated like every other pharmaceutical for the purposes of medicine and have the FDA regulate it. then there would still be the gray area of herbal supplements. The problem with cannabis pragmatically is that the ingestion and inhalation pathways result in a very different experience for the user.
Here’s the thing. At least in part, industrial hemp/cannabis (heavy on the hemp) is going to be necessary because when the world chose batteries over fuel cells, it meant the collapse of the biofuels industry; which is now almost inevitable. The only thing that would revert this would be a global shortage of lithium or unobtainium or whatever it is the batteries or supercapacitors that can be nearly instantly charged will be made out of. So there, at least, will be a massive compromise FOR the ag lobby coming soon, and that should be the door that kicks wide open the hemp industry in the US, rather than imports from Canadia.
Corn and soybean farmers rejoice! And be ready to grow hops and hemp.
Money is what that is.
But hey, whatever his reason, he’s on the right side.
He’s a smoker
…he’s a joker, he’s a midnight toker.
threw up that softball!!
Alright kids… off to cut my lifeline to the rat race…
Later
Best grocery store on the planet…Central Market
Followed closely by H Mart
It could be a tie, but, there’s just too many foods and products at H Mart that I can’t translate into English
Costco
Not only a great place to shop, but they treat their workers famously well.
Yep, in contrast, Sam’s Club treats their workers like crap.
I’ve never been impressed enough to buy a membership, and there’s one 5 minutes from my house.
H Mart is just plain scary.
Most of there food is based on a dare.
Their bakery…makes me wish there were such things as people sized loaves of that milk bread they make.
I’d legit, one bite at a time, burrow my way in there digging out a fluffy spot to curl up an nap.
That white milk bread makes the BEST PB&J,
Heaven on Earth
lol…that’s living man
welcome back Scamp
What’s up bud?
Just watched the Greensboro video clip! I’m all fired up now!
We do most of our shopping at Wegmans because my daughter has a lot of food allergies and they have the best gluten free and natural food section on my area
Food allergies and Glutens = Fake News!
Tell that to my daughter while she’s puking for 6 hours straight
just kidding, I know food allergies are real
I agree that it’s trendy to be gluten free but those fucktards have inadvertently helped make GF products more available
great abs workout, though
After using the “Find My iPhone’’ app to track down his wife, a New York man entered a stranger’s home and filmed his unfaithful wife in bed with another man. The incident resulted in multiple charges against the scorned husband and a potential prison sentence.
However, Sean Donis, 37, was cleared of all charges on Monday by Rockland County Supreme Court Justice Kevin Russo, who found him not guilty after about 20 minutes of deliberation, reported the New York Post.
Donis had faced up to 15 years behind bars on charges of burglary and unlawful surveillance in the case.
The incident took place in April 2016 when Donis used the app to track an iPad, which was with his wife, Nancy Donis, 38. Nancy had taken the iPad the home of her boyfriend, Albert Lopez.
Lopez was the COO of Gotham City Orthopedics in Clifton, New Jersey, at the time, and Nancy Donis was his billing manager.
The breaking in and filming her part was pretty dumb. Could’ve just nailed her coming out of the house and saved himself the criminal charges.
Howdy. Good to see y’all staying away from politics in my absence. 😉
Glad to have you back.
you’ve been gone what 4 to 7 days?
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We have Aldi stores opening around in the area now, have not been into once yet
I mainly go to Costco and Publix, occasionally the Super Walmart since it is open 24 hours
but now I read that at our Walmart some criminals followed some lady home tried to cut her throat, robbed her, went back to Walmart and bought a bunch of stuff with her credit cards
If only she’d been licensed to carry a firearm.
if she didn’t notice someone following her for a couple of miles, I don’t know if a gun would have helped her
Aldi’s is okay for what they are. (they own and operate Trader Joes and adhere to that standard) It’s certainly not bad food. Damn sure is a limited selection though. Just, be sure to bring grocery bags and a quarter.
No quarter. No cart.
You do get the quarter back though.
I don’t think they own Trader Joes, but I think it’s in the family (meaning separate brothers own them or something like that) trader joes is sorta like the hippie version of Aldi; and Aldi is the convenience-store sized Costco.
Some of their non-food items, like their food, is pretty awful. Some of it, not so bad. In that regard, I’d treat it like Harbor Freight. you wouldn’t want to buy anything critical from their hardlines.
Aldi is ok. We have a few of them here. Kind of AC weird setup but it had the best price on toilet paper by far.
If it weren’t out of the way, I’d go there just for eggs.
Haven’t seen a dozen eggs at their price since the 1990s.
I have one right across the street from my office but I don’t generally do the shopping
grass fed beef. sometimes it’s got that $1 off sticker and I hoard it.
you learn what’s OK and what’s less than top quality. we hit Aldi about twice a month.
I used to love Aldi when I was newly free and on a tight budget.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dZn0D_9VY8
Epic… epic
My dad sent this to me. Love it. He’s so right.
Butt-hurt snowflake wannabe
^racist
Ha!
I know huh? Rational, fact based, attempt to defend his Constitutional rights… what an idiot.
Firearms ownership needs to be a revoke-able privilege, and not a right.
Says you…
Yep. You fuck up, your privilege gets revoked.
Yea… I fucked up and I don’t have the right to own a firearm… so… yea
If only we didn’t have that crummy Constitution that guarantees various rights.
It’s got all of these cool amendments attached to it.
Convicted felons don’t have the right to own firearms
^Just like it says in the Constitution. Err….
in the way the framers understood a right, a “right” is not revoke-able. so, since the baseline is established as such (based on our law, not Mike5790’s opinion), it then is not revoke-able, not even if our Government collapses. the Law doesn’t so much create a right, it just acknowledges the existence thereof.
though that’s a bit the same argument regarding traffic right of way. the government does not give you the right of way, it only establishes which party is to yield it.
can he play DT?
Sure looks like it
That’s pretty good for not having a prepared statement
That mother fucker can DEFINITELY play safety!
Steve if want some that is versatile check out the DPMS LR-308 AP4
like an M-4 but chambered for .308 round
Thanks – I’ll check it out.
I have not shot that particular weapon but have several friends who hunts hogs with it
they hunt hogs without spears?
yes it’s not the 11th century
Seems like there’s a wave of GOP Congressmen who have chosen not to seek re-election.
Today:
– Paul Ryan
– Dennis Ross (FL)
Not news. Paul Ryan was a well known thing in DC, I heard about it almost a year ago and I’m a nobody.
Rumor was that many GOPers want to get out before the blow back from the tax cuts in 3 years.
Regrouping for 2022 mid terms
they (those not seeking reelection) are the only ones who feel they have “cover” (i.e., no need to support trump) to speak the truth. outgoing senate/house republicans have been harsh on trump. why…..?
should be shameful to trump supporters… but is not in the least. a conscience is needed for shame. sorry…. my bad for assuming the possibility of shame…
As if democrats in Washington have ever shown a shred of conscience of decency. Come on man, seriously. No Washington politician is decent.
I don’t know how people don’t understand that all firearms kill people, from my lowly .22 rifle that my dad gave me when I was 13 to a 105mm howitzer.
Agenda driven
Logic be damned
Everyone knows that. They only make you think that others don’t as part of the agenda
Well, if you listen to idiots like Nancy Pelosi without knowing any better, you’d think a standard 5.56 mm shell is some sort of nuclear-tipped star wars shell that can blow up the death star rather than the average small-caliber rifle shell that it actually is.
You say small caliber like it’s not a deadly as a frack meat grinder.
Did you not read my original post? “all firearms kill people”.
Did you see me say you’re saying small caliber like it’s not a deadly as frak meat grinder?
You went in the opposite direction of Pelosi.
Nancy Pelosi has proven that she doesn’t know the first thing about weapons, or shells, or, well, anything except promoting her own self interest. She’s the worst of the worst in Washington. No redeeming qualities whatsoever.
And some do a much better job than others.
@ conflict range, nothing does a better job than a shotgun. maybe other than an semi-automatic shotgun with 15 in the clip and 1 in the pipe.
ban it
I’m for sure going to make my next firearm purchase an “AR”-style weapon, just out of spite. I went and looked this weekend. Thinking perhaps S&W M&P 15, but also thinking about maybe moving up in caliber to 7.62 mm. Does anyone who knows what they’re talking about have thoughts as to model?
Sig?
Any particular model number that you’re aware of? The gun shop I went to was really, really crowded and had probably a thousand weapons on display, so I actually didn’t get to look at everything I wanted.
Nothing comes to mind just that Sig puts out a great product
are there place that let you shoot them first?
Well, you can’t just take a gun for a test-fire like you’re test driving a car, no, although most nicer indoor ranges will let you rent a variety of weapons to shoot on their range.
well, there you go
unlike a rental car, which will likely be at most barely above the entry level of the model, you can prob rent what you’d buy and shoot it. prob makes sense, if the dealer offers to take them up on a weekend test drive of the actual car.
I mean, a .45 sounds great and cool, until you shoot a few guns and realize you’d almost certainly rather have a 9 or 10 mm. I mean, unless you’re in the business of having to penetrate the engine block of an oncoming vehicle… then you go with the .45. And the .38 that james bond uses? dangerous as all get out. be lucky not to shoot your own foot off. hair trigger. pass on that one. those kinds of things you only learn by shooting it first.
the thing is, though. would you ever use an AR 15 style? not saying you wouldn’t, but ever now and then when I’m off my pills I get on a jag where I start looking at trading in my car for something that does this or that that my current vehicle doesn’t do or do well. and later, I realize what I am doing is identity fixing and not going after my prudent need/use. yeah, I’d like to have a Merc GLK or whatever rather than a commuter car, but that would set me back on our financial plan 2 years, and be a big kick in the nuts when the County sends out the tax bill. what I’m saying is, if you need to make a gooey mess out of an intruder, buy a shotgun. better fuel mileage.
I have a .38/.357 revolver that now has an extremely light trigger on it, after I got a trigger job done to it. It’s the one that I’m not wild about letting people shoot unless I’m sure they know what they’re doing.
Do I “need” an AR? No. Do I just want one? Absolutely, primarily as a middle-finger gesture to those who want to take it away from me.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson called Tuesday for expansion of a boycott he is waging against Kroger to protest grocery store closures in minority communities.
He also said he wasn’t sure whether he believed Kroger’s claims that a store in this city’s Walnut Hills neighborhood was unprofitable before it was closed last year. More than three-quarters of Walnut Hills residents are black, and the neighborhood’s median household income in the 2010 Census was $29,000, 15% less than the city as a whole.
Kroger closed its Walnut Hills store a year ago after 34 years of operation — more than 20 of them unprofitable. Company officials said the store was projected to lose $900,000 last year if it had stayed open on top of the nearly $5 million it had lost since 2010.
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Sounds like Kroger discriminates by preferring green over black or green over red
Jesse Jackson has done more harm than good for society.
You need some weed.
No, I don’t. He’s a hypocrite and a race-baiter of the highest order who uses the very people he purports to help in order to further his own wealth and self interest.
Does anyone take him or Al seriously these days?
Or do people just roll their eyes at the blatant race hustling
So is JJ boycotting the Walnut Hills store? Brilliant!
remember that election in the late 80s when crazy jesse jackson and crazy pat robertson were candidates?!?!?! that was so f-ed up. thank god we were not dumb enough to elect either.
Jesse is infinitely wealthy
Why doesn’t he put his money where his mouth is and invest in a grocery store in the area
the Germans are on their way, would be my guess
We just had 2 German grocery stores open in my hood. They are can’t Lidl. Never been to one and they are not convenient for me so I’ll stick to Wegmans
most people probably don’t even know if they shop at a Kroger; they own lots of popular regional “brands”
like Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer, Smith’s, Dillon’s
also own Turkey Hill, Tom Thumb and Loaf n’ Jug – quickee marts
King Soopers
Fo shizzle
Dolly Parton announced she will be buying Big Lots, Piggly Wiggly and Harris Teeter.
The new stores will be called “Big Wiggly Teeters”
To shore-side witnesses, it first looked like just another cruise ship docking at Port Coxen Hole on the Honduran island of Roatan.
However, it soon became clear on Tuesday morning that MSC Armonia was coming in way too hot and that one or both forward anchors were deployed in an apparently desperate bid to check the 65,000-ton vessel’s momentum.
Moments later, Armonia crashed, tearing a section out of the dock and briefly running aground on the beach behind.
The accident was captured on video and posted by gCaptain, a news service focusing on the marine industry.
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for once it’s not the US Navy running into something
that God it wasn’t the MSC Ammonia
Bank of America will no longer lend to companies that make “military-style firearms for civilian use.”
That’s stupid, and I doubt that they’ll actually do that.
It’s being covered by everyone, but here’s one link:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/bofa-to-cut-ties-with-makers-of-military-assault-rifles-for-civlians.html
And it’s a good move. Except for Remington. Good luck in their bankruptcy.
It will only hurt free trade and the economy and do absolutely nothing good for anyone.
It’s also apparently yet another group of people who don’t understand that what they’re calling an AR-15 isn’t actually an “assault rifle”.
Look at it from the bright side. All of your little rapid-fire, kill a bunch of people guns will be collector’s items one day. Could be a big payday, unless you’re not legally allowed to sell them.
There are very few “rapid fire” weapons in civilian hands.
Yea… it’s a glorified .22
frankly, i don’t want my bank taking sides on gun issues.
I used to bank with them but they are really political. I dumped then about 10 years ago for some dumb stand they were taking. Can’t remember what it was but really don’t care to.
We have a regional bank. Same free stuff. Usually their locations are next to each other, across the parking lot. You’d have wild crowds at BoA anytime you needed to see a teller (this was like, 12 years ago), but you’d walk right in to the regional bank (which has since been purchased by the what’s in your wallet people). Made no sense to me. I mean it does, but that’s racist and we don’t have that ’round here.
Kroger stops selling magazines featuring assault rifles
Good for them.
All that’s doing is making them lose money. The same number of magazines will be purchased.
will they lend to our shell companies? -firearm companies
will they continue to be a wildly popular way of trafficking money out of the U.S.? -almost legal workers
Skins gear? I could open a store. That’s all I get from the family up North for Christmas and Birthday.
I got hats, hoodies, gloves, wallet, lanyard, jerseys, lunch box, sweatshirts, t-shirts, …
I have 3 ceramic Super Bowl beer steins
That is cool
we went on a cruise recently. i made sure to get burgundy and gold colored shot glasses as a memory. they are not “redskins” anything to anyone else, but to me, and now my wife, sister, brother-in-law, daughter, nieces and nephews, they are clearly a pair of redskins shot glasses.
Hats hoodies and gloves must really get a lot of use in Tampa
Hoodie = winter coat for Dec-Feb
hats are mainly baseball style caps
I understand that. I can’t say that I own any jacket heavier than a light windbreaker anymore.
Nice. It’s still cold up here and it’s getting old
“skins gear”?
isn’t that “first”? or possibly “neutral” or “reverse”?
7-9, 8-7-1 = neutral
what size? various, or all one size
I have more memorabilia and Redskins knick-nacks than I do clothes. I used to go to as many of the local appearances as I could when I lived in the DMV area, and I’ve been fortunate enough to come across a couple players privately.
That’s what I’m doing more and more, I don’t have time or a job where I can wear sports team gear usually, so i’d rather do things like collect mini-helmets and stuff.
The Drug Enforcement Administration says meth hidden inside wax Disney figurines has been confiscated near Atlanta and is worth roughly $2 million.
The DEA tells WSB-TV it is one of the biggest meth busts ever in Gwinnett County. The drugs were concealed inside 500 figurines of Winnie the Pooh, Donald Duck, Pluto and other Disney characters.
DEA Atlanta Division Special Agent in Charge Robert Murphy says the meth originated in Mexico and was destined for Atlanta. He says another load containing legitimate ceramic figurines was intercepted and is believed to have been intended as a decoy.
Welcome back to Scamp and DC, if he shows.
I’m sure he’ll be here. That other blog has gone all hate all the time. There were a few decent posters left over from the old days and a few new ones that liked to talk football… but a lot of guys that spend a lot of time crying. Flounder would have a blast ripping them to shreds. Tried to send a few over here… but who knows.
Two things they do have over you guys…
1) New blood… I haven’t seen anyone new here since we migrated and
2) While they have a lot of cry babies… none of them are crying about Trump day in and day out. It’s all football (not that THAT makes it a good thing… but the no agenda whining is a good thing)
I’d go over and invite them, but I purposely changed my password to random junk characters that I knew I wouldn’t remember, so I’d have to resurrect my account again, which I’m not going to do.
It’s not worth it. I dropped the word a few times. If they wanted to come they would come.
steve,
i think the “new blood” issue is… an issue. always good to see new opinions from new people. love what you’re doing here (besides the burgundy background…), but incest potential is high here.
Go on…
Well, remember, you guys aren’t our only audience. We had a following before you guys showed up who listen to the shows, read this stuff, and interact with us on Twitter. I’d love to grow, but we can’t force them to become regular commenters.
keep on keepin’ on.
Only skins gear I own is an orakpo jersey I got at Marshall’s
You can get a lot of inexpensive skins gear if you hunt through a Mashall’s or Burlington Coat Factory in the DC area.
Yeah. He was still on the team when I got it and it is a game jersey for $80 so I pulled the trigger.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Eat a dick
I have a #8 you can have….
I don’t wear jerseys. I have some t-shirts and sweatshirts and a couple hats.
I do own a DG28 jersey that sits in my closet untouched.
Yeah, the only time this one gets worn is if I go to a game, so like every 5 years or so.
i assume “gear”?
i own 10-20 pieces of skins gear. it is the default gift for me. only jersey i have is a jim lachey jersey. too old for that now…. have lots of hats (not baseball caps), sweatshirts, socks, t-shirts, pictures, autographed pics and footballs, drink coasters, etc…. i have this beautiful “letterman’s jacket” with a beautiful, giant redskin head logo on the back. i don’t wear it – it sits on my office chair where i see it every day.
In the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a school district in a suburb of the northwest Pennsylvania city of Erie is arming its 500 teachers with baseball bats, reports CBS Erie affiliate WSEE-TV. “It is the last resort,” said Millcreek Schools Superintendent William Hall, “but it is an option and something we want people to be aware of.”
According to Hall, the 16-inch bats were distributed to each teacher following an in-service training day on how to respond to school shootings.
“We passed them out, with the goal being we wanted every room to have one of these,” said Hall. “Unfortunately, we’re in a day and age where one might need to use them to protect ourselves and our kids.”
Hall says the bats are primarily “symbolic”, but are now an option for teachers to use, should they need to fight back in a school shooting.
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you’re going to attack an armed school shooter with a 16 inch bat?
people are idiots
Wait… mini bats? Like, not even giving them a aluminium little league slugger?
It’s called a fish bat
Hey k0n, earmuffs!
You use them to knock hell outta a fish before you chunk it in the cooler, also known as a “trucker bat”
Well, fish bat, kinda obvious.
But why not just give then night sticks
Some kid is gonna fuck up royally…..
It’s PA, they may just give them min-bats they stole from a Pirates game “free mini-bat night”
Wow… just wow
Galactically stupid
How stupid.
Arm the teachers who want to be armed if they can pass a background check and a training course.
Improve the security at entrances.
Place a couple armed police officers at every school.
Pay attention to the kids that are clearly nuts.
That would go a long way to helping.
Flash/Stun grenades for all.
Probably a bit much.
I’m all for maximum disorientation.
I get a new Skins hat every year… but it won’t be this one.
Yeah, no doubt
https://twitter.com/lawwhite12/status/983784998082932736
So anyone have any thoughts on the draft day hat? I think we all kinda knew it would look like this.
Will be buying a training camp hat, as per usual.
Bucket Hat?
No, the camp hat.
Shaped like a tent
You know who loves a bucket hat, ol deadeye duncan
You get a new one every year?
Yes, I collect the training camp ball caps. They change it every year.
It’s awful
I’d wear it. But you know… cheapskate… not buying one.
I have 2 Skins hats, an all white one that I never wear because they always seem to lose when I do, also because it’s white it is totally stained. The other is a classic Joe Gibbs Gold R on a red hat.
I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing that.
I thought the flat bill was out of style now
I fucking hate flat bill caps.
Agreed… 100%
All I see is China
Httr post the scouting report for SPhillips
Is it just me or does Strasburgs beard make him look like he’s about to go barn raising outside Harrisburg
maybe Blue Ball or Intercourse in Pennsylvania
My College Roommate who lives in Akron PA has to go through Blue Ball and Intercourse to get to work.
I think he works in the Gap area
Makes sense
Bird in Hand, White Horse, Paradise, Fertility, …
chicks dig it
God blessed my brother to be a good carpenter. It’s okay. – Ishmael
and my mother with strong bones and wide hips
Hola
Como esta ?
You need a ride to the Goodwill, get rid of those bobos?
Ben Waple resents that remark
Been Waple’s blues are 4 sizes too small…
Those guys over there have lost their collective mind
I’ve been peepin’ it
Nice to see some new blood though… this place is lacking in that area. Tried to send some more blood over here during my exile… anyone new show up?
Some dude named Henson, we were nice to him, but he only posted one comment, we’ll see.
Interesante
si
I’d like a liter of Hola
— Farva
Welcome back
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Meh… we’ll see… there’s really no telling.
Ha! Welcome back.
I will say this, though… today is the day of my transfer of ownership from my last business here in Orange County… I will be a free man… but unemployed temporarily… so I’m pretty happy and stress free.
Good deal. Did everything get worked out then?
Yep… it is now an employee owned company with a 24 year old running the show. He’s super smart and dedicated. Proud of that kid… been with us since we started 6 years ago.
Glad to hear you’re almost all set for “retirement”
Isaiah Wynn Scouting Report
By Charlie Campbell
Strengths:
Rare blocker with a mean streak
Road-grading run blocker
Heavy hands
Generates movement in the ground game
Sustains blocks
Physical
Can manipulate in the ground game
Bullies defenders and blocks through the whistle
Has quality technique
Good at pulling
Agile in space
Awareness
Anchors well against bull rushes
Dependable pass protector
Ability to bend
Fires off the line
Has quick enough feet
Can bend at the knee
Experienced against good competition
Intelligent
Weaknesses:
Lacks length
Short height
Short arms (33 1/8 inch)
Will have to move inside
Summary: The 2018 NFL Draft is weak at the offensive tackle position, but it has some strength on the interior of the offensive line, and one of the exciting prospects there is Wynn. In 2017, Wynn was a force for the Georgia Bulldogs as their potent rushing attack led them to an SEC Championship, a playoff victory, and almost a National Championship. Wynn was rock solid as a pass protector and a road grader in the ground game.
As a run blocker, Wynn has aggression and blocks with a mean streak. Finding nasty bullies up front is getting more difficult as the uptempo and spread offenses have changed the game. Wynn is a throwback who blocks through the whistle, pushes defenders around, buries them into the ground, and finishes them off with violence. Wynn also has developed strength to push defenders out of their gaps and open holes in the ground game. With his heavy hands, Wynn is able to sustain his blocks after shocking defenders backward. Wynn additioanlly has the quickness and athleticism to get to the second level. He can pull and would be a fit in either a zone or power-man scheme.
In pass protection, Wynn has the quickness and agility to mirror speed rushers. He also has a strong base to hold up against bull rushes. While Wynn has talent and technique, he lacks length, which could be problematic for him in the NFL. Longer defensive ends and rush linebackers could give him problems in being able to shed his blocks.
Read more at http://walterfootball.com/scoutingreport2018IWynn.php#upktIXs3Kk3rlSHp.99
Read more: http://walterfootball.com/scoutingreport2018IWynn.php#ixzz5CN3ZlyJQ
The reason he doesn’t show up in a lot of fake mockery is that he’s not maybe a top 20 pick, but he usually doesn’t make it to pick 44
HPhillips syndrome
right
http://walterfootball.com/scoutingreport2018IWynn.php
Wynn is it gonna load? I clicked it.
idk
“sustains blocks”
That’s the part of Skyler that’s spooky, for him to start. Good punch, violent, ect. but struggles with keeping it going. Needs Callahan
Skyler is a promising dude, but can you plug him in week one, considering where he’ll likely fall in the draft?
Skyler is a name that you should see outside Good Guys on a poster.
He’s got a bunch of upside, Callahan putty, but do we have that luxury?
We have every luxury!
#dontpanic
Then Sprinkle better tighten up, so TWill can keep an eye on his right side.
Sprinkle should just bulk up to 300, he can get ready to start at LG.
Lol, I’d be ok with that if he could do it.
We need nasty blockers like Hernandez or Wynn. Guys with mean streaks imo.
Yes
Totally agree, and wouldn’t be mad if we took either in round 1, but I am doubtful it will happen. Guard is our biggest need on the roster at this point.
Absolutely
Nelson
Hernandez
Corbett
Demby
Nelson is a can’t miss. Gold jacket when he’s done.
Damn, mornin’ Buck, this is a new record.
mornin’ . toast and coffee
Coffee, motherfuckers trying to destroy the plant this AM, breakdown city from 7-9.
what do they make there ? electrical parts ?
Hotdogs
gotcha.
ground up pig peckers huh ?
You saw it
*smash cut*
Nelson gets busted for PEDs, never plays more than half a season for the team that drafted him, bounces around the league like R Incognito; ends his career in 2025 when he gets caught at a rave doing cocaine with Paris Hilton, which ruins Paris’ turn in 2022 when she becomes born again and drops an epic emo record on the Christian radio scene. I’ve seen it a HUNDRED times.
You were at this rave last night, went straight to work from there, eh?
kicked the office door open head-bangin to Buck Cherry
Glowstick necklaces and er’rytang
you’re maybe 42 no way 72…lol
27
far too abreast of the current shit to be 72 lol….
I am ageless, until I’m not.
we’re gonna have to find some sort of medication to slow your brain down . Racing out of control .
You rang? – k0n
I’ve got a pretty good stack going right now. I’m not even taking full doses of any of them. Except for coffee.
ha , maybe you should switch to OJ .
not enough protein
Just pour some of that powder shit in there, man up buttercup.
Wynn
1st
1st or 2nd
2nd – 4th
4th – 6th
Heeheehee
how about Wynn?
I just told you!
heeheehee
It’s a Wynn win situation
maybe a Nguyen Wynn situation?
Somebody get Mike a orange juice!
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Okay folks, we’ll have the OL draft preview from Adam later today, and then an It’s Just Business episode tomorrow.
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Focus on Skylar Phillips
Manhandled
Ha
I like him too, just worry about having to force him in early. He won’t last beyond round three, some team with a set line will scoop him up.
LOL at this post Allen was not in charge while Shanny was here suggesting otherwise makes you stupid.
Bruce is one step out the door. NFC champ or better. Book it
that whole robbert griffin era is an apparent black hole in terms of who was in charge. they were all over it in year one, then distancing themselves in 2 and beyond. what a fall from grace that was for robert.
I think that was the era where Snyder stepped back, then, for the moment … the super franchise QB moment, stepped back in. And since that time, took even 1 step further back.
i think that is pretty close to what happened. but, who the hell knows? we should not be wondering who is in charge.
Of course he was in charge. Bruce Allen was the senior team executive. Plus, I mentioned in the column that Bruce had Shanny picking players.
Welcome back Kotter – sweathogs
“We’re just two black chicks down with politics.”
– Diamond and Silk
I am really intrigued by what the Giants are gonna do at 2. They have a declining Eli….the 2nd pick, which they usually never have because they are usually decent each year. Do they miss out on possibly 4-5 guys that could succeed Eli, or what? If this isn’t the draft they feel like their guy is their at QB, they are gonna have to use mad resources in the future to trade up to get a guy another year. So I feel like they need to get the guy they like at 2. Or if they can move back to like 4 or 5 and get the guy they want. Gonna be crazy on draft day I think.
They are in a position where, as a franchise, you’d want to take a LT or QB or EDGE.
the first two picks will be interesting because they could really change the draft, especially if neither is a QB
Eli will play at least 2 more years. They have a 3rd rd QB who didnt see the field last year. Barkley or Chubb here…. 2 reasons why we need Guice. Browns are going Mayfield w #1….
I don’t think Darnold or Rosen want to play in Cleveland
so, they could be down to Allen or Mayfield, which means, they prob could go QB at #4
The Giants could trade that spot still to the Bills or Dolphins
Mayfield will go 1 pretty sure…regardless Chubb or Barkley #2 my guesses. Giants need both whichever 1. Allen will not go top pick.
Politicians picking and choosing which laws they enforce is the road to anarchy
“Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.”
Ask not what your country can do for you…?
“I am a jelly-filled doughnut.”
– JFK
Delicious!
-Marilyn Monroe
it sure is! and, are you insulting my politics?!
help, help! i’m being repressed!
As per the usual you have playing the victim down to a science
the victim? that’s a monty-python reference.
also, why do you differentiate btwn religious and political insults?
i think pretty much any uni looks pretty good when you’re kicking the other team’s butt. skins can’t really count on that factor.
15 days till the draft
at the end of last season i was so bitter about the skins’ lead balloon of a season. the further and further is get from it, i can develop rationalizations like, “oh, the injuries” and “bad calls” (new orleans false grounding call), etc….
i do think injuries were huge. surely that made at least a game or 2 difference.
steve/alex et al:
is there some way to discern a metric for just how injured the skins were last season? it should also figure in the difference btween losing aaron rodgers for 8 games and losing a “regular” player for 8 games.
There’s metrics out there on it, if you look it up, # of games missed, # of games missed by starters things like that. Most have skins at #1 or #2 worst injured team in that regard Houston I think was worse off.
just to be clear…. i want YOU GUYS to research this and do an article…. eagles lost their starting QB and won the superb owl.
and they replaced their starter with someone who actually had playoff experience and success. they might have actually improved their chances with Foles in the short term.
the starters they can put out there can play with anyone.
Things they need to work on:
1. The injury bug under Gruden and across his coaching has a trend line that reveals it isn’t likely all chance, that in fact, his philosophies lead to injuries. That needs to change.
2. While it isn’t sexy, they beat the Saints if they can get an “and short.” And nobody has the confidence they can. And that needs to change. Don’t need to be a 1980’s Big 8 rushing team. But they need to be more physical in the running game when they need to be.
Get those things done, and this is a talented enough team to win 10-11 games. Unless Alex Smith stinks.
There was a pff stat a few weeks back that showed it
When I pick D James in my mocks its only because of BPA. Skins should lean this direction vs PON imo. However often Guice is there as well w 1st pick and thats why I pick him too. Straight up BPA and also a PON . I know some of you guys all in on DL w 1st pick…but Im telling you NC State for 1 will have 3 NFL starters from their DLine. Bruce or Doug needs to call Hankins toooday and offer up. Act like a ‘GM’ either one. Need skills top draft picks !!
PoP
Position of Priority
The formula should be BPA in a PoP in the first two rounds, and then transition to BPA in PON and eventually you’re looking for guys who you think can play at least ST. If you’re set at PoP, and PoN, then the algorithm is more purely BPA. But BPA is rarely an independent variable.
Color rush has to go. That shit is horrible.
What they are really doing is expanding it, so it can be any game
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McNabb?
I’m looking forward to the complete 180 by both sides of the sanctuary city debate when/if the assault rifle ban passes and certain localities choose not to enforce it.
there will prob be some city that does not enforce the assault rifle ban so long as you’re housing undocumented workers AND high.
South Carolina has a bill to succeed if the gun ban happens
they should plan for success
that’d be my goal if I were a politician
succession that is…
Seceed
For historians, the actual quote is
“Hessian without no aggression”
and it is from the “Bunker Hill Bunny” episode c. 1950.
Incognito retiring from the Bills. More G competition.
his name always reminds me of a scene from some movie where someone told someone that someone else (how’s that for specifics!) was “incommunicado”, and the dizzy (blonde?) replies, “where is that?” (brian dennehy may have been involved)
…and then, one of the guys, in response, points to his… crown jewels…
and then…
“Walter WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING!!!”
*fumbles with the remote*
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A COMMERCIAL on the NFL NETWORK!!!
*in the background: Big Voice says, “Thank you, but your free preview of Cinemax has now ended.”
I think half or more of their offensive line retired
Said he’s got liver and kidney failure. Which is terrible.
couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
Pain killers
Theory of a Deadman?
Jags are re doing their Unis. I dont know about the color rush but would really like the Skins to add some type of pizzazz to their unis. Mustard yellow …man….
Won’t ever happen on Bruce’s watch.
Dude needs to make nothing but positive moves …thin ice.
just about everyone thinks our front office needs to do a much better job including me except, flounder.
Who cares he’s healthy now let’s see what happens
lol
Jags re-do it every 5 years, which is as frequent as the NFL lets you.
They are getting rid of the 2 tone helmet, and making some tweaks to the basic uniform.
they could change their name to the Pizzazz
The Washington Pizzazz
No more color rush Unis on Thursday nights.
I like the red on red look for the skins but they completely shit the bed every time they wear it.
Your asking. But Nike Football League don’t care. They are gonna do it again in ’18, if you like it or not.
I’d not mind color rush if it wasn’t done in such a half assed way.
I actually like that the skins gave the middle finger to those yellow monstrosities
As do I. A handful of teams get a good color rush uniform each year. Pat’s have that one that’s kinda a throwback inspired. Rams all yellow look is too if you know your history.
But too many teams are just wearing all white as their “look” that’s lazy and not a color.
I think Color rush would be cool if teams more uniforms were based on throwbacks, and if every team weren’t all Red/Blue/Green/Yellow head to toe, but they changed it up some. The best uniforms always IMO have pants that don’t match the jersey give’s the team’s look some balance.
i would much, much, much, much, much (10 more times) prefer “throwback thursday” to whatever the hell is going on now.
As it’s called in uniform circles, this is called a onesie or pajama look.
speaking of onesies, we just had a new baby relative born – i believe this person would be my “great nephew” (my nephew’s son). my wife got him some great onesies: one evokes an apple ipod feel, but it says, “i pooed”. another says, “there’s a nap for that”. silly, i know, but i enjoyed the puns.
Yes that’s your great nephew, and yes, there’s a lot of “fun” hipster type baby cloths out there now. We, really my wife, got our goddaughter a Misfits onesie.
thank god for small favors! all those rush unis were terrible.
added:
oh, rats…. i guess you were *hoping* for no color-rush unis, not stating that it was the case. anyway, those things are horrible.
No it is coming back…
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/expect-changes-to-color-rush-in-2018-but-the-nfl-isnt-scrapping-the-uniforms-altogether/
Bruce isnt getting it done bottom line. Nor did Vinny. I’d give this crew this year…if no NFC champ game or better then clean house. If Philly can turn it around in 2 years and the Pats can win their division every year but 1 since 2003…it will be time for Dan to get real somehow.
Dan
I dont see any fault in a player throwing in their 2 cents worth on draft picks within reason. Surprising a bit but nothing ‘wrong’ with it. Especially in todays social world.
Amen!
I don’t have a problem with it, but think it would be better if DJ went to Jay & Doug and said, hey coach/Not-GM guy, as a team captain I have some strong feelings on what we need to take this defense to the next level, I would like 3 minutes to give you my opinion on the issue, the headline for my pitch: Fat Guys.
Lol
They should take team votes on picks and wannabe picks. Anonomously. Throw them in the hat w the scouts suggestions…..and Bruce’s
I’m not going that far, but I got no issues if your teams leaders go to their coaches and say, we need X/Y/C. Coaches and GM’s can take it under consideration or not.
The no questions asked, top down hierarchy is a relic of monarchy
Thats why I see no prob w DJs tweets
No problem, think it would be better if it wasn’t public.
you see I like the frankness of the players in public. Otherwise you get such boring interviews that are politically correct and everyone knows the answers before the questions are even asked. How enlightening is that? How riveting?
Totally fair, maybe best if they were able to do both.
Maybe he already has done that and met with resistance? We don’t know do we?
I’m so glad I no longer live in the state, or the Commonwealth rather, that I was born in, Virginia. Those idiots now are welcoming illegal immigrants into their sanctuary cities as well. Y’all will get what you deserve.
I’m glad I no longer live there for very different reasons. It’s weird mix of yuppies and rednecks never made sense. Traffic, all Virginians do is complain about the traffic. Not to mention all the overtaxing.
Visit Nashville…the yuppies are rednecks. Or is it, the rednecks are yuppies?
Either way.
Well clutch my pearls! They let people in the place!
why are we allowing immigrants from one country to completely break the rules that every other immigrant had to follow?
Well, not 1 country. Technically the sanctuary thing applies to any one who comes from anywhere be it Azerbaijan or Zimbabwe
Mexico
Yes Mexico too.
I’m not a xenophobic nationalist.
Just showing up and doing your thing is the American way.
And…they’re people. Not, a plague.
There is a right way and a wrong way to show up and do your thing.
You named your Grand Am Jean Claude…
Besides, again…just showing up, it’s the American way. It worked for the colonists. And even today we still just go where ever the hell on the planet and do our thing.
Immigrants have been here all along. And here we all are, carrying on with our lives without any interference.
Nobody (almost) has a problem with immigrants, provided they follow the process for citizenship. If you are here on a work visa and don’t apply for citizenship, when your visa expires it’s time to go.
Ask a legal immigrant about that some times. A lot of people have a problem with them, legal or not. I work with a guy, a month doesn’t go bye with out him being insulted for being foreign.
Well sure there are always gonna be racist assholes.
The amazing thing is every other story they seem to think he’s from the wrong continent.
I never said people aren’t pricks. I’m saying…immigrants, whatever their legal status, are no bother to us.
I’ll tell you who’s always mucking things up and making life a pain in the butt…it’s the frign citizens at birth.
They are constantly in the damn way anymore.
What cities?
I don’t know the cities I just know that the Democratic governor just vetoed a bill that would ban Sanctuary cities so he is in favor of them they’re coming careful what you ask for
Based on the info I sited above, there are no actual sanctuary cities in VA. But Richmond and Alexandra are probably the closest thing too it.
Careful what you ask for
I’m not asking for anything. Just stating information. I don’t care one way or another about the issue, it’s a red herring.
Richmond, Virginia Beach and Norfolk are likely candidates.
Havent heard of anything…but certainly hope not. Regardless the illegals make every city a sanctuary.. just not advertised by govt.
Did some research some interesting things to note here, 1896 law on the books means all criminals ID’s are already shared with DHS.
http://www.virginiainterfaithcenter.org/issues/welcoming-all/virginia-sanctuary-cities/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/women/2017/04/04/35-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq5lkTrHFY5KKNyaK4Niqry9HKZ-VjkyvgYKGqkEtckzA.JPG
just wrong
Camel toes on certain women are hot imo….certain women
Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!
-President Trump
But Tucker says it wasn’t Assad. And if Tucker says it, Ainsley agrees. And if Ainsley agrees, you hump her leg.
Amirite?
Ainsley gets humped regardless!
animals that kill gas would be impressive.
can you imagine eating a juicy animal steak to cure gas?
I’d rather just, rip one out.
Oh brother smdh
I’m a gas killing animal after La Carretta refried beans, or…… cabbage farts.
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Did we sign Hankins yet? Seriously, if we did that it gives us so much more flexibility in the draft in my opinion.
More flexibility in the draft, less flexiblilty when it comes to re-signing, Crowder, Scherff & Smith
There will have to be some tough choices made no doubt but Hankins and Allen on that line together would be tremendous, and it’s a must as far as I’m concerned. . It can be done, other teams do it all the time rework current players contracts be creative.
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Lol, flounder made this.
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At least it’s not Buck’s 3 stooges.
You just have me an idea
Mike, mike, mike, mike,…..hump dayyyyyy
Happy Wednesday!
Hpy Hpy
Police have arrested a man after they say he stabbed his manager after being fired on Friday.
Gwinnett County police were called to an On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina in the 2000 block of Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth after reports of a man being stabbed.
Police say the man, a manager at the restaurant was stabbed in the neck by 44-year-old Kesely Ingram while he was in the process of firing Ingram.
Need a wall On The Border!
That HBO documentary on Andre The Giant is on
https://twitter.com/TonyPauline/status/983797364719869953
Cool, I’m good with that.
https://twitter.com/john_keim/status/983795836822880258
(Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping promised on Tuesday to open the country’s economy further and lower import tariffs on products like cars, in a speech seen as an attempt to defuse an escalating trade dispute with the United States.
Trump should get credit
NEVER!
– D_C
though, China has the actual automobile manufacturing capacity to not only never to need to import autos, but actually, supply the entire world. the primary issue should be the policy that if countries want to do business in China they need to give up their IP by basically providing it to a Chinese partner company. Basically our companies are required to train their replacement.
Lincoln County Regulators trippin’ their balls off on peyote.
Hey dawg…’dju see the size of that chicken?
– Dirty Steve
Tom Boswell says Redskins off season so far a D+ to C-. Letting too much home grown talent walk away.
Bos is usually right but I’ve gotten tired of him. He’s be around forever and I just don’t need to hear his opinions anymore
Why is that? Is it because he’s actually critical of the team that we love? I mean come on guys we’ve been a shitty team for over two decades
I said he’s usually right and I criticize the team myself all the time. I just don’t care what he has to say anymore. he’s been with the Post since 1969. He’s like that family member that talks about the same shit every time you get together. After a while it just gets old. I don’t mind the criticism in general.
Understood
I think there are few sports opinionists who I respect more than Bos. Clearly he’s among the unmatched when it comes to talking baseball.
Been Waple and DCat sittin’ in a tree ____ing……
Lovers
Evidently
Q: What happens when blondes move from Virginia to Maryland? A: Both states become smarter!
Q: Why aren’t Morgan State University cheerleaders allowed to do the splits? A: They stick to the ground.
Q: Why do all the trees in Pennsylvania lean south? A: Maryland Sucks
Q: What does a girl from Maryland do if she’s not in bed by 10pm? A: Go Home.
Danville police release footage of shooting the other day.
https://youtu.be/Wa4gQV1N2CE
Sign Hankins
Drop back 3-5 spots get the third back
At 18 draft will Hernandez
Round 2 Karen Ballege
Draft an NC State player in the third
If Baltimore wants a Quarterback and need to get ahead of Arizona, well…
Also, are you a glutton for punishment? Do you really want to draft Matt Jones, or is this a way to finally get what you wanted from Matt Jones?
LOUD NOISES!!!
Ballege is much better than Jones
Running receiving and returning kickoffs
I hope so, if you draft him.
I love the idea but first we have to have a smart front-office pay Hankins. Round two I would draft a tight end round 3 inside linebacker
I could flip flop around 2 and round 3 take the linebacker in round 2 and the tight end round 3 depends on who’s there
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Just stumbled across something. Dexter Manley averaged 14 sacks per season from 1983-1986. Didn’t have fewer than 11. But he made just one Pro Bowl (1986).
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BEAST!
Reminds me of the stupid argument I had with D_C. Look at his numbers compared to LT.
“I know for a fact that the Redskins like Payne more than Vea….but I wouldn’t be mad if they drafted Vea”- Chris Cooley
Payne seems to be more well rounded player in that he’s a better pass rusher
These Alabama players seem to like being around fellow Alabama players
Maybe drafting Payne elevates Anderson and Allen
And he’s only 20
That’s huge
I like Payne better too. Vita takes plays off
HTTR65…
They drafted Jon Allen in 2017
They drafted Matt Ioannidis in 2015
….not enough…but it’s not like they haven’t tried as of late. He needs to STFU.
ion we got lucky with and he was a late round pick. Allen’s good really good but we need another really good player to go along with him. I will agree to disagree and think some players today need to toughen up. Again he wasn’t calling out players he was calling out the front office
I’m trying to disagree without being disagreeable. Respectfully disagreeing how about that LOL
Buck, have you watched any of McPhee?
Just some highlights when they signed him.
https://youtu.be/KIMxDfwE6wg
Hahaha!
How ’bout when he trucks #72 at 4:50?
I have zero problem with DJ calling out the organization to draft a defensive lineman instead of a defensive back or secondary player. Somebody needs to tell those fools in the organization that we need defensive lineman not a secondary player you could have Sean Taylor in the secondary and have scrubs on the line and it won’t matter
I don’t think a player criticizing the team in public is a good idea for anything . Creates more BS .
social media especially .
he was referring to the organization and who they should draft not individual players on the team I think people need to toughen up buttercups
LOUD NOISES!!!
On the Dexter point, it would be fuckin’ great if some of this McPhee dude’s violence rubs off on Smith and Anderson, Lanier, ect. He’s not the world champion on the edge, but he has a nice punch and plays like a grown-ass man.
where are seeing this
Dex? Is that you?
where are you seeing comments by Dexter Manley ? What am I missing
Below
If someone taught Dex how to use talk to text, he would get down, and wouldn’t have to bother reading replies, it’d be like a radio broadcast transcript. Probably very entertaining.
If Mark Murphy would have said something about Dave Butz or Dexter Manley, ya’ll know how that would have ended.
There’s no Dave Butz or Dexter Manley on the Skins today, not even close.
I think players saying dumb things on social media is just something that’s going to happen. DJ would have been better off keeping his mouth shut but he’s a 26 year old who’s hooked on social media. He’s gonna talk. Teams have to adjust to the new media age. I’m pretty sure Dexter Manley would have said some crazy stuff on Twitter if it had been around back then
I’m pretty sure Dexter wouldn’t have been able to figure out how to use Twitter if it had been around back then. Drugs to awful things to people.
Dexter didn’t even know how to read and write and I bet his tweets would have made more sense than some of the one’s I read from players these days. Need a translator
So what’s DJ running his mouth about now?
Cooley said this morning that Fitzpatrick and James play the exact same position Swearinger plays. The Redskins need everything on defense. I would prefer line…but if James is there, you gotta take him and tell Swearinger to kiss your ass.
Adam Taraschke keeps telling me that James is more of a SS than a FS in a cover 3, which is actually what DJ is, too, although injuries forced him to play the high/FS last year. So, yes, they are similar.
no offense Rick but I will take DJs opinion over all y’all any day of the week he’s out there playing.
I mean…I understand he’s passionate…but we’ve all watched this team for years. Players talk shit and don’t deliver. They were 7-9. I don’t want to hear nuthin’ from nobody till OTA’s. It would have been a bit different if he was asked a question in an interview.
Maybe he was trying to make a point of distraction to keep the FO from drafting his replacement.
Now THAT’S what Cooley said.
Isn’t this his last year on this contract?
Swearinger? No, he has through 2019.
Thanks. Thought he might be trying to convince the FO that Derwin James is not the way to go.
if the front office is seriously considering drafting someone in the secondary versus a defensive lineman someone needs to straighten those fools out I’m happy DJ is doing it.
Come on man! DJ is not the problem with the defense it’s the weak defensive line. He’s absolutely correct in his criticism of our inept front office.
DJ Swearinger needs to shut the fuck up!
My thoughts as well. Focus on playing Safety .
he says shit and then takes it down . It’s too late then and becomes a negative topic of conversation .
realized after the fact that he threw teammates under the bus
and that was not a bright move on his part
No and furthermore his comments might actually carry a little weight if he was somebody important , a perennial pro bowler with established Redskin clout . He isn’t that .
He is the sole defensive captain, though.
he made captain as soon as he got there it seemed , which isn’t exactly a ringing endorsement for the guys who had been there .
I thought Ryan Kerrigan was a captain. No?
Was he? You may be right.
I’m not sure, I was thinking you would know since you thought DJ was the sole captain. I would think that RK would be a Captain.
Just checked – captains were Swearinger, Cousins, Trent Williams, Niles Paul.
Sole defensive capt
New season of “Deadliest Catch” tonight .
hey, we made it almost a month with out a bad creepy PR story for the NFL.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/sports/cheerleaders-nfl.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fsports&action=click&contentCollection=sports®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront
The Redskins highlight in this, the team sent cheerleaders to some random dudes house:
A former cheerleader for the Washington Redskins recalled one especially unusual assignment.
Several
years ago, she said, she and five teammates were told to drive to an
address the Redskins had given them. To their surprise, it was not a
business — it was a house. Inside, there was no party, no charity event,
or even a large gathering of people. There were seven men in their 40s
who quickly sized up the cheerleaders.
“O.K., who’s single and who’s married?” said the homeowner, according to the former cheerleader.
The
men were drinking and asked the women to join in, but they declined.
Then the women did a two-minute dance for the men in the basement and
spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the house or having
awkward conversations with the men while they were watching an N.F.L.
game on TV.
I think this might end up as an It’s Just Business topic.
I thought you would like it for IJB.
deleted.
I think if its not out till Thursday we can work that out.
I’ll text you about it.
The 34-year-old man, who was not identified, experienced a series of intense headaches and dry heaving after eating a Carolina Reaper, reportedly the hottest pepper in the world, during the contest in New York. Dr. Gregory Cummings, the neurologist on the case, eventually diagnosed the man with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome, or RCVS, probably caused by the hot peppers.
and the say Don’t fear the Reaper
Wow, I was diagnosed with that RCVS last year, was never told food could cause the condition.
Google “Catfish Cooley ” and watch that fool eat Carolina reapers .
Satan’s testicles!
I watched it, someone, I think kon, posted the video on here. I found it to be funny, gross, and informative.
Sinclair Broadcasting Group back in the news
A conservative commentator who sent a violent and vulgar tweet saying he would use “a hot poker” to sexually assault a 17-year-old survivor of a Florida high school shooting has resigned from a St. Louis TV station after several advertisers withdrew from his show. KDNL-TV has canceled “The Allman Report” and accepted Jamie Allman’s resignation, according to a brief statement from Ronn Torossian, a spokesman for the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which operates the TV station.
“His show is canceled and he is off the air immediately,” Torossian said in the statement, according to CBS St. Louis affiliate KMOV-TV.
Don’t know how i missed this. But the other day the AAF announced its first team will be based in Orland, head coach. Spurrier
been all over the news down here
Word is he’s trying to get Tebow to play for them. Also next head coach they are targeting Neuheisel, for a team based in Southern California, which I’m guessing will be LA, but if they were smart they would target San Diego
Smart moves
Spurrier must really be bored to want to return to pro coaching.
Someone tried to charge him for playing golf and he got mad
Bad Girls Club star Nicole “Nicky” Vargas, 28, was arrested in Cape Canaveral, Florida last week, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office tells TMZ. Vargas was arrested after cops say she was giving her boyfriend, Colton Voegele, 23, oral sex, while topless in plain view of bystanders. Multiple people witnessed the incident because Vargas and her boyfriend were located in the parking lot of an apartment complex, as reported by the site. Voegele was also arrested.
C’mon noone…can’t say we’ve never had that done to us…we were just smart enough to not get caught by the Po-Po. Bystanders? Idiots.
Almost got caught once but we had plan worked out for that possibility
we just made out like we were back there having a big fight
cops basically said we give you 15 minutes to wrap up the argument and be gone back the time we get back
thanks goodness they did not make us get out of the car
Looking at the list of players in the above article, I see a bunch of stinkers…Bruton? Pryor? Archuletta? Taylor?
Yes, absolutely. Both men had their share.
I keep peeking to see when my neighbor will leave his house today. I need to go spray his weeds with poison. If I don’t, we’ll have a jungle nextdoor this summer as the dude doesn’t pull his weeds. Great guy, just doesn’t care bout the weeds on the east side of his home.
Trespasser!
Why do illegals cross the border only in pairs? Cuz the sign says: NO THRES PASSING!
one house I live I used to spray the weed killer/feed spray stuff way into his yard to keep that crap away from my lawn
and he would be like, I don’t understand why my lawn looks so much better on this side of my house over the other side
Seth Meyers’ (‘Late Night’ host) Wife Gives Birth in Apartment Building Lobby
“This is how fast it happened,” Meyers said. “I called 911 and over the course of a minute conversation I basically said, ‘We’re about to have a baby, we’re having a baby, we had a baby.'”
That would’ve been nice for us. Waiting 9 hours sucked.
Saved a fortune in medical care
When does Scamp and D_C return from exile island?
When they’re had “enough.”
They will be let out of jail tomorrow morning.
Former “Silicon Valley” star Todd Joseph “T.J.” Miller is facing a federal charge that he allegedly called in a fake bomb threat from an Amtrak train, officials said Tuesday.
Miller was arrested Monday night at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York. The 36-year-old actor is accused of “intentionally conveying to law enforcement false information about an explosive device.” He appeared before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven, Connecticut on Tuesday and was released on a $100,000 bond. The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Oh boy, and he just had a big role in RP1 as one of the major bad guys.
Never heard of him or a movie / TV show called “Silicon Valley”.
Hit show on HBO by Mike Judge (Office Space, Bevis and Butthead)
“Silicone Valley” is a Cinemax spin-off
I’m waiting for the Skinnemax version.
So DJ called the run defense embarrassing then deleted the tweet? Funny but true
The one qualm I have with his run defense rant, I feel like as a S, he should be as big a part of stopping the run as any linebacker.
No doubt – Bree
Breeland was a very good tackler , especially in the open field .
And he put in work, since ’14, as we’ve sucked at stopping the run.
was he interchangeable in our defense or mostly in the backend? I do recall him playing near the LOS a lot…
He started out as the SS, Nicky was the FS. Then switched after Monte got hurt.
When I read it I first thought he was directing attention away from drafting someone to eventually replace him.
Buck
Went a few years back to see Smoke at a local track about two hours from here
Was well worth the trip
He was just so much better than the guys on the track with him
Night and day
That guy was supremely talented . I got two tickets on line at twenty five bucks each . This is a Denny Hamlin sponsored event for cystic fibrosis . He and Busch are doing a four track tour in VA for the charity . One thing I’m not clear on is how many cup drivers other than those two will be there , although it’s not that important . I’m going .
very interesting article on how millennial employees impacted the culture at one very large US firm
https://work.qz.com/1217854/pwcs-millennial-employees-led-a-rebellion-and-their-demands-are-being-met/
Now mothers are encouraged to come to work with their children; at least drop them off with a bagged lunch and promptly pick them up 5:00.
You must not work in a law firm.
No. I’m general counsel (spent numerous years at a firm). And, that kind of shit would never go over at my company.
Also, was kidding. Just remember reading some articles where millenials’ parents were calling on behalf of their children who were interviewing with companies. Friggin ridiculous.
General counsel to who ? Somebody is getting ripped off.
Oh, I know you were kidding. I also figured you would understand how utterly uncaring law firms are when it comes to things like family.
What people need to adapt to, millennials have largely been adults now for 10-15 years. It’s the next wave we need to worry about, because we got no clue what they will want to do. Millennial’s we know what they will be, we know what major events influenced their belief system, the war on terror and housing crash of 2007, largely pushed that generation far left. Just like how X’ers will always be impacted by the cold war, and ended up fairly conservative.
But I think the generation afterwards is a bit more of a wild card.
I think a huge mistake we make is to over-analyze it, and mistake the demographic data as a whole. All generations to a degree grow up and become adult. But, because Gen X is bigger than Gen Y, the massive urban shift that normally would accompany non-children people is much greater; and they stay less-adult longer, and more don’t have children, all these are tweaks, but what we are seeing at least in my neighborhood is Gen Y people with young kids moving to suburbia, just like the previous 2 generations before them did. Later in life, sure, and they’re buying less (and the retiring generation is now more apt to rent their old home out it seems, when they move on to their dream home in some retirement Mecca, but maybe that is a DMV thing), but they are nonetheless pushing out the baby boomers and filling up the suburbs again. But that’s all relative. That all can be happening and the bulk population movements can hide some of these normal things.
HOWEVER. We have an intern here who is 22 years old. I’m ack socially retar***. But this guy? He can’t put together two sentences about what he likes, what he wants to do, he just wants a job.
And let’s not discount the other thing that is causing them problems. The Baby Boomers racked up national and private debt, but now that they’ve kinda been shocked by the system, they’re living longer, working longer, and not giving up their place, especially if it an enjoyable, sought-after job, so those late millennial also face a backlog of professionals who for a decade themselves have been waiting to move up the ladder, and once they do, instead of a job opening, it’s replaced by automation created by some of the more lucky millennial. We may just be watching natural selection taking place, and it’s not perfect or fair, but over thousands of years, it will assure only the best genetics survives, and maybe we’re entering an accelerated moment in time for this completely natural, organic solution? And the antidote might be poison after only a few decades?
I think the emphasis on the commonality of these made-up generations is pretty silly.
Agreed in any demographic data there’s huge variations. And one has to be able to understand, just because currently the 18-29 group leans more 1 way or another vs the 30-39 groups we’re usually talking changes of 10-15% at the most. But as someone who loves sociology and political science, I chew through that kind of info all the time, and just file it in the back of the brain.
Florida may not be an ideal place for millennials when it comes to economic opportunity. According to a recent study released by WalletHub, Florida is the No. 10 worst state for millennials.
“Millennials have come of age and entered the workforce in the shadow of the Great Recession, which has significantly reduced their job prospects and earning potential for decades to come,” the study said.
The study ranked each state based on affordability, education and health, quality of life, economic opportunity and civic engagement. Florida has fourth-lowest percentage of millennials overall, the second-lowest percentage of millennials with health insurance and the fourth-highest percentage of millennials living with their parents.
The best states for millennials include the District of Columbia at No. 1, North Dakota at No. 2 and Minnesota at No. 3. The worst states included New Mexico, followed by West Virginia and Mississippi.
North Dakota is a surprise at #2. I assume its due to oil. But as I understand it large numbers of Millennial aren’t going into the Oil industry for moral reasons.
you’ve never heard of the silicon prairie?
like half a dozen cities/regions have claimed that title.
Nope. Never once heard of it.
She was an exotic dancer turned porn star, Prairie Star, 75% silicon.
You made that shit up – Mike
Yup – me
in today’s world you have Googles and Apples and Amazons, but all you really need are a handful of reasonably successful startup companies, maybe have 1-2 get moderate success, a few hundred employees, throw in a medium to major university, and boom… millennials everywhere. in part, it helps that the already established white collar professionals are hesitant to move there from the more major cities. one issue is psychological. If you can take a 20% pay cut, but have that 80% go 10% further, that’s great, but there’s a psychological block to that. And also, people with high market real estate make a ton of silent money every year, and don’t think I haven’t thought about that. I can limp along here in the DMV until I retire, then boom. Slide in and over-bid someone on their dream home in some nice little country town with good medical facilities a reasonable distance. Some dude who’s scrimped, worked 80 hours a week, took care of his family, his sister’s kids after her divorce, and finally, his dream home on that small acreage goes up for sale… and then me… in an orange general-lee painted Mazda Prius pickup suv hybrid (they’ll have them by then) rolls in, yells yeah haw, throws a sack of money out the window at the Realtor as I drive by and roll in to the new estate. Hmmm… that got a bit off course, didn’t it?
LOL
But yes, any time the wife panics a bit about our home and all I remind her that we’ve lived there 5 years and the value is now 100K more than what we purchased it for, when we “retire” that’s gonna be like gravy.
Tbf, millennials in WV are married with six kids by now…
add Mississippi to that list.
and their oldest is in vocational school/college (because some millennials are in their 30s)
I’m 34, I’m on the high end of what most call the Millennials, youngest would be in their early 20’s, anyone under 20 is some other generation that eats tide pods.
…Pepsi… for Generation Ne…
Bob, the next generation are eating Tide pods…
prob should move on to the next next generation then
…Pepsi, for Generation Droid
The Tide Pods are on their second child by now.
who takes a look at a job offer, looks at the location, and asks,
hmmm…
sun, beach, mountains, lakes, getaways, low traffic, low cost of living, great schools, clean air… but I just don’t know about the civic engagement
and what does that even mean, and why is it in any ranking for opportunity?
Civic Engagement a PC way to say good government, which is usually measured on things like corruption, law enforcement issues, ect.
Companies are doing a lot more community related things because of millennials
we have several programs for employees to help out various non-profits in the areas we are located
#1 reason millennial’s don’t want to go to Florida, who want’s to lock into a home for 30 years when it will be under water in 20?
we will build a wall to keep the water out
That’s a big wall.
Gators
Kyle Busch at Langley speedway today , practicing for a benefit race . Track is three miles from my house . You can hear the cars on Saturday night , its that close .
You going?
Been thinking about it . I gotta check the dates . benefit race with the tracks regular late model stock cars and drivers . Denny Hamlin , Kyle , others .
Thursday night , April eighteenth
I wouldn’t put that in the real estate advert when you sell… maybe “close to exciting entertainment venues” and leave it at that
The one thing I disagree with Steve on in this is when he says “I’ll grant you that the team is no longer a national embarrassment and walking punch-line”
I think the team is still that when you listen to the national media. The record’s been better under Gruden, but we are losing off the field (and have been for a long time)
We need to start busting team’s asses in primetime and win some playoff games before that will stop.
We’re an easy punching bag for national media and people who cover NFL but don’t really look at what individual teams are doing
you really see that in some of the early mock drafts with some of the strange picks people made
Agree
But some of it is deserved. The redskins earned all the criticism in the world for bungling the Kirk situation.
great article by Steve
but in my mind, Vinny the Rat is the worst executive we’ve had
I can only think of the bad FA’s, horrible drafting and PR nightmares under his watch
Bruce is only 2/3 on that list, so that is somewhat of an improvement
Alone
Why am I so alone
Buck is here, and he had his shots so he’s rip-roaring ready to go!
Credit union notified my wife there had been a breach on her account . ten transactions had been made /hacked.
*flips through record*
are you sure?
yep, they’re all fraudulent
looking for a pattern here… all ten of these are from various male escort services… what could it be… hmmmm….?
well, I’m stumped, time to hand this over to the InfoSec investigation division…
Oh so its like that is it ? LOL
Damn, sorry to hear that.
she doesn’t have to pay for it . That’s on the credit union .
Still a pain in the ass.
yes
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjIuPDYrLDaAhWmd98KHSdnDsQQyCkILDAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DpAyKJAtDNCw&usg=AOvVaw1A-UoGY6w-0kRQVFbiiTDf
the default icon should be a boob
because if you have not picked an icon for yourself
you’re a boob
Be nice, he’s a visitor.
Oh, you meant Greg……nevermind.
I mean that in a large fun soft pillowy sort of way
🙂
I remember being excited to have Mike S. as HC/VP of football ops (I think) as it symbolized a legit football mind since JGII. Then the Haynesworth debacle about passing the strength and conditioning test was the topic de jour, for about 2 weeks. Boy was I wrong…
So I think we have the right HC for now. Just need to get him some players, legit starting quality OL/DL and build from there, we’ll be fine.
everyone was excited until he started drafting and then it was WTF!!!
their preparation is lacking on several levels even if ultimately, the scheme is fine during the season
That Cerrato list is just painful…
What happened to the default hamster avatar?
Should still be there, may have to refresh the page
I’ve been thinking that we should change the default to something “The Hog Sty” related, since the hamster only makes sense as a inside joke.
Sounds good
I did re-design the hog icon a while ago. Part of my trying to learn In-design
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Bigger helmet, or draw the neck, for balance.
Good critique
i like the idea. doesn’t look like his head is IN the helmet, though.
– peanut gallery member
Have you ever tried putting a helmet on a pig, it’s not easy. That was plan A when I was coming up with the idea for a logo. We lost a score of pig farmers.
so here, I added a neck I think it solves the issue nicely.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/66247e0636ee4a9ac53ac9e79f8efc7ef96db862583046ad682f864a9470e3ed.jpg
Now give it a mohawk mane kinda thing, like it just ate a bunch of romans.
I tried that already and didn’t like how it looked.
It looks good.
What’s mine say
Yankees rule!
Ugh
We’ll see
Always fun
Lol, yours is the hamster.
Its the Pats logo.
Oof!
Pretty sure he hates them.
Yes
If anything, the records suggest that Gruden may be at worst an average coach. Last year’s record would have been at least 2 games better if the team was healthy.
Welcome, and yes, Gruden has had the luxury of some pretty solid excuses.
I’m not sure I’m ready to say that he’s a below average coach just yet.
I think Heston is saying he’s at worst Average, not below average.
Ah, yes, you’re right; I misread his comment.
Meh, I know the Skins sustained a lot of injuries last year, but most teams sustain injuries.
Last year we led the league in injuries resulting in missed games
To summarily dismiss that is foolish
Meh. Eagles lost their starting QB and starting LT and won the SB.
We lost a lot more than that
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There have been 13 WRs drafted in the first round since 2015. Nine of them have yet to top 35 catches in a season. @ConorOrr on why so many young wideouts are struggling.
JD had exactly 35 so I guess he’s part of this group.
WR is a bigger boom or bust spot in round 1 than QB.
thanks for the article. Puts a few things in perspective. Most effective leaders have a vision and are able to communicate that vision to their subordinates or members of the team. I don’t recall Dan or BA mentioning any type of vision. I thought SM said and did exactly that but we know how that went. At this point you hope for some luck. you hope they are good in the draft – so far they’ve been doing oaky – decent at Free Agency – average to below average thus far – and are smart/savy with salary cap – excellent at that.
The frustrating part is there seems to be no innovativeness out of redskins park. How is a top 2-3 valued team so far behind in biometrics, weight and nutrition management? How is that building so old and all this time never having a practice bubble to ensure the best facilities for one of the oldest franchises in US pro sports history? Its like they care but not really. Or they just don’t know what they are doing.
Holacracy!
decent at Free Agency
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Meh. They’ve generally been cautious, so avoided many of the big mistakes of the past. On the other hand, haven’t really used it to improve this team all that much. Basically been non-players this year.
The fundamental problem, at its essence, is that Dan Snyder isn’t a good leader. Consistently winning professional sports teams have one thing in common: good ownership with a vision and a philosophy – Yankees, Celtics, Lakers, Steelers, Patriots, etc.
This is cool:
https://www.facebook.com/JungleVT/videos/2420798901395271/?t=12
is that the HOT mix recycling technology?
something like that (without, at least in the proposal, the special truck) might have crossed a desk I might possibly know about what seems like 10 years ago for a research grant maybe perhaps possibly, though it crossed and could have maybe gone to a more relevant department in another building. possibly.
but the question remains, if technology wipes out the pothole industry, what do we do will all the almost-legal migrant workers and inmates who do that work? we’re already steps closer to robots picking fruit. and the choice to go to batteries from fuel cells + biofuels will likely drop the bottom out of many agricultural industries where those same workers thrive (at least, for a few weeks a year).
The auto industry will kill this before it’s born.
Could use that on the park road by my house. We got a few potholes that are probably 10 inch’s deep, bigger than a tire.
Appreciate the work Steve put into this. I’d be curious to see how the Skins fare against other teams over similar 16 year period.
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This is coming. I’ve been thinking about some parameters and the best way to go about it.
The problem is that the results are going to be depressing.
Do other NFC East teams?
Well, if I’m going to collect the data, I’m for sure going to do all 32 teams.
Your score is: 19740 (GRADE: B-)
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 13: Edmunds, Tremaine, OLB/ILB, Virginia Tech (A)
Round 2 Pick 12: Hill, BJ, DT, North Carolina State (B)
Round 4 Pick 9: Samuels, Jaylen, RB/WR, North Carolina State (A+)
Round 5 Pick 5: Demby, Jamil, OG, Maine (B+)
Round 5 Pick 26: Ford, Poona, DT, Texas (A)
Round 6 Pick 14: Conklin, Tyler, TE, Central Michigan (A+)
Round 7 Pick 13: Ostman, Joe, DE/OLB, Central Michigan (A+)
Round 7 Pick 23: Facyson, Brandon, CB, Virginia Tech (A+)
Austin will be happy you got Poona.
Poona eclipses austin
POONA, POONA, POOOOONNNAAAAA!!!
Yeah, Poona is this year’s Austin schtick. Next year, it will be someone else, coupled with “Coulda had Poona”.
In all seriousness, I think Poona will be a great get for whichever team drafts him. Dude has an intense work ethic, and gives his all on every play. He holds his ground, can get into the backfield, and never stops.
You just can’t coach that. It’s a mindset.
Ik
From what I’ve read, he’s an UDFA candidate. You want a bit shorter in interior DL for leverage purposes, but this dude is 5’11”.
I like to hate on U of Choxas players, but if he’s there in the 7th, prob pull that trigger rather than letting him go UDFA. Unless you’ve already drafted two DLs. And heck with it, maybe even then.
Yeah, he knows that. He’s heard it his entire life. In spite of that, he was a team Captain and Big 12 DL of the year, the first Longhorn to get that distinction since Orakpo. The 80″ wingspan doesn’t hurt either.
His true value shows on his tape. And despite the Combine snub, his Pro Day stats would have put him among the top DL prospects in the Combine. He is a football player.
You can’t coach a mindset. That’s a rule.
-The Buddha
From NFL.com:
“While Ford flashed the ability to stack blocks and play with some strength at the point of attack, his lack of overall mass could make it tough for teams to see him in anything other than a penetrating, 4-3 scheme. Ford has a shot at making a team, but his lack of physical traits will be a challenge.”
“If he doesn’t win with power as rusher, he won’t win”
They rate him as rd 7/PFA (which I assume means preferred free agent.
Is it possible that your love for UT football is causing you to over-value this guy?
https://www.nfl.com/prospects/poona-ford?id=32462018-0002-5598-9759-0ba8ccbe4165
No, I have watched him play every almost every snap. I have also heard the analysis from all of the so-called pundits. I’ll trust my eyes over someone else’s spitball opinion.
I like watching UT football, but I don’t bleed burnt orange. Poona is a football player. Plain and simple.
He drafts much higher than 7, or I’d be taking him there.
Well, Lance Zierlein isn’t a just spitball opinion, but that’s fair enough.
Okay, here is a random YouTube from last year Texas vs. Oklahoma State, a worthy opponent. Just Texas Defense. Keep your eyes on #95
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWFU5eE8uE8&t=676s
I’d have liked Edmunds in the Brown role. I think a guy like Josey Jewell is the right kind of guy to pair with Edmunds or Brown. If Landry or Edmunds can play Preston Smith’s OLB role, then I like that a lot better.
Tremaine is gonna be a badass inside backer, you can move him up sometimes, whatever. Edmunds covers light years better than Brown, not sure where you’re getting your data.
And kindly take the PSmith trade talk over to TI with your codefendant. You don’t waste a talent like Tremaine Edmunds in a “olb/de” role.
PS trade talk? they lost 2 OLBs in FA; don’t nec have to trade PS
but their OLBs are pretty slow, right now
I remember your brainstorm from the other day regarding Landry and PSmith, I’m on to you, buster. 🙂
I did not start the brainstorm with the idea to trade PS, I merely inserted the scene where it could work out for the best, by drafting a faster/quicker OLB; and even then didn’t have to nec trade PS
Watching you, buster….
And fwiw, our OLBs have been slow. He’s more than just that.
I don’t like waiting until rd 4 to draft RB. We can do better.
Jaylen Samuels is Jay Gruden specific, any other coach, I’d likely not draft him.
Jay will pass him by when he sees he played fullback in college
Yeah, lol
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Vita Vea reminds @CharleyCasserly of a D-lineman who dominated the NFL for much of the 2000s.
It’s some high praise (via @longfence): http://bit.ly/2qi7lii
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Vita Vea won’t be there at 13.
probably not
but it’s prob more likely than Jonathan Allen being there at what… 17?
Funny interaction this morning with the CFO of our company, we were chatting about the ball game, he was saying how he’s got season tix to the Nats, & I mention my tickets to the AFL. He then said that some woman in his church was a football player, as asked if it was for the DC divas, he said no, started mentioning teams, and I was like “ah she’s in the Lingerie Football League”, he was shocked, and didn’t belive me, but we googled, yep she played for the Pittsburgh Rebellion.
Mark Rypien’s hot daughter….mmmmmmm
Using gov’t computers to google Lingerie Football League players isn’t going to end well.
This was in the company HQ, so not government computers. And he figured it out via the persons facebook
Ah, good. I had an airman who worked for me once who was googling porn sites at his work computer, but he wasn’t opening the sites, but just looking at the tiny icons next to the links. He thought that was okay because he didn’t open anything. The IT guys caught his search, of course, and we had to discipline him. In the end, that actually turned him around and he became a sharp, productive, trustworthy airman and got promoted.
That’s what cell phones are 4.
must be from the days before each agency was to reduce their gateways and move over to fewer TICs
I don’t know what a gateway or a TIC is. Sorry.
lol
the thing is, government is so very large with so much traffic that the security is going to either rely on a third party web rating service AND it is going to be scanning for threats; and isn’t going to have the bandwidth to nanny every computer UNLESS they want to fire you. but because of the massive traffic and whatnot, they’re also not going to keep the logs very long. But yeah, I’d not do that.
That isn’t the case with the DoD networks I’ve been around. They’re pretty good at catching things in house.
not sure where we are now, but there was at one point a mandate to reduce the gateways dramatically. you could have an agency then that might reduce to 1 or 2 and say, if you Googled for “Whole Foods” in Dallas, but the gateway was in Florida, you’d get search results for the Whole Foods in Florida (if those exist). Or whatever it was you were looking for, Google thought you were in Florida. And it didn’t matter where in the world you were, if you tunneled in to get on the network, that’s the choke point, and that’s where it made it easy to organize and scan the traffic through that Trusted Internet Connection (TIC). but in that instance, the aforementioned third party service would have blocked all traffic to anything that was recognized as pron, gambling, or mock football draft type of sites. and the logs are only kept for a few weeks, maybe a few months; but now with the cloud, I don’t know. Terabytes of logs still cost money, though, even in the cloud.
Yeah, it’s just hard to win in the NFL consistently, say over an 8 year period. Who even does that? Pats, Steelers, Green Bay; and maybe the Panthers? The teams that are able to win consistently over an 8 year period have (1) great QBs and (2) capacity to minimize the damage of big misses/institutional drama. Even if you have 1 and 2, it is still difficult. The Saints don’t win consistently and they have that (Bountygate notwithstanding).
Appreciate the work Steve put into this. I’d be curious to see how the Skins fare against other teams over similar 16 year period.
if you look at many of the teams that had at least some sustained success over several seasons in a row and look at their draft, I bet you see something striking.
1. They have a plan
2. That plan includes being very good at a couple of things (priority)
3. It emphasizes being good at those priority things over (an attempt) to be good at everything
4. Priority is emphasized even when they’re already excellent at that priority
5. After the draft, developing players; not relying on the magic of talent.
BPA POP
At some point somebody has to hold Bruce accountable for what’s been going on…. ten years of shitty seasons. That’s Dan. He’s gonna have to make the decision to bring in another person to do the job that’s not Bruce Allen if this mediocrity and below continues. That is on the owner at that point.
might see a “real GM” come in if they think they find the right guy; but those guys don’t get fired very often
And no quality GM is going to come here unless Bruce Allen is gone.
Not sure about that. I think it’s less Bruce, specifically, and more that they’d want autonomy with regard to most roster decisions. If Bruce would give that up (fat chance), I could see a GM coming here – Dan would probably pay a GM well.
…so it is Bruce?
I’m not sure it’s Bruce, but if you’re using the Scottgate thing as an example, either Scott wasn’t very good at everything other than putting together a draft board, or it could very well be that Bruce isn’t good enough.
if you don’t like Bruce, we could be approaching the season or two where if it doesn’t go well, Bruce and Jay get canned. The Jay + Smith thing, for their sakes, better work out to at least playoff contention the next few years
And Snyder is the common denominator behind both of them. I suspect his influence had more to do with decisions like Zorn, Haynesworth, Spurrier, etc. than the “GM’s” in charge at the respective times.
Run with it.
Certainly, he’s a factor. Absolutely. But it seems pretty pointless to me to write about that.
Unfortunately he’s a pretty big factor. As you demonstrated, both Cerrato and Allen have produced nearly identical mediocre results over similar time frames. Is that a function of them both being mediocre to begin with or a result of the environment they work in. Would a better Exec do better. I’ve no idea. I hope Snyder figures it out eventually but I’m really skeptical that he will at this point. 20 years is a significant sample size.
I don’t disagree with you. You’re 100% correct. I just don’t see the point in writing about it, that’s all.
I think Snyder started stepping back when he hired Shanny, then got a little too “happy” with the Trade, and then returned further into the shadows. He’s never going to go fully away, but I don’t see Snyder as the problem other than who he hires/fires as the PoPFI
For at least a year, the biggest page on Facebook purporting to be part of the Black Lives Matter movement was a scam with ties to a middle-aged white man in Australia, a review of the page and associated accounts and websites conducted by CNN shows.
The page, titled simply “Black Lives Matter,” had almost 700,000 followers on Facebook, more than twice as many as the official Black Lives Matter page. It was tied to online fundraisers that brought in at least $100,000 that supposedly went to Black Lives Matter causes in the U.S. At least some of the money, however, was transferred to Australian bank accounts, CNN has learned.
Fundraising campaigns associated with the Facebook page were suspended by PayPal and Patreon after CNN contacted each of the companies for comment. Donorbox and Classy had already removed the campaigns.
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BLM should hire the white dude to do their online marketing since he is evidently better at it
I hate that I’m an ethical person, it seems so easy to scam people.
Well, there’s this self-proclaimed marketing guru in Texas….
if 20% or less went to Australia and the rest went to charity, is that really all that out of whack with some charitable organizations? one could argue that 100% of very little is less than 80% of a lot more. Unless that’s not what they were advertising
That’s not far of.
I worked from some organizations that it was 10% was overhead. 90% went to the programs/charity. Others are terrible, Susan G Koman being one of those big examples of the worst.
i don’t know the details, I was saying IF, and 10% isn’t bad for overhead, but it also isn’t the best
and little known fact: custom-made pink everything was really the thing that pushed the overhead out of control
10% is considered good when you look at most those charity ranking websites.
really depends on scope, there are plenty below 10%; but that alone doesn’t value the whole of a charity; that’d be like buying a car just based on fuel mileage
I used to deal with this when I got stuck with the Air Force Assistance Fund campaigns. 10% overhead costs is pretty good comparatively speaking. Some of these charities shouldn’t be charities.
Is it wrong for a middle-age white man to boost BLM? Unless there is evidence that he was misleading people about what was happening with the money, then what’s the issue?
Incognito retiring
did he ironically send out a press release?
So, my company is doing a corporate outing to Nats park tomorrow.
Question, how much body paint is appropriate when at a game with the boss?
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It’s not appropriate if he asks you to apply it on him.
so long as the nipples are covered all is good
LAME
Zero
Zero seems a bit too uptight.
Corporate outing? It seems smart, not uptight. Don’t be that one guy.
One red dot on your forehead?
Florida Gov. Rick Scott announces he’s running for Senate:
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That’s not in any way discriminatory…
Against bat people.
And Senators.
You barely fit on the back of that wagon, good job!
So when are the Capitals scheduled to lose to the Penguins this year?
See a lot of people don’t think they get out of 1st round.
Columbus takes them out?
Wow that would be sad for them
The original Hamsters who I talk with on Facebook are quite pessimistic
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Jets Signed LB Kevin Minter http://bit.ly/2qg7KCa #Jets
Could have added LB depth here. Only 27. SMH….it’s like they aren’t even trying anymore with FA’s. Lots of good players still unsigned.
some of these guys are going to go where they have a good shot, at least competing, at starting
if the Skins plan on addressing the front 7 in the draft?
What if they ended up with Landry and Harrison in the draft? And maybe a good mid round slot corner prospect?
Then this is all according to plan. If they have one. And it doesn’t involve taking BPA RB with their first pick.
So in terms of the skins upgrades at Redskins park, here’s what I’ve found on the web:
2012 the team added the practice bubble, before that remember they would have to practice in a high school gym or air hanger in bad weather.
2013, they got a bunch of money from the state of VA to upgrade Redskins park fixed up the weight room (this was part of the training camp deal if I remember correctly) but there were bids by DC/MD to move Redskins HQ at the time as well.
2015. they added a sauna, meeting rooms.
2018, upgrading medical facilities
2019, free wifi
and free Netflix too
Unlimited data
Subscriptions to some adult sights.
again, for the most part, facilities don’t address my issues
part of it though, might be CBA. and I don’t mean that to focus on “hitting”
Yes, many of your issues are a problem because of the CBA rules, limits on players talking to coaches, the number of practices (ect) . To any extent, the one way a team can quickly get around those rules is by having things in the facilities to give them an edge.
If you’re thinking, how do we get around the player/coach interaction rules.
One way could be by using more video technology, film rooms to give coaches a way to break down video for players with out being there in person.
so you mean… like they have an uberduber staff available, an amazing gym and workout center that’s open, just happens to have staff and tutorials and suggestions on proper body care, training, schedules, diet, supplements, maybe some psychology, workout classes, etc., that’s just not necessarily required… but available, without “coaches” intrusion.
I’m sure that’s a model that every college hasn’t already adopted and perfected.
I’m sure that some of this is done by now, I know there was something about how with the new I Pads they use for playbooks, they have coaches notes & some video breakdowns of each play.
and a subscription to Beachbody dot com for the video group workout rooms?
Well, they are allowed in the weight room right now I believe.
The CBA limits practice, not advanced training stuff that you’re talking about, so they could go all-in on the fancy biomechanical stuff if they wanted to, at least during the season and approved offseason times.
I think they need to trend better, then maybe move over to “advanced training stuff”
Pressure can work too. You might be highly drafted, or highly recruited, but if you show up out of shape (that is, you didn’t follow the “non-required” winter conditioning program) but some walk-on or UDFA did, you might lose playing time. That is a short term decision that has systematic and longer term implications.
I understood why they limited 2 a days in the last CBA, and some of that stuff.
But for the life of me, the strict limits on coaches talking shop with players never made sense.
To me, if a player is on the roster, they should be allowed to ask the coach questions.
While I’m at, I’ll go ahead and throw some of the injury blame at Allen.
Tell the HC to run a tough camp already. Also, bring in some better trainers, athletic conditioners and sport medicine staff. Don’t rely on the players to develop their own workout and recovery programs.
We also have a bad weight room and facility in Ashburn according to NFL standards. It’s not even as good as some big college programs.
true
and it is not going to change too much until new stadium deal gets going
TBF, the top college programs these days have facilities that are better than even the best in the NFL now.
Clemson is literally building a theme park for their football team
both true, but the theme park / student center part of it isn’t what we’re talking about
I remember stories in the 90’s about weight machines that Nebraska invented and had custom made; and later, Texas pretty much said, they supersized whatever anyone else had innovated lately. And then… Oregon, but that’s all Nike money.
There was a story not long ago about them making major upgrades to the medical facility (which is good news)
They upgraded the weight room a few years ago. I want to say 5 years back? But that got them from something like 32nd to middle of the pack.
But don’t ask Flounder. He thinks that the Skins have the best facilities.
the issue is mostly staff and philosophy
in some sense, yeah
I mean, injuries happen, but if you are always on the wrong end of luck “chance” you have to start to examine the problem. who’s best at it? and what do they do?
So, you send in some spies to UCLA and watch how they do.
Coughlin did that, and look how much better the team got.
Two SuperBowls better
Sorry, I should clarify. Did that in Jax, too.
I think every player should go through a complete biomechanical assessment from a trained professional. Slight deviations in foot structure and function, for example can overload stress on the Achilles tendon, knees, hip and back joints.
If you can identify any issues up front, it will result in reduced probabilities of injuries through wear and tear, but will also enable some athletes to run faster.
If that actually happened, then IMO, Pierre Garcon’s plantar plate tear would have been entirely avoidable.
and you’ve just got plans that work coordinating muscles equally, you’re just getting started
if you don’t have that, then you’re doomed. but I think prob most of the rank and file trainers you can hire at the gym have that part of it “down”, so you’d think that’d be baseline for the NFL.
Exactly. These are elite athletes. They are thoroughbreds. Don’t wait for Dr. Andrews to treat your wear and tear injuries, but prescribe a conditioning program that addresses each athlete’s individual profile.
I believe that a custom insert for Garcon’s shoes would have prevented his injury in the first place. He now wears one, but it took surgery, and something like 10 missed games to make that happen.
Racist
Shut up, Bronto boy.
“thoroughbreds” indeed……smh, shame on you.
It’s an analogy. They are simply the best of the best regardless of their race.
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And watch your mouth, grandpa.
Seems like Dan needs somebody bigger than a true GM type to run things. He had Vinny, then Marty must have really rubbed him the wrong way. Then he got Vinny back and when that shit show ended he went with Bruce based of his family connection to the team. I think the best thing to do would be get somebody who is not connected to past glory at all. Completely fresh and new with no connections other than to another successful NFL franchise.
Shanny was after Vinny…Brucey was after Shanny.
Even though Scot wasn’t the right choice at GM, I do think that what they did there was the right overall structure for the team. Too soon to say if Doug can do it.
Doug isn’t the GM. He doesn’t have the positional authority that Scot did. We talked about this on the show.
Yes, but he’s in the closest position that they have for the time being.
Doug helps me deal with the black people – Bruce
No, he’s not. He’s not a GM. He’s strictly the talent evaluator.
That’s what a GM does.
That’s half of what a GM does
I don’t know if it’s 1/2 or 75% (not that it matters).
Bruce is only half as good as he thinks he is.
It matters a great deal. The team made it very clear that Doug isn’t the GM.
Yet when Doug first got the job he said that the title didn’t matter to him. His job was supposed to be “the guy” when it came to who makes the roster decisions, clearly that’s not what it really is.
No, he was never supposed to be “the guy”. He said that and Bruce said that.
That’s not nearly all a GM does.
the talent evaluate is the Head of Scouting, and he’s just really there at minimum to coordinate the scouting and evaluation, he needs to know just enough to know that his scouts are good and communicate with coaching staff, I mean, there are plus skills as well, but minimum. The GM of football operations is the manager of all the staff. You prob also have a GM that takes care of other aspects of operations.
Blog fight!
What will happen if they ban each other?
Mexican standoff
I don’t know if that’s even possible
The draft comes down to how well Doug Williams and Kyle Smith do
McGlue was the rightest choice we’ve had since you stood on two feet and bobbled your way across a room.
I was around when we had Bobby B and Chuck.
I don’t put any stock into Allen and the business side of the organization. The team was already profitable and extremely highly valued before he came along and will continue to be so for decades to come.
And though business is business…the point of a professional sports organization is to win games dammit. Bruce doesn’t bring that. Long story short…
We need a legit GM/president of football operations. Bruce ain’t it.
I think Jay and Bruce and Doug will be here for a while in the same capacity as they are now. This is going to go another 3-5 years I feel.
Jay gets 2 years to show something, Bruce will be here until new stadium deal is done
Alex Smith’s tenure and maybe 1 more QB.
I still think Jay gets to be here through 1 hand picked rookie QB.
Until Dan actually gets a real, bonafide GM, like a guy that the Giants just hired, or just a guy that’s done it before for another franchise and let’s that guy run the show 100% completely without interruption, we will never string together perennial winning seasons. That’s a fact. If Bruce is even involved with the team in any way it won’t work.
We technically did 3 seasons ago then 2 seasons ago.
But I know what you mean.
lets go with perennial playoff seasons then.
about the only way that happens is if you hit a top-5 QB, like brady or AR12. Or AR15.
That’s the way I feel. Whether its true or not its how I feel.
No NFL front office has that much separation. The team president is at a minimum involved in things like a decision to sign an expensive QB, the 1st round draft pick, etc.
As long as Bruce is the team president, he’s going to have a voice to one extent or the other even if they do hire a GM.
This mock draft was a bit odd, but I kinda dig what I ended up with.
1: R1P13 DL DA’RON PAYNE ALABAMA
2: R2P12 C JAMES DANIELS IOWA
3: R4P9 DL DERRICK NNADI FLORIDA STATE
4: R5P5 RB BO SCARBROUGH ALABAMA
5: R5P26 RB NYHEIM HINES NORTH CAROLINA STATE
6: R6P31 OT DESMOND HARRISON WEST GEORGIA
7: R7P13 S DAMON WEBB OHIO STATE
8: R7P23 LB PETER KALAMBAYI STANFORD
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Every scout has a list of Red ⭐️ players in their notebook. These are the guys who will make an impact on the league regardless of team or scheme. My list:
1. Barkley
2. James
3. Ridley
4. Landry
5, Kirk
6. Darnold
7. Hubbard
8. Rosen
9. Guice
10. Price
Thoughts?
Just more reason to draft Guice if available.
Landry
Derwin James
Interesting who is not on his list
Chubb or Nelson
i would say… OG?… but Price is on the list
and Kirk is like a late 2nd to mid 3rd round guy according to most draft prognosticators
No better than fourth rounder.
very much appreciate the article.
you siad, “Also, Cerrato had Joe Gibbs picking players for 4 years, and Allen had Mike Shanahan doing the same, ”
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how do you know this? i mean the players picked during the gibbs 2.0 were era picks by gibbs? were the shanny picks really shanny, or were they allen picks or snyder picks?
I don’t have any objective data in that regard, but my impression of both, particularly Shanahan, was that they had a massive role, perhaps the biggest voice. But to me, it doesn’t matter; Cerrato and Bruce were both in charge.
f them all. the best thing they’ve done is pick trent williams over o’kung – which is very good, but hardly a complete resume.
Got to have a coach who is better than just a really good Coordinator or position coach.
Okay need to see what the skins is, because these other’s are sweet
https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/983713050011275264
I think it’ll probably say, “The Washington football team”.
lmao!
It’s all team chant’s so I’m guessing it’s HTTR or it just says Hail or something
*opens up box, reaches in for hat for 13th pick*
It says “Heil”
*puts back in box, mails box to charlottesville*
meanwhile, in charlottesville:
“Hail?!!!? WTF?”
Probably HTTR, or something like that.
….since65
What’s the tariff on these Made in China hats?
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Hopefully that’s a representation of the Redskins and not of my writing.
It’s not about you, Mr. Steve, I promise, lol. That’s a portrait of Bruce Allen.
I see the resemblance!
it’s very difficult to get the face right.
looks like a twin
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Bills G Richie Incognito “Strongly Considering” Retirement, Will Return For Right Price http://bit.ly/2JwMujo
God this article is depressing. Thanks for summing up all of the shitty years for us. LOL…actually it’s good to have this shit show documented now. And all in one place.
This column came this particular week primarily because I didn’t have time this weekend to watch a ton of film or research data.
This is more work than anybody at the post ever did for any post ever….so kudos to your research and putting this together. Probably no better summation of our ineptitude anywhere else!!!