Dan T.

It makes Tom Hanks' island stay in Castaway look like a Sandals Resort getaway.

I gracefully apologize for you misinterpreting my point.

Jesus you're exhausting.

No, it is exactly what I was saying. Take all the 1st round quarterbacks taken. The number that turn into franchise quarterbacks (hits) vs. those that don't (misses) is not "overwhelming." That's a different point than your point that the chances of getting a franchise quarterback are better drafting high over drafting lower.

Many years ago a guy in our fantasy league had - for a short time - three QBs on his roster: Brad Johnson, Chris Weinke, and Rob Johnson So he had two Johnsons and a Weinke.

And that is the point I was trying to make. If you want to get a franchise quarterback, your chances are better at the top of the draft than lower, but the hit rate on QBs overall is low.

It could be ripe for injury as Adam Peters pulls a hamstring running to the phone to select Williams.

My point was that using San Francisco as an example directly contradicts the argument you were making. Going with the last pick in the draft as starting QB and dumping the number 3 overall pick from 2 years ago isn't a very compelling argument that you have to pick a quarterback high if you have the chance. I don't know if the empirical evidence is overwhelming writ large. I'm sure it skews slightly to success over failure with high draft QBs. But I don't think it's an overwhelming hit vs. miss ratio. The NFL is littered with examples of high draft busts and lower round successes at QB.

There’s a fallacy in your argument and it’s named Trey Lance the Niners’ number 3 overall pick in 2021. it goes to show it’s all a crapshoot, even at the top of the draft. The Redskins/Commanders have too many examples of this going back to Heath Shuler, Haskins, RG3, etc. Ask your grandad about Gary Beban. It would not surprise me if Bo Nix or Michael Pennix has a better NFL career than Maye, Daniels, or MCCarthy. Evaluators do the best they can with the information they have, but man, life and football is really complicated.

Thesis: Chicken wings damage your eyesight.

Unfortunate business signs: At a dry cleaner: "28 years on the same spot." In a loan office: "Ask about our plan for owning your home." In a repair shop: "We strive to give you the lowest prices and workmanship." I'm done.

Son: "Dad, did you get your DNA test results back?" Dad: "Call me George." I told my aunt she painted her eyebrows on too high. She looked surprised. I was drinking a martini and the waitress screamed "Does anybody know CPR?!?" I yelled back "I know the entire alphabet!" and we all laughed and laughed... Well, except for one person...

What do you call a pudgy psychic? A four-chin teller. A termite walks into a bar and says "So, is the bar tender here?" Why can't you hear a pterodactyl going to the bathroom? Because the "p" is silent. A woman in labor suddenly shouts "Shouldn't! Wouldn't! Didn't! Can't!" The doctor says "Don't worry. Those are just contractions."

First the flatulence. Now this…

Not a fluke. Meneses hit everywhere he played in his career. His slump to start this year is the fluke.

The attorney in the foreground is waving the stench away and fighting the gag reflex. The people over Trump’s left shoulder show clear signs of nausea. The three people in the background are evacuating the chamber.

Turns out was a spoof... it had Melania's photo with it...

Mazwell Azarello is the person who set himself on fire. He issued a conspiracy-laden manifesto that is pretty much delusional and has little if anything to do with the Trump trial. A link to his rambling statement here: I have set myself on fire outside the Trump Trial. (substack.com)

Gives new meaning to "gag order."

Multiple sources are reporting now that as Trump nodded off in the courtroom, he did indeed audibly pass gas and the stench had a visible effect on those around him.

Eric?