Dan T.

19 hours ago, goskins10 said:

 

here is Chase's contract. Very cheap.

 

You had “very cheep” RIGHT THERE and you passed. 
 

That tells me it’s finally over. 
 

Saw this today...

We should fry everyone who hatched these puns.

2 hours ago, Skinsfan1311 said:

So...the 15-25 commercials during each quarter aren't enough time to make a beer run? 🤔

Following this team for the last 20 years there are NEVER enough beer breaks. 

5 hours ago, Lombardi's_kid_brother said:

I don't see a ton of conspiracy theories on Twitter regarding this.

 

I do see a ton of ****ing racism.

 

I think I would prefer that instead of new dog whistles like DEI if these people just went back to using the N-word. It's what they want. It would end the "oooooh....what is he really saying" debate. 

Oh there are a bunch of idiotic conspiracies out there. 

- "It was a terror attack." But the ship sent out a Mayday.  "That was just a cover.  They weren't trying to kill people, just disrupt the supply chain." 

- Another one involves Angela Chao, sister of Elaine Chao and sister-in-law of Mitch McConnell, who died in a Tesla accident recently.

"She was CEO of the Foremost Group, company that owns the container ship."  No, her company was Synergy Marine Group.

"She was killed in a mysterious accident 6 days ago to cover something up." It was 6 weeks ago. 

"There are no coincidence."  Um, yes there are.

This gave me a chuckle:

14 hours ago, The Evil Genius said:

Wut. This is what insane people find insane. 

 

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Only 1500 miles from the Vatican to Maui..sweet!

 

This reads like someone told early-stage AI to write a conspiracy theory.

14 hours ago, Wyvern said:

I'm glad it's on a one-year trial basis, because I feel it's changing the occasionally exciting kickoff . . . 

 

 

Joey Slye's kickoffs resulted in a touchback 88.9% of the time in 2023. And of the 11.1% (8 kicks) that weren't touchbacks, I'm pretty sure all but one were onside kick attempts or squibs. Overall, the entire league had a grand total of 3 kickoff returns for TDs in 2023.

Kickoffs became a perfect time to go get another beer out of the fridge.

^^^ Re; Eric Galko's tweet above... the new kick returner should have more of a punt returner's skills - lateral elusiveness, quick darting direction change, start/stop/change...

3 hours ago, TheGoodBits said:

I suspect for an onside kick they'll just need to opt in for it much like teams now have to opt to go for 2. Kills the surprise/fake offside kick but that's it. 

You are correct... From an ESPN article:

In the event a team wants to attempt an onside kick, it will have to inform officials of its intent and would then be allowed to use the NFL's traditional formation. No surprise onside kicks will be allowed.

NFL owners approve massive revamp to kickoff play - ESPN

Bang Tweeted a comment that I thought was on-the-money.  I'll paraphrase:

The league is trying to reinvigorate what has become a boring play in the game, all while keeping player safety at the forefront. This is a change that does both.

19 hours ago, Jags said:

Why the 30 yard line?  I always took the move to the 25 as giving an extra 5 yards to discourage running it out.  And I hated it because 80-yard drives were the norm forever.  Now it's the 30?

Makes no sense to me.  A touchback should still be the 20 no matter what.  A 10-yard reward for being able to kick far is dumb.  Get off my lawn!  😉

They are trying to incentivize runbacks under the new, presumably safer format. 

The kick-off has become the second most boring play in the NFL next to the extra point.  And so the league is trying to change that by adopting a new kickoff rule modeled after the XFL. 

NFL Kickoff Rule Proposal | NFL Football Operations

• Kickers will kick off from their own 35-yard line. The 10 other players from the kicking team will line up on the opposing team’s 40-yard line.

• The receiving team will have at least nine players line up in the "setup zone" between the 35- and 30-yard lines. Two returners will be stationed in a landing zone, from the 20-yard line to the goal line.
• No players (except the kicker and returners) can move until the ball is received by a returner.
• Returners can return the football wherever it lands.
• A touchback at the 20-yard line would occur if the ball touches the ground or player in the landing zone, rolls beyond the goal line and downed in the end zone.
• A touchback could occur at the 30-yard line if the ball goes out of bounds behind the receiving team’s goal line, if it strikes the goalpost, or lands at or beyond the goal line and downed in the end zone.  

For it?

Against it? 

Will it kill the onsides kick?

BTW, **** Fox News.

Yeah, apparently the ship put out a Mayday signal, giving officials a bit of time to limit vehicular traffic on the bridge.

Now there are reports that Diddy’s private jet has left the U.S.

25 minutes ago, Ball Security said:

“Like any of us.” 🤣

Look at this Alexandria Elite acting like he’s one of us plebes, as if that will prevent us from eating him during the Great Class War.

Nah, I hear lawyers are a little too chewy.

Did he replant the trees he illegally cut down before donating it?

This was good too from Moskowitz.

A telling quote from Jim Jordan above that gets to the heart of their motivation... 

"There's no time limit in the Constitution on how long you can do an investigation."