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16 minutes ago, Painkiller said:

 

Brady and his ridiculous career do crazy things to the stats.  Remove him from the equation, or count his wins in the players drafted outside of the first round and it gets even crazier.  

 

 

Right?! Winning a SB is extremely hard. (It's like that in every sport though imo) So many things have to break your way.  

Could TH take us to a SB? Sure, you put an elite (or at lease elite for that season) defense with a strong O-Line and surround him with weapons and he could take you to the SB.  He also could lose 1st round in the playoffs if the other team gets up by 14 due to a muffed punt resulting in a short field TD and a bad pass interference call setting them up with a 1st and goal from the 5.

You put Aaron Rodgers on your team and you could be in the playoffs every year but have to play a playoff game on the road in Seattle where it's 33 degrees with a windy rain and impossible to throw the ball.

I guess my point is that I see what RR wants to do here.  Have a team with a really strong front 7 on D, a great O-Line, and a culture that has you in every game.  Most years you will be around 9-7 (or 9-8 now days).  Sometimes you will get the breaks and finish 11-6.  Sometimes the breaks will go against you and you will finish 7-10.  Set that table though and then put the ultra talented QB at the head and now your ceiling is 13-14 wins and the floor is 9-10.

Keep drafting talent.  Let them learn your system and your culture.  Sign guys like Carter and Leno that have something to prove.  Stay the course.

To borrow a phrase from the Carolina Hurricanes over the past few years when they lost a game or two in a row:  We. Are. Fine.

Counter argument. 

66% of the QBs to win multiple SBs were drafted 1st overall. 

Counter to the counter.

41% of the SBs won by multiple SB winning QBs were won by guys drafted after the 5th round!

On 11/26/2021 at 4:41 PM, Burgold said:

Is there a QB to miss this year?

 

Is there a can't miss QB this year?

There is a future HOF QB that comes out in the draft almost every year.  Just select that one and be done with it. And if this happens to be the year where there isn't one then don't draft a QB.  It's really pretty simple when you boil it down.

6 minutes ago, KDawg said:

Power back and get him touches and see where he’s at and play it by ear. This first, second and third string stuff is beyond antiquated. Put them in advantageous positions and let them go and adjust the plan accordingly. 

No reason why it can't look like Dallas:

RB1: 151 for 695  (15.1 attempts per game)

RB2: 90 for 495 (9.0 attempts per game)

6 hours ago, 86 Snyder said:

What kinda DE tears an acl?

Nick Bosa

1 hour ago, Warhead36 said:

You gotta get yours while you can. I have no issue with him maximizing his earnings. Spending a couple hours a day a couple times a week shooting commercials isn't gonna be the difference between him being an All Pro and a scrub. Some of y'all boomers need to relax lolol you'd 100% do the exact same thing in his situation and if you say you wouldn't you're FoS.

Attending OTA's can be the difference between an All Pro and just being a really good player.

12 minutes ago, 757SeanTaylor21 said:

We are the worst fan base. Literally turning our back on a 2nd overall pick for some lackluster play and nailing him tl a cross after anything he says. 

That's a lazy take.

Chase Young is a local player who was drafted #2 and thought to be the one to lead the defense for the next 10 years / help turn this team around.

He was fantastic the second part of last year and was on track to do all the things we are hopeful he will do. 

He wants to be a team leader.  He wants to win.  He wants to win in DC.

He skipped OTA's.

The team leader was one of the only players to skip OTA's.

Chase Young has gotten off to a rough start this season and was asked if not being at OTA's was part of the reason he has gotten off to a rough start.

It's not like these dates are unknown to the players.

His response was that he was "out making money.  Gotta make that money."

The Defensive team leader said instead of working to perfect his craft and, you know, be a team leader by showing up at the OTA's, he was "out making money.  Gotta make that money."

@Pittman4Two Saw you driving through Raleigh the other day.

4 minutes ago, Riggo#44 said:

Honestly, one can hope. I'd prefer a fresh start, expansion team to this horrible joke of an organization.

Can you imagine the NFL forcing Dan to sell the team and transfer it to St. Louis to avoid a court hearing and multi billion dollar judgment against the owners? 

27 minutes ago, Renegade7 said:

 

Spill it.

You have to treat it like a political campaign or lobbying. You need a face of the movement. Someone to be in front of the media advocating for the sale of the team. You need marketing, money, advertising on why it needs to happen. You need to engage with the media and news outlets to provide evidence, coax them along. You need legal, its going to get messy. You need your advocates to realize once you go for Dan, he's going to come for you. Be ready. The message is going to attempt to be changed from why Dan should sell to why you are evil/what your past looks like. You need to apply pressure to the sponsors (team and NFL).

Its not really a hard playbook and raising the money wouldn't be terribly difficult. 

If people truly want to see the team sold, it's not difficult to sketch out what needs to happen.  

2 hours ago, mistertim said:

 

Why do I get the (admittedly factually unsubstantiated) feeling that Boebert has definitely had WAS an abortion before?

Fixed it

(to much?)

Dems will never accomplish anything because they aren't united.  They are like the clan's in Braveheart after they beat the English in Scotland.  So much infighting to get control of the party where as the Republicans move lock step together. 

In high school they gave out free big mac coupons that were on construction paper for donating blood.  copies were made.  I hate big macs now . 

My Theory:

Paul Murdaugh was a psychopath and his dad had covered up for him over the years.  Not only did Paul kill Mallory while boating, he also pushed his maid down the stairs resulting in her death.  Alex covered all his sons misdeeds using the family business accounts, keeping Paul out of jail through bribes and settlement payments.  Maggie found out about all this and confronted Paul / Alex one evening with financial documents proving what was going on.  Paul snapped, killed his mother, then turned towards Alex but Alex killed him first.  Unable to live with the guilt, Alex hired Curtis to kill him so that his surviving son could receive the life insurance payment as well as the family inheritance. 

UVA is 2-0, tied for 1st place in the country, and ahead of Ohio St. 

43 minutes ago, clietas said:

That's assault. Coughing on a person is no different than spitting. Which is considered assault in most places. She should have been charged. Or at the very least kicked out of the Piggly Wiggly. 🐷

As a North Carolinian who has been to many a Piggly Wiggly, I can assure you sir, that is 100% not a Piggly Wiggly. 

12 hours ago, DC Lumber Co. said:

I just stand firmly against encroaching on people's freedom.

What's your stance on anarchy?

43 minutes ago, Cooked Crack said:

 

Def want to go to a restaurant where the servers bringing my food are sick.

The responses are hilarious. 

9 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said:

What are you basing that on?

My kids elementary school has a fairly large middle eastern population. Listening to them talk about where they are from / what they have been through. But its also a lot of 1st generation or families that are still working to become Americans so maybe its a distorted view. I dont know to many Taliban sympathizers here tbh. Lol

4 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said:

A fair point and I think probably well over 1/3 of our elected officials. I think it’s up for debate, and I don’t think Afghanistan is “governed” or “governable” in the same sense as the US, but I suspect most Afghanis are cool with the Taliban taking over. And I am a ****ing atheist, the Taliban is abhorrent to me. 

I still doubt its "most". Maybe 20~30%? But then say maybe 10~20% are totally opposed to it and willing to die to stop it and the other 50-70% just want to stay alive.

Just now, PleaseBlitz said:

Do you think that’s it?  I know it’s hard for Americans to understand a person actively wanting a religious fundamentalist government, but that is what the majority of middle eastern countries have. As soon as our military left, the country fell in a week, you really think people there don’t want the Taliban?

I think a lot do not. But I also get the mentality of keeping your head down and working to get your family out to a better situation. You could make a pretty good argument that about 1/3rd of our elected officials are religious fundamentals. 

2 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said:

It appears that the majority of Afghanis want the Taliban to run ****. 

Want to vs aren't willing to die to prevent 

7 minutes ago, BatteredFanSyndrome said:

I'm sure the amount of non-paying tenants varies greatly by rental type.  For example, your higher end rentals most likely are experiencing less issues than the lower end. 

No doubt but the ones that are gaming the system are the ones that would skip a lease early / get evicted / trash the property / cause problems /etc. in normal times.

There are countless rental assistance programs out there, and while it does take a month or two to get the check in, they cover 6 months of rent.

I dont believe it to be as bad as some people try to make it out to be but then again a report that says "most people are able to find rental assistance but some people are still being assholes and gaming the system" is way less clickbait.

33 minutes ago, BatteredFanSyndrome said:

You make it sound like the declaration is some air-tight legally binding agreement.

 

It’s not, plenty of loopholes.  

 

I see the term "vast majority" used a lot with zero data to support it.  Whether that's liberals saying the "vast majority" are doing the right thing or conservatives saying the "vast majority" are all lazy losers feeding off the government teet.  I'd venture a guess, the truth is probably somewhere in between.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the declaration form they should have their tenants fill out.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-eviction-declaration.html

Vast majority to me: I've got about 250 tenants. I've had 2 not be able to pay. Both qualified for the HOPE program and had 6 months covered.