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Man, I was watching our FF league. Kiddo and I were neck & neck for the #1 and #2 spots for the week, but he came up just 6 points short. They’d have fed his RB more (K Williams) if they hadn’t fallen behind so early. That sucks, I was rooting for him. For the season, it looks like Derby took his first loss of the year, but remains solidly in first place at 8-1. I’ve somehow lucked my way into 2nd place at 7-2, and Stu is in third at 6-3. After that, it’s a tight race between 4 or 5 people who are hovering around .500 and battling for the remaining playoff spots. It’s been a fun year, hopefully we can build on this for next year.
Vikings/NFL News and Updates:
Tua and the Dolphins were too much for the Stafford and the Rams, final score 23-15, from CBS Sports.
From Vikings.com, Kevin O’Connell reviews lessons to be learned from Vikings @ Jaguars. Ya, lots of learning opportunities on Sunday. Lots.
Bears HC Matt Eberflus says that changes will be coming after their embarrassing home loss to the Patriots on Sunday, according to NFL.com. Eberflus said that ‘everything is on the table’. Everything? Even the GM? I don’t think Cayleb Williams is going to be an NFL QB for very long.
Media Selection:
This was pretty interesting, I watched it last night. Enjoy!
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Got tired of yelling at my spouse and kids, so I thought I would check and see what everyone is up to.
Laughing… just waiting on the Curse of Oak Island to come on, and reading liberal rants about how Trump will destroy democracy, women’s health rights, the solar system, etc.
Those are fun. Guaranteed to bring a smile.
I like the one where the Alphabet person says ‘I hope you f*cks are happy with your cheap gas and food at the cost of our rights’. Good stuff.
Yeah, well we’re the ones in favor of the First and Second Amendments and they’re the ones against them. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights are what we stand for.
Woke = Mentally Il.
Add in all the Coddling that the Left does and they believe their delusions.
This should help.
Can Trump create the office himself? Or will he need Congressional approval to give it any teeth.
Will they need to be confirmed by the Senate?
Same questions about the Border Czar.
Well, if they find the treasure, don’t go announcing it. I won’t be watching until tomorrow
Got ya!
Not long ago there were a couple of gold prospecting shows, each was hosted by one of 2 brothers, sons of a well-known gold prospector.
They made more money selling GPAA memberships and gold panning equipment than they did finding gold.
The one show was ironically called “Prospecting America.”
I still think the guy chuckles every time he thinks about the double meaning……while counting zeroes on the numbers in his bank account.
My my still counting votes. Maybe we could get some ideas on how to do this from some of those South America countries.
Poor Rodgers and Adams on the Gang Green. NY always has the Giants…oh wait. Yanks maybe a World Series, oh wait…
Mixed …….owner of Jets big Trump supporter and donor.
Has anyone left the country if they say a “if” happens? Not aware.
Love that Oprah is being called out for taking a $1 million dollars to host the Kamala event. These rich liberals are so full of themselves.
Can you imagine how pissed you would be as a small Cackles donor once you learned that your hard earned money went to pay a Billionaire to pretend to support her.
Along with the dozens of other lies that they told you in order to get your money.
I did get a nice thank you card with her reproduced signature on it.
I would definitely save that.
It might be worth something the next time she runs.
From the cops?
Maybe if she pulls an OJ, maybe when she caps Duggie after she catches him with the nanny again.
Now that the election is over I am getting way fewer texts from the Trump family…its almost like they forgot about me.
Spent over a billion dollars, lost, ended up 20 million dollars in debt, but she was going to fix the economy.
Not to mention all of the support the fake news, big tech and Hollywood gave her.
Although I guess she had to pay for some of that ‘Hollywood’ support.
500k to Sharpton too.
@Just wait till you see how much Trump paid Elon to campaign for him@ – Edge
Yep.
But my imaginary reply to Edge on this would be, I’m only posting this because it’s about dam time that some billionaire left-winger gets called out.
a second thought – kinda slow day.
Love the idea of drain the swamp and this is more than downsiziing government. Saving money is great, killing the toxic atmosphere is more important.
DOD – gone WOKE. Maybe get rid of all political appointments and maybe even three and four stars.
DOJ, FBI CIA FEMA et all, develop a plan to get rid of all c suite type executives ( forget the name govt calls them).
You do this, and the swamp will become a lot cleaner and less toxic.
Scary
Too big to rig… good that it worked.
We knew that they were going to try it again.
Glad it didn’t work this time.
It didn’t work for president, but it did for senators in several of these swing states where D’s overtook R’s. Statistically impossible to have 90/10 jumps like that. Rigged.
Yeah, the guy in Wisconsin got screwed. Already reports of districts with 200% voter turnout.
I was shocked when I woke up and checked the Wisconsin vote on Wed morning. All night it had been consistently running with Trump ahead by 75k to 100k. And that included the blue counties already having in over 90% of their vote. So how did that all of a sudden, magically turn into a much closer vote. I’m not typically a conspiracy theorist, but those kinds of things make normal people really wonder what is going on.
Laughing today at government employees.
There’s a saying in politics – ‘if you’re going to get the emperor you BETTER get him.’
So now we have all those employees working at DOJ, FBI, CIA, FIMA etc who have been trying to get Trump, his family and followers for years, are now feeling stressed and anxiety.
Guess what – you failed and what goes around comes around.
Time for you to reap what you sowed!
to all of them…
I’m interested to see what Musk is allowed to do since he said he could cut $2 Trillion from the budget easily.
I would like them to sign a balanced budget bill, while they have control of the house and senate.
No more omnibus bills that are 40% fat
I would like that as well, but congress has their own agenda.
Problem is most of Republicans are AGAINST doing this.
Everyone is for someone else’s ox getting gored, but not their own.
Practical matter – if Trump wants to cut taxes on tips, and on Social Security, where’s all the money going to come from.
Tariffs and the increased income generated in the US after the tariffs convince companies to move back to the US.
Tarriffs done correctly will work some. But they are a better tool to be used against other countries that are taxing the hell out of our imported products – level the playing field.
There are certainly efficientcies to be picked up in most agencies, but the really big money is in entitlements, That must be addressed and fixed.
Tariffs a mostly a negotiating tool.
But targeted Tariffs can be very effective.
Totally agree.
Making us an oil producing Nation will bring immense revenues, that can be taxed. The left wants to cut fossil fuels, and limit National production. Trump will drill, and sell the oil, and make Billions a year for the country.
Agree.
Hopefully he doesn’t forget to replenish the SOR that Biden depleted for political gain.
He sure did last time around.
Heck they were full and he was directing them to buy more when it was free at the beginning of the Pandemic cause tankers couldn’t unload any and the demand dried up.
I have never bought into this line of thinking.
Reagan cut taxes and revenues doubled.
People and businesses change as the tax code changes.
It’s not some static correlation.
It is just a Democrud talking point to the uninformed.
Trouble is we don’t have 60 votes in senate. So every cut in tax revenue will have to get done using reconciliation which means it must be offset with cuts.
the scoring rules, which both sides agreed to use ‘static’ scoring. Since I believe in supply side also, this is stupid scoring system.
We are only 7 votes short.
Maybe we can get enough to vote for it while the Democruds are still reeling from getting their asses handed to them in the election?
A boy can dream.
When did a vote on a budget require 60 votes?
Changing tax law is not “budget”. A change to tax law, like changing a rate from x to y, requires congress to change existing tax law. And it will never get closure in the Senate without 60 votes.
I’m not an expert in the process, but it doesn’t seem correct to me.
When they want to overspend, how do they accomplish that without having the tax revenues to do it?
The fact is different departments have approved budgets (appropriations) but I don’t believe their is a mechanism to control over spending other than the vote to raise the debt ceiling.
For example, in someone’s budge is a line item for welfare, but if a lot of people lose their jobs and go on welfare, they will all get the money, regardless of budget, and the debt will grow.
On the revenue side, their are taxes, but again, if their is high unemployment, the revenue will fall short. And debt will go up.Control again is when they reach the total debt ceiling.
Now, if you want to bring in more tax revenue by changing the tax code, congress must change the law – and you need the votes.
I’m also no expert just from remembering things.
Dept. of Education, gone.
EPA, seriously reduced.
DOJ, FBI, CIA, cut in half. Kash said if he is given the CIA head job 7000 people will either be going to local offices or looking for new jobs.
All the big money is in entitlements.
NLV may not agree with this, but I have several friends ( high level military retirees) that claim you could cut 20% of defense budget and not miss a beat because there is so much waste.
Can’t see any Republican voting for that.
They need to audit the price they’re paying on things. Take something, mark it “military grade” without changing anything and you get to charge 10 times as much money.
Most of the damage is done in acquisition. The FAR restricts Government officials from buying things directly from a manufacturer, and DoD contracting offices must be used for all contracted services. These contract offices add their 10% fees to any contract, so if you’re letting a contract for $10M another Million is added for their fees.
To buy goods you must go through a reseller. You can’t deal directly with a manufacturer. Thus you have a built-in 10% additional cost, no matter what. The Government buys a $20 hammer for $100 due to acquisition regulations. We pay thousands of people, to make things as expensive to buy as possible.
Yes, we need a lot of acquisition rules changed, and we could save Billions.
I heard it said recently that the Pentagon buys stuff for 2x the price, that works 1/2 as well as should and takes 2x as long to get it.it
Believe we could go further. Frien d was the Navy Budget officer.
Claimed. for example – you could walk thru Pentagon and cut third of staff. Someone in some Asst D office writes a paper, then gets staffed thru four or five other officers, then back to original office nd start all over. Full time jobs program.
And then. there are facilities. Try going and eliminating and unnecessary base – remember BRAC. There is huge money/jobs in facilities.
Enough for now. Agree on procurement. Would love to build a ship or a new airplane for DOD.
i’m gonna guess there will be ZERO pentagon accounting errors in the favor of Ukraine spending….
Herrera for ATF!
He talked about that with Tucker Carlson, interesting listen. He obviously has spent a lot of time thinking/planning it out.
The Biden administration has to be the most corrupt administration ever.
And to think Richard Nixon was evil for recording DNC conversations.
Biden used the government to hurt Americans and likely allowed the assassination attempt. On purpose. Disgusting.
Absolutely correct. There are probably hundreds of examples of stuff like this throughout the last 4 years. Extremely corrupt, and in some cases, blatantly in-your-face about it, and often times with no repurcussions.
Hell Nixon is turning over in his grave. Use the DOJ, FBI, IRS against political enemies. Nixon only dreamed.
And FJB and others called people ‘unAmerican’ for calling this shit out.
Garbage, in fact.
That was over the MSG joke.
Garbage, un American…..
It’s all the same and what Joe thinks of people.
Only people who question or disagree with him. Always been that way they lying, racist piece of shit.
I disagree.
Biden hates people who can’t do anything for him.
We were in a local 4th of July parade and Joe Biden was also there in 2008. He was the VP selection at the time. People were standing in front of him hoping to meet him.
He never addressed them at all.
He is an entitled SOB has no time for you.
Well stated and totally true. Met the prick twice.
lol.
Another DEI hire looking for work today.
Finally some good history made by the Vikings.
Last team to do it was the Packers against the Vikings.
I’m surprised the refs didn’t flag Pace there for DPI – he’s clearly holding Murphey’s jersey……..and Bynum looks like he’s pulling his own facemask……
LOL….
Good points.
Can Bynum be fined for face masking himself?
Haha I wouldn’t put it by them.
Indeed, that should have been at least 2 penalties on the Vikings for a minimum of 60 yards.
#nojinx
I’m surprised they didn’t call a penalty on the Vikings on the last play of the game for headbutting the Jaguars player’s fist.
😂
Vikings favored by waaaaayyyyy too many points….
Think they were favored by 6.5 last week once Baby Goat was ruled out.
Have read that MSNBC has lost 1/2 of it’s viewers since the election.
Good riddance to them both, they can take ABC (NBC, CBS?) with them.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-hemorrhaging-viewers-since-election-day-sheds-more-than-half-of-primetime-audience
I think their viewers are just getting things in order before “literally Hitler” takes office.
The lone republican, Scott Jennings, will likely be gone.
Listened to Coach Billicheck (sp?) on NFL radio on way home from work yesterday. He was asked a question on Goff’s and Darnold’s int’s. The guy had an interesting take on int’s. He thought 70% of int’s had multiple player eitiologies, that is not solely the qb’s fault. He thought 10% or so of int’s were solely on the intended receiver. He even laid some blame on play calls during certain situations. I was amazed at how much knowledge he conveyed in such a short amount of time. He knows football. Made me feel like a dumb dumb.
Now that he is not coaching he is pretty entertaining to listen to if you want to gain some knowledge.
I find him very entertaining and smart while watching the Manning Cast. That show also makes me realize how terrible most pro sports announcers really are, once you understand the game at all.
Figured winning all those SB’s hd to have something between the ears – HC and DC.
It’s a start
Uh huh sounds legit.
Sounds like a good start.
Has he been officially hired to anything yet?
Not that I have heard,
Expected though, DT has to give him something for supporting him.
Deal making is what Trump does.
I’m worried that the Lions winning against Houston will give them even more confidence since Goff threw 5 picks and now he knows “even if I play terribly, we can still win”. Gonna be even harder to take them down now.
Also, why doesn’t Flores tell his defense to hold on every down? It seems we are going back to the “Legion of Boom” days where they don’t call PI or holding even when extremely obvious (clear directive by the NFL this year, along with calling “illegal procedure about 5 times a game). Detroit seems to get away with it a lot (even with Arnold getting called about once per game, he interferes and holds every play and knows they won’t call it every down). Why don’t we do that? It seems to work.
Would think getting big headed over winning when your QB throws five INT’s isn’t really a good place to be.
Good point. I don’t know though – sometimes confidence can go a long way. I’ve seen both cases. Which way will this one go? I guess we’ll find out.
Just think you’re pretty damn lucky to win when your QB throws five INT’s and you’d be wise to realize that. But as you say, we’ll see.
Now by the same thinking, when your QB throws three INT’s and your offense doesn’t score even one TD, you’re pretty lucky to win an NFL game. Guessing our guys know that though.
I have spent my 10 minutes researching and submitting my Skoloholics Pick’em picks. Another important item crossed off of my to do list.
Don’t forget to change them before game time in order to keep your win percentage down.
I spent 2 minutes. And I am guilty of overthinking a few games.
I will still finish near the bottom.
The day after, I simply meditate on the nature of football.
Wednesday, I start gathering data on the teams, read injury reports, etc. for a couple of hours.
Thursday I spend most of the workday making my pick for the Thursday night game. It is important to get that one and start off on the right foot.
Friday, more mediation but this time on the highlights of each of the previous week’s games, so I can get an idea of where teams are at as a whole.
Saturday, I get up at 4 a.m. and start making my picks. I finish roughly 4 a.m. Sunday. Then I sleep until noon and start following the games, willing them to go the way I picked.
I found a recording of you making your picks…..
If I were a betting man, which I am, I would bet Wrenage spends all of about 10 minutes making his picks like I do…he is too busy doing movie reviews to waste more time on fooseball.
When I am retired I am really going to take this football picking stuff seriously though.
Feeling a bit attacked today, so if you don’t hear from me, I will be in my safe space.
lol, you and all the other libs
Hope your safe space is cool enough for a snowflake to survive there.
My safe space has a kitten…
Looks tasty.
Gato Tacos?
Specialty of Springfield Ohio I hear.
i gave you a high five..
well technically a low five, but still!
i so wish that was real
Funny
Damn, that’s funny
Exciting news Edge!
Trump knows women for sure.
Tulsi for Secretary of Defense coming next?
Damn Republicans have a lineup of good looking women.
Most them ‘strong and smart’ despite what Mark Cuban says.
It would be fun to watch a NG LTC giving orders to all of those Generals.
She is one smart lady who would do well in whatever task DT asks of her.
I’ll be her secretary of homeland security, if you know what I mean, and I think you do…
Maybe you could help fill me in then? I’m awkward around ladies…
i don’t know what you mean, can you explain it to me, wren?
I want to get political with her and pass some bills, maybe a law or two and reduce taxes.
In my pants…
Because I keep all of my political notes in my pocket…
At least the corn fields will be safe.
Clearly a DEI hire.
Vance/Noem 2028 ticket?
Prefer Vance/Gabbard.
Yep
So now instead of giving blowjobs in the cornfields of SD she’ll be doing so in the halls of Congress?
Why not, Dem Gays do it.
Then she’ll fit right in DC.
Sounds empowered.
But..but…I thought he is a misogynist?
Well at least he isn’t sexist.
Wood dew
Not impressed with this choice.
She will be better than Mayorkas but that is a low bar.
Good point haha
At least she won’t be doing stupid things on purpose.
She just seems like a dumb blonde with her hair died brown.
I think she will do what she is told to do.
Hopefully she will do them well.
Could be.
Gives me an insurrection…..
⚒️⚒️⚒️
Well plaid.
According to Tom Pelissero, the Bears have fired their OC, Shane Waldron.
Thomas Brown is expected to take over.
They have never in their history developed a young QB. Doubt it works this time either.
Maybe they need to hire a fashion consultant to help the CryBaby pick out better nail polishs.
Chicago is where QBs go to die. I said this to a bears fan the other day and he got all pissy. Truth hurts I guess.
i really do not like tuesdays.
it’s is a day that the Lord has made, so i should really change my attitude about it. But tuesdays just genuinely suck.
We could just eliminate Mondays, and roll with six day weeks.
And still get a two day weekend???
Actually I am retired, I have weekends all week now.
Yeah, eliminate weekends…I work harder on weekends than I do the week, plus I would get to retire sooner.
Skoloholics Pick ‘Em League Update #10
I continue my roller-coaster ride. Last week, I ended up in last place in the weekly standings. This week, I was only one point away from tying first place. Fortunately, I am awarded 100 bonus points for every pick ’em league update I write, which means I lead everyone by a comfortable margin for Champion of the Universe. The first thing I will do when I ascend the throne is to eliminate the Department of Education. They had their chance, an thay blue it.
Overall, here is where we sit:
Some shuffling has occurred. Bowbunch must have been out hunting 16 pointers in real life while the rest of us live sadly in front of our computer screens. As a result, he missed picks and dropped down into the realm of JacksonVike and Little Fishin’. The three of them are battling to stay out of the cellar in places 9-11 and rise up another level. Plenty of weeks remain to the season, so it is possible.
Freezy and I sit in no man’s land at 7 and 8. I guess we will just hang out at Freezy’s lake house and see how next week falls. Maybe we can escape the little island we find ourselves on. Otherwise, more partying in the lake house, I guess.
4-6 is a fairly close race. I’d rather be fishing, Surly Viking and DE Viking could all leap each other at any moment. They could leap each other like they got Mexican jumping beans in their pocket. They could leap each other like Superman over a building. They could leap each other like a frog…well, you get the idea.
NoDakRube has staked a solid claim on podium position three. And, really, second place is not too far out of reach. Kirk is still good is only nine points ahead of him. Maybe Kirk is still good should change his name to Kirk will still check down when the game is on the line. Yes, that’s right, I’m bitter at Kirk for screwing me again this week.
Bleeding Purple ‘N Gold maintains his stranglehold on first place. He opened up some breathing room this week. Obviously, he is not a very good socialist, what with the way he is hoarding points while the rest of us go without. Time for a revolution!
We only had one Genius Pick this week. Kirk is still good is the only player to pick Miami over the Rams. This is suspicious. It makes me wonder if he is a mob member and knew the Rams would take a dive.
We did have a number of Iconoclast Picks. Freezy and JacksonVike were the only ones to take Tampa over San Fran. Kirk is still good is the only one to take Jax over the Vikes, which was almost a Genius Pick. Stupid Vikes. DE and JacksonVike were the only ones to take Dallas over the Eagles (why do McCarthy and Zimmer still have jobs?), and they were also the only ones to take the Texans over the Lions.
Everyone got Baltimore, Buffalo, KC, Chargers and Cardinals right. Everyone got Chicago and Atlanta wrong. At least Kirk screwed everyone and not just me. It basically never fails. If I pick Kirk to win, he loses. If I pick him to lose, he wins.
All I can say is…
Thanks for the update! I’m not sure its worth 100 bonus points but it is still appreciated.
95 points then?
I would also point out that there are 3 geniuses who are tied with the most correct picks….which of course means nothing other than we are likely more risk averse than others. One of those geniuses apparently forgot to assign points to his picks one week so his genius status is under review.
I should just post a screenshot of the weekly score. Then everyone can see the geniusness!
I went to change 2 of my 3 Iconclast picks, only to realize I was 1 minute late.
That has happened to me a couple of times. Usually, I find out something like “Mahomes out this week with broken leg” about 30 seconds before the game starts.
Any publicity is good publicity.
hey jacksonvike…
Yeah, I didn’t hear about McC playing until it was too late.
I am going to drop some brilliance right now so get prepared. I think that JacksonVike’s friends and family don’t think he is very funny. You ask why? I will tell you. After a long day of dropping zinger after zinger on here, he is exhausted and has nothing left, so when he gets home, he yells at his family and kicks his dog. You heard it here first.
As long as he gives us his best…
BTW are we sure he is a he? Are we making an assumption or as he come out as male, I don’t recall.
No one will ever know.
Just don’t tell the authorities.
Oh and…
I’m sure the FBI is on here daily, so I apologize for revealing your secret.
No I’m not.
I can see Lifer lurking here and being their little snitch.
Richard Allen found guilty on all counts in Delphi Murders.
Good riddance to that piece of human garbage.
Yes….he should burn in hell but not my call to make.
I think his wife is a weirdo too. Sounded like he wanted to confess, but she’d be all, “No, no, they are messing with your head. I’ll call the lawyers.”
Yep, His call to make.
My nephew and I were discussing the punishment for pedophilia’s, he is a lawyer, and I brought this up. He said “what if they are wrongfully convicted?” My answer was God will save them if they are innocent. He is quite religious, he agreed.
I don’t feel that is a great outlook by an attorney.
Rec for Storming Norman.
I worry about situations were there is a custody battle and the ex wife accuses the ‘him’ of things and gets the child to ‘kind of agree’.
Otherwise, screw those guys.
That happened close to where I grew up. The mom and daughter did not want to have anything to do with the dad. Which seemed weird, as he was a super nice guy. The courts originally granted him 50% custody, so the mom and daughter came up with a story, that the mom caught him molesting her. He served his sentence, and when he was released he came back to the area and they claimed he tried it again, he ended up driving his truck into a tree, on purpose. Survived that, so he crawled out of the truck and hung himself with his belt.
The daughter later admitted to lying about her dad.
When they say that females are the most dangerous of the species believe them.
That is scary and sad.
But….but…Odinists!
Yep, lots of Richard Allen supporters melting down online. It is crazy how social media brings out the wackadoos.
Allen confessed to being on the trails and wearing same clothes as bridge guy. Witnesses saw him there. His car is on video. He confessed. He knew details about the crime not released. The timelines all match up.
But…those wacky Odinists. Not only do they control the entire Delphi police force, but the judge, as well. Then, they managed to pack the jury even!
Richard Allen had/has supporters?
I guess if Cackles can why not him?
Yeah, lots of supporters on YouTube and Reddit.
Some vultures on YouTube really milked it to get clicks.
I believe he is innocent and is tired of going to work every day, so he confessed to the murders. This way he can go to prison and never have to work or make a decision for the rest of his life. Smrt
Not to mention he grew up in a middle class family.
His plans for prisons fall apart when you realize what inmates do to Chomos.
I suspect he will not last very long once he hits the GP yard.
Did you see prison yard justice happen?
Helped clean up after some ‘paybacks’.
Saw some fights, a few bad ones, not a boring job.
They have a really good series on Net tricks about the zodiac killer.
This Vikings team has a lot to figure out. That was some awful offense. Pass protection was shockingly good and still Darn Old threw pick after pick.
What’s Case Keenum up to these days?
Goff threw 5 interceptions Sunday. People who think it’s possible to be perfect at that position every game, make me laugh. Yes, even an accomplished, competent QB with good protection can be picked off.
Lots of opinions about QB play. Just read the hit job piece that Surly posted – probably a moon lighting reporter from MSNBC. Views seemed to make some thoughtful comments on the piece.
Honestly, Kirk is having a very good year, and ATL is getting what they needed out of him.
I am still glad for both parties that he moved on. I like the idea of building a championship caliber team while the QB is not severely overpaid.
Strategy will still fail, since….Vikings.
I’m happy for both too. And so far, it seems to be working out well for both sides.
And, I’m not as concerned with Sam as many seem to be.
Darnold does not equal Goff. If you have a qb that has proven himself and then has a night where he throws 5 picks, you can legitimately say he had a bad night. Maybe he had a spat with his wife before the game or his dog is sick and he wants to speed home and get it to the vet. If you have a qb that has not proven himself and throws 3 picks, then he is open to criticism.
VP… all NFL QB’s have bad days. Every single one of them. Giving one guy a pass, because his team has been more successful, is wrong-headed. True in Darnolds past performances there is a trend to throw a lot of interceptions, but this year, with this team, he has shined pretty brightly. Remember, he’s still new to KOC’s system, which requires a lot of the QB.
Ultimately, Darnold has demonstrated this year that he can throw the ball under pressure into tight windows. That was the question we needed to have answered coming into the season. That’s the good news. He’s going to make mistakes, because every single QB in the league makes mistakes though. That is what it is. It’s not possible to play perfectly every game. It’s like pitching a no hitter. It only happens rarely. What you need from a QB is being good overall, over the course of the season.
Yeah, and Peyton Manning threw 6 once. I’m not worried about the picks as much as I’m worried about the decisions he’s making and the frequent inaccuracy, especially given the amount of time he typically has in the pocket.
Yeah, 5 seconds and then he throws a pick nowhere near a receiver. It is hard to watch, makes me really nervous. Funny, because people used to scream about “beaker!” but Cousins typically had way less time than Darnold does now.
Darnold throws his interceptions calmly, at least
Keenum is backing up trailers.
That is an underrated skill set.
Probably a good thing now that cars can do it themselves.
I actually have daydreams where someone who can’t back a trailer up needs to get it done, and I can step up and be a hero.
Maybe there is a business idea there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CptnwbG-P4
The boat dock is always a deep breath moment. Boat trailer drops out of sight through the rear window, can catch glimpses of the trailer tires in the side mirrors, will I or won’t I drop the trailer off the edge of the ramp?
Then there’s the underrated terror of getting the boat back on the trailer in a strong river current. Sure to attract unsolicited help from the shoreline faithful in their lawn chairs.
‘shoreline faithful in their lawn chairs’
Sounds like a nice way to sit by the lake, have a beer and enjoy the free show.
The dock where I put in to the Yellowstone, is quite remote by most standards, but there are always two or three adults and a couple of dogs, couple of kids, etc…sitting there in lawn chairs with a cooler and a couple of lines in the water. I have no idea if they ever catch any fish, as there is no real structure on the river bottom there per my sonar, plus the current is pretty strong.
Drowning worms is a worthy passtime of it’s own.
Amen
I started messing around a bit with backing up semi trailers this fall. Gone Fishin’ would have laughed at my attempts.’
But, I got them in the general area eventually.
my boat trailer has PVC pipes sticking straight up high enough that I can see where the trailer is at all times. I love those.
Here’s a pro tip. If you can’t see the trailer in either mirror, it’s directly behind you. If you can see it in one mirror or the other, the trailer is crooked and you should turn the top of the steering wheel slightly towards the trailer.
My dad made me back the boat up our long winding driveway every time we got back from fishing, so I’m a natural at this point. That said, the pipes are nice because the boat itself is very low profile, and it’s nice to be able to see it through the center mirror when going down the road.
I sold my camper to my in-laws a few years ago. They had a year round spot on a lake, where they had a camper and sold it. there was a deck already in place from the other camper, so I had to back it in and get it close enough to the deck for it to be usable.
We get there, and there are about 20 people ready willing and able to give me all of the advice, I really don’t want. I start backing it up and this guy walks up with what appeared to be his eighth or ninth beer of the day in his hand. Stands at my passenger window trying to tell me which direction to go. I come to a full stop and just stare at him. He says ” I suppose you want to be able to see your mirror”. I say yep.
He moves out of the way, and I proceed to back the camper up to within half an inch of the deck.
A real man response right there.
Good Job.
and the guy with no eyebrows is hanging pictures.
(Dobbs? was that his name?)
That is next year.
7-2, lots of season left to enjoy this year.
In other news… the Curse of Oak Island returns tonight.
This, is the year they solve the mystery.
Yep… Season 12… this time, they find it!
My wife thinks its stupid (silly wife) so never wants it on TV while she is around….I try to sneak in an episode whenever I can.
When The Teacher turns on an especially bad show (looking at you Outlander, Only Murders in the Building) I just but on the headphones and listen to music or YouTube videos until she is done with the silly stuff.
Outlander is what my life would be like if I found a druid time machine.
You realize both him and his wife got raped by the same British dude.
That was when I started leaving the room whenever she watched it.
You don’t say? I must have misunderstood when Black Jack Randall said he wanted him to surrender his body in every way? I thought that meant he wanted to clip his toenails? You meant that scene where he is on top of him grunting away isn’t him helping open a pickle jar?
Well gee this has changed my whole outlook on things. Maybe I’ll stop designing my rattlesnake fang syringe and growing penicillin in my bread cupboard.
You do you.
No kink shaming, unless you like that type of thing I guess.
Looks like she strained her medial patellofemoral ligament and he is getting ready to help stretch it out.
‘patellofemoral ligament’
Is that gouger dirty talk?
I usually watch it after work. I get off an hour earlier than my significant other.
‘I get off an hour earlier than my significant other’
Where is Bow with the Summary when you need it?
Ben, not Bow. I don’t have that sort of time to waste on you guys. MT made a couple comments that would have a nice home in the summary as well.
I do my best…
Your best is pretty dang good.
And I gave Ben way too much ‘Summary’ content.
Opps,
‘If that is the worst mistake I make today it will still be a very good day’.
I’ll forgive you. I just didn’t want you to have expectations that were not going to be met.
‘you to have expectations that were not going to be met’
But that is the existence that I know. Don’t know if can handle any other one.
It/they need to get done quicker, I guess.
Had a co-worker that claimed it was a race between him and his wife.
An hour seems a bit extreme though.
According to this site, the Republicans have garnered the majority in the House with 219 seats, with 6 seats still to be called.
https://decisiondeskhq.com/results/2024/General/US-House/
I like that site.
I see that Schumer caved and invited McCormick to the Senate Orientation.
Only after several Rep Senator decided to invite and escort him to the event.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-invites-mccormick-gallego-new-senator-orientation
Yeah, they stole as many seats as they could with the week-long deposits of votes, but the D’s will have majority anyway because of RINO’s.
A lot of RINOs have been eliminated this election.
Plus any Republicans will have a hard time going against DT.
As long as the keep to Democruds from playing Pelosi Games it is a win.
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It is Tuesday, so..
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I heard, Jones is going to be limited in practice all week, but plans to play on Sunday.
Stated on Kay Adams show that he was just feeling ‘a bit sore’.
She is a cutie and seems to know football.
Yes to both. She is cute and knows football. She is the main reason I started watching Good Morning Football.
I listen to her videos when she talks Vikings.
Kind of like Pat McAfee that way, interesting when they talk Vikings.
Kay is much better to look at of course.
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