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It was a good finish to the preseason. We are now less than 2 weeks away from real games.
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Waiver wire should be interesting this week. And, as always, FTP.
Question of the Day.
Who impressed you the most in the last preseason game?
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A few notes as NFL teams let players go today:
– the vast majority of these moves will be made by releasing or waiving players. A player with 4 or more years of service is a vested veteran and thus is outright released. Those players can sign with another team ASAP. A non-vested veteran is subject to the NFL’s waiver system
– teams can also reduce their roster by keeping players on the PUP list (e.g. Nick Chubb). These players are ineligible to return to game action any sooner than Week 5
– teams will also be placing players on injured reserve. This year, a new rule is in place: teams may designate up to 2 players placed on IR at the cutdown as eligible to return (after at least 4 games missed). In prior years, a player had to be on the team’s initial 53-man roster for one business day to be eligible to return
– on Wednesday at Noon ET, the league will process waiver claims submitted on any player that was placed on waivers. The priority of the waiver claim order matches the original 2024 NFL Draft order (1. Carolina to 32. Kansas City). The waiver is a useful tool to mine for young, developmental talent
So now that Cee Dee Lamb has been signed, the Cowboys have to figure out “the rest of the story”. Parsons’ market value is estimated at around $30.6M per year, and if Prescott signs for $60M per year (he also counts for $40.13M against the cap in 2025 if he leaves Dallas), the Cowboys have to figure out a way to justify committing nearly $124M, or roughly 68% of their cap space to just three players.
Good morning all. Today is the final NFL roster cutdown day. Each team will be hoping no one poaches their practice squad candidates, and also looking to poach players from other teams. Gonna be an interesting couple of days.
Ober gives up 9 runs in two innings to Brads Team.
Then the rains come and cause a delay.
Hope they rains don’t stop and the game is washed out.
Hope no one gets hurt in the flooding though.
Well unfortunately they played the rest of the game.
Twinkies managed to close to 10-6 to make it look close.
Although it never really was.
Dalvin Cook is flying to Dallas tonight for a visit.
Unlike a year ago, when he was rehabbing from shoulder surgery, Cook has hit the weights all offseason and says he feels the best he has in years.
Good, hope he does well where ever he ends up.
Except against the Vikings of course.
We lose to the gnats first game and Sam has a bad day it will get ugly.
At this point it is what it is. What are they going to do, bench Sam and put Mullens in? Schedule gets a lot tougher after the Giants.
Think we are underdogs in first 7 games. Possible?
The majority of them certainly.
Not sure of the 1st game vs the Giants.
Need some NFL. Baseball ok but it just wears on me. I think D plays well and we get a running game going Sam may be ok. Having said that, i have no idea.
Titans are sending QB Malik Willis to the Packers in exchange for a 2025 seventh-round pick. Willis is likely going to back up Jordan Love.
You know Love contract? Rather not research it.
I know he signed a 4 year, $220M contract extension this year.
Not sure if brought up but Purple injury report has Nailor out with a concussion. Is this dude made of glass or what?
Rather that then anything lower body as far as being able to see the field.
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Thought we were discussing ‘Current Events’.
Hmmm…
“As always, remember to be cool to one another, it’s literally the only rule.”
But, it’s not.
That is the only rule.
The politics thing is a ‘guideline’.
Laughing… OK.
If it’s civil i’m ok with it. Politics and (democracy?) are on the edge of destroying this country unless we get our shit together.
It was pretty civil.
At least no one called us ‘stupid or brainwashed’ this time.
I’m late to the game, not sure what all was said. I wouldn’t turn this place another DN.
Compared to many of the Former QB discussions, it was more like a lady’s tea party.
The hidden knifes often come out when the ‘ladies’ get together.
Where you been? Thought maybe you were in the Windy City last week running around with some of the ladies from the Southside
If i went to DNC i’m sure i’d be behind bars!
Vikings are placing offensive lineman Dalton Risner on IR. He will be eligible to come back after four games.
So that is one of our two that we can so designate?
Does that apply to ‘in season’ IR placement or just now between final PS game and cutdown game.
Hard to keep all of these fluid rules straight.
Yeah, same here. I think anyone placed on IR at this point (before the first game) can be considered for reinstatement after the first four weeks, and it’s separate from the “in season” IR folks.
Hope they are holding that 2nd one for JJ.
He might not ever get into a real game this year but having that option at the end of the year could be important.
If it isn’t needed for anyone else why close that door unnecessarily?
The law and order discussion below is interesting.
In my business life, we had something called deterrent fees – a change for doing incorrect behavior. Little like having prison time for breaking a law.
Now, something we found out. If we lowered the change for the fee, we got more of the undesired behavior – and actually made more money as people did it more often.
Moral of story – if you want a deterrent penalty to work, being kind with penalty (less harsh) will only get you more of the undesired behavior.
We still struggle with this in Government. The rules of engagement for discipline are heavily slanted in favor of the offender. Supervisor’s have to go through hoop after hope before HR will allow actual discipline. Verbal warnings, then written documentation of events, then verbal counseling, then reporting, then further counseling, etc. At any step along the way, if the supervisor fails to give the offender every possible chance to redeem themselves, the offender can grieve the supervisor, and THEY get disciplined.
Not just government, but most all private companies suffer with this.
Was thinking more of the criminal system. If someone commits murder, and you give him a horrendous public death, you will have less murders. But, as a civilized society, this is not acceptable.
Where’s the appropriate spot to be?
Well first “deterrence” will only work on normal, rational people, and they wouldn’t normally commit murder. Thus I’m for removing such individuals from society. As Baretta said, “Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time”. Period.
There will always be screwed up, evil people. Don’t accommodate them.
Evil is evil and should never be tolerated.
Crazy people – I’m not sure what to do, but not something soft.
The rest, tough enough they don’t want to do it and if they do, the penalty is so hard they won’t do it againn.
Rec for Baretta (and Fred)
We had ‘progressive discipline’.
First offense = warning.
Second offense = write up.
Third offense = Letter of reprimand.
Fourth offense = fine.
Fifth offense = lose your position, transfer to different one.
It took awhile before they got serious, and each step had to be documented so it they moved around different supervisions would often have to start the process all over again.
That’s more or less the same process, but HR would pretty consistently advise supervisors to work with the employee vice discipline them.
Cowboys and CeeDee Lamb reached agreement today on a record four-year, $136 million deal that now makes him the second highest-paid non-QB in NFL history. The deal includes a $38 million signing bonus, the largest ever given to a wide receiver.
second only to…JJ?
Yes
A lot of money, But guess where the game is right now.
It’s either that, or pay Dak $60million+
Paying Lamb is the right move IMO.
Black Kirk should be worth be worth the same as ‘his brother from another mother’.
Hope the Boys pay it to him.
I hope so, I hope the Boys dont do what the Vikes did and keep that non play off game winning albatross around their necks.
They got rid of the entire defense and interior O-line????
You know thats not it or what I meant 🙂
You said the Albatross… the reason the team has sucked all these years is the defense, and the interior line (and running game)… so I assumed you meant the real problem with the team.
You gotta love football fans. Packers absolutely blew the vaulted Cowboy defense right off the field – like 28-0 at half. Defense was total dogshit and fans blamed DAK.
The denial that the QB is just one guy, is beyond me.
So the 21 points scored by the packers offense is not on the QB? QB executes every offensive play. Every one.
The pick 6 by Dak is not on theQB?
Listening to this and others makes it seem like the QB is just some innocent bystander making lots of cash.
If we must take everything to the opposite extreme to make a gotcha point, why discuss.
Your last statement is so ridiculous I have no idea what to say
And I realize you have your agenda, you keep it and hold it tight.
NFL teams will not have any more flexibility for an emergency quarterback on game days in 2024.
Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reported that the NFLPA had vetoed a rule that would have allowed teams to have an emergency 3rd quarterback on game days in 2024. The rule would have given teams the option to quarterback from their practice squads an unlimited amount of times and the players could have entered the game if all other active quarterbacks were injured.
More likely that Hall is on the 53 sounds like.
That’s how I see it.
A pedophile who was sentenced to 350 years in prison for abducting and molesting his friend’s 5-year-old daughter could be freed soon due to a woke California law.
Charles William Mix was expected to die in prison behind bars for kidnapping his roommate’s daughter and smuggling her over state lines into Utah in 2003.
Mix could be freed under California’s progressive Elderly Parole program, which protects elderly convicts, even those responsible for such heinous crimes.
They care more about the Convict/Criminals than the Victims there.
Clearly
Perhaps they should spend some time talking with folks like the families of those 13 service members being honored in Arlington today.
No they don’t.
Actions speak louder than words Edge… and all the actions affirm this.
You are taking one action, one. This is stupidity. They clearly the law is dumb as shit, and shouldn’t be there. Clearly. But that doesn’t mean they care more about the convict than the victim. Stop, that’s extremely dumb.
Oh contraire… Mon frere… the actions of the left have repeatedly reinforced this reality.
You have now presented an entirely different argument. What was said, is that the state of Cali cares more about the criminals than victims… quit. it. The issue is the stupid fucking law. Attack that. The fact that Cali is a bullshit blue state and you are so trained to attack that you can’t get over it is the real issue. It’s what I have been preaching since coming to Republicanholics, we can’t change things because right now what matters more to you is attacking Dems/Cali than what the real issue is, the stupid law in place.
I am rational, well-informed, practical and prudent Edge. The left have been pushing agendas that prioritize criminal rights over victim rights for decades, and this event is just one example. Stop obscuring the reality with double talk.
It is almost fun watching the ‘smartest man in the room’ twist and turn to try to defend his point of view.
Stupid law in place, it is the laws fault not the stupid woke politicians that put it in place.
Yeah, liberals are always intellectual giants. We’re too stupid to understand their logic… that’s what he said. We’re just dumb.
Not to mention a ‘basket of deplorables’.
People usually mean well. but as Grandma used to say – the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
‘good intentions.’
AKA Virtue Signeling in this case.
Edge is a good dude. But he’s trying to have his cake and eat it too. Trying to fence sit and playing devils advocate when there’s no logical reason to. Ultimately he’s better off not commenting on anything political at all at this point or he’s going to end up like Lifer. I’d also like to point out that I am not a registered voter under any party so, I fall out of the Republiholics
Everybody here are ‘good dudes.’
Edge’s comments are actually appreciated. It’s good to explore all sides of the story. Believe he is smart, and knows what he is doing. And Lifer is missed.
And I’d guess most all the so called Repubs here can tell you all Trump’s shortcomings just as well if not better than Edge.
The thing about Trump is that he gets the job done which is more than you can say about the other side.
For me that is enough reason to support him. In the Army and Prison they told us all the time, you don’t have to like the people you work with but you do have to work with them.
Yea, this is far far to much about form over substance.
Good policy is good policy.
Okay, it’s a stupid law. Who enacted that law, can we hold them responsible for the law? Or are we just blaming the law, much like blaming the gun, the law didn’t enact itself.
As stated below
‘Given that the Dems have a control over every level of Government in Calif I can confidently say they ‘pushed for that law’ since it passed.
And yes they are still in office.’
As a former resident of Calif and a Dept of Corrections Employee I can confirm that Victims are an afterthought or a Virtue Signaling tool to the majority of Calif Politicians.
Feel free to show counter examples that are more than words.
Or more than Wikipedia articles. Everything is optics and surface level.
disgusting. Dude deserves no protections. Sit and rot you POS.
Execution.
Being Pro Life I prefer the ‘sit and rot’ method myself.
But examples like this make me question my stance.
Sometimes a little of the Old Testament in me comes o the surface.
I feel it as well.
I do my best not to act on my feelings until I examine them and compare them to ‘the right thing to do’.
That is why I ask/question things so I can compare the ‘headlines’ to the ‘rest of the story’.
Usually there are two sides that both sound sufficiently valid and I am too far away to ascertain the truth.
If the dad caught him red handed and murdered the POS, I feel the protection from the law should land on the dad. BUT, the death penalty is dumb.
Putting aside religion, why is death penalty dumb?
Now, if you stop all these 17 or so automatic appeals, it would be cheaper for the state and perhaps it beats rotting in prison for the person.
Army taught me 7 reasons to use deadly force as an MP, APPLESS.
Apprehension, of dangerous suspect.
Property inherently dangerous to others.
Property related to National Security.
Lawful order.
Escape.
Self Defense.
Serious offenses against another.
Church taught me 3.
Defense, extending to myself and others being attacked.
End suffering, injured animal type thing.
For Food.
Since I am no longer in the service I will go with the simpler one. I also don’t believe Defense is a valid reason once you have them locked up.
Because the state will has and always will get it wrong at times. Then that is the state killing innocent people. There was a guy on death row for a long time who at the time of the crime committed was in court for a different situation… still found guilty. Prosecutors are typically very competitive, they just want to win. Their job is to win and get a conviction. Not serve justice.
Also, I think that old pedo dos not deserve the easy way out, which is getting killed. Or in this case I guess let out, fuck that’s horrid.
A rational argument Edge, I don’t know that mistakenly sentencing someone to life in prison is really that much better than mistakenly executing someone. Might be…Still, I am by and large in favor of the death penalty…
But by that logic, you could still rot in prison if the state gets it wrong.
Now if you believe rotting in prison is harsher than death, OK.
Kind of what I just said…therefore we should let everyone out after 20 years just in case we got it wrong.
Which one is it?
They should rot, but CA letting him free is fine?
I didn’t say it was fine. CA setting him free is absolutely horrid and shouldn’t happen… that doesn’t mean the state as a whole cares more about the criminal. That is a very stupid large leap.
Not the ‘Whole State’, just the woke politicians and by extension those that support them.
If you constantly say ‘This is wrong’ but support those that do it your support is also wrong.
My mom hates abortion but supports all Democrats, when asked about this her answer is ‘I can’t explain it, I just know what I feel’.
Do you actually know who pushed for that law? Are they still in office? Was it the entire democratic party that pushed for it? If it is, maybe your argument holds validity. If not, then it doesn’t and per the usual you are just being a good little attack dog doing what you’ve been programmed to do.
Given that the Dems have a control over every level of Government in Calif I can confidently say they ‘pushed for that law’ since it passed.
And yes they are still in office.
CA setting him free is the action that proves they don’t care about the victim. Why do this? Just a bureaucratic snafu?
Thats pretty generous of you to assume the State cares in this case.
When are they going to run out of Has Beens and Never Was QBs to suggest we need to trade for since JJ went down??
https://flywareagle.com/posts/giants-vikings-packers-rams-lions-floated-jarrett-stidham-trade-options
People need to start using their heads for more than a hat rack.
Never will happen until society stops rewarding morons and mentally ill people.
But Joe said no military personnel have died on his watch.
He never lies.
He lies…on the beach a lot.
It is simply amazingly sad what’s happening.
Reports are Biden had another episode in CA like in Vegas.
What’s the justification of keeping things quiet? National security? If Kamala is supposedly good to be our next president, why not let her now?
National Security is definitely a reason. I doubt we have kept anything from our enemies though. They knew he was mentally waning 2 years ago.
Is there a person in the world who isn’t aware of Joe’s mental capabilities?
Exactly. Why try to hide this?
Dignity pops to mind, although the press has never cared about respecting anyone’s dignity in the past.
Worst kept secret in the world. Except for Americans.
Americans know too – many just don’t care.
But, seriously, WHO really is running things?
My guess is Obama.
Obama gives the Cabal it’s orders I suspect.
The Cabal screws up the execution way more than Obama would have.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA. I am sure You and ProudArmyBrat were just as concerned when Trump spent all that time golfing and on vacation lol. You guys are dumb.
More leftist blather. You are demonstrating you’re just a leftist propagandist. Trump was THE most involved, hardest working, and most available President I have served.
As a retired Service Member I will take this ‘Stupid Idiot’ over the crap the other side is offering 7 days a week on twice on Sundays.
Stop, did you blast Trump for all the time he spent on the golf course missing things he should be doing even though he said over and over on his campaign he wouldn’t be like Obama, always golfing. Then golfs way more than him.
Again, how many times during Trump’s time in office was he at the golf course while work needed to be done?
Was he golfing over 40% of his presidency?
Was the border a disaster?
Was the economy and inflation this bad?
I don’t like Trump the person, but he was a way better president than what we’ve got right now and might get in Nov. from the same administration.
Orange Man Bad!!!!!
Is it form or substance that counts?
Trump was the greatest President I ever served. Was way more on the ball than anyone else. The left portrayed him as you do here, but the reality is, he was the hardest working President I’ve ever seen.
Obviously Biden ordered us to evacuate everyone overnight. All along, (after Trump reached an agreement with the Taliban to withdraw all U.S. troops by 1 May) Bagram Air Base was our choice for the evacuation site, because we could defend it. The Biden administration rejected that at the last minute, and told us to abandon Bagram, lock, stock, and barrel. It was a shitshow trying to get people to Kabul Airport. No control of the roads, or the entrance. Sitting ducks through that route. This was a tactical disaster.
And where was Miley and the SecDef when all this was going on?
Saluting smartly, and saying yes sir.
That must have been the time that Walz was at Bagram AFB in Iraq [sic], watching the coffins of the service members being loaded in the transport.
Just a reminder because none of you want to miss it…
The NDSU Bison play the Colorado PrimeTimes this Thursday at 7pm on ESPN. The Primes are 9.5 favorites….take the points and bet the Bison, easy money maker.
It could be an interesting game.
Hype vs a good, solid, low-key, team.
I lean the opposite.
Nothing against ND, but theses games are scheduled for reason.
Colorado wins this going away.
I didn’t pick a winner.
I said ‘interesting game’.
I will root for the underdog and betting lines are set based on ‘bets expected to be placed’ as much as ‘who will win’.
They’ve beaten evert FBS opponent that they have been scheduled to play in the last like..20+ years? All of those teams were supposedly far superior and they couldnt get it done. I think itll be high scoring and close. Wont say NDSU will win but id be shocked if its a blow out either way.
I guess it’s true…we are going to suck….
Anonymous NFL Execs Not Buying Sam Darnold Hype From Vikings (msn.com)
It is kind of like politics, everyone has an opinion.
Some of them are even honest ones.
If they say this, more likely league MVP.
well count me in. i’m not buying the Darnold hype either.
Same here.
Why do you still visit MSN.com?
I get my information from a variety of sources, fox news, MSN, CNN, Wall Street Journal…etc….
freezefacehottakes.com
That’s probably the most important one….
Is that your only fans site?
I wouldnt use any MSM source for Sports articles or opinions but, that is just me.
It’s always good to get a wide sample….Lot’s of the MSN stuff I re-post is trash, I know that…but have to talk about something (other than Walz the communist)…
Works for me! Yeah the whole Walz larping as a high ranking member of the National Guard is laughable. Theres not much there to discuss. He was never deployed or saw live combat, as far as am Im concerned at that point, he basically joined a federally funded Gym.
My issue with Walz is that he chose NOT to be deployed to a combat zone…I know plenty (including my brother) who would really rather have not gone, had the time to put in their retirement paperwork, but went anyway.
They felt they owed it to their country and their units….Walz??? not so much…..
Now its true, I never served, so I tread lightly…but I have a lot more respect to those that went but didn’t have to than those that chose not to go.
I think you’re on track here. Most Vets see it this way.
Oh agreed. And there in lies the problem. But shit heals like Walz are why I dont paint with the wide brush when it comes to “Thanking” every single member of the armed forces for their service. Because theres a lot of people not worthy of being thanked, as they did nothing for me or you except sit on their ass and throw our tax $$ down the drain, and they were shitty people before, during, and after their “service”. This is another argument all together. I respect and will thank those who put their lives on the line for me, and if something domestic where to happen and my name was called to actually defend my country here, I would do it, regardless of age. You salute the uniform/rank not the man while in the service, but once your back in civilian clothes, I judge you based on your character. Thats just me.
Honestly, this is why I feel like someone else should take over posting threads. Because I agree with the anonymous execs.
Sam has been a turnover machine at every stop. I had hope that when Sam starts to suck this year, JJ would take over. Now we get Mullens or Hall.
In my head, the damned season is already over. I hope Darnold plays well. I feel the best we can hope for is a Case Keenum year, and that still ended poorly.
At least we know JJ will be there next year and won’t have the Teddy/Case debate in the offseason.
If Sam plays great you will.
No. JJ is the future. I could see there being an argument to keep Sam around as the backup, but if he plays well he’s going to want a starting gig somewhere a la Baker Mayfield.
There are no guarantees – esp in football. If Sam plays great and we win a playoff game or two, no way you let him walk for an unproven prospect, regardless of potential.
It would be fun if that happened, that would spice up the off-season discussion a bit.
Well I don’t think so. Sam had very bad situations in NY and NC – Matt Rhule as. your coach. He actually finished there 4 -2 and played well.
You have to keep posting the daily thread. No one else cares about us.
This is true…we have kind of turned into the Island of Misfit Toys….I blame Edge…
“Seasons already over” – May I ask what your expectations were for this season and were they realistic to being with?
I tend to lean with Surly on this, so my take is that expectations are a losing season. Hasn’t changed.
What has changed is the opportunity of seeing the franchise QB.
I will still watch every week, but I have zero excitement this year.
Thats fair, Im sorta in the same boat, but I was also of the mindset of not having JJ see the field AT ALL regardless of injury or not. I get that the idea of him starting and having that in the back of your mind was exciting but I dont think it was going to happen. Im excited to watch Vikings football with out having to hears Cousins’ name again and know that the out come of this season is truly an unknown. Where, after, 2019 ended, we already knew how our seasons were going to end, regardless of the “fun” in the middle.
In his 2006 campaign for Congress, Walz boasted “that in 1993, he ‘was named the Outstanding Young Nebraskan by the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce for his service in the education, military, and small business communities.’”
But he wasn’t.
The Nebraska Chamber of Commerce wrote him a letter asking him to stop making this false claim, and… they were endorsing his opponent that year.
The fact that he is a communist isn’t getting enough play…
Did he state he thought it was a good idea?
I assume he did think so as often as he went back.
Did he teach that it does not work well with human nature? Doubt it.
He did not out and out ‘say’ it was a good idea, but his general tone towards China seems pretty positive…have you noticed the little “China Bow’ when he sometimes enters or leaves a stage?
Didn’t he say that communism is just being neighborly?
He said “one man’s socialism is another man’s neighborliness”
We saw his example of ‘neighborly’ in that clip of cops shooting paintballs at anyone who was outside after curfew.
Doesn’t everybody shoot their neighbors with paintballs for being on their own porch?
Screw that guy, Walz is terrible. I hate the spin that is being put out there, same for Harris. That they are these bright rays of sunshine who never hurt no one… BULLSHIT!
Yeah! I am sure you hold Trump to every action and words he said in the 80s and 90s too right?
I am not saying to not hold shit against Walz, I DO NOT LIKE Walz but it gets so old watching you guys (by you guys I mean Pubs and Dems) hold the people of your party to completely different standards. Trump has said incredibly stupid things, including dumb things about politics, policies, stance. But you grasp onto this thing Walz said from over 30 years ago and make the absurd jump to say that is 100% who he is today and that this one snippet means he is totally a communist.
But Trump says:
“A question that probably some of you are thinking of if you’re totally into that world, which I find to be very interesting. So, supposedly we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said that hasn’t been checked, but you’re going to test it. And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. (To Bryan) And I think you said you’re going to test that, too. Sounds interesting, right?”
He continued.
“And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it’d be interesting to check that, so that you’re going to have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me. So, we’ll see, but the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute. That’s pretty powerful.”
Watch, you will all disregard what Trump said even though it is INCREDIBLY stupid. I disregard this too. I do, it’s classic dumb dumb Trump riffing to riff because he does that. If you sat him down and said do you really think you can inject light or people should be injected with bleach he’d say no. But give the same regard to Walz, play by the same rules. Walz could be a communist, but by holding him to being a Communist from some snippet he said 30+ years ago is about the same leap to say Donald Trump wants to commit genocide on Americans via disinfectant injections.
Yes, Trump is a stupid jackass.
Walz is a communist.
Give me the jackass.
He may be a jackass but hardly stupid.
To be fair…the quoted comments above were fairly stupid…sometimes smart people say stupid stuff, even happens to me…but you have to admit those comments were ridiculous….
He is a problem solver, brainstorming is what they do.
‘Brainstorming is a group problem-solving method that involves the spontaneous contribution of creative ideas and solutions. This technique requires intensive, freewheeling discussion in which every member of the group is encouraged to think aloud and suggest as many ideas as possible based on their diverse knowledge.’
Actually most of that is blather on both sides.
But, I am a voter and deserve to know what Kamala (less so Watz) REEALLY stand for. Trump for all his crap interviews with everyone and you know where he stands.
Kamala – are you doing away with ICE or not? If you’ve changed, why?
You get the idea.
Don’t we all as voters have a right to know before we vote?
Thank you for posting his statement in its entirety.
I watched that particular press conference live. I have to say I have zero problem with his statements at that conference, whether when it was live or the transcript of the event.
A lot of people were dying at the time. The president had to give some hope to the populace, and this was an off the cuff presentation he gave. To be clear, I don’t look to the executive branch for medical advice. I do expect the executive to green light all sorts of trials and medical resources in the pandemic. He clearly states that “you’re going to test that too” and “you’re going to have to use medical doctors with (that)”.
Big nothing burger to me. It seems the hosts of The View and their ilk like to cherry pick from that press conference though, suggesting that he encouraged people to inject bleach.
Wow didn’t expect that take from you….I watched that particular press conference live as well, and I have to say I cringed…..
I guess this means we can’t be friends.
Darn it!
I had seen the headline but not read the article.
Known lier, get lost in all the examples.
10 years ago would not have even made it through the vetting process.
Minnesota waived the following players:
QB Matt Corral
RB DeWayne McBride
TE Sammis Reyes
RB Mo Ibrahim
CB Jaylin Williams
TE Neal Johnson
WR Justin Hall
OLB Owen Porter
OL Chuck Filiaga
OL Doug Nester
OL Matt Cindric
OL Spencer Rolland
DL Tyler Manoa
Minnesota also terminated the contract of the following player:
CB A.J. Green III
That gets them down to what? 77?
Mo might have been nice to keep for depth, maybe resign for PS later?
Yes, they still need to cut 20 more.
24, unless they keep that international player?
What was his name? Position?
Don’t see him on the Vikings Roster page.
Don’t forget, this year 2 can place on IR for designation to return.
Hock doesn’t count as I understand it, as he is on the PUP list and has his own set of rules, 4 games before he can come back I think I heard.
Correct. But when he is off the PUP, someone most be moved off the roster.
Yeah, that is a future problem.
Hock vs an ‘end of the roster’ guy?
Not a big deal IMHO.
Suspect that these are the ‘easy cuts’ that the staff could all agree on.
Next will be the tougher ones that require negotiations between the staff and hopefully a chance at a trade or six.
The likely PS candidates are probably among the next group.
Not Mo!
Noooooooo……
Not……
Come on Vikings….time to start cutting some people….slackers.
Had two drafts this weekend. Saturday was our big get together where we all hang out and party before the draft. 6 of us went Golfing in the AM, 3 team scramble. I golfed a natural par 4 on hole 8, partner never needed to worry on that one. Thats maybe the 4 or 6th hole iv ever parred in my entire life so that was fun. I ended up with pick 10 in the draft and and some alcohol in my veins. I feel OK about my team.
Curious.
Who was pick #10?
Chase?
Yes sir, he dropped a bit I’d say.
Yep.
I draft on one league Saturday.
Contract I guess making him less likable at the top.
And he practiced yesterday. He’ll suit up week 1.
Dare I post this????
Dude should just retire and roll in his $$$. A buy a new vehicle at least.
So much for that tampering.
Personally, I think there is a chance Penix is starting by the end of the year.
i would genuinely be shocked if kirk isn’t the qb in atlanta next year.
for the sole fact that that means they signed him for 1 year 100 million…. since he signed his contract and has 100 mill guaranteed (or am i reading that incorrectly)
$100 million guaranteed is right.
But if he were traded, the new team picks up part of the contract.
But I agree, he won’t be cut.
Who knows – maybe maybe not. but would beat the guy writing this knows less about playing QB than you.
Yeah, no idea.
AorD:
I was impressed with Jeron Hall, I know that it’s against back ups but he looked better than he ever has. I think he could be a serviceable backup.
Jaren Hall looked decent to me as well.
Decent – OK. Couple of thoughts.
Don’t we want a backup that can actually play in a ‘real’ game against a ‘first’ team defense. Just looking at the last Packer game – Mullens/Hall – one can, one can’t.
Training someone to be a backup seems a little off to me – just my opinion. JJ is our development project.
I was just correcting the spelling of Hall’s first name, actually… grin.
I’ve seen a couple of roster projections with Risner and Cine cut.
Those would be small surprises to me.
Not shocking. Just unexpected in my mind.
not gonna lie, i love roster cut down days.
You would take joy in a bunch of guys losing their job. All while you sit at the lake house sipping champagne.
“joy”
Is that Willie Brown in the black shit and jeans?
It seems kind of racist. Only the black people get to dance.
Well, in this particular instance, she is Indian.
I don’t see anybody covered in poop.
Gosh, she’s gonna be just great.
yep.
It gives the opportunity to spew a bunch of falderal about how wrong the GM is.
fun times ahead.
Cine looked good this pre-season better than he has but that’s a low bar. I don’t see Risner getting cut. They know who he is, so why bring him in late and then cut him?
Cut him and re-sign him after week one so his salary isn’t guaranteed.
Forgot about that. Especially if he’s not a starter.
I guess Risner has a bad back.
Like currently? Or lingering previous injury?
Currently.
At least reports are that he is having back trouble.
Not sure how serious.
Cut him
as i know most of you are waiting with bated breath for my state fair food reviews….sit down, buckle up and enjoy:
we got to the fair around 7:45am, i usually park close to the fair and pay $20, but they raised the prices this year to $30, and that was just OUTRAGEOUS to me in the moment. I laugh now thinking, as if an extra $10 is that big a deal, but hey….it’s a mini donut or a cheese curd, so it was a big deal.
We parked at a church who was accepting “donations” to park. so i gave them $20 and was on my way.
our first food was some mini cinnamon rolls, the kids LOVED them, and i thought they were tasty. since my wife is gluten free, she had a bite but couldn’t eat alot of the fair food. Also got a coffee with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in it. if you haven’t tried that before, it’s DELICIOUS.
Walked around a while, the kids wanted deep friend pickles…i HATE pickles, but love my kids, so gave in and got them that.
Did the home depot kids craft, walked around the minnesota shops section, did the dogs/cats center thing (kinda boring but the kids liked it, it’s essentially the history of house dogs and cats and all that they can do etc idk i dind’t pay that close attention)
stopped at the butterfly house, the kids and wife went in there and had a blast. pretty good deal for $4 a person, kids LOVED it.
Did a couple kids rides, walked towards the DNR building and stopped for Cheesecurds at the mouth trap in the food building. I also got a Wild Rice cheese burger, a staple for me. Love that thing. And then got mini donuts as well.
the DNR building was a blast. the kids watched the fish in the big pond for at least 20 minutes. the building was fun, got to see all sorts of different habitats for streams, ponds, lakes and the fish that are in those. Went up the big fire watch station. played games and shot a fire hose at fake fire etc…
lost a kid at the miracle of birth building for a little bit, NBD, happens to the best of us.
Went to the international bizarre, almost lost the kids again.
stopped at the skol tent, got excited for the vikings yet again.
kids got big soft pretzels, i got deep friend peanut butter cups
buzzed out of there at 2:30pm. long enough day 7:45-2:30.
Didn’t try anything new, it’s tough to venture too much out of the ordinary with the kiddos, but they had a blast and it was a great day overall.
Thanks for the info! I thought their app or whatever said food venders start at 9 am, so I was thinking get there by 9:30/10ish. From your write up looks like they start serving earlier? Because the earlier you can get there the better right?
most didn’t open until 9. most the “breakfasty” type places were already open.
one of the most popular was an “amish donut” i think it was. there were probably 300 people in line for that at 8am. i asked someone who just got it if it was worth the wait. they said it was like a bigger krispy kreme donut. not worth the wait IMO
Yeah I’ve seen that place has a ridiculous line. I would agree probably not worth it.
I’m so impatient and godly that I would never stand in a line like that for some man-made concoction.
I’m so godly that I would never waste my time with a man-made concoction like religion ;-p
The contradiction in the phrase made me giggle.
Did you stop here?
The Bald dude at the end looks like your profile picture.
i’m trying to remember what food we got that had this across the road from us. So my wife and i chuckled for a bit at it.
And WTH is a Wild Rice Cheeseburger?
it’s a burger that has wild rice in the patty. super juicy and delicious IMO
You Minnesotans love wild rice.
My Mom makes it all of the time.
I’ve had it when I grew up there, but it’s not much of thing outside your region.
we do love wild rice.
my moms wild rice soup is phenomenal and my wife has actually started making a really good one as well.
I haven’t lived in MN for years now…..and I miss wild rice.
Alas, I don’t cook
I do remember my grandma making wild rice soup for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It was good.
Creamy wild rice soup is delicious, especially with a nice fresh sandwich to use for dipping.
The ice cream in the coffee sounds good. I told my sister about it, since we start the day with two cups of coffee each. She’s all in. Guess a trip to the store for some vanilla ice cream is in my near future (i.e. today).
at the fair it was soft serve icecream, but i can’t imagine that would make a difference.
let me know what you think
I will, and thanks for the idea!
Whipping cream with a little sugar might get you to the same place.
Yes, my wife has dressed up my coffee in the past with powdered hot chocolate, and whipped cream.
freezey’s tldr recap: mini cinnamon rolls- tasty, coffee w/ scoop of vanilla ice cream- delicious, deep fried pickles- didn’t try, Cheesecurds- no comment, Wild rice burger- Loves that thing, mini donuts- no comment, deep fried peanut butter cups- no comment.
Also went to miracle of birth building to find out where those kids came from.
Now he just needs to learn how they are made and when their birthdays are.
the memory on you is…..astounding
He’s an FBI plant so he has notes on everybody.
Did you see the wall of shame at the dnr building? Nice whitetail bucks taken illegally.
i did. major shame.
Wow that sounds like a full day. Good job, dad!
Also, $30 to park? Ho ho haha I’ve lived in Glendive too long.
if you get there early enough, you can find free parking on the streets around the fair…
i paid $20 to park.
they also have city buses that are free of charge, you can park at the designated lots (usually churches in the area allow parking in their lot for the bus pick ups, some schools etc) and then you can take the bus there. But i’m not up for public transportation when i’m bringing the 3 kiddos with me.
Feelings – Albert Morris.
Some teams already making some moves.
I assume the Vikings will make some today.
QOTD: The Kicker.
Hello sleepy heads.
Skol and first
Happy Monday!
How was the State Fair? Need your food reviews.
I second this!
Also do MN schools have Thursday off? Was hoping to beat the rush and go early Thursday instead of Friday this week. Even though it looks like Thursday is going to be a rainy day.
1st auto rec
Last Thursday:
But you do login to other football blogs on the weekends:
they do have more articles to read while on the toilet
It kind of feels like a Jerry Springer cheating show.
Or I think there is a more modern show on MTV called,
“help. I’m in a secret relationship”
i’m just proud of how many thumbs up i got.
You did.
But don’t confuse that with street creed.
i have felt a little dirty when i have commented over their recently.
Don’t. You are obviously not alone.
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!