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Since this is an open thread, I guess have at it. It can be Kirko Tuesday again, or we can discuss the roster cuts made by all the teams, or we can go back to the cesspool that is American politics that people seem to enjoy arguing about.
have fun with that.
Twinkies managed to come back from 4-0 to get it into extra innings.
Closer came in for the 10th, threw 19 pitches, gave up 4 hits and 4 runs.
But he did manage to get 1 out so he had that going for him, which was nice.
‘absolutely zero aura’???
This will have to be explained to me.
‘special teams is gonna go fuckin crazy’
Is this a positive or a negative?
Yes
No word on Cook in regards to his visit with Dallas yet.
Packers RB AJ Dillon (neck) placed on IR and will miss the 2024 season.
can someone explain to me…
does Cine cost us 3.1 mill against the cap this year or do we get those savings now that he’s cut??
Cine will actually cost us $5,407,155 in 2024 cap space. According to over the cap.
His $3.1 Guaranteed salary and an additional $2.3 million from 2025 on his rookie contract.
It’s only money…..
Wonder what the offsets are, not that anybody will pay him more than minimum.
If some team claims him, the contract goes to the team that claims him.
I wouldn’t hold my breathe.
Lots of egos in the NFL and he still was a first round pick, “I can fix him” syndrome is a real thing.
Yeah, but that won’t happen until he clears waivers at which point he is UFA. I’d be stunned if some GM pays him $5.4 million after 4 years of his NFL tape.
Here’s hoping that happens!!
Pocket change.
Hamilton would look good on this team.
Kwesi not smart first year.
Rick and Zim’s scouts.
https://www.vikings.com/news/vikings-utilize-reserve-lists-during-roster-cuts-t-j-hockenson-on-reserve-pup
Shows all those cut.
I can see easily a half dozen or so I hope come back onto the PS.
Of course there will be more among other teams cuts.
Not smart enough to know who is better than whom.
How many can you have on PS?
Like 16 or 17.
Thanks
We get 17 since we have that international player that is exempt.
Dang, didn’t realize it was that big – nearly third the size of roster.
Thank you.
Nothing too crazy to me anyway.
Cine, Tonyan and Shelley would be the only ones that might be a little surprising to me.
Same.
Thanks for posting that link!
Cine gone it seems.
Mostly un-Cine Saturday. Move on.
Sigh, another jersey relegated to the rag pile.
My last three jersey purchases.
2014 – Teddy
2018 – Kirko, thrown away during last game of 2018
2024 – JJ McCarthy. remains to be seen if he ever plays one snap as a Viking in a real game.
Moral of the story, follow my lead and stop with the jerseys. My wife bought me an AD jersey and he was suspended within a month. Then she bought me a Teddy jersey and his knew exploded a couple days later (yes, my birthday is at the end of August, tomorrow to be precise).I have since banned all family from buying new jerseys so my Packer fan dad has threatened to buy a Jets and now a JJ. Luckily he is nice and wouldn’t do that.
Couldn’t even get a 7th for the former 1st rounder.
Slick would gotten at least that much, it might have been ‘conditional’ though.
Maybe teams didn’t want the salary and so waited until he was cut and would chance the wavier process.
Our secondary isn’t exactly the Legion of Doom. If he couldn’t get on the field here, who’d waste a draft pick.
But…but ‘former 1st round draft choice’.
The Texans placed Case Keenum on the IR ahead of the cut deadline,
Ok, moves should be done.
Where is our list?
Let the post cutdown moves begin.
If I was not so lazy, I would get the list for you.
And if I was not so lazy I would look it up for myself.
Christopher Gates has a list. Just say’n.
He gets paid to do that.
Harris now says she is against the EV mandate that she cast the deciding vote on the climate bill.
Can’t wait for her claiming that she is now pro life!!!
Someone must have told her that Americans hate it and supporting it will hurt her chances.
Not to worry she will flip back over once the election is over.
Funny how dims flip flop now. @Wonder what the purpose is now?@. Anything for power. Lying is ok.
She’s not flip flopping. She has simply grown and changed her mind.
Agree with Cal, she gets in the same old shit.
Everybody knows she doesn’t mean any of it.
I think she is just trying to troll Trump and get under his skin.
Becoming unburdened by what has been.
Give me the official roster now! So i can bitch more.
30m to go, although we will likely be getting news about late moves/trades for most of the day.
I must go for the day, but one last burst of love and peace to all.
Namaste!
thank you for your love and positivity.
Is he gone? What a jerk. And he does crappy movie reviews. Has anyone seen the sarcasm font, I seem to have lost it…
@I have no idea where it went@
A better song with the same title.
Exactly !!!
we still have like 12893235823 Wr’s on the roster, what the heck
And the Saints released Equanimeous St. Brown… we need to get him!
get ALL the wr’s
Don’t forget about all of those tight ends.
Thought that might be your phone number, I tried calling it. Who’s Jenny?
She lives in Ontario?
There should be Dolphin Hookers to help with this problem.
What “science” was done to prove these dolphins are “sexually frustrated”.
They told Walz it was a horse and sent him swimming.
This dolphin is a vessel of love.
Namaste!
ok this is hilarious
lol!
Bahhahaahaha
I thought Duke Shelley was decent.
That’s surprising.
Short and feisty.
Missed it by ‘that much’.
Am I allowed to post this?
Remove if not.
The No Politics thing is a guideline not a rule.
Politics? thought that was the Comedy Show Believe it or Not.
Why not both?
I am no longer including any guidelines or rules when I post from now on.
Anarchy rules. Someone else can play enforcer if they want to.
Somebody tell 5 haha
Ever seen the Ted Talk on the paradox of choice? Seems relevant.
accurate. People can self-police and be shamed by others for bad behavior.
You stepped up to post daily thread not to play police
manperson.Thank you for all that you do.
Respect always plays well.
Hoohoo hahaha. Don’t worry, she’ll clear it all up at the many debates and press conferences she has planned.
That is great!
ugh…..
That, America, is the shining example of womanhood that will be our first female President.
It’s going to be exciting watching her sit across the table with a Middle East Leader and discuss policies. I mean, they hold women in such high regards anyway.
Putin and Xi will show her all the respect she deserves as well.
cringe! haha, she even cringed.
She’s as qualified to be president like me a Navy Seal!
Thank you, thank you, thank you……….
Wait till Edge gets a hold of you. He’ll make sure you know that Trump was terrible, and he caused all this.
Haha, this is funny. Not effective if you have half a brain, or don’t vote based on funny nothings of campaign adds. There are lots of reasons to not vote for Harris and Walz but just saying the word Bidenomics isn’t one of them. If it’s the lying and overselling something bad from your side then you would really hate Trump.
Yeah… preach the propaganda lies Edge…
What lie is that? Are you saying a nothing filled ad where they just say Bidenomics actually means something? It doesn’t, do an add saying what Biden has done to hurt the economy which I agree he has. I just don’t think a buzz word in an add means something is effective. I don’t get swayed by a cool buzz word. My bad.
I think it’s poignant as hell.
Really? What’s poignant about it? Did the add offer anything to say actually anything actual policy or thing a Biden policy did to hurt the economy? Because if not our definition of poignant is different. Again, I am not saying to vote for Harris, just saying the add is silly and funny but I don’t call that effective as a means to get me to vote. It’s pretty shallow.
Maybe not you, but that sort of thing is what sways the average and below American.
Literally what my original post was saying. Just like seeing an add that goes, “Donald Trump is ruining America!” It’s like… OK… How? But no, every Dem just knows it to be true but can’t say how. Or says some sound byte they heard.
Yeah, but you said something like that is not effective but it is. We can agree that it’s stupid and shouldn’t be effective, but at the end of the day it is because people are dumb.
My exact words: “Not effective if you have half a brain” saying if you have half a brain it’s not effective but if you don’t have half a brain it is. People just get so defensive of their side it’s scary how trained these dogs are on both sides. It is truly super scary.
I’m just saying it has nothing to do with one side or the other and 90% of the population is too stupid to dig into politics any deeper than these ads and that is most definitely what they make their political decisions based on. Not everything is about one side or the other.
I can see what you are saying there. I am saying people would be more likely to at least try and think critically if they weren’t so brain washed. I base this on many VERY smart people I know that just shut their brains off when it comes to politics. You see it around here a lot. Shit, legit bums me out.
Politics is not about policies. It’s about sound bites.
Yup. I wonder why we are in the state we are in. I got someone trying to argue that an add just saying a word and then showing a politician lying about the state of that word while supporting the guy who will literally say anything to get elected lying right through his teeth makes sense. Again, again, again. There are so, SO many reasons to not vote for Harris and Walz, but just saying Bidenomics and then Harris saying Bidenomics is good isn’t one of them.
That’s what sells though. You forget how stupid the average American is.
Thank you, this is what I was kind of getting at. This is not effective if you actually think and think about the add. If you are a lap dog for your side who doesn’t hold the ability to think critically about your side or in general, then it’s super McAwesome! This is what frustrates me, I know many of my friends that are Dems or Repubs aren’t just void of critical thinking they just have made politics a religion and their side is infallible and the other side is Satan incarnate.
It’s not even about being ingrained to one side or the other. People are stupid and remember sound bites like this and will absolutely make a decision of who to vote on based on something like this. No different than the people who will decide against Sheehy here because somebody made an ad that says he’s a bad rich out of stater who wants to take away public access to public lands. 90% of people will not look up the facts. They will just go by the ad and not figure out how it was twisted and is a lie.
The average IQ is dropping, and it will get worse. Harris/Walzy get it in America has failed the IQ test. Just my opinion.
Hey, I resemble that remark.
I think the add is quite effective in talking about how the economy has fared under the administration that she is a part off. It uses her own words to talk about how bad the economy is under her administration, and then uses her own words to say how proud she is of the economy her administration has created.
It is not a nothing ad, it is brilliant.
Haha what? Of course you do, just like Dems think an add that just says, Orange Man Bad is a good. Both sides are the same.
The add said NOTHING about anything Biden has done to affect the economy NOTHING. If all that matters is how the economy faired under an administration with no context then every Dem gets to point to the economy during Covid and say Trump’s economy was bad. I know nothing like that has happened on Biden and the economy has still suffered but tell us why, give us some piece of data. But that is just me, again just a silly word doesn’t do it for me.
You don’t get to be upset about her saying she’s proud about something that she actually has no business being proud up. Drumming up and inflating things to make herself and side look better is something Trump is a grand wizard at!
It’s a short ad. If it explained in detail why Biden’s policies have failed our economy, people would tune it out. You’re making it seem like there is no explanation from the right about the bad policies. There’s plenty. This is simply a quick ad that gets straight to the point in revealing Harris’ lies.
I am not even saying it’s a bad add, it’s funny. But to say it’s effective… I say effective at what? Being funny. Yup. Saying anything of importance that should any weight to sway or strengthen your opinion? Only if your dumb or a completely blind crony to your side.
On a positive note, it sounds like Justin Jefferson is going to make the 53 man roster.
Thank goodness. I was worried when I saw he got no playing time in preseason.
And also how Nailor had stepped up.
Gotta love my small town TSC store. We’re changing out another 1/4 mile of fence pulling down POS chicken wire and old wooden posts, putting in t-posts and 4 strand barb wire. I was planning on getting t-posts but my wife’s ex found a stash of several hundred so just needed to get wire and the clips that hold the wire on the posts. I called around, cheapest I found was rolls of wire for $104 apiece at a local hardware store. TSC said they would match that price, I then asked what they would charge for 250 clips (normally you get clips gratis when you buy t-posts) and they said they would “work something out” when I said (local steel company) sells them in bags of 25 for $2. My wife went down to get the wire and she told me they gave her “a bag” of clips with the 4 rolls of wire…turns out “a bag” in this case was 1000 clips. Gratis.
I have their cc so I like to shop there and get points to offset the diabolical cost of feeding two labs.
Sounds like a win-win for the ‘frugal one’.
On a side note there is a new classified ad in the hospital newspaper advertising bags of 25 post clips for $2 apiece. You supply the bag of course.
On a related note, TSC was one of the companies that abandoned DEI mandates and goals, fired its DEI staff, and went back to hiring the most qualified person for the position….radical, I know.
I’m hoping McGlothern makes the cut. I seen on the DN that JJ is on IR without eligibility to return.
Yeah, Murphy and Risner took up the two ‘eligible to return’ slots.
A violent Venezuelan prison gang known as Tren de Aragua has spilled into Aurora, Colorado, despite the fact that the city wanted “no part” in welcoming so-called “asylum seekers” as a result of President Joe Biden’s open border policies.
According to a report from the New York Post, Aurora has a population of 390,000 residents. Now, it’s become the base of operations for the gang, which has seized apartment complexes and instigated a crime wave.
Democrats destroying the country, one city at a time.
They’re called newcomers and they are wonderful people and to say otherwise is racist.
We just need to welcome them and help them assimilate. Just ask Tim Walz.
Nope, assimilation is racist. Thinking your culture is above another person’s and that the other person should do away with their culture is wrong. You should have said, welcome them and accept them.
Thanks for the correction, bow! Help me stamp out my racial microaggressions.
I am of the opinion that some cultures are superior.
Don’t worry, they will have a camp for you soon enough. Maybe that is why they’ve rebuilt some of the Heart Mountain camp, I mean “Relocation Center”.
I hear northern Wyoming is nice in the winter.
I only ever saw the wind get to like 110 when I lived there. Perfect weather for flying a kite.
Aurora used to be a nice town.
FJB has made every town into a Border Town.
Every town is a border town anymore.
My sister lived there for a few years, it was a very nice town.
If this is a repeat from someone’s list below, just call me Skolly.
AF Academy Grad. Had a great camp.
Hope he can get back to the PS.
Our Outside LBs are deep.
How can that be, we let Danielle Hunter and Z Smith leave.
Two good FAs and a first round draft choice it to blame.
Mark Zuckerberg is admitting to censoring information on his major social media platform after heavy pressure from the Biden-Harris administration.
In a letter written to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and published Monday, Zuckerberg expressed regret for helping the Biden-Harris administration eliminate factual information about the COVID-19 pandemic from the internet. This included stories about the lab leak theory and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. He also admits to burying factual stories about Hunter Biden’s laptop during the 2020 presidential election.
But they didn’t really “force” him to block that information and the government was simply trying to protect us from “misinformation”. They didn’t actually know at the time that the laptop wasn’t Russian disinformation, I promise.
Facebook may very well not have know.
The government on the other hand knew exactly what it was and what needed to be done to protect the Biden Crime Family.
Facebook, and Zuckerberg, knew too. Be it Covid, be it the Biden Crime family, they knew all along.
Read an interesting account recently, a former employee of Facebook in Germany spilled the beans on how the censorship was set up as company policy. They were told to not even tell their parents or close relatives what they were doing at Facebook censor HQ. And they are still doing it, to this very day.
He says ‘in hindsight’ they would do it differently.
He also stated that ‘they get lots of pressure from lots of contries’ and they make their own choices on what to censor on not, thereby giving the government a pass.
When the government puts ‘pressure’ on you it’s pretty damn close to an order. If you don’t play ball with them, they can bring down hell on you.
I don’t disagree, him saying that ‘they make their own choices’ was giving cover to FJB in any lawsuits.
He also said that they originally resisted the Gov’s efforts and they got ‘quite frustrated’ with them. Yeah, no company is going to hold up to that for very long.
Something, something, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of the Press… something, something.
Freedom of Speech, as long as it’s not deemed misinformation by the overlords.
One time several years ago this happened.
Was home on a Saturday and two FBI agents knocked and asked to talk. Said they were gathering information about a guy that I knew but hadn’t seen for several years. Thus most of my answers were no or have no idea. And then out of clear blue one agent asked when was the last time I got audited on my income taxes. And I said what? he said you heard me.
And that’s how things go , They have unlimited power.
Had DEA guys come to my office to talk about a buddy of mine. Turned out he was trading Rx’s for opioids for sex. Anyhow, I wasn’t hostile but answered a lot of their questions with questions. They asked if my prescribing trends had ever been audited.
Buddy ‘ voluntarily’ gave up license, got divorced, and moved to a small(er) town in central MT.
And both of these stories probably happened after you started commenting here. No coincidence though.
Never fully trusted Lifer.
I’d question anybody that seems to know more about the inner workings of the government than the normal guy.
Lifer got the things he ‘knew’ from MSNBC and CNN.
Yeah, I was saying he wouldn’t be the one I’d look at.
Haha
You won’t be laughing when they show up in the Dive asking about shady MRI readings.
Heh. When I was at a former employer and a former executive was in the house, when the SS came down to radiology prior to their protectee getting a scan I expected them to grill me about my political leanings or the like. Alas they didn’t even say a word to me…I guess I’m less exciting than I think.
No street cred for you!
Skol’s story makes sense, the FBI agents asking JRob when he has been audited is peculiar.
Depends on your position in life, the position of the person they are asking about, and what he has that is valuable to them.
They would never…
This means nothing really.
In today’s society, just admit a mistake, then go right back to doing what you were doing.
Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network is reporting that the Vikings will waive edge defender Andre Carter II ahead of today’s roster deadline.
Man I was hoping the West Point Grad would stick. Maybe a PS candidate?
Thats where im feeling he will end up. Or they would like him to end up
Per Schefter, some notable veteran defensive backs are being released: Bobby McCain of the Vikings, Desmond King of the Texans, and Adrian Colbert of the Bears.
i think i have a different definition of notable than schefty
Rapoport says the Vikings are planning to release DT James Lynch, source said. The former fourth rounder will likely be back on the practice squad if he clears waivers.
Patrick Mahomes Sr has reportedly pled guilty to his third DWI charge.
‘Patrick Mahomes Sr’
That would be the QBs dad?
Yes
sounds like a smart dude
yesssssssssssssssss
can we get Kyle Hamilton for him?!?!?!
A six pack of beer would be good enough since we would save $3.6M against the cap.
It would have to be a cold six pack as we have standards here.
Just don’t let Wes Philips know about this.
He prefers his beers warm?
I assume he prefers any beer. Needs to be locked up.
Yup, this standard has been established. Only cold six pack offers shall be entertained.
Last year we’d have taken half a pack of partially chewed Gummi Bears.
as long as they weren’t Sugarless Haribo’s.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/michaelrusch/haribo-gummy-bear-reviews-on-amazon-are-the-most-insane-thin
But it’s not like we need the cap space this year, we are still sitting quite well there right? How much can we carry over?
How’s you’re running program going? Sub 9’s yet?
So my goal this summer was to get under a 30 minute 5K. I did it right before going on vacation and I was fucking miserable and went… why am I pushing this shit this hard? Having a competitive spirit it did help motivate me to get where I am but I don’t need to be killing myself to be healthy ya know? Lol. So like I ran a 5K yesterday, as I do most Mondays with a 10:05 pace. Good enough for me. Doing this for my health, not to win some competition. But overall good. I was doing my DDPY every morning for 35-55 minutes, then afternoons was Monday 5K, Tuesday Kettle Bell routine, Wednesday upper body ego lifts, Thursday 2 Mile, Friday 3.5 mile. Last week Chiropractor shut me down on the kettle bells. Slightly pinched a nerve in my SI joint with all the hip movements from those kettle bells haha.
Good on ya! Don’t let the old man in.
Yeah I truly enjoy running (sometimes). Helps with anxiety levels A LOT. It’s therapy. I am going to the MN state fair Thursday, so gonna get fatter lol. Twins game Friday.
I hate running. I tried a week or two ago to prepare for elk hunting and hated every minute of it. I made it 1 mile and called it quits.
Hahaha, I am a lineman through and through. I have hated running my whole life… Even starting this process of running and working out. Hated it until getting to 2 miles. For some reason at 2 miles you are numb and you just stride it out and start feeling better.
I gotta get back to DDP. Just had my annual check up. Doc wanted me to lose 10 pounds, I lost 7. Why does food have to taste so good?
Anyways, yoga really helps with the golf and overall health. Still rowing 20-30 mn per day. I need to stretch more.
Did you do the DVDs or the app? The app rules and the power cuffs work, they really work. I did the DVDs (pirated videos) for years but the app is so much better.
I actually purchased the DVDs years ago. I no longer have a player, so the app would be what I use. For now, I have some free yoga routines I like. but DDP works.
Edge, you have encouraged me to get back into that. I will get the app this weekend after my state fair binge, and starting Monday, I am back on the DDP training. That plus rowing should get rid of the last few pounds I need to shed.
You get a free week of the app. Hundreds of workouts and always updating. It’s really nice and handy to have. Again, check out the Power Cuffs he has whole workouts for them too. The app is like 130ish bucks for the whole year. Not bad.
Oh and here is my answer.
Wow, thank you guys. I had never heard of this but have been wanting to get into yoga without doing the hot yoga fart producing group sessions. I think this will really work for me, I need to work on flexibility and core strength.
What would you guesstimate the app costs and what ancillary equipment do you need?
App is roughly 130ish dollars for the year. Equipment, a yoga matt is all you need. Now having a yoga block if you need help with stability is nice to have. I bought the Power Cuffs (not a necessity by any means but nice to have) years ago. Love them. They are blood flow restriction cuffs that up your muscle density.
As I may have said before and as a life time runner, if I had to do it over it would be intervals. Like at first 75 yards at 75% and then walk for 100 or so yards. And repeat for as long as you want. Believe this is easier, less taxing, more fun and will yield better results.
Don’t know what DDPY is, but afternoon lifting like push/pull/legs day work well for most folks.
I don’t like kettle bell swings either – young man’s game.
Don’t remember your overall goal, but this is a good general program that can be made enjoyable.
DDPY is Diamond Dallas Page Yoga.
When I got the DVDs years ago, it was called YRG yoga. Yoga for Regular Guys. None of the foo foo spiritual aspect of yoga, just building strength, flexibility and overall health.
Thanks- simple streching programs are great and really pay benefits as one ages.
difference is this is isometric so you get your heart rate up, a sweat in and all the stretching plus strengthening.
Ballpark $25 to $30 million can be pushed into 2025.
I doubt it would be that much because Kwesi is reportedly looking for a couple of higher priced waiver claims.
Not sure why any team would trade anything for him.
First round picks always get a couple more opportunities. Every coach is arrogant enough to think they can fix him and the original coaches are just incompetent. Shoot, Treadwell is still floating around the league.
Yeah, but he isn’t being traded. He is being cut and picked up for no draft capital.
Assuming the reporters aren’t lying, which we all know they never do, it says they are in active trade talks for him.
Correct.
But I’m not convinced any team is that interested.
That could mean Kwesi is calling every team just to find out if anyone has interest.
Likely.
My guess is he is cut.
In the spirit of Namaste, Harris now supports a border wall.
Yes. This was put out by her campaign.
They are just one by one copying the ideas from Trump’s website.
Makes me wonder what the real strategy is.
She is on tape saying the opposite on every issue.
The people that don’t believe her new stance weren’t going to vote for her anyway and there’s enough idiots in the country that will believe her new stances and believe that she is a moderate.
So true. And there is about zero chance they will do any of these things should they get into office.
When there is no accountability, you can say anything.
She had 3 and a half years in charge of the border, and did nothing to protect it…
No, no, no. As VP she actually didn’t do anything or have any responsibility. Being VP also makes her qualified to be president though.
Yeah. We all know that.
What’s the real thing happening here?
Something’s up.
I have no clue.
Here’s the plan. We’re gonna give you everything Trump, without the Trump. Pick the DEI hire!
Except they are not going to do any of it. Pure BS marketing propaganda.
That will just be because the evil Republicans wouldn’t support it.
Hay, you’ve got the playbook down pat !
Anyone that believes the dems are for now building a wall, needs some serious meds.
That’s easy. She is trying to get elected.
She will say anything that she believes will help with that.
The truth be damned.
Cool GIF.
I wanted to evoke the circularity of politicians. No new taxes well just a few lower prices well just a little higher etc
I got that.
But I just enjoyed the visual.
Don’t enjoy the circular logic of politics.
Where there’s smoke, there is fire. There is something to this whole 37 days without a press conference or interview thing – her handlers are picking up on something off and want to minimize her time under fire until it is too late. Plus you can’t tell me that the president taking three weeks of vacation at high fallootin’ beachside venues isn’t part of a package – the deal must have been to let him stay in power with minimal responsibility and two weeks after the inauguration a few hundred million dollars will go into his presidential library fund.
That.
Plus, I firmly believe there will be plenty of shenanigans to come.
I’m guessing the October surprize is a doozy this year.
Biden resigns. Kamala becomes President.
War starts. Election cancelled. A second successful attempt on OrangeMan.
It’s the 4th turning.
You ain’t wrong here!
The one thing that I may be completely wrong about with all of this is divine intervention keeping Trump alive.
That kind of stuff happens for a reason.
Well, if he has a heart attack and dies, I’m going to have my doubts.
Hilary upping her game?
The Browns are planning to field trade offers for QB Jameis Winston and QB Tyler Huntley.
Laughing
What are they looking for – got an old car and boat.
Something, something… bushel of crab legs…
Patriots are releasing Bailey Zappe.
Zappe is Crappy. We have all seen that.
Per Tom Pellisero, the Vikings are moving on from RB/KR Kene Nwangwu. He’ll be cut or traded by today’s deadline.
hmm so that leaves Aaron Jones, Chandler and Ham?
They’re gonna bring back Cook.
They have someone in mind with only 3 on the roster.
The Panthers cut Mike Boone. The Rams cut Boston Scott too. I think Breida is available and there will be more. Maybe Cine is part of a trade for one.
Bring back Mo.
Mo Better Back.
He sucks, cut him.
They did cut him.
Hence the ‘bring back Mo’.
Here’s where we are:
Looks like it got a bit damp at the Minny State Fair yesterday.
Probably had an adverse effect on all that Fair Food.
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/monday-severe-weather-minnesota-south-dakota
I wonder how many players or positions are really at battle for a roster spot today. Does the Coach and GM know who they want before preseason starts and then there is a few random guys that turn heads in preseason games.
I remember a comment by Bud Grant from years ago, it went something like…If you don’t know who is making your roster after 2 weeks of training camp, you don’t know what you are doing. It was something to that effect.
Auto Bud Grant Rec.
This is likely correct…remember miracle on ice when the coach had basically picked his team before tryouts? Not quite the same, I know, but almost the same.
Happy Kirk Tuesday everybody! I wish we could have a Tier 2 QB….
Why is Kirk Cousins a Tier 2 quarterback? ‘He’s the reason everybody is flowing’ – The Athletic (nytimes.com)
Nah, we have the Tier 1 guy. Just gotta heal up that meniscus. There won’t be that much of a difference with Darnold this year. Compete for a playoff spot and go nowhere.
The Falcons will not live up to the hype.
Book it.
What hype will they not live up to?
Schefter says the Vikings released running back Myles Gaskin.
anyone know if Mattison is available?
Let me try the peace and love Wrenage approach….
Who would you prefer as our VP and potential president?
Tim Walz, the lying communist, or J.D. Vance, the war hero who pulled himself out of poverty?
Namaste! I really love you all.
If you give love to the world, love will return from the world.
Walz is part of the hopey changey joyful campaign though while Vance is a part of the evil orange man backers.
My brother and I came up with an idea for president; you vote for a Vice President to be the future President. So you would have a standing President and every 4 years you vote for the VP. Said elector would operate as the VP for 4 years and then take over as President for 4 years. This way the person to hold the office learns all of the intricacies of being President before he takes office.
So all presidents would serve for a single term?
No reelections?
Correct, you would serve 4 years as VP and 4 as President.
Interesting. But does the VP position really prepare you to be POTUS
It prepared Harris to be president.
Yep, she is now aware of who is really running the show and knows how to let them handle things and be the figure head.
So could you go thru the process 2xs since you are allowed to be President twice?
Could you be VP, then President, then VP again and back to President?
Thumbs down on that idea.
Our other idea was to vote for both the President and Vice President. So you could have both a republican and a democrat. It think we came up with this when Bush Chenney first ran. I actually liked Lieberman over Chenney.
Isn’t that the way it used to work? Whoever came in second was the VP? Just think, you would be guaranteeing that Harris is in the White House no matter what for another 4 years.
I would prefer a separate vote for both positions. Can you imagine Trump with Walz as VP.
I can. I feel Trump would slap some sense into Walz. Literally.
Waltz would be doing everything he can to undermine and backstab Trump.
Trying to stage his own coup from the shadows.
The Dems would never stage a coup against a duly elected president.
Is that something like living together?
I just drank a Pepsi for the first time in a long time. Normally, I am a Coke person. It filled me with more peace and love.
Namaste!
Which do other folks prefer, Coke or Pepsi?
coke over pepsi.
pepsi is trash.
i still love you though
That’s exactly what the commies think.
You probably hate apple pie and baseball too.
i’m sorry i have tastebuds, gramps
I also recently had an RC Cola for the first time in like…forever.
In other news: this song goes out to Freezy…
why are you getting into pop again?
I drink pop fairly regularly but usually only Sprite. Caffeine impedes my ability to be loving and peaceful.
If I wouldn’t have had that Pepsi today, I could have probably changed the world. As things stand, I can only change those who are in my heart’s immediate neighborhood…
I feel your peaceful energy.
If only Positive Five was here to double and redouble it.
Coke, Pepsi is too sweet. Although both mix well with cheap whiskey.
pepsi is way too sweet. they really messed up on their bliss point IMO
I have never mixed Pepsi with booze. I must try that.
True love is seeing no difference between the shades of colas…
Try it now…it will help you with your peace and love vibes….
True story….yesterday afternoon a coworker of mine was visibly upset about something going on in his personal life…I mean highly agitated.
Because I am a caring boss, I slapped a blood pressure monitor on him. His BP was high for him 146 over 86. I told him he needed to calm down, and we poured a couple of whiskeys and talked it over. After an hour of that therapy I took his BP again…127 over 73.
Moral of the story? I am a great boss and whiskey saves lives.
What if what was going on in his personal life, was his struggle with alcoholism?
Sorry I “forgot” the sarcasm font.
Well, then we would have a problem, that is the only therapy I know how to administer.
Are you hiring?
That is the kind of peaceful and loving organization I could work for, except, I would likely be drunk all the time…
Some companies encourage their employees to have up to 4 adult beverages a day….increases creativity.
To be clear, we don’t do that.
When I guarded a Nuc Storage site the civilian employees were allowed to have 2 beers with lunch.
We Uniformed Guards (MPs) were not allowed any, nor could they smell of alcohol when we reported to work.
When you walked by a quonset hut and saw some liquid pooling on the ground, did you stick your finger in it and taste it? “Sweet – must be antifreeze, not highly radioactive slag. No worries.”
Don’t remember any quonset huts there.
We did have them at MP school in Ft McClellan, in fact the Drill Sgt tore off the ‘Condemned’ sign off the front door before moving us into it.
When my dad was (what is called a commissionaire in Canada) doing guard duty as a civvy after retiring, one of the jobs was driving around all the ammo dumps at CFB Wainwright. He was told that if he saw something suspicious like footprints in the snow or liquid leaking under a door to hightail it out of there and call the MPs.
Another myth dispelled…The Canadian Military actually has ammunition…..I kid, I kid.
narf narf
We had two area to patrol. 24/7 365. One was driving, one was walking.
Snow, 110 degrees, it didn’t matter and old military pickups with no A/C and few working heaters.
Good thing I was so young and dumb that I didn’t know how miserable I was.
My BP goes up when I drink booze.
THC has the opposite effect, and I also sleep much better.
I actually prefer coke by itself and Pepsi in a mixed drink.
Rum and coke is one of my favorite drinks. I should try a rum and Pepsi instead. It may boost my congeniality factor.
Pepsi. Coke only when Pepsi isn’t available.
i bet pepsi in a different country is better than here.
The sodas in Mexico were pretty nasty.
what isn’t nasty in mexico
Most colas in Mexico are made with sugar vs HFCS.
I think that tastes better, but I have not had sugary sodas in a very long time.
It does taste better and you can buy it stateside in many places.
You could be right, I never had the chance to try real American Pepsi (or Coke, for that matter).
The coke is a lot stronger, just ask Hunter.
Interesting. Is that common in Europe?
Guess not, just my personal taste. I switched to Pepsi years ago for some reason I can’t quite recall now. Probably had something to do with AD being put on that exemption list and some companies quitting sponsoring the Vikings over the incident.
I recently stumbled upon pineapple Fanta. It is surprisingly good.
I would choose a Coke over Pepsi.
Obligatory old man rant, when my 12 and 15 year old grandkids come by they always raid the fridge for one or even two cokes or sprites. I’m all like, “it is hot out there, you need to drink some water not that sugary crap.”
Then I remember when I was 15, I don’t think a drop of water ever crossed my lips. It was all pop and koolaid.
You chose love by remembering that.
I will be on the lookout for Pineapple Fanta. It could be what Coke was for the world in the 1970s.
I am thinking rum with Pineapple Fanta could be good.
Sounds awesome, I need to try this someday.
It is easy to love her…
According to Tom Pelissero, the Vikings are planning to move on from NT Jaquelin Roy, a fifth-round pick last year. He’ll be traded or waived by today’s deadline.
Looks like the Packers have cut their kicker, Anders Carlson.
Let’s play Jr GM here, shall we? Which position group on the Vikings is in need of help, that could be addressed in cuts today?
GM, i think that’s a position that needs help.
Well… can’t say I disagree with that… grin.
Agreed, rec.
I’m certainly no GM, Junior or not. But if I was trying to improve the team I’d be searching for a solid running game – helps both the offense and defense
And you can’t have a good running game with a solid IOL – guards and center. A good back helps, but blocking comes first.
So, find some guys that can block.
Makes sense to me.
Agreed
Agreed, I will never forget a few years back 49ers had a dominate running game with 4 no-name backs and an awesome offensive line.
‘you can’t have a good running game with a solid IOL’
Since we don’t have ‘a solid IOL’ does that mean we can have a ‘good running game’?
OK Mrs. Johnson – “without.”
Was Mrs Johnson a teacher of yours?
I claim The Teacher is an English Teacher which she disputes, says she was a Reading Teacher. I simply ask her what language she taught them to read in?
My Wife is a retired English Teacher – specialized in teaching writing and speech. I think being married to a Reading Teacher would have been less stressful…..much less ongoing correction of my spoken and written words.
Great minds, see your wife would probably have a heart attack after being in my presence for a week.
It’s been rough….my biggest ongoing mistakes:
correct use of ‘further/farther’, ‘Lie down, Lay Down’, ‘I’/’Me’ at the end of the sentence. Keeping my tense the same in a longer writing thingy, and of course ‘Good/Well’.
I correct The Teacher often. But it is more like a game with us.
I tease her about it but she claims 1st graders don’t catch her misspeaks so she is Allie Allie Oxen Free.
Ha “Allie Allie Oxen Free”…
I have not heard that in a very long time.
That reminds me of second grade, when we would all take turns reading passages from a book. Do you know the teacher let me butcher words without correcting me? That takes some real damn patience, in my non namaste state I would flip out if I heard someone saying things that way.
Examples
Yea, my second grade teacher.
And I claim age as an excuse for my garbled posts.
The NFL will not use its electronic system to measure first downs during the regular season this year, source says, after continuing to test it during the preseason. It could be used in the regular season as soon as 2025 at the earliest.
That electronic measuring system they rolled out was really not good. Way too slow.
Rapoport says the Vikings will place “promising” UDFA LB Gabriel Murphy on short-term IR to begin the season. He says the former UCLA standout flashed early in camp.
what is he hurt with?
I don’t think the Vikings ever announced his injury.
i had heard lots of good things about him, but then crickets.
That’s because he’s been injured, duh.
I was wondering if he was ‘good’ or just ‘good for a UDFA’.
According to Schefter, the Panthers are placing “standout” edge D. J. Wonnum on PUP to start the season, knocking him out the first four games. He’s recovering from a torn quad.
Minnesota is leaving TE T.J. Hockenson on the Physically Unable to Perform List, which means he is ineligible to be active during the first four games of the season, per sources. Hockenson still is recovering from last season’s torn ACL but is expected to return this season.
Currently, 948 NFL players need to be waived, released, or moved to a reserve list by 4PM ET today.
Was reading your Cowboys/Lamb comment from earlier.
Made me wonder – would you pay DAK or Lamb if you were Jerry?
Good question. I only play a GM on TV, so I have to qualify all answers with that.
Personally, I wouldn’t pay a receiver that kind of money. There are so many talented, capable receivers around the league, that I would just move on. There isn’t a receiver in the league who touches the ball on average more than 7 times a game or so, and for me, that’s too little impact to invest too much money into.
I generally agree. You lose a WR, that’s tough. You lose your starting QB, really tough.
And it seems to me they use Lamb a lot out of the slot. I just don’t believe he’s as good as JJ/Chase/Adams on the outside facing a top DB.
In some ways, a top receiver is only as good as the QB they have delivering the ball to them. I agree, that if you lose a good receiver, it’s an impact, but if you lose a good QB, it’s a bigger impact. Washington is now on its 13th starting QB since Cousins left, as an example.
A few notes as the teams release players 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
Thank you for the reminder!