WhitewalkerInPhilly

#groundupandinthefreezer

I absolutely loath saying this: I think the Dolphins might have learned their lesson. They've spent recent memory trying to turn things around with the big splash acquisition and robbing Peter to pay Paul to manage the salary cap while they look for a quick fix. And it has led to them being a more dysfunctional organization than us. I don't want them to learn their lesson.

I also was on the "I wanted JP to be the man" crowd. I think today is a nice reminder that, as overhyped as we get about Pro Days, maybe we should take a step back and think about how things will look while the bullets are flying.

Can you imagine that D-line? That would hopefully settle the defense for a few years, and let us truly take BPA every year. (Assuming Allen continues to grow)

Like I said. There are plenty of ways to package a one year deal as effectively 2 by assigning a signing bonus and making the first year guaranteed, with the expectation that unless he impresses he'll be cut for a minor cap hit the next year.

Amen Hallelujah

FWIW, WF had him as a solid FA option. http://walterfootball.com/freeagents2019OT.php I am assuming that the deal is heavily frontloaded with little guarantee on the back end.

Well, I'm actually ok with it. The Jets have consistently thrown themselves into cap hell over the past few years, and that much for Bell is just stupid money. That would become an albatross for them as they try to A) sign Darnold to a long term contact and B) sign players to make Darnold competent. I was considered a homer when I said that I liked the money we gave for Shady, and now that looks laughably small in comparison.

I agree that it's WAAAAAAAY too early to start making assumptions on what we would take. But I have seen a lot of mocks having us take Ed Oliver at 9, and that was before we filled in some gaps on C, TE and WR.

As much as I am excited and surprised by the Beasley signing, I think I might like the implications of this pickup more. Robert Foster was a great unexpected pickup, but it would be asking too much for him to be a #1 outside guy. If you can park Brown and Foster on the outside, and let Beasley and Zay hit the short and intermediate routes that ought to open up a lot for Allen. And I still would not rule out taking someone in the 1st if we trade back, or early in the second.

Hey, I get your point! It's great to have picked up both!

Cue the PPP crowd for hating him for being too liberal

We got that in Beasley!

Sorry for the flat reaction, but I really didn't see it coming. He's a great safety valve option, and between him and Brown, and all of the other hole plugging, I honestly think we actually can take BPA at 9 (Would love another WR in the top 2 rounds, but no need to stretch)

WAT

Ahahaha....right Oh God, you were serious. Pray tell what were you right about? Best I've seen you found one government official who has a different opinion Though how on Earth people coming in from South America instead of Mexico changes the discussion sounds like the dumbest distinction ever. I'll take solace in broad stats. Also...you keep failing to prove that sex trafficking would be impacted with any kind of hard data. Again.

Hah! But the longer we deny The Plan, the more my lizard overlords can move into position! Or...I could think that...it might be better to fund our intelligence agencies and local law enforcement as a more efficient method to solve a problem. I dont know, that seems like woolly liberal thinking.

It's cool, anyone who isn't in absolute lockstep with GEOUS Trump is clearly a Deep State agent or a brainwashed NPC who only can parrot spoon fed talking points beamed into our heads by Rachel Maddow. Didn't you get the brain implant memo?

But that's the thing: Experts who deal with the issue, both in and out of the government have said that there is no proof that a wall would do anything: To use your example, nails would be local law enforcement, screws would be border and customs agents, the FBI would be nuts and bolts, and a wall is a blowtorch. It doesn't necessarily cause burning down what you are trying to do, but it might and certainly won't help. Again, I feel like I am beating a dead horse here: this is a serious crime with real victims. How about we don't piss away our resources?

*Sigh*...ok, first things first. I have to educate you. Again. 1) I heard on Friday about Bob Kraft being caught with a prostitute. Hilarious. On Monday, I heard a detailed description of the sex slaves that were being held: Horrific. Somehow, this is confusing to you. 2) I've never denied that sex trafficking is fake. What I have repeatedly stated is that experts have repeatedly said that there is no correlation between sex trafficking and physical barrier. 3) Let's take a moment to highlight what works: detectives. Investigation. The human element. 4) You obviously have not been paying attention to this specific case, because the Sheriff who organized the sting has specifically stated the language barrier being with Mandarin. You really think that front of Asian massage parlors were getting floods of South Americans who could only communicate in Mandarin Chinese? In short: you clearly don't give a flying ***** about the victims. You just like stamping your feet because have a nice little hate *****.

I know many of us have been having a good laugh about Robert Kraft getting caught with his pants down. But I didn't hear until yesterday how horrific it was there. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/robert-kraft-trafficking-florida.html Now, I know everyone here hates human trafficking. I know because I've been lectured about it. So tell me...how was that Wall going to help the Chinese women who were flown in legally, and then had their passports stolen? I mean, it was noticed when a state healthcare worker made a visit and reported a possible crime, followed up by a long sting run by law enforcement who wanted to catch the true crooks. Maybe...just maybe...money is better spent on those things. ?

Ahh ok. That's fair. To me, giving Allen a big bodied player with sure hands to be a check down safety valve could be invaluable. Even if that's this pony's one trick.

I mean, the man has talent. We all saw it. The question was always the work ethic and drug issues. I would be happy to take a flier on him and see if he got his act together.

I'm seeing a lot of people here call him Scott Chandler 2.0 Maybe I'm missing something here, but Chandler was the best TE we've had here in a while. He had his faults, but he was a good route runner with good hands. It wasn't his fault that he had Hackett having him cut at 5 yards on a 3rd &7.

Oooh, look, we have fact checking Ahahaha….right. That's why I link to fact checks and independent journalists. Speaking of which, here is some fact checking on today. https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/feb/15/donald-trumps-news-conference-about-national-emerg/ Oh look, hard facts provided by hard government data. But you'll just ignore it, call it a "talking point" and then keep on with your incessant droning on.