WhitewalkerInPhilly

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As a housewarming gift, my in laws got me a propane grill. I used it, because it waa convenient but last memorial day I needed to take out my old weber tailgate grill. The smell of that smoke and what it did to the food was amazing.

I would overpay to get this done

I will say that the standard for wings is a lot lower here than in WNY. That's not to say that there aren't any. There are a few good places that I've found, but in Buffalo most places around the corner have decent wings and here...not so much.

well, 6.8 mill, but again, it's pretty high. That said, there's not a lot of guarantees. After this year, he can be cut for $5M in cap space and as of 2019 he is guaranteed nothing so I wouldn't be shocked if they renegotiate.

That sounds in line with what spotrac suggested he would be worth. If so, it makes letting Woods walk on $7 million a year offer look like a wise choice.

Yeah, the lack of diversity is probably my biggest knock. I remember a little place on Elmwood called NoNoo Ramen. I've been to a bunch of places in a bunch of cities in the US and they are still in my top 5, and they did some great Japanese street food items. They didn't make it a year. I have heard that Buffalo does have a thriving Burmese market, which I'm happy to hear, but for the most part, we do a couple of things very well and not a lot else.

I'm a fan of wrapping asparagus in prosciutto and then roasting it. Mmmm, I am liking where this thread is going. Oh, also Maclin looks to be signing

NICE!!! It would make sense. I remember the delay for the press conference with Mario. Not to jump the gun, but him not leaving this morning is a decent indicator. Sorry I swear, this way I get to talk food and football in one thread. Call it fusion

I should also mention the late night food. I'm more suburbs now, but even when I was living in a part of Philly that had a thriving nightlife, really late night food was a rarity. Even places that did great food along with being a bar would shut down around 11 on weekends. The one place that was open to 2 am has shut down completely since I left. It is mind boggling to me, especially with the fact that most people up that late are really, really drunk and food really helps and there were a lot of bars. There was nothing like Jim's. I have tried, in vain, to get an approximate chicken finger sub out here, and even the local Wegmans failed me.

I know. I was happy when he returned, but man, it really has gone downhill. I used to work right down the street from Santaserios. I usually like newer, or more traditional Italian, but sometimes I just want some gravy (as they say in my area of NJ), meatballs and a lot of cheese. That place is fantastic for what it is: the classic Italian-American.

It's definitely not the most diverse, and a lot of my favorite places trying new things have closed down while the old standards stayed on. But it has a lot of stuff you don't find in other places. Spars does German food better than the one specialty store I know of in Philly. I haven't found a single place that does Leberkase here. People look at me crazy when I try to recreate Beef on Weck, and I still yearn for a Ted's Hot Dog. I also have found how rare it is to find pizza that I grew up with. I see a lot of the NY style, but that is something that really doesn't work well with most toppings, and their pepperoni is usually limp, greasy and inedible. I miss being able to have a pie that is chewy, crisp, and can take a lot of toppings. Every party needs a pooper, that's why they invited you.

Growing up I hated brussel sprouts, mostly because they were steamed or boiled. I like mine roast in bacon fat with parm and lots of black pepper. Yes, we are going food channel on this thread. I am just going to roll with it.

Damn. I hope I look that good at 49, but I sincerely doubt it.

Excellent advice. I'm also a fan of throwing them into a hot oven (450 F) if the heavier veggies crisp up nicely like broccoli crowns, or cauliflower.

I'm a fan of Cantina Loco, especially the Korean style short rib tacos. I'd say Blue Monk, if it was still open. Sigh.

I have a buddy who is a Ravens fan, and he really wants Maclin too, but admits that their cap situation is bad. They can make it work if they start cutting players, but I think the offer here is likely better. We have more money to offer, and he would be working with people he's thrived with in the past, and they clearly want him. I'm not saying it's a lock, but for a one year deal I think we are the better choice.

So...any actual news about Maclin, or more bickering?

There actually is good reason for that. One of Schefter's biggest sources is the agents themselves, and they have reason to leak stuff all the time: maybe it's to show that their client isn't desperate, or that they did their job and gave their player options, or sometimes to drive up the bargaining price. There's a lot of smoke and mirrors to that side of the profession.

I hadn't heard about that. Yeesh. Yeah, that would do it. The only one who would give even close to equal cap space is Smith. They must not feel Mahonnes is ready to step in day one.

This is music to my ears. My biggest concern is that seems too low. Like other people mentioned, Woods got $7M a year. Even Goodwin got around $3M. Now, they can certainly add a lot more with incentives, which is what I suspect is the selling point. If Maclin takes a little less money on a short term deal, with plenty of incentives, working with people he is very comfortable with, it sets him up well for a biggest contract next year. I've been wondering about that. They really are up against the cap. In fact, Maclin's dead money has them over next years projection. I think they are going to try to take one more year at it, but they play in the West as well. I think if they struggle, they yank Smith for Mahonnes and start the rebuild. Of course Bucky would find a way to be a stick in the mud

I was under the impression that Shady new first, since he was visiting Maclin for the wedding, and began the hard sell immediately. Then, TT asked for his number when he heard what was up.

That's kind of my "best case scenario" idea as well. Our WR corps was really scraping the bottom of the barrel last season, and it showed. In particular, the combo of Sammy (true #1 when healthy), Maclin (burner, who would appreciate being matched against the #2 cb again) and Zay (heavy slot use) and you have a 3 WR set that I have difficulty taking off the field. As for the D, I agree about the back end having problems, but Darby and White should be decent 1 and 2 options, and Hyde is versatile enough to do a lot of things, and hopefully the front 7 cranks things up to help them out.

Also, as I'm thinking, there's probably another tie to Maclin as a possibility: McDermott. In Philly, the players who played for McDermott while he was an assistant coach and DC have raved about him, and both Shady and Maclin were drafted the same year that McDermott took over as DC. I wonder if there's any pull there.

I mean, we could maybe swing both, but for the WCO I would rather have Maclin.