Hapless Bills Fan

I Love You Man! And you're still not getting my Bud Lite.

Nah, we'll leave it up. Sorta like the rattle on a rattlesnake, it provides useful notice that a snake may be in the vicinity. Listen up brighteyes, I'm old and not an internet genius but I can figure out how to 1) log in to see fewer ads 2) not see any ads I don't wanna see. But I'm sure, using the "contact us" button at the bottom of the screen next to "theme", @SDS has already gratefully received your offer of an alternative method to pay his server bills, in the form of a generous donation in exchange for an ad-free experience. No? Huh.

Maybe I've been missing some stuff that came out, or maybe I'm less logical than I think I am, but I'd still reserve judgement on whether he's hosed until all the facts/evidence come out. I mean, I've seen cases that I thought were pretty slam-dunk get systematically unraveled in court. Of course these were criminal cases so 🤷‍♂️ I'm not defending Watson as innocent or suggesting a conspiracy or anything, just that it wouldn't surprise me

There’s also the “other Allen”, former Panther Kyle

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he sounds good, but we don’t have a 4th round pick unless Beane does some pick packaging magic & trades up or, trades down from pick 30

I find #4 especially beneficial

Some people would argue he was a better QB (higher completion %, more ypg) albeit a less effective rusher. I’m not going to go there. The point is, he returned to the NFL game after being suspended, tried, convicted and serving time in prison.

The "cleft stick" for the family is that the best brain-injury treatment is very costly, and payment may have to be guaranteed up front. Medical insurance will try to minimize what they pay for using sometimes unrealistic definitions of "progress" then saying "insufficient progress, patient not rehabilitatable, therapy no longer authorized". Let's not get into what Medicaid offers in MO, if the family should have to rely on Medicaid. Meanwhile the child's best chance at the best outcome possible for her, lies in early and intense therapy at the best places. So yes, I see your point that parties involved would want to hold back from a settlement to see how well she recovers, but hold back and she may not recover as well as she could, because the optimal window for brain trauma recovery will close without being able to pay to deliver the optimal care to the child.

They were saying from the start 30-60 days, but it's now 60 days so... The State of MO has no restrictions, but individual counties and cities do. KC and St Louis have mask mandates etc.

The young crash victim is still in the hospital, and her family is getting salty about no charges for Britt: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/britt-reid-crash-victim-not-to-be-forgotten-ex-coach-living-his-normal-life I defer to the wisdom of those involved in the field, but it seems incredible to me that they don't have toxicology results yet on Reid. It's closing on 60 days.

by "The Texans" I would assume you mean, one or more people in a position of power with the Texans? In that case, I believe an immediate SAR operation should be launched to find said person's last remaining neuron or neurons and return them safely to their skull.

I said that about Michael Vick. And yet....

I find this difficult to interpret. It mentions NextGenStats, which defines a completed pass of >20 yds as a deep ball. It's not clear to me whether NextGenStats are using air yards, or total yards for these passes (I hope the former). However, in a bit of digging, I found "The 2020-2021 Deep Ball Project" which ranks every QB by deep ball accuracy (they are making judgements as to whether a ball was on target and catchable, but not caught). Part 1 explains their methodology. They use air yards and break down passes by different distance ranges. They calculate both completion % and accuracy %. https://brickwallblitz.com/2021/02/16/the-2020-21-deep-ball-project-part-1-3/ Allen's stats are found in Part 3 where he ranks 7 out of 32 out of accuracy %, an improvement from 2019-2020 where he ranked 29th out of 32. https://brickwallblitz.com/2021/02/16/the-2020-21-deep-ball-project-part-3-3/ One can also go through and look at the specific completion percentage for each distance range, as well as the accuracy percentage for each distance range and rank there. Enjoy.

Apparently he lost his starting job to an UDFA, and the Titans analyst viewpoint is the Titans still need more depth there.

6 years past. Ty Nsekhe had his past history as well. I wonder why he was still around in FA? The Titans had a great run blocking OL in 2019 and 2020. Not so hot in the passing game, but unclear that was on their pass protection and not their philosophy and play design. I woulda thought a team with a sieve of an OL would siphon him up. In any event, he's played G and C so it would seem re-signing Boettger and Feliciano and renegotiating with Morse hasn't stopped the Bills from at least bringing in solid vet competition. Why? Played the last 2 years for Meathead and the Titans.

Taking the allegations on face value, certainly. And I don't believe a "conspiracy" of this size could credibly be pulled off without someone blowing it open. I still believe that everyone deserves his day in court and his right to face accusers, hear the details, and present exculpatory evidence. There have been some modern equivalents of the famous "Salem Witch Trials" where people's memories and thus testimonies were manipulated in various ways. So I won't claim that people who hold back and reserve judgement are "blind" or lack "logical minds", either, and if that looks like "defending a predator", I can live with that.

I wanted to react to this but I wasn't quite sure how. "Like" or "Thanks" didn't seem right...but I agree with the general premise so "Sad" or "Shocked" doesn't seem right. To step away from the murder analogy, next time I get a speeding ticket if I decide to take it to court, I'm sure the judge will be incredibly impressed to hear about all the routes, days, and years I've driven the same car and not gotten a speeding ticket. That'll really persuade him I wasn't speeding on the date and time the ticket was issued. Oh. Maybe not.....

I know, right? I can see maybe half a dozen? especially for a pro athlete, if they specialize in different techniques or some work different muscle groups better than others, or to have a "backup plan" if he needs a massage like NOW and the first preference is booked up while the second one has a sick kid. I've experienced what a great massage can do for some screamingly painful overworked muscle groups and if I were a wealthy pro athlete, I wouldn't want to have to delay that therapy when I need it. I've also had massages that didn't measure up to that standard. 20 different massage therapists? 40 different massage therapists? For a guy who can get recommendations from teammates and trainers?

I'm not doubting you, but I'm looking for data on completion % on throws of various distances (NFL.com is just >20 yds). Can you point me at a source of this info? Can you point me at this? The stat I found, only gives data on the total yards gained on a play. It doesn't differentiate between air yards and YAC. Thanks.

Agree about the lawyers. Yeah, I think that whole "here are 20 people who had no problems with him" strategy is a mistake, from the courtroom perspective. I think that most adults have an experience of someone or some company that evidently has perfectly satisfactory interactions with other people, really doing us wrong. The remodeling company that our neighbors used and recommended that screwed us. The guy who everyone we know says is such a nice guy, but who took advantage of us. The ex-spouse who broke our heart and treated us like dirt, but who apparently has a good relationship with their next partner. We all learn to say "OK, sucks to be me on this one" but we (most adults) don't question or dismiss our own bad experiences because someone else had a good experience. Psychologists have some studies of this and one of the more telling popular accounts is in "Gift of Fear" by Gavin de Becker. De Becker explains how criminals and abusers actually have a conscious or subconscious pattern of "testing" potential victims for cues that they can be maneuvered into a vulnerable position and taken advantage of. It can be fairly subtle stuff like reaction to an offer of help, or excessive social physical contact like draping an arm over the shoulder. If Watson were seeking women who would give him a particular reaction, then he might "test" with one cue and depending on the reaction to that, he would either escalate or desist. That is the way I see it. Assuming the allegations have merit, not just a "happy ending" but a particular reaction (fear, discomfort, shock, whatever) that he got off on. Because, if Watson just wanted a happy ending, why not just use a discrete professional escort who is in the business of providing sexual services?

So one difference between a criminal case and civil proceedings, that I learned when I was impaneled as a potential juror for the latter - you're quite correct that in a British or American criminal court, the defendant doesn't need to "prove" anything, it is "up to" the prosecution to prove guilt beyond a "reasonable doubt". But in a civil proceeding, the jury simply needs to believe it's "more likely than not" to have happened as alleged.

I'm not sure the additional 20 therapists makes his case worse, but if I were on the jury it wouldn't change my viewpoint about whether the allegations against Watson are "more likely than not" true. I would think "perhaps he went to these therapists for "sports massage" and the others for "relaxation massage" and the latter is when this behavior occurred". I understand is not uncommon among abusive or predatory people to "test" potential victims for certain reactions and only act if the "test reaction" is "favorable" to what they want, so I would think also "maybe he "tested" each therapist in some way and got a reaction from these therapists that led him to behave properly. I'm trying not to judge Watson here, but my opinion aligns with your view that it's strange, as a defense strategy.

He mighta thought it was slang for taking a whizz

And, it should be noted, had some elite play last year as well, especially towards the end of the season.