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Does the fruit ever fall far from the tree?

Title needs help. Thomas is gone

And a medium article to boot; stupid is as stupid does.

But, how tight?

It is kinda like the Artist formally known as Prince, let ‘em name it whatever they want for the cash and just keep calling it The Ralph, save on any confusion that way.

But was it really ever New Era? C'mon, it is either Rich or the Ralph. Rose by any other name.................

And you are surprised by what?

That right there should tell you everything you need to know about people following all those rules you were talking about.

You have never been to the stadium have you?

Might? Ya think?

Twitter is the new National Enquirer. What a joke.

There is a disturbance in the force

One play and the whole conversation changes. Daboll looks like a (dare I say it?) "master" playcaller, the narrative of McDermott being conservative is quietly ushered aside, and the outcome of the game is possibly altered. 'IT'S A GAME OF INCHES!"

At the risk of this turning into a Covid debate and having yet another thread closed because of it. Could you explain exactly what makes this “right?” As they say, “asking for a friend.”

As Bruce Lee said, “Boards don’t fight back.” Race tracks are rigid; they rarely change. Le Mans, Indy, Bristol are relatively the same year in and year out. Granted drivers approach it somewhat differently but have the same goal, to get around it as safely as possible. Results aren’t necessarily guaranteed but there is a pretty standard outcome. Football on the other hand is rather similar to the old war adage that a plan is great until the enemy shows up. A QB has to know hundreds of plays and thousands of assignments and then in seconds be able to decide if the right call has been made before the ball is snapped. Once that happens, mayhem breaks loose. Execution is required in two to three seconds after that. The right execution. Reads, progressions, checkdowns: all of this while a large angry man or men bear down on you with intent to harm. You can’t hear much, your adrenaline is through the roof and everyone is counting on you to make the play. That sounds rather taxing to me ....but so does going 200 miles an hour a couple of feet from another car or cars.??‍♀️

What fun is that?

I don’t trust him at all. Look at what he does to the planet. Pegs is nothing more than a wealthy blood sucker. https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/small-towns-battle-against-radioactive-fracking-waste

Have a Scotch for Marv!

• Matt Birk has a good idea. The former Ravens and Vikings center is a partner in a new company called React, which produces what it calls “Pandemic-proof Contact Sports Schedules.” He told me React will have three versions of an NFL schedule this week that will feature 10 regular-season games, not 16, and would start later, with 11 to 14-day gaps between each game. That would allow for one of the key React ideas—two-day isolation periods for players and coaches and staff around each game, while allowing them to have time with family as well outside of the isolation periods. I asked Birk about the league playing 160 games instead of 256 in the regular season, meaning less TV money. “Not necessarily,” Birk said. “In a normal season,” he said, “you have five TV slots per week—three on Sunday, one on Monday, one on Thursday. On our schedule, you’d have seven TV slots—a doubleheader Thursday, a doubleheader Monday and three on Sunday.” For the 10 games, Birk proposes a full home-and-home division slate, which would take up six games. The other four could be on the baseball model: East versus East, North versus North, to limit travel. I don’t see this being embraced by the NFL, or even strongly considered, until or if the league has some outbreaks, a la major-league baseball and the league might have to consider fewer games. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/08/02/lamar-jackson-ravens-nfl-fmia-peter-king/?cid=nbcsports You seem to have been out in front on this one, Ralph

Excellent questions.

Over a month ago, I posited a thread that asked, “what steps need to be taken to make a season viable.” The first response was a mocking meme of sheep wearing masks. From there it descended into the usual Covid debate about masks, nothing to see hear, and a few who voiced real concerns with actual thought about what might be done. Now a month later nearly everyone acknowledges the big picture. I have from the beginning believed the NFL will open the season but have been extremely doubtful the season will go the distance. Too many variables and unknowns especially without the bubble approach. MLB is showing us in this country that no bubble is equaling no games already. The argument that they play more games and travel more is offset to me , by Football is a street fight inside of a phone booth. There are going to be games where a position group gets hit and the other team is going to have a field day; think offensive line. I don’t care how many people are waiting to step in; three/four/five rookies on your O-line and whoever is in the backfield is either out or in for one very long day. There may be a champ but it may as well be crowned on Madden, because you won’t recognize whoever holds up the trophy. God works in mysterious ways.....

My wife doesn’t like it when I drink that much.

I hate fishing. It and bird watching are boring. Can we have other choices? On a side note, we have all gone from being arm chair quarterbacks to arm chair medical professionals and NO ONE stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night!

This is much better, less soft padding for the power teams to load up on.