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I don't know what your travel plans are as far as how you are going to work your way through the country however if time allows I would suggest between Florence and Rome you hit a few villages that are up in the mountains. Just incredible scenery. San Gimignano (or Sam Jimmy Valvano which I thought was hysterical after too much red wine) is incredible. It's a medieval pissing contest where families built a tower to be taller than the tallest and kept going. It's on a mountain and offers incredible views in all directions. Really I can't say enough about the Tuscan region in general. Rome and specifically the Coliseum also were incredible. Sitting in the stands you can feel the history. The first time I went I was about 18 and it struck me that all of the history in America is a couple of hundred years. Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty etc were really old to me at the time. Seeing the coliseum and thinking about the gladiators and ship battles and all of the history involved was life changing as corny as that sounds. I've been 4 times and go somewhere new/discover something new each time. Unfortunately I haven't made it far enough North to get to Venice but that will happen next trip next May. I hope you make it back eventually as Pompeii is also a must visit. I wrote so many school book reports on it then got to stand in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius.

Just texted my wife that this is a necessity for the trip lol

Disney World. We will have dates finalized by the end of this month then planning begins. My daughter loves to dress up as different Disney Princesses so there will be at least one meal with them that I heard needs to be booked well in advance. Going with extended family and they are all planners. They are already anxious dates and itinerary aren't planned lol. Absolutely! For a few bucks I can't skip fast pass so I don't have to stand in that heat any longer than necessary! Oh man so much baby powder going with me on this trip. I've already started dieting so I'm not fat and hairy lol. I might even shave my beard for this trip!!! I'm the only guy rooting for overcast weather for their vacation

I have one and only one thing on my bucket list. I want to see the aurora borealis live. Even videos of it give me the goosebumps. Maybe combine Gugny's list with mine for a truly cathartic experience.

I hate that I am commenting on this lol Has to be his back 1. no belly button 2. jeans tag which is always in the back is visible. I'm gonna go look at pictures of kittens now

Disney. In August

Yeah Hood is a great piece. I don't know if this will work as they have created almost an entirely new team around LeBron and Love and I guess JR lol. I am interested to see how quickly they can gel together. I don't know that these moves keep LeBron but they at least did something with that cancerous locker room. Starting 5? George Hill, JR Smith, LeBron, Love, Tristan Small Ball George Hill, Clarkson, Hood, LeBron, Love Big Lineup Clarkson, Hood, LeBron, Love, Tristan I guess I like these moves better than I thought. Might be enough to still win the East but still no shot at GSW imo.

Wow they are blowing up that team!!! LeBron has to be leaving this offseason right?

21. Mason Rudolph OSU QB 22. Maurice Hurst Michigan DT 53. James Washington OSU WR 56. Jerome Baker The OSU LB 96 Duke Dawson Florida CB 117. Mark Walton Miami RB 149 Will Clapp LSU OT 157 Jaylon Ferguson LA Tech DE Some guys of note: Rosen and Darnold 1/2 Mayfield 6 to Jets Josh Allen 15 to Arizona Lamar Jackson 27 to Saints

When I first saw this I thought it was a terrible trade. However it does clear a ton of cap for the Lakers. Maybe they will be able to go the 2 max guys route this off season now. I actually believe this might happen now after doubting it all year. I will call that IT goes back to Boston next year for peanuts. This has to have been a very humbling year for him. Wonder if he recaptures the magic or continues to struggle.

What a move by the niners if they could pull it off though. A few months ago they traded the 41st pick for him. If they could turn 41 into 21 and 22 and then sign Cousins? That would be an amazing coup by Lynch and Shanahan. Cousins and 3 first round picks to build around would catapult that team back to contention. What is Jimmy G's trade value? When I saw this thread I started thinking about it. If you are Cleveland would you give up 4? Rob Johnson fetched 9th overall with a much smaller resume but draft picks weren't thought of as quite as valuable imo. 21 and 22 isn't that unreasonable if the Bills are thinking about packaging them to move up anyway. Garoppolo has experience and looked very good in the NFL. Packaging to move up gets them a much bigger question mark. I can't nail down what I think would be good value for him. Would Denver or the Jets part with their first? Then SF can have 5 and 10 or 6 and 10 and probably move one of those picks to a qb needy team to gather more capital. Interesting to think about...

I kind of agree with this but some minor points I have disagreements. A pass rusher can be a game wrecker and changer. I can't/won't argue they won the super bowl last year and almost again this year without him. That is the nature of the beast though, if they hadn't traded Jones he might have walked last off season. He was traded as they didn't think they could/would re-sign him. Don't forget he signed an 83 million dollar deal before last year. The only other point I disagree with is that Brady had a td catch. No way was he going to score. He had a first down for sure but he was at the 28 when he dropped it. There was an Eagle defender at the 10 as well as 2 more closer that would have had a shot at him.

He isn't losing wages. He was placed on administrative leave for an investigation to take place. He will be cleared and return to work once this blows over if they are indeed false. Should the company (Panthers) do nothing with the complaint because it might not be true? Boyst I don't even know what to say. Stop with the victim complex. He IS innocent until proven guilty. That is what is going on now. His employer received a complaint and is investigating it. As much as you are complaining about this it is happening exactly as you say it should. He doesn't have to answer to us. Not a single post has said he was guilty. The couple you took issue with said there MIGHT be something there. His company has a reputation to uphold so no he doesn't have to break the law to get in trouble at work. He signed an policy that explicitly states "It is not enough simply to avoid being found guilty of a crime. Instead, as an employee of the NFL or a member club, you are held to a higher standard and expected to conduct yourself in a way that is responsible, promotes the values upon which the League is based, and is lawful. Persons who fail to live up to this standard of conduct are guilty of conduct detrimental and subject to discipline, even where the conduct itself does not result in conviction of a crime." Further down the policy "Violent or threatening behavior among employees, whether in or outside the workplace" also "Conduct that imposes inherent danger to the safety and well being of another person" They received information and are investigating it. Isn't that exactly what you are banging the table for? I will guarantee he is on paid leave. So he isn't losing money and if the allegations can't be further substantiated he will bear no scars from it. He will return to work and that's that. What are you even complaining about? I get that you are a white male and therefore have it harder that anyone else in America but put it to rest in this thread.

so my wife's cousin is a nutritionist and going to open her own business. Asked wife and I to be test subjects for lack of a better word. She then proceeded to change everything that we eat and remove gluten and dairy from my diet. I kindly told her that wouldn't work for me . Anyway I'm down to 217 which is 8 pounds down since I started. Still not doing much other than smoothie in the am and trying to control portions. We just bought a treadmill and that is the next adventure! How's everyone else doing?

Joe Flacco comes to mind. Baltimore wasn't sure they would re-sign, cue magical playoff run capped with a super bowl, huge contract, Ravens haven't been good since. Reason for caution with Foles. He and a bunch of other guys. I think it might have been transplant that laid qbs out as great qbs, then middle of the road guys that can be great and can also make you want to rip your hair out. Tyrod is one of about 15 of those and Foles might too after his recent run. Wow he played out of his mind last night and really the entire playoffs. Not sure if the light came on or if it was lightning in a bottle but that was incredible. He pantsed the Patriots last night!

I really like this comparison. I think as well Jordan's teams are better than given credit and LeBron's has dragged some bad teams to long playoff runs.

I have never even heard a rumbling of this and couldn't find anything by googling. I'm interested, do you mind elaborating?

Now this I can't argue. One qb with the game on the line? Has to be Brady. How many times have we seen it? Okay so I actually just looked this up and he actually trails Peyton Manning in both of these categories as well lol. Peyton is my goat qb for this era. I know this isn't a ridiculous metric but; Manning 10-6, hurt colts 2-14. Brady 16-0, hurt pats without him 11-5. The Pats are still a good team without Brady. The Colts were atrocious without Manning. Manning dragged some really bad defenses with him. Brady won his first 3 on the backs of his defenses. Brady is unbelievably great I just think Peyton was a better qb.

I think if you remove the team success it bumps Brady down. I feel like Peyton Manning on the Patriots would have won at least as much. If you take out the super bowl wins and just look at gross stats then: Brady is behind Favre, Peyton, and Drew Brees in passing yards Brady is behind the same 3 for completions Brady is behind Manning and Favre for tds Brady is behind Rodgers and Wilson for passer rating Brady is behind Brees, Stafford, Peyton, Luck, and Ryan for passing ypg Brady is tied for 25th in career ypa If you like next gen stats then: Brady is behind Rodgers and Peyton for any/a Brady is tied for 13th in career passer rating Peyton and Brees routinely rank higher than Brady in career stats. Neither have had the team success or quality team around them that Brady had but I don't think Brady did anything they couldn't have done. It's hard for me to say Brady is the unquestioned goat when there are 2 contemporaries that are arguably better than him. Brady has one of the greatest coaches of all time and his brilliance of taking below market deals allows better teams to be put around him. Manning and Brees screwed the pooch in that aspect. I really dislike comparing across eras as each time is such a different game so I won't get into Marino/Montana vs. Brady. Brady really impressed me last night. He had so many throws falling away or just straight up not looking and they were dimes. It does amaze me how wide open New England receivers always seem to be but that is a different conversation for a different day... Brady is an absolute stud. I just can't wait for the ped info to surface As an aside I was really surprised that Favre kept coming up in these lists. I know he played forever and had the ironman streak but he rarely if ever gets brought up in this conversation and he is top 3 in most categories! I think in my mind I have under rated him.

I'm biased? I absolutely prefer Tyrod to Peterman. So I guess? Let me put it to you this way: I work in HR so I do a lot of hiring. If I hire someone that comes into work and they do alright but I know I can get better I will look to work with them and improve their skills until I think they are maxed out (this is where we are at with Tyrod). If someone comes in and is an absolute train wreck of an employee I move on from them. Sometimes it takes a year to make that decision, sometimes 6 months, sometimes 1 month, sometime 1 week. If Peterman came in and threw for 150 yards, 2 ints, and 0 tds I wouldn't feel this strongly. He didn't. He literally set a record for how bad his performance was. He wasn't just kind of bad he was in the history of the nfl bad. Why should the Bills invest any more in him? In my mind every one on the team should be there (including Peterman) until they prove that they don't belong or someone beats him out. Keep Peterman and hell keep Taylor until we have a better option at QB. Hopefully that is this year! edit: I see you added the part about defenses and yes Seattle's defense carried them to the Super Bowl twice and Wilson rode coat tails. Now that he is the big money focus the team hasn't enjoyed the same success. He won a playoff game throwing for 103 yards!!!

Is Russell Wilson serviceable? In 2016 he had a 3,5,and 6 point game. Is everyone's favorite ginger Andy Dalton serviceable? He had 3 7 point games and a 0 point game I don't want to keep digging but there are many more examples. After watching the offense score points in 2015 and 2016 with TT at the helm I put a lot of the failure on Dennison. I also want to point out that even with how much worse the offense was at scoring points this year it still outscored teams qbed by Derek Carr, Eli Manning, and Andy Dalton among others. So yes he is indeed serviceable and still a top 20ish qb in the league. Regardless of how badly people hate him he is certainly a low end starter level qb in this league. Peterman on the other hand is even a low end back up at this point.

First dropped mic doesn't fit here lol To your second post what if the guy playing for 7 years can play heart and soul and chopsticks and the new guy sits down and promptly pukes all over the piano? Tyrod has demonstrated he can be a serviceable qb in this league. Peterman has done NOTHING to show he can. Tyrod isn't a world beater by any stretch and I think we all want better from the position. Peterman isn't that guy though.

I tried to make it through this thread without reacting. I failed. I did make it almost through 2 pages though which is something.... Nope not blinded by affection for Taylor. That was some of the worst quarterbacking I have ever witnessed. Worse than Fitz at the end of a close game, worse than EJ in London, worse than 56 yards passing the week before. Don't forget he fumbled multiple snaps as well. He just isn't good. There is no shame in not being good enough at QB to play in the league. There aren't even 32 guys in the world that can do it effectively. Further he was a 5th round pick for crying out loud. Did anyone care Cyril Richardson didn't get more than a couple of games? How about Zebrie Sanders or Tank Carder? Tank didn't even make it through preseason! Johnny White at rb remember him? Yeah me neither also a 5th rounder just 7 years ago. The odds were stacked against him and it didn't work out. Most of the Peterman support seems to come from Tyrod bashers. I keep saying it but you don't have to like Peterman because you don't like Taylor. It is hilarious that "only 3 ints in that Chargers game were his fault" is not only used but oft repeated. Like only throwing 3 ints in 1 half is any sort of good/ok. Peterman doesn't belong in the league. One of many millions of people that this statement is true for. He got his shot and failed spectacularly. In 5 years the only reason we will remember that he started a game is because of how atrocious it was. Jeff Freaking Tuel played better in his start and never got another shot. Keep him on the roster until someone better can take his place but that bar, to me, is incredibly low.

For sure. That's why it would be a death blow for me. NBA is my second favorite sport to the nfl. Gonna have a hard time convincing myself it's all legit if they have a financial interest in gambling. I already struggle with the idea that billion dollar organizations are run on the up and up but this would be difficult to overlook. How long before we have our own serie a scandal?

While I haven’t tallied the volume splits for the examples above, I would be shocked if less than 25 percent of Mayfield’s long pass plays were of this variety. I wouldn’t be surprised if they accounted for 35-45 percent of his big-play completions. That is a direct quote from the article. This guy takes the time to come out with an article knocking Mayfield but doesn't take the time to actually come up with the numbers. Lazy journalism imo. He may be right but this article isn't a convincing argument to me.