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I think Lamar Jackson is doing exactly what the Ravens hope he'd do. They hope he leaves as a FA. I don't think Lamar Jackson is 100% healthy, nor will he ever be. The Ravens know this. This is why the Ravens are likely pitching a new deal that doesn't have a lot of guaranteed money but a lot of playing time and performance incentives. A deal he surely will never sign. They don't want to be attached to him as the QB on a long term deal, despite the public posturing. The Ravens can't trade him and get the value they seek, either. The NFL knows what the Ravens know. My guess is they will ride with him in 2022 and then let him walk.

One way to find out! Same could be said for dudes who play basketball overseas and manage to give the US "Dream Team" a good beating. It'd give the reason for the NFL players to show up so they aren't embarrassed.

NFL pros versus CFL pros (or USFL!) would be interesting if you could come to agreement on the rules and field dimensions. Back in the day I always wanted to see how the best NFL Europe had compared to the NFL. Move the Pro Bowl around to cities that do not have an NFL team but have a major college team (and stadium). Play it in Nebraska or Happy Valley.

Sweepstakes for a group of fans to coach the game and call all the plays. Flag football with teams comprised from each division only. (AFC East vs. AFC South) Can only run plays from a selected historical era of football (only plays can be from the 70s) Legends game (bring back TO!)

I have a feeling this was a battle of wills between two jerk personalities. The airline employee needed to de-escalate that situation as best he could, not escalate it. De-escalation skills aren't taught enough in customer service. The best people at that game are your bar/club bouncers. They are better than most police officers because they do it so often, that the fight/flight response you feel viscerally when threatened has been honed where they can control it. You don't lose your man card by doing it.

Anyone want to take wagers that the 2022 monkeypox was another lab accident? It's alarming at how fast this "novel" "rare" virus is spreading. Let me know if that sounds somewhat familiar.

Biggest weakness is the team reading and believing its own press, and not getting over their collective selves. All this Super Bowl talk can be dangerous to a team not accustomed to such air, as it can lull you into a false belief that your collection of superior talent will win out the day in the end, and you can turn on the intensity and focus when it's "needed."

The answer is simple. The train horn.

I feel Hollywood probably thinks audiences don't want to see a 51-year old woman in a bikini. They'd be wrong when it comes to her.

Top Gun + Christopher McQuarrie. Has he ever written a bad screenplay? Filled with great actors. Tom Cruise doesn't mail it in. Top Gun - the annoying political correctness. Can't wear the Taiwan flag on the jacket, cast "looks" correct. May make for a bland film so no one is offended. Likely no Jennifer Connelly in a bikini playing volleyball.

Too soon. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Yes. IMO, the classical analog watch separates the adults from the children in the room. I cringe when I see a man pay attention to every outfit detail but the plastic watch on his wrist.

His biggest detractor was the one that stared back at him in the mirror every day.

Dropping the car in TN is a rouse. IMO they headed west then south. They will ultimately try to cross the border via tractor trailer. Maybe Brownsville. Guys in prison that long have connections on the outside.

She won't last very long. She'll quit. Based on what I've read about her, she's quiet and doesn't thirst for the limelight. Being the center of attention every day will exhaust her. IMO, the best press secretary in recent times was Tony Snow during the GWB years. Second place, Mike McCurry. Obama's were terrible. Trump's were god awful terrible because they were interested in sword fighting the press. Psaki was the continuation of the terrible.

The truth is uglier - COVID is likely just the latest lab accident. SARS, MERS, 2009 flu outbreak, even the swine flu of 1976. All bugs with no known origin in nature - to this day.

Leaking a preliminary SCOTUS opinion is another piece of evidence that America is in a troubling decline. I didn't think someone working for the Court would do that.

I voted other. Dareus is my vote because he delivered on his potential and decided on his own to turn it off and stop being a great player. The interesting thing about all these busts is that the red flags about these players were well documented, in different draft evaluations. It wasn't just one scout or commentator saying it, multiple people said it.

CNN, in current iteration, is a money losing product nobody watches as it became a fever dream of Jeff Zucker's politics. The data shows that. I expect new ownership will make changes. I think streaming services are in for a long retreat due to 1) people cutting "easy" expenditures where they can and 2) people getting out of the house.

The Contractor is a bland movie with great actors mailing it in while on vacation in Europe. The only streaming service produced action movie that's worth anything remains Extraction. I'd argue it's one of Chris Hemsworth's best films to date.

I think any man over the age of 25 should have it checked every couple years. Male menopause is just as real as the female menopause. Low testosterone wrecks a man's shop, especially in helping keep a beer belly.

Yes. Spurs fan since the mid-80s, pre-David Robinson, around the time I started watching the Bills. I've enjoyed being a Spurs fan through the decades. The early 90s where the Spurs were on the cusp was both exciting and frustrating to watch. Their first title in 1999 was the sweetest of the titles. I was a long time Pirates fan but divorced the team several years ago and haven't looked back. Bob Nutting is the worst owner in all of North American professional sports. I challenge you to find a cheaper, more petty owner than Mr. Nutting.

I'm making three non-exercise equipment suggestions here, especially if you've felt you failed on a diet before: #1. If you have good to great health insurance, you may want to consider enrolling in your health system's weight management center. These centers are usually split into two - medical weight management and bariatrics (surgical weight loss). Medical weight loss, coupled with guidance from a nutritionist and exercise may be the ticket to long term success, especially if you're in your 30s and up. Metabolism and genetics are cruel, unrelenting factors, and eating habits and the urge to eat are very difficult to change. Food is much like alcohol - you can get addicted to it, and addiction is very hard to break, especially in times of stress and boredom. #2. Get your testosterone levels checked. If you are deficient or severely deficient in testosterone, you're not losing that belly fat. Testosterone therapy is expensive BUT it's quite beneficial. The majority of men are deficient in testosterone - you'll have the outliers, but for the majority of us, we're losing it slowly by our late 20s. #3. Sleep apnea is a big problem in overweight men. Fixing that, along with losing the weight, can help a lot.

I'd be very happy with Lloyd or Dean at #25. I like both the linebackers at this spot. Between the two IMO, Lloyd is the better athlete with better size, Dean is the better football player, with more football IQ at this point in the games they've played. I'd pass on the trade. The linebacker unit needs an infusion of talented young players.

I'd argue it's the best of the Die Hard series and one of his (and John McTiernan's) best movies. I think it slightly edges out the first. The action is crisp and you're immersed into the NYC of the mid-1990s. It's loaded with fantastic actors. If they would have used what's known today as the "alternate ending", it would have been the top one by the country mile.