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My son has started rooting for the Fleet for whatever reason. Likely the only child in the school, perhap the county, wearing AAF merchandise. Gameplay is good, especially with the Apollos. Bad coaches are bad no matter what, Mike Singletary. The "budget" in the halftime show is noticeable. Lonely set. If the personalities were anymore vanilla, they'd be wafers. Outside of not having this NFL player thing resolved before starting, I think the AAF would have a better "feel" if they played in smaller stadiums. I'd take a fully filled small stadium over a half-filled large stadium. The Chargers played in a sub 30,000 seat stadium last year and the AAF really should have found stadiums around that mark. The only one that does is Georgia State Stadium (Legends home field).

There was no such thing as draft hats until 2002. It appears Reebok made them a "thing." Up until 2002, everybody was sporting the "main" cap for the franchise.

I think Erie County officials are worried that sure, we have this brand new facility in downtown Buffalo but now we've got a massive white elephant of a stadium in Orchard Park that we'll have to likely spend money to demolish. I think a big factor in the decision is if you're going to spend nearly 1 billion dollars to build something, do you build *just* a football stadium or do you build a facility that can do more than that? I think for the economics to work for everyone (owners and taxpayers) you are going to need to build a facility that generates revenue all year long and that's likely a fieldhouse of some sort with a lot less seats than the current stadium provides. Probably from the Erie County perspective, despite all the positives of a downtown Buffalo location, they'd probably like a new facility built next door to the old stadium and demolish the old stadium for parking so they don't have to foot that bill in the future.

I was told by my vet and have seen it published several times that even though the emotional pain seems just too much to humanly bear, you should be present when it's time. You don't want your loved one to be left all alone, in the care of just strangers.

Waking up pain-free. A clear nose after a cold. A project that goes according to plan.

*Absolutely NO Florida State pass rushers in the 1st round. I see you Andre Wadsworth, Bjoren Werner, Kamerion Wimbley, Jamal Reynolds, Reindard Wilson and even Peter Boulware (who ended up being a LB). All 1st round busts with the exception of Boulware who flourished at a different position. *No injury-prone wide receivers. IMO, Metcalf shouldn't be considered at #9 because of his injuries and I'd be concerned he's got way too much muscle being supported by those ACLs, MCLs and Achilles tendons. I'm ok with the Bills taking Jonah Williams if they plan on slotting him as a guard or center. He's an average LT in the NFL IMO, but likely a great to elite guard or center.

The problem for CNN is opinion is cheap. It's inexpensive to hire people to just talk. That's why ESPN does it. Cheap and fills airtime and enough people find it interesting enough to watch and they are able to con enough advertisers to pony up serious $$$ to advertise on the network. It costs real money and real time to fly reporters and camerapeople all over the world to report on them. There's so much news out there (good and bad) that CNN could literally program an entire 24-7 week without doing a single bit on Donald Trump.

In the battle of Iowa TEs, you really do have to decide between the superior athlete (Fant) and the superior football player (Hockenson). Personally, if I had to choose, I'd go with Hockenson because I think he will pick up the complexity of the plays, routes, blocking assignments, etc. faster than Fant will due to being the more experienced, well rounded football player. Hockenson won't have the hesitation Fant likely will trying to figure it all out. I think the athlete vs. player question at TE is readily apparent when you look at an Eric Ebron vs. George Kittle. Ebron is a superior athlete to Kittle but Kittle already knew how to run routes and catch passes when he entered the league. Ebron had to learn how to do that at a professional level "in" the league.

Democrats are going to find out that nobody really cares about teachers "plight" as a campaign issue. The majority of voters see them as having privliges they do not have - protected by a union, can strike if they don't like their pay and get to go back to work like nothing happened, work only 9 months a year at a desk job, etc. IMO, the Democrats have just a few cards to play where they can outmaneuver Trump and the GOP - the cost of healthcare and the cost of college and the loan racket. However, they'd be attacking Democrat pillars of Obamacare (can't admit it sorta sucks) and the higher education establishment (solid Democratic base).

Forever...and according to AMC, you're going to sit there and like it. At least three tv TWD movies with Andrew Lincoln and likely Danai Gurira (focusing on his post-helicopter rescue life) One more spinoff series in addition to FTWD. I've seen suggestions it could be built around a military theme (ala The Last Ship) or Abraham (pre meeting Rosita) A juicy theory (not a spoiler) going around is that Eugene makes contact with another community and it's Rick that answers the radio, prompting Michonne to go look for him (and transition the actress out of the series.)

CNN as a "news" organization died the day Jim Walton resigned.

For me, I'm able to acknowledge that Donald Trump has a deplorable personality yet I am able to support many of his initiatives. I've met most of the recent former Presidents personally through my travels and career. I think Barack Obama is a good man yet disliked many of his initiatives. Same for George W. Bush. President Clinton was a very likeable man with absurdly poor impulse control. Pragmatically, I have no idea why Trump decided to open this pathetic volley against a man who's passed away. There's a lot of other topics he can emotinally rant on. I think it's beneath the office as well. These guys didn't like each other. Megan McCain loathes the President. We all get it. We didn't need the posthumous refresher.

It is my opinion after all. ?

I think "Washington" has known for sometime that this report wasn't going to say much. It's why the Democrats started their own investigations on so many different fronts. It's why the Republicans are reportedly feeling emboldened. It's why Biden hasn't officially announced his run yet. If the report says nothing new about Trump, I doubt he'll run.

IMO, he's flashing that seeking protection in prison from the AB and other like minded organizations.

It's more 50/50 than most mothers are comfortable admitting. Raising children is akin to flying an airplane. The airplane can get by with one engine but it optimally flies better with two. Both boys and girls benefit from a fatherly influence in their lives.

What's the first rule of being a fan of a team? Never apologize for your decision to be one.

I think TWD would cross so many lines by killing Judith but it would give a Negan a rich vengence/redemption storyline. Something has to occur to get him released by Alexandria and turned lose on the Whisperers, and IMO, the Whisperers killing Judith, Michonne or Gabriel could be the plot device.

I think McCoy's status in Buffalo as straightforward as both team and player have communicated. The FO wants him to be a member of the team. He wants to be on this team.

I picked Williams even if he will be a guard in the NFL, not a tackle. He will likely be a great guard, however.

If you like what George Kittle can do, that's why you're likely ok with picking Hockenson at #9. In order to develop Josh Allen's game, you need to provide him a variety of pass catchers on every pass down. IMO, what sets him apart, like many TEs from Iowa, is he a football player first, athlete second. I think that's important when you get to the NFL as everyone is an amazing athlete, the plays are more complicated, the game is faster, etc. Guys like Nkoju and Ebron are superior athletes who had to learn how to play football to produce in the NFL. I don't know what happened with Ebron in Indy, but it's like there was a legitimate football epiphany there because he went from catching absolutely nothing to catching everything.

I think a difficult pill to swallow for Democrats is that especially in regards to foreign policy, Trump's approach is more Democratic Party than it is traditional Republican Party. Hell, a good barometer of knowing your foreign policy is headed in the right direction is when Dick Cheney hates it.

If any former NFL players or Uncle Ricos are legitimately interested in getting back in the league or finding their way to it, they have more opportunities today than ever before between the AAF, XFL, goodl ol' CFL and the camp tryouts NFL teams run before the "real" minicamps. I'm sure JP Losman has moved on with his life but why a young guy like Karlos Williams who has stated a desire to get back to the NFL, wasn't the first guy in line for the AAF befuddles me.

I don't think Biden is going to withstand the social media barrage he'll likely get from the radical wings of his party. He's going to say a lot of things that crew does not want to hear like "No, we can't do Medicare for all" and any sentence that starts off with "When I was Vice President...."

I voted no because Kitchens is an unproven coach. Some guys are great, brilliant coordinators and dismal head coaches. There's always potential for sophomore slump as defenses now have had an entire offseason to gameplan for your quarterback. Lots of new players takes time to mesh, especially on offense. I think they are, dare I say it, "playoff caliber" but it's not a gurantee.