TheBrownBear

This is the key point. It is a religion. There is no point in really engaging it at this point. You're no more likely to shake a Woke cult member off their beliefs than you are to convert a devout evangelical to atheism. It ain't happening. If a Wokeperson ever wakes up, they'll have to arrive at it organically through their lived experience (which is harder these days as people increasing live online or in the safe space of their "community").

There's definitely some racist toxicity and indoctrination going on there with the younger edgelord types, but a lot of people I know are just frankly frustrated and exhausted by being called bigots or white supremacists for making the smallest argument that isn't in line with the current Woke dogma. If people aren't willing to engage you in an actual good faith discussion and immediately reduce any disagreement to racism, what are you to do? Some get defensive and try to prove their non-racist bonafides, while others lash out back at their accusers. An increasing number of folks just say "F it". If that (a WS) is what I am to you, then I'm just going to wear it. By labeling anyone who disagrees with you a racist (or Uncle Tom), you're devaluing the word and risk making it meaningless.

For those calling the players idiots or saying they don't understand how they could do this, they must not know many problem gamblers. I have more than a few gambling addicts in my friend and family circle, and they have ZERO impulse control on how many, how much and/or what type of bets they lay down. Self destruction (and collateral damage) is their middle name.

Yes, we are squarely in silly season here at TBD.

Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad

Seen her live multiple times. She's a great blues singer.

Quick - somebody get me the Panthers current roster and a list of their recent cuts!

Well, you just ensured that you'll get 3x as many of these articles going forward.

The minute he was injured it became a bad signing. But in Von's defense, he was playing well before the injury and it's not his fault that it happened. As for the other "mentor" stuff, it seems like a cheap shot on your part. They (D Line) all to a T said it was a huge plus having Von around to teach them the tricks of the trade. I'm sure it made a difference over the course of the season. To blame him for the line's performance against Cincinnati is ridiculous, imo.

What about Travis Henry and Antonio Cromartie?

Haha. That's what I was thinking. I'm a Buffalonian and UCLA alum. I had buddies in my fraternity that were Winter admissions. My recollection is that they had to take classes through the Extension program for that Fall quarter and then immediately matriculated into the 4 year program starting in January. I believe they had housing in the dorms as well.

Counting Crows - Anna Begins Weezer - My Name is Jonas last one for now...

Phish - Esther

M83 - Kim & Jessie

Genesis - Me and Sarah Jane

You're joking right, Beck? I mean...you have to be joking, correct?

Tua looks fine. It's April. I'm sure he'll drop the excess 10 or so pounds in the next few months.

Wasn't the same player after rupturing the Achilles. Just another guy now.

The Manuel pick in particular really depressed me. I had seen enough of him to know he didn't stand a chance at being a productive NFL starting quarterback. But to be fair, I had a somewhat similar reaction to the drafting of Josh Allen. I bought the analytics arguments hook, line and sinker. I held out some hope for Josh though since I hadn't really seen him play in college.

Makes sense given the new renderings that were released which I've attached below.

Cam's a bit of a clown, but he seems like a good enough guy, so I'm not going to pile on here. But yeah, no interest in him now that his skills and physical ability have fallen off a cliff.

oh God, oh...

Granted, I'm just some guy on a couch, but I'm guessing it's his pride, and not his business acumen, that just won't allow him to accept anything less than what he's been demanding to this point. People have been trying to make a fool of him and talk down to him, so it's an especially tough pill to swallow to put your tail between your legs and walk back to the negotiating table with a far lower $$$ demand. Again, he could have avoided all of this by hiring an experienced agent who could give it to him straight and quickly negotiate a great deal for both parties without any loss of goodwill or a reputation hit on Jackson's part.

Biscuit, I get where you're going with this and I actually agree with you as it relates to many fans' and pundits' reactions and takes on the Jackson situation (trying to diminish his accomplishments, downplay his actual skills or question his overall intelligence, etc.). But at the end of the day, the owners really don't give a sheet. They just want to win. Jackson isn't getting signed for two reasons. The first, is that they view his demand for a fully guaranteed Watson-style contract as wildly unreasonable. The second, which is tied to the first but actually more important, is that he is, no matter how we try to argue it away, a QB who's success depends greatly on his running ability, that is finding himself increasingly injured as each season passes. With his style of play, he isn't going to get healthier as time goes by. He's just going to get increasingly nicked up until he is a shell of his former self. If Jackson were a "mobile pocket passer" in the mold of Mahomes, Allen, Hurts, Watson or prime Russ Wilson, he probably would have already received his fully guaranteed contract, agent or no. Even acknowledging the above, if he were to swallow his pride, hire an agent now and move off his demand for fully guaranteed money, he'd probably be signed to one of the largest contracts in history within 24 hours.

I can't believe that Jack is only 27. It seems like eons ago that he was tearing it up as a two way star at UCLA.