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He's saving himself for the important game in Hawaii. Why risk injury & risk not being able to play there. Common man. Priorities.

No. At least I hope not. Presumably based on the book, about a man, his dog (& their family). Marley is the dog (yellow lab IIRC).

It's Catherine Bell. (Rayzers that is. Mine is my dog, Pooch.)

How bout just the opposite? Jauron thinks the other coach is just as bad as him & figures that either he will call the TOs or they'll be so dumb as to have the clock expire b4 they kick the figgie.

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Note that I did put "avoidable" in parentheses. I'm assuming it's a muscle strain. Unlike something like your leg snapping, a muscle strain/pull, at least to some extent, the probability of one occurring and the severity can be lessened by good conditioning, diet and hydration. Look at it this way, in the extreme case, who is more likely to get a back strain, some 50 something outta shape desk jockey doing something strenuous for the 1st time in yrs, or an elite 23 YO athlete doing the same thing? The difference is conditioning.

Oh Man (said w/ a Jamaican accent)! I think last week was the 1st that Omon was active, but I didn't see/notice him on the field (game wasn't on tv, so I can't see a recall, not that I could tolerate it ). This IMO is another example of an "avoidable" injury, which is further indictment of our poor strength & conditioning.

Better than "I buried Paul"

We don't have to worry about the West (DEN 6-5, SD 4-7). If we win out, we beat MIA, so we don't have to worry about them. I think it's safe to assume Tenn wins their division (they already beat Indy once & have a better div rcd). That leaves NJJ (8-3) or NE (7-4), Pitt (8-3)or Balt (7-4) & Indy (7-4). If we win out, that gives NE 5 losses & the Jets 4. If NE loses another, we'd be ahead of them; if not, things go a ways down the division tie-breaker list. They play Pitt & Ari, so another loss is quite likely. (I'd put it at > 80%). The Jets have a relatively easy remaining schedule, so 2 more losses (in addition to losing to us) is unlikely IMO. Balt has a relatively tough schedule, (Dal, wash, pitt, jac, Cin) as does Pitt (NE, Bal, Dal, tenn, cle), so beating out one of them is "reasonable", let's guesstimate 70%. W/ the exception of a game against Tenn, Indy has an easy schedule, so I'll guess they've got a 40% chance of sweeping the remaining games IF they lose to Tenn; let's say them losing 2 is offset by the chance that they beat Tenn (I tend to think it's not). So we have to beat out 2 of the other 3 competitors. Using those odds (20, 30, & 60) of losing out, I believe that means we've got a 36% chance of missing even if we do win out.

I'd be shocked if on a practice day he did more than a 10-12 all out kickoffs. I'd be inclined to think he might only do 1/2 that many. And certainly not every day.

Rian Lindell. Was reading an article & it mentioned that he kicked off 11 times! You might not realize this, but an all out kickoff, when you're kicking the ball 60+ yds, is serious exertion. On top of that, 6 PATs & 4 FGs. He probably played as much as several "significant" contributors on O & D.

Everyone including the announcers. I think it was on his TD pass to Shouman, I think it was the radio guys (watching on the net, while listening to the radio).

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What's up w/ trying to settle for a 50ish yd FG to try to win the game? Do they have that little confidence in our offense &/or Edwards? A 45 yd FG is, what about a 60% proposition? That was imprudent IMO.

I don't think it's necessarily the system, but football experience/smart itself. I'll site a couple of examples : Edwards 2nd INT. Pat* DB has no one to cover in his zone so he puts himself to position himself to make the pick. Smart move on his part & although I would call it dumb, an error on Trent's part. Cassle's TD run. Poz takes off for his zone, leaving him 15 yds away from Cassle's now unobstructed 10 yd path to the EZ. Can't do that w/ a running QB. Smart play by the Patsie* CB that I bet not too many rookies would make & what I'd consider an error on Poz's behalf (who is sorta a rookie). Doesn't seem to me that those decisions/plays were dependent on some sort of great familiarity w/ a system, just football "smarts" in general. Catch-22 is that it's difficult to get those smarts w/o playing.

Yes. Last yr our offense was bad, as in historically so. This yr, they've transcended to an overall level of mediocrity. Our only "significant" addition is a 2nd round WR that's caught only a handful of passes. IIRC, except for our TEs, we really didn't have many injuries to the offense last yr. I believe our line started like 15 games together (Peters being the only one to miss the last game). We lost Lynch for a few games, that's it. I think we've been hit at least as badly w/ injuries already this yr, & for whatever reason, it appears that our Oline has regressed (maybe McNally really did make a diff), yet we're avging about 7 or so more pts/game and (I assume, too lazy to look up the #s) improved our 3rd down conversions considerably and are getting more overall yds.

Was that really a hologram? Looks to me like it could have just as easily been 1 digital image melded w/ another live. She's surrounded by bluescreen, filmed, background is removed then the 2 images merged. Am I missing something? Cool, but hardly a hologram.

I think you might be jumping to a conclusion that either isn't necessarily correct &/or isn't really statistically relevant. I looked it up & we've had 100 attempts against us on 3rd down (I assume this is thru all 8 games), meaning 12 less than last yrs pace. 1st, since our Dee has improved its 3rd down effectiveness, it means teams are sustaining drives less, therefore getting less chances. Simplistically, that ~11% improvement should amount to over 1 more attempt per game. (That's not necessarily true, but I think it's a reasonable assumption/approximation.) Also, I suspect that our offense has improved DRAMATICALLY, holding onto the ball more, thereby keeping the Dee off the field and therefore facing less 3rd down conversions. This is also further substantiated (though not proven) by the fact that our yds per pass play is about the same and our YPC is down. (If they were making more FDs on 1st &/or 2nd, that # would likely be reflected in more yds per play.) This would only not hold if the distribution of yds gained per play has changed considerably &/or they're running for more than last yr (which I assume the opposite is true).

How does resembling Marlon Brando in any way make someone more qualified to answer that?

What side is the banister on? If your knees are ailing, trust me, it's an important consideration. But yes, I'd say the default is on the right. (which somewhat equates to the above question, as most people are right handed, so if given the choice would rather have the banister on their right.)

I believe the "idiots" that he's referring to are other traders. I can only assume that some/most of the instruments that Hedge funds invest in are "zero sum games" (I used to work in Managed Futures; an industry that some (I feel erroneously) lump in as hedge funds.); it's in essence a battle of brains & for someone to be "smart" & make money, someone else needs to be "dumb" and lose money. Ergo, it IS these idiots that he is competing against that allows him to make $, not his investors.

Actually, I'd contend that the diff is only 5:29. There's 60 min in a game; if we lose 5:29, it goes to them & then TOP is equal. Certainly having your QB complete > 80% of his passes, most of them not of the Pennington variety (& no sacks) helps tremendously.

Assume that making a trade is much like buying something. It's certainly reasonable to have the ability to return goods if they don't live up expectations. Specific example, walk into Lowes & buy some composite decking. Bring it home, read the instructions & see that it can't span more than 16" OC. You want to build your deck 24" OC. Nowhere was it shown that the stuff was inadequate for the prescribed use EXCEPT hidden in the instructions. (BTW, I haven't made this error, but only cuz my neighbor redid his deck 1st & educated me that most stuff requires short spans. Let this be a warning to you DYIers that are considering redoing or installing a deck.) Now, let's say that Indy wants their DL to be either over 300 lbs or maybe be able to bench press 400. (Or perhaps in this case have a certain amount of flexibility/motion in their back/spine). They give him a physical & find he only weighs 298 (despite him being listed at 307). They've just "bought" goods that was not what they expected. It's reasonable that in a good faith transaction, they be allowed to return said merchandise.

I is a very amusing show; LOL at times. BTW, the show that clip was from has already aired.

Rather perturbed that it hasn't come down more. Friday, NYMEX price was down to $1.80 front month (it was up about 11¢ Monday); I reckon that should equate to less than $3.00 at the pump here in NYS. (Figuring about $0.60 in taxes & maybe $0.20 profit for the operators. Cheapest I've seen is about $3.15. This is Albany, BTW.