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Likely minimum wage for a player w/ his experience. Can't get any cheaper than that (except of course the SB).

Isn't it Bledsoe's BD, too?

The article makes a point about ambient noise. Much as we've gotten used to excessive ambient light due to 3rd brake lts & daytime running lights to the point where they've lost (most of) their effectiveness, eventualy, we become acclimated to the lessor ambient noise of cars. As for a more proactive solution, how bout the blind wearing hearing attentuating devices or carrying some sort of radar/sonar type device? Seems like a better solution to me.

Pandas shown here drinking milk contaminated w/ the date rape drug. Zoo authorities believe someone referred to as Crash is involved.

THe only one I remember - Mommy, Mommy, the kids at school make fun of me calling me a vampire. Shut up & drink your soup b4 it clots.

"How to impress chicks when drunk" Joe Namath

Weird, 1st time I brought up the 2nd link, I got a still from NCIS & neither of those actresses were her. 2nd time, I got a mag cover w/ Giselle Butdchen (sp?) Dare I try the 3rd link?

Geez. I was thinking Wie or Gulbis

Oh, how times have changed. Maybe I was too young at the time, but I don't ever recall any stink coming from that. (For us, semi-old timers, that was good for a LOL BTW.)

I'm likely gonna have a salad w/ shrimp in it that have been bathing in a dill dressing. (Already working on shredding the winter pounds.)

I have no particular medical knowledge, but I believe a concussion is when the brain 'bruises', that is moves around &/or hit the skull sufficiently to cause trauma (that is to cause problems - memory, balance, sight, speech, etc). Ergo, some people being more susceptible to them than others (& repeated concussions also leading to increased susceptibility).Just like some people bruise easier, bones break easier or are more suscpetible to viruses, why can't some people have more resistance or susceptibility to concussions? I don't know if it is reversing the process, that's what I'm asking. & I wouldn't use the term 'damage'. I agree that a concussion MIGHT lead to brain damage, but what I'm referring to is an innate 'deficiency' that leads itself not only to premature brain degradation but also a susceptibility to concussions. That is I'm questioning whether all the concussions this guy had lead to the brain damage or rather some other genetic defect or disease lead to both the concussions and his demise. FWIW, to the best of my knowledge, I've only had 1 concussion i.e. a whack on the head sufficient to have me black out & cause other 'intermediate' term problems.

There's been a couple of threads about concussions recently & the long term effects. Specifically, they mentioned that the Eagle Safety that recently commited suicide had severe brain degradation. Is it possible that some inherent defect in someone's brain could make them more susceptible to concussions and that their future problems were almost assured of occurring regardless of their history of concussions? i.e. They already possess a "defective" brain that likely will degrade prematurely AND this same defect might make rcving a concussion more likely and that concussions did NOT lead to their later problems but merely a symptom of an existing condition?

Isn't that redundant?

J Hanson fell out of the window, You'd think that his head would be split. But good luck was w/ him that morning, he fell in a big pile of Shhhhh...aving cream. (actually, apparently he hit a roof awning.)

I think the general concensus is that Evans is a solid #1 & Reed a competent #3. Beyond that... Davis & Aiken are major ST contributors. One problem is that Davis is a FA and I suspect unless we "show him the money" (which I don't think is prudent), he likely would like to go elsewhere where he might be in a better position to play WR & catch some balls. That said, unless you've got players that likely show substantially more potential than these 2, you keep them both. Making a couple big plays on ST a game is far more than you can expect a 4th or 5th WR to make on the offense. I don't think either of these guys have much of a chance to be a solid #2. Price was somewhat of a disappointment. I don't know the cap ramifications of letting him go, but I assume since we've got so much room, it really isn't an issue. Cutting him in the offseason is needless, but in my book, come August he's the one that should be looking over his shoulder for the Turk. Parrish seems to be the biggest ?. He made his fair share of big plays, and/but I get the impression that he's not on the field that much. Also, he's our best PR which is something that shouldn't be discounted. Can he be our #2? Let's give him a chance & see, but I'm not too confident that he can be. I'd say bring in another 2nd tier FA a la Price to see if they can make the cut &/or maybe spend a 3rd or 4th round pick. The latter would likely make Reed our #2 by default. As for Wilson, he supposedly has promise. Maybe next yr will be his time to step up, but I wouldn't count on it.

He's an ex-Raider, too. Considering it's the Raiders, I doubt think it's to meet a minority quota at all but a very legitimate interest.

I don't think any knock on Losman WRT accuracy holds any merit. His 1st yr of playing, yes, but not this year. All QBs are prone to being inaccurate when rushed. As for pocket presence, I think he's still deficient. Hopefully, that will improve w/ experience.

Much as I hate to see NE win, SD deserved to lose. As per Marv's adage, you can't give a team a 1st down by headbutting a player needlessly (is there ever a reason for a headbutt?) after you stop them on 3rd. BUT THE MOST MONUMENTALLY, STUPID, ASININE thing you can do is INTERCEPT on 4th down, AND THEN FUMBLE!!! Duh. I don't know whether it's attributable to personal greed or just a total lack of brains which exceeds a single digit Wonderlic score, but McCree cost SD their season. (Then again, maybe he didn't know what down it was. )

I think that the 'new era' of FA has added a couple of thinmgs that enhance the general enjoyment of the NFL, but I'll admit, there were good things about "the good ole days" that I miss. Namely, the last few weeks of the season, most teams are still in the hunt for the playoffs. This means more 'scoreboard watching' which of course enhancing your enjoyment (or else you wouldn't do it) and also enhancing the NFL's "presence". The NFL has now become almost a year round activity although the season for most teams is still only 16 weeks long. Used to be, your season was over come January and you had virtually NOTHING going on, save a couple of days in April, until July; it was then still a couple of months b4 'real' stuff happened.

Not really concerned. I think it's mostly a #s thing. Obviously, when healthy, McGee & Clements are active. Thomas seemed entrenched at the 3rd CB position. Greer is a gunner & solid ST contributor. This would make Youboty the 5th most desirable CB to be active. So, it seems likely that if active, he wouldn't be 'needed' to be on the field, so having him active would merely be for the purpose of giving him exposure. Since this is the case, who do you choose to sit that likely wouldn't contribute?

IMO, Dorenbos was a great punt snapper, but was not particularly good at FG. If I'm not mistaken, we experiemented w/ other people on FGs during his tenure.

Yeah. Let's make a new position for him - Special Asst to the O-Coord in charge of imprudently called & poorly executed gadget plays.

I don't know the specifics of how the schedules are set up, only that it's systematic. The difference between Buf NE & NJJ might well be that we have to play NE & NJJ (the 2 best), and NE plays the worst (NJJ & Buf). As for Mia, perhaps being the 4th place team they likely get to play some games against sucky teams whereas us being 3rd, get tougher opponents.

Can't give you anything too concrete but... CV has been w/ us for a few yrs & when initially signed, got a 'modest' signing bonus. I'd guess cutting him would probably cost <$1m in cap space. Reyes signed a 2 yr deal this past off-season. As per another link, I couldn't find any SB info on him, but his salaries were basically minimum wage. I'd assume it would cost a few hundred K in cap space if we cut him. TKO got a big SB, so he'll probably cost a few mill; possibly more to cut him than to keep him, depending on his salary next yr. I'd (somewhat wildly) guess Holcomb would be in the $500k-$1m range.

As I said, I think there's something 'funny' going on w/ his situation. I couldn't find details on his SB, but I found so, you gotta assume he was pretty cheap. Like many others, I was pleasantly surprised when someone who I thought was basically a body to compete on the Oline basically was the starter from day one. Admittedly, his performance left something to be desired, but why did it take OTAs, TC, 4 PS games, then 6 regular games to figure he wasn't our best option? Imagine rather that Preston beat him out for the starting OL position & he instead was forced to start those 6 games due to injury (w/ equivalent sub-std performance). Would that really have been a bad signing? Likely a few hundred K $ over bare minimum wage for someone who played basically 6 entire games? It certainly wasn't what one hoped for and he'll likely/hopefully be jettisoned b4 the end of next PS, but it didn't waste much cap space & he didn't waste the roster spot.