The Frankish Reich

Russell Wilson QB rating: 108.5 this year, 84.4 last year. Watson: 69.1 this year, 79.1 last year. Not even in the same league. It's not that Wilson has been good overall; he hasn't. It's that Watson has been probably the worst starting QB (not counting Zach Wilson!) in the NFL over the course of 8 starts (basically half a season) since coming back from suspension.

Do you ever wonder whether Ol' Tarheel actually marched to THE CAPITOL on January 6? He seems awfully defensive about the whole thing.

True. Russell Wilson's contract is bad, and I think everyone believes Sean Payton wants out of it. But his dead cap hit is $49 million after 2025. Not good, but they may think it's manageable and not a total franchise destroyer. You know Payton was already thinking that through when he took the Broncos job. That's $90 million less than Watson's at the same point. Plus Russell Wilson has been a disappointment, but he hasn't been downright awful in most games. He's actually been pretty decent in 2 games under Payton. Th Watson contract is just unreal awful.

Wow. Even worse than I thought. I looked it up on Spotrac. It actually looks like a joke - Watson's dead cap hit if they cut him this year is $220 million! Yeah, so they won't do that. What about after the season? Move on and rebuild? How about $201 million. OK, then after 2024. I mean, surely that'll work? No. $137 million. Then $73 million after 2025. Then it finally becomes possible to move on for the 2027 season, when his dead cap hit is $9 million. So three more seasons after this one before there's a light at the end of the tunnel. I actually feel sorry for Browns fans, who did nothing to deserve this.

I thought I read here that Trump is the Sworn Enemy of Big Pharma. That he'd put an end to the tyranny of Big Pharma, not to mention their conspiracy to microchip us through the so-called COVID "vaccines?" How is it that Robert Wood Johnson IV of Johnson & Johnson fame supports him? There must be some mistake.

What, like Aaron Rodgers doesn't count?

Right. It's not just the contract in the abstract, giving a guy who was injured/would be suspended for over a year and a half, who would be 27 by the time he got back, and who didn't profile as a guy with longevity. No, you have to add to that the PR hit they took by signing him too. I can't think of a worse contract in professional sports. Ever.

Hang them right next to your He Hate Me Vegas Outlaws game-worn jersey.

But Ray Epps! But Ray Effin Epps!!! Crybaby.

Wow. I knew Edmunds was known for playing back, but that's a huge difference.

Is the NFLPA calling for artificial turf to be installed in Pittsburgh after Nick Chubb's injury?

OK, I try to be a nice guy. Most of the time. But really, I gotta call this one as I see it. You've outdone yourself. The all time stupid comment on the board. And that's saying something. Federal payments to poor people stopped. Which is obviously what you wanted. That caused the child poverty rate to tick back up. So you don't realize it, but you appear to be arguing that we should reinstate federal COVID wealth transfer programs. Congratulations. We found a Biden voter. Think before posting. It's refreshing!

Sounds like someone's little "but what about Ray Epps, walking around with no consequences whatsoever" talking point has been taken away, leaving him crying for that special binky (and once again responding to people he performatively "ignores" - so cute!) No, but they shared the same moronic tendencies to go off at "the man" when they didn't get their way.

That is pretty good. But Fetty Man: do we have to join her in a race to the bottom? They are busy beclowning themselves. Maybe it would be a good idea to stay (err, get) classy in response?

Yeah, I love her comment style, as if she has any idea what she's talking about. "Hmm, I don't recall ever seeing a disorderly conduct single misdemeanor charge in a federal information." Umm, Julie, happens all the time. I have seen disruptive lawyers in federal courthouses arrested and charged with that single misdemeanor.

And right on cue, almost as if she is The Real Deranged Rhino, here she is. Too easy to be a member of the Trumpist commentariat, isn't it?

Oops. There goes that whole narrative. New narrative: DOJ and Epps have a deal in place to provide him cover. He'll plead guilty to a misdemeanor, get probation, and go away. Such is the nature of conspiracy theorists. Everything that happens to refute their theory is immediately turned around as providing yet more support for their theory. Julie Kelly, where are you?

I'll just say that if Sam Howell were on the Jets and Zach Wilson were on the Commanders, I'd be thinking totally differently about this game and their seasons.

And given their 2-0 start (against one bad team and one other middling team) and the problems the Giants are having, they have playoff dreams. And that's not really that big a stretch.

Breece is (actually was ... sorry Jets fans) a lot better than Robinson. But Robinson is big, consistent, and if their line performs adequately he will churn out yardage and probably at least a couple 10+ yard carries/catches. He's kind of what we want Damien Harris to be, maybe not surprising because they're all from that Bama mold.

Let me guess: scheduled 65 minutes. Reality: 135 minutes. Take out Carson Wentz's starts (believe me, Ron Rivera would like to do that) and the Commanders are 8-3-1 in their last 12. Not. A. Bad. Team.

But they're not a "bad team." They are kind of Patriots quality (or lack of quality if you prefer). A .500ish team that competes and is certainly capable of stealing a win against a better team.

The incredible childishness of Trump still has the capacity to amaze me. I mean, I think there's nothing he could do/has done that would surprise me anymore, and then there's something like this. I should note that the reports say that this is from an actual witness statement - evidence that we can expect to see presented at trial.

No, there's no reefer madness mentality here. I have lived in Colorado for decades, was for legalization, and believe that marijuana should be legal and regulated at the federal level. But again: it's not a wholly benign drug (is any mood altering drug?), and there's plenty of evidence refuting the peaceful stoner stereotype. And anecdotally, I have seen many such examples. One good study: https://jaapl.org/content/early/2021/12/10/JAAPL.210034-21#:~:text=Cannabis Use and Violent Criminal,Arseneault et al.

I think you need to check some stats regarding drug testing results of violent offenders. I have no doubt alcohol is worse, but the "pot smokers are lazy, pacified, and can't be bothered to get off the couch to point a gun at someone" is very 1970s.