The Frankish Reich

It's not the worst idea to take a bunch of young men with a lot of money away from Las Vegas when preparing for a game. What is West Virginia if not the anti-Vegas? We saw nothing new. We also saw nothing new to defend against that speed. In the old days people would've said "hit Tua early and often." I'm glad we're past that.

Situation: you are playing Zach Wilson, not Aaron Rodgers. That seemed to be lost on the coaching staff and Allen all night long.

Well, it would show that our offense is effective and dangerous against a non-elite defense, which is what the Jets have now. We'll deal with the Jets defense when they come to Buffalo on November 19.

Until he jumps ship for the next bigger job. I'm of two minds on the Coach Prime thing. I don't like the new model, and believe me, it is a model that will be emulated: new coach comes in, dumps all his old scholarship players, raids his old school and others through the expanded transfer portal, basically plays a team of ringers who've been on their new campus for a couple months. But that's where we are. And I will watch because he has them playing a fun brand of football. And if Hunter somehow lasts the season as a 90% snap counts two-way player, how could he not win the Heisman? He's the Shoehi Ohtani of football.

https://clutchpoints.com/raiders-4-causes-concern-despite-surprising-win-broncos The Raiders' interior defensive line had difficulties stopping the run against the Broncos. Even though they only allowed 94 rushing yards, they often found themselves getting pushed back by the Broncos' offensive line. Bilal Nichols had a subpar performance, and Jerry Tilley had his fair share of ups and downs. These included jumping Offside on a critical fourth-down play. To address these issues, it might be beneficial to give more playing time to other guys Byron Young and Nesta Jade Silvera. If the Raiders can't shore up their interior run defense, opposing teams might exploit this weakness by just running the ball up the middle. This is what I saw too. A lot of lateral speed, and the outside stuff Sean Payton tried didn't work so well. But the Raiders interior run defense looked soft, and running effectively inside also plays against Crosby's strength - anything slow-developing, you can expect him to appear out of nowhere to disrupt it. He's that good. I'm the opposite. Looking forward to a good showing at home against a team we matchup pretty well with. The Raiders are better than what folks predicted. Jimmy G. looked healthy and efficient. They have two forces (Jacobs and Davante) on offense, and one force (Crosby) on defense, but not a lot of standout individual performers other than that. I expect us to be ready, to have seen what the Broncos were able to exploit in a game they should've won (Payton's show-off onside kick to start the game didn't help, and his hand-picked kicker missed a PAT), and to put things on the right track. Go Bills!

Prediction: more heavy sets, more Latavius Murray and Damien Harris, with support from Gilliam at FB/TE. The Broncos got a lot of production out of Javonte Williams (strong inside runner coming off an ACL) and even Samaje Perrine. The Broncos O line is also a work in progress, but they moved the Raiders around on run plays pretty effectively. Pass rush with Crosby going wild is their strength, defending the run is not.

We are going to miss Singletary. He had his limitations, but overall came closer to an all purpose back than anyone on the roster now. I don't hate Cook. And I see why Beane did the Harris instead of Singletary thing. But right now there doesn't seem to be anyone Dorsey/McD trusts who can be the primary between the tackles RB. I predict Murray starts seeing major PT next week.

Tucker Carlson has special insight into why Donald Trump is hated. After all, he "hates him passionately" when he's not pretending to like him to boost his brand and keep his army of fools tuned in.

I watched the Raiders D against the Broncos. And while the Broncos moved the ball effectively, Maxx Crosby was all over the place, a disruptive force on the order of Nick Bosa or prime JJ Watt. And I suspect he'll be lined up right outside Spencer Brown. Knox, Gilliam (probably should've been Kendall Blanton?): help!

Well that simply incorrect. Back on Favre’s time the rules allowed a whole lot more ways to hit a QB with intent to hurt him. And Favre paid the price.

"Deep State" is a dirty word for a lot of posters here. To me, it really means nothing more than a government of laws, not of men. Everyone responsible for issuing a policy document or legal opinion should first ask, "What happens when the shoe is on the other foot and we're no longer the party in power." But such concerns were never taken into account by the Trump Administration. It'll come back to bite them.

That was symptomatic of the entire night. As soon as Rodgers went down, the game plan - offense and defense - needed to take that into account. There was no reason to believe that the Jets would hit even 20 points with Wilson at QB, and of course they only made it to 16 in regulation, with an assist from Josh Allen

Well, results wise. But c'mon, that was perfectly defended and a Wilson made a circus catch that will make highlight reels for years to come. I was very impressed with his coverage last night. He looked to finally be back to pre-injury form, although he may have shied away from contact a bit on tackling?

They don't have great straight line speed, but they have some shifty moves.

Typically the reporter will ask "do you mind if I record this?" That's the standard.

If it was recorded.

Such a shame. 😁 I actually don't hate the Jets. They're not the Pats. They're kind of ... us? I mean, as long as it isn't at the Bills expense I'd like to see their fans share in a little success. For whatever (AFL/AFC I guess) reason I always wanted them to be New York's #1 team. Whatever. Good to have them out of the way until they bring in their next old QB. They are now officially in Colts 2018-21 territory. I see zero reason to blame the turf. His leg slid on the wet turf just as it would've on wet grass/mud.

From the NYT official story: There was hope that could change this season after Rodgers was acquired in an April trade in exchange for draft picks. His long career has put him in the top 10 of many passing categories, he has won four Most Valuable Player Awards, and in the 2010 season he took the Packers to their only Super Bowl victory of this century. The fit seemed good: Rodgers threw himself into the life of the city, turning up at the Tony Awards, Knicks and Rangers games, the U.S. Open, and a Taylor Swift concert at MetLife. That's all well and good, going to the Tony Awards, Taylor Swift, Knicks and Rangers games. Did he do all the additional stretching/conditioning a 39 year old should be doing? Calf strain to torn Achilles ... https://wisportsheroics.com/aaron-rodgers-new-york-jets-training-methods/ He blamed the Jets training regimen for the calf strain, saying they had him doing things he hadn't done for 19 years. So maybe the Jets broke him, or maybe he should've started integrating additional conditioning into his off-season as he got old? Was there time for that with all the dark house sitting, celeb dating, psychedelic mind resetting?

Not that I recall. Excellent in pass coverage, weak in tackling. Like so many other "shutdown CBs?"

When you look more closely at this, it is simply McCarthy rebranding the ongoing House investigations into Hunter as an "impeachment Inquiry. Hey, whatever it takes to get Marge and Lauren and their ilk to pass a budget resolution.

Read what I said that started this whole sub-discussion. I said we are on the wrong track with respect to public health measures to lower the spread of any future COVID strain OR any other respiratory virus. We are focusing on masks even though there is little evidence that they work at all, and we are ignoring air turnover rates and improved HVAC systems, which have been shown to play a vital role in reducing transmission. I will not wear a mask unless required to do so, or unless I know I'm infected with a respiratory virus (so as to be a good citizen). I'm not even sure if I count as up-to-date on COVID boosters. When the next one becomes available I'll probably get it, just as I get an annual flu vaccine. Neither will provide perfect protection, but the risk-reward calculus says it would be prudent to do so. I think this just might be a more intelligent, reasoned approach than saying "pandemic! Conspiracy!" In addition to my rant about how we haven't learned from COVID and spent money on HVAC infrastructure, let me add this: we haven't done enough on impressing on the public that obesity is a huge problem in general, and a specific problem when it comes to susceptibility to severe COVID or other respiratory viruses. Example: Donald John Trump.

That says it all.

I'm saying that "natural immunity" and vaccines are not mutually exclusive. I am willing to listen to arguments about whether it is optimal for the entire population to be vaccinated as opposed to various subsets of the population. But the Luddite (look that one up!) reference to "gene therapy" and the fear of scientific advance causes you to lose all credibility. Has someone with a modicum of sense hijacked Tarheel's account?

Hey, you said the stupid thing about trusting "natural immunity." And the stupider thing conflating vaccines with "gene therapy." And the stupidest of all things claiming that COVID was all about political control. So keep laughing you A off at your own silliness.

Well it'd be easier if your writing were clearer ... But I think I got it anyway