The Frankish Reich

Bend but don't break! Leslie Frazier's philosophy. Or was in Sean McDermott? We'll find out.

You may be too young to remember Mike Dukakis with his helmeted head poking out of a tank prairie dog style in 1988. Fair or unfair, sometimes an image like that sticks. Like shiny white boots ...

A reminder: when the Michigan Republicans did this, they actually referred to the bogus slate as "fake electors." No one was even pretending that there was a legitimate purpose. "Fake electors." That's how cynical and illegal the whole scheme was.

Agreed. But I do require the donning of his kinky white boots.

Vivek is not insane. But he is the guy who will say anything he thinks will get him additional votes or popularity, even if it disagrees with what he said last year. DeSantis is not insane. But he was completely damaged by Trump and Trumpism and policy-wise no longer resembles the War on Terror JAG officer and congressman he once was.

All I can say is it's a damn good thing that this site requires age verification. Otherwise the children could see this and be scarred for life!

They're tanking all right. I expect they'll do a Kaepernick job with Kyler Murray and keep him on the bench all year, not risking a new injury that would guarantee his contract. If McCoy were the starter they'd probably win 5 or 6 games, which might just drop them to 2nd or 3rd in the draft and ruin the plan. So McCoy was cut because he's just a little too good to risk it.

True. But I'm not sure that's all bad. To be honest, I expect a semi-down year or couple of years. We saw that with other teams with great QBs: the Packers with Rodgers, the Saints with Brees. There was always a 7-9 or 8-8 or 9-7 for a couple years, but even that's not awful. But the "window" will always be open as long as Josh Allen is under contract and healthy.

I just ran into the same thing earlier this month in London. West End hotel prices were ridiculous. I enjoyed exploring a different part of London Spitalfields market is right there, and to be honest the energy of the newer/younger London has shifted east. Have fun!

I agree with that. Keenum has actually had a decent run of success in the NFL, which will never happen for the likes of Kyle Allen and Matt Barkley. But again: priorities. Spotrac says Keenum (under his current contract) brings a cap hit of $2.8 million. Kyle Allen? $1.1 million You get what you pay for.

Matt Barkley the Younger. As in a coach in waiting.

Horrible blocker (some WRs are better) but someone will find a way to get value out of him in the pass game. I hope it isn't Andy Reid.

Thanks! I came across that too.

I mean, I'd take "geek" or even "nerd" without an argument. But dork is a step too far. 😀

Exactly. We even have Putin - Putin! - posing as some kind of defender of the (Russian Orthodox) faith.

Well we are in a fine mood in this last week of summer

Agreement!

This has always been part of Biden's shtick, the idea that "you may be my polar opposite in a lot of ways, but I'm still able to work with you to reach a common good." So yes, I think he was talking about the Voting Rights Act in 1980, and convincing Thurmond to support it. Which was a pretty big deal given Thurmond's racist Dixiecrat background. This is actually something admirable about Biden and his generation. Today the impulse on both sides would be "this is an evil person that we must shun." You'd risk being canceled if you were seen having lunch with him. I get it. Strom Thurmond was a virulent racist. Biden did work with even those thoroughly disreputable people for the good of the country. I'm not sure that we can ever get back to a time like that, so maybe he is a relic. But who can look at today's political environment and say that it is better than where we were in the 1980s, when Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan made deals?

It all depends on the alternatives and who controls the other levers of power in the country (congress, the Supreme Court). I am more comfortable with an old man who relies on the considered judgment of a stable staff of (mostly) people who know how law and policy work than an unstable, emotional non-delegator. We just had one of those. I'd be more comfortable with neither of the above.

hey, I'm an independent

And yes, that's what he is. As far as the "finger on the button" stuff: has he made any ridiculous, out-of-the blue, "where did that come from" decisions in his 2.5 years as President? If anything, this White House's decision making seems to be deliberate and the result of internal consensus. The obvious mistakes (think the Afghanistan withdrawal) were based on bad intelligence and not from some kind of wacky, impulsive, senile old man making ill-considered decisions.

How so? (I'm old enough to remember the NFL moving the hash marks, but I must be too old to remember why they did it)

I agree. I'm just saying that the "80 year old man mixes things up" stuff is pretty normal. If people want to call that cognitive decline, so be it. I'm just pointing out that there's a more simple explanation than "Joe Biden thinks he was already a Senator in 1964."

"A White House spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Biden was instrumental in getting Thurmond's vote for the Voting Rights Act, in 1980." So it appears that he mistakenly said "Civil Rights Act" instead of "Voting Rights Act."

Why is offensive line play so bad in general? Is it that big talented athletes gravitate toward defense so there just isn't a pool of available talent? If so, shouldn't this be self-adjusting (for example, the Spencer Brown types bulking up and moving to the O line from defense or TE?) Do we need rule changes to reestablish some kind of balance?