The Frankish Reich

Our non-dome will not have that problem. City Cloudy Days a Year % of Days Buffalo, New York 311 85 Seattle, Washington 308 84 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 306 84 Rochester, New York 304 83

No. I mean, I don't think so. The dreaded PFF grades this year for our Guards: Feliciano 59.7 Boettger 59.8 Ford 47.4 Bates 64 I didn't include Williams because it looks like the only score I have access to blends his snaps at T and G. But FYI he's at 67.5. I use PFF because it's readily available, not because it's authoritative in any way. But this basically agrees with the eye test. We found a guy playing at an adequate level (Bates) - kind of a B-/C+ type level of PFF's scale - who filled in for guys playing at a replacement (D) or sub-replacement (F) level. That makes you better right away. It doesn't mean it makes you set for the future. EDIT: I guess I should say that you can't be above average everywhere and still under the cap. If Morse retires, Bates could move to C. I don't know what to say about his skills as a C, but if he can handle that move he'd be perfectly adequate. Dawkins got stronger/better as the season went on, Brown got much better as he got a little experience, and Williams looks better suited to play at RG than RT. So maybe, just maybe you've got 4 good performers coming back with Feliciano as a perfectly acceptable C/G backup. If you can sign/draft one plus performer that's a pretty good O line after all. And who knows, Doyle may be more than an offensive lineman reporting as eligible ...

I'm watching Jimmy G., who came damn close to winning a SB. Tua and maybe Mac strike me as being on that level. NOTE: we would've killed to have had a young QB "on that level" at any time between 2005 and 2017.

From the wiki page for Amon: Amun (US: /ˈɑːmən/; also Amon, Ammon, Amen; Ancient Egyptian: jmn, reconstructed as /jaˈmaːnuw/ (Old Egyptian and early Middle Egyptian) → /ʔaˈmaːnəʔ/ (later Middle Egyptian) → /ʔaˈmoːn/ (Late Egyptian); Coptic: ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ; Greek Ἄμμων Ámmōn, Ἅμμων Hámmōn) was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. Amun was attested from the Old Kingdom together with his wife Amunet. With the 11th Dynasty (c. 21st century BC), Amun rose to the position of patron deity of Thebes by replacing Montu.[1] After the rebellion of Thebes against the Hyksos and with the rule of Ahmose I (16th century BC), Amun acquired national importance, expressed in his fusion with the Sun god, Ra, as Amun-Ra (alternatively spelled Amon-Ra or Amun-Re). Yep. You can't beat the fusion of Amon and the Sun God. Equanimeous, take a back seat to your brother.

Blaine has only made $24 million in his career. Chase Daniel: $39 million. And never really had the opportunity to massively fail like Gabbert. He's still the GOAT.

Blaine Gabbert fascinates me. 11 year NFL career despite never being anything other than awful. I mean, EJ Manuel objectively is a better QB and he was done after 5 years.

But do we get to see Blaine Gabbert?

You have a point. The Eagles are no better or worse than the Dolphins. Actually worse I think.

Same old Brady, same old NFC East "playoff team"

You mean it's too late to sign/activate Shaq Lawson? Actually I kind of wish they'd got that done now.

Eagles 2021, WFT 2020 ... not seeing much of a difference.

Driving home listening to the national post-game radio broadcast: analysts mention at least 3 times that the Patriots need to get "younger and faster," particularly on defense. I haven't tried to check for the offense and defense separately, but the "need to be younger" thing doesn't seem to pan out. Average age of the Bills 53 man at the start of the season: 26.3 Of the Patriots: 26.5 Maybe they just need to get better (rather than younger or faster)

1. Offensive line play is something that can typically be fixed during the course of a season. Sometimes it's new personnel (Bates), new blocking schemes, and/or new offensive strategy in general; typically it's a combination of all of the above. 2. Coaches tend to overvalue mediocre/replacement level players.* Feliciano, Ford, Boettger: all poor performers this year. The value of continuity is often less than the value of improved individual performance. Daboll was kind of dragged into trying new personnel by injuries. Not surprisingly, the result was better play. *As a kind of test, I've been informally tracking the performance of classic replacement-level QBs - guys signed off the street and forced into action due to injury/COVID, etc. We've seen a few this year (Josh Johnson, Garrett Gilbert) and of course many over the last decade or so (Thad Lewis anyone?). Typically there either is no clear drop-off in performance from the nominal starter, or not much of a drop-off. Small sample, but highly suggestive of my proposition: we overvalue mediocrity.

Kansas City weather next weekend: mid 30s highs, hi teens lows. No snow. Winds 10-12 mph. (Sorry, I had to do it 😜)

In the pregame threads someone joked about our weak link, Matt Haack, and how he'd not be a factor because we'd never have to punt. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect it to really happen. Just as close to a perfect offensive performance as a team can have. There should be a QB rating thing for offense overall so we could have that 158.3 rating.

Pretty sure that if the NFL is fixing anything it’s not to get tiny market Cincy to the SB.

And you know this ... how? What happens if they breach that door? Are they going to politely request that he step aside and allow them to proceed to the Speaker of the House? And he knew this ... how? He knew what was in her backpack? You know, the one she didn't send through security like she was supposed to? And why limit it to whether he was under immediate, personal danger. His job is to protect the Capitol and our representatives/staff lawfully conducting business inside of it. In fact, in hindsight (since you seem to want to play that game) it looks like she - even if not personally armed - was part of a group planning to overthrow the election by any means necessary: the day before the assault on the Capitol, Babbitt retweeted: "Nothing can stop us....they can try and try but the storm is here and it is descending upon DC in less than 24 hours....dark to light...." All that moronic QAnon crap - crap that didn't exactly preach all sweetness and light when it comes to how those devilish child-eaters like Pelosi were supposed to be dealt with. He did the right thing under the circumstances. There's a lot of this "whataboutism" in this thread and in society in general - an attempt to change the topic because these January 6 attackers were absolutely as "low class" (Trump's words) and violent as advertised. I am the recipient of the stock response, "yeah, well then why do you have a problem with the cop shooting Jacob Blake?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Jacob_Blake I'm consistent here. That was a justified shooting too. Are you guys consistent?

Well, that may be true in general. But PFR is no clickbait newcomer. You can argue with their methodology, but it's solid info. Plus the fact that there's absolutely nothing sexy about the Pro Football Reference site. It is nerd bait if it's any kind of bait.

At least it isn't mozz sticks with white sauce.

Deal with it. American Hero: vs. American Idiot:

You guys are so immersed in conspiracy nuttery that you can't see common sense. Let's set aside the law on use of lethal force for a moment. Imagine asking the ordinary American this scenario pre-Jan 6: - you deliberately bypass security at a secured federal facility - you try to break through a closed interior security door where the offices of a leadership work - what do you expect to happen to you? I can't believe that less than 98% of people would say they would expect to be shot. Or at least tasered (which wasn't feasible in this situation) As for the law: again, a silly strawman argument again. We are not talking about shooting "hundreds of people." No lethal force was employed to stop the horde that bypassed security. It was only when there was an attempt to break through an interior security door that lethal force was employed. Every so often we hear about an airport being shut down because a guy who's late for a flight bypasses TSA. That's not a lethal force situation. No if that guy is identified/followed on camera and he tries runs up the a jetbridge and starts pounding on a closed airplane cockpit door? Yeah, he's gonna get shot. It is reasonable and appropriate and that circumstance to assume that he is armed (that would be why someone evades security) and that he poses an imminent threat of grave harm to the persons inside.

What on earth does that have to do with storming a secured building? This is the silliest form of "argument" - the idea that if I say storming past security, then trying to break through an interior door justifies lethal force, it suggests that an ordinary law enforcement encounter on the street likewise must justify lethal force. Occasionally it does. It depends on the facts. OK. Let's keep it real: - Have you ever worked in a secured facility, guarded by federal officers? - If so, what would you expect those federal officers to do if someone deliberately evaded the security desk/metal detector and then tried to break through the door to your office space? - If not, well, I guess you just don't get it.

From the first article you cited: Does it then mean that the Capitol Police have the right to gun down any trespasser? If the BLM were to come through the door next and an officer shoots one of them down, are all the Democrats going to cheer that, too, under similar circumstances? Yes. And (although I am not a registered Democrat) Yes. I have worked in secured federal buildings. There have been protests outside on many occasions. If those protesters ever storm the building, bypass security, and then try to break down the door to my office, well, then they should be shot. Byrd should get a medal for marksmanship. And these idiot articles saying he didn't "cooperate in the investigation" - these are the same people who were urging federal murder/manslaughter charges against him. Remember that 5th Amendment you always claim to support?

Yep. You can't run as a Peronist while Peron is still alive. Trump is and always has been about Trump. Ted Cruz, Ron DeSantis ... you'll learn the hard way.

Agreed. It may be paywalled, but a lot of the article focuses on the same factors (sports science on travel, etc.) you cite. The long term trend toward the NFL being a TV product continues. Ratings are up sharply. It may be sacrilege here, but for people who really want to enjoy the game itself (not the tailgating fan-bonding experience), football is far better on a big screen at home. My rough approximation of what sports are better in person vs. on TV, from "in person best" to "can't beat TV" -- 1. Hockey. TV never does it justice. 2. Basketball IF you've got good seats. A whole different live experience. 3. Baseball. Because it just means warm summer nights and a kind of "choose your experience" thing - sit up close and watch pitches break. Tour the concourse and find a bar area for a few innings. Sit above the bullpens and watch the whole late-game ritual. Sit in the cheap seats just to enjoy the evening. 4. Football. The action will be far away from you most of the time.