The Frankish Reich

That's why there's no reason to believe that our run defense will be better with him than without him. He's the Jon Feliciano/Ike Boettger of the defense - purely replacement level play this year.

I guess you forgot that it's summer in South Africa. I knew you had issues with math and reading comprehension. Add geography to the list.

Reagan called it "voting with your feet." Why don't more people do it? Texas liberals are incensed by their abortion law. New York conservatives are incensed by their COVID restrictions. Move!

KC is VERY LOUDLY THE HOTTEST TEAM

Except that's not what happened. How quickly they (choose to) forget. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/06/second-coronavirus-surge-here/613522/

Excellent comment, but actually we flattened the curve in NYC too. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109711/coronavirus-cases-by-date-new-york-city/ It was a remarkably effective response to an incredibly dangerous situation at the time. This is why I'm sick and tired of hearing people mock "15 days to slow the spread."

Lefthanded Jimmy Garoppolo? He hasn't shown the ability to be a true game changer. But he's 12-7 in 19 starts, playing on an offense that doesn't look very impressive overall. His second season has been considerably better than his first. We're spoiled here now that we've found/developed Allen. Imagine a world where we went all Broncos and passed on a QB in 2018, tanked, and then drafted Tua in 2020. I think we'd be pretty happy about his development. He's no Losman/Edwards/Manuel. (Although we would be calling for Beane's head for not taking Herbert!)

Thanks for posting the real thing, not some out of context pie chart. Did you notice the conclusions? Hospitalization reduction associated with 2+ doses (compared to unvaccinated): 92.2% ICU reduction: 97.0%

And there you have it. This isn't about anything else than politics. It isn't about whether vaccines work, or whether they're safe, or whether they were developed with the aid of fetal stem cells, etc., etc.

Shouldn't Isaiah share the Game MVP thing with Cole? After all, but for Cole's continuing idiocy Isaiah would have been given one jet sweep and one screen pass. Cole, keep up the good work!

McKenzie has been a feature receiver (not just a gadget player/kick returner) in 2 games in his NFL career: - 2020 Game 16 (yeah, this one was a "keep everyone healthy for the playoffs" game): 6 catches, 65 yards, 2 TDs - 2021 Game 15 (today): 11 catches, 125 yards, 1 TD I think we may have us a player here ...

Like Wally Pipp with a manbun.

I'm not saying it's right or fair. I'm saying a world of superstars and ordinary players is not fair.

Live in the real world. Evan Fournier of the Knicks - fine player, not a star - is not getting the Jame Harden foul call every time he jumps into a defender while launching a 3. Beasley has been around long enough to have internalized these rules. In a little while we'll be calling them the Josh Allen Rules and everyone will be loving that disparate treatment.

Yes, we should definitely be comparing Cole Beasley to the 1st or 2nd or 3rd biggest star the NFL currently has.

I've said it before: when guys are playing at a replacement level, there's literally nothing to lose by replacing them. And sometimes a significant amount to gain.

Ouch. You mean maybe he wouldn't have been a starter on a dozen other teams? EDIT: He is really, really good at not getting COVID or being too close to someone who has it.

Damn. Carr back out there. Peterman redemption story will have to wait. Probably forever. Always good to be taunting the team that's whipping your ass.

Sunday Ticket Watcher Alert!! Derek Carr hurt. Mariota on COVID list. NATE PETERMAN READY!!!

Remind me never to eat at your restaurant.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/12/26/dave-barrys-year-review-2021/?itid=hp-top-table-main Dave Barry's annual year-end review - this is the start of his entry for May: the CDC further relaxes its covid-19 guidelines in response to new scientific data showing that a lot of people have stopped paying attention to CDC guidelines. At this point these are the known facts about the pandemic in America: ⋅ Many Americans have been vaccinated but continue to act as though they have not. ⋅ Many other Americans have not been vaccinated but act as though they have. ⋅ Many of those who got vaccinated hate Donald Trump, who considers the vaccines to be one of his greatest achievements. ⋅ Many who refuse to get vaccinated love Donald Trump. What do these facts tell us? They tell us that we, as a nation, are insane. But we knew that.

True. If Jake Kumerow weren't on the active roster he's currently be playing the Da'Rick/Duke role of everyone's favorite WR who never got a fair chance. Prediction: Tanner Gentry will be the next practice squad savior.

first, hope you had a great Christmas. No conspiracy theories here. Just plain old fashioned politics. Trump pandered to the conspiracy theorists, from the famous "I don't really know about QAnon, but I know they don't like child trafficking and they like me" to (after his election loss) being all coy about whether or not he got the vaccine, to stating he probably wouldn't get a booster just a few months ago. And now he's tacking hard to the middle in the hope of at least picking up some of those disenchanted with Biden. This is not to say Biden won't do the same thing. In fact, he'd be a fool not to (so far the fool hypothesis is a pretty good one). The point is what I said it was - he looking past his vaxx-skeptic base and to where most of America is.

Well, I'm not calling Trump or his acolytes dumb, but there was this precious bit of pandering just a few months ago: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-he-is-unlikely-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-booster-shot-11630694477 Take your pick: 1. He's dumb. 2. He's not dumb, but he thinks his supporters (or at least a lot of 'em!) are dumb. 3. He did a lot of his own research (his uncle taught at MIT!) and decided that a booster was wise after all. This one would make sense, but weirdly enough he's not saying that. He's just saying "deal with it" to his anti-vaxx supporters. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-covid-booster-shot/ Trump revealed his booster status during a conversation with former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, telling the host "yes" when asked if he received the booster shot. O'Reilly continued the conversation, but Trump interjected when he heard some in the crowd booing his answer. "Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, no, no. That's — there's a very tiny group over there," the former president said in response to an apparent smattering of boos, according to video posted by O'Reilly's show "No Spin News. Prior to the question about the booster, Mr. Trump lauded his administration's efforts to develop the three COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use in the U.S., saying "we did something historic" and urging supporters to "take credit — we saved tens of millions of lives." The former president was criticized for not disclosing his vaccination status while in office, in contrast to former Vice President Mike Pence and other top officials. Pence and others received the vaccine on camera, something Trump declined to do. Only in March did news outlets learn Trump was vaccinated at the White House in January, and many in his own party wanted him to be more consistently vocal in support of the vaccine. My premise is that Trump thought he would gain support of the nutty anti-vaxxers by feigning vaxx skepticism, all the while lining up for his shot/booster as soon as it became available. Look at the timeline. Oh, and I know all too well "what people are saying." Some have said it right here - the vaccine is poison, it is used to track you, to compel compliance with the agenda of a mysterious cabal, to rearrange your DNA, etc., etc.

👏 Fantastic comment, start to finish. I just want to highlight this one part. I disagree. Other than Dawkins, the guys who are out on the O line haven't been strong performers this year or any other year. You are replacing a replacement-level player with ... you guessed it, by definition a replacement level player. It really hurts to lose both Beasley and Davis. If Sanders is reasonably healthy and is a go, well, that means the drop-off for at least one of them isn't that great. I am not looking forward to Marquez Stevenson getting his first real game action in a critical late December matchup ...