Augie

HEY, PEOPLE!!! It’s only 14 days until the draft! Unfortunately, this thread may survive that long, then pick back up in that long dry spell after the draft. I’m heading to lunch at a place with good wings. They have bones because…..well, they are actual CHICKEN WINGS! Unfortunately, their blue cheese is so weak and runny I’ll be getting a Cobb salad instead. I would never dream to ask for ranch, unless the dream was a nightmare!

And…….as the face of the franchise, I’d rather have the guy you’d want your daughter to marry. On the surface, that is no contest. Superficial, I know, but it is entertainment. None of us know what’s beneath the surface, but I know which way I lean.

He is his own worst enemy. His ego rules his actions, but he lacks Aaron Rodgers level talent or intelligence. He just needs to shut up! Most guys rehabilitate as a back-up if needed, but he’s too much of a public distraction for anyone to want him as a back-up. Way to ruin all your options, Baker!

You be you…. We KNEW what the deal was with Josh. It would be a long term deal, not a way to buy time until we decided if he could be the guy. I was speaking to the essence of the question, while it could be taken more literally. I get that. Do you get what I’m saying? We KNEW, the Browns did not.

Did he play under it, or was it a placeholder?

If you know you nailed it with a QB, they probably never get the 5th year. They get a new deal. See Mayfield, Baker. Same with most positions, but especially QB. Nail it down before the price goes up!!!

Probably the best actual wing/sauce around here is served with tiny chips of flavorless blue cheese (?) in a watery runny sauce. The owner is from Buffalo I’m told, but I’ve never met him. I won’t punch him in the face or anything, I just want to tell him I no longer get wings there because it’s the worst excuse for blue cheese I’ve ever experienced. AND IT IS STILL BETTER THAN RANCH! Take that! @Royale with Cheese

I swear I have seen menus that say “Market Price” for chicken wings! Like it’s lobster or caviar or something. It used to be just you got a side of to go with you pizza. Or 25 cents wings at happy hour. What is this world coming to? I blame the Federal Reserve for The Great Chicken Wing Crisis!

Ranch is more like ruining a beer by putting a cigarette butt in it!

Ranch actually IS good with home made chips. Save it for the chips! Oh, the humanity! 😱

I’ve never reported anyone! How does that work???!!! .

I’ve never even BEEN to Austin, so don’t listen to me, but I always thought it would be like Atlanta which is a college football town with an NFL afterthought. That could be completely incorrect. You see UGA, Georgia Tech, Bama, Auburn, FSU, etc gear everywhere in Atlanta. And there is an occasional sighting of a Falcons hat or shirt.

Admittedly, I clicked the link, saw the product and turned around (because I have the attention span of a gnat at times). I don’t understand people or companies who live on the edge like that. I just couldn’t sleep at night. When I was young and even more stupid, I’d see lovely homes and fancy cars and be jealous of those people. I quickly learned they were often living paycheck to paycheck and 30 days behind on the AMEX card and 60 days late on the BMW loan. The lady of my favorite house came into the bank sobbing and begging for another 30 days to bring the mortgage current. No thanks. Hats off to people who do the right things, and for the right reasons.

Just playing devil’s advocate, but one COULD argue that their margins might shrink but they could actually come out ahead on increased volume due to the positive publicity. I mean, I would never be that cynical (as far as you know), but……. 🤷‍♂️ We’ll never know who did what (and why) behind the scenes, but sometimes what looks like a gallant act is just another way to make more money. And now I will remove my cynic’s tin foil hat and eyeglasses and hope this was exactly what it looked like. We all know there are plenty of companies gouging out there, especially the oil companies who are so lightning quick to raise prices, and so excruciatingly slow to lower them.

That is how the game is played. Strange, I know……. 🤷‍♂️

He and Sammy should land in the same spot so they can talk smack about the people in their “little jobs”. 🙄

I graduated from college and started a career in banking in the early 80’s. I knew it was crazy times, but I didn’t realize how historically significant it was. A bank might give you 15-18% on a CD, but also wanted over 20% on a fixed rate mortgage. (My FIL loaded up on the longest term CD’s he could find.) NOBODY could buy much of anything unless you had cash. Real estate prices were naturally down with those rates, so cash was indeed King! Rates have been ridiculously low for a looong time, well before Covid. They were starting to rise some but then Covid arrived and dropped back to almost free money. We have a mortgage below 3% fixed for 15 years (on a 30 year amortization). Everybody can buy more at those rates! Lots of demand, almost zero supply. I recently looked at my last two neighborhoods in Florida. Combined there are well over 1,000 houses, and only ONE house was listed for sale. You can ask anything you want! Rates are going up. They have started, and they are certainly not done. Our first house we had a 30 year fixed at 8% and thought that was pretty good in 1986, after the spike. It will be a tricky balancing act. Add those prolonged low rates and the mountains of stimulus money they printed, and inflation was inevitable. For some perspective, check out the chart on the link below: https://www.macrotrends.net/2015/fed-funds-rate-historical-chart .

We have a LOT of good players who want to be PAID. We need all these high picks, and we need to I hit on them to lower our labor costs. One great prospect sounds awesome, but is it better than 3-4 solid starters who allow for more cap space to pay your stars? 🤷‍♂️

I guess this is why we play the games? I don’t know what to make of that division, especially Denver, but I’m glad the Bills don’t play in it! Let them all beat the tar out of each other, and let the playoffs run thru Buffalo!

I think Josh knows he could have held on trying to get more, but he also knows he’s got generational money coming in regardless. Josh is far more likely to restructure to allow for a better team around him and more wins than he is to ask for more. Just how I see him. He’s got plenty and I don’t think it will ever be an ego thing like a certain QB in Green Bay.

HFBD! Hope you get lots of free advice for this great occasion!

We stopped filling the bird feeder due to squirrels and other critters wanting the seeds. We left it at the old house four doors up the road when we moved in December. To keep it thread related, I probably can’t afford a new feeder OR the feed with today’s prices!

But…..half of them would be leaving Alabama, and a quarter from OSU, so who really cares?

Never one of my teams, but I’ll never forget some girls from High School! Wait, the 1980 US Olympic hockey team. I’ll claim them, as most of us would. Does that count? It’s the best I got…… .

Some folks here want a Dick Butkus, Ray Lewis kinda run stuffing MLB, but the game has changed, as has the position. Coverage and eating space is more critical than it used to be. I don’t know what direction they will go at MLB going forward, but they have done enough to earn my trust.