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If there is, I hope they are smart enough not to raise thier hand.

That was up there with Roberts James of the Bills for great careers that sadly would never happen. I’m going to plagiarize myself with a copy and paste I just put in another thread. I bet THIS crazy injury isn’t on the NFL list: I’ll go ahead and tell on myself. In a little league football game my buddy forgot to wear his cup, and when the ref went down the line telling us to knock on our cups he was ruled out for the game. I was giving him grief and having a good time doing it. We were in front of the concession stand and I turned to run out onto the field, but as I turned I learned the flagpole was directly behind me. I hit my forehead and got one of those giant goose eggs on my forehead. It looked like someone put a golf ball under my skin, and it was so big I couldn’t get my helmet on so I sat with him on the bench the whole game. Karma, it can bite you on the arse. .

I agree our LB’s are a lot like big(ish) safeties, but we generally only play a couple of them at a time. Ed is not a big guy, but not shockingly small for a 3T. I don’t think size is Ed’s problem, he’s the opposite of those guys who just never get hurt I mentioned earlier. We do play an extra DB a lot (which is not uncommon), but other than that I think we are a mix like most teams. .

Is this just bad luck, or do you have somebody to blame? I think in the long run it mostly even out. One of the most amazing things about the NFL to me is that small group of guys who can play a dozen or so years and only miss a few snaps over a career. That is crazy, superhuman kinda stuff.

She’s a winner…..as long as we keep clicking.

I’ll go ahead and tell on myself. In a little league football game my buddy forgot to wear his cup, and when the ref went down the line telling us to knock on our cups he was ruled out for the game. I was giving him grief and having a good time doing it. We were in front of the concession stand and I turned to run out onto the field, but as I turned I learned the flagpole was directly behind me. I hit my forehead and got one of those giant goose eggs on my forehead. It looked like someone put a golf ball under my skin, and it was so big I couldn’t get my helmet on so I sat with him on the bench the whole game. Karma, it can bite you on the arse.

Will he get a HC job, or should he be fired? We should lean clearly one way or the other, right?

Hyper conditioning. I said nothing about juicing 😊

Did you enjoy the game last week? If you did, the season wasn’t wasted. If you didn’t, maybe a new pass time is in order? Only one team wins the upper Bowl each year. Not being that one team does not mean the season was wasted. I try to focus on the ride, it can be a lot of fun!

I don’t feel any smarter, yet.

So, I think I’m the first to admit this, but we have no candy and we are leaving the lights OFF. Are we the only ones? My wife warned a couple friends up the street who are bringing in grandkids because it seemed like the thing to do. We had friends maybe coming to town for the weekend, and she planned to dress up and put a table at the road handing out adult beverages and candy, in that order, but that fell thru. It’s a small neighborhood, with very few kids and some imported grandkids. The candy event is limited, but if you pass out margaritas maybe the evening continues? The adults would have come here like moths to a light.

I feel like he’s gotten much better about keeping his head up and hitting mostly the opponents. That used to be a serious issue, but it’s not nearly as bad as it used to be. At least, that’s the way it seems to me. But once you get “the Rapp”, it tends to stick.

I have heard from the Missing Mead, and he says thank you for all the kind birthday wishes.

If people use demeaning nicknames for McD, I just dismiss those people. I mean, are we supposed to take that seriously? I was hoping we could act like grown ups. But it happens quite a bit.

You’re not wrong. Oh, and I won’t trade one SB ring for years of sucking. A ring from 1991 or 2022 gives me zero satisfaction as I watch a game this weekend.

Yes, candy is very bad for you, and you already have all those Percocets lying around in a bowl.

….the second time.

It’s history. It was fun, but I’m not living in the past. This sounds accurate (and obvious) to me.

We lived near a billboard that said “Yelling OH GOD in bed on Sunday morning is not the same as going to church”. .

Not the happiest, but maybe the best was the WhoTom farewell. That was grace under fire.

But at least he didn’t call us an idiot.

Never, ever underestimate the power of hormones. Help yourself and remember that. …and you are an eloquent chap yourself.

I went up to a game from Florida and my one and only buddy who stayed in WNY drove me to the game. I got a seat with the sun at my back, I was coming from Florida. He’s with a group who have had season tix forever, and he said their 40-45 yard line seats are in the sun on purpose. Every little bit helps, he says. He also sits in lawn chairs in the driveway because that is the sunny side of the house. My wife understood my childhood better after this most recent trip. It might explain some stuff. 🤷‍♂️ Yes, to each their own, but I don’t love the sun in my eyes. I don’t want to have to wear a hat the whole time to see anything. EDIT: If you want to talk hot, I don’t recommend day games in Florida before Halloween. Yikes! I’d turn down free tickets. There was a reason they were free.

I was with you, until you mentioned the one year thing…..that’s when things really got interesting. But that difficult son now has a daughter just like him. Karma, baby! You can buy help, but you can’t necessarily buy peace of mind. I know there were times in our work lives when our jobs were affected by our kids. It happens.

…but that opened up the run game a bit. Pick your poison. I bet we could pass the ball if we had to. Right?