Augie

That’s what you hope for. Make them earn every inch and pray to force a mistake.

Ankles are funny. You can think you broke it but it’s fine, or it can seem like no big deal and linger for weeks.

“You know what you don’t give up on 3rd and 2? A 3 yard pass.” Apparently we are not alone.

Who do you think is a better HC, Rex Ryan or McD? A simple question calls for a simple answer. Somehow this has gotten personal with how a lot of people feel about McD. I don’t understand that. He’s certainly not perfect (who is?), but he gets zero credit for what he’s accomplished with some people. They often seem angry with him. It’s not ALL Josh. Replacing McD would be a serious gamble and I don’t see it as worth the risk. That’s just my opinion, but I think most of the rational world agrees with me. How long would he be unemployed? Only as long as it took him to weigh the options and pick the best situation because he’d be a top candidate for any opening. Have a nice game day.

Sure, let’s praise Rex Ryan. I’ve seen that mess, and it tells me all I need to know. Do you think Rex Ryan is a better coach than McD because he made the AFCCG? Please answer me that.

That team would have won with Dungy. They won despite Gruden, not because of him (and the Raiders were complete idiots for not changing anything prior to playing their former coach). You are more likely to get Rex Ryan type results imo, which is to say very disappointing. We can do MUCH WORSE than McD, but everybody thinks replacing him will be a piece of cake. You want to waste some of Josh’s prime? Get a new coach and new schemes, then go looking for players who are suited for those schemes, then cross your fingers and hold your breath hoping the next guy works out better than what we already have in the first few years. .

I’ll take the opposite approach and thank him for a good season in what was supposed to be a down year due to housecleaning for the salary cap.

Not do feed the trolls.

All the jobs need to be done by someone. You are blessed beyond belief if you love what you do for “work”. Loving your work is right up there with happy wife.

You know, I’ll behave myself here, but I’m chuckling at the response in my mind. I don’t want to take this dive any deeper.

He’s a proctologist during the week.

I didn’t remember that episode of Cheers.

Interesting. In the NBA the player is at the top of the food chain. In the NFL you can’t get over a terrible owner.

….and some guys up front to block for him. Josh being the monster he is covers up a lot of faults.

Oh boy, sounds like Santa didn’t bring you a new ashtray.

As much as I respect what Burrow can do with the right support, I never feared the Bengals long term. Mike Brown would find a way to make their window brief.

I have this crazy memory of Paul McGuire punting a ball at the Rockpile that got caught in the wind and landed right about where he kicked it from. One of the craziest football things I’ve ever seen!

Bengals in the blizzard as a kid at the Rockpile. A complete whiteout! We had to listen to someone’s transistor radio to have any idea what was happening on the field. That was AWESOME!!! .

Was it Kevin Garnett with the Timberwolves who got the big contract, and the owner said “I paid less than that to own the team!” Things are upside down in the NBA with the players making ridiculous salaries (fair market, not complaining about that) and having too much control (not a fan of that).

Bob Kauffman lived behind us and my sister would babysit their infant, a lot! I guess the wife was going to the games, so I get it. She was very tall, and he was about 6’8” I think. I’m guessing that is one tall human now! He would goof around with us at the neighborhood basket. Great guy! At one point my family split season tickets with another family. That’s plenty. That was back when you could afford to be near the floor, they actually tried their hardest and you could hear the squeaking of the sneakers one the court. Thanks mom and dad, those were awesome times! EDIT: We had a crazy night out with Sven in Nashville one time. I have only a vague memory of how it happened, but it might have been after a fundraiser and the drinking just kept going. How I ended up going home with a bag of his secret spice rub is still a mystery to me. It felt like a drug deal was going down! 😂 .

Savings Private Ryan made an early impression. That was a bit more “real” than expected. Jaws took on a life of its own.

I had a calculus professor who was the Dean of the math department. He loved his math to the point that he made it impossible to understand. I got a D, which implied that I had learned something, but that was misleading. The only thing I had learned was how to get to the classroom. I had to take it over again with Father Eisenhower, a/k/a Easy Ike. I was giddy when I realized how simple the class was going to be. It took me a while to realize that this was the exact same crap the Dean had made seem impossible. I also took Sociology for Sports from the Dean of the Dept. I needed an elective, it sounded fun and not too difficult, and there were basketball players in the class. How hard could it be? Very, as it turns out. The lesson I learned was avoid the Dean of any Department! I had a finance professor who had everyone’s info on separate index cards. The card had your name, major, year and any other little notes she might make. She would have a person go up to the board and start a problem. A few steps in she would pull a card and say “OK, Mr Jones, please step up to the board and take over from there.” Sometimes people did a problem differently than I did, and I couldn’t just “pick up” where they left off. She got called into the hallway one day, and I went up with another guy and we pulled our cards from her stack. Problem solved, I never got called on again. I did have to change majors however, as I had two required classes left and she was the only person teaching them. Yes, I showed her! .

Both would be pure gold!

I give you credit for reading that far.

I’m not sold on drafting the son of his father. Can we find a way to send that crap to Dallas? Please?