Doc Brown

I think your view of this trade comes down to your opinion of Stafford and Goff. I think Stafford's a huge upgrade to Goff and it will show next year. Stafford's had to navigate through a bunch of crappy situations in Detroit while Goff was able to benefit off of McVay after a terrible rookie year. I think McVay was tired of having to scheme around Goff's weaknesses. Goff was turnover prone, indecisive, and doesn't have the ability to stretch the ball vertically like Stafford does. Stafford should easily have his best season next year and makes them viable Super Bowl contenders for at least the next few seasons. What happens after that depends on their ability to find talent in the middle rounds. Two first round picks are a lot (there were apparently a lot of bitters) but the Lions had to eat Goff's horrible contract for that draft capital. Also, keep in mind those picks will pry be in the 20's or 30's because the Rams will pry be a Super Bowl contender through 2023 with this move. I see it as a win/win trade that the Lions and Dan Campbell will eventually screw up. As far as the Rams, the only way this move works out is if they win the Super Bowl within the next few years. McVay doesn't have a losing season yet in four years so I wouldn't bet against him.

I'm starting to see why BOB wasn't fond of him. Don't get me wrong....he's still a terrible GM who was way over his head.

I have some inside sources for this. For February yes. That's the plan. They're planning for a full return in March while providing virtual learning for kids who "opt out." Also, the city has the judges in their back pocket so the teacher's union doesn't stand a chance in court.

I said that's the worst case scenario. Most experts are expecting fall of 2021. Buffalo city schools are currently planning full in person learning starting March 1st from what I've been told.

That's what probably happened. RobinHood is the equivalent of a rookie QB that ran into a Bill Beichick defense for the first time.

My comment had more to do with his overall fatalistic view of the pandemic timeline in general when it came to going back to schools. I said, "I don't really understand this fatalistic attitude you have unless you're just venting." He's all over the place with some conspiratorial thoughts but is afraid that this virtual learning will go on for years. I just see it as paranoia. You're going to have growing science of how this impacts kids less than the flue as far as both catching and spreading it and the growing pressure on the government to get people vaccinated (teachers included) we should reach herd immunity by the end of summer. My prediction is schools will open fully next fall. At the latest by January break.

Wow. This caused Jon Stewart decided to join twitter.

I'd bring in Watt for a 1.21 million dollar contract.

The irony in the name is fantastic.

Just us. LOL.

The expectations are low so he's got that going for him. He's in a tough spot though (cap space and lack of draft picks) even if Watson comes back thanks to BOB.

My thinking behind that is the NFL likes to schedule divisional games the last game of the season so we'd have nothing to play for entrenched in that #2 seed behind KC. Maybe they foolishly schedule us at home week 18 against the Pats thinking it could decide the fate of the AFC East.

14-3. Losses @KC and @TN. One unexpected home loss. Maybe the Pats.

Waste Management - there will always be garbage to pick up.

Yeah. It's a machine.

My advice that's served me well over the years is take your favorite company in each sector and buy some more stock every time the market dips if you have the available cash wish a good mixture of reliably high dividend value stocks (Johnson & Johnson) and growth stocks (Amazon). Avoid all the speculative crap.

Yes. He's the exception to the rule though. I can't think of another current successful head coach that wasn't a coordinator at some point.

Shoot. I want those third round picks.

They did a study in Iceland where it showed kids under 15 were only about half as likely to contract it and spread it. Basically the exact opposite of common cold and flu strands where they spread it like wildfire. Here's a snippet from the study.... National Geographic was given exclusive access to the results from an Icelandic study that provides definitive evidence of how much children contribute to coronavirus spread. Researchers with the nation’s Directorate of Health and deCODE genetics, a human-genomics company in Reykjavik, monitored every adult and child in the country who was quarantined after potentially being exposed this spring, using contact tracing and genetic sequencing to trace links between various outbreak clusters. This 40,000-person study found that children under 15 were about half as likely as adults to be infected, and only half as likely as adults to transmit the virus to others. Almost all the coronavirus transmissions to children came from adults.

I'd like to hear from them. Looking at the school thing from a different perspective. I've worked for a lot of years with teachers and they've been programmed to accept that they're going to get a virus/flu as a 1,000 kids in a building will spread virus rapidly each winter. All new teachers will catch it within their first couple of years until they build up immunity. So teachers have become conditioned to accept the fact that they're at higher risk than most for catching whatever bug is going around each winter. However, with Covid being a more deadly virus for many teachers who fall in the "at risk" range I can understand why they're so hesitant to go back and the unions are fighting for them. It's entrenched in their mind that schools are a virus petri dish and their likelihood of catching it is high. Kids being less likely to catch it and spread isn't common knowledge unfortunately. The unions will keep fighting until the kids and teachers are vaccinated unfortunately. I get that people come here to vent and many bring up good points about whether government is doing too much or not enough. They're also looking for someone to blame for this disruption in our way of life and politicians are easy targets (both at a local and federal level). My thinking is just do the best you can and focus on convincing as many people as you can to get the vaccine ASAP if it's available to you. It's our only way out of this.

Off the top of my head people that haven't been banned by twitter, facebook, etc...Ben Shapiro, Sean Hannity, Dan Bongino, Ann Coulter, Mark Levin (left in protest I believe), D'Souza, Charlie Kirk, Glenn Beck, Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson. I'm sure there's many more. You know why they're still allowed - they haven't violated the terms and conditions agreed to. I also keep in mind that successful conservative pundits often use the "big government" scare to keep their audience and this "big tech" scare is just another example. As for the NYT, they also just fired a left leaning reporter for writing she was "having chills" watching Biden's inauguration. It's a private company that will lose their audience every time they make knee jerk reactions by firing someone due to public pressure.

Again. The J&J vaccine approval will most likely be the determining factor in whether we're back to life as normal by fall and I'm optimistic based off preliminary results. I don't really understand this fatalistic attitude you have unless you're just venting. I agree that schools should be fully open right now but am much more optimistic that they will be this fall.

That's why the J&J vaccine is so important. If their "one shot" vaccination is proved safe and approved they'll have at least 100 million doses available by June. I'm hoping this thread is a distant memory by the end of this summer.

The most influential conservative voices who didn't violate the terms of service are still on all the social media platforms if they choose to be. I know people worry about a slippery slope. However, I don't think we're going to have another maniacal U.S. president tweeting about trying to overturn an election by suggesting a possible insurrection anytime in the near future.

For the most part, yes. If Gore was elected it's probable he would've also invaded Iraq. Not taking out Sudaam in the first Gulf War still had him as Hitler 2.0 in American minds. After 9/11, the pressure from the Republicans and the public (WE WANTED VENGEANCE) pry would've pushed him to invade Iraq even if there was some opposition within his own party.