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    Washington Commanders may have to change their name again

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    2 hours ago, ProcessTruster said:

    Absolutely, that whole thing was BS


    Just like the Seminole and Braves, it wasn’t the majority of Native Americans (NA) that were offended. It was white people who were offended that NAs weren’t offended enough that made the big stink. 
     

    Just don’t understand how erasing NA from our culture is somehow a good thing for them. My wife is NA and we talk about this from time to time when she hears about another team deleting NAs. 
     

    You name teams tough names to intimidate your opponents (obviously not really going to intimidate anyone playing modern sports). Using these names is an homage to NA ferocity and prowess on the battlefield. It’s out of respect of your former opponent.
     

    You wouldn’t name your team after someone soft/weak that you don’t respect or a people you despise. 

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    The Ravens’ LB Patrick Queen is rumored to be a trade candidate.

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    On 5/4/2023 at 9:26 AM, 4merper4mer said:

    Let’s objectively analyze the approaches taken by both the Underpants gnomes and by you.

     

    We can define #3, profit, the same way for both.  I’ll even give the Oliver crowd a bit of a break as I think you should,  Profit is revenue-cost.  We'll get to that in a minute as although I think you’re calculating the cost of Oliver correctly from a technical standpoint, you are calculating it incorrectly from a practical standpoint.  Given the definition of profit we’re employing we can proceed.

     

    Step 1

     

    Underpants Gnomes:

     

    Step 1 for the gnomes is stealing underpants.  This establishes the cost of the underpants as near zero.  The only costs involved are the labor expended on the theft and the cost of the inventory.  In the episode, the gnomes look as if they have nothing better to do than steal the underpants and they appear to live in large caves with plenty of space and no rent so the inventory cost is negligible.  In effect their cost is zero.

     

    You:

     

    You’ve established our cost of Oliver as the first round pick we used, his 2023 cap hit plus the third round comp pick we won’t get if we trade or release him.  Releasing him gets us nothing in return for those costs other than the cap hit relief.  In order to profit from a trade, the value you seek needs to exceed your established cost.  I’d argue that you should not include the first round status as part of your cost because we’ve already received three years of play in return.  You don’t feel that play has been up to snuff, but even if it is a bad return, it is still a return.  In addition, we cannot go back in time and undo the pick.  Those costs are what is known as “sunk”.  I think in establishing whether a trade is “profitable” it should only be required to exceed the value of a 2024 3rd rounder plus the lost production we’d get from Oliver in 2023.  

     

    Step 2

     

    Underpants gnomes:

     

    They appear clueless about how to proceed and achieve profit.  The obvious choice would be to sell the underpants and take whatever money they could get.  It would probably be a small number, but given the zero cost, a 100% margin.  Their problem is there isn’t really a market for used underpants.  If I were a management consultant employed by the gnomes I’d point out that they have already resorted to theft, which is wrong, but as long as they were doing that, they should steal piggy banks instead of underpants.  This way they could skip step 2 altogether. I would congratulate the gnomes on their objective and enthusiastic approach to their business despite its current lack of success.  Perhaps some day they will find a solution.

     

    You:

     

    if you agree that the cost of Oliver is a 2024 third plus his potential 2023 production, we can proceed.  When Oliver is gone we instantly receive the opportunity to repurpose his cap $ for 2023 so that would be at least part of the return.  I think you’re saying we could get more production from the use of those $ on other players either traded for or signed than from Oliver.  You haven’t named any players that I’ve seen but we can leave that to the side.  You haven’t named a team that would take Oliver and pay more than the 2024 third we’d already get.  You can’t really give an example of a player that has garnered more.  As a matter of fact, the most recent trade of a player in Oliver’s age range and relative status was D’Andre Swift, who netted a 2025 4th.  You’ve also left out how we’d utilize the $ saved on Oliver.  In a way you have more ??????? than the gnomes but still require higher standards.  If I were a management consultant employed by you, I’d quit.

     

    Overall summary:

     

    Both you and the Underpants Gnomes want to achieve profit and neither can figure out how.  
     

    The gnomes have stalled in their attempt.  They realize they are stalled but continue to enthusiastically try to solve their problem.

     

    You have a conundrum similar to the gnomes as there is no real solution to the problem as you’ve defined it.  In your own words, rather than maintaining enthusiasm in the pursuit of an answer, you’ve resorted to emotionally “pounding the table”.  
     

    I’d say neither you nor the gnomes are likely to achieve your goals without resetting them or changing the approach.  It appears the gnomes have a better chance at success because of their slightly better use of logic and immensely better attitude.  Just my opinion though.


    100% entertaining read 👍👍

     

    🤣🤣🤣

    Deshaun Watson Speeding

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    48 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

     

     

    97 mph. Damn man slow down


    Last straw 🤣

     

    Dude was thisclose to dropping DW for those 23 accusations, but was willing to weather the storm of massage and her ass mint jokes. 
     

    But speeding jokes too????

     

    Nope. Out!

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    Have we bridged the playoff gap?

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    Honestly, the big drop off in both Gabe’s performance and the performance of the O overall was the inability for us to execute the over/under combo route that Beas/Davis killed teams with. 
     

    It was nearly unstoppable. So much so that IMO, we overused it in 2020 (Beas ends up w/a broken leg, team obviously worn out)

     

    In 2021, we tried to save it for the playoffs and only broken it out when needed (you could always tell because the drive would start w/a pass to Beas…almost always resulted in a scoring drive). That season resulted in the 13 second game but also Gabe’s elite performance. 
     

    2022, we tried to live without it, eventually bringing a broken down Beas at the end of the season, without much success 

     

    Now if Kincade is capable of executing the over/under combo route effectively w/Gabe, I think we may be in for a wild ride. 

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    RD 5, Pick 150: WR Justin Shorter, Florida

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    6 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

    Big physical outside WR that has trouble separating. I see similarly profiled players get drafted sooner than this so I'm fine with the value.

     

    Edit: Ignore that first clip of Kincaid, I can't find a way to remove it for some reason.

     

     

     

     

    This says he has GREAT hands. 5.5% drop rate (good 🤷‍♂️) but fans who watch the Gators are saying he drops a lot. Which is correct?

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    Lamar Jackson wants guarantees that exceed Watson contract

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    10 hours ago, purple haze said:

    I think his market value is being manipulated by the owners, but it is what is.   He’s not getting that Watson deal even if there was an owner out there willing to give it to him.  Now, it’s about where he’ll play next.  


    This is something that may have legs to it. The supposed collusion of owners against the SF QB (name escapes me) was obviously a joke, but I can see collusion in this instance because he doesn’t “play by the rules” and get a “union approved agent”. 
     

    There was also collusion against Jeff Saturday for the same reason. He didn’t/doesn’t kiss the ring of the powers that be, so all the powers unite to make sure no one else tries to do the same. 
     

    There are examples of this throughout our society IMO. These are the areas where actual “good ol’ boy” networks operate/thrive. They may not necessarily try to keep down one particular class/race but they will do everything possible to protect the system/network that benefits them. 
     

    In this instance, no agent? Then constant mockery in the media and devaluation.
     

    Or maybe everyone’s on the up and up 🤷‍♂️

    A players perspective on the Bengals game

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    IMO, not finishing the Damar Hamlin game had a lot to do with the result of this game. 
     

    It seemed to me that the playoff game was just a continuation of what seemed to be happening before DH got hurt. 
     

    If we finished that game, and got our asses handed to us, we would’ve come into the playoff game with a different game plan. 
     

    I’m not AT ALL saying that we should’ve finished that game. There was no way. 
     

    Im just saying that if we were able to finish that game, we would’ve been much better prepared for the playoff rematch

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    Bills free agency tracker - NFL free agency began 3/15 - post all NFL updates here

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    39 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said:

    Now wait a minute… if this was Beane people would be upset. 
     

    “He botched fixing the OL last year so he had to let our S tandem walk to try and fix it again.” 
     

    Oddly sounds like 

     

    “He botched the DL situation with Rousseau/Epenesa/Basham and had to go give Von Miller a big contract.” 
     

    You can’t have your cake and eat it too. 


    To me, the difference is one is trying to create pass rush and the other is trying to protect the future HOF player that currently determines the fortunes of the team. 
     

    There’s always a market for “extra” linemen. Not much of a market for underperforming DL. Makes the “misses” less painful. 
     

    IMO the frustration is the failed investment on the wrong side of the ball. Not that he failed as no one is perfect. 

    Bills free agency tracker - NFL free agency began 3/15 - post all NFL updates here

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    To me, the key to success is building a giant wall of athletic humanity in front of JA17. 
     

    If that’s FA or Draft, I don’t care. I’d even accept JAGS at the skill positions for a couple years to make it happen. 
     

    Either gives JA all day to throw or a tsunami of meat in front of him if he decides to run or hand it off. 
     

    It really seems frustratingly simple to me

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    Orlando Brown signs with Bengals

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    The Bills should be investing in their O-Line like they’ve been investing in their D-Line. 
     

    All the picks and FA we’ve dumped there should’ve been used for the O-Line. Now that we’ve finally acknowledged that and are starting to address the O-line as a unit, we need to go all in. 
     

    To me, it’s literally the foundation of an O. I would even go so far as to say that AS A UNIT, they are on par w/QB in how much they impact every play. 
     

    You can have the MVP behind center w/a HOF RB and WR, but if the line doesn’t give them time/holes to run through, they will struggle. 
     

    If you have a HOF O-line, you can win w/JAGS at WR/RB and average QB play. 
     

    Putting shiny new Skill players on an O w/out a line is like bolting speed accessories onto an ‘85 Honda. 

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