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Definitely this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Knigga

Exactly. This scheme isn't a 2-gap Hank Bullough 3-4, it's a 1-gap penetrating 3-4 like the Ryan's ran. Considering his size, strength, run defense ability, and moderate pass rush, I think he fits best as an end with his hand in the dirt (although I can see passing-down packages where he plays OLB). I'm interested to see how he does as a OLB predominantly now that it seems to be solidified.

Lmao. But fr, I hope you get well soon and the recovery is 100% 👍

If you're implying that you're rich, then that would explain the free time behind your post count.

I don't believe we've crossed paths, but it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance and I look forward to reading more 👍

Agreed. Although it's possible that game is also what kills his motivation to be a starting NFL receiver. Sometimes after proving to yourself that you can do it, you don't feel the need to keep trying and get complacent. I had a poor first year in college. I knew I could do better, so I went into year two highly motivated. I also upped the ante and switched majors to engineering, so my courses would be comparatively more difficult and intense. I studied my butt off, my grades shot up, and I made the dean's list two semesters in a row. But once I proved to myself that I could get straight A's, I would lose the motivation to keep it up until my grades fell and I had something to prove again. In one of the more awkward moments of my life, we were getting our first calc-based physics exams handed back, and you could quickly tell by all the reactions that it was a slaughter. I noticed the guy next to me got a 67, and the guy in front of me got a 52. Most refused to share their grades openly, but I found out later the highest grade was an 86 (the only 80s score) and the lowest a 40. Obviously, I'm getting increasingly anxious about my score. The professor walks over to me last with this enormous smile, announces to everyone that I got a 100 (which we're told was the second time that happened in 2+ decades), and then spends nearly 10 minutes just HAMMERING the rest of the class for not studying hard enough for "a perfectly doable exam, as your classmate has shown you..." 😳 Man, I will never forget the looks I got that day after being hung out to dry like that.

My guess with Keon is that he isn't hungry for greatness. He often plays like he doesn't have something bigger to achieve/prove, and that's an essential component of being motivated. Contrast that with someone like Diggs. When he's not in hissy-fit mode, he wants to make plays for his team, dominate the opposing team, and leaves nothing on the field. Remember when Diggs got into that fight in the Super Bowl? If you hypothetically swapped Keon into that moment, it's hard to say if he would've defended himself with the same feistiness, or if he would've just been like yeah whatever. That Ravens game made it clear that Keon has the talent and tools required to be in the NFL. If he played with more fire/violence, then he could have a respectable career. As others have said, the right coach/mentor might be able to do just that. I hope he puts it together.

You're correct that it's not 100% of what I was looking for, but I appreciate the response nonetheless. Fwiw, I agree with you about focusing more on traditional academics, and I can see how it's possible that some teachers might get carried away with the other stuff. But I do think there's room for (and value in) some varied approaches/topics that are age-appropriate. My last comment on this (hopefully) is that schooling is a local thing, and it's not our business to tell each other how to run our local school districts (unless we just happen to reside in the same one in WNY lol). And that's why I mostly chalk up these concerns as pot-stirring rhetoric, since I believe that parents of the students would voice their concerns locally in situations where such problems actually are occurring in their school districts and get those problems addressed. Happy Friday the 13th!

It was an opportunity for you to set the record straight without words being put in your mouth. You've elected not to take that opportunity. I was genuinely interested in your thoughts. But in lieu of further information, I have to fill in the blanks. And I think teef pretty much nailed it:

Bump @JDHillFan.

I watched every single one of these. There were a grand total of 2 slightly immature moments from 2 of the youngest teachers' clips. Most of the rest of the clips were actually very sweet (one almost made me tear up a bit). None of them caused alarm bells to go off. They all "threaded the needle" perfectly. I'd be fine with any of them teaching in public schools. Watching all that was kind of a waste of my time since it did nothing to prove your concerns., but at least I was smiling through most of it. However, if this same stuff is what gets you all frothing at the mouth and concerned for children that aren't even yours, then I'm honestly at a loss for a rational explanation. The only thing that explains these misplaced concerns is emotional irrationality, perhaps in the form of things like bigotry, hatred, or an unhealthy desire to control others.

I think the bolded is where the disconnect is on this point. It was my interpretation of the overall conversation during the previous 2-3 pages. I was speaking to it all, and not you specifically. You just happened to be the one who posted that in the middle of the conversation. Regardless, here's your chance to speak plainly. Why did you post it? What concerns, if any, do you have about teachers in the public school system going too far or crossing lines that shouldn't be crossed? Feel free to choose whatever direction you like when speaking of things going too far or lines being crossed. It's as open-ended as you wish without any words being put in your mouth.

Show me where I misquoted you as saying such. I used those words in my post of my own accord and never put quotations around them, or put those words in your mouth in any other fashion. Alternatively, you can continue making assumptions.

Well, in my case we had no choice. We were forced (gasp!) to wear them, and even sing along! Oh the horror. How shall I ever recover from this... But seriously, I see them as comparable examples in terms of the amount of actual harm done to students (i.e., none). Tell me, what harm do you think has befallen those girls from that school who briefly wore a hijab? If they were to sue the school for allowing this to happen, what are the possible damages they could articulate in court? That our youth are being indoctrinated in public schools in damaging ways.

Are y'all telling me you never made mock Native American headbands with brown construction paper and fake feathers in 1st grade art class during Thanksgiving? @boyst @JDHillFan Because I did... and lemme tell you what. That experience of goofily painting each others faces and watching our all-white chorus singing songs while wearing their headbands was so profound that I immediately renounced my citizenship and joined the American Indian Movement as a militant anarchist. Yup, all in 1st grade, and all before recess. /sarcasm This hijab example is as much of a nothing-burger as the example I just gave. Do you have any other smoking-guns to show?