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Corner depth. Elam will be an asset if Benford's injury is serious.

Hill gave Johnson props on that push out of bounds. I like that.

I've noticed that a ton this game. On one play Philips was trying to pump up the crowd and didn't hear the play. Bernard noticed it immediately and gave him the play again quickly.

Ball control is going to dampen Miami's output a ton while giving our defense a rest from the track sprints involved covering the Fish receivers.

Can someone explain why some players can "play special teams" and some others (usually starter-caliber guys) cannot? I never understood why its such an exclusive skillset.

I wonder how much of the Benford playing better than Elam situation comes down to scheme, and how much comes down to individual talent. If it's more scheme than talent, then that's a knock on the coach/scheme. If it's more talent than scheme, then that's a knock on the scouting department/GM. I tend to lean towards the former, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Elam become a starter in another scheme if given that opportunity.

Imo, this is the best post in the thread so far. Most other posts have primarily consisted of political talking points, but yours doesn't ignore some basic realities (namely trends in automation, pay inequity, and global labor markets). I will add separately that the general sentiment against unions disheartens me. Those same people casually use terms like "8-hour workday" and "40-hour workweek" and "worker safety" and "lunch breaks" and "paid time off" as if those concepts are simply a given and always have been, with no consideration for the sweat, toil, and blood that went into their genesis. I'm not sure if it's a lack of awareness or just a lack of appreciation, but so much of what we take for granted today was not done in the interest of increasing profits; it was not done because employers are altruistic; it was done because workers organized themselves into labor unions and bargained with employers to achieve the best possible deal, and much in the same way that businesses bargain with each other for the best deals. If employers were to somehow convince workers to pay employers for the privilege of working for them, they'd do that seemingly nonsensical thing tomorrow if they could, even if they knew better than not to and regardless of how negatively it might affect anyone. If industries could start dumping effluent into our waterways again, they would cease spending money on expensive pollution control systems and switch to this much cheaper alternative. If a choice increases profit, businesses will lean towards that choice and away from alternative choices, as that is literally their primary function. Get rid of organized labor... and then it will only be a matter of time until these things we value are eroded away in the interest of a higher profit margin and an increase in the stock price.

You can use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+A to select everything on the page, then copy/paste it into Notepad and delete/ignore the non-article text. It doesn't work on some sites but it did with this one.

I get your point generally I think. But if going strictly by that logic, then Quenton Nelson and Luke Kueckly were bad draft picks. It's not about what position they play as much as it's about how much they are worth. Guys like Nelson and Kueckly are guys you pay. Period. Do I think Edmunds belongs in the NFL as a starting MLB? Absolutely. Do I think he's worth as much as he was paid? No, but I do think he's good enough to be worth ~$10mil per year. I would've loved to have him back at that price, but I'm also glad we are not paying him what Chicago is.

The Blues and the Greens from ancient Rome and medieval Byzantium could get so rowdy during events as to cause mass riots that might devastate whole cities or even dethrone emperors. Afaik, "fan" comes from the word fanatic, and that's no accident if so.

This turned out to be a brilliant, hilarious, and surprisingly applicable analogy lol.

That was literally me in backyard football. I feel attacked! 😄 But we got to the moon with rockets and 60s hardware. So if you're right, that means the moon is the limit for Allen (i.e., 1 step above the sky!).

No doofus! It's obviously "Muddle Lonebacker" 🤦‍♂️ Some posters around here, I tell ya... 😂

To one of his last points, the original vision of the Founding Fathers was not one where they believed that the common citizen could be trusted with self-governance. They believed that those with the greatest stake in the country were naturally the best ones to lead it, since they had the most to lose if the country was poorly governed. Governance certainly couldn't be left in the hands of the uneducated. Or the landless... or women... or blacks.... One of the most common lines you will hear on the right when defending a Republican-led Senate that represents far less than half of the population is "America is not a democracy; it is a federal republic." The flip-flop of that ideal goes against the grain of the Republican party and appeals directly to populist sentiment on the right. The unawareness of this hypocrisy is hilarious.

Manufacturing indictments of such magnitude against a former president is not a simple thing to get done. So yes, a task like that really is unthinkable if Democrats are pure simpletons who generally can't get anything done.

Kin-Cong? 🦍

I've always wondered if this were actually the case but I've never seen the analysis done. Interesting. EDIT: Ha. There's even a line on Wikipedia's "Play-action pass" entry about the running game being irrelevant, and this is what they cite in support of that statement: https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2018/rushing-success-and-play-action-passing

I read a good article recently about the rising cost of attending college. One point they made was that today's students expect a certain kind of college "experience" outside of the classroom. This persuades universities into purchasing or upgrading a lot of big-ticket items, and most boards of trustees conduct very little oversight on spending. That spending then drives up tuition. The hyper-commodification of higher learning shields itself from scrutiny by hiding behind the pretense that more education is never a bad thing.

Of course. That's where discipline and coaching comes in. As a general mentality, an MLB should be one of the scariest guys on a defense. Defense is about being physical, and since MLBs are often the "QBs of the defense", a physical, nasty MLB sets the tone for the defense in the same way that Josh sets the tone for our offense.

I've always heard that you want your MLB to be a little "off" in the head. Borderline psychopath even.

I was initially going to include that one too, but Ike didn't make it past the final cuts 😂

As a bona fide armchair QB with over 70 seasons of Madden 2005 franchise mode under my belt, losing Edmunds this offseason was a big concern of mine. Athletic, rangy MLBs are one of the most critical components of my scheme, and my defense performs a lot worse when I don't have one. You see, I'm not an NFL-level defensive coach lol. If I don't have the right personnel for my system, I have a hard time adapting my scheme to fit my personnel. But the thing is... McD *is* an NFL-level defensive coach, and that means having the ability to adapt his scheme to fit his personnel. It's just a matter of shuffling responsibilities around a bit. You can't expect to win in this league if your system requires special/rare athletes to function properly. And since McD has a few wins under his belt, I tend to lean towards "trusting the process" as well.

I love the pronunciation guide on the depth chart lol. "BASS (like the fish)" "Gouraige (rhymes with garage)" 🤣

That is so weird seeing Wolf Blitzer blaming Democrats and Trump giving Democrats credit in the same interview.

In donuts and doritos, I take it? 😝