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They assume everybody else is as unethical as they themselves are.

Allen's problems as a rookie were his rawness and, during his first season, lack of good QB coaching. Despite that, he progressed through his rookie season, and with better coaching last season, he blossomed. This year, he's matured into a franchise QB. The key to that progress is that he learns from his mistakes and doesn't keep making the same ones over and over. Jones is just the opposite. He simply makes poor decisions , and he keeps them again and again. Both INTs were because he tried to make throws he couldn't instead of just throwing the ball away. Twenty games into his career, he should have at least figured out when to do that, and apparently he hasn't, especially when under pressure. He reminds me of JP Losman, who could make beautiful throws and occasional great plays, but under pressure, he always made the wrong decision.

Be smart and get your flu shot. Be smarter and wear a mask and practice social distancing. November 3, 2020 - Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, reportedly urged “much more aggressive action” against the coronavirus in an internal memo to Trump administration officials offering a bleak assessment of the pandemic still raging across the country—as the president continues to insist the U.S. has COVID-19 under control. (Dr Birx ) October 22, 2020 - The National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University reports that between 130,000 and 210,000 deaths from coronavirus could have been avoided with a better response from the US government policies and crisis messaging. (Avoidable Covid-19 Deaths) October 13, 2020 - The U of Washington's IHME projects that more than 363,000 Americans could die of the coronavirus by January 1, 2021 and more than 394,000 by February 1, 2021 with the seasonal flu making the coronavirus more deadly. November 2, 2020 - 231,556 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 553. November 1, 2020 - 231,003 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 447. October 31, 2020 - 230,556 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 962. October 30, 2020 - 229,594 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 946. October 29, 2020 - 228,648 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 947. October 28, 2020 - 227,701 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 1028. Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 28-November 1, 2020: 814 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 21-27, 2020: 800 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 14-20, 2020: 726 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 7-13, 2020: 851 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 30-October 6, 2020: 707 November 1, 2020 - 22,748 Americans died of coronavirus in the month of October, an average of 734 per day. October 1, 2020 - 21,311 Americans died of coronavirus in the month of September, an average of 710 per day. November 1, 2020 - 231,003 Americans have died of coronavirus October 1, 2020 - 207,808 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 1, 2020 - 185,594 Amercians have died of coronavirus. July 1, 2020 - 127,299 Americans have died of coronavirus.

Says the cretin who won't provide one shred of proof.

Why would you expect better from supporters of a gutless bully like Covid Donnie?

IOW, you got nothin' but baseless accusations. About par for Right wing nuts.

If you make accusations, then own them. Who are these "dozen or so Tiberius socks " you claim are on this forum? Name them.

Great "international relationships"? According to whom? Covid Donnie and his sycophants? Or maybe his hero Vladimir Putin?

Here's the thread where I think we were going to put Electoral College predictions: Electoral College Contest My prediction: Biden 415, Covid Donnie 163 The coronavirus is going to take Trump down in an Electoral College landslide -- and gives Biden a 10 or more point popular vote margin. This is the worse crisis that the US has faced since the Great Depression, Covid Donnie has totally proven his incompetence and unfitness to be POTUS in his response to it, and the American people will respond just as they did in 1932.

A correction ... Trump admitted in an interview to Bob Woodward that he knew that the coronavirus was far more dangerous than the seasonal flu back in January. He not only chose to lie about its seriousness -- to call it a "hoax" -- to the American people then, but he has not only continued to pretend it's no big deal for 8 months as more than 230,000 Americans have died.

Be smart and get your flu shot. Be smarter and wear a mask and practice social distancing. October 30, 2020 - The US has surpassed 9 million cases with more than 91,700 new cases reported today, the highest number new cases on a single day ever in the US. October 22, 2020 - The National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University reports that between 130,000 and 210,000 deaths from coronavirus could have been avoided with a better response from the US government policies and crisis messaging. (Avoidable Covid-19 Deaths) October 13, 2020 - The U of Washington's IHME projects that more than 363,000 Americans could die of the coronavirus by January 1, 2021 and more than 394,000 by February 1, 2021 with the seasonal flu making the coronavirus more deadly. November 1, 2020 - 231,003 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 447. October 31, 2020 - 230,556 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 962. October 30, 2020 - 229,594 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 946. October 29, 2020 - 228,648 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 947. October 28, 2020 - 227,701 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 1028. Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 28-November 1, 2020: 866 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 21-27, 2020: 800 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 14-20, 2020: 726 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 7-13, 2020: 851 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 30-October 6, 2020: 707 November 1, 2020 - 22,748 Americans died of coronavirus in the month of October, an average of 734 per day. October 27, 2020 - 226,673 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 20, 2020 - 221,078 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 13, 2020 - 215,995 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 6, 2020 - 210,909 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 1, 2020 - 21,311 Americans died of coronavirus in the month of September, an average of 710 per day. November 1, 2020 - 231,003 Americans have died of coronavirus October 1, 2020 - 207,808 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 1, 2020 - 185,594 Amercians have died of coronavirus. July 1, 2020 - 127,299 Americans have died of coronavirus.

The Bills didn't look very hard for a starting QB for 20 years because they were playing money ball even before Mr Money Ball, Russ Brandon, took charge of the team. They were ALWAYS looking for the cheaper option, from scouting and player personnel to coaches to players, and they pretty much got what they paid for. It took a change in ownership and the firing of Brandon to allow Beane to function like a real GM and put the emphasis on winning football games rather than maximizing profits. Herbert was taken #6 IIRC, so he's not exactly dog meat. However, who knows if he ever gets truly better. As DCs "figure them out" and learn their strengths and weaknesses, numerous flashy first year starters have proven to be disappointments. I think QBs who don't show themselves special by their second year as starters, however, are really big question marks going forward. They better show marked improvement by their third seasons to warrant giving them a fifth year option -- and by marked improvement, I mean they have to improve as QBs in terms of understanding the game and making good decisions.

Oh, but Covid Donnie has promised that people with pre-existing conditions will be covered by his "plan" to get rid of the ACA! He's the President, he wouldn't lie. //sarcasm off

Excellent post! Georgia is another one of those Sunbelt states like Texas, North Carolina, and Arizona that are undergoing significant demographic change because of the influx of migrants into their biggest cities. They are becoming much like New York, California, Illinois, Washington, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania where the large urban metros -- the cities and their suburbs -- dominate the political conversation because that's where the bulk of the population lives. I think that Georgia not only is a Biden win, but the two Democrats running for the Senate, Ossuff and Warnock, will also win, although Warnock will likely face a January run off. I think that the spiking coronavirus cases around the country, and especially in the Upper Midwest, is going to suppress Election Day voting. I think Republicans whose families and friends have been infected and are fighting coronavirus are incensed at Trump and his sycophants' Grand Superspreader Tour and will stay home if they don't trudge to the polls to vote against Trump. I think that many people in the worst hit states who have not yet voted will not vote at all, regardless of party, and part of that will be because the Republicans have worked so hard to suppress mail-in voting. I expect that the vote on Election Day to be significantly less than the 90+ million votes already cast, probably in in the neighborhood of 60-65 million, but possibly less due to coronavirus concerns. The biggest jump in votes cast occurred between the 2000 and 2004 elections when about 17 million more people voted in 2004 than in 2000. Trump has made absolutely no effort to court any voting segment except his base all through this campaign. That gives him about 40% of the population except that he's literally been killing off some of that base with his Superspreader Tours to coronavirus hotspots since the summer. Even if he gets 90% of his base to vote for him, that's still only 36% of the electorate. While it's true that it's the Electoral College that matters, he's been consistently behind in the battleground states he needs to win to get to 270, namely Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, and fighting to keep traditionally red states like Georgia and Texas with few indications that his Grand Superspreader Tour is making any headway.

Senator Warren explained the GOP and Covid Donnie's health care plan perfectly in an interview a few days ago: get rid of Obamacare and then go after Medicare and Medicaid.

Be smart and get your flu shot. Be smarter and wear a mask and practice social distancing. October 30, 2020 - The US has surpassed 9 million cases with more than 91,700 new cases reported today, the highest number new cases on a single day ever in the US. October 22, 2020 - The National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University reports that between 130,000 and 210,000 deaths from coronavirus could have been avoided with a better response from the US government policies and crisis messaging. (Avoidable Covid-19 Deaths) October 13, 2020 - The U of Washington's IHME projects that more than 363,000 Americans could die of the coronavirus by January 1, 2021 and more than 394,000 by February 1, 2021 with the seasonal flu making the coronavirus more deadly. October 31, 2020 - 230,556 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 962. October 30, 2020 - 229,594 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 946. October 29, 2020 - 228,648 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 947. October 28, 2020 - 227,701 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 1028. Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 28-31, 2020: 971 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 21-27, 2020: 800 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 14-20, 2020: 726 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 7-13, 2020: 851 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 30-October 6, 2020: 707 November 1, 2020 - 22,748 Americans died of coronavirus in the month of October, an average of 734 per day. October 27, 2020 - 226,673 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 20, 2020 - 221,078 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 13, 2020 - 215,995 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 6, 2020 - 210,909 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 1, 2020 - 21,311 Americans died of coronavirus in the month of September, an average of 710 per day. October 1, 2020 - 207,808 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 1, 2020 - 185,594 Amercians have died of coronavirus. July 1, 2020 - 127,299 Americans have died of coronavirus.

Unfortunately, thanks to Covid Donnie and his sycophants' Superspreader Grand Tour of the big swing states, at least parts of the US are likely to end up in the same place within a month of the election. I caught a commentator on the news this morning refer to Trump's campaign as the "most immoral" in American history. He's literally demanding that his true believers put their lives on the line just to stroke his ego.

Hysterical much?

Are you referring to the Patriots trading away Garappolo (ie, flipping him)? In the short term, it was a good move because the Pats won a SB and appeared in another one with Brady because I don't think that the Pats get to either of those SBs with Garappolo. However, Garappolo was never the starter in NE. He was a backup QB who had a handful of decent games over three years and was just good enough to expect a big pay day and a starting gig in the near future. Lots of teams have promising backup QBs (off limited samples of games) that they trade away for picks. That's very different from what I took to be your original premise that teams shouldn't pay their starting QBs big bucks unless they're elite but trade them away and find another QB in the draft. It makes sense if you subscribe to playing "money ball" but I haven't seen many examples of money ball actually working out. Trading away a proven veteran worked out long term for GB with Favre and Rodgers but Favre was at the end of his career not coming off his rookie contract.

Here's mine: So Tier's Prediction This election is a referendum on Trump's response to the pandemic, and Covid Donnie pays the price for his incompetence.

Be smart and get your flu shot. Be smarter and wear a mask and practice social distancing. October 30, 2020 - The US has surpassed 9 million cases with more than 91,700 new cases reported today, the highest number new cases on a single day ever in the US. October 22, 2020 - The National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University reports that between 130,000 and 210,000 deaths from coronavirus could have been avoided with a better response from the US government policies and crisis messaging. (Avoidable Covid-19 Deaths) October 13, 2020 - The U of Washington's IHME projects that more than 363,000 Americans could die of the coronavirus by January 1, 2021 and more than 394,000 by February 1, 2021 with the seasonal flu making the coronavirus more deadly. October 30, 2020 - 229,594 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 946. October 29, 2020 - 228,648 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 947. October 28, 2020 - 227,701 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 1028. Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 28-30, 2020: 974 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 21-27, 2020: 800 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 14-20, 2020: 726 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 7-13, 2020: 851 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 30-October 6, 2020: 707 October 27, 2020 - 226,673 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 20, 2020 - 221,078 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 13, 2020 - 215,995 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 6, 2020 - 210,909 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 1, 2020 - 21,311 Americans died of coronavirus in the month of September, an average of 710 per day. October 1, 2020 - 207,808 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 1, 2020 - 185,594 Amercians have died of coronavirus. July 1, 2020 - 127,299 Americans have died of coronavirus.

Checks and balances are a good thing but it might be a a good idea to review if those checks and balances are actually working as intended or if they are doing just the opposite. I would not be surprised to see the constitution amendments proposed to deal with issues that have surfaced in this election campaign: limiting the confirmation of new Supreme Court justices within 60 or 90 days of national elections; having a national standard of dealing with mail-in ballots for national elections that are postmarked by election day but arrive after the polls close; outlining a specific process for transfer of power when the incumbent POTUS loses his re-election bid; and possibly modifying/abolishing the Electoral College.

What's "tempting" about this scenario? Having a top QB is the key to building a winning team, so why would a team trade away a very promising young QB on a rookie contract like Allen to chase the 2nd or 3rd best QB from the next QB class when about half of first round QBs end up not becoming even average NFL starters? Moreover, I can't see another team giving up a first rounder for a QB that his original team wants to send packing after three seasons. It's not the market size, but the quality/reputation of the organization that attracts top FAs. All of the NFL teams are located in big metros. "Big market" and "small market" is simply a divide between the largest metros and not-so-large metros. In order to attract top FAs, crappy organizations have to overpay whether they're in big markets or small markets. A team that can figure out how to develop and flip QBs is a myth.

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