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How does pointing out the volume of John Deere’s layoffs in 2024 have anything to do with diving into political opinions?

John Deere has laid off thousands of workers over the past few years. The 1,600 in 2024 wasn’t because of Trump tariffs. It’s business. https://iowastartingline.com/2024/12/12/iowans-laid-off-john-deere-2024/#:~:text=This year alone—not counting,those being laid off Jan.

All I know is I was handed down a free 1987 Deere lawn tractor in 2018. It was almost as old as me and still ran great. It was definitely too small for my property and started giving me trouble a few years later, but the longevity caused some brand loyalty. It was time for something new in 2022. I cross shopped Kubota and a few others. With all the inventory shortages of that time, Deere was the only one with plenty of inventory on hand so I stuck with it.

It’s impossible for these people not to look at everything through a politically divisive lens. To them everything is about a pro or con Trump argument. Something as simple as a financial forward looking statement from a public corporation has to come back to a Trump cause or effect issue. By the way, Deere has ran into some fairly substantial trouble with recalls on their more residential focused products. A lot of zero turns and lawn tractors with Kawasaki engines were recalled for electrical issues causing spontaneous combustion. I have a lawn tractor with a Kawasaki that wasn’t on the recall list but I still worry. I heard of some reports on not recall models catching fire, and it’s a bit concerning.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/business/gas-labor-day-travel-energy $3.15 average, lowest Labor Day cost since 2020. Enjoy the last of the summer holiday travel.

Ah, yes. We’re never going to snag a top tier anything when we are always picking around 30.

To be fair, Bean does pretty good with the late round picks, finding quite a few diamonds in the rough. It’s the early round premium picks he normally wastes.

And that is how the Olympic flag football team is selected.

Snitches get stitches.

Next they’ll bring in Josh Norman. We do play Henry week 1. We need someone he can stiff arm 20 feet across the field.

C'mon it's 4:30 already. I thought Bean would have CC'd TSW the final roster as it went to the league office.

Yeah but Shaq Lawson was the only one in there.

Was this the guy that spotted him?

Can we trade them Bass and just roll with Ray Davis?

Sometimes, but by then it’s normally up to a civil court judge.

Snitches get stitches.

I agree with that, I just hope he learned how to run a championship defense come playoffs in year 9.

They should post a printed out list of the final 53 and hang it outside of Bean’s office like posting college exam results back in the day. Players have to come by in the morning to see if they made the cut.

Really wish the Bills would have taken a shot with Milton in last year’s draft. He’s been looking pretty good so far in this Cowboys game.

They’ll probably have John Brown and Beasley back by the end of the week too.

Bass has always struggled with the chip shots. High and to the right is his go to.

Yeah I don't think the significant contact dollar difference of that comparison is something to just dismiss. I just think this regime is committed to fielding the best 53 regardless of what they are being paid. A lot of that comes down to staying healthy and Samuel just he hasn’t ben able to do it. Maybe they are just being a bit cautious with Samuel now and know a lot more than us fans, I just wouldn’t be that surprised if they made a call here that a lot weren’t expecting.

I really don’t know about that. This front office has shown in the past that they are not afraid to cut someone with a good chuck of money against the cap if they’re not cutting it. OJ Howard comes to mind recently.