MattM

That was great pulling up the theme music on his phone

I've done that, too--it ships surprisingly well

Love both Abbott's and Pittsford Dairy ice cream. Someone opened an Abbott's about 40 miles from us here in Westchester about a decade ago and I made my wife and kids drive there--worth it. Also once had a conversation with Kim Pegula down here about how Wegmans and Abbott's were two pilgrimage staples of every trip home. Grew up in ER, so am waiting for Hard Knocks to showcase a midnight beer run to the ER Alcoplex next.....

Is that you, Dale Gribble?

The thinking might be to give the backup kicker the opportunity, since the street kicker won't make the team

Dane Jackson

Good advice above. I’m old enough to remember Yankees bleacher tix being $1.50–we were incensed when they doubled them to $3! Totally agree on the downtown advice—I’ve been an uptown/UWS guy most of my life (preference-wise; I’ve lived in the ‘burbs for ages), but only recently discovered downtown (thanks, kids!) Great bookstores, restaurants/bars/cafes, shops, vintage movie theaters, Washington Square park, etc. I go in and hang there most weekends. And there’s a Wegmans on Astor Place. Off the beaten path, non-sports suggestions— Central Park—just walking around from any entrance. Museums—world-class. Met (most variety), Guggenheim/MoMA/Whitney—all more modern, Frick House—older stuff. My favorite part of living here. Yakitori Totto—55th and 8th. Great Japanese izikaya bar food. Meat skewers. Great stuff. Not cheap, but not super expensive either. The kind of place you don’t find often outside Japan. Broadway/Off-Broadway—world class theater. You can do a month visiting here and still not see it all—enjoy!

He looks like a John Hughes movie villain....

And considering how bad the Jags might be (for example of Lawrence gets hurt), that might be a very valuable pick next year. Am I misremembering, but didn't someone once move up from 10 to 3 for just a 3rd? Raiders-Dolphins?

If I recall correctly you were originally using McDaniel’s record as an Ivy walk-on to imply that he would be respected by NFL players as being similar to them in a way they’d respect from an athletic perspective. But the level of athletic talent in the Ivy League generally (much less at the literal bottom of the roster) is a whole lot lower than the NFL much less major college ball/conferences that they almost literally all come from, so I’m not sure about your supposition. They may respect his hard work as a coach, but I highly doubt they give much thought to his record as a player. And the Ivies have a policy that anyone who gets in gets the money to go. That’s how I attended—my parents made about $25k/yr in today’s dollars….

Oh, he did work hard—but he did not have the talent to be recruited or to play in games and the coaching staff let him walk on because the Ivies aren’t the cut throat world of the major conferences you were mentioning in the same breadth with them as if they are comparable. You also initially (and incorrectly) talked about Ivy kids getting scholarships which they don’t. i can ask my nephew next time I see him. He coaches at Princeton.

Apparently not in the Ivy League…..

Did you miss the part of me knowing someone who didn’t start in HS being an Ivy League walk on?

The part you’re forgetting is that it was Yale. No one was on scholarship. They are there by and large to get a degree and go into business, tech, law, academia (a few), etc. The more athletically-minded might consider coaching. While it’s improved drastically in the last 20-30 years, it’s still a huge long shot for an Ivy kid to be considering the pros. I went to Columbia in the 1980’s—my class broke the losing streak and did not win a single game in 4 years. I didn’t play football, but it’s a small school and literally 10% of the boys there in my freshman class were football players, so I know a lot of them and have a lot of respect for them as student athletes. That said, I had a buddy who walked on. I don’t think he started at Pittsford Sutherland his freshman year there (he later transferred to Staples in CT), but walked on at Columbia. Practiced every week, but rarely did played. I think MM may have been similar from what I’ve read. Things worked out fine for my buddy. Became COO of the energy trading business of another player (who’s currently a minority owner of the Texans) and retired in his mid-40’s with trips to Ibiza twice a year…..

Are you actually #######, or do you just play one on TV?