Steely Dan

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What he says about the Steelers pick of Ziggy Hood; I would have rated him the fifth-best defensive tackle and considered "Ziggy" a second-round pick. Great analysis douchebag. The Steelers had the 32nd pick in the first round which puts them on the cusp of the second round. If they had waited til the end of the second round he probably wouldn't have been there. It's cool to see him give props to Maybin but I take his analysis with a grain of salt. JMO I think Maybin will be adequate as a situational pass rusher this year. If he's brought along slowly, he will eventually dominate. JMO Penn State DE's have a bad rap. That's a reason I believe he will be a little slow to adjust. I'm usually wrong when I say things about players and I really hope I'm wrong and that he'll be a stud from his first game to his last this year.

Thanks, that's hugely cool! Most of these guys have played pee-wee league and all the way up to college before they are drafted. They know a lot of this stuff already. That's what I've heard too. I've heard of players described as "knowing everybody's assignments on each play". I've mostly heard it when announcers are talking about a players future ability to become a coach. The quarterback has to know every players assignment on every play and that's why smart QB's are more likely to do well. Keith McKeller could do everything so well that they never needed to substitute a player for him. Since they could then run all of the plays without substitutions they would move so fast to the LOS that the defense had no ability to substitute players. So if the defense started with a group of players to stop the run they were committed to that group for the series and that opened up the ability to pass. If they committed to a group of players to stop the pass then the ability to run was there. With Thurman, Andre, Kelly, a great OL, a TE that was very versatile the defense was screwed. They would be huffen and puffen after several plays. Without McKeller the no huddle didn't work nearly as well. IMO

That joke is sooooo bad I'm gonna have to let the cat punch you. PUNCH!! I like them better than Wranglers. I was going to mention that as well. I'm sure that Fewell and Brandon have had some talks about this already. He might be more inclined to come here if he liked Fewell as a coach. JMO PUNCH!! for that hideous joke! Anyhoo, the scouting reports I read about him say he plays with good body lean. Uh-oh, the cat didn't like that one either. PUNCH!! Just for that I'm buying the cheap cat food for awhile.

Isn't Pisa really tall? If I recall correctly he's been called towering.

Ok, I'll type slowly because you it's difficult for you to read. The hundreds of thousands of guns weren't confiscated in one year. From your posted article; The seized weapons are kept in the vaults as long as they are needed as evidence, Monsivais said. Most have been there for years, an indication of how slow criminal investigations proceed and how few crimes are ever solved. Indeed, the ATF gave the AP data showing the average "time to crime" — the time between when a gun was sold and when it was seized in a crime — is 14 years The Mexican government has handed over information to U.S. authorities to trace 12,073 weapons seized in 2008 crimes — particularly on guns from large seizures or notorious crimes. from my article; Federal agents say about 90 percent of the 12,000 pistols and rifles the Mexican authorities recovered from drug dealers last year and asked to be traced came from dealers in the United States, most of them in Texas and Arizona. Since Congress lifted the ban on assault rifles in 2004, more and more of the weapons recovered in Mexico have been military-style rifles like the AK-47s or the AR-15, the authorities in both countries say. Some local law enforcement officials argue that the A.T.F., which has about 2,500 special agents watching 78,000 gun dealers nationwide, is overwhelmed. “The gun issue is the single one thing we can address, and we are not seeing it,” said Victor Rodriguez, the chief of police in McAllen, Tex., a border town that has 19 gun dealers. Although federal agents say licensed dealers are the source of most guns going to Mexico, some come from private sellers at gun shows, where even noncitizens can buy guns. Dozens of shows are held each year across Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. At a recent show in Pharr, Tex., another border town, a college freshman with a wispy beard arrived with two AR-15 rifles strapped to his body, spidery black guns designed for combat, tricked out with features that soldiers prize: collapsible stocks, pistol grips, extra long magazines. The student, who asked to be identified only as Shane, was asking $1,900 for one of his rifles. As for paper work, he wanted only a handwritten receipt with the buyer’s name and address. He was not worried, he said, about the gun’s falling into the hands of drug cartels in Mexico. ____________________________________________ Yes, there are other sources of guns but I would put a very high percentage coming from the U.S. since in one year of the traceable guns. We know that out of the 12,073 guns seized and are traceable 10,065.7 came from America in one year. This does not include guns from gun shows, guns with the serial number filed off, guns from shops that have been pressured by gangs and legal shops that don't bother to record their records as per law. Also from my article; Dealers are not obligated to tell the authorities about multiple sales of rifles like the AK-47, as they must do with pistols. In Texas and Arizona, where most of the guns recovered in Mexico come from, there is even less regulation on private sales. Individuals may sell guns at gun shows or even through classified advertisements without running a criminal background check or even recording the buyer’s name. “If you wanted to create a system that is basically legal but designed to facilitate gun trafficking, you couldn’t have a better system than you have here,” said Tom Diaz, a researcher with the Violence Policy Center in Washington. I am not for banning pistols.Just placing stricter laws for them. I'm also saying that strict laws need to be placed on assault weapons. If you need an assault weapon you're probably involved in something illegal, JMO.

Did you read the article; In all, the military has 305,424 confiscated weapons locked in vaults, just a fraction of those used by criminals in Mexico, where an offensive by drug cartels against the military has killed more than 10,750 people since December 2006. But each weapon is a clue to how the cartels are getting arms, and possibly to the traffickers that brought them here. The U.S. has acknowledged that many of the rifles, handguns and ammunition used by the cartels come from its side of the border. Mexican gun laws are strict, especially compared to those in most U.S. border states. The Mexican government has handed over information to U.S. authorities to trace 12,073 weapons seized in 2008 crimes — particularly on guns from large seizures or notorious crimes. They've only handed over information on 12,073 of the guns seized in Mexico in one year. They aren't sending over all of the guns they confiscate because that would be a daunting task for the understaffed Mexican and American governments. So the article I posted is still right. 90% of the weapons sent over from Mexico to be traced came from America. I have no idea where you're getting that from. I believe that's Mexican police chiefs, judges and politicians, not American

Well at least Larry Craig won't bother her if she's elected.

Linkage Federal agents say about 90 percent of the 12,000 pistols and rifles the Mexican authorities recovered from drug dealers last year and asked to be traced came from dealers in the United States, most of them in Texas and Arizona.

PUNCH!!

Marcum told police that he would chase the 3-year-old boy around with the collar, making him cry at the thought of being shocked. Okada said that because of the boy's behavior, it is likely that the children were shocked more than once. Better idea. Shock him with a taser. When he recovers count to five and tase him again. This sounds like an hour of funny.

What he said.

So is his wife. (slinks away and hides)

If Kelly's friend buys the Bills they should be here for a veeeerrrrryyyyyy long time. My source (from inside the Mystery Machine) told me the same thing.

The guns the Mexicans have are obtained illegally through the U.S.. The gun smuggling done for the bad guys there is from the USA. What do you think that means? Since they can't get guns easily in Mexico they have to import them from a country that has laws making it very easy to obtain them.

And he builds credit without a job, how?

Very much so. PUNCH!! In the NFL there is this thing called the salary cap. Every team must spend a certain amount on their roster. Paying players that have a long injury history or may be shot as a player is a very risky move. Having a guy on the roster who is eating cap money and providing no service to the team is stupid. That's why they don't do this. YA THINK!? Somebody who thinks they know a lot more about evaluating talent than an NFL team is dreaming. It's good thing you don't run the team. Common sense is just stupid.

This picture is from the proud day he finally closed the deal on his beemer.

Applicants for cars must have a job or prove they could get one if they had the car in order to qualify. Once they have the wheels, they must send DTA their pay stubs to prove they are employed. To get the cars, they must be unable to reach work by public transportation and have a clean driving record. The program is only available to families on welfare with children. I'm torn on this one. The cars are distributed by charity. The state isn't buying them. I think that if they stop working they should keep the car for two weeks after losing their job to use it to find another job. Kehoe defended the program, saying the state breaks even by cutting welfare payments to the family - about $6,000 a year. 400,000 is pp money for the state. Once a program recipient get a job they should pay the state at least something monthly for the car.

I thought this had to be a BS thread but good gravy it's true!! From Rotoworld; Brian Leonard-RB- Bengals May. 7 - 1:42 pm et Bengals acquired FB/RB Brian Leonard from the Rams in exchange for DT Orien Harris. A no-frills runner when healthy, Leonard showed promise as a rookie in 2007 but has since battled chronic shoulder woes. He only played fullback last year. Leonard will compete as a hybrid player and isn't a threat to Cedric Benson. He does have some third-down value, but lacks breakaway speed. Source: Cincinnati Enquirer Related: Rams I was so disappointed that Buffalo didn't draft him. That's why I'm not the Bills GM.

Because it's coming from SKOOB I'll give this a 1% of being true. I'm not even going to post a question about this in the Tim Graham thread. Why waste his time. I suppose it could be true because even a blind nut finds a squirrel now and again.

That's exactly what I was thinking while reading the article. IIRC, Barry Sanders line in Detroit wasn't abysmal but wasn't much below average too. I guess that makes his feats even more admirable.

Aren't all QB's system QB's? The best offenses, IMO, are tailored around a QB's strengths and weakness'.

What do they have to lose? He at least should be an improvement over McCargo.