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Fun fact. Polynesians make by far the most amount of money in the NFL on average compared to any other ethnicity.

 

Mostly produce some very coordinated big boys in the trenches, many are multi sport athletes that thrive in the NFL because of it. 

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4 minutes ago, BarkleyForGOATBackupPT5P said:

Fun fact. Polynesians make by far the most amount of money in the NFL on average compared to any other ethnicity.

 

Mostly produce some very coordinated big boys in the trenches, many are multi sport athletes that thrive in the NFL because of it. 

 

Well there goes the theory that the Italians are best at everything other than war.

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26 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 

Well there goes the theory that the Italians are best at everything other than war.

Dem Romans were best at war.

 

I didn't want to get into any further discussion on why some ethnicities seem more athletic than others lol just a shout out to Dem Samoans.

 

Of course Ngata was just born and raised in the Pacific west.. but Hawaiians are low key obsessed with football they have some high school football powerhouses out there

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5 hours ago, DC Tom said:

 

"Free-standing mountain?"

 

As opposed to those held up with buttresses and cable stays?  

 

Nevermind, I now see that its been answered several times already.

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1 hour ago, thronethinker said:

And if you consider land based mountains from peak to base Denali in Alaska is the tallest in the world. So the tallest marine based and land based mountains in the world are both in the United States. If you put Everest next to either in a strictly size comparison it is dwarfed. 

 

 

If one carries rock and places it on Everest's very summit and names it after one's self, is that not then now the tallest mountain on earth?

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25 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

If one carries rock and places it on Everest's very summit and names it after one's self, is that not then now the tallest mountain on earth?

 

It might be for a little while. You might need to superglue it there though, as I believe it can get a bit windy up there. ;)

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1 hour ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

If one carries rock and places it on Everest's very summit and names it after one's self, is that not then now the tallest mountain on earth?

Not until the official from the Guiness book of world records measures it ... The possibility exists that Nepal is sinking.

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7 hours ago, Reed83HOF said:

Depends who you ask.

 

$h!tner

hit ner

not ngata

 

@BarkleyForGOATBackupPT5P

 

I mean it was like a weird sort of foggy dream...it just wasn’t real.

 

My best friend, a member of this Board, his nephew was going to school with Ngata, knew him a bit and Ngata was jazzed about the idea of coming to a town like Buffalo.

 

When the Bills pick came up you could almost see 30 something men doing cartwheels in a basement knowing for a fact...for a FACT, that the Bills would pick Ngata next.  It just made too much sense...

 

...and then...

 

...and then...

 

huh...

 

huh...

 

...?...

 

...oh, yeah...”you can never have enough dbs” thing...is a real thing...that an old man or some other old man or someone with power over the decision decided was more important...then like, you know...a sure fire, SURE FIRE future pro-bowler on the Dline.

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I just got home from Hawaii this morning. The people on the big island will certainly tell you that Mauna Kea is the tallest free-standing mountain in the world.  They don't mention that a lot of it is underground.  And how exactly do they know the depth, exactly?  A mystery not to be solved without beers.

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About Whitner -- Does anyone ever remember him wrapping up on a tackle?  His style was to try to bump the guy over with his chest, which generally let the guy get more yards or even get away.  I always assumed he was playing not to get hurt so he'd have a long career and retire rich. 

 

Is this the worst Bills draft ever?  https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2006_draft.htm

Only lucking into Kyle Williams preserved a little dignity.

 

About Whitner/Ngata  -- Is this worse than Torell Troup / Gronk?  I think not.

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This thread is pretty awesome it combines Bills Drought nostalgia with a debate about mountains! I am no geologist but I did see Donte “Don’t Tase Me Bro” Whitner get drafted. What is crazy that wasn’t even the worse move Jauron made that draft. Moving back into the 1st to take Jon McCargo was the winner for Billsiest move that day.

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John Murphy quipped that when he retires he will plant a flag on Chestnut Ridge.

 

Side note Joe B is a lot better with him then Tasker. He is a good source on college players.

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3 hours ago, Leonhart2017 said:

This thread is pretty awesome it combines Bills Drought nostalgia with a debate about mountains! I am no geologist but I did see Donte “Don’t Tase Me Bro” Whitner get drafted. What is crazy that wasn’t even the worse move Jauron made that draft. Moving back into the 1st to take Jon McCargo was the winner for Billsiest move that day.

Amazing isn't it. 

 

 

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Not that it would have changed the team's destiny (not in a QB dominated league and we didn't have one then or for years after) but I always have wondered what would have happened to the team's fortunes if we had picked Ngata instead of Whitner.  The horrendousness of the Whitner pick manifested itself immediately because - in need of a big defensive tackle (hence why everyone but everyone assumed the first pick would be Ngata) - we moved back into the first round to pick (wait for it) John McCargo!!  Can you imagine if we had picked Ngata and then have been smart enough to move back into the first round to pick Nick Mangold?  Would have had rock solid foundations in the middle of the O-Line and the D-Line for the next decade.  Twas not to be, cheri.

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  • 2 months later...

https://sports.yahoo.com/dt-ngata-retire-ravens-wednesday-012816311.html

 

Veteran defensive tackle Haloti Ngata will return to Baltimore on Wednesday to retire as a member of the Ravens.

Ngata, 35, was a five-time Pro Bowl selection and two-time first team All-Pro during his nine-year tenure with the Ravens (2006-14) before spending three seasons with the Detroit Lions and last year with the Philadelphia Eagles.

"Haloti Ngata helped define what it means to 'play like a Raven' and will thus finish as one," the Ravens wrote on their official website Tuesday.

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On 3/18/2019 at 7:31 PM, dollars 2 donuts said:

 

@BarkleyForGOATBackupPT5P

 

I mean it was like a weird sort of foggy dream...it just wasn’t real.

 

My best friend, a member of this Board, his nephew was going to school with Ngata, knew him a bit and Ngata was jazzed about the idea of coming to a town like Buffalo.

 

When the Bills pick came up you could almost see 30 something men doing cartwheels in a basement knowing for a fact...for a FACT, that the Bills would pick Ngata next.  It just made too much sense...

 

...and then...

 

...and then...

 

huh...

 

huh...

 

...?...

 

...oh, yeah...”you can never have enough dbs” thing...is a real thing...that an old man or some other old man or someone with power over the decision decided was more important...then like, you know...a sure fire, SURE FIRE future pro-bowler on the Dline.

 

I mean, that draft is what happens when you have poor leadership in the scouting department and go over the top drafting for scheme need. Had to get our bob sanders for the cover two and the penetrating DT instead of the head and shoulders BPA 

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