HC Brian Flores was happy to escape the first mandatory workouts without injury. So much so, he gave the team the day off once they completed their conditioning tests, cancelling today’s practice. Smart move for the young coach. End it on a high note, everyone is healthy. If you expected heated battles the last couple of days, that’s not what the mini camp was about. It’s beginning to lay a foundation of how things are done, and a little experimentation as well, but not a whole lot can be gleaned from practices without pads, so we’ll all have to be patient until the end of July when training camp comes around.
I’m looking forward to training camp, there should be some great competition this season. With a new Head Coach, there are no favorites, or as Coach Flores puts it “No sacred cows”. Everyone has a clean slate, so starting positions will be earned, no resting on laurels. We’ll get a much better idea as to where the QB’s are after training camp. I expect Josh Rosen to close the gap some, and then continue to do so through the preseason. The O-line is pretty much wide open with the exception of LT Laremy Tunsil. Should be some good battles between 3rd RD pick Michael Deiter and Chris Reed at LG. Daniel Kilgore will battle it out with Ryan Anderson and Chris Reed can also play C. Right guard looks to be Jesse Davis fighting it out with Shaq Calhoun and Kyle Fuller. Jesse Davis will likely be in the mix at RT as well along with veteran Jordan Mills and Zach Sterup.
On defense, so many things are happening with many players playing multiple positions. Seems like every S with also at a minimum be playing LB as well, and MInkah Fitzpatrick will be playing safety, slot corner, possibly outside corner as well as LB too. Many of the DT’s will also be playing DE in 3-4 alignments (Vincent Taylor, Davon Godchaux and rookie Christian Wilkins). A trio of LB’s return (Alonso, Baker and McMillan) plus returnees Chase Allen, Mike Hull and Quentin Poling. We should see participation from rookie Andrew Van Ginkle as well as Tyrone Holmes, Tre Watson and Sam Egauvoen. Charles Harris will hopefully flourish rushing the passer from both 4-3 DE and 3-4 OLB. Newcomers like Tank Carradine, Nate Orchard and Adolphus Washington will be in competition with Jonathan Woodard, Jonathan Ledbetter and Dewayne Hendrix.
I haven’t come to any conclusions from the mini camp, it’s just a starting point. The real work starts when the pads come on and at that point, things will start shaping up from there.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
#staythecourse
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The most important day of the 20th century 75 years ago today
Wow, didn’t even realize it was today. Thanks for the reminder Stanger. Sonny, not to take away from your malaise, but I hurt my back weightlifting last week (Wednesday) and have been in constant pain in my back, hip, butt and thigh on my right side. Yesterday was the first day where it didn’t kill me all day, it started to let up a bit in the afternoon. Today it’s back, but not as high on the pain scale, so I’ve been out of it this whole week.
Sorry man hope you feel better soon. That sounds like siadic nerve punched in your spine.
What a drag it is growing old….
Absolutely! Saving Private Ryan gave us a very haunting look into what that day was like. I can’t even imagine being there.
Mike E — last place to turn for medical advice is the board, but think Son is exactly right. Had similar symptoms after a pop in my lower back. Showed up to OD’s tailgate limping and when told them what had been going on — 3 of them all at once said “sciatica.” Told my Doc on the next visit and she said “well they called that one right.” Ibuprofen is great.
Now nothing until mini camp.
Training camp
That’s what I meant Gimmpy 🙂
Says the dog famous for hitting the guitar with a paw in a cast. 🙂
Mike E — could not agree more about doesn’t matter all that much till the pads go on. Particularly in the trenches, but goes to the other guys too. No pads means no running game involved as far as I am concerned. Might explain why they do a lot of redzone stuff in OTAs. You are 3rd and goal from the 9 and maybe one place where least more realistic.
D says:
June 6, 2019 at 12:07 pm
This is almost like they were responding to my comments the other day about Spence lol.
“The Dolphins parted ways with Cameron Wake, Robert Quinn and Andre Branch and retained only one of their incumbent defensive linemen who’s 27 or older: Akeem Spence.
Why was Spence retained?
“He’s athletic, strong, a hard worker,” Flores said. “He works as hard as anyone on this team. He’s had some success in this league. We want to keep good players around.””
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D says:
June 6, 2019 at 12:09 pm
son of a son of a shula says:
June 5, 2019 at 9:45 pm
My phone broke so far insurance has not delivered a new phone in 11 days. My computer broke too. Took it to the geek squad earlier this evening. I’m broke too, I tripped over a box of tile a couple of nights ago and landed hard on my right shoulder, on lots of meds right now. Almost done with my bathroom bedroom remodel. Move back in to our room again this weekend.
Busy and pain but otherwise fine. If I was a pitcher this shoulder probably ended my season.
Thanks for checking on me Try 👍
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I thought when old people fell like that ya had to put them down…… hope you get better so they dont have to……. 🙂
Tim — had a long talk with a Vietnam Vet who had really been in it at a bar one time (and he wasn’t a BSing me). He said “you can never know what combat is like till you have been there, but Saving Private Ryan is as close as it comes.”
One of the worst things i saw was my Grandfather watch that movie. It was like he was reliving that shit, he said it was pretty authentic. He was a island hopped in the pacific campaign of WW2 his stories are pretty scary shit, even the ones that weren’t about combat let ya know that conditions were brutal. Pussy ass kids these days would probably ask for a break, or bitch about inhumane treatment if they had to go through all that.
What islands did he hit? Would like to think could have handled like what he went through…. but then will never know.
Mike E. says:
June 6, 2019 at 11:40 am
Wow, didn’t even realize it was today. Thanks for the reminder Stanger. Sonny, not to take away from your malaise, but I hurt my back weightlifting last week (Wednesday) and have been in constant pain in my back, hip, butt and thigh on my right side. Yesterday was the first day where it didn’t kill me all day, it started to let up a bit in the afternoon. Today it’s back, but not as high on the pain scale, so I’ve been out of it this whole week.
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I guess it might be time to put you down too….. damn you old fuckers are dropping like rocks.
Ive always considered Pearl Harbor day to b the biggest event, because like Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto said “Today I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” To me that defined America as the strong force against tyranny that we have always been. Its the point at whcih the US stood with the rest of the world to put an end to things. It definately opened the way to the commitment of ourselves at D-Day, and the rest of the times we have committed ourselves and our soldiers to help the rest of the world.
Well that’s what got us into the war but if D-Day wasn’t successful, things would be very different in the world.
true
Mike E. says:
June 6, 2019 at 11:40 am
I hurt my back weightlifting last week (Wednesday) and have been in constant pain in my back, hip, butt and thigh on my right side. Yesterday was the first day where it didn’t kill me all day, it started to let up a bit in the afternoon. Today it’s back, but not as high on the pain scale, so I’ve been out of it this whole week.
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Overdose on ibuprofen, use ice, if possible do a Zpack of Prednisone , limit your carb intake, your nerve is probably inflamed, to get relief you have to reduce the inflamation
Hope all of you who are all banged up feel better.
Yes, you’re ALL correct. That sciatic nerve is inflamed and angry! I’m not really supposed to take NSAID’s (Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs) but I have occasionally been taking acetaminophen, which is the less evil of the NSAID’s. Appreciate all your well wishes, I’m so tired of the pain.
stangerx says:
June 6, 2019 at 12:40 pm
What islands did he hit? Would like to think could have handled like what he went through…. but then will never know.
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He was at Gaudalcanal, Iwo Jima, and Saipan, among some other minor conflicts. I think he did go to Okinawa as well. But those are 3 of the bigger ones i know he was involved with.
He said the scene getting off the boats on the D-Day landing is not too different from what it was like on some of the pacific landings. He also said the conditions just like the temperature was brutal, he said they would put water in their helmets that they had dug down in the sand and they could actually heat soup in water heated from the sand. He also said the bugs and snakes were a big issue, some of the guys died from snakes bites or had to leave on medical because of malaria, etc. He said it was a very miserable place to be.
Oh and then there were the snipers and tunnel systems. He said snipers would sneak in at night and snipe guys when they went out to the woods to take a shit away from the camp, and the Japanese would reinforce and flank them because of the tunnels they were in, that were all over the islands.
If we didn’t drop the two big ones, the Pacific war would have gone on for a long time and the loss of life would have been astronomical.
D — your grandfather was at some of the toughest and most famous of all. Take it he was a semper fi guy based on which ones.
Massive game 5 tonight in Boston. If the Blues can stay out of the penalty box, I like their chances. They have been the dominant team when playing 5 on 5. The Bruins have been most effective in odd-man situations. Their power play has been lethal, and if the Blues aren’t disciplined, then odds favor the Bruins.
Whichever team wins tonight does not have the series locked up. Both teams have come back from 3-2 deficits in these playoffs. The Bruins against the Mapleleafs, and the Blues against the team I thought would knock them out, the Stars. No matter what happens tonight, I’ll be surprised if it doesn’t go 7 games.
I do think tonight is when the script flips, and the Blues win to be the first team in this series to win two in a row.
stangerx says:
June 6, 2019 at 3:41 pm
D — your grandfather was at some of the toughest and most famous of all. Take it he was a semper fi guy based on which ones.
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He was actually army but his unit was attached to a marine unit so he went where they went.
He said Guadalcanal was the worst of the bunch.
God bless your grandfather. And his incredible service should be thanked. appreciated and blessed…. especially today.
Hear hear! That generation earned the greatest.
D, your grandfather was at D-Day and the Pacific?
Tim — his grandfather fought at “Gaudalcanal, Iwo Jima, and Saipan,” some other minor conflicts and maybe Okinawa as well. So only in the Pacific theater. And was an Army guy attached to a Marine divisions who fought in those. He only said D-Day in Saving Private Ryan rang true to him. And few did more than that guy.
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article229420879.html
Love this from Flores, even though im ridiculously bad about being on time, i never make it right on time im either early or im late, although i know if it was something i knew the coach held as important, id mirror his beliefs.
I’ve reached my limit for the article but I guess it’s about how Flores says on time is early.
Man just saw about 4-5 big crows or maybe they’re ravens crowing about in a big tree because one of them caught and killed what looked like a young squirrel because it was smaller than your typical sized adult. Poor little one. I’ve been seeing bigger crows recently and I’ve been wondering okay where did these come from. They’re almost double the size of the typical crows I see. But I’ve seen bigger ravens than even these.
It seems Common Raven it is. I’ve seen Ravens that are the size of those really big seagulls.
From the article above:
Sure, we can state the obvious and say that Kenyan Drake is a much better running back than Kalen Ballage; you would receive no qualms from a single Dolphins fan about that statement.
I think I know at lease one fan that will give you qualms about that statement. (he misused the phrase so, so am I)
Ballage doesn’t have enough body of work to be considered better than Drake. Many of us have different opinions of Drake but one thing we all know is he is a big time playmaker and a versatile football player – rush, receive, block, STs (KR and coverage).
Stanger, yeah that’s why I asked. D’s grandfather saw plenty of horrors in the Pacific. But the Saving Private Ryan comment made me think he was there too.
He saw it at his house and im kinda glad about that, because the day i went to see it at the theater i saw men his age have to get up and leave because it upset them so bad. Like i said, there were definitely differences from the rocky cliffs of Normandy that gave the Germans vantage over the lading forces, and the more ground level that a lot of the island landings happened. He related that the landings often were like shooting fish in a barrel because of those vehicles, same as is seen on SPR. He said those gates drops and people started dying.
Regardless of the campaign, i completely agree with the greatest generation statement because the horrors endured, are unimaginable. The bravery that those guys had, pushing forward while knowing what they were going into, again, unfathomable. The sacrifice, of mother, fathers and wives of that generation, unrecoverable.
Yeah man, totally agreed. I’ve been seeing family and friends posting about it all day with loved ones who lived it, made it and didn’t. War is a really ugly thing.
Generally Crows are much smaller than Ravens. A full grown crow can bet as big as 17″ long. Ravens get as large as 27″ long. (if you don’t know what 10″ is look down and then double it LOL)
One of the most interesting differences is crows live about 8 years. Ravens live 30 years or more.
LOL, these guys were closer to 20″ for sure. Some bigger than others.
Do you think a crows lifespan is less because they’re smaller and become prey more often than the bigger raven, or do you think it’s a genetic thing?
I think it’s because Ravens get great exercise flying back and forth all over the seven kingdoms
Oh, and Ravens are better coached too, so there’s that
LOL @ Mike E
I think it’s probably a genetic thing kind of like parrots 🦜 live 70-80 years
LOL @ this from Corvid research;
1) What is the difference between a crow and a raven? While crows and ravens are in the same family, corvidae, and look quite similar, they are as different from one another as lions and tigers. If you’re not used to seeing ravens, the best way to tell them apart is if you’re at higher elevation or in a more rural or coastal area and find yourself thinking “that’s the biggest #$%^&*# crow I’ve ever seen!”, you’re probably looking at a raven. More scientifically, ravens have diamond shaped tails in flight, deeper almost croak-like voices and are about 2.5x as big as a crow.
Tim, on the ground you can tell the difference because Ravens have a distinctive walk they kind of walk walk hop walk walk hop hop. Crows just strut
Also crows tend to congregate in larger groups (a murder) and ravens travel alone or in pairs.
I see crows flying in flocks of 50+. These birds were maybe 6. It was not the norm.
not a flock, a murder
I thought somebody would snatch this guy up quick.
It’s encouraging that we did not,
since that might mean we think we have enough young iffy tackles to choose from.
I’m thinking maybe they move Davis out to tackle at least for this next year, as we might have better guards to play than tackles.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001032954/article/cardinals-claim-lt-desmond-harrison-via-waivers
Charlie Weis was discussing him this morning. He was saying some team will pick this guy up, but it’s not going to be certain teams, and you know who those are. He was mocking the kid, saying he he’s an undrafted FA that makes a team and then the next season doesn’t think it’s important to show up for OTA’s. Glad it wasn’t us also
You guys should watch the HBO series The Pacific. Brutal. And D, I can’t think of a single flat island in the Pacific. Look up Saipan’s Suicide Cliffs sometime. They do have beaches, but the Japanese fortified and occupied the high ground, using the beach approaches as fire sacks ( killing fields). Your Grandpa is a badass. And Okinawa was particularly bad.
I did watch that. It confirmed Quint (Jaws) delivering the bomb for me. The death tolls of war are horrific. But that Pacific theater as they call it… would have been millions dead and non-stop carnage for years.
Humans need to stop going to war with each other. We should be intelligent enough at this point with each other. What are we doing? How about the New Frontier of exploration?
Humans are animals.
But we go behind simple survival.
^beyond
Phelon Some will never fully understand that!
It is amazing how fast the veneer of civilization falls off.
I respect all military and defense. For me it’s the first order of government on all levels. Without it nothing else matters.
Phelon hope to see you some man that would be awesome
Soon
I’ll know next week.
Great game going on in Boston. Boston started strong and controlled most of the play in the 1st period but couldn’t get past Binnington. Blues scored early in the 2nd with a nifty backhand by O’Reilly, and play evened out.
Blues up 1-0 going into the 3rd. It’s going to be a dogfight!
Tons of props to Bruins defenseman Chara, who is playing with a broken jaw sustained in game 4. The guy has put his body on the line and blocked 3 shots in 2 periods (I think). If I wasn’t a Blues fan, I’d probably be rooting for the Bruins just because of him. Although, then again maybe not since Marchand is such a fucking douchebag.
We like to think we go beyond simple survival, but few do.
I’m trying.
CAVKONG: INDEED GAME 5 has been a thriller so far. After getting pulled in game 3, Jordan Binnington has been THE MAN in games 4 and 5, which still has 13 minutes left. Bruins have hit the crossbar or the upright 3 times already this game, so lady luck has been with the Blues so far tonight. A win in this one would mean ST. LOUIS has won 9 of 12 ROAD GAMES during the current playoffs. WOW!!
2-0 BLUES!!!!!!
BRUINS ARE IN DEEP SHIT NOW!!!
Woohoo!! Blues have a postshot as well, and Kriejc (sp?) saved a sure goal by getting behind Rask towards the end of the 2nd. Could be 4-3 Blues right now. And yep, Binnington has been lights out since getting pulled.
The biggest difference IMO, has been the Blues penalty kill, which hasn’t given up a goal since game 3.
I’m really believing we not only can win this thing, but should win it.
LOL, now it gets scary, 2-1 Blues. Can’t give this one away!
Blues win!!
Boston fans already crying about the ‘controversial’ goal. It was a missed tripping call, no doubt. The refs have been pretty inconsistent this whole series, but the Blues have gotten the worst of it overall (we’ve actually overcome poor officiating in the last two series). And for every Bruins fans that will want to cry about that non-call, I bet not a single one will will cry about the non-call on Krug for holding during a prime Blues scoring opportunity in period 2.
Ravens and crows have different bills too. That’s how I tell the difference
I would think Ravens bills are higher because they outweigh crows by 2.5X. takes more energy to keep them in the air.
Congrats Kong … just watched the hilites.. looked like a really good game. Take em down in game 6 👍👍.. I can live with being knocked out by the cup champions
Even with the poor officiating, it has been a great, hard-fought series. At the start I wasn’t entirely sure we would be able to play with Boston over 7 games, but 5 games in now I know we definitely belong in this final.
As a Blues fan, this has been a dream ride. I’m just hoping the boys have one more in them. If they finish this series out, it’ll complete one of the greatest stories in sports history. Thanks for the support along the way. Since most Californian’s don’t even know what a hockey puck is (is that an over-cooked burger?), having a few people on this board to in a sense share this with, has been great fun. Cheers, Toba 🙂
Lmao at Mike E .. Ravens are better coached 😂
Tim…. Ballage doesn’t have enough body of work to be considered less of a RB than Drake either, Drake is not a featured RB, My money is on Gaskins acquiring the starting role at RB.
he’s short compact and tough, drake runs too upright to get the tough yards. he gets stuffed at the LOS too much putting the offense in predictable passing situations, a recipe for disaster.
it’s all about production on 1st down and drake can not deliver.
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Tim Knight says:
June 6, 2019 at 4:50 pm
Ballage doesn’t have enough body of work to be considered better than Drake. Many of us have different opinions of Drake but one thing we all know is he is a big time playmaker and a versatile football player – rush, receive, block, STs (KR and coverage).
as for the Blues, yeah i saw that guy get molested by a blue at the same time the blues scored, that goal should not have been allowed, those damn stink’n blues are cheaters!
Rob – I knew you’d be in love with Gaskins . . . Your Frank Gore substitute
you gotta be in a position to move the chains, drake can’t put us in that position, but i’m sure if he has a 40 yard run all the drake drones will be jumping up and down saying “i told you so” mean while we lose the game
I completely understand what you’re saying. We’ll see how it works with a FB and maybe more 2 and 3 TE sets, see if that doesn’t give Drake more running room. I think he’s more than just the occasional big run, but I do remember well last year when he wasn’t getting it done on 1st and 2nd down.
Kong – It’s not only Boston fans crying apparently. lol
i’m a fan of my wallet and i have a bet on this series, leave it to boston to ruin my day….i cringed taking the bruins…i should have known better
LOL @ wallet fan
LOL @ Mike
10:30 am tee time at Ocala National…skins game, maybe 30 players, gotta get moving. need to make up for the stupid hockey bet, however that series isn’t over yet.
LOL @ ‘fan of my wallet’. And you are right, this series isn’t over yet. every one of these games except for the 7-2 blowout could have gone either way. The difference in these teams is negligible (regardless of what the stupid sports journalists think) and games have all come down to a clanger here, a lucky puck there.
It’s been a battle of wills with both teams stepping up time and again. It’s cliche, but that 4th win will be the toughest win of the year for us. Heck, win 3 took a decade off my life in stress. I may not survive if we have to go 7, lol.
Our QB situation just got even cheaper — Carson Wentz’ 4-year extension is for $128 million with more than $107 million guaranteed. That’s $32 mil per year and that “no matter” what cash is off the charts.
Pretty amazing considering he wasn’t able to finish either of the last 2 seasons. He’s a very good player, but that’s something that would scare the heck out of me.
Gotta love stupid Bruins fans that want to fight so bad, they’ll fight each other…
Of course maybe they didn’t find some Blues fans to throw down with because they don’t want this to happen…
LOL @ drunk sports fans.
Did the one guy attempt a pull the jersey over the head move?….. was a hockey game. 🙂
The coaches don’t even know what the depth chart is but go for it. LOL
See the difference in their bills?
Another big difference…. what really amazing literary work have you ever heard focus on crows….
GRR Martin “Feast of Crows”
Since we are going ornithology — these are the guys who fly in circles out my window. One even slammed into my window one day when was a foot away. He wasn’t happy about it at all. And people on this board actually helped me figure out they were turkey vultures.
Yeah I see these in any state I go to.
We have lots of those in NJ. I see them soaring on thermals all the time. They can smell death from miles away. Fascinating
Thats probably why you see them all the time.
Mike E — you know how flat FL is. Think the high rises downtown give them that updraft, which is why they like to hang out on the edge. Still can’t figure out what they eat in these parts. Maybe garbage?
They eat dead animals and yes probably any food they can find as in garbage.
Speaking of Birds……get ready to pay an assload for ammunition you hunter types.
LOL @ D
Stanger – There are dead animals everywhere bud. Vultures are the reason we don’t see them all over the place.
That’s why even if you’re hiking in the woods you rarely see many dead animals. Nature takes care of it.
Absolutely. They’re all in the union, good pensions too. lol
You could be right Mike E — but am figuring they went more the raccoon way where I grew up. Don’t think 20k years ago the bandit faced guys knew how to get into any kind of garbage can without a padlock.
Here’s a Q — who are our team captains gonna be? They normally have 3-5 of them and only one can come up with as possible is Alonso. Would say Jones, but…..
McCain and Stills?
Stills maybe, but is McCain that guy? He is more a vet though.
McCain is considered a leader by his teammates and the new coaching staff views him as a candidate. It was in an article recently.
Tunsil, Minkah, Raekwon, X
Are X or Tunsil those kind of leaders? Raek might be and Minkah sure is but both pretty young. Think Alonso is though and he’s about the right age.
The first time I ever saw turkey vultures was about 30 years ago in the Delaware Water Gap area. Then about 10 years later started seeing them everywhere.
That’s about the time they were put on the don’t shoot list!
Makes sense.
They sure would be easy to shoot, even if not sure what the pleasure would be.
So there are a group of NBA players who no longer want owners to be referred to as owners because it’s offensive as in slave owners. Right! They own NBA basketball teams and pay you millions of dollars to play a game, and that compares to slave owners and slaves. SMH
Every day this world sets a new bar for level of crazy.
Yeah, that’s fucking ridiculous. They own the team, not the players. So if there were more white people that played NBA basketball then it wouldn’t be a problem?
i must admit I had to chuckle when they were discussing the “Minority Owner” of GSW (Caucasian) , pushing the Raptor (afro american) player that ended up in the crowd..
but hey thats just me.. 🙂
LOL — I was shocked when came out he was an owner. Was thinking that is one stupid rich dude…. no skin color involved.
D says:
June 7, 2019 at 3:13 pm
Speaking of Birds……get ready to pay an assload for ammunition you hunter types.
Stanger – I’m not sure about their personalities, but Tunsil and X are going to be here a long time, so that should count for something.
unless Piggie buys one of their jerseys….
LOL!
Flores has said he wants Tunsil to step up as a leader and thinks he will.
Alright, so there you go.
Makes sense too because like you said he’s going to be the next player we lock up long-term as long as nothing crazy happens.
MIke E -good point on who plays and gets paid for the next years, but maturity is not something that X has screamed to me and Tunsil….. well he must be real media shy cause I know close to nothing about him since the gas mask. John Denney would make a mighty fine ST captain though.
I think Denney has been one. Aikens could also be a candidate on STs.
Rock hasn’t cut his ass yet ??
LOL — think Coach Rock’s time is filled up making Rosen do suicides these days.
He might be smaller but have not seen Stills or any of the other receivers do this.
That’s why the Chiefs need a S. 😛
Like Honey Badger?
looking at his hires I think he has done a great job.. here to it showing on the field..
BailBondMike says:
June 7, 2019 at 3:56 pm
He might be smaller but have not seen Stills or any of the other receivers do this.
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Is that a picture from this year or last year. If its last year they made him do it, because they were trying to teach him to hold on to the ball. Condition his hands to hold on to it. If thats from this year then he probably carried over that training from last year. It did though start as something he started last year because the coaches made him.
Its not a bad idea, its both a mental and physical conditioning for holding on to the ball. Its semilar to what they do in the military, or at least use to do, where the soldier carries his weapon with him whereve he goes, get use to the weight of it, condition yourself to feel naked without it and always have it with you.
D – I know they have Mathieu, they need Reshad too.
Although Mathieu is more than capable of making that tackle.
D – Most places already require non-lead shells for bird hunting. As for rifle bullets, I don’t know much about copper rounds for hunting. Do you think cars and wind turbines will be more expensive as well? Seem, according to the article, that they kill more eagles than lead poisoning….
dont forget to wear Your anti windmill cancer tin foil hat
Chiefs, Eagles, and Colts all need a Safety. And the Colts have cap space.
Trading Reshad makes all the sense in the world. And not cause of anything about him. Just his age and where we are at. Q is do it now or hold him till someone goes down. Even if no one does, we could do it next year too.
Tim (and others I’m sure), have you heard about this? I just find this fascinating, to see all the guitars that DG has used to write and record some of the most well known music, put up for auction.. I have seen some epic instruments before, but this just really puts a chill down my spine:
Yes and his black strat was used on many iconic albums, songs and solos.
Yes! And the twelve string from “How I Wish You Were Here”, among many other notable guitars. I think it’s awesome.
stangerx says:
June 7, 2019 at 2:41 pm
Here’s a Q — who are our team captains gonna be
McMillan
The hunting show? 😉
https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.CwAb56pjuMTZeIvBvWRhjQHaEA&pid=Api&P=0&w=335&h=182
its a common mistake to assume that players are paid millions, so they shouldnt have any issues
lol
so if they were paid less, they would get more respect from others?
there have been fans that said they can call a player racist names .
no one, not a soul has ever claimed NBA players dont make more money than slaves, the complaint isnt about money, its about respect for others, human rights
if Your boss gave You an extra 200 an hour, would he or she have the right to treat u subhuman, because of the money?
would u work there, knowing insane money can be made elsewhere, and u get respect also?
money cannot buy a mans soul, the ones forcing this issue, have a problem with millionaires that air grievances
The isn’t one fucking N A player being treated sub human. Give it a fucking break.
, when a black man gets big money, the incel critics line up and take their pathetic air ball shots
Holy smokes! LOL
David
Your going to have to put the pipe down if you want to reach old age! 😉
Just simple concepts bro. Everyone knows slaves didn’t get paid, they got bought.
So makin gthe argument they make millions and should suck up subhuman abuse for it doesn’t fly, that’s avoidance of the real isssue, human rights
No one wants to be bought, but paid for their professional services
Independent concepts are enlightening, mainframe parroting isnt
One comfort I have is that I’m pretty sure I’ll die before The USA crumbles.
That’s a comfort? Lmao
I wonder if our children share the same
Yes! I’m seeing the beginnings of absurdity. The next generations will make their own bed. Our nation and world is losing common sense at an alarming rate. I hope they’re happy with their changes about what freedom means. Pointing out bad things in the past and not comprehending progress even if it doesn’t coincide with your own personal timeline, is on you. Good luck!
Certainly the concept of one owning the team and one owning the individual is not to hard to grasp?
Even I understand it!
I’m sure You do,
so then why would a person complain of feeling like a slave , even though they have a fat paycheck?
Well?
Do you really want me to answer that?
That’s what I asked, Go for it, lol.
See Below!
My other half says “If you don’t like the concept of team owners, don’t sign the contract and go to work for a living you worthless piece of shit”
That half of me is not very nice, if you didn’t notice?
I’m going to make a political comment here so anyone offended look away. LOL
Watch the Democrats running for president or any other rep destroy each other in the primaries and then dry hump each other when the candidate has been selected.
The Republicans as fucked up as they are didn’t do that with Trump. They hated that he hijacked their party – which was a good thing in some ways, and they only conformed because they had to because they put out lame candidates to oppose him against their real arch rivals – The Democrats.
Does anyone else see what goes on here? The great duopoly or oligarchy. Power and wealth beats grass root movements most of the time.
That was deep!
Bad idea to get your logic from Charles Barkley
Lmao, logic and Barkley don’t belong in the same sentence
Make it 2020?
Weiner Holder vs Pussy Grabber
SBJ
Silent blow job????
The divide in this country has gotten to the point where based on ideology, nobody can see real threats and concerns about what goes on anymore. If you believe perception is reality than you will believe anything you want whether realistic or not. It depends on your emotions. It”s getting scary.
Stuff happens and some people say no it didn’t. An asteroid could hit earth and destroy civilization as we know it and a few survivors would blame two opposing political individuals because they chose a side. I’m amazed at how people are still all in with one or the other.
Nah!
After the asteroid hits the ones who can grow food won’t care!
They barely care now!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The one thing in the bible I always agreed with is “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.”Because they know how to survive and live off the land sans advanced civilization and power. But knew kings and queens will be appointed based on… power. The wheel goes round and round and round…
Piggy getting all serious and shit! 🙂
wyoming85 says:
June 7, 2019 at 7:39 pm
My other half says “If you don’t like the concept of team owners, don’t sign the contract and go to work for a living
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exactly
And this is how the players feel? Because that was the question, geez you aren’t paying attention today
I already know how u feel, e question was how do the players feel
But, Ignoring their thoughts and feelings reveals your answer that I already knew
You are capable of self reflection, but others issues and feelings are beyond You
That’s ok u don’t care, but don’t expect others to care for u when they see your choices u make in life
SBJ X1000 – WTFF
Without the NBA, what exactly would these multi millionaires be doing? I mean if they were engineers and they worked for a big company owned by a white guy, would they not work there? If they were a lawyer, would they not work for a white owned law firm? What about playing basketball makes it more like slavery? This is the sport they chose to play, and if there are white men that own these teams, well so be it. When they make $2B playing basketball, they can buy their own teams.
Or, they can go play in Europe or China and make pennies on the dollar
Do the players have to forfeit their civil rights for the big paycheck?
This is why the complaints are coming , a big paycheck doesn’t give anyone a right to treat other like shit
Players are grateful for the checks, and are asking for respect.
If someone cannot respect the dark skin players, and only respect the white ones, of course they notice
A paycheck doesn’t mean u own their soul, it means you are paying for professional services
I realize many would love to own or control their own slaves, but that doesn’t make it right, or legal
We cannot say a black man has no rights, and should shut up and do exactly what we demand because he’s a millionaire
No wonder they speak out, I would too, nobody can buy a mans soul, it’s not for sale
I believe All men are created equal, but I’m not sure what happened after that, lol jk
Who – SBJ = Sweet Baby Jesus.
As a counterpoint to Piggy’s graph, incomes go up under Democrat’s, but so does unemployment. So if you’re lucky to have a job, you might make 2-3% more. Of course you will pay more in taxes, but big gov will do just fine.
Who = Wyo
that chart has the unemployment going up under republicans
I didn’t personally pay any more or less in taxes with Bush/Obama
Not sure I buy that myth
Hard for me to compare trump bc I’m self employed
But I’m not sure proportionally people pay more taxes under democrats
Recessions come from republicans,.
Republicans trickle down economy doesn’t make the poor rich either,
Nobody makes the poor rich or they wouldn’t be poor, lmao
The greedy idiots in power love screwing the poor people, but there won’t be any $130,000 payout for getting screwed, dammit, lmao
Rich ceos and politicians of either party don’t want the poor to have much money, they much prefer to control them, and deny their human rights
Oh wait…those charts are from Piggy’s source website! Could it be slanted?
“ Notes: Politics That Work is a website dedicated to providing statistical evidence on political issues such as crime, guns and economy. While we find the information to be credible and accurate, we also find it to be one sided in an attempt to show that Democratic policy is superior. Politics That Works also aggregates news from left and left-center sources. Based on presenting factual information that favors the left we rate this source Left-Center biased. (D. Van Zandt 5/27/2017)“
Bad idea to get your logic from biased sources. Charles is at least funny.
🙂
He’s also the last guy you want to quote on politics bc he doesn’t know what he’s talking about and consistently says dumb things
You can say anything is biased bc everything is little biased
But saying it’s wrong means a lot more
And you didn’t say that
If it’s not wrong it’s doesn’t matter if it’s biased
I shouldn’t need a chart to explain how dumb Barkley’s statement is
Do you really believe poor people are voting for democrats? Bc the reality is they aren’t voting at all and when they do, it’s not heavily slanted for one party
We are barely over 50% voter turnout in this country and the smallest % of voters is from people with low income
i’ve never seen a president go after so many policies ever before, from illegal immigration to trade deals. he’s a billionaire so he can’t be bought. the reason the political left is fighting may be due to their supporters getting hurt by trumps policies and therefore they are getting hurt in their wallet.
The NRA he sucks up too, and many others buy out trump, he is for sale
u need better sourced info to find this out than daily kkkaller
that unemployment chart is a load of crap, obamas unemployment rate was much higher than trumps
That chart isn’t by year or by President
Or it would read much differently
It’s not wrong
I think it’s cumulative
Your just not reading what it is measuring
I didn’t post that one – it doesn’t make sense to me
But it certainly doesn’t make the point 🐟 said it did
he’s being attacked by the left at every turn for things that have nothing to do with running a country.
i wonder why that is?
Bc he’s horrible….lol
Lmao, some don’t get it Piggy
Charles Barkley
The great political theorist of this blog
Is from Alabama
Which is the 48th poorest state in the US
And hasn’t voted blue since 1968 (covering the 50 years he mentions)
And hasn’t had a democratic governor for two decades
So you know his analysis is spot on …lol
Pigs, mostly I’m just fucking with you, because I’m bored. I posted that chart on purpose. But you are correct about one thing (only one thing) – All information is biased. And most of what is used is inconsequential. It comes down to whether you believe in big government providing services or small government providing basics. And few of our current representatives believe in the latter.
I hear you
The reality is you aren’t going to find unbiased political reporting or graphs
I tend to think republicans who are real small govt libertarians are few and far between
And it’s an even smaller amount than it used to be and Democrats aren’t even close so I agree with you about that
I would love to see a party dedicated to small govt and I don’t see that
I’m not so sure small govt is so good for us
But I do believe there is a time and a place for it
I dont mind big Govt
But I do mind big parties and nothing I’ve said in the past about wanting multiple parties has changed bc of my trump hate
I just find myself aligning with dems these days
I’m not a registered Democrat
I’m a lifelong independent
You guys are just forcing my hand to defend them…lol
Man remind me not to drunk post meme’s again!
I also like to see a small libertarian government with a Constitutional Supreme Court. I think Gorsuch and Kavanaugh are proving to be about as party neutral as it gets, which is a good thing. When I see government providing services, I see DMV (at the state level), the VA, TSA, the Department of Education, etc. Bloated bureaucracies whose number one mission has become self-sustainment.
I agree on Gorsuch
But not Kavanaugh
I think of Kavanaugh as a Scalia Clone and i never saw Scalia as a constitutionalist despite his own boasting and reputation as one
I think Edwards is a much better examples of people who read the constitution as written
There is not a huge book of work from kavanaugh on the sup court yet but his decisions in the lower courts don’t exactly show strict interpretation tendencies
I’m not as well read on Kavanaugh’s lower court decisions as you, so I’m going only on what he has done so far as a Supreme. Sometimes people grow into a position that was bigger than them in the beginning.
And I agree about Edwards, even though I did not like his stance on the ACA. Overall he is pretty party neutral.
Kavanaugh isn’t even close to party neutral, or trump would hate him
Kavanaugh is far right , he’s old school white male priveleged
Rockphin says:
June 7, 2019 at 9:15 pm
The isn’t one fucking N A player being treated sub human. Give it a fucking break.
Reply
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That’s impossible for you to know all the NBA players and all of their issues.
Even your answer reveals what they are going through, and reveals what they have to deal with
David – What pray tell do you think NBA players are being subjected to?
when that merry go round comes back by….DUCK!
Maybe it’s Better to ask Rockphin since he personally knows everyone and how perfect their lives are
What are blacks subject too? Is this a serious question?
If it is, then the answer should come from them , not me,
I’m just aware of the bs excuses when I see it, he makes millions a year, and should never complain,
Yea right
people thinking they can control others with money doesn’t fly with the subjects
The Flying Pig says:
June 8, 2019 at 9:16 am
That chart isn’t by year or by President
Or it would read much differently
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oK i see now, it is biased to support a leftist opinion
No it’s cumulative
It doesn’t specifically analyze the individual Presidents
If you googled it and looked it up you can see it yourself
http://politicsthatwork.com/graphs/unemployment-rate-by-president
You can read that for yourself right under the chart
But please, don’t let that get in the way of blanket generalizations…lol
I’ll catch ya later, only 10 more years to training camp! (kicking the cat)
I never saw a complaint about Landry when he was serving us up NFL records at minimum wage,
But when it was time to pay the guy a real wage, then he is horrible, he sucks, he’s greedy, he forgot how to play,, etc
Wonder what he thinks? how would we feel if it was our big payday denied? We would be fine? I bet not
We would argue our production is far greater than NFL minimum wage , and we would demand a raise or leave to a team that will pay us
That is what he did, and he can’t be blamed for wanting a raise he earned
Teams don’t pay slot receivers that kind of money. Teams flush with cap space willing to overpay do, that’s what the Browns did. You realize there’s a salary cap in football, right? You can’t just pay everyone what they want.
Teams DO pay that kind of money, Landry got his payday from a NFL team
Find me another slot receiver that averages 10.4YPC that gets paid what Landry gets paid
Find me a slot receiver breaking Landrys records, and that will be the guy
Civil rights? What, you mean like run up and down the court and dribble a basketball? Oh the horrors!
Man, David is a white-hatin’ whitey!
Not really, I only hate white people that hate and control us, while denying human rights
I will never kiss dictators and power freaks ass, it’s not for Me
I can’t be controlled or bought, and I can’t fall for lies, it is what it is
I realize I would be more popular if I just sucked up to everyone else’s opinion, and didn’t have any opinions of my own, but I don’t jump to the corporate beat
Them fuckers do NOT own Me, and never will, I will ALWAYS be self employed
Do You hate black people that make a lot of money?
I’ll say this and be done!
It’s a pattern that 2 posters attack Barkley, and only on refutes the information!
That’s how to not have a conversation!
Barley made his own resume, lol
SMH.
I don’t really agree with you about the word “owner” David
It’s worth noting – it’s not really a movement or anything
Last year Draymond Green mentioned it in response to the Houston owner analogy of players making rules as “can’t have inmates running the prison”
Which I think most reasonable people agree is a shitty way to describe employees
And then it took on a life of its own and here we are with the nba thinking about changing its own terminology
But it’s just semantics at the end of the day
Not really so related to civil rights –
Maybe it’s related to how people think
But we use that term in our society in a lot of non-discriminatory ways
Snoop dog (another great political mind…lol) recently said he liked the word “he owns his shit”
If you are really serious about civil rights
It’s wise not to make a mountain out of molehill
I don’t think the word “owner” for a sports CEO warrants a lot of attention
And you also run into some problems when describing certain interests in a team
How do you describe some one who owns a minority share of the team without the word “owner”
Before Ross “owned” the Miami Dolphins he shared ownership with Huzienha for a year owning 50% for 1 year
I don’t know how to describe it and avoid the word owner…lol
So it’s not a very pragmatic change for something that has minimal or nominal harm
There’s no good reason to change it. It’s just another case of people being butthurt by nonsensical shit and then everybody has to change what they do and say, the PC nonsense. It’s beyond ridiculous. People own things, you don’t want to work for a business owned by white people then don’t work there. It’s pretty simple.
As a practical matter it’s impossible to change it
People are obviously going to keep using that word
I get being more sensitive to language
But I think this one is a little “off” in terms of whether it’s offensive
I will say, It is kind of an “old timey” word – that’s not about sensitivity just accuracy
There’s a lot of complex ownership structures
And teams are really franchises as part of league or associations anyway
Who owns the Green Bay Packers
Some people say the fans own it but technically it’s a publicly held nonprofit that no one owns
I don’t think characterizing the use of the word as racially discriminatory is accurate though – it’s not like they don’t use it in the nhl which is mostly white
I don’t think it is really about hating the word owner. More about a bunch of very rich black guys resenting that the teams they play for are owned by even richer white guys even though they think of it as “their sport” and realize those guys are making a lot of money off of it.
In some ways they might have a point, but put the whole slavery analogy in there and what would not other hit the news ends up what we are talking about in places like this. As has been shown on social media countless times, something doesn’t have to be correct to make an impact.
OK, black guys playing in a league run by white owners and a white commissioner who promote the game very well so they can make millions of dollars. True?
That’s a good point
But i still think it’s a bit over the top for my taste
Didn’t say agreed with them, just pointing out what that outlandish analogy is really about. Personally, think they should feel blessed rather than bitching about it. And if they want to be a team owner then buy a team.