Tired of taking Silkwood Showers only to stay home all day? Well have no fear, the NFL Draft is around the corner…eh…maybe…
Anyway Piggy Kipe
r is here to help you examine some of the prospects.
Today we are looking at the Running Back position. Like toilet paper, the running back position has a short shelf life but is always in demand, so teams also keep them in bulk.
The value of the running back position is not what it used to be. Before the Goodell/Brady/Peyton era, teams places a lot more value on running backs. But now, we often go a few drafts in a row without a running back taken in the first round.
There is a good chance that a running back is not selected in the first round in 2020. But the Dolphins are one of a handful of teams with multiple picks, so there is a chance the Dolphins take a running back at #26 and het their pick of the liter. If they do that, I can see the pick being D’Andre Swift from Georgia.
Swift is fun to w
atch. He’s a patient runner, who has a 1 cut style of running. On tape, Swift has a lot of productive runs after planting his right foot in the ground, making a cut and turning up filed. His top end speed is not lightning fast, but you wouldn’t know it when you watch him run, because this one cut style puts a lot of early separation between the tacklers and Swift
Swift is a good receiver too. If Swift has any weaknesses it’s ball security and pass protection. But he is a very productive and talented back and worth a late first or an early second round pick.
Don’t worry, there are plenty of other good backs. Like Wisconsin’s Jonathan Taylor. For most of the season I expected Taylor to be the first back off the board. But it’s starting to look like that isn’t the way it will shape up. That shouldn’t scare anyone. Taylor had a very productive career running behind some very good offensive lines with the Badgers. Taylor had 6,174 rushing yards in three years with 50 touchdowns! If that’s not impressive to you, go back to coveting hand sanitizer.
Taylor has good size coming in at 5’11, 219 pounds. But he actually moves like a smaller back showing the kind if shiftiness that projects well in the NFL. He’s been durable throughout his career even after carry after carry. He really has one glaring weakness: ball security. Taylor has had a few fumbles but he’s also had close to 1000 touches, so make sure you put it in perspective.
Sticking with big numbers in the Big Ten, another productive runner that might be off the board before the 2nd round is through is J.K. Dobbins, who had 2,000 rushing years 
in his final year with Ohio State. Dobbins isn’t as shifty as the two running backs we mentioned on this list. Dobbins is more like a tough lunch pail runner who is going to be consistently productive. He actually kind of reminds me of new Dolphin, Jordan Howard…so if you are thinking “change of pace” he probably won’t do that, but what Dobbins will likely do is have a very good NFL career.
Finally rounding out our top four NFL backs is Clyde Edwards-Helaire. Edwards-Helaire was kind of lost in the shuffle in terms of hype at LSU because of all the attention Joe Burrow received. But Edwards-Helaire was very productive for LSU. In fact he had over 1,800 total offensive yards. 
Some of those yards came through the air as he had 55 catches. He’s easily the best receiving back on this list.
A lot of people think of Edwards-Helaire as a bowling ball stout runner, and at 5’8, 209 pounds, he fits that mold, but really, both Swift and Dobbins aren’t much taller than Edwards-Helaire.
He is more quick than fast, but that quickness goes a long way to breaking a lot of tackles. On tape you can see his toughness on each carrry as he fights for yards. But on paper, what some people miss is that he is one of the best backs on this list in terms of ball security. He just doesn’t fumble a lot.
These are the four backs that are most likely to be selected before round 2 is over. But there are plenty of others backs in this draft, and we will take a closer look at them next time.
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Miami Dolphins aren’t backing off plans to deal for Joe Burrow
by Zach Ragan19h ago
The Miami Dolphins are still hoping to make a deal with the Cincinnati Bengals so they can draft LSU quarterback Joe Burrow.
In recent days, it’s become even more clear that the Cincinnati Bengals really, really like Joe Burrow.
I mean, we already knew the Bengals were in love with Burrow. But Cincinnati owner Mike Brown’s decision to sit in on Burrow’s combine interview — and allow Burrow to ask him questions — makes it crystal clear that Cincinnati wants the former LSU quarterback to be the leader of their offense for years to come.
Fan sided
Anyone still wondering why I call these guys in the media U75?
“Hi, I’m Tua and I am 100% one hit away from retirement. Will you pay me so I can retire comfortably?”
That’s what I was thinking. Hopefully everyone else is thinking the same thing too, so he drops to 5, not that I want him bad, I just don’t want to trade up to get him.
Longterm Herbert is the better prospect.
Clowney drops asking price to 17-18M.
Which is what we offered, sorry sir but now you get less.
Was thinking that too.
I’m glad we don’t have him. Maybe 2 years maybe…. but not now.
If they wanted him they wanted him, if he is having to eat crow and take less id trow another number out there and see if he would take it, it would just be a hard number negotiation where i set the price and he took it or we walked away. He lost the leverage by going down on his demands.
we might not have the cap space now anyways. So throw out something rediculous like 8mper and just smile at him lol
Well our lockdown officially starts 5pm this Friday, when are you guys getting your lol.
Think a lot of folks on the board have had that going on for a while. Not a complete thing though….. but then where do you have to go that’s open anyhow?
I know they have been told before to stay in, most all of us have, if not all, but this is a step closer to martial law, they are saying basically if your out you are going to be stopped to determine what your purpose of being out is and not allowed to continue unless its for essential supplies, etc
All you have to say here is going to the grocery store or the doctor…. which are legit reasons. “Going to visit a friend” only someone stupid enough to not say the first would do.
Thursday for FL.
Can this shit just mutate and start making zombies already so we can get this shit over with!
I am sooo ready for that! I wasn’t prepared for THIS.
NE’ers, yall beeen under a lock down order? Shit as bad as NYC is i woulda had them on martial law a while ago.
What’s going on at Hardrock these days…… yeah they set up a drive-thru testing site.
This epidemic is going to be wide ranging. Industries you wouldn’t necessarily consider will be effected. Social Distancing. Fragrance companies, deodorant companies, razor companies
I haven’t shaved in two weeks. Deodorant? Why? LOL
Because eventually you offend even yourself lol
I still shower every day. LOL Just not going out.
We started lock down in VA couple days ago. Might have been yesterday.
I think Clowney is screwed. Also think his knee is bad and that’s why Seattle didn’t really try to keep him.I wouldn’t sign him to anything but a one-year “prove it” deal.
D – I’m with you….let’s get to the zombies! I have all this ammo laid up, a bunch of frustration, and nothing to shoot!
Just a little more!
And you should have a very target rich environment! 😉
“All persons in Florida shall limit their movements and personal interactions outside of their home to only those necessary to obtain or provide essential services or conduct essential activities,” the order read.
The order also requires senior citizens and individuals with a significant underlying medical conditions to stay at home and take all measures to limit the risk of exposure to COVID-19
The order will take effect at 12:01 a.m. on Friday. The order is set to end on April 30.
We aren’t on lockdown with curfews and the sort!
But they have restricted travel from LA, so they are stopping people to check.
Who would have ever thought in High-school I’d be essential????????
These are essential businesses
WTF no chick-fil-a!
Oh it’s open!
Drive thru!
Here’s something to do Mike E
For Rock and Krishna…mostly to stir them up
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-media-change-tune-trump-attacks-coronavirus-china-travel-ban
LOL that doesn’t rile me. I find it amusing.
Why would anyone believe anything anybody says at this time of the NFL season……or any time when it’s about trades and such really? Misinformation is your friend. Lol
Yup.
ocalarob says:
April 1, 2020 at 10:31 am
Tim. I’ve heard that Miami wants to draft 10 players due to the fact that they dont want to spend 16m on their draft class. They want to be around 10m That’s why they expect them to move around in the draft. So money seems to matter or so i read
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Maybe, I don’t really know. But like I mentioned with my trade up possibilities we might want to target what we consider game changing players, even a tackle who is a day one starter and for years to come.
https://twitter.com/MDCheer/status/1244723572771139586?s=20
Sure Cincy ACTS like they love Burrow. Make everyone think they’re in love with him – only to get more out of a trade from you. We have plenty of ammo if we want Burrow. Every team has its price, who’s willing to pay it.
No trade ups!
Chicken, quit being such a pig with the picks
Me with a plate of draft picks
Teams can’t really force other teams to give up more than they want to because they have a price too. Every team knows a general price and they either decide to do it or not.
Speaking of when will things go back to the way they were, when the hell are we going to get the old logo back on the helmet? ….permanently!!!
Make Dolphins Great Again
Rich – I’m with ya man! Not just the old logo but the old colors, the dark orange, the darker aqua. Pull the plug on these pussy colors they’re running out there now.
D – I don’t feel restricted at all. I can still go shopping, liquor stores are still open (THANK GOD!!). I’m still working (ONE DAY A WEEK NOW).
Isn’t golf essential??
The following services are also outlined as essential in the executive order:
Attending religious services
Participating in recreational activities (in alignment with social distancing guidelines) such as walking, biking, hiking, fishing, hunting, running, or swimming (consistent with social distancing guidelines)
Taking care of pets
Caring for or otherwise assisting a loved one or friend
Piggy, just remember we have a very good draft next year as well with two 1’s and two 2’s. I’m not a big fan of having so many picks that you load your team up with so many rookies at once. If we drafted all 14 picks and then signed 10 or more UDFAs now we have 25 rookies coming to camp. That’s a lot.
Don’t trade my second rounders
Please don’t trade my second round picks
I don’t care what they do with 3rd round or later
But please don’t trade the 2nd rounders
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I understand 2nd rd pick value, but if you come away with three team changing players in the 1st rd by moving up for them at a time when you have the draft to do it, that would bother you? It’s about putting a good football team on the field, not necessarily how you did it.
You’re pretty funny pp…….
220,000 “known” cases, over 4,000 dead, models showing upwards of 100-240K dead over the next 30 days……
……due principally, from the lack of leadership, lack of understanding, and basically, poor judgment which is ongoing, at the highest levels of this government.
Also, not sure how this has anything to do with Democrats or Republicans, so you’ve lost me. I am neither, and i’m certainly not a cultist like some of you on this Board. Blind loyalty is off the charts. Lemming-like…..and scary.
I will totally agree that the invading caravan of thousands of women and children that would overrun our borders was a HOAX. No one died; you cultist were scared shitless. Now that was funny, hilarious, in fact. Some might say silly.
Stirring the pot for you, pp.
Just for the record, though it’s not in crazy numbers like the thousands, American citizens especially women have been raped and killed by criminal illegals who got in. So to say no one died would be inaccurate.
Such a false equivalency, but you stick to your guns on this one. It’s your right
I started off saying not in crazy numbers but it’s still real. I know someone it happened to back in the early 2000’s. The guy was illegal from Nicaragua, had a criminal record in his country and in the USA but somehow he was still free to roam about in the USA.
The victim was the wife of a guy I lived close to when we were younger. This criminal POS was working on their house. He attacked his wife who was home, beat, raped and killed her. Then changed his clothes wearing the guy I grew up with’s clothes when he left. That’s just a more personal experience. But it’s happened to others. The moral of the story is they should not have been in the USA.
I am sorry you’ve had that experience.
You are no more likely to be raped by an illegal than you are by an American or a white man. There are bad people everywhere. It sucks.
And again, it’s a false equivalence. The invading caravan was the hoax, not something that happened 20 years ago.
Are you going to Joe Burrow fair
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
🎶 Fuck no it will cost us picks 🎶
I know that song…
Son, I like Burrow and thing he’s a really good prospect, but I don’t feel he’s trade the farm for good. Obviously you think he is, why?
Just wondering because his skill set is not off the charts in any way. He might be savvy good and a solid franchise QB. But I don’t view him as a once every decade type QB.
I’d like to have him , but not for the cost Orob tossed out yesterday.. all 3 1sts plus .. no thanks.
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I wouldnt be happy giving up all three first but i also wouldnt be really pissed. I mean we have 3 first this year and 2 next year, the farm is full, we are selling the farm just by giving up 2 additional first with a swap from 5 to 1.
arent
Randy says:
April 1, 2020 at 7:50 pm
Why would anyone believe anything anybody says at this time of the NFL season……or any time when it’s about trades and such really? Misinformation is your friend. Lol
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Maybe, just maybe since they know misinformation helps trades, they are telling the truth because they know others thing misinformation is trades so the facts can hide in plain sight! Never considered that did you…..
Being that this process isnt being rushed by the FO (i know a lot here are rushing it) it wouldnt be the end of the world, and iot wouldnt kill the rebuild if we did use all 3 first on what essentially is someone they believe is our next Dan Marino.
Step outside yourselves just for a moment and image if you are them, and you see Dan Marino there in the prospect pool, but you know you have to make it worthwhile for Cincy to pass on taking Dan Fucking Marino with thier pick. You give up 2 firsts and swap the other, but get Dan FUCKING Marino….wouldnt you do it?
Do you see Marino’s talent in Burrow or any other QB? I do not.
I would get over it pretty quick 🤷♂️..
Probably, if that’s what my eyes and team evaluators saw. Then, he’d sit and learn from Gailey and Fitz.
To me, Burrow has the Fitz “attitude” and intangibles that are hard to grade. I’ve seem him make some awesome throws, too.
Burrow has some very good intangibles from what I’ve see of him. He doesn’t panic, he’s got some mobility to keep plays alive and he does make some really impressive NFL type touch throws. He doesn’t wow me with his physical ability. But I think he gets it.
Krishna, my main point is not knowing illegal people who don’t belong here, are here, is an issue in this country. You also said no one died which is not true. There are gangs and mobs in this country infiltrated with illegals.
The first order of business of our government is to protect its citizens and defend the Constitution against enemies both foreign and domestic.
I thought your post was a bit too cavalier. That said, don’t want to keep going back and forth about this. My opinion also has nothing to do with who’s president or either political party. They’ve all been dropping the ball on this for a long time.
Not enforcing existing law is more the problem. NO ONE SHOULD BE HERE ILLEGALLY.
Not my point either, but perfect pivot by you to ignore my point. Look at the birdie over there.
That’s basically what I said.
“The first order of business of government is to protect our citizens…..” quoting Tim Knight.
Which is MY fucking point. Thank you. Which is the greater scourge?
You seem to want to pick a fight when all I did was call out one mishap I felt on your part. Now you’re arguing with me about how we agree. 😉
Not one American died from the invading caravan of women and children….not one Tim Knight.
Who wants to fight? You keep saying people died and were raped by illegals. Your using unrelated events to conflate and distort what I said.
Lying to the public has consequences. Now there are 4,700 dead and will top 5,000 tomorrow. The caravan hoax was a lie to create fear towards immigrants. It has you hook, line, and sinker. It’s too bad. My point is this is a LIE too far, and this time, deadly. Very deadly.
Call it cavalier, if you want, or looking for a fight. Perhaps, you should look in the mirror.
Dude,You don’t have a clue. Try living in a border state where we deal with shit daily and then try to be a expert on this topic. SMH. 🖕
As if the NY/NJ metro area as a major world hub would never know what’s going on.
This idea that it was a hoax is a hoax. It’s real.
Krishna, it’s not a fight if you don’t want it to be. I made the same point as you before your reply.
I do live I a border state and the border is much greater than California. You need to get a clue, and perhaps learn some geography. Last i checked Texas was on the border that I’ve crossed many times. Duh.
It’s going to happen
https://twitter.com/miami_alejandro/status/1245401347937222658?s=21
https://twitter.com/camaggs10/status/1245458848464490496?s=21
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The point of the article was that the media and leading Democrats called the Trump administration’s early efforts “xenophobic” and a waste of time, the n changed their line of attack when those efforts proved to be necessary. The government failed us. Thee government being the 2+ million petty bureaucrats that make up the various agencies. The last three White House’s and congresses failed us by ignoring the warnings because party politics were more important. I have no idea what the 100K person migrant caravans trying to enter the country illegally last year has to do with the current issue other than it seems to offend you that we tried to enforce the laws and keep them out.
If it were not for the Trump administration’s efforts the body count would be in the millions. But TDS convinces the histrionic that Orange Man and everything he does is bad. Trump is an asshat. Brash and egotistical. Loud and obnoxious. Can’t stand the sound of his voice. Rude. Effective at getting things done. Says what many people,think. Speaks to a large portion of America. Cares about the country. Has been right about many things that the establishment fought. Like trade with China. Like secure borders.
(Piggy whispers)
Tua is coming….
(An eerie wind blows through the blog…honestly it’s a fart)
Need to get you some Beano.
I read the article and the point to me was dribble. I got nothing out of except Dems this, Dems that, and they all changed their minds. And, no sourcing, only drool with the dribble.
Trump was calling COVID totally under control in March, on the way down, don’t need testing. said, it in February, too. Was warned in january.
And, we still don’t have the testing and tracking like s Korea, Singapore, Tokyo and
Epic failure by WH and has nothing to do with Dems. It has to do with incompetence.
It wasn’t even close to 100k, try 10k caravan, walking over 3000 miles. So silly. You need to be protected from them? Oh my.
You’re also wrong about blaming others as part of your argument. This is a 3yo administration. If it’s going to take all the glory for the economy, it needs to take all the glory for its complete meltdown in leadership in handling this pandemic.
These are typical arguments people use to defend indefensible behavior. Leaders don’t blame others, cult leaders do.
Another falsehood, “a large part” of Americans (do you mean majority) do not agree with him, in fact, 2.7mm more people voted against him and in 2018 the House was lost. Not sure what colored glasses you’re wearing.
He is not America’s president, just the American president.
You clearly have no clue of what you say. We’ve tested more than any of those countries.
Plenty of Dem papers and leaders called Trump racist when he closed travel multiple times including this last one. Dem leaders in NYC had zero restrictions in place for the Chinese New Year. Few travel restrictions, poor social distancing practices, poor general decisions. , etc.
Trump was wrong about COVID. So were Dem leaders. Epic failure at 4000 deaths when the study pushed by Dems said our low end numbers would be 150,000 with the best measures in place. No one knows what the final tally will be including you and your prognostications.
Illegals and easy access through our borders is exactly how this pandemic started. China HID what was happening as people flew in and out of Wuhan for weeks. That’s exactly why Rhode Island’s Dem governor wants to wall out NYC residents. Its the exact way you keep out problems. You wall them out. Illegals are a bane to US society just like this disease.
You want to completely blame Trump because your cult told you to. You want to defend similar or worse behavior from ‘your side’ because of your cult. You will believe anything if it makes Trump looks bad.
This ^^^
Now the pot is getting stirred.
What cultish behavior have I displayed?
I don’t blindly follow a “leader” that lies every day, I don’t deny his clearly xenophobic behavior whose principal advisor is a white nationalist, nor do I abuse women and pay them off to be quite.
And, mostly I don’t lie or stick my head in the sand and ignore bad behavior or follow a leader who lies every day
Lol…and I know where Texas is….guess what, it’s a border state.
And, new age is spouting, quoting the Trump line….we’ve tested more than any other country. Talk about cultish gibberish.
Try looking at tests per capita. Woeful failure for a country of 350MM.
I have no idea what the death tolls will be. These are models developed by people a lot smarter than me, NOT DEMS.
Leave the fucking politics out. The s Korea curve has already flattened due to testing andtracking, social distancing and isolation based on testing, and having adequate supplies to treat.
Still no testing except meaningless soundbites spewing garbage that U.S. has done more tests than anyone,
2 months behind the rest of the world!
Yes, you’re right. You have no clue about the models, how many we’ve tested, etc. I know all about the models, I’ve studied them and others. I’ll leave the politics out when you do.
Our time has come
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This guy is the next marshaun lynch/frank gore type rb
He has a skill set that transfers well into the nfl
But I think he generally avoids contact
I don’t see lynch when I watch Akers
I’m not sure a Lynch or Gore is in this draft. That’s a really high bar. If I had to pick one, it would probably be Taylor. He has a lot of of wear on those tires though and I don’t see anyone that will replicate Gore’s longevity Guy can run though.
Vaughn is Ricky/Lynch ltype of back. A long way from being those guys but he runs the same.
Scatback with big thighs, and good pad level that makes him hard to tackle. Hard to tell anything else from that clip.
Great news, I hope, from Mayo Clinic. Developed testing amongst itS great doctors and clinics in FL, AZ, and MN. Will begin antibody testing next week and looking to serve nation.
Stressed the importance of all levels working together from top (feds) to the least among us (social distancing). But, test results needed to help mitigate, strategize, control, monitor, and isolate surgically in the community, so we can come out of our caves.
I am extremely biased toward the Mayo Clinic. Been there about 10x’s. Awesome institution and the people, doctors are amazing.
They seem to have their hearts in the right place. They really stive to help people out of bad situations.
Tim, i dont think people saw Marino in Marino either, not at the time, no one knows what these guys will turn into, even back then, how many of the QBs taken before Marino were busts? Its not an exact science, so what i was intending with that statement was the idea that we arent going to miss those picks if we land the guy that takes us to yearly competitive play. We arent going to worry over 3 picks to get him instead of one. What we will do though is kick the shit out of ourselves if we dont do it and then he does became the next Marino and we end up with a dud because we “didnt want to waste picks” im saying, its not a waste until it pans out or doesn’t, so you act off intuition, film study, etc and you take your chance when it here and now. Incidentally, i dont see Marino right now either, i mean how could you, one is the greatest QB all time and one is a guy who hasnt taken his first pro snap yet,.
Good for him, its not easy to keep that trend going, a lot of little devils sitting on your shoulder telling you to not fight the good fight. Always good to read that a person who was at their bottom is finally standing back up.
The blame game gets old on both sides. How about this virus took just about everyone by surprise, regardless of political affiliation. Neither side thought it was going to be what it turned out to and I truly don’t think it mattered much who was president. Trump had a rough start, totally underestimated it, but now on track and that’s all we can do. Can’t go back . . .
You’re wrong, Trump is supposed to have a magic wand, so when China dumps its Wuhan citizens on the world, or when idiot spring breakers or Mardi Gras goers…he can wave it and fix everything. It has nothing to do with how our citizens act.
He doesn’t need a magic wand. Strong leadership will do. When you have contradictory messages from the top down, how are people supposed to act? Literally just last week, he was still contradicting the overall message by talking about opening the country up again by Easter and attitude reflects leadership.
LOL, I just broke my own rule, and talked divisive politics which has been proven time and again to get us nowhere.
Free replays till May!! Woohoo!
Great post Mike….move forward as best we know how….
The Dolphins vs Patriots game (Game #16) from 2019 was just on NFL, I caught the end. That was fucking glorious, it really was. Parker absolutely ABUSED Stephon Gilmore. Owned his ass! Fitzpatrick was a god that day. He was locked in
Lot easier to appreciate some of the good things when you arent stressing the loss, or the win and and just watch and see how everyone does. You also arent critical of every little thing they do because it doesn’t matter you can just be in the moment lol. Its like how the patriot fans use to watch ever game live lol.
Acres is a north and south runner does not avoid contact in is the same size and weight as marshawn lynch he also played behind a very suspect Florida state offense of line. he runs downhill , we also may be able to get him in the late 2nd early 3rd.
I agree he’s a great looking prospect, based on those highlights, but Lynch he’s not. Not sure what size and weight similar to Lynch proves.
I can’t believe I haven’t seen any of you putzes mention this on here. This may be my personal saving grace during the uncharted water of ZERO sports days over the next two months.
Nobody is changing their stance on Trump. Why fight about it? I’d much rather watch free replays than read arguments about the lying, racist, misogynist clown in the WH.
Free access until may 31. WooHoo!!
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Damn Dirty Ape….Eat your banana and stop flinging poo!
LMAO….Exactly!!!
If you consider the top of the draft. Who will miami take?
Logically we may eliminate some players and positions.
Barring trading up who will be there at 5?
Will we take simmons if he’s there?
Simmons seems to be similar to van noy and we already have mcmillan and baker.
Not sure if you take simmons?
Having one on each would be nice. Teams would have to scheme away from both ends on the line and both CBs, that would allow Flores to drop both into coverage on any given play. The middle would be the opponents only area to attack.
Okuda seems a longshot at what we have at the corners
I think without trading up burrow and young are off the board at 5
Brady moving into Jeter’s Tampa mansion. I didn’t know they had anything going on. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
We just signed ogbah so it would appear that brown would be a longshot as well.
So that would leave the most probable at 5 . tua. Or one of the elite tackles. Or maybe trading back.
One of those 3 seems likely
I agree. Don’t see them picking CB or DT at 5. LB or QB, maybe. Not sure any OT is worth 5, but unless you can slide 1 or 2 slots and still get him, you probably take him there if that’s your pick.
Whoever would have thought that politics would get people going?
Member of the anti-virus party now. Damn bug has already killed more people than the terrorists on 9/11.
Kong – That was a mean tease. I clicked your link and it clearly says not available in Canada. Ouch!
Trump also demanded that it isn’t available in China. lol
LOL
Kong – Thanks man, this is awesome. Too bad we couldn’t go back further in time, like when our team was actually good.
I just learned of it today. It made me day and my week. I’ll be happy to watch last year’s Fins at Pets week 16. Heck, I might just put that on a continuous loop. At least it’s something, lol.
Also, now i can go back and see if Tim was right that we played more 0 tech at DT than I remember, lol.
I’m watching game #16 from the start now. Nik Needham, Nate Brooks at CB, Stephen Parker and Eric Rowe at S, with Adrian Colbert rotating in and playing in multiple DB formations.
Kong
I’ve quarantined myself from trump arguments on this blog bc as you mentioned “no one is changing their mind”
But I just saw the GA governor admit that he only learned in the last 24 hours that people without symptoms can transmit the virus….that’s gross incompetence
If anyone on here lives in GA, I beg of you – get a new governor
Wow! He just learned that
*Recently quarantined myself
Forget it, I just scrolled up
No more quarantine
Wow, I hadn’t seen that about the GA Gov. With where we are as a country right now, I can’t even see how that is possible. SMH.
Maybe he misspoke but if he wasn’t aware – wow
What does he think social distancing is about?
New Age
Suggesting that illegals and easy access to our borders is how this pandemic started is ridiculous
While I agree, theoretically, that the virus obviously is transferred from people whether those people have symptoms or not
And movement of people certainly affects that
But the ease that people jump from that logical belief to illegals crossing the boarder as the source is nonsensical
Mexico has barely over 1500 reported cases now, dramatically less than us
Those numbers are about to skyrocket
But in January Mexico didn’t even have any reported cases as we had many
In fact, a notable outbreak in Mexico is based on wealthy Mexican citizens bringing the disease back to Mexico from Jackson Hole on a ski trip
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-20/some-of-mexicos-wealthiest-residents-went-to-colorado-to-ski-they-brought-home-coronavirus
The reasons the numbers in Mexico are about to skyrocket is bc their own leaders didn’t take it seriously
It hasn’t happened yet but it will
They are well behind us at the present though
That alone is reason to rule out illegals crossing our borders as a source for our crisis now
It could not have come from illegals crossing the Mexican border, (whether Mexican or Central American) when it didn’t really exist there
It’s just not logical to believe that
Obviously people crossing borders between countries and states will spread the virus
But in our case the likelihood that it came to the us through our borders with a country with few or no cases is pretty slim
the virus makes no distinction between legal or illegal entry
And the amount of people, including Americans, traveling or entering far outweighs illegal entry into the country through a border – I mean it’s not even close
Everyone travels, and we certainly engage international trade and legal immigration is pretty substantial as well
That region of northern Italy that got hit hard is actually a notable trade hub in Europe, specifically with China which is probably why they got hit so hard so fast. It’s also densely populated and that affected that. But at the end of the day, it wasn’t anything nefarious that brought it to Italy. It was probably how their economy thrives – trade
Trade and travel are normal things we engage in in this country and that we did on a massive scale prior to March
I don’t fault anyone for failing to stop those things until very recently
But don’t tie border crossings in with that – the numbers don’t stack up
The numbers of people who travel abroad are enormous and that’s perfectly legal and normal for us to engage in
https://travel.trade.gov/view/m-2019-O-001/index.html
Trade or travel is probably the direct link to why the virus is here. I’m guessing but so is everyone else.
And my guess is a lot more logical than a guess that it snuck in through a border with very low level or no (in January) reported cases
Stopping the movement of people, whether legal or not, in a pandemic makes sense and I get that
As a wide sweeping temporary policy that makes sense NOW
But are illegal crossings at the Mexican border a starting point for the spread – no way, that’s crazy to believe
We were engaging in normal conduct that spread the virus, bringing it in the us, travel and trade and even legal immigration. Inside of the us, interstate travel and within states just going to work and communing – all those things spread the virus and I think most of us want to be able to do those things again
Normal things we have always done and that most want to do again
I can’t fault some one for not seeing that coming, in October or soon after that
In January I thought we were safe
But the earlier we started taking the steps to mitigate those normal things, that really stops spread in the US, so if people think those things were hurt by leadership. It makes sense to blame leadership. I will stop short of saying my thoughts on that.
But make no mistake about it, with perfectly legal things like travel, trade and legal immigration, the virus finds its way everywhere. You can’t just wall people out at the borders to stop that, you actually have to wall Americans IN this country and stop those normal things, which is probably impossible and frankly Unamerican if you ask me.
It’s really the preventive measures our leaders and every citizen takes when it’s here that matters – not how it inevitably arrived.
I blame my own mayor for failing to do a lot of steps early last month that he should have done. I had to go to court bc the city refused to close the courts on 3/13 – by then, we knew we should be taking steps to stop it, but my mayor was slow to act and close the courts and the schools and everything
Those failures can be seen on a federal level if you examine what was done
But the entry into this country – that was going to happen whether there was illegal immigration or not. I don’t blame trump for how it got into the country, I don’t blame anyone for that. I think that was inevitable. Likewise Illegal immigration is a non factor and not notable
It’s probably the one thing that gets under my skin – blaming illegal immigration. So anytime I’m being quiet on a subject and you are dying to hear my oinks on it – just say something like that…lol
Well, you went way beyond what I was going to say about blaming immigrants or illegals….lol. I was just too exhausted.
Also, exhausted after reading what you wrote. Lol, but well worth.
Everyone was slow to respond. I thought cancelling SXSW and Formula One in ATX was over the top. Looking back, I think our city was saved.
Leaders admit their mistakes and course correct.
Look your in “good” company! 😉
If you get nervous and you decide to withdraw money
Make sure you store it in something a little more secure on the commute home
She was probably robbed by some illegal immigrants who also now gave her the CoronaVirus. J/K Piggy, really J/K!! lol
That sounds like what we were talking about last week – I.e. loan forgiveness
At lunch right now watching the Fins put a beating on the Pets to knock them out of a 1st rd bye. Good times.
My favorite game the past 5 years.
Yep, mine too. In NE, a must win game for them, and Brady’s final game against us as a Pet. Very satisfying way to end a tough season.
Piggy,
I was dying for some oinks and my language was loose. Thanks for the response. To clarify, uncontrolled access is how disease spreads and it was no one’s fault. It definitely wasn’t illegal aliens and I think an American helped spread the disease in Mexico (if I’m not mistaken).
I don’t blame them for this and my point was poorly spoken. True borders and border control helps mitigate many things. Walls of all kinds keep out bad things. Trump has tried to limit access to this country for certain groups and it would have been very handy if we had tested and restricted Chinese travel of all kinds in January, as Krishna expected Trump to unilaterally do.
Like you, I don’t think there was anything we could have done to stop this. Our bureaucracy is too large, our controls are too limited, and we don’t follow directions well as a society, for good or ill. The disease is novel and very contagious. Some evidence suggests it mostly spreads through secondary contact, not via airborne. So, people wearing masks and washing their hands, tables, buggies, doors, etc would really help lower contagion. I think we will be lucky to have deaths similar to the 61,000 we lost to that bad flu season a few years ago.
On to leadership, did anyone do a fantastic job? Trump screwed up. He does that sometimes. His Corona daily updates are hard to stomach. I don’t really watch them, I read the transcripts afterwards. His need to show his leadership even when not appropriate is painful to watch. Just let the experts talk. Shut up sometimes, dude. He at least is trying to get ahead of this now. It is not helpful to push a political bias at these times unless you are perfect but some Dems already want another investigation after going through two already? When does the bullshit end? Some really poor LOSERS. Garbage tier people with the worst set of presidential candidates I’ve seen since RMoney was the candidate.
Cuomo seems to have screwed up. The CDC seems to have screwed up. The WHO definitely screwed up but maybe China paid them to? Who took it seriously outside of bordering countries to China? NO ONE DID. Should we really expect our leaders to be infallible? For one guy to be perfect when no one else was? Is he also responsible for those dumb kids? The dumb people who won’t follow directions? The states who still don’t have quarantines? States do have rights in this instance no matter what some believe. Even Fauci has based our responses on a poorly done study in England that based most of their info on China who LIES about everything. Many experts say their study was a worst case scenario even at the low end. Which experts are right then? Why are we seeing only results from the ends of the spectrum. Why don’t I see how Sweden is doing, or Africa? Why the same 6-7 places over and over and over to push an agenda? Just give me news, right? Can you still do that at any level, media? What is your value?
On the illegal Latino problem, it’s massive. It’s a huge problem that should be fixed. Should have been fixed 50 years ago. It causes employment and tax problems every year. It brings so little benefit compared to it’s cost. The primary supporters just want more Democrat votes and don’t care who it costs to get them. Maybe a wall wouldn’t help but it sure looks like some Democrat governors would use one if they had it. Mexico didn;t bring this problem here but it brinsg thousands of problems every year. If we want to protect our country, shouldn’t we start to enforce our borders? Control our airports? Decouple from the Chinese? Return our critical medical supply systems back home? Shouldn’t this be a lesson,instead of just another lost opportunity?
Okay that clears it up
It sounded like you were blaming undocumented people for the entry of the virus
No surprise to anyone, but I don’t think trump has done a good job, that’s pretty consistent with everything I’ve ever said about trump. but I’ve been avoiding posting anything about it in response….mostly bc I’m just tired of the debates on the subject
I think the “issues”, and I’m using that word begrudgely, with undocumented people are separate from the issues with this virus and I’m not comfortable talking about my differences with others on that issue in the same breath that I talk about the coronavirus
I think they are just must different things – so I don’t really want to invite that discussion or participate in it, bc I know I have a much different point of view as a lot of people on it, and once I get started, it’s hard to get me to stop….
In terms of Cuomo, I think everyone’s screwed up a little. But Cuomo, in my view, is a better model than deblasio or trump. I follow his lead before the other two. Did he wait too long to take aggressive action? – yeah I think so.
Point taken – everyone has screwed up. But I think it’s legitimate criticism to look at how your leaders deal with things and judge them for it, and just bc some one else is mentioned, it’s really not a defense. So everyone screwing up, doesn’t mean we can’t say one particular person screwed up (or screwed up more)
If people don’t point out mistakes made by our leaders, why should they stop making them? Whether they are defensive or not about the criticism. Whether the criticism is politically motivated or not. It’s serves a purpose in a representative form of govt. That form of govt needs feedback.
Piggy,
I agree with that. I don’t mind the criticism and I think it’s deserved. I’d like to look further at people and agencies we usually wave off though. The CDC gets over $7 billion yearly. Why was the response so poor?
Trump doesn’t know anything about disease and while he pontificates, I really want to know why the ones that should know more did so poorly. He’s an idiot on this topic (I know your thoughts on other ones) and he should talk less about it to cover that ignorance. We can crap on Trump but I hope we go further and either fix problems with our responses and within the CDC itself or at the very least, discuss the need for it.
I think our bureaucracy is way too large. It’s too easy for bad things and incompetence to be hidden. It’s too easy to hide pork and shady dealings.
I used undocumented aliens because there is a prevailing thought in some circles that borders, laws, and regulations shouldn’t count for some people. That just because they are trying to help their families, it’s ok. This disaster should reinforce that a controlled border, is a safe border. That laws are there to prevent bad things.
I think Cuomo’s ok. He’s a smooth politician, very smart, willing to say he’s wrong. I really don’t like the idea of families of the ruling elite. It’s bad enough that our politicians flaunt their power but for generations of them to do so reminds me of Old Europe. That wasn’t a good system. I didn’t like Bushes and Kennedys dominating our political landscape as they profited from their own special rules.
Good post, Mike. People play the blame game about everything. They look to politicians for solutions about everything when they don’t know about everything. It didn’t take long for the red and blue teams to take their sides. It’s absurd.
Funny what you get to see these days. Those two Holland American cruise ships that no South American country wanted and had to fight their way through the Panama Canal are now docked at Fort Lauderdale’s cruise port , which means see them off my balcony.
FL gov didn’t want them at first but changed his mind. Was always like heck yeah help them. Even if coming into my town. People in dire straights, including Americans.
I would be happy with this
https://www.mlive.com/lions/2020/04/ben-ravens-2020-nfl-mock-draft-30-lions-trade-back-land-ohio-state-star-jeff-okudah.html?outputType=amp
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 5: Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Alabama (A)
Round 1 Pick 18: Andrew Thomas, OT, Georgia (A)
Round 1 Pick 26: D’Andre Swift, RB, Georgia (B+)
Round 2 Pick 7: Isaiah Wilson, OT, Georgia (B)
Round 2 Pick 24: Antoine Winfield Jr., FS/SS, Minnesota (A)
Round 3 Pick 6: Matt Hennessy, C/OG, Temple (A)
Round 4 Pick 35 (COMP): Jacob Breeland, TE, Oregon (A+)
Round 5 Pick 7: Michael Pittman Jr., WR, USC (A+)
Round 5 Pick 8: Nick Coe, DE/OLB, Auburn (A+)
Round 5 Pick 27: Joshua Kelley, RB, UCLA (A+)
Round 6 Pick 6: Khalil Davis, DT, Nebraska (A+)
Round 7 Pick 13: Jalen Elliott, FS, Notre Dame (A+)
Round 7 Pick 32: John Molchon, OG, Boise St. (A-)
Round 7 Pick 37 (COMP): Jaron Bryant, CB, Fresno St. (A-)
But not this
https://www.si.com/.amp/nfl/2020/04/02/nfl-mock-draft-trades-tua-tagovailoa-andrew-thomas-henry-ruggs
Minus the trade up to #3, those picks aren’t bad at all. I definitely like Cushenberry and Akers on the back end.
Here is another TE not many are talking about. He is out of Cincinnati like Travis Kelce. One scout said unlike Kelce Deguara won’t wow you with anything but he is really good at everything. Also, said where he is like Kelce is with the way he plays. Very aggressive.
stanger,
Right on, brother. It’s good to see the kindness and generosity people can show even when things are grim. It’s not all divisiveness and hatred. 👍
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Now, if you’ll excuse me I feel like I just channeled my inner Tim, and I need to go shower.
I will say one thing about the politics talk here, it does make it easier and quicker to catch up on reading the posts each day. I just skip over them…😉
D says:
April 2, 2020 at 10:37 am
Tim, i dont think people saw Marino in Marino either, not at the time, no one knows what these guys will turn into, even back then, how many of the QBs taken before Marino were busts?
I don’t know if you can call any of them Busts. It was actually a historically good draft.
John Elway (Hall of fame)
Todd Blackledge (Bust)
Jim Kelly (Hall of fame)
Tony Eason (Played 7 years, played in a SB for NE)
Ken O’Brian (Two time pro-bowl, AFC Player of the year ’85) Was not Marino….(Ha! Jets fans)
Dan Marino (Hall of fame)
Results were “were overwhelmingly positive.”
If a double negative is in theory a positive is a double positive a negative? were were
I can’t wait for the draft. As someone said, this is kind of a dead time in sports but to have nothings going on is so boring. ESPN is so terrible to listen to now.
Eason’s career would have looked better if he didn’t wind up coming up against the ’85 BEARS in the SB.
Too bad we played like shit against the Pats in the AFC Championship game and missed a shot at shocking the Bears again. We were their kryptonite because of Marino and our passing game to beat their 46 blitz scheme.
New Age…Trump said on March 24th he wanted the country opened by Easter…got to get the country back to work. Hello??!!!!
Somehow the medical community got through to him last week. Fuck January.
And, stop the lying. So simple.
He’s always trying to say he’s winning and that even during these times he’s the greatest. That’s who he is. Even people who voted for him know this.
whether or not it’s who he is or what you already know about him – it’s bad leadership
Honest Communication instead of shooting from the hip to tell people how great you are is a difference maker in a crisis
Piggy, that’s why I didn’t vote for him. He’s brash and his campaign was ‘us against them’, which to me was a divider not a uniter. But the people I know who did vote for him did it to break up typical Washington, and to keep the far left from taking over. Not because they’re racist and they found their Führer which is just as stupid as what Trump says.
He said he would like to see the country back to work by Easter, that it would be wonderful if it was. Where is the lie in that? He didn’t say it was a deadline or even a goal. It was his hope. Did you at that moment hope we would not be at work? SBJ….Those of you suffering from TDS want him to fail regardless of the cost. He finally starts listening to his experts and you still find fault.
His saving grace is that he characterized it as hope
So it wasnt a prediction or an order
But it was a ridiculous timeline
And when the president says something it means something
What’s the point of just throwing bullshit around so that people can argue whether it’s a lie or not
If you told me in a serious tone “I hope this blog turns into a butterfly and lays eggs on the back of UFO”
It wouldn’t be a lie bc it was “hope”
But I would still Identify it as bullshit
This is not a game a person as the president should be playing
It’s not really a lie, it’s just completely unreliable
Why does that make a good president?
I forgot how to use the reply function
Fucking butterflies and ufos are to blame!
All I know is that I picked the wrong year to stop sniffing glue
About Marino, scouts knew his talent but there was a lot of negative stuff out there about him with cocaine and a sub par senior season seemed to link the two. It wasn’t true, he had a bad year and the rest is history.
The cocaine use in college was true.
No different than anyone else doing it. You don’t think being on a major football program would be obvious if it was an addiction? You can spot a coke head easily.
Krishna – I can sum this up very easily . . .
The people who hate Trump hang on his every word and dissect everything he says and find faults in almost everything he says.
The people who support Trump have learned not to listen to everything he says because we know he’s annoying, narcissistic and a blowhard. It’s tiring seeing media outlet after outlet criticize Trump and seeing people in social media pick out the dumb things he says. Overall I still believe he does a good job despite all the negative media coverage and the Democrats so desperately trying to get him out of office. I also recall in January the Democrats trying so hard to impeach Trump and spending exhaustive effort to do so, not one of them spent any effort on the Corona Virus.
I have to turn on Fox News at least once a day just to hear a different opinion because everyone else is like in sync. It’s so predictable already.
I’ve always gravitated to CNN during emergency situations etc., I like their coverage with that. But all of a sudden it will get to a panel discussion and I start hearing the Trump bashing and then I put something other than news on. It’s fuckin annoying and blatantly bias. I don’t watch FOX News really ever unless I stop on a segment as I’m surfing. I know they do their best to support Trump and the GOP going in so what’s the point?
It’s sad that the news is so blatantly bias. It’s also stupid.
As an independent I can say from what I’ve seen on social media is what you’ve mentioned. I also see a shit ton more of the left excusing the downright ridiculous behavior of Schmidt, Pelosi, Schumer, the Squad, etc. so many anymore can’t hold their own party’s feet to the fire and find excuses to dismiss their actions.
Schift….phone changed it😂
My FB feed is filled with Trump is great, the Democrats are evil, Trump’s a moron, the Democrats are our only hope, and then the rest of us who ain’t buying any of it.
I don’t buy any of it from either side Tim.
For what it’s worth, I detest the hypocrisy. If Obama was only bad in your eyes, then Trump is only great, and vice-versa. Call bullshit when you see bullshit, regardless of who’s pedalling it.
Mike
As some one who hates trump, I can tell you
I don’t hang on every word
I reject every word
His words are worthless
The argument you just made draws the same conclusion
His words are worthless
You’ve just chosen to accept that as being okay for the President
I don’t
Although I should say, as a caveat, I can appreciate being frustrated by the constant barrage of criticism
Bc even though I contribute to it
I get frustrated by it too
It can be annoying
The problem is there are so many independents, libertarians, moderates, centrists etc. but at the end of the day most of them choose one of the two major parties and don’t create a 3rd party movement to break that shit up. It’s beyond stupid now. Forget the border wall, people have put up their own walls. Sad.
People don’t create or vote for 3rd parties bc they think it will help the party/politician they hate
I personally cant vote for a 3rd party in 2020 (and I have in the past) bc I don’t want trump to win
Trump losing is more important to me now that most of my fundamental beliefs on our political structure…lol
I am sure a lot of independents may see things differently, but for me, because of trump, I’ve shifted heavily on favor of democrats
And that choice could be worse with the anti-American sentiment spawning in that party. I think voting for the lesser of two evils is the result of voting stupid in the first place. The American people have the ultimate power if they want to use it. The two party system needs to be challenged. It will change their candidates.
Words mean nothing, actions mean everything.
People act on words all the time
I have to judge a politician on what they say they will do
Bc it’s all I have before they do it
I have to judge the president on the information he delivers
Bc he might be privy to information I am not
I can apply actions mean more that words for my friends and family – it makes sense
But for the President, breaching that trust and delivering misinformation, or shooting from the hip, or throwing our red herrings. That matters
Piggy, right now I don’t see any Democrat beating Trump. I originally thought Biden was the Dem’s best chance but it looks like senility is setting in with him. Just like the Republicans put out a poor group against Trump, the Democrats turned around and did the same thing. Cuomo has already said he has no desire to run for president now or ever.
Sanders is too radical left and Biden is 77 years old. Who’s the wildcard?
I voted for Obama his first term because of his words. He spoke well and said all the right things. He delivered none of them. Did the opposite, created racial rifts and disrespect for law enforcement. Trump, on the other hand, is a shit show every time he opens his mouth. But he has delivered, or tried, what he said he would. Words versus actions.
In this circumstance you say he has put out misinformation. I can give you any number of examples where the “experts” were putting out the same information. WHO said travel bans were not good and were actually counterproductive. Media put all kinds of talking heads with PhD’s on the air saying Trump was overreacting, that the virus wasn’t that serious. CDC wasn’t hitting the fire alarm. Controlling the southern border was bad. Etc, etc.
Was the country unprepared? Fuckin’ A, Skippy. Is that Trumps fault? Maybe in a very small part. He did not come into office and immediately look at pandemic preparedness. Of course he was kind of busy with corruption and criminal activity in the DOJ. And then there was that whole baseless impeachment thing. But the Russians!!!
Do any of you Trump haters think that FEMA, HHS, DOJ, you-name -the-agency, got into the state they are in over the last three years? That is what has failed us. Big government.
Tim
I will probably agree with you On 3rd parties in any year that’s not 2020…lol
Or maybe it’s the perfect time. 😉
Nobody expects extreme changes from a 3rd party, but maybe some middle of the road. Break up the fight, become a moderator… something!
LMAO….if you hate Trump, but excuse Pelosi, Schiff, Waters, Schumer, & the Squad then I’ll never be able to have a sensible political conversation with you. I’d like to see more people stand up and say fuck you to each side when they are pieces of shit, but people can’t seem to bring themselves to do that. That’s what’s wrong with our state of politics today.
Oh I know a bunch of us doing that but it’s just our small piece in this world. LOL
LMAO
I think we should do away with parties all together. Run on your stances not your party.
Exactly
Something like this. LOL
https://www.theadvocates.org/quiz/
“I hope this blog turns into a butterfly and lays eggs on the back of UFO”
LMAO!!!!
About butterflies, LOL
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/yvvvnk/butterflies
The best thing to occur during the pandemic isI found out beer delivery was still allowed in my town😂
I wrote a paper in college that argued that we should legally enfranchie at least 5 parties in every election or at least do away with the 2-party system because it would soon result in …
(this thing we all see now, to be brief).
I was given an F.
I was accused of being unAmerican.
My legitiimacy as a college student was questioned.
Even my IQ was doubted.
I was accused of being a pinko soft on communism by the red necks
and I was accused of being a states rightist Confederate by the Bleeding Hearts.
I was right though. I was just too far ahead of my time.
It was 1969.
You wrote a college paper in 1969 ? Holy shit I was 4 years old. 😆 I’ve met you and thought you were around my age not counting doggie years 🐕👍
Ozark on Netflix is really good. I don’t know why I resisted