When I first heard the news that the Dolphins waived/injured our 5th RD pick Curtis Weaver I was furious. Sometimes I can’t help myself, I think “same old Dolphins”. I thought for $670K we could have put the kid on I/R and next year we’d have ready to go and see what he can do. Take a look at the picture up above, the dude is flexing and my modest biceps are bigger than that dudes, he looks soft. Still, Weaver was productive and many draft experts gave us high marks on that pick, a great value in the 5th RD. The Browns, who claimed Weaver have put him on I/R. To be fair, I thought Flores looked especially and unusually uncomfortable when asked about Curtis Weaver. Flores is pretty quick and direct and during the interview, he labored to answer why Weaver was cut which leads me to think there’s something more than we may ever find out. In any case, Weaver is a Brown now and you know what that means to me. (I’ll spare you the expletives)
Kalen Ballage’s career as a Miami Dolphin is also over. He leaves much like one other promising RB draft pick of the past left, in disappointing fashion. Daniel Thomas never fulfilled his potential and Kalen Ballage who I once thought could be our version of David Johnson “light” yet turned out to be David Johnson 20,000,000 gallons of helium. So with the waiving of Curtis Weaver and then the release of Kalen Ballage, the Dolphins signed DB Deatrick Nichols and claimed RB Salvon Ahmed, a former Washington Husky RB. I can’t blame Kalen Ballage completely because our organization doesn’t have a ton of cred evaluating RB’s. We traded away Ajayi (Gase), we traded away Kenyan Drake (who is flourishing with the Cards) and now gave up on Kalen Ballage. If Ballage does well elsewhere, that will amp up this feeling.
The camp battles so far are encouraging. Big Robert Hunt and Solomon Kindley are making noise, winning some battles and losing others but making a splash nonetheless. I like that last years 3rd RD pick Michael Deiter is getting a lot of reps at center and is most likely being groomed as the replacement for Ted Karras who is here on a 1 YR show me contract. I can actually see light at the end of the tunnel with this O-line. Eventually, I see Jackson – Flowers – Deiter – Kindley – Hunt, or maybe Jesse Davis continues his elevated play at RT and holds off Hunt and Hunt moves inside to RG and then Kindley is a very nice depth player to have. The QB’s have all had ups and downs and rookie phenom Tua Tagovailoa is not immune to that. This is expected, anyone who thought Tua was just going to ride onto the field on a unicorn and throw rainbow TD’s every throw was due for disappointment. He’s just getting started and I’m sure there is a lot the kid is trying to absorb at this point. He’s got talent, let him get up to speed. Honestly, I expect some play from mostly everyone with the limited amount of work players and coaches are able to get in. Hopefully as the season progresses, things will look better. If that happens, that’s a good thing. I think teams that have mostly the same personnel and coaches back have a clear advantage over teams with many new p-layers, new coaches and new systems. The Dolphins check all of those boxes so keep your early expectation low.
GO DOLPHINS!!
#staythecourse
Finsmob Unleashed 
First, maybe second by now?
Nope first, and RB’s are kinda like that, and its not hard to move on. First rounders are the ones that kinda sting when they dont work out, but thats just because very few of them need to be taken in the first to start with and your dumb investing that much in a RB unless he is a decade type talent.
On Ballage, his vision isn’t up to par with an NFL RB, so he’ll never be a good RB in the NFL.
Perry on the other hand has exceptional vision, so even though he’s small and slow, he might make it.
Perry as a RB? I think he may get more touches as a receiver, and not out of the backfield either. I think he may do both, but I see Perry more on the LOS, not in the backfield.
I think RB and WR in a lot of offenses are fine line terminology. I think that is the case for Perry.
Salvon Ahmed is a tough RB but not very big or fast (4.62) but gets to his top speed very quickly to beat defenders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7EtMooSnz8
That’s what a TB with good vision can do.
I mocked Nichols from USF to us a few times in the late rounds when he came out. He is another versatile DB. Played CB in college and played safety in the XFL. I liked him cause I thought he was one of the best tackling and hard hitting CB’s in the draft.
College:
XFL
Fine line terminology eh? lol
Mike E — was still curious that they just didn’t do a restart with Weaver. 5th rounders ain’t diamonds but they don’t grow on trees either. Maybe they’d seen enough before the injury to know.
Check out the video – I’m surprised at how uncomfortable Flores is here. Almost seems like maybe he didn’t have a whole lot to do with the decision.
https://www.si.com/nfl/dolphins/news/miami-dolphins-move-on-from-curtis-weaver-and-why-they-are-not-likely-to-regret-that-decision
“But like I said yesterday, when we make these decisions, there’s a lot of things that go into them that, quite frankly, you guys don’t know much about — whether it’s the injury itself, salary cap implications, depth at the position, next year’s draft.”
Saying not all up to him, but also telling the reporters they only know part of their story. Glad we know the whole thing. 🙂
Fingers crossed for Wyoming today. That storm hit bad. Only good news for him was the center jogged east some and his place was on the lesser side of the thing (if there was a lesser side).
Eye wall is pretty much eye wall if its a condensed system, so they always say east side of the eye wall is the worst, which i think he avoided, but i still dont think it looks good for him. Hope you live a clean life my friend, glad to know ya left, and hope you come back to most if not everything still intact.
I think the jog east meant he did not get hit by the eye wall and he was in the cross hairs yesterday. But then just off the eye wall of a Cat 4 is still brutal. What don’t know is how far from the shore his place is. Big difference.
Its on a lake so the storm surge would have been an issue, and its not far inland. Was discussing his location the other day, he said Bridge City which is just a little south and west of Orange TX, an closer to the shore, which is pretty much where it made landfall i think.
Didn’t know he was so close to the line….. cause thing landed in Louisiana. Still hoping he wasn’t in the eyewall though. Big diference btwn Cat 4 and say Cat 2 winds.
Well it wasnt next years draft, you could say that on a year 3-4 guy but a 5th rounder from last year, that doesnt add up. Depth at the position really doesnt either, and neither does salary cap with how little he made. Injury itself, and potentially just not a good match between staff and coach is more likely suspect, and im gonna say injury, because like i keep saying, foot injuries can seem minor but they are career threatening in a lot of cases.
Mikey, i wonder if he was uncomfortable because he wanted to make sure he didnt say anythign that showed his displeasure and possibly wasnt flattering to Weaver, like something that he didnt like personally that maybe he could get past with another team. To me the most uncomfortable i have seen Flo is when i see him struggle to find the PR way to say stuff, because that doesnt overly fit his MO.
Definitely possible. Not important in the least, as long as Weaver doesn’t become a playa. If he does, then we look silly.
Even if he doesnt it could have been sent packing that got him to shape up. He stays with us he going no where was most likely. Kinda like Phillips, Gase couldnt get him to perform, and now i know part of that probably was on Gase, but part of it was Phillips wasn’t out to prove anything when he was with us, soon as he got the boot and wound up on a rival team, he was motivated to put it back in his face. Unfortunately that guys cant just come in and be as good as they can, they gotta sometimes get their poor little feelings hurt before they max their potential. Those guys usually peter out eventually anyways, though so not biggie.
That SI article i think is pretty good, along with what i think as well. I also thought that quote about had a great time here, was weird and not Flo like, almost like he messed up and caught himself and it came out…well like mike said, awkward. Also looks very much like they could have IR’d him, though so much back and forth on that has made not even know what to think anymore lol. None of those actions add up to anything but a “not in our future plans”, decision.
I’m guessing they got him in the building and the practice field, realized he truly was a soft slacker who wasn’t a hard worker and told a rookie to drop a weight on his foot. Lol
Yeah, that’s probably it.
Maybe he was getting really close to throwing a lunch tray and some of the FO guys were like …..oh hell no, not again!
Mike the point of saying Perry has great vision had nothing to do with what position he was going to play, just that he has great vision and uses his vision all over the field. He’ll use it after the catch and on KO and punt returns too.
Perry was the Eastern US Tag champion in the U12 division. 🙂
Doesn’t surprise me, he’s like a fly.
Was joshing about Gailey’s comment — “”He’s got a feel for the game. He’s played tag growing up. He knows how to make people miss and make them get out of the way.” And we all know what he meant by that. I’ve tried to tackled those guys and missed.
I think the decision made on Weaver was a combination of severity of injury and ability/chance of being anything more tha a JAG.
So how long is he going to be out? Maybe 1-2 years. Once he comes back how long before he’s close to what he was. Was he biting in camp?
stangerx says:
August 27, 2020 at 1:41 pm
Didn’t know he was so close to the line….. cause thing landed in Louisiana. Still hoping he wasn’t in the eyewall though. Big diference btwn Cat 4 and say Cat 2 winds.
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yeah its the difference in preparing to file insurance claims and have a freezer cleaner cookout.
Steve – Yeah man, I gotcha. I wasn’t trying to make that the point, just asking if that’s what you thought
From the previous blog article:
Guys I was saying Laird and Gaskin will be the depth, not next to be cut. LOL
I also forgot Malcolm Perry.
I see a trend at the RB position, it seems this team wants low to the ground type RBs, Ballage seemed very tall and upright, maybe not a good fit for their scheme.
I’ve always preferred shorter RBs because of that.
Ballage had no juke in him. And wasn’t really a power back either, even if his size suggested otherwise.
Well the house is still standing!
Actually weathered pretty well!
A few shingles off the shed and well house, but other than that no damage!!!!!!!
It moved to the east just enough!!
Glad to hear.
Awesome dude. Assuming no power….. any idea how long?
They are still evaluating!
By the number of tree’s down I’d estimate about 3 days! maybe 4?
It moved over just enough that we got the wind from the north!
Which pushes against the storm surge!
And that would be less than what Ken got (which is amazing given how strong the storm). Might be a time to hitch that trailer up and go on a driving trip.
Not sure if this was posted.
That’s nice, got something for nothing. He was gone anyway.
Conditional, we aint getting squat lol
Wyo – Great news brother – Happy to hear you’re good
Indeed, while i was hoping for the best i was afraid it might be pretty bad. Great news it survived with minimal dmg.
Glad you weathered the storm OK Wyoming. Some days positive news is hard to come by!
Stole this from Mando, but he does have a point.
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“The eight-player strong 2018 draft class, which featured Ballage as a fourth-round selection, is now down to four players — Mike Gesicki, Jerome Baker, Durham Smythe, and Jason Sanders.”
“The seven-player strong ‘17 class that supposedly “fixed the defense” — remember that one? — has three holdovers still on the roster in Raekwon McMillan, Davon Godchaux and Isaiah Ford.”
“The 2016 draft class — Miami’s first run by general manager Chris Grier — has two holdovers remaining. Those are cornerback Xavien Howard and receiver Jakeem Grant.”
Grier’s first year as the true GM was last year in 2019 not 2016. Tannenbaum was still in charge of football operations through the 2018 season. Grier set up the draft board and oversaw the scouting dept. but did not have all the power to make draft picks. It was a 3-headed monster between Tannenbaum, Grier and Gase. Grier is now the top dog even though he works closely with Flores.
I thought it was 2018 but maybe i was wrong on that.
No i am pretty sure it was 2018 Tim, because Grier took over on Gase’s last year with us which was the 2018 season, therefore the 2018 draft was his first one.
Check most teams and you will find similar numbers, its not scientific, its a crap shoot and there are so many thing that can go wrong to turn out bad its surprising its that good.
Think about the “fails”/
Minkah wasnt a failed pick, he just didnt want to be here when he wasnt getting his way. Was that a failed pick, i dont think that the Steelers think so.
Laremy Tunsil, wasnt a failed pick, he started for us every year and was a good enough player we got two first in a trade when the new regime took over.
Harris was a failed pick, ill give him that one, but that is also when the guy mainly doing the picks was T-Bomb.
X was our 2nd pick in 2016, he is turning out well, Drake was out 3rd pick and he is still doing well. Leontee Caroo was a failed pick and we also gave up pick to move up to get him. Again though, T-Bomb pick. Not doing day threes, because they are 50/50 at bests. So one fail in that draft.
2nd round in 2017 was McMillan, not a huge success pick but solid, starter for all his years here, minus the IR year. Tankersly, who never got off the ground because of injuries.
2018, which should be his most dissected draft, hit on 1st second and 3rd round picks.
So all together, it looks like he had maybe 2 misses, and a third if you wanna saddle him with a guy who got and stayed injured but had no injury history in college, and truthfully he didnt start doing all the picks unil 2018, and there hasnt been a miss since then in the money rounds, though Dieter needs to get going or there will be one.
There are ways to spin everything, Mando just likes to go negative most the time.
Large backs have to have great running form to be successful because they are at a disadvantage if they play too upright. I like a really big back, but you have to be very choosy if you go that route. Even if they have college success, if they have bad form, they wont make it in the NFL.
🎶 I like really big backs and I cannot lie 🎶
WY
It’s good to hear that giving up pork for the rest of your life lead to you making it through the storm safely. Now it’s time to make good on that promise.
Great news, Wyo!
CavalierKong says:
August 27, 2020 at 4:14 pm
That’s nice, got something for nothing. He was gone anyway.
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D says:
August 27, 2020 at 4:15 pm
Conditional, we aint getting squat lol
Yeah, probably a 6th at best, more likely a 7th, but still better value than zero, lol.
Conditional could be nothing if he doesnt make the team is what im getting at.
Yeah, I gotcha 🙂
But yeah i mean we could get nothing, you see what im saying?……
After looking it upo, our drafts have been pretty solid actually, Mando is being a poopey head, he things mopey puppy dog eyes up his chance to get a pity like.
I wonder what the average holdover on teams is across the league for their draft picks in 2016 or 2017 anyway.
D, Tannenbaum was relieved of his duties on December 31, 2018. But what Mando said was Grier’s first year was 2016 just because he had the title of GM though he was not the top dog. Another point is how do you do blow it up rebuild which we did in 2019 and still have a lot of players from previous seasons? It makes no sense.
The clock started for Grier and Flores last year, they are attached at the hip and the success or failure of the team is on them now. Grier hired Flores because they believe in the same things about how to build a team. Mando was once again trying to put out a negative when he knows we hit the restart button last year. Remember Tank for Tua! LOL
Still not a good run on those draft classes, no matter who was calling the shots. Guess to be fair though should include who we got in picks for some big names not on the list.
We all know that already. You don’t blow it up because it was good. LOL
Im not seeing what your seeing Stanger, i just posted up there that most those picks are not on the team anymore because we traded them for the new regime. Biggest flop was probably Charles Harris, but outside of that, Leontee Caroo was a kinda fail on a 3rd round WR, and you might could count Tankersly, but that was not because the guy wasnt good, he just couldnt stay healthy, and to me thats not really a fail, thats shit that happens lol.
So then Mando must be hated cause he pointed it out. 🙂
D — we did get some value out of who was traded away though didn’t we? I’m cool with how it turned out even if don’t think were masterful draft either. Thought we got a steal from Houston.
Ballage will have to make the team for us to get most likely a 7th rd pick. That pick could also be in 2022. LOL
Gase wanted him and we were going to cut him. Won’t be much no matter what it is…. and was “conditional.”
I know I said exactly that. LOL
So seems we agree. 🙂
Obviously I think you’re all wrong and when I said we’re getting something for nothing I meant a conditional 3rd pick, but luckily ya’ll have set that straight, lol. 😉
I just like to poo on dreams. Dont mind me.
lol, no worries, know we’re just having fun 🙂
Mondo is the guy that roots for the floater in the toilet so he can complain to the company about his “low water use ” toilet! 😉
LOL
Stanger, it’s not about hating Mando, it’s asking why even bring it up? He already knows what we did and why. What was the point of rehashing it other than to point out a negative about the franchise?
I found the lists interesting and seems a bunch of folks commented on them. Seems sorta of his job. Was part of a much longer article though…. and that was part of his “set-up.” Even if yeah he was pointing out how few people from those drafts were left. Thought it info.
He has to make the roster or we won’t get a draft pick. That’s basically it. It’s also not that big of deal.
Him off PUP is huge. Even if not ready for the opener should be a few games in.
Heck yeah!
NBA cancelled its 3 playoff games today.
So much for my Celtics in the first game of round 2.
I wish they would shut up and dribble!
WTF is this world coming too?
This is just stupid. Police officers are people too and they are of all races. This country just can’t stop categorizing people into groups. That’s a major problem.
They just love the us vs thems
How is weakening the punishment for assaulting a police officer is ‘a step in the right direction’?
This kid shot and killed 2 protesters injured another, shit is getting out of control.
warning, disturbing video
Th that’s what I’ve been saying this is where we’re headed it’s only going to get worse
we’re headed for a civil war
A race war. Because everything’s about race now
Politicians in the media are stoking the flames to
Police are going to get out the way as well no reason for them to be caught up in this shiy and the only thing that they can do is be harmed by either their reputations or physical harm
The police are the enemy of the left, there’s no getting out of the way. who would want that job?
FInd it hard to believe a civil war is coming. Have a lot more faith in the USA than that. Trump is campaigning on law and order. Have faith for our Pres on that one.
Is it a coincidence that this only happens in democratic cities? and some of you want to put these fools in charge of the country?
The NHL also postponed games tonight and tomorrow. We’re a country in turmoil and we all need to address it. It’s as simple as that.
Now that is real interesting. They are up in Canada and obviously the NHL is as white as white comes. Never would have thought that would happen.
It’s important to vote
Vote on which pasta I should order tonight
A
Stuffed Rigatoni in Vodka Sauce
Fresh Stuffed Ricotta Rigatoni in a nice creamy vodka sauce
B
Spaghetti Carbonara
Homemade pancetta, organic eggs, pecornio cheese, cracked black pepper and parsley
C.
Cavatelli with Cream Sauce, Ham and Sauteed Onions
Homemade cavatelli with cream sauce, chopped ham and sauteed onions.
I am getting a side of meatballs in brown sauce
I’m accepting wrote in votes if you want to review the menu and salivate as well
https://www.allmenus.com/ny/astoria/567804-house-of-pasta/menu/
Fuck all these athletes for not wanting to play or practice. If you resist the police and reach in your vehicle where there is a weapon. You get what you deserve no matter what race you are. The only message these athletes are sending me is that they are part of the problem and saying it is OK to resist the police.
Why wasn’t this just as big news as Blake?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8670349/Moment-five-South-Carolina-deputies-shot-armed-man.html
The suspects both were resisting, had weapons and reaching for them. Major outrage on one and not a word on the other when it happened. There is only one difference between the 2 suspects.
I bet if this MF below got shot by the cops there would be more outrage and riots. The crime he committed would not have mattered.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/south-carolina-college-student-stepfather-shot-fender-bender-road-rage-driveway
Go with the Manacatti!
With a nice red and the Oysters Rockefeller as an appetizer!
How in God’s name does lowering the offense for attacking a police officer make anything better? That just gives police more incentive to empty their entire clip into someone. WTF???
Piggy, I really hate the “just vote” type of phrase. What does that mean? Vote for who? Racial injustice has been going on for decades with both parties in every position of power in this country. It’s not about politics to me, it’s an individual thing. That’s the problem. Politicians don’t change any of this, “We The People” do.
Manacatti dishes matter! 😉
I’m talking about pasta Tim
Piggy, I would get all 3 and eat leftovers all weekend!
Dont laugh I’ve done that sort of thing before
I don’t eat democratic pasta
I’m not ordering any for you! Lol
do you have any mexican fest food?
Okay not it’s about pasta. LOL
I meant to say “now” it’s about pasta. LOL
I feel like what you are trying to say is to go with the stuffed rigatoni
I like Italian food but I could eat Mexican or Tex-Mex every meal of the day. 🙂
Mexican is one of my favorites
Today has a pasta feel though
BBMike, there have been other occurrences of this sort of excessive force by the police in this country. A black man with a cell phone being mistaken for a gun in his grandmothers yard shot dead by police. A black woman where the cops went to the wrong residence and she was shot dead multiple times. Something is not right with that.
Tim – That black man with the cell phone had been breaking into cars the fled the police. The black woman’s ex was a wanted felon and a drug dealer. We live and die by our choices. Yes there are bad cops but let’s not put criminals and those who accept them on pedestals.
I get the criminal activity element. Why are they shot and killed as opposed to being arrested?
Piggy – I would have gone with A and told them them to leave the vodka on the side of the sauce.
Anybody else see that they were looting in Minneapolis because some dude who murdered someone earlier in the day killed himself as the police were closing in? Yeah, black lives matter.
The Flying Pig says:
August 27, 2020 at 8:08 pm
I feel like what you are trying to say is to go with the stuffed rigatoni
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LOL
I vote A as well.
NHL postponing games the next 2 nights, because of the shooting in Wisc. Now you know what the Houston owner was referring to when he said, don’t let the inmates run the asylum.
In the process of cancelling my season tickets for next season.
I went with the stuffed rigatoni
It was delicious
Thank you for pushing hard for it Tim!
LOL
I do push hard but not into rigatoni. 😉 That’s a discussion for another day. LOL
MRS. OD ordered us a taco dinner from CHUY’s to go. CHUY’s is pronounced “CHEWIES” to those of you who may not know. We became Chuy’s fanatics during the 3 years we lived in Austin. When they announced they were expanding to Florida a couple of years ago, we were thrilled. When they opened a brand new one less than 2 miles from our house here in Pasco County, we were thrilled again.
FWIW, my fav Chuy’s meal is the “Elvis Pressley.” It’s good for TWO meals for me!
THERE’S SOME BACK-AND-FORTH TALK between local Lightning and Bruin fans as to which team will be helped the most by a two-day delay in the NHL Playoffs. Boston fans believe the extra two days will give their team a chance to recover from their devastating loss yesterday. Lightning fans are hoping the extra two days increases the chance that Stamkos may, indeed, yet play in this series. But after listening to both sides, I’ve concluded BOSTON needed these two days off more than the Bolts did. The Lightning had finally found their mojo after going 0-15 on the power play. They seemed ready to deliver the series knockout IF the series stuck to the original schedule. And, as for a Stamkos return, that remains the great unknown. If I were the head coach, I wouldn’t change a thing from last game’s Tampa Bay lineup.
Phelon, I did see that in Minneapolis, it is almost laughable at this point. Low life’s just looking for a reason to riot and loot.
Yes
YOUNG STANGER: JIM & MARLENE asked about you tonight. I told them you were doing OK as far as I know. Looking forward to driving down to Pompano and watching at least a couple of Fins games with them on TV this season.
Give them a big hello from me. Good folks.
Tim Knight says:
August 27, 2020 at 8:26 pm
I get the criminal activity element. Why are they shot and killed as opposed to being arrested?
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Because they violently resist arrest? Because a cop has a fraction of a second to decide whether he goes home to his family?
Okay guys I hear you all. I see inequality. It doesn’t mean I’m for socialism. Two different issues.
Me too Tim
Communicate and have the difficult discussions. It’s a good thing.
I’m honestly a bit worn out from discussing these things lately…
I do appreciate when other people try to engage
But I’m a little tired of being the “other side”
This is just pure Gase and too funny. jet fans probably want to serve Gase up to the protesters.
Plot twist: The #Dolphins are trading RB Kalen Ballage to the #Jets for a conditional late-round pick, source said. Miami had planned to release him, but NYJ stepped in before it was official and the two have a deal.
Thanks for the update! LOL
It wasn’t an update, just making a comment about it. I copied it from above, and thought it was obvious I did, since everyone was talking about the trade.
It’s conditional, Steve. Apparently we’re not getting a 3rd for him, which I think is BS.
Oh, forgot
😉
LOL
Maybe it’s not only is the pick that’s conditional but perhaps the condition is also conditional.
We should just drop in to see what condition our condition is in…
I think the looting might be because Pelosi won’t sign off on the second stimulus check. I mean what’s 1200 dollars from the government when you can sell 12 Louis Vuitton handbags for 500 a pop online in less time.
I think that movie broke Jeff Bridges. Since Lebowski he has talked with muppet mouth in every role he has had. I don’t remember ever seeing him do it before, although starman he sorta kinda did.
LOL @ muppet mouth. That perfectly describes his…affliction.
Great movie.
Tim – Who called you a socialist?
Let’s talk inequality. We all live under the same set of laws. We all have equal rights. Some get treated differently though. Why is that? Could it be because of their actions? That difference in treatment stems from a lack of acceptance of abnormal (from a societal perspective) and/or criminal behavior? A white thug who acts and talks like a black thug is viewed and treated the same – so is it the color of their skin or the the color of their actions? White criminals who violently resist arrest get shot at the same or greater rates as black criminals. Blacks are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system because they are disproportionately represented in the commission of crime, especially violent crime. Don’t tell me it’s my fault, or my great-great-great ancestors fault when someone’s actions and behavior get them shot. I will not be an apologist.
This^^^
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The lack of a father figure leads to bad behavior. Fix that problem and you move the needle 180 degrees.
Saw the news on Laura pushing east, just before it was ready to hit, and noticed Wy was mostly going to be spared of a direct hit. I think this storm, as powerful as it was, couldn’t have been any better in the big picture. Sure there’s devastation where ever it hits, but what if it hit NOLA or Houston?
I don’t know if I’d be as enthusiastic as you to take one for Houston or Nola!
The company I work for is out of Lake Charles. I’m not sure I’ll get paid this week???
Im somewhat over all this stuff. I dont have the faith Stanger has in our country to believe that this will all blow over or get fixed. The pendulumn swings farther and farther to the outsides and that just makes it build momentum for the swing back to the other. I think im just going to let this shit burn and sift through the ashes for any good people that made it out with me. Nothing i do or say seems to help with this, being moderate now, is a crime standing on the side of justice, if you arent way over in looney lands idea of justice is a crime, im white so by default im wrong and a racist, so imo let them have this thing, its not worth saving anymore. we need a good fire to burn away all the trash, both literally and figuratively.
A lot of other countries are in the same mess too, so its not just this country thats gone to shit, i think to me the number one problem with this world is people so the best place to be is where there are none. If i ever dip out, im probably in Rarotonga, and ill mail in my posts, so be ready for some humdingers since i will probably only get one in a month lol.
I do have faith in our country. Has withstood a whole lot more turmoil than we have now. And don’t even have to look back to the Civil War. Great Depression looked like it might come with a collapse/change of government. My parents were born into that. Heck was more crazy stuff going on during 1968 during my lifetime. If this is a burn it down time, gonna have to get a whole lot worse.
Thats just it, Stanger, i think it is going to get there. Its rolling along hard and heavy.
Obviously I can neither change what you think or know the future. Guess we’ll just have to see what happens. And if you want to isolate from what does…. plenty of nice places you can. People retire to South Seas Islands just for the style of living.
greatest play last year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coq3NeqeBbY
Awesome!
Phish, nobody here called me a socialist. I was bringing stuff I see on social media here and that was misleading. People are too quick to categorize others based on what they say based on different issues.
Fucking Socialist!
Dunno if you guys caught the Tennessee Titans “we stand together” thing, btu Tanny in his glowingly white skinsuit, declared that America was founded on racist principles. I mean, i get you could have said, has slavery in its earliest chapters, but founded on racist principles? Seems his history is about as strong as his knowledge of the teams in the AFC East, when he came into the league.
Interesting from Barry Jackson: “We’re not permitted by the Dolphins to identify who’s playing on the first team or any other team.”
How exactly do they enforce that? Guess do it and can’t get in to Davie.
I’ve heard this sort of thing on NFLN that other teams are doing this too. Basically it’s telling reporters to not write projected depth charts, and if the do they will no longer be permitted to attend practices.
Think it more than just doing depth charts. Sounds like Jackson is saying they can’t say who is lining up on the first and second teams, or if sometimes on one and other times the other. How do you report plays without it being real clear which team it is?
That would be reporting depth charts – 1st, 2nd, 3rd team. Just report who has been flashing or struggling. That’s how I took it.
Seems sorta silly to me and sorta like censorship. But maybe something Flores got from the evil one. 🙂
More from Jackson
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“But we can tell you this: Rookie offensive lineman Robert Hunt is making clear progress in the eyes of the coaching staff and shouldn’t be counted out for major playing time. It remains to be seen where Hunt will play; when the Dolphins drafted him, they believed he could play both guard and tackle.”
“▪Another rookie also making progress in the eyes of the coaching staff: third-round pick Brandon Jones. Though he’s a safety by trade, he has considerable experience playing cornerback in nickel packages at Texas, and previously told us that he has been doing that some for the Dolphins.”
“Michael Deiter has made progress in his conversion to backup center, which likely led to Miami parting with South Carolina rookie Donell Stanley.”
“Gaskin ran the ball hard on a 15-plus yard touchdown run in red zone drills but was also quickly stopped by cornerback Nik Needham on a goal line run. With Laird limited this week, it’s too early to determine who will be Miami’s next-in-line running back behind Jordan Howard and Breida. But Gaskin has made a strong case.”
Full https://www.yahoo.com/news/another-highlight-tua-reason-friday-160245598.html
Good stuff!
I don’t know if I’d be as enthusiastic as you to take one for Houston or Nola!
I didn’t mean any disrespect Wyoming, was just referring to the total number of people that were affected with destruction and nothing on a personal level. Was happy to see it moved away from you somewhat.
New Orleans needed another washing, its back to smelling pretty rank, and after Katrina was one of the only times i couldnt smell Burboun Street before i got to it lol. Kidding, i mean i know it would have been worse for them to get that storm, they are in a friggin bowl, so flooding probably would have been pretty significant.
Stanger, yes it is Flores using a Belichick tactic of wanting to keep intel from getting out. Like I said I’ve seen stuff on NFLN where reporters aren’t allowed to that at other team’s camps as well.
You are spot on Tim. Guess every little advantage there is one to take. We all know how Bellicheck plays with the injury list.
Phelon – I really liked your post, except for one omission. There is bias a lot of times in these incidents by police because the perpetrators or assumed perpetrators are black. They handle the situation completely different because of that. That doesn’t mean the whole thing was handled incorrectly but if the police already have an idea that people may be guilty before finding out the deal, it could affect how everything else plays out. In any case, your post was excellent regardless.
Well cops arent supposed to play the innocent or guilty angle, just respond and apprehend.
I think its the fact that there are perceived threats and they consider blacks more of a threat, especially in the more low income areas. I bet you do not have wealthy or at least middle income level blacks, in their areas treat as much of a threat.
Like i said i think its a class issue, lower income areas, white or black, there are more threats so soon as they go to apprehend one of those types in that area, it becomes a fear thing, and as soon as they dont act appropriately, ie follow the commands, its “uh oh, we are going to have a fight” and it all devolves from there.
I was going to respond to Phel in the same manner, but i think his post covers that some, with his thoughts on the community being a large bart of the problem and the fact that thug white will get the same reaction as thug blacks, so i just left it as it with no reply….well until now i guess.
Today’s conspiracy theory to think about over the weekend.
This pandemic and social unrest is the product of a meeting held by the world elite billionaires to discuss depopulation of the world. Some at the meeting were Bill Gates, David Rockefeller Sr., Oprah Winfrey, Ted Turner, Warren E. Buffett, George Soros and Michael R. Bloomberg. This meeting was held a decade ago. A decade seems like a long time but depopulating the world takes a bit of planning and setting things in motion.
This comment was made years before COVID-19 was even a thing: “Ted Turner proposed cutting down the world population to around 250 million people, a 95% decrease that would necessitate a major WAR or VIRUS PANDEMIC.”
Civil war(s) maybe?
“Oprah Winfrey met in secret with George Soros and other billionaires to discuss a plan to depopulate the world.” This is the very definition of elitism, and it reveals how transnational billionaires are deciding the fate of America behind closed doors with no input from its own citizens. This isn’t very far removed from how the Obama administration operated, given that President Obama was a member of the Trilateral Commission and thus acted more like a vassal for global interests than an independent American president.
““Taking their cue from Gates, they agreed that overpopulation was a priority,” reported The Sunday Times in describing the meeting, which revolved around population reduction starting with third-world countries.”
Note:
– Obama’s shitty Iran deal. They knew (deep down) it would allow Iran to become a major force and start a major war in the middle east.
– In 2014, Obama prohibited any funding to china for virology research. However, Dr. Fauci, under Obama, provided a 3.7 mil grant through NIH in 2015.
– George Soros funds ANTIFA, BLM and promotes civil unrest.
– These billionaires have highjacked the Democratic Party to try and gain control of the government/country. (Biden = puppet)
I could post more notes but I know some of you are laughing and shaking your head at me… or are you? 😉
This isn’t new, it’s been out there for several years. I don’t know what to believe, but I’m surely not going to write anything off you wrote as ridiculous.
Nothing wrong with a good conspiracy theory. Some pretty good people in there who are planning billions of deaths there. For starters Buffet and Gates started the Giving Pledge, which means they are giving over half their billions to charity. Turner and Soros have made the pledge as well, but maybe some non-pro fits out there about reducing the population by billions.
And unless there was another meeting….. the people you mention were at the founding one of the Giving Pledge. Even if not all there joined in. All people interested in giving to charity though. And maybe there was another meeting about killing a bunch of folks too.
You are correct about meeting before (re: Giving Pledge) but that was not in secret like this meeting. Most of them are very generous contributors to charity which makes this conspiracy all that much crazier. Smoke screen maybe? They can afford it. It’s not like they are not going to quit making more money.
You’ve convinced me dude. First all these billionaires got together to give most of their billions away and then they had another meeting to figure out how to depopulate the world.
“The NBA and the players association say competition will resume Saturday, with no playoff games Friday.”
Who cares? And Fuck Lebron James. The lady in Oakland was right about him being a PAB.
For you stanger, because you don’t think paid protesters get brought in.
Watch “Rand Paul recounts being surrounded by protesters as he left the RNC” on YouTube
Watched the whole 9 minutes. What proof of paid protesters did you find in there? Only heard Rand Paul speculating that they were. Included “if they investigate….” Even said they were put up at high end hotels. You do know dude is sorta of an idiot? Even the other GOP folks in the Senate think so.
Steve, I know it’s been out there for several years but now we have COVID and numerous riots/looting/arson and now people using lethal force/killing others to protect property so I figured I would light the fire again. No pun intended.
Mike E. says:
August 28, 2020 at 2:51 pm
There is bias a lot of times in these incidents by (police) because the perpetrators or assumed (perpetrators are black). They handle the situation completely different because of that.
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You are generalizing all situations, this is not true in all cases, that’s the main problem with society, look at these NBA players who are appalled by the wis shooting. they are generalizing that to innocent victims of real injustice to further their agenda.
all situations are different, so are indiv police people, their are good and bad.
generalizing situations are causing people to die, businesses to burn.
Floyds death and the Wis shooting are totally different incidents.
Floyds death was needless, the cop should be dealt whatever punishment apprpriate.
all though i don’t know all the facts to make an assumption the wis shooting look to me to be justified
how in the world do you justify generalizing the two? and in doing so causing people to die.
I didn’t generalize anything. I’m saying there are times when bias can have influence. I’m not saying all cops, and I’m not saying all blacks. I was discussing what happened most recently with my wife and I specifically said to her if a cop tells me not to move or do something I don’t fucking move a millimeter. I don’t get why people don’t listen, and that’s a huge part of the problem too. Still, while the move to lean into the car warranted force, did it merit 7 shots? If he was white would he pump 7 rounds? Maybe this guy would, or maybe he wouldn’t. We’ll never know.
If I was the cop would have grabbed him and put him on the ground.
That’s how I feel.
If COVID is an ‘illuminati’ inspired virus to depopulate the planet, I’d say they are well on their way to depopulation. With the death toll in the 800K range and likely reach 1 million, they have already wiped out a grand total of .000125%…only 94.999875% left to go.
Muahahahahah!
J/BB, BBM 🙂
He’s still winning.
First up – COVID
Next up – Sharks with frickin lasers beams attached to their heads
LOL — but the Miami Sharks are my 2nd favorite team.
Because it’s so difficult to determine what news is real these days, anyone know if there is any truth to Jacob Blake the guy who was shot 7 times – had a warrant for his arrest for raping a 15 year old girl?
I’ve read multiple places he had an arrest warrant out for some sort of sexual assault. That is the first I heard it was allegedly rape of a 15 Y/O girl.
I also read they tasered him. Was that before the video?
I’m seeing stuff on social media referring to him as a pedophile.
No one is claiming he was a saint. And that includes the incident.
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“The charges — which have not gone to trial — stem from a May 3 incident in Kenosha County. A woman Blake knew told police he came into her house about 6 a.m., sexually assaulted her and then took a debit card and car keys before fleeing in her vehicle, according to a criminal complaint. Contrary to many social media claims, the woman involved in this case was an adult.”
I have really stopped reading about it. I’ve learned that we get so much disinformation the first week or two when these things happen, I’ll just give it some time until we have more confirmed info.
I watched the video, and thought the cop absolutely had justification for some use of force, but not 7 shots in the back.
Ok, the Dr Evil shit is hilarious
If you see the video from the other side of the car, he was tasered twice, and walked away from cops giving him orders to stop.
Oh, there is a 2nd video?
See this is the info I was waiting for. They tasered him twice, he physically resists and goes to his car and reaches down. This gives context to the 7 shots fired. He’d already shrugged off being tasered twice and was reaching for what the cop had to assume was a weapon.
stangerx says:
August 28, 2020 at 4:49 pm
If I was the cop would have grabbed him and put him on the ground.
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I dunno what i would have done and im glad to know i dont have to know what i would have done. I have been talking to some cops to see what the protocol is, and they agree with me he should have never been allowed to get in that vehicle. Once he leaned in, they dont know if he is coming out with gun or not and in the heat of that moment, if he reached his hand in/on/around that console it was a situation to where they could have thought he had a gun. Pulling him to the group would have only pulled an armed man out of the vehicle so it still could have ended in 7 shots, just to the front side instead of the back. Also, if there were 7 cops, after the first shot you were gonna get 7 more, because they can determine in that fast of a time, who fired the shot.
I think every time i think about it it keeps coming back to, why the fuck did you let him get around to the door. I mean the guy didnt run, he went from the completely opposite side of the car to the other side, and you were on that side, why didnt anyone step in front of him to block him, why wasnt he tasered (again if he had already been) . I believe he could have easily been taken down before reaching that other side, so a fail on their part, a fail on his part to comply, and one dangerous move = death.
Sorry 6 more, i math failed.
Pretty much my thought. How did it even reach the point it did? Dude was an idiot, but why was the idiot not controlled? They had lots of time. Unlike the shots was not split second.
There are a few elements I’d like to know before I will have completely made up my mind on the incident.
Did the cops know about the warrant, and was that an attempt to arrest, or were they attempting to detain him for the incident they were called out for?
I’ve read they attempted to use their taser. Was that prior to the video? or is that horsesh^t?
What led up to the aggressive behavior? What was the exchange between the officers and Balke?
I dont know if ill ever completely make up my mind on this, i wasn’t there, i wasn’t in direct danger, im not one to not do what the officer says, im not Blake and im not the cops, again, im hella happy not to be either of them.
I can understand that. And I also am glad not be in their shoes. I don’t think I’ll ever find myself in that situation, not because I’m white, but because I will always obey when I’m given a legal command by a LEO.
So as far as the most details i have heard that seem consistent 1) he was in an altercation with someone, i have heard “breaking up a fight” and not, the cops get called out and they interact with him. They generally dont run for warrants until they have disarmed and detained the guy, so its doubtful they knew, unless that had happened on the other part of the tape i was referring to yesterday. Most likely scenario is he knew he had the warrant, he didnt comply because he didnt want them to detain and then find out he had the warrant.
so to answer as much as i can Kong,
1) not 100% but id say attempting to detain him as he wasnt in the back of their car, and no they didnt know about the warrant unless they knew him (lots of frequent flyer criminals just as any cop of corrections officer)
2) No clue, the media often samples out the part they want to float around, im sure that will come out later though.
3) Blake was already in an altercation and had gone as far as to brandish a weapon, id say his aggressive behavior was already there, the cops, i would assume they responded to a bad situation, dangerous from the start, so were they on high alert, likely.
Yeah, D I know most of the speculation, and that is what we have so far, a bunch of speculation and probably. We need to have these details confirmed which is why I’ve stopped reading about it for probably the next week. I didn’t even know about the 2nd video or taser yet.
Also you made some good points in your previous post about stopping him from ever getting to that car door. Especially after he shrugged off being tasered. It makes me reevaluate the whole thing, because I think you’re right that they failed in letting it get to that point.
WTF was that cop carrying a .17?????
Good lord if it takes you 7 shot’s and they are still alive, your man-card is revoked!!!
Pistols calibers suck for shooting people
I mean there is just no argument to the fact that compliance is paramount to survival, should it get your killed, not necessarily, but your changes of living degrade every time you refuse to do what they say, so be fucking smart comply and have the highest chance to live you can have.
CavalierKong says:
August 28, 2020 at 5:40 pm
Oh, there is a 2nd video?
See this is the info I was waiting for. They tasered him twice, he physically resists and goes to his car and reaches down. This gives context to the 7 shots fired. He’d already shrugged off being tasered twice and was reaching for what the cop had to assume was a weapon.
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Pretty sure after being tasered twice, they didn’t think that he was going to grab a notepad so he could put them on his Christmas card list. lol
“Note to self: fruit cake for taser cop one and taser cop two”
Cav,
Yes, there is another video. They tazered twice, was on the ground and got up and walked around to the other side of the car, disobeying the cops orders.
SMH, OK, so I can agree the cops failed in not forcefully subduing him after tasering, and letting him get to his car door. But that is not criminal. The other guy was the criminal. I can also understand 7 shots now. If that was a gun he was reaching for and the cop only fires once, who knows how that would play out.
I also have to wonder if these cops aren’t thinking about how this plays out on national TV as they are in the middle of it. It can slow reaction time and affect decision making. It might explain not wanting to get more physical in restraining the guy. Then it leads to a worse incident.
We are making it IMPOSSIBLE for our LEOs to do their job!
Exactly, do ultimately we will have less cops and less law and order.
Yeah man, I think cops have been put in a crossroads situation of not knowing what to do. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Really tough job these days.
Here’s what I don’t get. If you’re a father with little kids sitting in your car, why on Earth would you proceed to attempt to go anywhere near your car with several police trailing you with a drawn weapon? Who does that and potentially jeopardizes their children’s’ safety? I have no idea what the dude was trying to do in his vehicle but what parent does that? I don’t understand that thought process at all. Maybe that’s just me.
Without any other information!
A shity one!
Exactly Randy!!
Ford has been dependable for all the QBs at camp, SHOCKER. I really like Ford.
I hadn’t seen the second video. I think the police always have a very difficult job when it comes down to any situation like these. They have to weigh their own life into the equation too, and I think most people that criticize them don’t realize what that actually means. You let the guy reach into the car and it’s you who gets 7 rounds while the guy you didn’t shoot runs away and maybe he gets caught and put in jail for a while, but that’s not worth your life. It sucks.
I really had a problem with those 7 shots, but knowing the cops already tasered him twice, put him down, and he got up and was still resisting changes everything IMO. This was already a highly escalated situation. Once he starts reaching, it has to be life or death at that point in the cops mind.
This is why trying to understand these things in real time is folly. There might still be other information to come out that drastically alters the viewpoint again.
The bigger issue is why is every police shooting scrutinized, when a black Male is shot? Politics. People don’t seem to realize, when you’re committing a crime your rights aren’t the same as an average citizen.
testing
sorry if i misinterpreted your post mike