The Miami Dolphins defense made a resurgence in 2020. Some of its success was due to better play at LB, and no one player benefited from the improvements we made on defense as our own drafted LB #55 Jerome Baker. Baker had his finest season and has become one of the leaders on this defense. His signature season featured 112 tackles, 7 sacks, 7 TFL, 11 QB hits, 3 passes defensed and 2 forced fumbles. Bringing in FA’s Kyle Van Noy, Elandon Roberts, and also the big guys like Emmanuel Ogbah, Zach Sieler and Shaq Lawson and the emergence of Andrew Van Ginkel allowed Jerome Baker to be what we had hoped he could be, a playmaking LB who made plays in every facet of the defense. One could easily say if we had one more guy like #55, our defense could be elite, and it’s hard to argue. Although our secondary is the first unit you think of when you think of dominance, I feel like our front 7 aren’t far away. By the end of the season, the rotation of Wilkins, Davis, Seiler, Ogbah, and the LB’s Van Noy, Baker, Lawson, Van Ginkel, Roberts were a very solid group. Before the season finale in which we got stampeded by the Bills offense, this was a legitimate defense. Both Elandon Roberts and Kamu Grugier-Hill were one year contracts, so we have to add a LB or two either in the draft or free agency.
For the 2021 NFL Draft, there are a few LB’s that could help our team right away. The first one hails from Linebacker University (Penn St) and is the top LB prospect in this draft, Micah Parson. Big, 6’3 245 and rangy, and with excellent speed and can run sideline to sideline and cover running backs and tight ends. He really is a talented LB, one that could eventually transform our defense along with Jerome Baker. While Elandon Roberts was a run game thumper, Parsons could be that and do everything Baker can. If you liked Super Bowl linebackers Lavonte David (6’1 233) and Devin White(6’0 237), we could have that with size with Parsons (6’3 245) and Baker (6’2 230).
Another very good prospect is Tulsa LB Zaven Collins. Where Parsons could play any of the LB spots in our defense, Collins is more than likely going to play outside. Collins is big, bigger even than Parsons at 6’4 260. Collins is better in pass coverage than rushing the passer as he has just average burst. He has good speed, but not elite speed. He does have excellent length and can cover tight ends. He would need to improve his pass rush, as many prospects do. He’s a possible target and should be available at our 2nd pick if we stay at #3 and #18.
If we want to draft a LB much like the aforementioned Super Bowl Bucs LB’s Devin White and Lavonte David, that would be Missouri LB Nick Bolton. Bolton is a little smallish, especially when compared to either Parsons or Collins, but he can play. Bolton is 6’0 232, and is very fast and explosive like the two Bucs linebackers. He has the speed to also run sideline to sideline is a reliable tackler. Where Bolton struggles however, is in coverage. The instincts that serve him well in his run defense haven’t yet been developed in pass coverage. Still, he has the athleticism to become a 3 down backer.
If we’re looking for an OLB/Pass rusher, look no further than Texas’ Joseph Ossai. Ossai is a bona fide pass rushing LB. What’s more is that he is a very high effort guy, plays full out all the time. He has the size (6’4 253) and speed to be a perfect fit as a 3-4 OLB. Ossai was able to increase his statistical totals playing in only 9 games in 2020 as compared to 13 games in 2019. He compiled 55 tackles, 15.5 tackles behind the LOS which is 2 more than the previous season in 4 less games. He also topped his 2019 in sacks with 5.5 over his 5 in 2019, again, in 4 less games, also adding 3 FF’s.
There are many prospects that will be interesting but those are the guys that I feel can make an immediate impact. Another undersized player who can play multiple positions including LB and safety is Jeremiah Owusu. He’s 6’1 215 and has legit speed and explosiveness. Another interesting prospect later on is former Florida Gator and UAB transfer Jordan Smith. Smith got caught up in the alleged credit card scandal in Florida and transferred to UAB. He is raw, but shows potential as a pass rusher with great length 6’7 255. He’s also a good for fit for a 3-4 OLB pass rushing LB. He is definitely a project though, and would be probably be 3rd-4th RD pick. Let me know who you guys like, I know y’all have your favorites.
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Great article Mike! Ossai or Bolton are my favored guys out of the ones you mentioned. I read that Parsons has some non-football issues and Collins just doesn’t do it for me.
Thanks New Age. What issues outside of football does Parson’s have?
I thought I saw some stuff but it looks minor now that I dig back in. I think at 3, it’s too early but he’s definitely talented. I don’t see him lasting to 18 but if we traded back to 7-9, I’d love to have him. Defense wins championships but you need an offense to get there so I’m more for offensive help this draft. At 7 though…he’d be really hard to pass up.
This little piggy has been on the Ossai train for quite a few oinks
That’s an oink from me as well.
Good take on it Mike E. Guess in the front office it all starts with do we re-sign Roberts. He shouldn’t cost too much and with him we don’t need more…. even if might decide to get more.
Roberts is more of a 2 down LB and while he was a good run stopper, he doesn’t offer much beyond that. This is all based on if we want to upgrade the front 7.
And we for sure might decide to put a Porsche in the LB (or DE) garage. Just saying we could keep the well-running Accord we have in there and put the sports car in the skills position garage instead.
Oh, no doubt. I’m doing this basically at every position so I’ll have all the positions covered. Any one of these positions are possible early with 4 picks in the top 50
Firsty!
Ah shit, way late!
LOL! Whoops!
I think one off the top of my head is D’s guy, Jabril Cox, 6’4 231, LSU
Someone may bring up Dylan Moses but I think he might be a bust player for what you might think you are getting. I watched many Alabama games where he was not able to beat his blocker and gave up on the play. Coverage was worse. He had quite a few defensive holding calls this past season and in playoffs from getting beat by RB’s and TE’s.
to slow. McMillon 2.0
I may be alone. but I’m ok with Parsons @3
Like everyone I would like to trade back a few spots then get him!
I would not be upset at all.
This LB group is not deep in top talent. I do think there are more developmental gems to take fliers on in the late rounds than there are top true LBer’s. That is unless you scan the list of players designated as “Edge” players. There are a few really good ones who are OLB/Edge tweeners like Ossai.
New Age – Yeah, I didn’t recall seeing any major red flags on Parsons. At #3 it’s really hard to envision taking any of the prospects I’ve mentioned over the last few weeks. While they’re all very good players, DaVonta Smith, Penei Sewell (none of the RB’s) or Micah Parsons, I think it would be better to move back a few spots for any of them. In any case, we may be stuck there so we will have to select someone. lol
Very true but I think at 3, we are probably the prime spot to see some trade up interest.
Tim, You want big and fast??? Well, here is your guy and will probably be there in mid-second round:
Jayson Oweh, EDGE, Penn State, HT 6’5″ WT 257 lbs
Ok, you got big. Now fast: he ran a 4.33 40 in 2019 though he was not 257 lbs back then. Some think he can still run sub 4.4 40.
He is listed as an EDGE player but with his range and speed it is said his best fit would be a hybrid 3-4 defense. M13 brought him up a while back. He is raw but what a perfect staff and Vet LB group to bring him along. It is his inexperience you can be concerned about but with our current LB group, he would not need to be plug and play.
I truly think he could be a really good hybrid OLB/Edge player.
28, 11, 18, etc….. it’s like Penn State puts pretty much everyone on their DL. 🙂
Oweh looks good for our style of D and can’ t complain about the metrics. Where do you figure he goes?
A couple others I like who have that versatility and could fit that OLB/Edge roll in a hybrid defense like Ossai are:
Hamilcar Rashed Jr., EDGE, Oregon State, HT 6’3″ WT 254 lbs
Quincy Roche, EDGE, Miami, HT 6’3″ WT 243 lbs
Patrick Johnson, EDGE Tulane, HT 6’3″ WT 255 lbs
Chris Rumph II, EDGE, Duke, HT 6’3″ WT 225 lbs
MikeE mentioned Jordan Smith is another.
Last one I can think of is Charles Snowden, UVA, who is really athletic for his 6’7 240 pound frame.
Stanger, I am thinking anywhere in second round on Oweh. He is very inexperienced but measurables are through the roof.
Seems the D is set-up to take on high-end talent development guys. Can start with a limited role and move up from there. An advantage of the “swarm.”
This from Biden. I know a bunch of you folks are strong 2nd Amend guys, but this seems mild and reasonable to me. I mean whose against background checks?
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“Today, I am calling on Congress to enact commonsense gun law reforms, including requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets.”
I’m all for that. This is probably the only thing so far that he’s put forward that actually makes sense to me. Can’t imagine why anyone would be against stronger background checks. I know to many here the assault rifle thing will be a sticking point, but I personally don’t have a problem with it. I’m sure all of you who are against that aspect of it already have your guns like that and can probably find a workaround to this anyway.
Can’t see how anyone could be against the background checks or the ban on high capacity mags at least.
Well, I know Phelon is strongly against that, but he’s a guy who knows how to use a gun like that properly. I’m sure there are people that do purchase that type of weapon that would make me cringe. I do see Phelon’s point, but we’ve been down this road before and I respectfully disagree.
Does that mean i can’t hunt white bunny rabbits with my AK 47?
Actually, no. If you have one, have at it brother. I think it means you just can’t buy another legally, but like I said, I bet you can work around that.
I’m against Biden’s gun control. We already have background checks with the most stringent being in states that have the highest gun crime. The weapons used in Columbine were already illegal. The weapons used at VT were legally obtained. The weapons used at Sandy Hook were legally obtained. At Parkland in Florida, they allowed troubled students to continue to go to school even when they were a threat to others. The FBI did a background on Nick Cruz and he still got his guns.
Chicago has some of the most repressive gun laws in the US and the most gun crime. Same with Baltimore and DC to a lesser extent. Doesn’t seem to stop anything.
To be a progressive liberal, you must continuously push against the current standard. We have background checks and as seen at VT, a person can easily murder dozens of people with some pistols. The better use of our time is to enforce our current laws better. Look up Gaige Grosskreutz who tried to murder Kyle Rittenhouse. Look up his criminal history where he had multiple felonies charged against him over a decade and they were all dropped for some reason. If we actually follow our laws and convict criminals, suddenly our crime goes down. It’s not really hard to fathom. Just follow the law!
Just going back to what I used to do (dealing with folks with severe psychotic disorders)…. the national database is set up but not filled out. Law on that and a bunch of other things encourages states to put in records like psychiatric hospitalizations, but does not require. And if they do so is at state expense. A bunch of states don’t cause see it as a gun control thing. Simple fix is require and pay for out of federal money.
HIPA
HIPPA not on an issue on this. Like said, already law. Only Q is how much followed through on.
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1361058261399699456
This is a good example of this kind of thinking. Cops don’t do enough! Let’s defund them! Very progressive! That’s sure to work out amazingly!
This is hot garbage! They can’t make up their fucking minds on this. Ridiculous!
Cops aren’t the bad guys but no one has the courage to say it.
Just say no Stanger!
We already have Background checks.
The rest is BS that doesn’t matter anyway!
You say we have background checks and I say there are loopholes and an incomplete national database. If I was to close those out and make the background checks work better would you have a problem? Seems you think they are working completely already.
Wyo – Are their stringent background checks on guns sold at gun shows by unlicensed vendors?
no
and I can sell you one of my guns with out one either
Ya;ll need to get off the “Gun Show” concept.
Most gun shows are all dealers. Very few I’ve been to have personal owners there.
It simply costs to much to rent a booth to sell a few guns.
More guns are sold on Craig’s List than at gun shows
Would you be against if all private sales include a backgound check that some private company does for say $25?
Everything you posted Stanger is to drive the price of guns up.
And when normal folks can’t afford them the the rich still will
Didn’t see $25 as a huge cost….. but for sure it would increase the price of whatever gun. And keep in mind that have never touched a weapon in my life, but have a feeling the issue is not rich versus poor. They are all over the inner city for starters.
The ones in the inner cities won’t fall into any of the old, new, or future programs
They sure will if criminal penalties are involved.
Good write, Mike. I’m pretty sure we’re going add front 7 talent. We need some upgrades and Baker will be a UFA in 2022.
stangerx says:
February 14, 2021 at 6:26 pm
They sure will if criminal penalties are involved.
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They are being sold illegal now.
Stolen guns being bought by felons!!!!
Are we going to add more toothless laws so they won’t be enforced in the future either?
And they will be sold illegally no matter what laws are put in place. What is your best take on what to do?
I don’t mind cleaning up the registry. I do mind adding new laws when the old ones aren’t followed. Why isn’t Chicago cleaning up this gun problem?
Least if you believe the news reports, most of the guns used in Chicago murders were bought in Indiana. Not too far a drive. Part of the point.
Indiana uses the same background checks at dealers everyone else does. Mayor Lightfoot is trying to pass the buck because she’s not done anything to reduce the murder rate outside of asking for federal help.
I’ll trust you on that one. Not exactly my neck of the woods.
Wyo – I don’t think I’m stuck on any concept. I’d be the first to admit I have no clue how guns are bought and sold by the majority of buyers. I think conceptually, it’s an item that should require a background check, and a pretty in depth one. I know you can kill someone with a hammer, but a gun is a little different. Add in high capacity magazines and it’s like having 50 arms with hammers in them in a crowd. Arm and hammer, I just put that together. lol
All I’m saying is you can’t regulate human decency into being!
I’m sorry
No you can’t, but you can try to control the non-decent. Convicted felons aren’t allowed to possess firearms and go away for a number of years if caught with one. I like that law.
They also can’t buy guns legally. So how do they get them?
Illegal buys. They also know having one is a multi-year sentence. And if they get caught with one away they go. Are you against that law?
No not against it all. Just that criminals do what criminals do. Laws don’t matter.
I have a quick question below for people concerned about guns here. According to World Atlas, Mexico has 5 of the most dangerous cities in the world with murder rates far above US cities. Three of those cities are beside or near the US border. Yet, the Biden administration is wanting free flow of illegal immigrants from across the border.
If you can’t control illegal gun crimes in the US, why are you allowing free access from one of the most dangerous countries in the world? If Chicago’s high murder rate is all because of illegal guns being transported across their border from Indiana, how do we fix it by allowing Murder Central’s citizens to cross our borders at will? Sounds hypocritical to me and a lie. Gun control is citizen control.
You control the border. Simple as that.
I hear what you’re saying but many of them are not Mexican, they just come in through Mexico.
The Biden administration does not want free flow immigration from across the border
Not even close
Wtf….Just bc he doesn’t compare immigrants to gang members, rapists and murderers every time he steps to a podium like Trump, doesn’t mean he is completely opening up the border so everyone gets in
There were about 25k people seeking asylum on the Mexican border under trump. Those people accumulated their over the last couple of years. They are claiming asylum. They were not Mexicans, they Re mostly people from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. They are generally not from border cities. They were kept their during the asylum process which of course made them vulnerable to the elements of those border town cities you are concerned about .
The Biden administration is undoing the Former president’s policy of making those asylum seekers wait in those dangerous border towns – that not even a long standing trump policy. That policy was only policy since about 2018 or 2019 after the Trump administration shifted gears away from the zero tolerance/family separation policy failed so badly
What Biden is doing is allowing border agents to begin to process the asylum applications of those 25k people – but it’s a very slow process
The trump administration actually did something similar in 2016 and 2017 but detained everyone once they crossed into the US – and that turned into a mess, so they had to stop, and they started holding people in Mexico, but that creates a bigger problem
Getting rid of that is not by any stretch of the imagination, an open border
People will still be stopped at the border, we just aren’t holding them for years at the border
People will still be deported
People will be detained (probably less, I’m not sure – but asylum seekers have been detained for decades in the US, and I don’t see Biden stopping that)
People will still be rejected from asylum and then deported. The rate asylum is granted is actually not very high.
But there isn’t a blanket stop from some one claiming asylum where they are kept in a border town
After you go through the process, and when you check out, you can live in the us under a lot of restrictions while pursuing an asylum claim. They can’t let all 25k people in at once – that would be a mess. They do about 300 a day from what I’ve read.
Crossing the border to make an asylum claim is not a process that lends itself to bringing guns (or whatever) over. People who cross are crossing with border control and are detained until they get their court dates and begin the process of any asylum. It’s a very legal process.
It’s supervised entry and a legal application with a legal threshold – it’s not a wide open border
In the US, we can travel between states without supervision . So it’s easy to take guns over state borders if you travel by car.
But that’s not what the Mexican border is like. Actually. It even the Canadian border is like that!
An asylum claim to legally be permitted to get residency in the US is nowhere close to that. It’s would be more analogous to trying to travel between states via plane. There’s a ton of checkpoints flooded with immigration officers. I would be surprised if they didn’t have metal detectors just like an airport.
A lot of people who cross the border from Mexico are from all over the world. That’s the easiest illegal conduit to get into the USA. Mexico needs to do a better job. Instead of putting people who are desperate in bad situations, or allowing criminals trying to enter for all the wrong reasons, make it so difficult to enter illegally that they don’t even bother. We need to work with Mexico on that.
“They also know having one is a multi-year sentence. And if they get caught with one away they go.”
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Unfortunately, not the case. I have bonded out many with felony possession of a firearm. Some do go to prison (1 year or more) and those are the ones who are charged with having it while committing another felony. Others with just a firearm possession charge end up getting (worst case scenario) county jail which is a sentence of 11 months, 30 days or less. Judges don’t want to over crowd the county jails so the State Attorney’s offer like 2 years felony probation in lieu of jail time. This way the county can make money off them instead of spending money on them. If they violate felony probation, they send them off to state prison vs county jail. I have seen many just get 90 days county jail and that’s it. That is a drop in the bucket for many of them. Of course, judges do factor in prior history so there are a select group of career criminals that do go straight to state prison for 1-3 years.
Long story short, here on the FL panhandle, the majority get probation up to 2 years or 90 days county jail.
What is also unfortunate is what constitutes someone being a felon in the first place.
– Get convicted 3 or more times driving on a suspended license, your a felon.
– Theft of anything over $300 in value, your a felon.
– Just threaten to hit or injure someone with an object like a rock. That’s aggravated assault, your a felon.
– You have major stress in your life. Your BFF gives you a Xanax. You get pulled over and get caught with it, your a felon.
– Get caught with 21 grams of weed (that’s less than an ounce), your a felon.
– Your dog gets in a fight with a neighbors dog. Gets a big cut in his ear. You have past experience suturing from the military. You sew the dogs ear up yourself, but your not a vet, your a felon.
That’s a no shitter on that last one. Just bonded the guy out yesterday on 6000 in bonds. I have a feeling that one may get no pros or possibly reduced to lesser charge. The others though, I have seen hundreds of people a year become new felons for just those offenses and that is just through our bonding company. There are 19 others that cover our area.
That last one is a pretty amazing
Hopefully, it ends up being a misdemeanor or even nothing
That’s what courts are for
^^
I’m not a soft on law guy!
So I say enforce the laws we have!
Double the penalties!
Here’s another literally “no shitter”.
I am getting ready to post bond on this guy charged with Simple Assault and Disorderly Conduct. His last name is BUTTRAM. lol
See if this works, he also is charged with resisting officer.
http://inmatelookup.myescambia.com/smartwebclient/jail.aspx
No, it didn’t.
Besides, he won’t show up in the 24 hour booking now. They must be processing my bond.
Sorry Wyoming, didn’t realize I was replying to yours.
Cancel the culture, tear down the statues, remove history, remove freedom of speech, gun control, create a pandemic, steal the elections, and then socialism/communism. Venezuela or the U.S.?
A post above talked about biden and the borders. Please explain how they can try to stop Florida travel, because of the pandemic, then let thousands in across the border and not test them.
The left never makes any sense, but you all will still defend them to no end.
They try to impeach, but have to doctor the evidence, because they’ve got nothing.
Everything the left is doing is leading to socialism/communism.
Mark Twain said that it’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
We’ve got a lot of fools here.
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Most of what makes a LB fast I’d instincts. McMillan had good run prob, his reaction time was pretty good but his football IQ wasn’t very high and like Alonzo who was very fast, that made him slow to react and it especially cost him in pass coverage.
I have seen plenty of LBs who had all the athletic ability in the world but we’re football slow, and vice versa. Keuchkley wasn’t blazing fast but he was football super fast his presnap play diagnosis, his ability to read the play right after snap, etc were super high. Zach was another guy like that, not fast but football fast.
I am not big on Dylan Moses, I’m sure he is decently coached, etc but he doesn’t seem to see the plays well. I think he is probably an Alonzo type where he us going to be pretty decent just off natural ability but he doesn’t have the between the ears stuff to be amazing. Cox I think is a pretty smart player, I think he is more football fast than true fast. He reminds me a little of Benardrick McKinney who if you remember I was very high on when he was drafted.
Watching McMillan’s tape before we drafted him I saw someone that had no instincts, very slow to diagnose a play, and mainly just got by on raw talent. I was pissed, when we drafted him
I don’t know about college prospects, but Elandon Roberts saved our butts numerous times in short yardage situations last year, not to mention what he brings to the locker room. I say until the culture is built more, and you’re able to find someone who can fill the gap our team has, you keep him around.
We’d have to re-sign him, he was here on a 1 year contract.
Piggy,
Where do most of the drugs come into this country from? If the border is so secure and well watched, how do they get in?
Is this a lie?
https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1361086588680343554
The truth is we share a huge border with Mexico and most of it is poorly watched. That’s the truth of the matter. Illegal immigrants come in every day, even under Trump, and they don’t leave and aren’t watched. Piggy, tell me exactly how many illegals we have in the US today.
I think the last guess was about 11 million but me thinks higher.
Lol at 11M, more like 50M.
Yes that’s a lie actually a mischaracterization
That’s exactly what I referred to
Those 25k people aren’t just crossing the border at once. They aren’t just opening a gate and letting 25k people through –
Re-read my post
This is addressed in my post
And I explained exactly what this was – it’s not an open border policy that allows mass amounts of people to cross the border at once with guns
It’s govt nothing happens fast, they kill you with the slow burn.
In 2 years no one will be talking about the 25k people, because it will be in the 100 thousands making the 25k insignificant.
That’s what many of you guys don’t seem to get.
Gun control is the same way, take a little here and there, then before you know it all guns are gone.
Freedom of speech is no different, first it’s mean speech or anything they don’t agree with, then we’re china’s restricted speech.
Not sure what it will take to get you guys to understand they don’t have your best interests at heart.
What’s the difference between a ponzi schemer and the left/establishment? The left/establishment never goes to prison. It doesn’t puzzle anyone that the left or establishment never get arrested? Some small pawns may, but no one that matters
meanwhile the right has gone so far to the nazi side, they think its ok to overthrow the government, and kill the VP and congressmen, to overthrow a democratic constitutional election
trump ruined the republicans, turned them into anti Americans, and anti constitutionalists
why whine about the second amendment, when the others are ignored? they are all important, and all part of our democratic republic called the USA
New Age, I view the 24 hour booking site for the jail in my county nearly everyday. I have to in order to see if someone we are looking for gets arrested by the police instead of us. That way we can immediately go off their bond and recoup money lost, if any.
Anyway, almost every day, or at a minimum of 5 out of 7 days a week, I see at least 1 illegal alien in jail with an ICE hold. That is just one county in far NW Florida. We are not talking central or south Florida. Many cases when you see 1 there ends up being 2 or more cause they travel together.
Mike E. says:
February 15, 2021 at 8:41 am
We’d have to re-sign him, he was here on a 1 year contract.
Reply
He was put on IR with a “significant” knee injury December 31st. I doubt he makes it back for the start of the season. If ANY kind of surgery was required (I can’t find any news confirming or denying if he did) I doubt he makes it back for the fall.
We will see, but I think that is why you haven’t heard anything about him re-signing.
Oh shoot, I forgot he got hurt at the end of the season. Yeah, that makes us signing him unlikely
the border is very porous, and doesnt account for the fact we also have 2 coastal borders, and a northern border , and air space that flies over borders.
trump or any other of the presidents were never able to stop it, its impossible
most illlegals, legally come here by airplanes, and overstay their visas, the wall was never designed to stop all illegals, its impossible,
trump lied about everything, total scammer
Hawaii is a vital national interest, and obviously a state that America decided to go to the biggest war ever to defend it
nobody knows how to build a wall around the pacific ocean, lol
New Age
You must have lived in a different drug free US under Trump than I did if you are hanging your hat on how drugs enter the country
I know what didn’t affect drug entry in the US – cracking down on asylum didn’t work
Drug overdoses continue to increase each year including when Trump was president
And that’s because asylum is legal and controlled immigration,
It doesn’t affect these numbers at all
It’s a legal process with a claim to for limited circumstances
There’s a hearing and people are supervised over months/years before granted residency
And it’s much easier to deport people who haven’t been granted asylum when it’s rejected
So characterizing Biden’s policy change about asylum as an open border is just not understanding it – those two things aren’t related at all
correct
Those that overstay their visas aren’t bringing in controlled substances and at the time of entry weren’t posing the threat that the border crosses are.
Tell me 1 thing your party has told us the truth about?
Everything they said Trump was doing, they were doing themselves
they were honest that BIden won the election, lol thats one thing trump cant be honest about
funny you mention honesty, and failed to mention trumps tens of thousands of easily disprovable lies
BTW< they arent MY party, lol thats laughable
Twain was right about it being easier to fool someone, than convincing them they’ve been fooled.
I can give you many examples of election fraud, which I’ve done over the past 2 months, that proves biden didn’t win the election, but Twain was right, so I won’t
NO, No you cannot. 60 frivolous lawsuits could not either.
there is NO evidence of election fraud that trump won, NONE
NONE was brought to court
, the terrorist lost the election, AMericans dont want him
you still forgot to mention the tens of thousands of trumps LIES?
just reminding u,,,
There were huge changes of grants of visas under the Trump administration
Things you don’t even read about like entrepreneur visas were decreased (entrepreneur visas are when a foreigner seeks to start an American business in the uS and is required to hire US citizens)
There were also big changes to asylum entry
There was also a family separation policy (which had a lot of attention) for the first two years of trumps administration but was stopped by 2019.
And of course there is the building of the wall which has stopped under Biden
I’m highlighting differences but the reality is, I agree not a lot of huge differences between Trump and Biden on these things
And I also agree, people that overstay visas or are in the process of renewing and for that matter asylum applicants are NOT the people bringing drugged (or guns) to the US
There are mild differences between Trump and Biden on immigration. We didn’t go from concentration camps to wide open borders – that’s just inflammatory speech
That’s why I am objecting to the characterization of “open borders” now or based on that Briebart article
We don’t have open borders
agreed, but conservatives love to lie and fearmonger, breitbart is always doing it
That’s not what I mean David
I like to address very specific issues, not make sweeping generalizations
Point is, Biden doesn’t have a plan or policy that has wide open borders or even slightly opens up the borders
That’s just not what he is doing or plans to do
I expect we will see lots of deportations and continue detainment of people seeking asylum. I don’t expect that to stop.
I also don’t love the fact that you guys have hijacked the gun control debate into a debate about immigration in the US
What reasonable interpretation is there of this other than discrimination?
You can’t be more apples and oranges than these two things.
Horrible analogy
Try crossing state borders and then try crossing the Us/Mexico border and you tell me if you don’t note a enormous difference in security
obfuscation
Gun control had to do with how the govt operates, but as usual you take it out of context to try to prove something. A tactic of the left. We saw the same thing in the impeachment trial. If Trump was guilty why did they have to doctor the evidence, and cutoff the tape?
we ALL saw trump encourage the terrorists to overthrow the government at his anti american rally on the 6th
he said he would march there with them, but that was just ANOTHER lie he told his supporting sheep
trump was NOT there, he was cheering it on watching it on tv, failing to stop it, leaving his loyal VP and congress in a mortally dangerous situation
they were yelling hang mike pence, i saw the videos
Oh…How the govt operates was the correct context?
Is the govt operating a wide open border now?
Nope
State border security (there is none) and US border security are on the other side of the universe from one another. They are nothing alike.
The correct context cannot be something that is fundamentally mischaracterized
I didn’t take anything out of context. I explained how fundamentally flawed that analogy is.
You guys can’t default to “but look at the borders” it’s not the source of everyone’s problem
trump , mconnell, guliani, banner, flynn, howley, cruz, gohmert, Wright, and a few others,
guarantee i will NEVER vote republican again, unless the party gets away from those kind of negative influences
Twain was right
yea, the above names i mentioned want to control everyone, and destroy the constitution, screw em all
for the people always scared of losing their second amendment rights, i would like to remind them that it is part of the constitution, and the constitution must be followed in its entirety for any of it to exist
the second amendment cannot stand on its own, the constitution must stand
no one can argue that the covid cases have dropped since the inauguaration, and the economy and markets are improving quickly. market is smashing all time records, LOVE IT< lol
and the capitol domestic terrorists attacks have greatly decreased
I was eager to stay out of the gun discussion before you guys Switch gears to immigration
Let’s just get back to football
There is no combine this year
So pro days are everything
Here’s a list of March pro days
https://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2021/2/13/22279915/an-updated-list-of-ncaa-pro-days-leading-up-to-the-2021-nfl-draft-pittsburgh-steelers-news
I think Alabama’s pro day is in April
Piggy, start writing
Mike E (and EVERYBODY),
Somebody we’re all forgetting about is Vince Biegel, who tore his Achilles this past August and missed the entire season. Yes, he’s a FA. Do we bring him back? I thought he was really coming along well prior to injury. I suppose we’ll have to see how his recovery is going.
Not sure. I’d think Grugier-Hill would have a better chance because he did play last season and played ST’s as well as depth at LB. I guess it depends on how the puppy is feeling, how he’s recovered from his injury and what the Dolphins think of his upside.
Totally agreed, Mike E.
By the way, Trey Hendrickson’s value is estimated at $10.3M/year by Sportrac, and that seems about right to me. I took a look at all his sacks last year, and he earned about half of them. The others came on coverage sacks and assists from others.
He’s certainly not ‘premier’, but he’s no slouch, either. He’s usually lined up at “wide-9” and uses a quick bullrush with great disengagement from the opposing LT to get at the QB. He didn’t command doubles (opposite Cam Jordan), so he was able to win his fair share of one-on-ones.
I’m not sure he’s a fit for our Defense AND at $10M/year… I really like him, though.
I would be surprised if they spent $$$ on another LB. We paid Van Noy last season and we will have to pay #55 after this season.
Oh, Lawson too last season
Hendrickson is a DE, though… not a LB.
Here are some of the allegations against Micah Parsons. The lawsuit seems to be ongoing…
If any of this is true, NOT GOOD for Micah…
I have absolutely no idea why Isaiah Humphries would make this stuff up. I mean, he even went so far as to transfer to a different college to get away from the culture, even after talking to Coach Franklin about said issue.
If the truth is even halfway between the two sides (which it probably is), I can’t see Coach Flores bringing Micah aboard. I’m sticking a fork in Micah Parsons as it pertains to the new “Dolphin Way” (inspired by the “Patriot Way”).
What’s more, I can only imagine Steve Ross saying, ‘NEVER AGAIN will I deal with a Richie Incognito-type situation on my team!!!’.
Micah Parsons will have his day in court just like everyone should
We’ve seen allegations and rumors fall both ways
Marino was a character risk before he fell to us in ‘83
Aaron Hernandez and the Pouncey bros lived up to their negative reputation
If you are going to draft some one as high as 3 you better do your own investigation of the allegations and if you come up with a conclusion that they have merit or that you can’t really draw a conclusion – I don’t think you can take that player at 3
If it’s inconclusive, that is devastating to a draft prospect like Parsons. A team being unsure about who a draft prospect is really hurts that draft prospect, even if it ends up being not true. It’s hard to spend a high pick on a risky player
In my view LeVarr Arringtons defense of Parsons is disappointing bc he just doesn’t know and is just talking about his own impressions of Parsons which should not be a factor – of course Parsons was on his best behavior around a former PSU great, that doesn’t mean he’s the kind of presence you want around young players in your own lockeroom. How Arrington was treated by Parsons is irrelevant
I’m sure some fans will say stuff like “I wouldn’t take the risk” on some one like Parsons bc of the allegations. But the reality the average fan doesn’t have the resources to examine the allegations like an nfl team has. If an nfl team feels co fodder that these allegations aren’t true – he’s worth an early pick imo
So I won’t personally write off Parsons bc I know that I just don’t know. As they say, I may not know everything but I know what I don’t know.
But any team drafting him high better do their due diligence, bc you don’t want to waste a high pick on a guy who comes apart in the pros
One of the interesting things about this year’s draft which is much different from years past is:
What do you do about players who opened out?
Do you lower your ranking? That seems harsh to me but I’ve heard some say they do that
What about a conference like a big ten, where players may have opted out believing the season would be cancel or much shorter?
I wonder if we see talented players go much lower than we have seen in years past
The other interesting difference between years past and this year is that their will be no combine
Pro days are just not the equivalent of a combine
Seeing players go to Indianapolis and compete against each other on the same track to record 40 times is pretty valuable to the scouting process
I’m sure scouts know how fast some one’s 40 is before the combine, but watching a player live up to the hype or come apart on a different stage has value
I am pretty convinced that we will see a lot of players drafted lower or higher than we expected in 2021.
Those two things: a) opting out; and b) no combine
Are going to lease to arbitrary draft boards that deviate dramatically with one another
Hopefully that means all the picks we have pays off for us
This is also another good argument to trade down if possible
I think their may be some steals in the 2nd and 3rd this year
More than usual
I think the other thing that goes against Micah Parsons (which I’ve mentioned previously) is that he opted out of the 2020 college season, due to COVID. I have no problem whatsoever (politically or otherwise) with anyone who opted out due to fears of COVID.
But THE problem is the following: we haven’t seen you (nor have you played) in a competitive environment for over a year, and have to base player evaluation on dated tape. Are you rusty? Have you been able to take care of yourself? What have you been doing over the last year? When was the last time you’ve been hit or have hit? Etc, etc, etc…
That, vs somebody who played this past season and is ripe for the picking. This same truth holds true for guys like our our Brandon Albert and Allen Hurns, for example.
It will be interesting to see how NFL teams go about matters during these strange times…
LOL, I said Brand(e)n Albert!!!
I meant Albert Wilson!!!
At least I caught myself, LOL
Thanks for the vid on this. Hard to watch and not think about Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin.
Pig,
Shall we thaw out our cold relations, or would you rather us still be adversarial, I ask?
We can talk about football without being at each other’s throats
stangerx says:
February 15, 2021 at 3:08 pm
Thanks for the vid on this. Hard to watch and not think about Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin.
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You’re most welcome, and I agree, Stanger. Micah will get his day in court and we shall see how true it is, but it certainly doesn’t look good, IMO.
Hazing happens. Heard stories in my college about what happened to the freshman hockey guys. They were put on a table one by one. The captain had clippers and them no pubes after it was over. And this was in the days before manscaping. Thought it F-ed up, but truthfully was more cause of the dude on dude naked part than the trim itself.
With us rugby guys hazing was about carrying the kegs and drinking a lot of beer.
I’ll carry a keg any day over a penis in the face
I have a feeling that everyone on this blog agrees….lol
The guy with the penis in his face was the hockey captain doing the trim…. and he demanded it. Maybe he’s a dancer in a broadway chorus line these days 🙂
Hah hah
I don’t even realize you were referring to that
One of the accusations against Parsons is related to the same thing
I think Micah Parsons at three would be a big mistake. If he falls significantly down I think I would treat it like a Tunsil buy low situation and not pass on him but I’m not interested above pick 18. I remember where he was last year at this point and I do t see that he has improved that evaluation. Combine might help change my mind but I’m don’t really think so.
We’ll see how it plays out, but with these kind of stories more info tends to emerge…. especially when a court case is involved. He could be there at #18.
The hazing thing really doesn’t factor in for me. I feel that’s a coaches call whether they can get him to get with the program band be a professional leaving all that behind. My not taking him until after 18 is off my eval of where he was last year before returning and the fact he opted out not getting the live game experience and no real ability to eval how much he progressed as a player. I don’t see at all how a player could have progressed in evaluation if he wasn’t on the field to see it. Tape is more important than working out for the underwear olympics so 18 is about where I see him as a player
So seems we agree he’s not an option at #3 but could be on our radar at #18.
Hendrickson I really like and 10 mil would be a decent per year for him……..but in our system he is overlapped by a few different guys specifically Van Hinkle whose skill set is almost identical and Van Not to some extent and Lawson to dome extent.
D, there is no Combine this year, bud.
Stanger,
In my years at PSU, I never once even tried to join a frat: can’t tolerate that lifestyle, period, but that’s just me. As far as hazing is concerned, I’ve always thought of it as weak, juvenile, ill, and it serves no purpose other than to reinforce a ‘might makes right’ mentality. Again, that’s just me.
But then again, I was quite the rogue with my own crew… we used to FUNK with frat boys and run them out of town on the regular. But that’s another tale for another time, from a time LONG ago…
Anyway, I might remind folks of the PSU fraternity hazing incident in 2017 that left a kid dead…
I’d say that PSU has a SERIOUS problem with hazing.
“we used to FUNK with frat boys and run them out of town on the regular. ” Sounds like a battle. My college didn’t have frats, but our rugby team sorta was one. 2,000 people in the college, which means 1000 guys. 100 on the rugby team. A lot of guys never really played but just wanted to be there for the parties.
Let’s just say that I was a BAD MAN… and not in the same manner our guy Ken likes to say! LOL
Now I’m scared of you dude. 🙂
LOL, I said WAS. 🙂
The Flying Pig says:
February 15, 2021 at 3:45 pm
We can talk about football without being at each other’s throats
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I find that to be acceptable, but I will NEVER FORGET the stuff you said to me. Forgive, yes. Forget, no. Let’s try to be civil and start anew. Agreed?
And you already know I rarely talk about politics here any longer. I just tune things out when it comes to that… unless something is truly over-the-top reprehensible.
I’d like to re-engage with you regarding football, for sure, instead of skipping over your posts.
Football conversations should be fine
I don’t think either of us have to add to that
GOOD!
Well here’s a non-football convo I’d like to show ya… I got this in the mail today…
I’d like to put this through my 3D printer and make it even larger: perhaps quadruple it’s size. The detail is incredible! It’s a foot and half large and about half a foot wide.
That’s cool
But it’s no baby yoda bedroom collection
http://www.dlifestylers.com/2020/10/new-baby-yoda-home-collection/
Just kidding, it’s cooler than that
And most people will have to ask you what it is, which adds
Mystery
Sorry, it’s more than a foot wide.
Our guy Dbolt and I lived in Bloomsburg, PA, around the same time. The stuff they do for hazing there is legendary… and NOT in a good way. I’ve heard stories that would likely churn your stomach. HOW true? I do not know. IF true? They should shut down every single frat on campus.
The Flying Pig says:
February 15, 2021 at 4:20 pm
That’s cool
But it’s no baby yoda bedroom collection
http://www.dlifestylers.com/2020/10/new-baby-yoda-home-collection/
Just kidding, it’s cooler than that
And most people will have to ask you what it is, which adds
Mystery
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LOL
GREAT! I know we have much in common, Pigster! And yes… the “mystery” adds to its… flavor.
Thank you
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Don’t overpay, as we did last year. DRAFT your own… and hopefully behind a solid O-Line.
Carson
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WOW, SMH. Deeply saddening to me.
RIP, Vincent.
Sad. RIP Vincent. Do they know how he died?
Piggy,
I used the drug trade synonymously with illegal gun trade. As I asked earlier, how many illegal immigrants are there? No one really knows because we’ve done a poor job of border control. We also do a poor job of border control on drugs from Latin America. We do a poor job of ANY controls at ANY of our borders. Anything illegal is pretty damn easy to get. If guns became illegal, then people would just get their guns from the EXACT same place as their drugs. Especially criminals who don’t give a damn about laws. It already happens.
Why in the world would we restrict legal guns in America when we can’t control ANY illegal activities. Liberals want to restrict guns of law abiding Americans while they have an extremely piss poor record on crime, poverty, equality and all the other issues they supposedly give a damn about. Why in the hell would I let them take any of my weapons with their history? There were district attorneys that allowed rioters out of jail over and over and over this past summer to destroy and terrorize more places and people. I just gave an example of a guy who had multiple felonies on the docket and they dropped them. Not minor felonies but domestic abuse and breaking and entering.
Why would I want people who allow that to take my weapons? The short answer is I’ll never allow it. The government has a piss poor record at everything they’ve ever done except enrich the wealthy and powerful but I want them to control access to the defense of my family? Cops NEVER get on site on time but I’m hoping to hole up in my bathroom and wait for them? Or hope they don’t get defunded like in Minnesota? No. Not happening. Ever.
I don’t want to spend a whole lot of time on this anymore
But I’ll try to give you a quick response which actually will probably be pretty long winded. I would have been inclined to stay out of the gun control discussion had that analogy not been made
I think there’s a real problem with blaming immigrants for everything and that problem has become worse over the last 4 years.
Whether you agree with the gun regulation or not people were proposing, you should be able to argue that without bridging the gap to immigration. Immigrants have nothing to do any of the arguments you are hearing in support of gun legislation.
Immigrants can’t be everyone’s whipping boy every time you have a political difference. It can’t always be a platform to discuss every issue.
I’m also careful about not repeating the phrase “illegal” bc the reality is, an asylum claim is a longstanding legal form of immigration. This isn’t a Pc argument. I’m not offended by the word illegal – I’m saying it’s not accurate. That’s not illegal immigration and it’s not open borders either.
That 25k breibert article you linked is the same information I was referring to that I read on AP news. Those are 25 thousand asylum claims. Even more significant, is that the argument you are making is that Biden is permitting it which by definition is government sanctioned immigration and therefore NOT illegal.
I think the entire premise of your comparison to open borders relies on the idea that some flood gate somewhere was opened and anyone can come into the US. I mean that is the image that has to exist if in fact guns were flooding into the country this way or were about to with policies like this one, so I don’t think drawing this conclusion is far fetched.
But that’s not what processing 300 asylum claims a day is. US border control has a 17 billion dollar budget – they can process 300 asylum claims safely without opening the floodgates to truck loads of guns, drugs and leprosy. I jokingly say leprosy, bc Lou Dobbs famously suggested 7000 immigrants with leprosy crossed our border about 10 years ago….lol. That’s how outrageous some of the rhetoric about immigrants has been. It really should stop. They aren’t the sources of every problem in the US
Piggy,
I don’t have a problem with asylum seekers, especially in such small numbers. I do have a problem with Obama’s border control and Biden so far is going after Trump’s stuff as hard as Trump did Obama’s. That’s life but since I didn’t support catch and release, I can’t support the guy who helped Obama with it. I want secure, solid borders. Every country has border controls and I think we need better ones not just because of immigrants. A porous border is a safety issue period.
I think the border is porous and would be hard to guard well if we tried. I don’t think we do and part of that is the extreme amount of money the cartels have as well as them being pretty smart people. It doesn’t help that Big Business wants to abuse and exploit Latinos for profit. That disgusts me immensely.
Going back to drugs. Lots of drugs cross the US Mexico border. It’s just fact. I’d say lots of guns would too if ever needed. Mexico has some really lawless areas where I think you could find whatever you like. Gun control never works and part of that is poor enforcement.
I don’t have a dog in this race , but to me if they were illegal , in order to eliminate gray areas then anyone caught with one is in violation of laws… Ebony and Ivory no gray … just a why they may think that way , not condoning or advocating
I’m not sure I am reading your post right, but I’ll try to give you what I know
The process of simply crossing the border is illegal. It really is that simple.
If some one is caught here without proper residency/visa they can still make a claim for asylum. But if some one already made that claim and was rejected, or they defaulted and never showed up (leading to a rejection) they will be deported. They already lost the claim, you don’t get a second bite at the apple.
However, asylum is refugee residency. By design, it’s a procedure that some one who is fleeing an oppressive environment has available to them. To simplify it’s meant to address people who are running from something – so the expectation is that they are on the run. But those persons have to prove they meet requirements to be granted asylum. And if they do then they get legal residency (not citizenship).
Because it’s a mechanism designed to address people running from something, it by design, can be a claim made on US soil. In fact a lot of immigration attorneys think it’s best to make that claim on US soil. Why? Bc due process attaches on US soil, even to non citizens, but not on foreign soil. That’s how the 5th amendment of the constitution is written. So the difference between Claiming asylum on US soil vs outside the US is the right to a hearing to prove an immigrant meets the threshold. Due process guarantees a hearing.
So the question that presents itself after you get through that is, what do you do with people who are waiting for hearings.?
You haven’t granted asylum, that’s their burden to prove, if you detain them across the board, you shouldn’t mince words about it – it’s like prison; “catch and release” is something many conservatives have a problem with – but it’s basically the process of allowing people to reside in the US if they have an asylum claim while they wait for a hearing. And recently In the last two years we started holding people on the Mexican border on the Mexican side pending a hearing. That’s what that 25k number reflects. It’s a recent change.
I have my own thoughts on this – I favor no detention at all except limited circumstances but I get reasonable minds differ in this.
That’s the question at the end of the day though – while some one is in this ambiguous place concerning legal residency, what do you do? The law is a grey area. It’s tough to eliminate that.
Stang, so the captain was the one getting down and dirty shaving pubes? If I heard that story with no roles assigned, I’d think it was the guy doing the shaving who was getting hazed. Clearly the captain had a hiccup in his step, lol.
The pucksters who told me the story thought it hilarious at the time….. and some of them had no pubes. Go figure.
Did i mention
TUA SUCKS!
Not what that hockey captain does
I’ve lived here for about 30 years. I know very, very few folks who actually supported defunding the police. It was seen as stupid in my circles. People did talk about making adjustments to how law enforcement was taught and structured. Now, in the Twin Cities where the % of people of color is much higher, I believe it is definitely more of a focus. I can only give my opinion, but I don’t think Minnesota overall supports defunding the police or less law enforcement. Urban biases often get represented as the whole State’s stance. Just my thoughts for all you dumb ass East Coasters who think the world revolves around you and what you read on Twitter. Lol
That’s crazy about Jackson.
Team Picks
9: R1 P9 EDGE Gregory Rousseau – Miami (FL)
18: R1 P18 WR Rashod Bateman – Minnesota
36: R2 P4 LB Zaven Collins – Tulsa
50: R2 P18 RB Travis Etienne – Clemson
71: R3 P7 C Josh Myers – Ohio State
81: R3 P17 TE Hunter Long – Boston College
123: R4 P18 S Ar’Darius Washington – TCU
202: R6 P16 QB Davis Mills – Stanford
256: R7 P30 FB Ben Mason – Michigan
Trades
Trade Partner: Denver Broncos
Sent:
Round 1 Pick 3
Received:
Round 1 Pick 9
Future Round 1 Pick
Round 3 Pick 7
I felt like I got screwed one or two picks before each pick in every round. LOL
I’m usually most concerned with what WR we took and I still don’t know much about Bateman, so I will reserve judgment
I think we should just annex Mexico down to the Usumacinta River. Illegal immigrant ion solved.
You are going to find yourself at odds with all the new senators and house members over some of their ideas if we do that. Im guessing their political ideology is closer to mine than yours – so I’m all for it
But get ready to know all the words to “juramento de lealtad”
Nuttin wrong with the pledge in Espanol
I love it
But even I am going to struggle knowing the words
That’s’cause you Cubans never met a vowel you couldn’t slur!
My slurring is all due to whatever alcohol I am drinking….lol
There is no such thing as gun violence. There is only people violence.
That’s what people have such a difficult time with. There are so many more gun owners who don’t commit crimes with guns than there are that do. It’s the mentality – not the weapon and I admit I’ve flip flopped on this trying to figure out how to cut down on the violence with the use of guns, because it’s unrealistic to think you can completely stop it. Sick minds do sick things.
The only issue I have with some gun owners is when they think of them as the most important thing there is, and they talk tough about using them. Almost as if they’re hoping that day comes.
Stanger – If I am hunting with my AR I use a 10 round mag. I f I want to put down rioters threatening my property or family I use a 30 round mag.
And I use the same rifle at 50 yards and 800 yards.
Piggy
He’s the one guy I haven’t spend time looking at
But he’s got a few traits on a superficial level without watching too much of him to lead me to believe that He May be underrated
what I keep hearing / reading about him in mocks and draft profiles
Good route runner
smart / tough player
Hands catcher not body catcher
good body control
good at contested catches
understands routes and how to use them to get open
Phish, I have family and friends who have guns and the last thing they want to do is to use them during a home invasion etc. Our government officials who are control freaks are the ones who don’t address the real problems and I always wonder why. Maybe because they’re so self-indulgent that that they view the rest of the population as below them – as they live under protection because they’re so important. It’s just another element of social engineering that we haven’t evolved enough to deal with. Why? Because we can’t even stop gangs and organized crime from running sections of neighborhoods throughout the nation. I wonder why? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
People who talk tough about using a gun have never had to use a gun on another human.
I know. I’ve asked that question. You really willing to pull the trigger? The answer is no. Last thing they want to do. So less than 1% of the country decides a law. That’s pretty f’ed up!
pheloniusphish says:
February 15, 2021 at 9:43 pm
People who talk tough about using a gun have never had to use a gun on another human.
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I shot a man with a paintball gun just to watch him dye.
That was good!
I’m stealing it
There are about 12 teams with terrible money situations. Are there any guys we think we’d look into now that Free Agency is closer? Does anyone think we extend X when the salary cap went down? We have the third highest extra money but I don’t see Grier wanting to use too much this FA just because of the contraction.
“I’m not ok with the start of an inappropriate and inaccurate framing of @_micahparsons11 character,” Arrington wrote on Facebook. “I’ve watched this young man grow over the years. He has always been an awesome young man. He graduated school in 3 years HE HAS HIS DEGREE. He leaned on me to learn the ins and outs of how to study and approach the game of football. More importantly he has asked me how to be a better human. I trust him mentoring my son. ID NEVER ALLOW A POOR CHARACTER DUDE AROUND MY FAMILY. I had people attack my character when I was entering the draft and I had no advocates out there dispelling horrible rumors about my character. Micah watches my home and I learn a ton from him, he’s such a brilliant young man. Anyone would be lucky and blessed to have him play for their team. Call it what you will but it’s sad that any publications or insiders or anyone would question his character off of false reports. Shame on you.
“Micah stay focused you’ve done well! Those who know know that’s it and all it needs to be. Let’s see if they report on you helping these kids in juvenile detention centers “1st Chance” God bless you he’s got your back.”
Lavar Arrington
That’s a positive for him, but teams will do their research and will know about his character.
Based on this it looks like he’s changed his ways, but you also have to consider it was written by someone in his corner.
I wouldn’t have any concerns, if our FO drafted him.
According to a report from Fox56 online, that was published in October, Parsons had a rather dubious history of off-field problems while at Penn State. Former Penn State player Isaiah Humphries has a lawsuit against the school, the head coach, and one of the players. Parsons is not named in the lawsuit but is named as one of the individuals who harrassed Humphries.
The lawsuit alleges that the incidents occurred over a 9 month period in 2018.
He also has some alcohol abuse and partying allegations.
So 2018 this stuff occurred, seems he may have been just young and immature. Since he didn’t play in 2020 and we didn’t hear of him getting into trouble and he graduated in 3 years, I’m going to say the situation matured him.
Good route runner
smart / tough player
Hands catcher not body catcher
good body control
good at contested catches
understands routes and how to use them to get open
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Rock, I like Bateman a lot! I just don’t think he is type receiver we need.
I have to disagree with good route runner you posted above cause he is a GREAT route runner and much of it has to do with the last comment, understanding routes and how to use them.
He also is not just a hands catcher but IMO has the best hands in this draft.
My thing is he doesn’t have an extra gear or top end speed. With him, I think you are getting a bigger, slightly faster Jarvis Landry who has all the same traits. I would take that in a heart beat any day of the year but is that what we need? Or do we need a Waddle?
He will go in the 1st though probably in the bottom 1/3. I wouldn’t take him at 18. I would trade down and try to get him in bottom 1/3. If I missed, I would just go with one of the faster play makers in Kadarius Toney or Rondale Moore. I would even look at Terrace Marshall from LSU in bottom 1/3 of 1st round.
I guess what I was trying to say is if I don’t draft a Chase, Smith or Waddle with our 1st pick, (traded down or not) then I would trade down from 18 and take Bateman, Toney, Moore or Marshall in bottom 1/3 of the 1st.
It would be great to add any one of these 7 to our WR room.
Something that never gets talked about with asylum seekers is they’re supposed to go to an adjoining country, just to get away from those they’re fleeing and not enrich themselves in the process.
Of the 25k how many are from outside of Mexico? I would think it’s a large % from what I’ve heard.
We all know a large % of them aren’t really running from anything, but are looking for a better life. They need to wait in line like everyone else.
Our govt, for political purposes, likes to give those that come in more benefits than our citizens. Why is that OK?
Why is it OK for them to try to ban travel in FL., but bring in foreigners untested?
And I use the same rifle at 50 yards and 800 yards
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Phel, what do you use?
A 5 years ago I got me a Steyr THB. Probably the most accurate rifle I have ever had. Last year I got me a Steyr Pro Hunter II also very accurate. I got it cause it’s about 1.5 pounds lighter and sometimes I have to hoof it. Good groupings at 500 yards but, where I hunt, not able to test myself beyond that. Both rifles are .308.
Christmas present to myself I got me a Citadel Boss 25 in FDE finish. I have the two 5 round mags but may get two 10 round mags. I have heard of some jamming issues with the 10 round mags and/or 20 round drum but hope I don’t have that issue. Now that hunting season is over I am going to test it out in the next week or 2.
Thanks for the clarification BBM. Your post set up perfectly with the way I was scrolling to get me for a minute. I was like WHAT!? He’s not a good route runner, WTF? then I read your next line. LOL
I think I have to disagree with you on him not being the kind of player we need. I think he is EXACTLY the kind of player Tua needs. Our WR’s were toward the bottom of the league last year in separation yards at the point of catch. A lot may have had to do with Fitz forcing his fits but I think a lot was on the WR’s not running good routes.
We need WR’s that are going to get open. He is not a toothpick like the Bama guy and will take a hit and throw a block for a WR or RB.
We’ve got 2 problems, we need someone that can get deep to loosen things up and we need someone who can get open regularly to move the chains.
So what will probably happen is we’ll take a guy like Waddle and he’ll be ineffective at both.
I think Waddle will have a rookie season that matches what jeudy had. Lol, I got autocorrected, it changed Jeudy to Jerry.
After what Diggs did for Josh Allen and the Bills, it’s hard not to want a top FA WR, but I still don’t want one.
Is there even one out there that could change the dynamics of our O? Robinson had stats, but what did he really do for the Bears, as far as making their O hard to stop?
Having picks at the top and middle of the 1st 2 rounds we should be able to get the help we need on the cheap, but will they help enough this coming season?
People talk about salary cap space and think it’s always good to have a lot of space.
I think it depends on the team, if your team is void of talent you’d benefit from having Jags type of space 77.5M or even the cheats 63M, but if you’re like the loaded Bucs with 21M it may not be a good thing, because it generally means you have lots of key FAs that need to be signed, in other words you really don’t have cap space to get new players you have some money to over pay your current players.
It’s still better than not having cap space, like KC/Rams/Saints, but when you look at a team like the Bucs and see them sitting with 21M it’s not as good as it seems.
Then you take our situation, and wonder what happened to our projected 40M that we were supposed to have.
We resigned Sieler and Shaheen costing about 5M total, then the cap expectation is now lower than what it was, accounted for the rest.
I’d rather we resigned those 2 for a piddly 5M, than to have them as FAs and 31M in space.
Sieler will be one of the 2021 seasons most under paid players, he’s going to have a breakout season. Shaheen resigned at about where he should’ve.
Rock, I love WR’s who are smart and use their smarts/craftiness in route running. Of the top 5 WR’s I think Smith and Bateman are the best in that category. They are not the fastest and may run about the same 40 time. I think what separates Smith from Bateman is his short area quickness and initial burst/acceleration.
Again, if we draft any of my top 7 (Rondale Moore being #7) by pick #36 I will be happy. All of them will be gone by pick #50, IMO. I think Moore would end up being mainly a slot guy and just can’t see using a 1st on him.
Rondale Moore at 5’9″ and 181 lbs, only had 35 – 270 last year no tds in 3 games. 29 – 387 2tds in 2019, and 115 – 1258 12 tds in 2018.
What’s the book on him? Why the big year in 2018 and not much since? Even though he only played 3 games in 2020 he was productive.
That’s the thing with him, injuries. He is explosive as hell but gets dinged up a lot. That’s why he has fallen to probably a mid second round pick. He was considered a mid 1st round pick.
We’ve got enough picks that we can take a shot on him in the 2nd, even if we take another WR in the 1st.
First 3 picks need to be WR, RB, LB any order, then upgrades wherever with the rest of the draft.
Steve, I like where we are at roster and cap wise. Add a F/A here and there who don’t break the bank and have a really good draft. We will be looking good for this season. It will be all about Tua taking that next step. I hate that pressure will be on him but that looks like the way things are shaping up for this season. Herbert and Burrow won’t have that kind of pressure on them.
Tua is fine with that kind of pressure, it’s motivated him in the past.
Herbert excelled, because of his legs, but didn’t win much. Burrow was awesome and his future is bright.
Hope our bloggers in Texas are doing okay
Check in and let us know how you guys are
they might not have any power to check in
texas is getting horrific weather, and houston , the city with the most oil in the nation is mostly dark
energy , and natural gas stocks are rocketing now
Micah was overrated, hes not expected to be great at pass coverage.
this all may have been a ruse/trick to get his value to drop down to where he should have been rated, a second or third round pick
We’ll see, but the GMs around the league will have it figured out by draft time, unlike our former gas mask wearing Tunsil, that happened too close to the draft.
i was thinking about TUnsil also, lol you could be right, the ruse may not work out
i saw some images of houston, the commercial districts HAVE power, the residents do not, SMH
residents are forced to buy stuff to try to stay warm,,,,
a capitalist society benefits the mega rich, always, while the wealth inequality gets worse and the working class suffer in the cold
I agree with that, even though businesses may have generators, but its just the way it is. Doing something for someone that can help you is human nature and not not party or capitalism specific..
When I lived in CC my street would get plowed first, because a cop lived down the street, he had some pull with that dept.
doing something for others in the community, is the opposite of capitalism, and in these trying times, its the best way forward, people helping people , neighbors helping neighbors, etc
People helping people has nothing to do with capitalism. Capitalism is an economic system. US citizens help lots of people here and around the world, most generous nation, but I agree people need to help people despite what the govt wants
I want Najee, but I also think it’s more important to take an LB at 18, like Zaven Collins.
Even the best RBs haven’t stayed at an elite level for long. Gurley, Zeke, Barkley. We’ll see how long Henry can continue his beast mode.
I would take Collins over Najee too. (at 18)
We all knew it was coming, but didn’t know the numbers, and with Justin Tucker making 5.1M this year I expected it to be north of that, so good team friendly deal
BBM – Daniel Defense DDM5v1, Nightforce NSX8 2.5x20x50 scope, adjustable PSR buttstock.
4.4 mil per year for a kicker huh? Well, I guess when you NEED those points or you NEED that touch back (or not) then it is worth it. Especially when I see the headline this afternoon at the diner on ESPN “Is Dak Prescott worth $40M per season?” (to which I answered, unsolicited loudly enough to turn heads in the diner “FUCK NO”)
No player is, but it is the going rate. I’d say he was close in talent to Watson, but since he’s not a scramble/run first as much as Watson I’d say he’ll have a longer/better career
Tua has a deadcap hit of over 22m he isn’t going anywhere.
Gonna spend top dollar for a kicker….. Jason Sanders is the one. Ironic part of it is that if he slips to just average he makes himself a cut candidate. What happened to my guy Brandon Fields.
10m guarantee, so at least 2 year contract
Phelon, not sure which I like more. The rifle or the scope. Both are awesome.
“the city with the most oil in the nation is mostly dark”
“residents are forced to buy stuff to try to stay warm,,,,”
“a capitalist society benefits the mega rich, always, while the wealth inequality gets worse and the working class suffer in the cold”
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Always spouting off without all the facts. Of course some people like you don’t believe in facts.
Does not matter how much oil they have in regard to power. It’s your green new deal not living up to oil, coal and natural gas.
All the windmills in Texas are frozen up and not generating power. That’s the problem. Wait until they do away with all fossil fuels. SMH
They are doing rolling blackouts, including in areas not affected. And that makes sense — people gotta stay warm. Imagine if your house had no heat in single digit weather. You wouldn’t be in it long.
Two wrongs don’t make a right BBM Two can be wrong at the same time. Just like this case.
Today is Fat Tuesday. Sad that btwn Covid restrictions and the freezing weather hasn’t been much of a Mardi Gras. That’s one fantastical event. Naw’leans will get’m next year.
They sure got em last year
It was a spreading event, but we’ve had a lot of them since and that was early on. The peaks we just had were holiday travel…. and everybody knew the risk.
The Fat Tuesday’s picture in my head is quite colorful and involves spinning liquid
If we need more cap space the prime candidates are Bobby Mc – 5.66m, Wilson – 2.85m, Grant – 2.89m, and Smythe – 2.18m.
That totals 13.58m. Deadcap is 490k, so we’ve got a tight ship.
Not sure why any of those guys would be cut, except maybe Wilson, but 40m could be available in FA to go after an impact player. Other cuts include guys on the bottom of the top 51, that are just in placeholder positions and likely will be replaced by the rookies