Gather around Dolfans, this Piggy has a fairy tale for you. This one is about a wise old expert who called himself King
A man dressed as a King stands up in downtown Miami
“Dolfans everywhere gather around. I am King Go ScrewYourself. As King I also declare myself an NFL Expert capable of reminding the Miami Dolphins how much I hate them. “
A crowd of Dolphins fans gather around the King.
One screams “Arghhhh! We missed the playoffs!”
A second angry fans screams “No more losing!”
A third raises a torch “Stop the losing”
The King tries to calm them down. “I know my subjects, and as many of you know Tua Tagovailoa did not pass for 5,000 yards.”
The fans all raise their fists angrily. One yells “ how dare he!” A second screams “One year is enough!”
The King continues to speak “This is not the time to sit and wait to see what develops. This is the time for action! We must move on from the Tua era of the last”. The King checks his notes “The Tua era of the last few months”
The crowds roars in agreement.
The King continues “A Quarterback is available. His name is Deshaun Watson. And we can have him for cheap.”
The first fan speaks up “Give up a first round pick”
The King replies “We shall! We shall give up two!”
The second fan yells “two is not so bad…”
The King replies “…..this year” the King continues “and our first round picks in 2022….and 2023”
The first fan declares “Watson is worth it. He passed for 4800 yards last year!”
The King interrupts “Which is why we must add more! We will add all the second rounders too”
The second fan declares “We don’t need second rounders…go for it…”
The King adds “ For the next 20 years…and the third rounders too!”
The first fan pauses a moment and then says “Well….its been a while since Dan Marino retired”
The King interrupts “ yes…so very long have you suffered. Let’s add some players….”
The first fan insists “how about that guy who hurt Preston Williams”
The King excitedly replies “Wilkins is outta here!”
“And what about that other guy Howard” The Second fans yells “ he was arrested!”
The King adds “he shot a puppy….and ate it….I read that”
”Get rid of him!” The fans scream. “That should be enough to get Watson”
The King says “It’s a start!” There is more though….
The first fan says “As long as it fills the stadium”.
The King replies “about that stadium….um…we have to let the Texans use it from time to time….”
The second fan asks “okay, no problem, how often?”
The King replies “just Sundays”
The first fan speaks up “Done!”
The second fans turns to him “This is going to be great, I’m going to bring my kids to see Watson throw for touchdown after touchdown”
The King interrupts “oh….about those kids…”
The fans turn to the King “what about them?”
The King explains “so take a look at this map…if your kids are born in zones A1 through A3…then those kids will have to go to Texas”
The first fan yells “What?”
The King explains “How else will maintain the lawns of Houston….that’s part of the deal….but only Zone A. Zones B and C are responsible for washing the cars in Houston, Zone D cleans their homes”.
The second fan explains “Well, it is Watson….and we still have our wives”
The King replies “Yes you still have your wives and girlfriends….on every other Tuesday anyway. Pretty good deal right?”
This first fan says “well we do get Watson”
The King explains “and the details of the trade will be delivered through the rectum”
The fans begins to walk away depressed.
The King tries to stop them “Where are you going, I didn’t get to the part about your mothers”
The King completes the deal. By 2023 Watson opts out of his contract
Finsmob Unleashed 
Mike E. says:
February 25, 2021 at 10:44 am
Rob – Tell me, why do you think the Dolphins, Brian Flores included in this, decided to draft Tua? Give me your best idea as to why that happened?
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well i would have no clue as to what the FO was thinking when they decided to use #5 on Tua, and for the most part i had no clue if it was the right call at the time, i will say i had my doubts at the time of drafting him, i also had doubts about Herbert as well, i wanted to trade back.
why is everyone ignoring the fuck’n elephant in the room?
there’s a reason why Tua can’t get the ball down field to his Rec’s, and watching that prompted me to find the reason why? when he had no choice but to go deep against Buffalo he threw multiple picks.
the thing i got from watching Tua as opposed to other QBs that are throwing from the pocket under avg duress is that Tua’s release is way low, lower than any i had seen.
he’s throwing from the pocket amongst tree’s sidearm, it doesn’t appear that he can throw an overhand throw so he gets stuck and that’s why he can’t release the ball.
he doesn’t have the room to do so, so he tries to get clear of the traffic to release his side arm throw and that’s when he gets dumped by the D rush.
at least that’s what i came up with trying to evaluate this elephant.
Least seems that Miami is a popular choice among star QBs unhappy with their current team.
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Russell Wilson’s frustration with the Seattle Seahawks has “escalated to the point that his camp has broached potential trade destinations with the Seahawks,.” The Jets are among the teams that have been brought up by Wilson’s camp. Other teams include the Miami Dolphins, Las Vegas Raiders, and New Orleans Saints.
You got to love Mando’s insight
20 mins after shefter reports the teams Wilson wold consider
Mando reports that he was “told’ the Dolphins weren’t one of those teams
Clickbaitpalooza
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Can’t lie: I like this draft for us… but Najee Harris going in the top-10?!! There’s a surprise!
This is a shock draft
Watson and Wilson likely stay put, but…
I’m liking Darnold more and more for the jets, with all of these QBs floating around.
As an NFL QB you need to be able to throw from all kinds of different platforms and arm angles. Unless you’re Tom Brady and your OL never gets called for holding, QBs don’t have the time to just stand in the pocket and make a classic high, overhand release. It simply doesn’t happen most of the time. Look at Mahomes, people think he’s great. He certainly doesn’t throw the ball very often with a classic delivery.
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And the height thing: Fran Tarkenton, 6’…40K+ yards, HOF; Drew Brees, 80K+ yards, future HOF; Russell Wilson, 5’11”, 30K+ yards. Kyler Murray, 5’10” and in 2 years has thrown for almost 8K yards and 50 TDs. Yeah, ya gotta be 6’5” to be able to play in the NFL. This conversation is pointless….and now I feel dumber for having participated in it.
There’s only one way to judge QBs
By the weird gestures they make with their nonthrowing hand
it not so much how tall the QB is, Tarkenton had a great release, so does Drew Brees, you are comparing their size vs their throwing motion, you can be 6′ and still get the ball off with a high release point, however if your release point is at shoulder level and very wide due to lack of arm strength you will have trouble.
I agree your assessment is pretty dumb.
I think we all know which blogger to blame for this
The more they ask it to stop the more there will be. BTW — subject aside, that’s darn good snow art.
Somebody really took great care in the final presentation
LOL
Texans have a tough situation – but I don’t want to trade for Watson
I don’t want to give up close to their price
Q isn’t whether Watson would sit out next season. It’s if he can make the Texans believe he would.
i don’t know why i bother, fuck you!
The Flying Pig says:
February 25, 2021 at 3:12 pm
Texans have a tough situation – but I don’t want to trade for Watson
I don’t want to give up close to their price
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Agreed. I was initially intrigued when Watson demanded a trade, but I’ve since soured. We’ve got much ammo to get things back on track for a Super Bowl run.
And I believe a full offseason, TC, and weight training will help Tua big time… not to mention he’ll be that much further removed from his major hip surgery.
Detroit didn’t have to trade Stafford, so his value was high.
If Houston really believes Watson won’t play for them, that could lower the asking price, depending on demand
Agreed with Steve.
ORob,
I honestly share your dismay of Tua this past season… especially when comparing him to Herbert and Burrow. We see eye-to-eye on the results and film of last year.
However, I think he’s going to get a lot of the hiccups fixed during this offseason. Like I said above to Pig, I believe a full offseason (COVID killed a full offseason last year), TC, and weight training will help Tua big time… not to mention he’ll be that much further removed from his major hip surgery. And I forgot to add film study above. He and the staff will be forced to address everything you’ve cited, in the film room.
I think you bring a lot of knowledge to the table, and I also think Tua will get his issues fixed as everything you’ve cited will be addressed. Tua’s smart, resilient, a top-notch competitor, and a workaholic. JMO, my Brother!
I feel like Tua is just working as hard as he can. You can see the muscle mass he put on already in the offseason, and that’s all you can ask. If he fails, it will not be due to lack of effort. I think an upgrade at talent at WR and RB will be a huge shot in the arm for Tua. Also you compare Tua to a longtime veteran like Fitzpatrick who played with all of these guys the previous season and was so much quicker to assimilate what he was seeing with the defense. I think Tua will be a better QB next season, I can’t wait to see it.
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Why you guys picking on ORob? He has his own view on the QB situation, and many of the details good ones. What debates are about. Don’t think Tua has gotten his HOF invite yet.
Geez, we differ in opinion. Is that picking on him? QB’s throw the football with all different kinds of deliveries. I think saying that his delivery is poor and he won’t succeed because of that is way premature. I think saying he won’t succeed for any reason right now is premature. Why people want to go to the drawing board and start again when there are so many similar situations around the NFL where QB’s didn’t have a good first season, and holy fuck, this was not the optimal situation for Tua in any way, he was coming off a major injury, no training camp, no preseason, nothing. Hopefully this year he will be more in tune with his body and his teammates and start with a training camp and a couple of preseason games and he will be on track to have a much better 2nd season. Josh Allen who’s now killing it in our division in his 3rd season after playing worse than Tua his first season. Oh, and no coincidence that happened after acquiring better talent at the WR position. Can we give OUR QB the same courtesy?
some things you can’t fix, one of them is arm strength, and i believe that’s the root of his issues, he has to adjust his throwing motion to make up for the lack of arm strength.
Was mostly joking Mike, but did seem ORob was getting frustrated.
“Mike Greenberg will replace Trey Wingo as the main host for the ESPN’s coverage of the 2021 NFL draft, hosting the broadcasts for the first two days of the three-day event.”
I’m cool with Greeny doing it.
He’s too much of a Homer, but he likes some of that with jets being a punching bag
SMH I’m watching Kipers mock draft Fins on the clock at 18, they went to a commercial, so maybe they’re trying to make it like the real draft
LOL! I hear ya, man!
LOL
https://twitter.com/kayak_diana/status/1364977143504109570?s=21
LOL
How does Gregory Rousseau rate a first round pick with only one year of production? He is so RAW My fear is his is another DionFF. Superman physically but never reach his potential.
Agreed, that he’s exceptionally RAW. His upside is huge on paper, but we don’t know much about him, in terms of repeated production.
I’m a big fan of Azeez Ojulari, Georgia, EDGE, instead of Rousseau.
I hope the Texans make dickshawn sit out a year and lose his $$ and eligibility accrual.
Rob, do you know Tom Brady has worked his entire career strengthening his arm? He’s worked on his core strength and his arm strength and they even mentioned it in the playoffs that he may be throwing harder now than he was years ago. I don’t believe that what you’re saying is accurate. Besides, seeing the field better, assimilating what you see better all make a better QB
Maybe so, but he threw the same way at Bama, so…he is what he is
Just a little reading comprehension test. If Brady is throwing harder now than he was during the rest of his entire career . . .
A) Tua is what he was at Alabama
B) Tua will always be what he was in Miami last season
C) Tua is working really hard at getting stronger and that may help improve his throwing power
D) Tom Brady is using illegal substances such as steroids or HGH
I was under the impression that Rousseau was more 2nd round material but you can see why nfl scouts love him
I tried away some late picks without realizing it
MIA
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Ja’Marr Chase
WR LSU
MIA
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Joseph Ossai
EDGE Texas
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MIA
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Creed Humphrey
OC Oklahoma
MIA
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Javonte Williams
RB North Carolina
MIA
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Amon-Ra St. Brown
WR USC
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Tommy Togiai
DT Ohio State
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Trey Hill
OC Georgia
Wow….just wow. I can’t stop laughing.
I expect a much improved Tua this season and he didn’t have a bad year or anything. But he did have some growing pains. So did the entire team. I think we’re on the right path. Just keep adding good players and getting better. I see good times ahead for this team. 🙂
agreed, and if TUa gets some weapons,,,, like Kyle Pitts from FL, the offense will score alot more points than they did last season
imagine Pitts and Gesicki on the field at the same time, someone will be open
for the fair weather fans that gave up on TUa after a game or two, lol
dont apply for a job in the NFL< they wont hire You with that shortsightedness
he came off a major injury and will need more than his rookie season to properly evaluate, we dont want to rush him off to NE< and watch Bellicheat win a super bowl with him
Brady gets phantom PI calls on his receivers, and not much holding called on the OL either.
a good part of his success has come from cheating, personally, and league wide
not every QB will get this advantage, just the lucky preferred guy,
so when comparing other QB to brady, we cant forget that Brady gets separate rules for him that make him look FAR better than he ever was
globalization increases the returns to capital in rich countries like the U.S. and decreases the returns to labor in those same countries. That’s a fancy way of saying that low-skill jobs in the U.S. can disappear as a result of globalization (though technology plays a big role in this change, too). The result may be a decrease in the inequality between countries but an increase in the inequality within countries.
Wait what? Globalization increases inequality in the US?
I thought globalists wanted income equality🤔 boy was I taken for a ride.
Who knew globalists were hiding behind the $15 min wage, just to send many of the jobs to other countries
says the confirmed deceiver that didnt know that Travis Henry is a rb, not a TE
just stick to what You know, whatever that may be, and be real with it, You will earn some respect if You could do that, good luck
Mike, are you starting to get why I say we can’t debate here?
Do you really know what you’re talking about? Maybe it’s me, because I don’t have a clue. Please, help me understand.
I’m still trying to understand how Orob’s theory didn’t get into Piggy’s article! Shameful! LOL!
As a reason for the Watson trade….
These QB trade scenarios are some of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen and I hope these QBs aren’t really doing it. Any QB that has the Saints as his final destination, doesn’t know shit about the salary cap. Any QB who puts the Jets as a good destination, isn’t very smart. Putting out the teams you’d be willing to play for sounds like a kid telling you what they want for Christmas.
Back to the Dolphins, I also think Tua has a very good second season and would love to see Chase as our first step towards getting him better tools.
Agree, except I think Tua needs better run support (RBs), OL help, and an upgrade to the WR unit. This year will be telling for Tua. Let’s see what happens.
Unless you get Lawrence with the 3rd pick…lmao.
I agree with all that.
Steve – “we” is a broad term. I think you can debate with some and others I wouldn’t waste my time with, although I have and probably will continue to. lol
I hope Watson does go to the Jets. They are far from needing just one piece, Watson can’t carry them, and it hamstring them for years. Not that they need much help with the last one.
Watson couldn’t carry a better Texans team last year. No reason to think he can carry the Jets or even us for that matter
Looks like ORob picked a bad time to stop sniffing glue
Not to get political because I think it’s more of a GLOBAL issue.
If you can’t compete in technology, intelligence, socially, environmentally, on a grand energy level that is futuristic, and among a myriad of global fronts, you relegate yourself to the back of the line, imo.
An isolationist position is petty and shortsighted, imo.
Back to football, the ultimate team sport. It’s kinda like globalism. In order to win the SB, everyone on the team has to come together, imo. In football, that’s just what it is, globalism as a microcosm.
I see what you did there. Nicely played 😁
I agree, you should start by using solar power and wind energy to dry your clothes,
it’s called a clothes line
I agree with that, and the concept of globalization, but the point I was making was politicians use things like this, at the surface, to bring people in, then behind the scenes what you don’t see is their real corrupt plan.
Globalization, like BLM, like global warming are all just fronts for these people to suck us in, so they can become rich and powerful and we can feel good about ourselves for taking their lead and being better people and humanitarians.
A typical response is how can you be against BLM, when black people have been oppressed? Are you a racist? What these responders don’t get is what’s behind these fronts.
Remember Hassan Reddick in the 2017 draft? He was one of the best edge rushers in that draft. Then you heard nothing about him for his first 3 years in the league. His #’s were pedestrian.
I think we should try to sign him in F/A. Why?
Everyone is saying we need to draft more pass rush. Because of his first 3 years with lackluster stats, I don’t think he would break the bank.
Still, why would I want us to sign someone like him?
First, he is only 26 and has never missed a game in his first 4 seasons. The main reason is he is a very good edge rusher. The problem was not him it was the AZ coaching staff. They drafted an edge rusher #13 overall in 2017 and decided to play him as an off ball ILB his first 3 seasons. After Vance Joseph’s first season as AZ’s DC in 2019, he saw where Reddick was best suited and moved him in 2020 to his natural position as an OLB/Edge defender and boom!
In 2020, Reddick had 12.5 sacks, 6 FF and 4 PD’s. Of course, 5 of those sacks came in one game against the Giants.
Reddick was one of the guys I liked in that draft. I remember saying he was “Temple Tough” a lot.
😏, trying.
Rob
Would annexing everything from the southern border to the south bank of the Panama Canal be considered “globalization?” Because I would be all for that.
Just spent all that money on some wall….. seems would be a waste of money. 🙂
BBM – Check it out
BBM,
I really liked Haasan Reddick as well in the ’17 Draft, and I like all of your points above. There’s only one thing: he performed in a contract year. That said, I hope we wouldn’t pay him MAD MONEY. Let somebody else give him some in$ane contract, just not us.
If the price is right, I’d love to add him.
Ahh yes, ye ol’ clothesline. This ancient technique has been passed down through the generations by the lore masters of my tribe.
We still carry the implements and tools of this once great artistry; a relic and reminder of our once great culture now moved into antiquity.
You can still make out the artifacts of this bygone era in the form of two dilapidated poles struggling as a bulwark against time and the elements in the end of yard of my mother’s mother. The once noble and sturdy lines of worked metal ore that connected the two, now no more.
Some of the elders who inhabit nearby lodgings say that on bright, blustery days, if you listen carefully, you can still hear the ghostly wailing of the line on the wind, twisted and calling dolefully for the halcyon days of yore.
WTF, LMAO!!! That’s FUNNY!!!
Will your grandkids even know what a clothesline is? Ever toughed a butterchurn?
I think the bananas have fermented
Our Great Ape does hang out in trees in a “full legal” state. 🙂
Lmao..too much sugar!
LOL @ Kong – Well done!
NFL being very lazy. They usually have their prospect ratings out by now. I wonder if they aren’t going to do them this year.
When’s the last time we had a year without a combine? The info for that is what they use for the top players at least.
Actually, they had them a month or two before the combine and then adjusted them after the combine. The pro days will be the closest thing to the combine and they will start in March I guess. Usually Zierlein does the player ratings, maybe he’s not with the NFL anymore
Completely schooled on that now…. no clue why haven’t come out. Doesn’t seem could be a Covid thing.
MikeE, that was a good article! Some of those LB’s are doing very well.
M13, you make a good point on it being a contract year for Reddick and that always has some impact. In this case, I feel his production last year had more to do with switching back to his natural position at OLB/Edge.
AZ turned down his 10 mil 5th year option so I think he could be had for several mil less than that. However, there are teams at the top of the cap space who could outbid us like Jags, Jets, or Pats.
Man, I miss the days when the Jets were always in cap hell. I guess their Tannenbaum stench has wore off.
I hear ya, man, on all accounts.
I just can’t make up my mind on the top-3 WRs of this Draft. All three have something very special about them. It’s almost a ‘can’t lose’ situation, whomever we may get.
It may come down to our preference of a boundary WR vs a slot WR, a speed demon vs a possession WR, durability vs upside, route-running vs homerun ability, blocking ability vs lack thereof, special teams ability vs not, etc, etc.
And even with what I just said above, all three WRs check multiple boxes… yet, it feels like this class of upper-echelon WRs is subpar (at least in size) to other Drafts… maybe it’s just me.
I can’t call it! I’d be happy with any of these three WRs.
Waddle just might be the Swiss army knife we need, able to replace SEVERAL of our slot WRs and become our new KR/PR. What’s more, he can stretch the field on the boundary with his 4.3 speed.
Chase is the consensus #1 WR, and he may become a GREAT boundary WR, which we need opposite DeVante. The guy is remarkable.
Devonta Smith is just a stud, through-and-through. He’d be the chain-mover.
Clothesline: An Introspective Look at Laundry through the Eyes of an Ape
I’m just crazy enough to attempt to create this myself… or to just contact this gentleman to make one for me…
LOL, NICE!
For Ken
I prefer the improvised masks:
Or the improvised mask/shield combo:
Is he a sliding glass door?
M13, I am in the same boat on WR. Any of the top 3 are fine with me. Bateman might be the next one on peoples lists but not mine. He is very good but on the slow side. But then you got Kadarius Toney, Terrace Marshall, and Rondale Moore. Another I like who is not talked about much is UNC’s Dyami Brown.
But if all 3 are fine seems trade down is good, or actually smart.
And THAT’S what I’m talking about, Stanger. Trade down just bit, get draft compensation, and land the best of the 3 WRs available. Wouldn’t be surprised if all 3 were still on the board @ R1P5 (Bengals), or even @ R1P6 (Eagles).
Trade down a bit further (within the top-10) and most assuredly there will be one or two of them still available.
You guys know more about the players, but just seems common sense. If 3 WR are top 10 worthy you don’t take a WR at #3 unless there is no trade down for you. Unless one really stands out as THE generational guy…… but seems from all the talk that is not the case.
I am of the opinion – and it’s a firm one – that the Watson paired with this Dolphins defense – assuming Pro Bowl cornerback Xavien Howard isn’t part of the package sent to Houston, and he very well might be – could turn Miami into a perennial playoff team for the next two to three seasons.
— Omar
If watson was white the coconut would have a different opinion.
Omar likes white folks. Came to hang out in our white as white first Fest, but maybe on the field is different.
Man if you have followed him at all the last 15 yeas you know he prefers his QB’s like he likes his coffee.
Mike E,
Not trying to ruin anyone’s Friday night but this is disturbing so quickly after the election. All prices are determined by fuel prices.
It is disturbing but not unexpected. Biden and Pelosi prove time and again they hate all of us.
But you know why this is – Bc we spoke about OPECs September 2020 actions to reduce production to combat the decrease in need after COVID, and it has nothing to do with the election or who is president – why keep selling it as a consequence of the election?
Fuck Keslowski and Hamlin!
ANY OF YOU PEOPLE out there in hockeyland watching the Rangers-Bruins game tonight??
I am TRULY ENJOYING THE ASS-KICKING the Rangers are putting on the suddenly awful Boston Bruins. After giving up 7 goals in their previous game, the Bruins have yielded 4 more tonight after 2 periods to the home-standing Rangers, who are being urged on by the 1,000 or so fans allowed to attend. “Let’s Go Rangers” echoed through Madison Square Garden in the final minute of the second period as New York scored TWO GOALS IN 12 SECONDS!!!! And this was shortly after Boston Bad Boy Brad Marchand had taken yet another idiotic penalty!! Marchand cheap-shotted a Rangers player who promptly got up and SMILED at him as he was escorted to the penalty box.
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I’m expecting some BIG TIME BRAWLS in the 3rd period, especially if the Rangers continue to rub Boston’s nose into the ice. May Brad Marchand have an unfortunate collision with the Zamboni!!
AH,YES-S-S-S!!! –New York scores two more goals early in the 3rd period, AND THE ROUT IS ON!!! —Can’t wait to read tomorrow’s Boston Globe reaction to this latest fiasco!! I tell ya, it’s almost as good as watching the Dolphins blow-out the Cheatriots in FOXBORO!!!
Lebron is such a maroon, he reminds me of David.
“[LeBron] is phenomenal at what he’s doing, but I don’t like when people have some kind of status, they go and do politics at the same time,” Ibrahimovic said. “Do what you’re good at. Do the category you do. I play football because I’m the best at playing football.
So Zlatan says Lebron shouldn’t do politics, and his response is:
“I still know what I do on the floor, and obviously, I give everything to the game,” James told The Associated Press in December. “But I can make a greater impact off the floor right now, more than I can on the floor. And I want to continue to inspire people with the way I play the game of basketball. But there’s so many more things that I can do off the floor to help cultivate people, inspire people, bring people together, empower them.”
Lebron, what you’re doing off the court is great and you should be praised for that work, but Zlatan is saying politics isn’t your thing, and it would benefit you to not get involved in something you don’t know enough about.
Richard Neer on WFAN just made a pretty good point on trading for Watson. With all the draft capital and players that it will take to to pry Deshaun Watson from the Texans, that team will resemble the Texans. It may be a little oversimplified but he’s not wrong. You’re going to have to give up great players and draft capital and by the time you’ve trimmed your roster, and surrendered all your draft capital, so great, you have your QB, but you don’t have the same talent level around that QB, and that will take time, if you even get there because now your cap is shot to shit too.
Soooooo, as I said from the start, DON’T DO IT!!!
Yes, but then again, there are teams like the Jets who would do that.
Someone here said thing. It’s also my belief, that you never give up a lot of trade capital for a player with an existing large contract or one in the last year of his contract, that you’re going to have to pay a large contract to. Tunsil trade was a perfect example.
New Age, that graph is right on. Gas here, which the cost is usually in the bottom 1/3 in the country or about 5-10 cent more than Alabama, has gone up .50 a gallon in the last 5 weeks. My guess it will be around 3.50 a gallon here by summer.
It will dip back to the old price when the demand for crude oil increases again
The demand will go back when the world adjusts to life after COVID shutdowns
So, you are saying that policies that are anti-oil don’t affect prices at all? OPEC did it’s highest production cut IN HISTORY….in APRIL not September. Did nothing to prices. It’s dishonest to say Biden’s policies which hurt oil jobs in the US aren’t also affecting prices in any way. OPEC only controls 60% of world output.
The lack of demand is what caused prices to lower as there was a glut of oil on the market and little demand. The demand is still down. The only true difference is who is in the Oval Office and the energy policies they advocate.
Yes I am suggesting that. The biggest factor in gas prices in the price of crude oil. Nothing comes close to having that effect.
60% of the product has a huge affect on the market. What do you think would happen to the price of bottled water if 60%of the manufacturers stopped producing bottled water – The price would go up.
Besides, the basic economic principle of supply and demand Probably means all producers are around the world are doing it’s not just opec – it’s a response to less use During COVID shutdowns. Everyone is doing it. American companies too – they just can’t coordinate and announce it or it would be illegal.
You want to make an argument using generalizations bc it fits the narrative but the reality is if you research the leading cause of gas prices. You can’t deny that the price of crude oil is the largest factor and that a coordinated effort by the largest producer of oil on the planet to lower production to increase the price has been in place since September 2020
Those are facts that go from A to B to C to D
But you are jumping from A to D and are concluding that bc gas prices are escalating now it must be bc the Biden presidency caused it.
Go for it – connect the dots. You’ll see it’s an illogical argument you are making
I don’t even k ow what you mean by policies. But give it. Try and connect those dots. I’m all ears
You didn’t read my argument. They had larger cuts in April that didn’t do this. You act like the market is this huge behemoth that takes months and months to react and it doesn’t. In 1973, the market prices exploded due to the Yom Kippur War. Prices skyrocketed after Iraq invaded Kuwait and after we invaded Iraq. It didn’t take 9-10 months to see it. That’s a fallacy. Disruption are felt within a week or two.
You act like OPEC is the only reason the market moves. We are the largest supplier in the world. Things we do adjust the market as well. When Biden signals that American and Canadian oil is going to be reduced with his actions against Keystone, it’s pretty obvious that will affect the market. That’s the #1 supplier and the #4 supplier in the world and that isn’t going to affect prices? C’mon! Seriously!?? You know this is true so why even argue against it?
Football Standouts with Miami Ties – Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa and FOX NFL Analyst Jonathan Vilma – to Serve as Honorary Officials for Dixie Vodka 400.
Tagovailoa to Give Command for Drivers to Start Engines, While Vilma is Set to Wave Green Flag for Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway this Sunday, Feb. 28, at 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX.
Fuck Keslowski and Hamlin!
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Wyoming, Why? What happened?
I just got to see last weeks race!
They wrecked Chase!
If Devon Godchaux does not get resigned for whatever reason, there are 2 free agent DT’s who Flores is familiar with that we could sign, both from the Pats. NT Lawrence Guy and DT Adam Butler. Butler is a rotation player, not many starts but has 10 sacks over the last 2 seasons mainly as a rotational backup. Neither, IMO, would cost much and probably the same as it would to resign Godchaux.
Wake up y’all, I feel like David talking to myself about the stock market!!
Pig, you said recently, that you’re OK with social media platforms not allowing certain people to post.
Are you then OK with businesses not giving service to people for whatever reason?
I find them to be propaganda machines of the Ministry of Truth. Section 230 should have been revoked to allow some accountability to these companies. It’s telling when you aren’t able to defend your beliefs and policies without silencing other arguments.
Yes, it always leads back to hypocrisy
Not for discriminatory reasons
Not an entire class of people
I’m not okay with social media banning by people for the same reason I’m not okay with a baker refusing to serve gay people
I know you guys are desperately trying to find some contradiction but there’s. But there’s. big difference from banning people bc they belong to protected class of people and banning people bc they violate your nondiscrimintory rules
Really? Protected class of people?
That’s just another made up by the left BS phrase.
Discrimination is Discrimination, you don’t get to decide who gets discriminated.
There’s your contradiction right there in the nondiscrimintory rules. It’s been proven over and over the people banned aren’t being banned for breaking nondiscrimintory rules.
You people just can’t help yourself, deny, deny…
That’s not made up
It’s been the law since 1964. Spend some time reading the civil rights act of 1964
That the basis of what discrimination is: different treatment of different classes of people based on their class.
not different treatment bc of their conduct.
It’s okay to treat people differently bc of their conduct. It’s not okay to treat them different bc of who they are
You are desperate to believe in double standards that don’t exist.
I have a problem with discrimination. I do not have a problem with people who break the rules facing consequences. There is no contradiction here and if you don’t recognize that, it’s your own morale compass that’s off, not mine.
Is SI reading us on trading down multiple times in the 1st or is it just what makes sense?
Tua is getting zero respect. I wouldn’t want it any other way.
It motivates him to get better and it makes other teams think you may take a QB, which may motivate them to trade up to 3. It also keeps teams behind you, like last year, unsure of what you’re going to do.
Bill Maher of all people said, to SJWs about cancel culture, when what you’re saying sounds like an Onion headline just stop
To SJWs, when what you stand for keeps changing, you don’t stand for anything
You’ll get sued if section 230 is removed
If there is no section 230, and Twitter gets sued, so will all the social media accounts affiliated with defamatory statements
Section 230 is the only thing that stops it now.
Every conservative supporter who pushes for the end of 230 puts themselves in the line of fire when they push for it.
Sec 230 just says you can’t get sued for what people post on your site. Find it ironic that the same people who want that done away with also vehemently against people being banned for hate speech and such, which could get the internet places sued if Sec 230 was repealed.
But those are the positions that were endorsed up top. How else would anyone know what Sec 230 is?
Thats exactly what I mean
It’s impossible for the tucker Carlsons, tomi lahrens, Ben Shapiros, Candace Owens and Lou Dobbs to survive without 230. Twitter will have no choice but to ban them if they get them sued for defamation. Fox already parted ways with dobbs after a defamation lawsuit.
Not only that but they will be named as 3rd parties in all those suits and so can any person posting on those platforms (even a retweet)
Once you open the door to media platforms being sued, you give people financial incentives to bring those suits – everyone is fucked of that happens. Not just The platforms
Hell yeah, let’s do it.
For entirely non-political reasons, I think it would be great if the Twitters and the Facebooks of the world got a complete reboot and had to reimagine/ reinvent themselves and the way we use them, because what we have now is pure garbage.
Cav — be careful what you wish for. If Sec 230 wasn’t there I can think of about 3 dozen suits against our beloved admins. Might be a better way, but cold turkey on that isn’t it.
I think our admins would be on the smart end of the spectrum when it comes to protecting themselves on Twitter, etc if protections were removed.
I would sign off in a heartbeat for destroying the major public platforms in favor of rebuilding them in a reimagined way. Any way of doing that is going to be rough.
Now get off my lawn, lol.
Cav — I’m saying they could get sued for what happens on this board….. say David’s financial advice if it goes bad.
Now I’ll get off your lawn…. OK if I admire the beautiful clothesline poles first? 🙂
Stang, ok, a reimagining would include rebuilding protections, in my mind particularly for the smaller, user run platforms. Obviously I’m talking very generally and have no idea what it would look like, but I am in favor of doing something.
In order to dismantle the way these large public platforms operate, and the pure garbage they have become, it’s going to include some ‘growing pains’ for everyone.
LOL, I enjoyed my little soliloquy on clotheslines, and I would buy a ticket to see Piggy’s Introspective on the subject. 🙂
See the problem, but not the solution. Just like with my wife’s attitude at times. And heck yeah loved your rhapsody on clotheslines. A bard in you had never seen before.
Some history of trading up to the 3 spot — has to get you thinking.
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2018 — To move up three spots to #3, the Jets gave the Colts two second-round picks that year (the 37th and 49th overall selections) along with a second-round pick in 2019. Jets take Darnold.
2000 — The Washington Redskins give up the 12th and 24th overall picks to the San Francisco 49ers for the third pick and take offensive lineman Chris Samuels.
1997 — The Seattle Seahawks give up the 11th pick along with picks in the second, third and fourth rounds to the Atlanta Falcons for the third pick, which they use to take cornerback Shawn Springs, and a third-round pick.
1990 — The Seattle Seahawks give up the eighth and 10th overall picks, along with the 64th and 101st overall selection to the New England Patriots for the third pick, which they use to take DT Cortez Kennedy, and a second-round selection.
If I could be sued for something someone says on this blog well fuck that I am out of here
Doesn’t mention Hulk by name, but Donald J Trump is after you.
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“Twitter is doing nothing about all of the lies & propaganda being put out by China or the Radical Left Democrat Party. They have targeted Republicans, Conservatives & the President of the United States. Section 230 should be revoked by Congress. Until then, it will be regulated!”
The social media platforms are private entities they can allow or not allow whatever they want on their platform
The notion that right wing talking heads are floating is that bc they ban people like Trump, the govt should remove 230 protections
230 is the new conservative talking point
And one has nothing to do with the other. Just an attack point cause without that liability exception they pretty much can’t work.
Kong,
We could easily amend Section 230 or have certain companies have the protections removed. Acting like Facebook, Twitter, and other megaliths are anything like this site or many others is ludicrous. As you have said, they have went far past their original goals and are primarily used as Ad hubs and propaganda fronts for all kinds of bad actors.
I’m out talking about this site or sites like this. I’m talking about everyone using Twitter, Facebook or any of those forums
You expose users of those megaliths to the same liability as Twitter or Facebook by removing 230 protections
It’s always been bad idea
230 does not exist solely protect Twitter or Facebook, it’s protects all its users too
If you remove it you open the floodgates to defamation suits against Twitter or Facebook
Then the person who actually said the comment or even retweeted is joined to the suit
Then Twitter or Facebook argues that the culpable party is that user
And then the 50 millions dollar lawsuit that was against Twitter becomes the problem of the guy who retweeted something on Twitter
Trump’s demand was “Section 230 should be revoked by Congress.” And now it is the stance of many of his followers. And, ludicrous or not, that includes the protections for this site. Just how the law would work after.
Said above that I see the problem, but what is your “easily amend” to Section 230? Just don’t see it. We’re talking about platforms being sued for what their users post with a click. You want them all to come with pre-post moderation?
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Hahaha
LOL — PC Culture sucks. And did that guy nail why it does.
LMAO!!!!
LMAO…..I’m so glad I live in a “cave” and don’t “see” the “world” through social media. Ignorance is bliss…..
LMFAO!!! LOVE IT!!!
THANK YOU for posting this, Phelon!!!
New age I didn’t miss your argument
The reason opec haulted production was to have this effect. They openly admit to it.
Your are in plausible deny about it. COVID crushed the oil industry. People stop traveling for starters. OPECs production hault is one of many similar actions that caused the price of crude oil to go up. Whether it’s opec in an American company they have the same concern, there isn’t the demand there used to be bc of COVID and even when American companies try to increase production they don’t have the same impact as OPEC.
If you don’t want to remain in plausible denial about it, here are some links
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2020/article/from-the-barrel-to-the-pump.htm
https://talkbusiness.net/2020/12/covid-19-vaccine-news-opec-decision-led-to-crude-oil-price-increase/
https://www.pwc.com/us/en/industries/energy-utilities-mining/library/oil-price-collapse.html
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Rise-In-COVID-Cases-May-Force-OPEC-To-Do-The-Unthinkable.html
This article even says the election helped create a boom – but it’s very short term
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/Oil-Prices-Rise-On-Election-Day.html
It is not uncommon for the oil rich countries of the world to manipulate the market
And this article sheds some light on the difference between OPEC, Russian and our own domestic producers – in one sentence, OPEC operates like a cartel, which is why it’s hard for us companies to combat their actions even when we increase production.
https://www.thebalance.com/oil-price-forecast-3306219
It also worth mentioning, that getting away from oil dependency also causes opec to act out. They were in the middle of a price war with Russia when COVID happened
So yeah clean energy policies will cause a reaction
But what we are experiencing now is unique to COVID
And FYI the phase of the keystone pipeline that was stopped by biden hasn’t been in construction since 2015 so it’s sort of unlikely that it caused gas prices to increase in 2021…
So why did thousands lose their jobs?
Thousands didn’t lose their jobs
Anyone who would have been working on that was a contractor and those contracts were just given out in November 2020
https://www.enr.com/articles/50574-six-contractors-named-to-build-keystone-xl-pipeline
In other words, it wasn’t actually under construction since 2015 all Biden did was stop the construction
When the govt earmarks money for one project and then stops the project, they move it to another project
That money is just going to go to another infrastructure project, or many, which will employ as many people as the pipeline would have
Bruce Springsteen got charged with a DWI but the charges were dismissed.
Don Jr’s tweet on that was ““I’d say it’s #WhitePrivilege but we all know it’s really #LiberalPrivilege,”
The Boss’ BAC was 0.02, well below New Jersey’s 0.08 (in the news reports on the dismal). Did Don Jr not know or did he not care cause the Boss didn’t support his Dad? It’s like facts don’t matter these days.
You don’t know what happened, that .02 is likely BS. I’ve never heard of anyone getting arrested for that before.
Now the side that never had any facts on their side wants to talk about facts
We know exactly what happened bc there is a court record of it
The .02 is the police (a park ranger) reading. It’s not disputed by the police so I don’t know why you are disputing it other than the usual Trump named attached to it. The .02 reading is what the police put into evidence. It’s the only evidence they had to support a dui
In NJ you can be taken into custody on the spot whether you fail a breathalyzer or not – this attorney explains why that happens
https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/legal-and-management/9525465/bruce-springsteen-dwi-arrest-explanation
In this case the police officer/ park ranger who observed him drinking believed he was inebriated. Springsteen refused the breathalyzer leading to be taken into custody. The .02 reading is the breathalyzer from the station not one that was done on the spot.
Springsteen was fined $540. That’s clearly not a dui guilty finding – that’s bc he plead guilty to consuming alcohol in the park (it was a park)
It’s not white privilege or liberal privledge whatever that is. It just simply wasn’t a DUI.
Don Jr was probably high as a kite when he wrote that tweet anyway
It’s like facts don’t matter these days.
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The leftist media established that 4-5 years ago.
Is a screwed up world. Where do you get your info? I go ABC World News Tonight, Fox News and CNN.
I get mine from the homeless guy who cleans our parking lot for us. lol
LOL — didn’t know what Don Lemon’s day job was. 🙂
You know how many things we use daily that is made with petroleum? We wouldn’t be on this blog without it.
Lol, great post Phelon!!
Is it OK for Pelosi and Schumer to jack up the covid relief bill with 15% going to Americans and te rest going to their corrupt, kickback, projects?
Don Lemon the gay black racist who fucks a white guy. You can’t make this stuff up. LOL
Phelon – I could kiss you for posting that. That was fucking awesome! I rant like that all the time but it’s so much more effective when he does it. I talk to my wife about shit like this so often. Sometimes she even agrees with me. That was beautiful. Thank you!
Exactly Mike! That is a great video. All this cancel shit, PC correctness, and hollow corporate gestures is really sickening and amounts to affecting nothing!!
Everyone is trying to seem so altruistic these days, I’m purer and lest racist than you are! These companies that do that shit are just self promoting their righteousness of nothing. Stop trying to “seem” better, just be normal like that dude says.
I am sooooo tired of these commercials forcing mixed couples, gay couples, BLM references, it is pathetic. It doesn’t accomplish anything. It doesn’t change anyone’s thinking.
Stanger – Supposedly “The Boss” wasn’t asked to do the breathalyzer test until a few hours after he was brought in. That makes a huge difference. Do you think Trump is innocent? He won two impeachment trials. lol
Springsteen can go fuck himself. Any fucktard that threatened to leave this country because of who was President doesn’t deserve to be a citizen of this great country.
Agree again! Mikey on a roll! ….at least IMO, lol
If you have to do a wave with one guy, at least we have what’s likely the biggest in the room! lol
Lol
He didn’t do the breathalyzer but alcohol only leaves the system at .015 an hour
He had to go from .08 to .02
That’s 4 hours
I don’t buy that explanation at all
Couldn’t care less about his politics. Figure his right to say what he wants. Same goes for Don Jr….. but reserve the right to hit on him for telling lies and respect your right to hit on the Boss for his comments, which don’t like either.
So Mr. Potato Head is going gender neutral. LOL
What a fucked up society we live in. SMH
Tim,
They clarified by saying that the brand is going to be Potato Head, but the individual characters will keep their prefixes, like Mr, and Mrs. i agree with you though, it is getting ridiculous
It’s infuriating! WHY?????? Stop trying so hard!!! Just let people decide for themselves and stop making these ludicrous decisions for everyone else.
Bookman – Same here. If anything, it’s going to make me racist/not tolerant to buck against having this shit force fed to me every single day. It really does irritate me to the point where I’m angry at transgender girls who were once boys that now compete against REAL girls. That outrageous, and I honestly don’t give a crap about the .0000000000001% that are offended if they can’t compete but it’s a fucking perversion of the sport. There are genetic reasons why women don’t compete against men and to allow that to happen makes my blood boil. Who exactly are they trying to satisfy by doing this?
They’re not following “the science” of biology. Isn’t that ironic? 😉
A mother panda bear could have a female baby panda and some fucktard will say are you sure it’s a female? Shut the fuck up you twit, it’s got a panda cunt you ignorant dope!!!!
LMFAO!!!!
Lol!
I know, it is almost beyond comprehension, like dating a cow or something. Male and Female ARE different, God created us that way. Why do we have to pretend that is not true?
Piggy – Springsteen sucks anyway, I never liked him. I like Clarence Clemons the saxophone player. So you think the cops pulled him over for nothing. OK, gotcha.
I think the report speaks for itself. The park ranger (it wasn’t a cop) pulled him over after observing him drink. He saw him drink. It was at a park.
His own report said that
And yeah, it’s not hard to beleive it wasn’t justified to pull him over – you just said “fuck him” based on something he said. That’s probably exactly what the park ranger thought too.
There is no way .06 of alcohol leaves the body during a drive to a station. That’s ridiculous to believe.
There’s a record of him being acquitted from dui. The park ranger was already proven wrong. It’s not ambiguous or undecided.
You just don’t like him bc of what he said. Is it so hard to beleive the park ranger thought the same thing?
Piggy
I was just agreeing with Mike that Springsteen does not deserve to be a citizen and should just leave the country, I could give a shit about his DUI.
It wasn’t a DUI at all
And I’m sure the Park ranger who arrested him had the same thoughts about Springsteen
Good for the Park ranger
You think he only liked Clarence Clemons too? Possible . . .
Biology is physically factual, Psychology is theoretical speculation. If I identity myself as being a 6-4 320 lb. football lineman, does it make it a factual truth? Nope! Because I’m none of those things. But if I feel that I am, therefore I am. Yeah okay. By the way I wish I was a dolphin but I’m not that either. LOL
Piggy – are you saying that Springsteen was profiled? Imagine that? I thought cops only profiled black guys
Born in the USA should be “canceled”, he uses the term “yellow man”….. nope, it doesn’t matter the context, it MUST be eliminated because it could be offensive to someone
That’s a great example. And Native Americans referred to white people as pale face. I guess we all need to go to hell. LOL
Another thing is what does native mean? What is the time period that makes you native? There was a period in time where no humans were native to North America. They were nomads from Asia who settled in North America.
Can we all stop and realize that all humans, “all of us” are a part of evolution? At every point in time of our existence.
Thought the Boss was a treasured icon in New Jersey, but I guess not. Learn something new every day. In any event, his BAC wasn’t enough for a DWI unless the cops put the fix in….. but maybe I’m right least some cops/rangers would do that for Springsteen in NJ and I’m right after all.
Not all of us. LOL
Not a fan of Springsteen or Bon Jovi but I respect their careers. They made it big time.
Piggy,
1. From your own articles, Covid destroyed demand ands lowered prices. Covid is still here and demand hasn’t increased yet.
2. Production cuts hurt OPEC so they can’t do it for long. It’s the primary revenue system for all these countries. Yet, they still did two major production cuts in April 2020 and Sept 2020. We didn’t see any price changes during that time, did we? Not really
3. Rising US production lowers our prices and helps offset OPEC pricing schemes. As your article shows, 2021 production is expected to go down. We also subsidize the shale industry by a large amount and Trump pushed that, Biden won’t. Energy independence is always better than the other option.
4. Prices were much lower in 2018, 2017,2016. There was no Covid, no production glut, no production cut, nada. What’s the deal with those prices being lower? Your own article says crude was at $40 in October, 43 in November and should rise to $51 in 2021. It’s $62 today. That’s far above expected rate and a HUGE increase since…you guessed it, the election.
Here’s an article for you on why the stock market is betting on $100 oil under Biden. It’s from one of the sites you linked. Read closely about OPEC no longer considers US shale a threat and Delaware basin closes fracking. Tell me again about government not affecting oil prices.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Why-Oil-Bulls-Arent-Backing-Down.html
You got any articles about the projects that took the place of Keystone XL? I just wanted to see those jobs I was hearing about.
Sorry to interrupt the regularly scheduled political rants (LOL), but I saw this and just HAD to share. Y’all have seen the plays already, but Gesicki truly is something special…
That catch against the Bengals was damn-near Orande Gadsden, part deux.
He’s become a very good receiving talent at TE. He’s got all the tools and is getting better every year. I’m a fan.
Take this for whatever it may be worth. I don’t know who this Jason McIntyre is (never heard of him), but he posted this earlier…
I should think that this would be considered TAMPERING…