Before the draft, my assessment of the 2021 Miami Dolphins defense was their secondary was their top unit and a big part of why the defense was a top rated defense in points allowed. Without a doubt, a huge part of that was the play of CB Xavien Howard. It wasn’t only the 10 INT’s, he would be one of the top 10 CB’s in the NFL without that, but those 10 turnovers vault him into top 3 territory. Think about that for a moment, teams regularly employ 3 CB’s, and sometimes as many as 5 or even 6. To be conservative, to be in the top 3 of say 48 CB’s is an accomplishment. It’s not only his great play alone too, his play makes it much easier for everyone else on the team to get their job done. He also has that uncanny ability to read the QB and jump throws which make him a very dangerous defensive player to challenge, although he was often challenged and he made QB’s pay.To me, it’s clear Howard doesn’t have long term confidence in his wary body so he wants to be paid now. Hard not to appreciate his circumstance even if it’s not great for the team to rip up a very lucrative contract signed just 2 seasons ago and pay him a boatload more. In my opinion though, I don’t have an issue with paying him this year and the next for two productive seasons and then having a parachute to get out without any cap hits after the next 2 seasons. I doubt Howard would take issue with that as long as he gets paid up front. I almost see that as a WIN-WIN.
If, say the Dolphins take a hard stance against their star CB Howard, it would almost certainly be last year’s 30th pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, CB Noah Igbinoghene that would replace Howard. Last season Iggy was very limited in what they allowed him to do, playing time was sparse playing only 28% of the snaps on defense. The reason was two fold though, it seemed as if last year Flores and the defensive coaches wanted Igbinoghene to concentrate on playing the boundary rather than insert him in at the slot playing inside. He also struggled in limited time against one of the league’s best WR’s Stefon Diggs, which was a lot to ask. From my recollection, his coverage was not poor against Diggs, it was more Allen making some pinpoint throws in which Iggy had pretty good coverage on. In any case, they clearly didn’t feel he was ready for prime time last season, but has that changed in 2021? Do the Dolphins feel that removing one of the best CB’s in the NFL and replacing him with an untested 2nd year player against a division in which each team has improved offensively is the right way to go?
Let’s look at how the AFC East has evolved and changed from 2020 to 2021. The Patriots drafted Mac Jones with pick #15 in the 2021 NFL Draft. He will compete with Cam Newton for the starting spot. In addition, the patriots quietly fortified their receiving corps bringing in Kendrick Bourne from San Francisco and Nelson Agholor from the Las Vegas Raiders who will join promising WR N’Keal Harry (2019 pick #30) and Jakobi Meyers (Not the law firm). A modest upgrade but if Mac Jones can play like Justin Herbert did last season or even Joe Burrow (minus the injury), they can and should be a better offense. The Jets made offense a priority in2021, drafting QB Zach Wilson with the 2nd pick in the 2021 NFL Draft and following that pick up with OT Alijah Vera-Tucker, then WR Elijah Moore and then RB Michael Carter. 4 picks in rounds 1 and 2 ALL on offense. The Jets were dreadful last year, you have to expect them to be better although they are putting all their eggs in one basket by clearly handing over the reins to rookie QB Zach Wilson. With QB’s Mike White and James Morgan the only other QB’s on the roster, the Jets are putting quite a lot of pressure on the young QB. They do have a nice receiving corps though with Denzel Mims, Jamison Crowder, and in FA in 2021 they added former Tennessee Titans WR Corey Davis who had his career best season last year with just a shade under 1000 yards averaging a nice 15.1 YPR. If Zach Wilson is for real, the Jets should be considerably better in 2021. The Bills already had one of the most potent offenses in the NFL, 2nd in the NFL in scoring at 31.3 PPG. The Bills stayed pat with what they had on offense and doubled down on defense for 2021. In summation, this division may have gotten more difficult to defend.
No question we shored up our LB corps with the addition of Benardrick McKinney and the drafting of potential pas rushing star Jaelan Phillips, and drafting safety Jevon Holland in RD 2. It also should not be overlooked that we added S Jason McCourty as well as nickelback Justin Coleman, formerly of the Patriots, Seahawks and Lions. Still, losing Howard after all those moves is a huge gamble. I’m not sure how things will play out and whether the holdout will either force a trade or if the holdout can last through the season. My choice for resolution is clear, frontload the contract so you hopefully get what you pay for in the next 2 seasons, make Howard happy, and then easily be able to cut him painlessly for the cap if his health depreciates along with his play. An extensive holdout possibly lasting through the season helps neither party and a trade only helps the future, not the present team.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Don’t pay attention to that man, he’s just a curtain. Lol
Or a stiff
LOL
CavalierKong says:
June 29, 2021 at 4:13 pm
D, I hear ya. I’m not taking my grill to anyone’s house, lol. They can come and get it if they want it or I’ll use what they have. Unless we’re doing a cookoff, then I bring my setup.
But I’ll take my 18″ to the beach and/ or camping. It fits entirely into the trunk, and it doesn’t need to be plugged in, which is one of the drawbacks to anything with a hopper. One of the best times we ever had was camping on the beach up at Crescent City. Set up the smoker and a bonfire. It was about 20 of us, and we were setting food out all night. Good effing times, brother.
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Ya’lls beaches are a little different than our but we have set up on the beach and did some surf fishing and were running some crab lines and caught and cooked right there. on a good night you could keep if going pretty well. We use to also siene nets to catch a bigger batch of stuff, but you do that at caught and you might get a surprise. We caught not one but 2 sharks in one go once, a hammerhead and a sand shark. Scariest part is how we were doing the netting basically wading out to a sandbar a little ways off the shore walking away from one another down that sandbar (which is still submerged just more like waist deep) and then walking in catching anything between the two of you. So we were out there with those beauties’ lol and they were not small ones.
There are sharks in the ocean? 😉
Yeah and it much shallower stuff than you would imagine.
D, I’m just goofing around about sharks in the ocean. There have been a lot of great white sightings on the east coast in NJ up to Cape Cod and people are acting like this is something unprecedented. They have always been there. The ocean isn’t a swimming pool. LOL
It’s all good but we were never in water deeper than probably shoulder deep. We know they are out there but catching two of them in a semi short span of net no more than 60-70 yards off the shoreline is an eye opener
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article251442238.html
I’d say that’s pretty accurate but I think Albert Wilson who says he’s 100% and ready to get balling again makes the team. He adds a speed dimension in multiple rolls and provides speed depth along with Fuller and Waddle.
Not totally sure what our offense will be, but I think the RPO with 3 WR, a TE and RB will be the majority. We’ve discussed the multiple TE offense which I think we’ll see at times but the base will be the RPO. I think that is what Tua excels in and it allows us to create the best mismatches with our personnel. The speed we have now has to be utilized. Tua also excels with waggles and bootlegs throwing on the move. Spread defenses out and make them chase all day. With the speed we have I can’t see teams stacking the box. Gaskin should benefit from that with his running style.
Border patrol agents in Texas have announced an 800% rise in fentanyl trafficking from across the Mexican border since last year at this time. 😡
That isn’t a political statement, it’s a fact. More tragedies are just waiting to happen.
Our government and military can overtake a nation for whatever reason. But we can’t combat the drug cartels. Why is that?
We allow the evilest people to control a trade that kills our citizens and ruins lives. Just guessing but someone is getting paid. 😉
I hear ya, man. I don’t want to make it political, but we didn’t have the same problems a mere year ago. Our border is open and all kinds of shit are getting through. Not good.
Oh yeah… and we had COVID coming through the border in the middle of the pandemic. SMH
This problem has existed for decades. Just saying not to be political doesn’t make it so.
This is why some of us support legalizing drugs and prostitution etc., because it takes the evil criminal element out of it. Then we can focus on the users and why. The black market spreads our efforts out like I hope our offense does to our opponents. 😉
Isn’t Fentanyl made in china?
Don’t know for sure, but I’d think it could be made anywhere.
It doesn’t really matter where it comes from. Why is it a popular product? Lots of heroin comes from Afghanistan, cocaine from south and central America. Weed can be grown anywhere and it should be legal. Finally people are starting to accept that.
There is a difference between taking a few hits of weed to get a nice calming buzz and totally tuning out with the hard stuff. Legalizing it does not make people say hey… now I’ll shoot heroin. It’s a stupid argument. Go into a liquor store. There are hundreds of options, do you drink them all?
Good read. Food for thought.
https://quillette.com/2021/06/27/the-bias-narrative-versus-the-development-narrative-thinking-about-persistent-racial-inequality-in-the-united-states/
Tim Knight says:
June 29, 2021 at 8:47 pm
This problem has existed for decades. Just saying not to be political doesn’t make it so.
This is why some of us support legalizing drugs and prostitution etc., because it takes the evil criminal element out of it. Then we can focus on the users and why. The black market spreads our efforts out like I hope our offense does to our opponents. 😉
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Again, I hear ya, man. I’ve thought about the legalization side as well, and for the exact reasons, you state. There are pros and cons (as there is with everything), I just hope we don’t open Pandora’s Box by legalizing certain things.
Wisdom: open 1 mere door, and 50 others open… and not all of those 50 doors are good options.
MJ is all but nationally legit already… the positive is that we don’t need to worry about fentanyl-laced MJ any longer. The negative is that we could have a society dumbed-down and lazy via MJ… and alcohol was already doing a good job of that.
Most people had a drink before they smoked their first joint. In, say, 25 years… what’s next? Had a drink, had a joint… does that lead to legalizing something worse (precedence)? I’ll go with the non-gateway drug argument… it’ll be bad enough when we have a society of alcoholics and chronic weed-smokers… and I’ve known plenty of BOTH, because both alcohol and weed are addictive.
I honestly don’t have the answer, and I see both sides of the argument.
The gateway is on you. You either believe in the individual to make good decisions or you don’t.
The black market fills those addictions now lead by really bad people. It fills prisons, destroys and ends lives as it is.
If heroin was legal would you start shooting up? I wouldn’t either. 😉
SOLID point, Tim, but we’re no longer kids who are trying to figure out what won’t kill us.
Just be aware that these so-called progressives out west have already proposed making heroin (and some other hardcore substances) legal. It hasn’t passed (yet), but it’s on their docket.
Scary shit, Brother.
It doesn’t Tim?
And by the way? What is legal or not!
Oh ya, if it’s illegal? Well I guess by definition that would make it against the law!
Now these fucktards in the WH are saying they didn’t advocate for defunding the police, the right did
How can anyone take them and the media serious
Jen Psaki is a literal nutjob, as are her handlers. This regime is going to be the undoing of America if they aren’t kept in check. Scary times for our country.
Steve,
Did ya hear the NSA’s statement regarding Tucker? They said that he’s “not a target”… yeah, just like President Trump wasn’t a target. SMH
I’m getting back to football here… personal choice.
The illegal black market creates greed, crime, murder and ruined lives. So legalizing it wouldn’t erase some of that?
I’ll ask again…
“There is a difference between taking a few hits of weed to get a nice calming buzz and totally tuning out with the hard stuff. Legalizing it does not make people say hey… now I’ll shoot heroin. It’s a stupid argument. Go into a liquor store. There are hundreds of options, do you drink them all?”
So you’re not an individual but some sort of sheep now?
Do you eat fast food everyday or do you make choices?
Do you realize the resources and money we spend trying to somewhat combat the black market?
It’s as if we don’t know who we are as humans.
I don’t view this as politics but psychology.
^^^
Yes, the doldrums are consuming the NFL world!
Something I found interesting (last week), the Stealers* released David DeCastro. That means the Stealers* have parted with 4 of their 5 starting O-Linemen from last year.
Big Ben isn’t nearly as tough/agile/mobile as he once had been. Najee Harris could have major problems running behind this patchwork O-Line.
It’s entirely possible that the playoff-regular Stealers* won’t make it this year.
The Steelers oline doesn’t matter. Harris is a man among boys, and he will destroy all that gets in his path with or without a line.
His sole focus will to be to crush his enemies, see them driven before him, and to hear the lamentation of Mike and the Dolphins for not selecting him. 😉
Hey, now! I wanted Najee, too, man!
Think he could run better behind our O-Line than the Stealers* crap-shoot O-Line.
It’s all good, though. Methinks we had one helluva draft.
…and to hear the lamentation of Mike, MF13, anyone else who whined about Harris, and the Dolphins for not selecting him. 😉
And yes, I found your humor!
Thank heavens. I’ve been looking for it everywhere. Was it in the freezer next to my keys, the remote, my wallet, and sunglasses?
Fuck-em!
The Stealers* are going to be on the outside, looking in! By default, I think we take their place as a playoff team this year at the very least.
Go into a liquor store. There are hundreds of options, do you drink them all?”
🤷♂️
Do ya? 😉
My randomly shooting mind goes to sophomore slumps. Get enough reps on tape like Justin Herbert, and one knows how to combat him in his sophomore (2nd) year.
Tua? Only 9 starts last season… not a whole lotta tape out there to decipher, especially being it was a rehab year for him.
There was only one other Dolphins QB who had 9 starts in his freshman (first) year: some guy named Dan Marino. Yeah, opposing Defenses couldn’t figure him out in his sophomore (second) season (1984!).
CavalierKong says:
June 29, 2021 at 10:00 pm
Thank heavens. I’ve been looking for it everywhere. Was it in the freezer next to my keys, the remote, my wallet, and sunglasses?
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It was in your Weber Smokey Mountain grill!
Now I’m hungry! LOL
I need to purchase one of those grills. Thanks for your (and everybody else’s) advice on the matters up the board.
LOL 👍
Cav what up with your nutty peeps over there in Cali. No going to do state funded travel to FL because they won’t let males beat up on girls in sports? Tsk tsk.
I don’t know what you’re talking about, so you tell me, lol.
Apparently Cali banned all state funded travel to any state that has rules preventing trans MTF from competing in women’s sports. I guess that means state college travel to compete against colleges in those other states.
They threatened this before but nothing ever came if it, but that was about other states having any insensitive items on their states laws. Seems they are into strong arming other states to believe like they do.
Ah, I don’t know anything about that, but it doesn’t surprise me. That’s dumb IMO, and even though I’m a supporter of that communities rights, I don’t agree with trans women competing in female competitions.
I don’t think it’s ‘strong arming’ any states. It’s not like Florida is going to say ‘oh never mind, we’ll change these laws because some of CAs athletes won’t be able to compete here’, lol.
Come on back, Bookman. You should be here crowing about the Brewers 4 game lead in the division with the opportunity to push it to 5 tonight.
Did he quit the blog or something?
He left after the argument the two of you had about religion
Really? Oh that sucks. My view on religion shouldn’t impact him discussing football here. I’m sorry he feels that way.
The Crew beat the Cubs for the 2nd night in a row to take a 5 game divisional lead (the largest in baseball).
I still think it could be a 3 or even a 4 team race this year.
Cubs can’t hit for shit right now. Scored 2 runs or less in 12 out of last 16 games.
Reds started this month on a roll going 11-3 in first half of the month including 4 game sweep of Cards and going 4-2 vs Brewers. Now 4-8 since then.
Kong – To be fair, I was much more upset we let the Broncos jump us for Javonte Williams. I said many times I thought we were taking Jaelan Phillips and that we should take him. It was the next pick. I thought we should have traded up to the beginning of the round to get him.
Should be no surprise we didn’t draft him, we already addressed that in FA with Malcom Brown.
We addressed getting a starting caliber running back by picking up a role player in free agency?
When you miss out on a player because of a team trading up to 2 spots before you, you can’t be angry about that, that happens to all teams. You can bet in the draft anytime someone leapfrogs someone else someone down stream got shafted. There was no way to protect against that. I know they like Phillips and I know he was a good pick but that was where they gambled. They gambled by not taking Harris that they could get their DE and still get Williams and then they got sniped. Had they taken Harris and the grabbed a DE prospect in the 2nd they would have missed out on the top pass rusher. My guess is they knew no matter how they played it they were going to lose out and decided it was worse to lose out on Phillips than Harris and likely the chance of getting Williams in the second was like a luxury of going that direction
I keep forgetting we have 17 regular season games next season. At first I thought 4500 yards for Tua might be a little stretch and he’d be somewhere between the 3800 and the 4500, but closer to the 3800. He wouldn’t need to throw 30 times a game to do it either. He just needs to get his YPA up.
I think I have scoped out your twitter handle from this post lol…..
You actually think I’m on twitter? I’m offended lol…
Hey I’m on it if I think I saw you on it lol. I offended myself at the same time. I just use it for football transactions and a little conversation here or there. Also bearing up on the yards on their I’d therapeutic and keeps from murdering the innocent.
Still what I mean was I saw almost identical post to this one made by someone on there. Could have been you cod be just someone that agree with you I don’t claim to have true knowledge of the facts in this matter lol.
Lemme try that again beating up on the tards….fuck you Google trying to PC police me.
Rob – Like we addressed the QB position by getting Tua
He’s gonna bring up brisket
Even if he doesn’t, he’s thinking it . . .
https://ifunny.co/picture/mtv-turns-40-this-year-ri-thanks-for-14-years-PuQHX9GR8?s=cl
Jacoby Brisett back to pass, hits Waddle deep TOUCHDOWN!
AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!!!!
For all you inept wannabee GMs out there…..
you don’t take RB’s early
Mike,
Yeah I just wanted to use my Conan the Barbarian line, and you were the only target I could remember that liked Harris, which is funny since I was addressing MF13 and he was into Harris, lol.
BBM,
You can stick a fork in my Cards. We have serious coaching issues. I know the Reds have made a move the last month, but I think they will falter. I think in the end it’ll be a two horse race between the Cubbies and The Crew.
https://phinphanatic.com/2021/06/29/jakeem-grant-needs-to-be-used-a-lot-differently-by-the-miami-dolphins/
Interesting, I suppose Grant in a Sproles type role could work.
The Nascar package could be Waddle, Fuller, Wilson, Grant and leave Smythe in to block
Most of us here have been pretty much in agreement that Grant won’t make the cut, but I’ve read a ton of stuff that seem to take it for ‘Grant’ed he’s going to make the team.
We got oodles of WRs, TEs, and CBs. We’re definitely going to cut some good players. It sucks, but at the same time, it means the team is that much better if we’re cutting quality instead of the chaff we’re used to, lol.
Keeping 7 WRs seems to be a possibility, from what I’ve heard.
Parker, Williams, Fuller, Waddle, Wilson, Bowden and maybe Grant.
I could see Bowden as the odd man out for being active, but don’t know if he plays ST
You could also make a case for Hurns, Foster and Hollins
It’ll make our preseason games fun to watch, because a number of those guys making it or getting cut will probably directly relate to how they perform in those games. Can’t wait!
I’ve said we needed to run with our wide receivers more so I don’t have a problem with this.
SF runs their WRs a lot, it could work for us with Waddle, Grant, Wilson or Fuller
Lol Tua for MVP
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2945327-tua-tagovailoa-is-nfls-best-longshot-bet-for-mvp-in-2021
Guess favorite longshot is like being most likely lotto winner.
How exciting! 💚
Just read a letter in a financial column from a guy who won $55 mil ten years ago in his state’s lotto. That happens….. but he never told a soul cause was worried about family and friends coming after him. While he spends more has kept it low enough that the secret still isn’t out.
Am assuming this was true. Letter was anonymous but guessing the writer asked for verification. Could you freak’n tell no one in the world about that lotto win for ten years? I couldn’t. And am including not just with my wife (he didn’t have one).
My SO and I talked about doing this very thing, she said, she would move out of the country and tell no one.
I said I’d give X amount of $ to family, and tell them this is a 1 time thing, don’t ask for more.
Read a story about this guy that won millions, his heart was so big, that people could easy BS him out of his money.
His companion ended up killing him for the last 200k
You know they would still ask for more though. I’d just put up with it, or at least have to. But that’s not a considered strategy. As said before no way do I keep this secret. And once I told a bud or two would spread like wildfire.
Of course, but that’s all that would happen
Howard signed a front loaded contract in 2019, because of that his guaranteed money has almost run out.
With no guaranteed money after this year, and his bad knees he wants a new contract.
It’s smart on his part, but a dick move.
You either wait until after 2019 and get more guarantees later and hope you don’t get hurt or you sign as he did before the 2019 season getting more money upfront quicker.
He chose the money now, with his knees it was a good insurance policy in case he got hurt, which he did.
If he had chosen to wait until after 2019 he likely would’ve gotten a smaller contract coming off of an injury and maybe a 1 year deal
Bill Cosby released from prison and conviction overturned.
Not in that order…
Wow!!! That’s likely to cause an uproar.
Tim Knight says:
June 30, 2021 at 3:25 pm (Edit)
Really? Oh that sucks. My view on religion shouldn’t impact him discussing football here. I’m sorry he feels that way.
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Your comments on religion really bothered him. It is one of those topics best not raised on a football blog as it is a very sensitive topic for some people. I don’t think he will be gone for good but I suspect he needs a break for a while
I apologize to him for that. Like I said, it wasn’t about faith it was about religion. There was a few things that made me go there and it wasn’t because of anything anyone said here. I was ranting and the next day I apologized and said I should have just dropped it. I like Bookman and respect him. This bums me out.
It’s alright we could just talk politics instead 🙃
Well politics is rare here. LOL
With the ‘sensitive’ things that get discussed here regularly, it’s amazing anyone still talks to anyone else on the board, lol.
For me personally, there really isn’t much anyone can do or say here that I couldn’t accept or forgive if necessary.
Really there are only two things that I can’t abide:
People who are intolerant of other cultures
and Norwegians
And the Dutch!
One of my favorite quotes ever. I’ve been waiting ages to apply that to the running Norwegian joke, lol.
Norway has hot looking blondes
Sometimes I feel like I’m talking to the Country Kitchen Buffet crowd…
Who doesn’t love a good buffet?
What’s the problem with that? Popular place.
Lol. Exactly what I was thinking
and also in the news…
Find it a bit funny that Harris was getting bashed for not visiting the border and now she is getting bashed for visiting the border. But heck — been married twice…. been there and done that. 🙂
Ken says:
June 30, 2021 at 4:39 pm
Norway has hot looking blondes
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It does but I actually wasn’t blown away by the women saw when was there. But might have been cause of reality not meeting my expectations.
What’s the one place you have been where the women blew you away. For me was Australia first time there.
Those women were all husky
Norway has hot looking blondes
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You ain’t kidding! I got to share a 3 person popup tent with 2 Norwegian military personnel during cold weather training in Bridgeport, CA for a week. One dude and one woman. It was a cold weather medicine course. He was like a Norwegian special ops guy who taught cold weather survival and she was a medical administrative officer who specialized in course curriculum. They were there to help evaluate and makes suggestions for changes to our training. She was so hot!!!
I was so nervous that first morning when I woke up with a piss hard on. I couldn’t get out of my sleeping bag. The other dude had already gotten up. I was about to piss myself when she rolled over and smiled at me and said “I guess we better get up”. All I could do was smile back, I couldn’t muster one word. She slept in her military green t-shirt and jogging shorts.
It’s one of those moments in life you never forget. Her face is still engraved in the back of my mind like it was yesterday. lol
LMAO — she was hot, but she didn’t really know.
Stanger, I would have to say it was Columbia for me.
Actually, probably Spain but been so long since I was there (1987/88)
It cracks me up that every time I mention the despicable Norwegians, we always get a hot Norwegian blonde story, and usually a picture.
Of course this time I guess it was a ‘Norwegian Wood’ story. (That’s a Beatles reference for any of you uncultured heathens out there, lol.)
“isn’t it good?”
🤟
I once named our bowling team Norwegian Wood
LOL
Oh don’t mention the Beatles. There’s enough boring conversation on this blog. Stick to something more exciting like baseball.
Lol!
Did you hear the one about the Beatles at Shea stadium?
One time this kid was showing me his tortoises that he’d been raising as he introduced the females they all had names from Beatles songs. There were 4 or 5 of them, Eleanor Rigby, Strawberry Fields and so on. So as we approach the male, mind you these are big tortoises bigger than that big yellow Tonka dump truck you had. I said, let me guess Norwegian Wood?
Couldn’t believe I was wrong it was some obscure bullshit name, what a wasted opportunity.
Cav, I’m telling you that vision is etched in my brain. That was in 1999 and it seems was just yesterday. She was about 5’8″ and perfect proportions if you will. When I remines that moment when she rolled over and said I guess we should get up, I swear it was just me and her camping in the wilderness alone. LOL
She was like an athletic model. Amazing beautiful face, blonde and blue eyes. OH, almost forgot, she is very smart. LOL The concepts and technology she presented to us really helped us revamp our process of evacuating casualties in that environment. She was an amazing woman in every facet. Of course, all I got out of it was some good morning wood. lol
That bird had flown
I’m looking forward to the day I meet my first Norwegian blonde. I do have a thing for blondes…
LOL
One time at band camp…
1 of my favorite chill movies!
President Trump talking to Hannity, live… talking about fentanyl!
The fentanyl trafficking MUST end!
It is worse now than it has ever been. That is just in the last few months. It is a new pandemic here on the panhandle. It is everywhere. Almost as available as meth. Both are flowing across the border. Thank god for DeSantis sending our law enforcement to combat it as it’s point of origin!
Yessir! I wanted to hear your take about a week or so ago, and now I’ve got it. I figured you’d be in the know, my man.
I LOVE GOV DeSantis!
Ken, that is not some band camp BS. That was some of the most harsh and physical demanding training I have every had. Being a rich lawyer and safe in your digs, I guess you look at it a different way. Many on the left take for granted what us military lifers give up in our lives to secure yours.
I will refrain from posting anymore “band camp” stories. I don’t want to bore anyone on here who is more privileged.
Post away brother!
I read and look forward to your posts!
BBM I was just riffing. No ill intent meant at all and I liked the story. And no doubt I wouldn’t have made it through the training. My apologies to you if you thought I was being disrespectful. That was not my intention
Cav – Just did a tri-tip Santa Maria BBQ style with a Jicama slaw. Freakin’ awesome.
Nice! Love me some tritip. It’s my favorite steak sandwich meat. I didn’t know you could get it out there. I’ve mentioned it a few times on the board, and the New Yorkers hadn’t even heard of it.
Supposedly Santa Maria is where the tri tip cut was invented.
I’m jealous. I ordered Doordash.
lol
Just finished watching “Your Honor ” on Showtime. Disappointing, despite Bryan Cranston. Then flipped channels until I arrived at $100,000 Pyramid. Rosie O’Donnell, of famous hammerhead shark fame, is one of the guest stars. Holy fuck, I thought it was Mike Francesa formerly of WFAN fame.
Ken, no worries. I am kind of drunk. Actually not kind of. I am. LOL I always know where you are coming from on this board and appreciate that. Just felt that you were downplaying this Norwegian who I may have possibly masturbated to once or numerous times. Maybe tonight. Wife is out of town in Memphis. LOL
Anyways, all cool. 🙂
👍ask Mike E for a hand 🤚
And please! Accept my apologies for my short rant above. I feel from your discussions on here that you are a true American. Where did I come up with that privileged shit anyway. lol We are who we make ourselves to be and status in life don’t matter. Again, my apologies.
Now I am just trying to think of my next band camp story to tell. 😉
The only privilege Ken has is he’s white. Oops! lol
No problems. Thank you for your service and I have nothing but respect for those who serve. Respecting our service members is not about being a Republican or Democrat. It’s about being American
Sheesh Ken
I might be a left leaning lawyer too
But I never ruin a sleeping bag boner story!
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I am sorry for some reason that scene popped in my head. You think I can control where my mind wanders? 🤪
Thank you Piggy. lol
I’m just messing with you both
For the 3rd consecutive day here in PA, the heat index was over 107 degrees… the humidity is a biatch, and it’s only going to get worse as we enter the “dog days of summer”: it’s VERY early for us to have temps like this.
Can hardly wait for July and August, LOL!
Stay cool, y’all.
Saw that a few minutes ago. RIP!
RIP, Rummy… thank you for your service.
Alright I am out for the night. Peace everyone
Peace, Hulkster!
GN Ken! May you dream of Norwegian Goddesses alone in a tent in the wilderness. lol
M13, How far back have you listened to TM’s stuff? I am just amazed at some of his work that is not only radio worthy but the messages, word play and imagery are amazing.
Maybe as far back as 9-12 months ago? I’m not sure, to be honest. Never heard of that cat until he turned up on my YouTube as a recommended listen.
I don’t get to play Friday night music cause I have to get up to work 4:30am Saturday. I work 48 hours straight from 6am Sat to 6am Mon. Sleep when I can. I recoup Monday and Wednesday is my Friday. So here is my Friday music video.
I like many remakes like Metallica’s “Turn The Page”. Here is one released I like a couple months ago. A remake of Garth Brooks “The Thunder Rolls”. Metalheads should like it.
YO! I really like this song! Did I see Ryan Fitzpatrick up in there? LOL
Seriously, this is GOOD music, and I’m no “Metalhead”, to be sure!
M13, when I researched him farther I realized 4.5 years ago he was flat broke living in the projects of South Central LA. He couldn’t pay rent and wrote a song called “Dear Rappers” while smoking his last half cigarette. Their power was off. He had an extension cord to his neighbors house to power his fridge. he recorded the video with a flashlight with a red filter and posted it on youtube and it went viral. Fast forward 4.5 years he is now worth over 12 mil all doing everything on his own, independent.
Yessir, I know this song. TM’s story is INCREDIBLE! I wish we had more POSITIVE stories like TM’s story… instead of some BS like Jay-Z’s story. JMO
A couple of years later he followed that up with “The Music Industry”. Been blowing up youtube every since.
Know this one, too! Like TM, I’m an indy producer/artist/musician.
I would NEVER sign my soul over to the DEVIL.
Cav – I can get Tri-tip in the commissary and at Costco. Not well known on the east coast anymore. When I was a kid you could get it in Florida. Hard to cook…this was the first time I tried Santa Maria BBQ style. Going to do the pinquita beans this weekend.
I don’t mix business with pleasure… and that’s the ONE and ONLY reason why I don’t advertise/post my music to you peeps.
Seems it’s easy enough to make enemies for speaking the truth, ya know?!!
Phelon, I really like that one!
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M13, would really like to hear some of your art one day!
One of these days, my Brother from another Mother! Thank you!
pheloniusphish says:
June 30, 2021 at 10:52 pm
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Great song! But like our guy Bookman, I wear the ARMOR of GOD.
I’ve had MAJOR deals offered to me, but I refused… I work for ME, not for a record label which dictates what I need to produce, say, how, and when. I’m INDY, and proud of it, sir!
Bookman, come back, man!
Phelon, I am A fan of Five Finger Death Punch and when Cav posted that video Black on Blue it reminded me of their remake of the Offspring song and video “Gone Away” that I always liked.
I meant Blue on Black, damn alcohol. lol
Great tune.
Phel, that’s awesome. It’s such a great cut of meat, it really should be available everywhere.
I always do tri tip with a reverse sear. Roast in the cool zone to around 115-120, then finish with the sear. Perfect flavor and color every time. I always remove the fat cap too (if attached) so I can season all sides.
I seared, then cooked it in cool zone until it hit 130-ish. Let it rest for 10, slice it thin. Most important things are to not overcook it and slice against the grain. And definitely season on all sides.
Wife: what’s going on the fins blog honey?
Me: Just a bunch of guys who really like talking about their meat.
True multiple ways that it could be looked at
Hey now…
Also, are there really people mourning the death of Donald Rumsfeld?
Mets defense gets a safety but offense shut out in a laugher against Braves, lose by 2 TD’s and FG, 20-2
CK this out, video of the building 7 mins before collapsing, you can see water funneling in the parking garage.
From the stories of survivors has been coming out that while not much, there was warning of the collapse. People who took that vid said lights started coming on and people going on their balconies looking around to figure out what was happening.
Cannabis is legal in Connecticut as of today. Thought about bringing a tray of brownies into work today as a joke but the boss wasn’t going to be here and I value having a job
You sure that’s a good thing? It might kill you😉
Above Wyoming posted a clip of Waddle from mini camp, with the caption referring to him driving CBs nut trying to figure out what route he’s running.
Sure hope he gets going early, like game 1, otherwise our O will look much the same, at least with Fuller out game 1.
The best comment on Waddle from college was the D always knew where he was (their main focus), and he was doubled and trippled often.
Worthy was drafted #1 by the Lakers in the 80s, a year or two before Jordan came out and he said when drafted Mike was always the best player on the court.
This is how I compare Waddle with DeVonta Smith.
Smith had the stats last year, but the best player on the field was Waddle
LOL, the stories about Bird and his trash talk are the best.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/jamal-mashburn-shares-larry-bird-trash-talk-story-from-dream-team-scrimmage/ar-AALF225?li=BB15ms5q
“The easiest way to make the Delta variant go away is to turn off CNN. And vote Republican.”
— Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who at least is a whole lot hotter than Marjorie Taylor Greene
Sarah Palin light
Nothing light about that body. Got a thing for her…. who needs AOC?
I will take AOC every time. 8th street Latina thing going on. Not that I know that website 😳
Now that have looked up what it is — you are a bad man Hulk. 🙂
And all on this board know why you are really into AOC…… her communistic politics and your own match up.
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Ken, please take AOC. Tie her up and leave her in your basement
…and put a sock in her mouth
I will stuff her mouth … oh wait a minute
They’ve really fucked some people up
He kind of looks like Buffalo Bob in his skin suit
Watch it, that doesn’t seem like the proper pronoun, you may lose your card
I generally am pretty liberal but the transgender thing I don’t really get. It’s like I have an identity crisis so let me mutilate my body. I mean it’s okay to discriminate against trans people but I just don’t get the idea of chopping off body parts because you have an identity crisis
^not saying it’s okay to discriminate
That’s my point Ken, by making it more than acceptable, people, sometimes even those not old/mature enough to make those decisions will try it like a fad, then after they grow out of it what do they do?
If you haven’t figured it out yet, they’ve spelled it out for us in their identity politics playbook
I think for most in the trans community it is not about identity politics. I think it is some very confused people. There is a very high suicide rate in the trans community
Ken, the identity politics part comes from the politicians, they want the people from all minorities to feel welcome.
They tell em a line of shit, people believe it and vote for them or they don’t and don’t.
Everything is about votes, just like the border.
Do you really think they see the people coming across the border as anything more than a vote?
Sure they give them free shit, but on our dime…
Guess this was an entree into the transgender issue for this guy. Far as the transKorean and the transgender folks….. they can do what they want far as I am concerned. Sat next to an ex-marine in a dress at a bar couple years ago. I lived.
Always making it about you🤪
You lived … but at what cost? LOL
steve — we can sit down at the Fest and talk about. Here’s a pic so you can find me.
https://i.insider.com/5499948c6bb3f74d611468d6?width=453&format=jpeg
Lol, Stanger the most interesting man in the world.
So tell me what you really drink
People have been self-mutilating across different cultures for as long as there have been people. Giant rings through the nose or giant gauges in their ears, piercings throughout the body including subdermal, tattooing everything, splitting their tongues, using heavy weights to stretch their dongs, using weird contraptions to elongate their neck, wearing weird shoes to deform their feet.
This is just a new way to self-mutilate. It’s all weird, but it’s not new that people do these things to themselves. People are batshit crazy.
Yep…
People were real upset about the cost, and I get that. The proposal that finally came out two months ago was like $80k for a one bedroom and double that for a 2 bdrm. That’s a lot of cash to pretty much set the place up like you already thought it was.
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“Most of the board members of the Florida condo building that collapsed resigned in 2019 as debate raged over the cost of repairs. Five of the seven board members resigned within two weeks.
A 2018 inspection report found that the building showed signs of “major structural damage,” while numerous accounts pointed to problems with water seeping into the basement parking garage.”
A “surfside” condo….who would guess.
Did you see some/read/imagine the “recovery efforts” involved? Basically, pancaked cement, parts, not much else. Gruesome perhaps?
It’s gruesome and the pancake part seemed to indicate early on would be few survivors. About all you can see on the news here. They cut off other programming frequently.
Still not convinced was ground/ocean water, but could be unstable ground that was settling.
Gaskin getting low ranking despite having pretty respectable numbers:
https://www.si.com/nfl/dolphins/news/miami-dolphins-running-back-myles-gaskin-not-getting-much-national-respect
“For the record, Gaskin averaged 58.4 rushing yards per game in the NFL last season , which ranked 19th, and his average of 97.2 yards from scrimmage ranked in top 10 among running backs. He also was one of only nine running backs with at least 500 rushing yards and 350 receiving yards, and this despite being limited to 10 games because of COVID-19 and knee issues.”
The one thing I remember that stood out to me last year about Gaskin, was he almost always got an extra yard or two more than I expected him to get as the play was developing. He always ran hard and played bigger than his size. Hopefully he can stay healthy this year.
Rewatch the Raiders game, he looked great, 87 rushing, 82 receiving and 2 tds and the tds were spectacular, that’s what stood out to me
I just rewtached that game about a week ago. His long TD near the end of the game on a pass across the middle was awesome and should have won the game for us, if our D hadn’t folded like a cheap suit.
Luckily Fitz had the best throw I’ve seen in the last decade to get us the win anyway, lol.
For anyone else that wants to watch rewatch that game, the entire game was boring as all hell until the last 6 minutes. might as well just fast forward to that…
You can make a shitty throw look great just because it’s caught sometimes, in this instance Hollins being wide open was what made it possible
Yeah, for me it was a great throw because Fitz had his head turned sideways, his helmet was covering his face so he couldn’t see the target, and his whole upper body was being twisted and going backwards because of it, yet he still got the ball out and threw it 40 yards down the field right on target on the sideline. LOL
But if you think that was a shitty throw, more power to ya
Here’s an interesting take. I know there were some who questioned why we took Holland as the first safety off the board in the draft. I personally would never name a player who hasn’t played a snap yet as the ‘most’ anything in the league, lol, and Jones-Drew has a history with Holland- so grain of salt, but still nice to read some positive things about the kid.
Homer it up, don’t care, he’s going to be great
Beer owed…..
He seemed “light” to me and used more as a change of pace.
There was never an identity at RB.
Nice production though.
“I’m gonna go with the Miami Dolphins’ second-round pick Jevon Holland out of the University of Oregon. Now, I coached him in high school and this is why I brought him up because he was our best DB and our best WR at that point but it was just high school. So then he goes to Oregon, dominates as a freshman. Plays safety, corner as we see here covering tight ends, inside linebacker, plays the nickel. They have him return kicks and punts.”
“But then all of a sudden there’s this rumor out that if he had played in this 2020 season, that Oregon had a package for him offensively. Now that’s going to be like Charles Woodson-esque, right? Now all of a sudden you’re trying to get the ball in his hands. The Dolphins have talked about — and this is just me talking with some of their coaches and people in their organization — they have said he is just been tremendous out there. The knowledge of the game. They can put him everywhere. I can’t wait for him to show his versatility this year.”
— Maurice Jones-Drew’s add on Good Morning Football to the most versatile players in the NFL. He admits the bias, but still nice to hear.
I remember him talking up Holland pre-draft.
stangerx says:
June 29, 2021 at 3:02 pm
It’s not really what the NSA does. Would be the FBI on that one. Some pundits said this is just Carlson getting ahead of a bad story about him he knows is coming out. We shall see.
Wrong link https://youtu.be/GPCB_oaTBSI
Mentioned Jim Jordan to you a year ago assuming you would be a fan. Great that you have caught on to him. He’s like the smartest Trumpist in the House. And two-time NCAA Div 1 wrestling champ. So much better than I ever was.
Ben Shapiro sounds like an elf on 20 kilos of cocaine
Do you have anymore of Alvin and the chipmunks greatest hits that you want to share?
Why anyone gets this worked up about this kind of stuff is beyond me…
Been following Jordan for 5 years or so
So you were just playing with me. Cool enough. Makes life fun.
Ben Shapiro seems like he’s doing an Ace Ventura impression. LOL
Not sure what you’re referring to Stanger
You said there was no right wing in the House.
I said how about Nunes, Gaetz and Jordan.
You said don’t know who they are.
I explained.
You said “well then they are just Patriots.”
Obviously paraphased from a bit ago….. but how went down.
Barry Jackson with the Vegas Bookie report.
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At The Mirage and a bunch of other casinos under the MGM umbrella, the Dolphins’ over-under for wins was recently raised from 9 to 9.5.
According to the sports book chief at Bet MGM, twice as many people have been betting that the Dolphins will win more than their listed over/under (9.5 wins) than those who have bet that they will win fewer.
Three times as much money has been bet on the over for the Dolphins than the under. Only seven teams have had more “over” action than the Dolphins.
Jackson bonus — something to think about. Might have to sign Gesicki for more.
“The projected 2022 franchise tag for tight ends is $11.3 million, according to overthecap.com. Slapping the tag on Gesicki would be one option next spring.”
It’s funny, it never even occurred to me we could use the tag on Gesicki. I guess it’s because we rarely have used it. I honestly can’t think of a single player we’ve franchised before, although I’m sure we have…
Here’s a link you us using franchise and transition tags.
https://www.thephinsider.com/22319650/nfl-franchise-tag-used-miami-dolphins-1992-through-2021
Not a whole lot then, least as far as guys who line up the season after. Matches up with Cav’s memory.
Clearly my data banks are incompatible with Dolphins franchise tag data and refuse to retain that information, lol.
Oh, thanks, Stang. You’re comment made me look again. We’ve only used the Franchise tag 3 times in the last 20 years. (There were a few transition tags too). I just skimmed it, and saw all those years, didn’t realize it also listed transition tags.
That makes me feel better, lol.
*your
Yeah we don’t do it often. A lot of it has to do with who was in charge as GMs, which players were eligible for the tag, did we re-sign them to multi-year contracts or let them walk.
As for Gesicki the team might want to see another season out of him before deciding on how to deal with him.
Tim, we might take that approach with Ogbah too. I’m confident Gesicki will have a good year barring injury. Ogbah is the one that interests me, and we might end up regretting not extending him now. If Phillips balls out, Ogbah should have a better year too.
Man, I am itching to see this team on the field.
CavalierKong says:
July 1, 2021 at 4:35 pm
Clearly my data banks are incompatible with Dolphins franchise tag data and refuse to retain that information, lol.
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I’m just imagining Lt. Commander Data saying this to Captain Picard. Replace your “clearly” with Captain… LOL
LOL, I didn’t picture Data when I said it, but I did use an android-like voice in my head…
I think we know what we have in Gesicki, and that’s a PLUS. Ogbah, on the other hand, may have to prove himself yet again.
I’d like to see both get re-signed, but I’d get Gesicki done ASAP.
Knowing that Gesicki can be franchised for $11+ mil might be a reason for the hold up though, especially if his agent is asking for more.
That’s plausible, but it’s also a ‘duct tape’ solution to getting a long-term contract done. Not sure I like the Franchise Tag, in concept alone. We’ll see what happens…
Yep! We have time and options on both Gesicki and Ogbah.
But that number has to come into negotiations. No getting around that. And on the Dolphins’ side they can just punt into next year. Franchise and Gesicki is on the roster.
Kong, Ogbah might not want to sign on the low thinking he can have a big year and get the really big deal in 2022. Some players bet on themselves.
Absolutel could be the case. He’s let it be known through the media he wants an extension, but the two sides might have different ideas about what that looks like monetarily. If so, Ogbah might be saying ‘alright but you guys will pay next year’
Plus side for us is he’ll be extra motivated this year.
Guys,
Correct me if I’m misinformed, but isn’t every team now afforded 2 Franchise Tags per season?
Nevermind… it had been discussed (just as a 17-game regular season), but it never passed.
OBVIOUSLY, the 17-game regular season passed… I’d thought perhaps the pork (2 Franchise Tags per team) had passed as well.
As far as the tag and Ogbah — defensive end franchise tag would be about $16 mil. Don’t think that is happening. But also might be a reason you see him getting re-signed before Gesicki.
Yeah, that really isn’t an option unless he does something like stacking up 20 sacks this year
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I agree… thinking Ogbah needs to prove himself again, being he was a reclamation project with now only one year with us.
How the heck did THIS happen?!!
This was under your link
Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_Jordan
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23h
The Left ruins everything. Even the Olympics.
We went from Jesse Owens and the 1980 men’s hockey team to men playing women’s sports and athletes disrespecting the flag.
That sounds like a Jim Jordan has a vivid imagination
These are the kind of posts that should be banned!
LOL, right?!! Hope that never happens to ANY of us!
Steve,
Jim Jordan ROCKS!
Respect Jim Jordan cause he is real smart and crafty about how he puts stuff out.
But how do you feel about Devin Nunes? All that hits me about him is stupid and stooge.
You may know much more about Nunes than I, but I happen to like the guy. Granted, I don’t know a whole lot about him or his history. You may have me at a disadvantage.
If you like him that’s cool. Like said have respect for Jordan but not him. But if you see something to like about Nunes may have to reconsider. And you do get am talking from a political operative and not political standpoint. What I used to do.
The WTF team is getting hammered…. and you guys know hate Dan Snyder, who is especially getting hammered.
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The NFL is fining the Washington Football Team $10 million following the completion of its investigation into the franchise’s culture.
Tanya Snyder, who was appointed co-CEO earlier this week, will be handling team business for the next few months and possibly longer.
“As co-CEO, Tanya Snyder will assume responsibilities for all day-to-day team operations and represent the club at all league meetings and other league activities for at least the next several months. Dan Snyder will concentrate on a new stadium plan and other matters. All senior executives of the club, including Dan and Tanya Snyder, will undertake comprehensive training in workplace conduct and related issues (including bullying, diversity and inclusion, harassment, LGBTQ issues, microaggression, and unconscious bias, among other topics).”
This means the NFL is essentially suspending Dan Snyder.
Stanger,
It’s very difficult to ascertain the true intentions/goals of any politician, man. Some come to Washington with the greatest of intentions, then find out how bad the corruption truly has become.
Special interests and lobbyists (<– *ahem*) can radically change the initial course of any politician. I don't trust ANY of them, bud. Some people have recently referred to Washington as "the swamp", but I've always referred to it as the "Washington Tentacles" (like a football team name)… like an octopus, bringing them in from 8 different appendages, and one can't get away.
I'm a registered Independent voter because I do not trust either side of said "duopoly" (props to Tim). I can't vote in the primaries, and I'm cool with it.
I very much love President Trump because he could not be bought, would never sell out, and wasn't a politician.
Just my $.02 on politics, right or wrong.
Good for you. I was just saying Nunes doesn’t seem smart. Jordan seems very smart. Gaetz does as well, even if a bit of a loose cannon. All I was saying. And I just said two major Trump supporters are real smart.
I’m not a political operative as you had once been, but I DO have strong opinions regarding politics. And to be honest, there are a few (not many) ‘higher up’ political minds who value my insight. No, I’m not an ‘advisor’ to anyone, either.
I’m passionate, compassionate, and deeply care for the future of FREEDOM in not only America, but the world over.
M13 — have absolute trust in your vote being a well-informed one. Was just talking about Nunes with you.
Many of us wear some type of sports team shirts/jerseys or favorite bands from time to time. Do any of you wear something with your favorite political people on it? Like a jean jacket with a Trump or Hillary mural on the back of it? LOL
LOL!
Man, HELL NO! But I do find it funny when people put a bumper sticker on their car, so as to proclaim their political preferences to the world! Yeah… like it’s really going to change anybody’s mind, right?!! 🙂
I’ve never understood the political bumper sticker. I always think “why would I want people to f^ck with my car?”
I have a Gerald Ford tattoo on my backside.
LOL
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Lol, not that there’s anything wrong with that
Gotta love the people that have a bumper sticker for everything they believe in. Like 44 of them on a hatchback. LOL
YUP! 😆
CavalierKong says:
July 1, 2021 at 7:18 pm
I’ve never understood the political bumper sticker. I always think “why would I want people to f^ck with my car?”
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EXACTLY!