If you were on the blog yesterday, you’ve probably read that one of our own here at FMU has been dealt a serious blow, Jon “Stanger” suffered a serious heart attack 2 weeks ago. The good news is he survived it and is now out of the ICU and heading in the right direction. If you know and have met Stanger, he’s one of the kindest, nicest people you can meet. It was very touch and go there for him, we’re all thankful he’s beginning to improve. Our best from FMU for a full and speedy recovery to a fine man. Godspeed in your recovery Jon!
I’ve said it here myself because you have to feel that the BYE week may end up actually hurting us this season despite the fact that this is the time of season where it can really help a playoff push by getting guys healthy. On the other hand momentum is real, and the 5 week winning streak is now over, without actually playing. It’s going to take a lot of focus by our team to stay on track when we face the NY Jets at home at Hard Rock Stadium 12/19. At 6-7, defeating the Jets would bring us to .500 and still relevant for the playoff push, astonishing considering our 1-7 start.
The defense has come alive and has really sparked this team. The offense has done enough to win games but the defense has been the key. Tua has run this short passing offense as well as it could be run, making quick decisions, and quick, accurate throws. All this completely out of necessity due to the O-line’s inability to pass block and run block. For the millionth time it’s not because Tua can’t throw further than 5 yards, and to give ORob a pass here, he’s far from the only one who says that, I hear it on NY sports shows, I see it on twitter all the time from Dolphins fans and it’s just become like a tag Tua has now, that he has a pop gun arm. Personally, I couldn’t give a rats ass as long as when our O-line improves, that he shows all these people he can throw the ball downfield, but until then, I’m fine with him doing what’s necessary.
About that defense, our 2nd first round draft pick of 2021, DE/LB Jaelan Phillips has really turned up the heat! Of course it’s not just Phillips, Emmanuel Ogbah is as steady as they come, always bringing strong pressure from the other side. Ogbah leads the team with QB hits with 19, followed by AVG with 18, and then Phillips with 16. Of course, the rookie Phillips now leads with 8.5 sacks, followed by Ogbah with 6. Ogbah, Wilkins and Phillips are tied with 7 TFL. Xavien Howard has 4 INT’s, 2 FF’s, 2 FR’s, and 14 passes defensed, easily the leader on this team. Rookie Jevon Holland has also been a huge spark, rushing the QB, making tackles, snaring INT’s. He’s basically everywhere, especially since S Brandon Jones has missed some time.
Things are looking up people, the Dolphins are looking legit and our good friend Jon (Stanger) is healing and on the mend. Now Sonny can take us into the BYE week with the BYE Week Bi-Babe.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
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@schadjoe
If Dolphins win out (1-7 to 10-7) their playoff odds are 76 percent according to
@FiveThirtyEight
. With any one loss, 6-8 percent.
This is why I don’t get caught up hoping this team loses or that team loses; a lot of teams we needed to lose lost, and our odds are worse than last week. There are just too many teams tied or slightly ahead of us.
Too many variables to pay attention to odds. Any team who has not clinched a playoff spot will see their odds go down.
The reason why it didn’t improve is because we didn’t play. If we had played and won yesterday our odds would have improved
Ken – while that’s true, we had played one more game than all those teams at this point until yesterday
I know we do a lot of pissing and moaning about our team here, but imagine being a Bills fan right now.
True that, plus Josh Allen is hobbled now. If he’s hurt and ineffective, stick a fork in that team
You go from thinking you’re gonna get to repeat as AFC East division winners to possibly not even making the playoffs.
Stick a fork in them for winning an SB, but they can still beat the 3 weak teams on their schedule and get into playoffs
i think the Bills make the playoffs, no doubt, they have a cup cake schedule other than the pats left.
they could easily finish 10-7
Bills finishing 10-7 knocks us out, unless by some miracle the rest of the teams trying to get that last playoff spot are worse than 10-7
Not necessarily. Head to head only counts first in a 2 way tie
our chances to make the post season is to squeak into the #7 spot, Indy has a decently tough sched, cleve has a very tough sched, they play cincy as well so one of them will have to drop that game. cincy has a brutal sched left! denver raiders and pitt also.
we just have to win out and hope for the best.
Another advantage of having Brady out of the AFC East
Allen also left Raymond James Stadium with his left foot in a walking boot. He will undergo tests on Monday, coach Sean McDermott said.
“Finished the game. I don’t think it’s going to be a big deal,” Allen said. “It’s pretty sore. It’s football.”
Report today says it’s a mild case of turf toe
LOL
Lamar Miller coming in for a workout with Fins today with Gaskin and Akmed on the covid list.
What’s old is new again
Ken says:
December 13, 2021 at 11:06 am
Not necessarily. Head to head only counts first in a 2 way tie
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Ken, in a three way tie, division tie breaker is applied first.
As Steve and i have been saying for the last week, if the Bills end up 10-7, we’re pretty much screwed.
https://www.nfl.com/standings/tie-breaking-procedures
“Apply division tie breaker to eliminate all but the highest ranked club in each division prior to proceeding to step 2. The original seeding within a division upon application of the division tie breaker remains the same for all subsequent applications of the procedure that are necessary to identify the two Wild-Card participants.”
If we end up 10-7 we will have a 4-2 division record so we would be in pretty good shape
You’re killing me, Ken. Read what I quoted. If we’re tied with the Bills and any other team for that 7th spot, we’re eliminated, period, end of story.
The first tie breaker for 3 or more teams is to eliminate teams using divisional tie breakers, not divisional record. What that means is all teams in one division except the top team are eliminated. So the Bills would knock us out because they swept us.
If the Bills end up with a 10-7 record then, literally the only way we make the playoffs is if both the 2nd WC and the 3rd WC get in with a 10-7 record and then hopefully the Bills end up with the 2nd WC. Then, MAYBE we get the #7.
I like how this conversation starts off on the wrong foot, then takes a step in the right direction. Never underestimate Rex Ryan’s ability to be a heel.
LOL
there are 7 spots available with 4 games left, 3 of those spots are wild card, with the chargers at 8-5 they look to be in, if the Bills finish 10-7 they look to be in, that leaves one spot left with a slew of 7-6 teams.
with 4 games left
you have Indy, Cleve, Cincy, & Den all at 7-6, then you have pitt at 6-6-1, the raiders at 6-7, and you have us at 6-7
Indy has a tough sched, they also play the raiders, one will eliminate the other, we lose head to head with indy.
Cleve has to play 3 afc teams in the hunt, they will eliminate each other.
DEn has a tough road to hoe, they also play multiple teams in the hunt
all these teams will eliminate each other so it doesn’t mean that we cant make the playoffs if buffalo does. all we have to do is take care of business.
the beauty of all this is, we don’t play any of the teams in the hunt for the WC, we play the division leaders or the teams out of contention.
the pats may not even need a victory in the last game, their seeding may already be established.
we need Indy to lose.
It’s still possible for us to make the playoffs If Buffalo gets to 10-7, it just deals us a huge blow. In that scenario we only make the playoffs if the following happen:
Both the #6 and #7 WC spots have a 10-7 record or worse
The Bills have the tie breakers to get the #6 spot
Dolphins have the tie breakers to get the #7 spot
If the Bills don’t have the tie breakers to get #6 (definitely not guaranteed based on conference record), then the Bills literally knock us out in tie breakers on both the #6 and the #7 spots.
The Bills ending with 10-7 really hurts our chances to make the playoffs badly. There is no other logical way to look at it.
If Indy only loses one more game, they have the tiebreaker on Buff, if Cincy only loses one more game, they have the tie breaker on Buff.
So now, you can add to ‘things that have to happen if Buff gets to 10-7’ that neither Cincy, nor Indy can be at 10-7 or they beat Buff for the #6 spot, and Buff knocks us out for #7. The odds just keep diminishing.
Do the math and it’s obvious we have a much better shot if Buffalo doesn’t end up at flippin 10-7 because then there are more scenarios where we get in.
At this point we basically need Buff to win out or lose to NE and a game at home they really shouldn’t lose.
That really sucks
This is a breakdown of what we need:
Raiders and Steelers both lose 1 more game. We jump both of them on overall record.
Denver and Cleveland lose one more game, we beat them both on conference record.
All that is almost certain to happen. Now it gets tricky. That leaves 6 teams, including us fighting for 4 spots (AFCN winner and 3 WCs).
We need two or three of these next five teams to fall our way (it’s three if two of the teams are Cincy and Balt):
Indy, Buffalo, Cincy, Balt to lose twice
Chargers to lose three times
We can assume the Chargers won’t lose 3 of their last 4, so we’re really talking about the last two spots.
If I’m being honest, now that I’m mapping it out, I can see Buffalo at 10-7 is not as critical as I thought because we lose a tiebreaker on conference record to either Indy or Cincy anyway.
So whether Buffalo ends up 10-7 or not, the hardest part of us getting in is the same, and if they somehow lose twice it makes it easier.
What we basically need is (two loses for Indy or Buff) and (two losses for Cincy or Baltimore).
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LOL, the easiest way to break it down is we need two losses for Indy, and two losses for either Cincy or Balt. Everything else should happen naturally.
The bengals play the Browns, Chiefs, Ravens and Broncos
The ravens play the bengals, Steelers, Rams and Packers
I would honestly be surprised if one of them doesn’t lose 2 games
The other pair is tougher
Colts play Patriots, Jags, Cards, Raiders
Bills have Panthers, Patriots, Falcons and Jests
So to me both of those last pair are tougher bc 2/4 of their remaining games should be wins
I see it the same way.
Probably our best shot on the 2nd pair is the Colts losing to the Pets and the Cards.
And like I mention below, if Indy beats the Pets, then we are the biggest Bills fans in the world the following week.
Sure, I’ll keep going.
So we root for the Patriots this weekend against the Colts…except…If the Pets lose to the Colts, then it opens up other possibilities.
A Pets loss means that if the Bills get payback and beat the Pets the following week, then we can still end up ahead of the Pets by beating them in the season finale. If all that happens, then we only need either Cincy or Baltimore to lose twice and we’re in.
Ok, here’s what I believe to be the definitive list of what we need in the last 4 weeks of the season.
I am assuming the Chiefs and Titans win their divisions and the Chargers are WC1
Raiders/ Steelers both lose 1 game. We jump both on overall record.
Denver/ Cleveland both lose 1 game. We have tiebreakers on conference record.
Balt/ Cincy one loses 2 games. We jump Cincy on record, or Balt on H2H/ conference record.
Indy/ Buff/ NE one loses 2 games*. We jump Indy/ Buff on record, or NE on H2H.
*NE loses 2 games before playing us week 18.
Winning 9 in a row is a tall order. The fact that we won 5 in a row and are playing much better football has been fun. But that 1-7 start really was a kick in the balls.
I don’t think we’ll pull it off which will make all the above moot, but I’m damned sure going to enjoy the playoff hope we have right now, lol.
But one game at a time, and there is no reason we should lose to the Jest this weekend even without any RBs.
I hear ya and what’s up with basically the entire RB room testing positive for COVID?
Gotta wonder if it was the bye week, and if someone in the RB room picked it up during their week off then gave it to the rest of the room. Let’s just hope it doesn’t spread to anyone else.
I guess if it had to happen, Jest week is as good a week as any lol.
Our rooting guide for week 15 (some are debatable):
Panthers over Bills
Titans over Steelers
Browns over Raiders*
Broncos over Cincy
Packers over Ravens
Indy over the Pets**
*Pick ’em game. They both have losses down the road. I expect the Browns to lose next week in GB, so I picked them.
** Basically a pick ’em game depending on if you think Indy has a better chance to lose in Arizona or the Pets to lose to Buffalo.
I changed my mind on Raiders/Browns. We need the Browns to lose an AFC game for tiebreaker purposes, so Raiders over Browns.
Some of these games are oh that’s good, no that’s bad
Overall I approve this message🤪
Will who?
Don’t we still have Doaks on the PS?
We’re probably going into this weekend with Duke and Doaks as our RBs.
By my account we should still have Doaks and Duke Johnson available on PS
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😃🍺
Kong on the blog today….
Hey, I have the camera on my ‘puter covered up. How did you get that?!
lol and forgot to add an lol to my original post. Actually I’m thankful you sorted it all out.
lol, no worries, I understood the spirit. I felt like that guy at times going “damn it, I missed this” or “that should be clear and easy to read for anyone that has a compass, a sextant, and can solve quadratic equations” 🤣🤣
I’m the guy saying “what the hell is a sextant? Quadratic what?”
Holland too?! Ugh
Uh oh….better sort this out before it sweeps throught the facility….actually I guess it’s too late for that from the looks of it…
Fuck!!! Holland too. I really hate this COVID shit!
Wow
Will fuller came here to play with Watson. No Watson no Fuller.
You really think that? He signed a 1 year deal. Fuller is always hurt.
Conspiracy theory
I just feel bad for the guy. It must be hard to spend the Dolphins’ 10 million with a wonky finger.
Yeah his middle fingers double barrel
In regards to the whole finger thing, Will Fuller seems to be the Bizarro of Ronnie Lott.
LMAO, Will Fuller injured his finger in week 4 and subsequently had the rest of his body amputated.
Will Fuller’s finger is expected to make a full recovery and could be available by the end of the season, but there is some question as to how effective he can be without the rest of his body.
Lmao isn’t that the truth
I love the ether world comments. LOL
Has anyone had a Doaks sighting? I would really like to see this dude play…
He is a very powerful running back, at least thats what they sold us when we drafted him. Let him play, see if he bites!
Here is what I want to see instead of a 4 yd pass the next few weeks.https://www.miamidolphins.com/video/gerrid-doaks-hammers-through-lb-in-the-hole-for-strong-td
Lmao…win out!
Then…start a little sooner next year…lol
Aye!
days64 says:
December 13, 2021 at 8:17 pm
Has anyone had a Doaks sighting? I would really like to see this dude play…
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No Doaks sightings as of yet, but we have a days64 sighting! Good to see ya here, man!
I’d read some of your comments last week or so, and I think you fit in here very nicely, sir.
All I can say is that maybe… just MAYBE… the “bye-week gods” saw our COVID dilemma coming long ago, and that’s why they gave us the bye-week when they had. That’s all I’ve got!
LOL @ the Stealers*. They really thought James Conner was chopped liver… look at him NOW.
Sorry to hear about Fuller’s finger
When I heard the news I checked my own fingers
It’s healthy Will, check it out
😆
OBJ still has it.
Or he was right that Baker Mayfield sucks
Every time Cooper Kup catches a pass I think of Aqua Teen Hunger Force:
https://www.google.com/search?q=yes+cup+aqua+teen&client=safari&channel=iphone_bm&source=hp&ei=bwG4Yb3DFO2j_QaL4oi4DQ&oq=yes+cup+aquateen&gs_lcp=ChFtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1ocBABGAAyBAgeEAo6CggpELEDEIMBEAo6CwgpEIAEEMcBEK8BOgUIKRCRAjoFCCkQgAQ6AggpOgQIKRBDOgUIKRCgAToICCkQgAQQsQM6CwgpEIAEELEDEIMBOg4IABCPARDqAhCMAxDlAjoOCC4QgAQQsQMQxwEQ0QM6EQguEIAEELEDEIMBEMcBENEDOgUILhCABDoLCAAQgAQQsQMQgwE6CwguEIAEELEDEIMBOgUIABCABDoLCC4QgAQQxwEQ0QM6CAgAEIAEELEDOggILhCABBCxAzoICC4QgAQQyQM6CwguEIAEEMcBEK8BOgYIABAWEB46CAgAEBYQChAeOgUIIRCgAToFCCEQqwI6CAghEBYQHRAeOgcIIRAKEKABUNAMWP-IAWC4mQFoAXAAeACAAdMBiAHBDZIBBjEzLjAuM5gBAKABAbABHg&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:63f1af04,vid:AeSfyqrMSXA,st:0
Helluva game thus far! 13-up at halftime!
I FINALLY figured out who Louis Riddick reminds me of… and I’m strictly talking about accent, voice frequency, amplitude, and pitch. This is NOT a political statement, okay?
Riddick’s voice is VERY close to a younger Dr. Fauci!
No, I’m not talking about a dead-ringer for Fauci, but just listen to his voice.
Cav on the bye week…
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Or this…
LOL
Damn spam bot. 2nd try. Good news.
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/josh-allen-injury-update-the-latest-on-buffalo-bills-qb-uncertain-week-15-availability/
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BOOM! Stafford DEEP to Van!
I have absolutely ZERO ideas on what happened about 22-24 years ago (give or take 9 months) for so many male children to be named “Jaylen, Jaelen, Jailen, Jaylyn” (or ANY other iteration/spelling of the name).
What’s that all about, anyway? Even I don’t get it.
AJ Green and James Conner… not to mention Kyler Murray… NICE DRIVE!!!
Saw this for the first time today, and although it’s a week old, we had a bye this past week…
17. Miami Dolphins (6-7)
Previous ranking: 21
Player who must step up: OL Liam Eichenberg
Eichenberg was one of the most highly touted offensive linemen in the 2021 rookie class, and while he has gained quite a bit of experience starting for the Dolphins this season, he has been the team’s worst starter statistically. Since Week 9, the beginning of Miami’s win streak, Eichenberg owns a 71.4% pass block win rate — which ranks 162nd out of 164 qualified linemen. His season-long win rate of 76% ranks dead last among 170 qualified players. He is better than he has played and is not in danger of losing his starting job, but a strong finish would be inspiring before the Dolphins enter an offseason loaded with cash and desperate for improvement. — Marcel Louis-Jacques
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/page/NFLpowerranking1207/nfl-power-rankings-week-14-1-32-poll-plus-players-need-step-last-month#MIA
“Eichenberg owns a 71.4% pass block win rate — which ranks 162nd out of 164 qualified linemen”
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I’d presume that Austin Jackson is probably either #163 or #164 in pass-block win rate of qualified O-Linemen.
Quick pop in to say I hope Stanger is getting better and better everyday.
Dilly dilly.
Ken : it did come down to the wire but ya bested me ….
Likely cementing me in the basement cement as the WIfe managed to reach up from the basement and take down #1 Phelon
Oops forgot Piggy had a stranglehold on last … wife will make playoffs, I will be out 🤷♂️😵💫
Not only took me down, destroyed me! But now it’s the playoffs and winter is here.
Maybe Doaks is ready to play now. No idea. He was pretty green entering the NFL. He can run physical but other than that important parts of the game he showed he’s pretty green. He was a 7th round pick for a reason but Priest Holmes wasn’t drafted at all. Ya never know. 😉
I just wanted to throw out a Fins up to Stanger! Get well, brother!
Tua is sixth in percentage of throws of 3 yards or less (36.4) and fourth in throws of 5 yards or less (48.5). He has the third-lowest percentage of 20-plus yard throws (6.9).
Good morning everyone!!
All top 10…. I like it and by the way it’s 64 degrees however it feels like 68 with a 62% chance of precipitation according to the David Doppler
75 degrees here and feels like 75. Slight chance of precipitation (24%). Sunny with a NNE 11 mph breeze.
who beat him out on the first two?
I think Capt Stubbs has hit on a genius idea. Every time BRR post nonsensical anti-Tua trivia, someone shoul post something completely unrelated as a reply..
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Why are his stats nonsensical? do they hurt your feelings?
Cherry picking meaningless stats to deride a guy who just wins game after game is nonsensical.
I have a feeling Doaks is gonna rip off 120 yds for 2 TDs and we’re going to wonder why he was on the practice squad this whole time.
He looks pretty good although I’ve only seen his highlight reel. Haven’t seen his low-light reel yet
I’m hoping he’s effective catching short passes, if he can’t run its more of the same ole, if he can’t catch it hinders Tua
Duke should be fine though in that role
We may even see Waddle or Wilson in the backfield Sunday, depending on what Doaks and Duke do
mf13ss says:
December 13, 2021 at 10:52 pm
“Eichenberg owns a 71.4% pass block win rate — which ranks 162nd out of 164 qualified linemen”
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The problem with this stat is its for the entire season, you don’t measure progress that way
Doesn’t help, that the line is so bad or that Jackson is next to him
We’ve heard he’s been improving of late, so just another lazy job of reporting
The rate is actually from the last 5 games. His overall season rate was 5% points higher.
“Since Week 9, the beginning of Miami’s win streak, Eichenberg owns a 71.4% pass block win rate — which ranks 162nd out of 164 qualified linemen. His season-long win rate of 76% ranks dead last among 170 qualified players.”
I’m surprised to read that. It feels like he’s been playing better the last month.
I think it was Mike who said a couple of weeks ago, he isn’t really playing better, we’re just compensating better on offense.
I want to lodge a complaint with the Mob Fantasy Commish…I have to play Darlene two weeks in a row! After she crushed me!?! It’s a set up!
You have to wonder why our OL coach still has a job with pass blocking rates that terrible.
Yeah, but you better have an in-house replacement, that’s better, or what’s the point
We don’t want to be changing any golf swings on the course
To a point but Flores pushes accountability with his players, so should he not do the same for his coaches? Is anyone much worse than worst OL and OL coach in the league?
If you are using a 5 iron for everything, you should probably be using a different tool.
Dolphins waive Reiter.
So far no new positive tests. Fingers crossed…
From what I saw, not only on the field, but with Mancz coming back, this is a positive move
I hope we don’t get any more positive covid tests this week! I am more concerned with Holland being out than the entire running back room…..
That said, it’s still 10 days until we play again. Hopefully because most of them were vaxed they recover quickly and can get some practice in next week before the game.
Isn’t it just 5 days until we play again?
oh, that’s right. Nof football Sunday already came and passed. DOH
Tim Knight
3 days ago
What does * and ** mean?
Tim, sorry I missed this. I didn’t mean to ignore you.
The * was in indication that I thought they were a “good” pick. the ** was an indication that they were a very good pick. All in my opinion of course.
I finally got the notification bell at the top right hand corner of the page to work.
Good for you
(I just wanted to ring the bell)
Oh okay. Thanks.
Just on TV last night
All three of the RB were vaxed. Haven’t seen about Holland. They just have to have two negative test and they can play. This whole constant testing is stupid.
Everyone has had or is going to have COVID. It is a cold virus. It’s not going away and the current version isn’t killing people like the original. Like every other virus each mutation becomes more contagious, but less virulent. Science.
And as far as all the players testing positive, to date I’ve seen no reports that say any of them were actually sick.
These positive COVID tests are really going to impact the league and the standings.
Huh, well there is an available RB.
So I was talking about you guys at the bar tonight and I made comment that most of us are in our late 40’s – 50’s and the bartender look at me dead pan and says we’ll of course they are. It’s a fucking blog and walked away.
So it’s a middle aged and old guys and gal thing? LOL
Blogging is for old people?
Old huh? Well here’s your tip, dude, a whole shiny quarter. Don’t spend it all in one place.
2-bits
LOL
definitely would have been a loose change tip
Go play in traffic
Using your mind, being engaged and sharing thoughts is good for us old folks. LOL
Did you mean “losing your mind”?
I don’t know I forgot. LOL
Zach Sieler is the 4th best defender against the run in the NFL, per PFF.
He is probably the best waiver wire pickup we’ve had in quite some time. He regularly shows up in games making some kind of impact.
and here i thought you guys were children?
Our rookies the triple J’s are really rolling for us – Jaylon, Jaelon and Jevon.
^Jaylen
I agree with Phish on this. I was just talking to a friend about this. When is it going to end? You could probably test positive for all kinds of colds, flu etc. but COVID is an immediate quarantine. I get that this virus was really bad, but how I see people going about their lives, I don’t see much concern from the public.
The NFL and sports overall have a problem because it will effect the standings. You can’t deplete rosters and take out some important players and have a legitimate result in your game.
If you had a better governor it would have been over 6 months to a year ago! 😉
Wyo, I see it more with civilians than I do politicians because there are more of them. Most people want to get back to life. I have family and friends who lean more liberal and are all about COVID, but they got their shots and want to travel everywhere. I have family and friends who lean more conservative and they’re doing the same thing.
Phelon : you are correct it is a conspiracy… MUAHAHA
Bastard
So I get a little cut on my thumb making dinner , not bleeding but left a flap.. so I put a small bandaid on it … did ya know with a bandaid on yer phone doesn’t Feelbyouvtyping ??
I feel like an old hunt and pecker. I SAID HUNT 🤡😵💫
You know what helped and always helps to prevent the spreading of viruses and disease? Being sanitary. People used masks, gloves, wipes and washed their hands.
I bet you the percentage of people doing that has dropped by quite a bit since the vaccine.
So from now on we all have to get boosters forever. I guess it is what it is.
Nope. Ain’t gettin’ anymore shots.
I hear ya. I got my two shots for a lot of reasons. But I held out for quite some time.
Are we dealing with biological warfare?
I just checked and I have Fields Forever as my opponent this week. Kind of bittersweet feeling on that
He kicked my ass two games ago..
No more byes so he will have a full line up
His team has been looked after in his absence, with the exception of Higbee last second COVID last night
I remember after the fantasy football draft the analyzer predicted I would finish 9-5 and in 4th place. Well I am 9-5 and in 3rd place so take that analyzer
I won my division and get the bye in FF as the 2nd seed. It wasn’t easy.
Rockphin says:
December 14, 2021 at 7:13 pm
So I was talking about you guys at the bar tonight and I made comment that most of us are in our late 40’s – 50’s and the bartender look at me dead pan and says we’ll of course they are. It’s a fucking blog and walked away.
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Wondering how old the bartender was, and why s/he would say such a thing with so much seeming malice. S/he was probably thinking, ‘Okay, Boomer!’.
My best guess is that s/he is a (wannabe?) social media whore, probably around mid-20s.
This blog is comprised of some really good and knowledgeable people… funk what that bartender thinks or says.
TK – It’s not biological warfare, it’s psychological warfare. The boiling frog approach.
+100000000000000
Gotcha! Everything is about the fear of something and it’s a slow cook.
Welcome to the new age (NWO) of dis/misinformation… and this is being done INTENTIONALLY to divide America… especially regarding race and income class…
JUST RETURNED from the company holiday bash held at a Brazilian Steakhouse in downtown Tampa. It had some similarities with a Lightning home game. The Bolts, playing about 4-5 miles away, played before the usual packed house and won 3-2 in OT. The steak house was also totally sold out (not a single empty seat was seen). And the patrons also won, even tho’ some of them obviously ate and drank well into overtime. One of our new employees passed out, NOT from one of my bad jokes nor from over drinking. She has, as we later found out, a case of narcolepsy, which causes one to pass out without warning. NOT a disorder I have ever observed before, so I had to admit I was stumped when it happened. But my dear friend Ryan, who is now the senior pharmacist at a new Publix, correctly diagnosed this situation. Mega props to him. Ryan got to know Young Stanger fairly well when I was taking him to Dolphins games way back when he was a student at USF’s school of pharmacy. Ryan also “hangs out” occasionally at my workplace as he is now married to our office manager. Good guy with an eye for investment quality coins and the means to pay for them.
Got home just after 10:00 PM to help my wife into bed. She’s slightly injured from a fall in the lady’s room and was on the IR yesterday, today, and probably tomorrow. I stayed pretty sober since I was MC for the festivities AND I had to drive home about 25 miles from the steak house. Walked BOTH of our dogs and now hitting the sack.
CAN’T WAIT FOR Mr. Young Stanger’s first post since his surgery!!
DESTROY THE JETS!!!
100% with ya, Mr. Campbell!
GO STANGER!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. THURL RAVENSCROFT!!! One of the greatest voices known to man!!!
I’m feeling the Christmas spirit, y’all!
M13, there is no new NWO conspiracy, it’s the same one I’ve been aware of for decades.
Now what is it?
Scriptures thousands of years old is knowledge, and anything science based in our modern time in history is fake and deceiving. When you really think about that, does it ever make any sense?
It’s like pretending we don’t know how to start a fire without matches.
Over the next decade or so, you are going to find that these so-called ‘conspiracy theorists’ were right about a great many things. MIND YOU, not everything, but a GREAT many things.
I’ve already been proven correct about a boatload, but I’m not going to brag about it. Common sense (which is not so common!) has been lost. REAL SCIENCE has been lost. Simple MATHEMATICS has been lost. Accurate HISTORY has been lost and/or rewritten in short order (we see this happen with dictatorial governments throughout history, IE: history is written by the victors).
Stand for something or you’ll fall for everything. When has the federal government NOT fucked something up? Red flags should be going up EVERYWHERE… and I’m talking, WORLDWIDE.
Have you seen the corporate elite consolidating power and taking advantage of this so-called ‘pandemic’?
Just take another shot… *hiccup*… maybe this one will work this time maybe. Get more shots *hiccup* and make BIG PHARMA more money. It’s not as though our elected officials are buying and (insider) trading BIG PHARMA stocks as we speak… *hiccup*
Just keep believing that everything accidentally/arbitrarily happens for some kind of weird reason, keeping these fucks in power.
And today, the debt limit ceiling (+2.5T) got passed (50-49) in the Senate. They won’t pay for it… YOU AND I will pay for it… along with our great-great-grandchildren.
Yeah… let’s pretend that the Clinton’s didn’t sell 20% of our uranium to Russia. Yeah… let’s pretend that Hunter Biden didn’t sell our stake in cobalt (80%… that’s what’s utilized to make these so-called electric car batteries) to China.
It’s no longer what is called a CONSPIRACY THEORY (labeled as such by the MSM)… it’s now referred to as SPOILERS.
M – I kind of think of it like Nostradamus. The guy made about million different predictions of the future, and from a certain angle, with the sun just right, and the right amount of loose interpretation, a bunch of them can seem accurate. There are some that just flat out annoy me, I’ll throw a few out there.
1) Sandy Hook was a hoax
2) 9/11 was an inside job
3) The moon landing was a hoax
4) The 2020 election was stolen by the Democrats (cheating)
I believe Elvis is still alive and he’s behind all of this lol
I just wanted to say thank you to Big Pharma for developing a vaccine that is keeping and many others alive. It also allows me to travel and get back to work with less worry and anxiety. Big Pharma also manufactures my heart medicine that helps keep me alive, my diabetes medicine that helps keep me alive, my hypertension medicine that helps keep me alive, my cholesterol medicine that helps keep me alive and my anxiety medicine that helps calm as I face my medical challenges. It also doesn’t take an insider to know that big Pharma is a pretty good investment. I have invested in pharmaceuticals which I did because America has an increasingly older population facing many chronic illnesses.
Ken
No question science and medicine has led to some very good results. But we do have a problem with medicine in this country, which is a r]direct result of the industry aka big pharmacy – it’s too expensive. It’s 250% more than the average of most countries – and that’s bc most countries’s governments aggressively negotiate those prices before they hit the market.
This is a very fixable problem.
What kills me is that the same people slamming big pharmacy are standing in the way of doing anything about it. The ability for Medicare to negotiate prices was part of the original spending bill proposed by some of the more “left” democrats – no republicans supported it, a few moderate democrats also refused to support it, and they had to drop it.
You can track how much was spent by pharmaceutical lobbyists to have it removed from the bill
https://time.com/6110801/prescription-drug-prices-spending-bill-big-pharma/
But rather than address the problem directly – people would rather talk about it in a nebulous cloud of conspiracies and generalizations: ‘We don’t want government in medicine”
Piggy:
No question there abuses by big Pharma and it is an industry in need of regulation. You are also 100% correct that the people who complain about government regulation are the same ones who complain about big Pharma
the conspiracy theory that annoys me is Tua’s a good QB!
where do they get this shit from?
Captain – I’m sure Elvis is in cahoots with Jim Morrison
Both were pretty fond of pharmaceuticals too, so it goes full circle.
lol
Lmao… the plot thickens
Holy shit that’s a hard read with an orange/red background and I have a great vision or so I thought. Man covid is sweeping through the NFL. I hope we don’t have anymore
That’s good
I guess….🤷♂️
LOL at the blog getting up in their feelings over what a bartender said.
SHE is about 28 I think and VERY pretty so she gets a pass. She said it as a ball busting joke because we tease each other pretty often. There was no malice. I call her Jen-Z (her name is Jennifer) and she calls me Boomer (we are actually Gen X and Millennial)
Blogs are a bit like the old AOL chat rooms, except LESS technological because they don’t refresh automatically.
Does she have an adams apple?
Nope, and no fupa either.
and before you ask, she has a full head of long brunette hair. 😉
Blogs are totally a thing of the past – we are lucky to survive to be honest
What is the new wave then?
The just post on tIk tok and other social media and are satisfied with likes and comments
Tik Tok but so unsatisfying for discussion
Mike E. says:
December 15, 2021 at 8:28 am
Captain – I’m sure Elvis is in cahoots with Jim Morrison
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I love the scene in Men In Black when Will Smith says “You do know that Elvis is dead right?” and Tommy Lee Jones says “No, Elvis is NOT dead, he just went home.”
LOL
Piggy/Ken – I don’t consider regulating pharma to be government in medicine. regulating industry to keep the playing field level is a legit government function. I do object to socialized medicine where the government runs the medical system, a la the UK or Canada. The government is lousy at running a business (Post Office anyone?). As for the proposed Bill to allow the government to negotiate drug prices, I haven’t read the specifics or seen what was attached to it so I have no comment other than there are few bills that are as simple as the media likes to make them out to be. And pretty much every representative is in the pocket of one industry or the other. And finally, fuck all socialists/communists and the horses they stole to ride in on. The only good ones are the ones stripped of citizenship and permanently exiled or the dead ones.
I favor some of privatized medicine because I believe that favors and or encourages innovation. I do agree with Piggy that there is abuse in the industry. That said my larger point is that big Pharma is not the bogeyman that many make it out to be. Big Pharma produces tangible results that helps millions of people every day. I don’t see Big Pharma as evidence of an international cabal trying to control our lives. Rather it is a large business trying to maximize its profits as all business would and should do. Many times they step over the line as do many other businesses
I’ve heard plenty of conservative equate govt regulation to socialism. I’m glad you don’t feel that way but different people fall different places on that scale. I don’t think people are shy about throwing the “ism” words around recklessly.
In this case the proposal was to allow Medicare to negotiate those prices directly which is closer to the govt running the business in contrast to run of the mill regulation. That ability gives Medicare more power and that runs contrary to some efforts to get rid of the aca or oppose m4a, so it’s no surprise to see political lines drawn on the bill
it’s kind of tuning the dial up to 11 on regulation of pharmaceuticals
The democrats old plan (it’s no longer alive) follows an effort by trump to do the same by an executive order he signed in sept 2020. It didn’t work to lower prices but you can see trump and democrats like Sanders were actually on the same page and there is no question the need is there. The difference between what trump did and the democrat’s dead proposal, is that the EO did not give Medicare that power, it used a 3rd party – and of course one is an EO and the other is legislation
I don’t think trump or the people that supported the recent efforts were in the pocket of ‘big pharmacy”. They might do it for political clout – but that’s the way democracy is supposed to work IMO. The people that opposed it, the handful of democrats, all the republicans in congress – they probably took money from lobbyists. We know lobbyists were throwing money at them.
Some are standing on principal that it’s too much of a power grab for Medicare but it’s really something to see politicians who applauded trumps EO, oppose the democrats bill. That’s pretty much what I am referring to when I say the same people slamming big pharmacy
I don’t think it’s possible to lower prescription drug prices unless the govt is the one doing the negotiation, and that opinion is going to run contrary to a lot of political philosophies. So I expect some disagreements on that. But More importantly there’s no reason to gravitate to the belief in organized conspiracies when we know people just have ideological differences on where govt should start and where it should end or where it goes to far or doesn’t go far enough
Kong,
Just for you.
We see how you are…Bait the Ape with a video that doesn’t play….
Lol, YouTube likes to make sure you go to the source. I think it improve his WoT viewing pleasure
LMAO, I think that sums up quite nicely the hot steaming pile of turd they are calling ‘Amazon’s Wheel of Time’.
I wonder who this reminds me of?
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1470871808597442565
He is not flying 😉
We aren’t playing the Jets yet so he doesn’t need to?! 😉
Carrier landings!
Piggy,
I’m a big fan of some of the single payer initiatives popular in Europe. I’m against them here but only because of how our country is truly run. Medicare shouldn’t have that power.
Congress has reneged on their responsibility for decades and allowed free reign by government agencies who hold zero accountability. Mark Meadows is just the latest example of government employees thumbing their noses at Congress and Holder was another earlier example. We give enough power to unnamed bureaucrats already. No need to give more but rather time to start allowing less.
When we get that fixed, I’m all aboard
Do you really think they don’t deal with some of the very same problems in Europe?
I’m sure they do but I don’t know their systems as well so I can’t make equal judgments. I’ve seen ours and don’t want any part of it. I know they are anti- voting machine and there are more than two parties so I see better options already in place there, than here.
They do. Inefficient bureaucracy goes hand in hand with the existence of government IMO so does corruption, but I think corruption you can punish whereas bureaucracy you just have to accept. that said – I don’t think those concerns should stop legislation.
I have a standing objection to any arguments about the government not working well in the face of the private sector also sucking
It’s an argument that keeps us from pragmatic legislation that we need and many people across political spectrums agree on
I’m all for legislation and Congress doing their job. I’m not for them handing it off to Medicare. outside of in small chunks. Show me someone in the bureaucracy being punished and I might agree.
I can’t believe I am actually happy to see Brown back at practice
I saw brown last night in my shorts, but I did have Taco Bell 😳
Bad Dog
Great news
How can you have your pudding if you don’t eat your meat