I hope everyone has a safe, enjoyable Memorial day Weekend. Please remember what this holiday is all about!
Thank you to all who have served and those who sacrificed their lives to protect us to enable us to have the freedom we own, and the ability to celebrate you on this day! Thank You!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Nice Mike E. and thank you.
And, I’m very grateful to those who sacrificed for our freedom.
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Well said, Mike!
My post didn’t post.
Ok this is not letting me post video’s??????
Even when I type a couple sentences.
It could be a restriction from the video. This blog is not doing it, at least not intentional.
Ok this was just random to see if it would work. Yeah, must be the video.
Hillbilly bluegrass band from Finland playing heavy metal cover songs.
Well that one from these guys posted. The one I wanted to won’t. I was really impressed with it. They did “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC. The banjo player nailed it!
On Youtube, search “Thunderstuck by Steve’n’Seagulls”
BBM: When I tried to post a couple of days ago my post was eliminated by some “Security” site I know nothing about. That’s when I posted my “Test” comment, which a couple of guys poked fun at. Wonder if any of the “Tua Haters” are just “F-ing” with us?
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Colorado Avalanche still in “CHOKE MODE” tonight in St. Louis. Avs have a big lead in shots but trail on the scoreboard 2-1 after two periods. Would be 3-1 but an Avs defenseman actually had to make a save when their goalie was about 2 feet out of the crease after losing his balance. Blues can really smell the blood now!!
Let’s go Heat!!!!
🔥 🐖🔥🐖🔥🐖🔥🐖
The Flying Pig says:
May 27, 2022 at 2:40 pm
I don’t know who Kohn is but I didn’t really think he did anything out of line in that video and Kinlaw was way out of line
He asked Kinlaw what he said and Kinlaw wouldn’t tell him and then just said a bunch of stuff about his balls, his family and his name (in no particular order)
That clip was seriously one sided and Kinlaw looked like the problem to me
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Hey, Pigster,
I don’t think you clicked on the video I provided that preceded the one video ya watched. Kohn has been hounding Kinlaw for some time and in a most unprofessional, inappropriate way… he started the fire.
Kinlaw is a punk, nevertheless… I’m not disagreeing with you on that, man. I suddenly and very much dislike Kinlaw now.
I didn’t
I couldn’t even finish the one I clicked on…lol
I read some articles about the fight, sounds like his teammates support him
I don’t know though, if some one asks you an open ended question to explain what they said – I think you have to explain it
Didn’t look like Kinlaw had any interest in telling him why he was upset
I hear ya on that. Nevertheless, you should hear/see what Kohn has been writing about Kinlaw. It makes our beat writers look like angels when it comes to Tua.
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” ROCKED!!! And John Williams’ “Obi-Wan Theme” is NICETY!!!
2 episodes today on its debut and I CAN’T WAIT until next week!!! 😀
Sorry Cav that was tough
Cheers, Toba. It was rough to lose that way, but I knew once the Cards went up 4-0 against the Brewers that the Blues were done for.
(Every Blues loss coincided with a Cards win if you missed that earlier, lol.)
After Binner went down I expected to be done in 5; we fought hard and made the Avs earn it. Would have been nice to force game 7, but honestly I thought they were going to beat up on us tonight anyway. Husso kept us in the game. I’m proud of my guys.
REALLY TOUGH LOSS for St. Louis! But I’m pretty sure Colorado did NOT strike much fear in the hearts of Edmonton with their uninspiring showing against the banged-up Blues. Anyway, the Oilers will have the extra day’s rest when the Western Conference Finals begin.
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SPEAKING OF “EXTRA REST,” the Lightning will have had about an EXTRA WEEK’S REST when they finally play either the Rangers or the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Finals!! — The big question in Tampa is “Will Brayden Point be able to play at any point in that series??” Head Coach Jon Cooper is being very tight lipped on that topic.
anyone but Edmonton.. prefer Tampa
I’m rooting for Tampa the rest of the way.
I heard someone yell Tampa sucks balls! LOL
LOL
Phindog family has booked hotel and flights to the fest. Not staying at Neptune this time but a little north of it. Don’t know the name of the place,my wife booked everything and she’s at the grocery store. Now I have to walk further to hang out with you peoples. 🐕🎸🎼🥃🥃
I hope you still bring your guitar, though.
So I left nyc for the Long weekend
Had some oysters yesterday
And now I have food poisoning
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Ugh….nothing worse than seafood food poisoning.
Down here we have a rule:
“Never eat oysters in a month that doesn’t have an R.”
PIG —
I really hope it’s only food poisoning, which is certainly horrible, but not hepatitis.
Do oysters have heat issues Naples?
So in summer months they can get exposed to too much heat
Better to stick with pigs in a blanket
Finszone
#Dolphins safety Brandon Jones has been the most efficient tackling safety since entering the league in 2020, per @PFF
(min. 500 snaps).
That’s my 2nd favorite D player, after Phillips, he’s the epitome of team player
When there’s an int, he’s looking for guys to block and not Wilkins-ing it (celebrating instead of making a play or getting in the way of teammates making a play)
He’s all hustle all the time, and pretty good blitzing too
I’d say most underrated player on the team, at least for starters
cool
I remember someone posted the stupid writer who said safety was our weakest position. in spite of the stat above and that he led the league safeties in # of sacks (I think) and he is not even our #1 safety, Holland, who was All Rookie and graded higher than most vet safeties.
Phindog says:
May 28, 2022 at 11:58 am
Phindog family has booked hotel and flights to the fest. Not staying at Neptune this time but a little north of it. Don’t know the name of the place,my wife booked everything and she’s at the grocery store. Now I have to walk further to hang out with you peoples. 🐕🎸🎼🥃🥃
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Not Yahoo, but YOHOO.
Gotta figure out where your tune venue is. My guess is most hotels don’t take kindly to a bunch of crazy folks rolling up with coolers and not buying their drinks on a Friday night. I’d say take it to the beach but think open beverage laws apply.
Is anyone actually at the Neptune? It worked great.
But I’ll leave it to you and the folks staying on Hollywood Beach to figure it out. Son seems to be the expert.
about oysters Steve
That was our rule of thumb. But then, back then, we were out in the sawgrass raking oysters off the mudflats as they were right at water level. Very wild.
Oysters eat by filtering water through to extract microbiotic nutrients.
I grew up in Charleston which is somewhat of a line sometimes with what can grow there, meaning there are plants which are an indicator of chill factor.
Traditional Peaches and pecans can grow there, coconuts can’t, even though it is the palmetto state. (not saying hybridizers haven’t been trying to get apples to grow there and roses to grow in Naples, so maybe there’s hope for that)
But in the wild, it’s different. Again with modern “farms,” such as salmon farms, shrimp farms, etc. (are there oyster farms yet? not sure), maybe that’s different, because they might be able to control water temp and use chemicals to kill the bacteria in the farm water.
So when marsh waters (oysters grow in the marshes) exceed a certain chill (no idea what degree that is) then the waters are subject to a bacteria over-growth until the cold Atlantic kills it back.
There was always some high school after-prom party where all the kids got sick because they tried to have an oyster roast on the beach as usual, but it was already too late (May has no R).
So we were very cautious of that.
Again, that was the sixties, so maybe now they know more, but there are articles on google that say that New England shore waters are warmer and they are concerned about their oyster industry (and their lobsters).
We have seen a fair number of food poisoning cases involving raw oysters. I have learned too much. I will never eat raw oysters
Last thing you want is Hepatitis, but man do I love them. Still eat, but only from a place I trust (which normally means expensive).
also
oops on my first oyster post
“down here” was me referring to pig living “up there” (in the North).
I sometimes still think of myself as living in Charleston,
since I was born and raised and married and lived there for over 30 years.
I do not know if Gulf of Mexico oysters are even the same breed.
Gulf lobsters certainly are not the same thing as New England lobsters.
The bacteria Vibrio vulnificus is commonly present in oysters, but warm water can lead the bacteria to grow rapidly, so the riskiest oysters come from the Gulf of Mexico during the summer months. Nov 12, 2009
U.S. to Ban Raw Warm-Water Oysters – The New York Times
Naples — my rugby team in Richmond had an Oyster Roast each year. Nothing like fresh ones (guys bought in bulk from a supplier) fresh off the grill. But then we had it in March or April.
I literally have been to over a thousand oyster roasts.
We’d soak a burlap sack in sea water (and sometimes beer)
so as to steam the oysters over a “campfire” till they popped open.
We all had old ratty canvas oyster gloves with the fingers worn out from the oyster shells that’re so sharp they’ll slice you right open.
Plus they’d be steaming hot.
And we all had our own oyster knife which was blunt so you could slip it in between the shells and snap off the top shell with a twist of the wrist.
Chicks’d love it when you opened them up and shared them.
They were so delicious. We’d eat them by the bushel.
Richmond, Virginia?
Chesapeake Bay oysters then?
Much farther north than Charleston, but still southern.
I think it’s so cool that you played rugby.
I have a nephew in law who plays rugby in the NC mountains now.
Only real men can play rugby it’s so brutal.
I wasn’t involved in the cooking, but my impression was they’d get say three bushels of oysters on ice (assume the local variety for Richmond, VA) and just pop on a couple normal grills. They’d throw a half cup of beer on every so often, but otherwise was au natural.
One of my friends has a weekend place in Norther Neck, VA and buys bags of little oysters on the cheap and hangs them off his dock. Never seen them but according to him some grow to as big as his hand. Want to see those oysters?
And yeah Rugby is fun as hell. Played for 15 years. My only regret now is the injuries. They heal then but come back to haunt you.
Some people are leery of warm-water oysters. “It comes from the myth that you should eat oysters only in months with an R, when the water temperature is so cold bacteria doesn’t grow,” Daffin says. “Nowadays they clean them carefully so they’re safe year-round.” And consistently meaty.
https://www.mensjournal.com/food-drink/a-shuckers-guide-to-oysters-20130211/apalachicola/
Mike Gesicki is going to George Kittle, Greg Olsen and Travis Kelce’s Tight End University program in Nashville again this year. Wonder if he can wrangle an invite for Smythe.
I think we have an excellent TE room.
and an excellent TE coach
and our HC is excellent in using TEs.
Yeah we’re pretty strong at TE.
We do — but seems getting tips from Kittle and Kelce would be a good thing. Gesicki is heading back to TE U for the second time. Must have liked.
“Given the additions on the offensive line, I see Kindley as somebody who’s got a major battle on his hands to make the active roster, particularly since he’s not particularly well suited for the outside zone scheme.”
– Alain Poupart
Yeah none of us really know where he stands at this time.
The Flying Pig says:
May 28, 2022 at 11:58 am
So I left nyc for the Long weekend
Had some oysters yesterday
And now I have food poisoning
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Sorry to hear that, Pigster… especially over a holiday weekend. I once got food poisoning from eating bad calamari… and as much as I absolutely loved it prior to the episode, I’m not sure I’ll ever eat it again. That’s how bad a taste it left in my palate, olfactory, and stomach from vomiting.
Get well soon, pal.
That happened to me one time after eating hot pastrami. Couldn’t eat it for years after that. It might not have even been the pastrami, I could have caught a bug, but I attributed it to that.
I’ll tell ya this, Tim… any and every time there was calamari mixed in any stir-fry foods I’ve cooked (post my original episode), I puked afterward. And it’s not even that the calamari was so strong (it went down nice!), but it was in there: my stomach automatically rejected it afterward as though it was a foreign invader to my body.
Just revisiting the athletic and fast LB we added to our defense. We now have two sideline to sideline, blitz/cover and spy LBs with Baker and Tindall. Steve has mentioned this before. He brings another guy to get after the Allen, Jackson and Mahomes of the world.
Crickets!!!! I think Channing Tindall is a huge addition. I see Baker, Roberts and Tindall manning the inside while Ogbah, Phillips, Van Ginkel and Ingram man the outside. Not counting the pure DL. Then you have our secondary. We’re a good and talented defense in all three phases. Let’s enjoy it!
The new offense is what will get us over the hump. We’re not going to fail because of defense. We’re loaded even if some media and fans won’t admit it. We should be a top 5 defense. We have everything you want.
YOU’VE GOT TO HAND IT TO those beered-up NY Rangers fans in Madison Square Garden. The SCREAMING, THE YELLING, THE DIN, has made it almost impossible for the Carolina Hurricanes to hear themselves think!!! Yes it reminds the Old Dolfan of the Dolphins’ glory Days in the Historic Orange Bowl, where the longest home winning streaks in college football (the Miami Hurricanes from 1983-1991) and in PRO Football (the Miami Dolphins from 1971-1974) took place!! – – – Just a coincidence??? – – I don’t think so!!!
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Rangers, who trail 3 games to 2, were 1 and 1/2 goal favorites tonight at face off. TOO MUCH, you say? Mika Dibenejad’s break-away goal midway thru the first period put the Rangers up 2-0!!
“BRING ME ANOTHER SIX-PACK,” said an older Rangers fan!!!!
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ESPN broadcaster Sean McDonough, a known fan of the Boston Bruins, said “New York has the best goaltender still in the NHL playoffs.” HOLD ON, Bruins Breath. The best goaltender still in the NHL playoffs has TWO Stanley Cup rings, a Conn Smythe Trophy, and he just gave up 3 total goals in a 4-game blowout of the Florida Panthers where he had a.981 save percentage!! Young Mr. Shisterkin has had a great season for New York. But Tampa Bay’s goalie has the rings and has the hardware.
GO BOLTS!!
Mf13…I hate calamari, … just nasty… not supposed to be a food animal
Just revisiting the athletic and fast LB we added to our defense. We now have two sideline to sideline, blitz/cover and spy LBs with Baker and Tindall. Steve has mentioned this before. He brings another guy to get after the Allen, Jackson and Mahomes of the world.
Actually we’ve got 4 guys to contain them. We saw both safeties last year bottle up Jackson.
Any of the 4 on any given play could have containment or 2 at a time
True because our DBs can get after people and play physical. But adding a LB like Tindall changes the game. You don’t have to rely on him to be the guy, just another part of the cog to keep it coming. Speed kills! Coach McD believes in it in all phases.
While everyone is focused on the Tyreek Hill trade and the the transformation of the offense, I think the pundits are forgetting about our defense and upside. STs too. We’re becoming crazy fast as a team. It never stops. McDaniel wants all positions to play fast. It sounds easy but he helped create the roster to do it. If you play slow you’ll be cut.
Coach McD will have to cut 37 players like every other HC. Then decide who can land on the PS. Sorry if I’m typical positive Tim Knight but this year does feel different. The depth of this team if pretty damn good. The OL is still what has to improve for me. Looking forward to the new scheme and makeup.
LOL @ Naples – Never have I thought as I’m enjoying calamari that it’s not supposed to be a food animal. I used to be one of the pickiest eaters, really limited myself. I try just about anything, and have really expanded my food eating world. I’m really happy I have, there’s so much good stuff out there that I would have missed out on. Never thought I would eat as much seafood as I do, raw clams, oysters, fish (sushi), squid, octopus etc. Never could have imagined eating those things as an 18 YO, but eat them all now.
Naples – Just caught some posts up above, I thought that seafood rule with the R months applied to clams too. I guess all seafood is better in the R months, but at a few points in my life, I forgot whether the food was better in the R months or worse. lol
yeah I suppose oysters are like clams (and mussels and conch too) — all mollusks.
As are octopuses, squids, snails, slugs, etc.
Everybody must decide what they will eat.
I don’t eat any that don’t have shells or that live on dry land.
I nowadays mostly avoid oysters and clams.
I do love scallops though. That’s the one of these I still eat. It’s dryer meat or something.
Now arthropods, that’s a more difficult decision, because I really love shrimp.
However, I rarely eat crab or lobster.
Yikes, this group includes flies, roaches, centipedes, and scorpions.
I don’t eat any of those.
Teddy Bridgewater has a career 62-41 TD to INT ratio with a career 89.8 passer rating.
Ideally you want your QB to have at least a 2-1 ratio,
and in 2020 the league average passer rating was 93.6.
Tua has a career 27-15 ratio with a 88.8 rating, although it was 90.1 last year.
At the NFL’s Annual League Meeting on Monday, coach Mike McDaniel made it clear that Bridgewater was signed as the backup, not to compete with Tua for the starting gig.
“Around the Combine, I was describing specifically what I thought Tua really needed in support with a backup quarterback,” McDaniel said. “Unbeknownst to you guys, I was quite literally describing Teddy Bridgewater at the time, just not using his name. So, both players have (been) explicitly explained their roles and expectations. For that room to be their best, they need to know that.”
At the NFL Scouting Combine, McDaniel’s exact quote on what the team was looking for to support Tua was: “When you’re looking for a No. 2 quarterback, there’s two things: You want him to benefit the starting quarterback while the starting quarterback is the starting quarterback and empower him with how they approach their daily game plan responsibilities, how they develop when they’re training in the offseason. But you also want a guy that can win games should the starter go down. So, a veteran backup is definitely in our discussions, but it’s the best player that we can find in whatever avenue and move forward from there.”
That pretty well defines Bridgewater, who is 33-30 in his career as a starter and has shown the ability to run a functional offense. The upside with Teddy isn’t there, but he’s a solid distributor who can get the ball to the playmakers’ hands, even if he doesn’t operate an explosive show.
https://www.nfl.com/news/dolphins-mike-mcdaniel-on-tua-tagovailoa-teddy-bridgewater-both-qbs-have-been-ex
oh and this was the end of that article:
As for the unceasing rumors that the Dolphins are attempting to make a trade for Tom Brady this season, McDaniel called the gossip “fake news.”
There is nothing “Happy” about this day for those of us who lost a loved one in service.
Why are you bringing this old news about Teddy up, is there now fake news speculation we now have a QB controversy?
naplesfan2010 says:
May 28, 2022 at 10:55 pm
Mf13…I hate calamari, … just nasty… not supposed to be a food animal
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I sure hate it now to be sure, LOL, but I love most seafood. There are certain foods that I will never try (insects, amphibians, and worms/slugs), but I like to try new things once in a while. Mako shark and ostrich are two of the rarer things I’ve tried in my life. The former was far too dry and tough, the latter was absolutely delicious.
I can get going off something after a bad experience. The smell of tequila made me want to yuke for years after a cage match with Jose in college. But I’ll take this any time.
*M13 vomits all over his computer*
LOL! 😀
Keep that stuff to yourself, Stanger!!! LOL 😉
Come’on M13…. that’s the calamari starter set. Before their first bites many kids are told it’s chicken.
THAT’S the shit I vomited after… FRIED CALAMARI!!! YUK!!! LOL
I honestly used to love it… I probably just got a bad batch of it one day. I’m forever changed, Bro!
Stanger,
Just out of curiosity, what’s the strangest/most exotic thing you’ve ever eaten?
Dog food — kibbles and bits, but I was just a stupid frosh trying to show off for upperclassman in college. Tasted like shit and I threw up right after.
As just food — Uni (sea urchin). That tasted like shit too, but least didn’t yuke.
I’ve never tried sea urchin. Hmmm… I think I’ll take your advice and NOT try it. 🙂
Brian Miller has fallen off his rocker, sure he said it was just an exercise, but why even write something so ridiculous?
https://phinphanatic.com/2022/05/29/one-go-miami-dolphins-wr-keeping-four/
The locks are Waddle, Hill, Wilson and Ezukanma
Miami’s WR unit currently looks like this.
Jaylen Waddle
Tyreek Hill
River Cracraft
Trent Scherfield
Preston Williams
Erik Ezukanma
Lynn Bowden, Jr.
Cedrick Wilson, Jr.
and a few players that are long shots to make the roster.
So given those names
Scherfield was signed mostly for ST and played for MM
Cracraft seems to be a Longshot
Bowden, injured last year, but I don’t hold that against him, because I think he could’ve played, was stashed on IR. He fits this O pretty good
Preston might have the most upside, but with him not really playing ST and often injured he seems like a longshot
Why are we in Harbaugh’s head, when he’s beaten us 8 out of 10?
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article259597219.html
Lol….seafood poisoning was painful retching. Glad I’ve only experienced it once. Never stopped me from going back for more, just not to the same restaurant…lol.
Uni is god awful to me, the texture is gross…there’s a jack mackerel (I think) that’s not good either. I love eel, most sashimi, calamari to lobster to crab to mussels to oysters, a nice tilapia, snapper, sea bass, grouper, tuna, etc.
Escargot is tasty, Cajun crawfish and Gator.
Have had brain, tongue, heart, liver, and balls…lol, but not a fan.
Varieties of meats and fowl: Bison, cow, sheep, goat, pig, chicken, quail, ostrich, deer, elk, rattlesnake, and maybe a few others, hopefully no dogs, lol.
Don’t do bugs.
Used to work at a Japanese place so have tried all the sushi stuff, even if Uni only once. But only live squirmy stuff we served was scallop.
And man do I Iove escargot, no matter the preparation (but if you ever see in a horseradish cream…. order it).
Done all those meats except for rattlesnake. Did do horse one time at a Kazakhstan wedding. Even if didn’t really want to was part of their tradition as derived from horse riders of the Mongols.
Follow up – If you read about the “R” month issues, it seems like some of the issues started way before better transport with refrigeration. It’s possible that those problems have been fixed, but some legends linger forever.
It also could only logically apply to Northeast oysters. Gulf Coast Oysters are pretty warm to start with in some “R” months.
That too
Mrs K always followed the R rules she learned from her daddy…..
She would always dress up the raw oysters, I let her have the bigger ones as smaller were just fine for me…..
Omar Kelly: Ten Dolphins players whose seats are getting warm
https://www.yahoo.com/news/omar-kelly-ten-dolphins-players-093000896.html
(no paywall)
Includes that cutting Cethan Carter would give us $2.5 mil in cap space. Is he worth that to keep him?
Jealous about your Japanese restaurant experience….and couldn’t get through the Uni…lol.
I just love most foods, love the different ethnic preparations….so much more to try…lol
I thought that was to stangerx, but random might work too…
Went to the beach!
What kind of fish is that?
Red Drum
Nice Bull Red!!! Where is that at?
Maize Beach in Louisiana.
Just across the Texas Border
What jersey are you wearing?
Marcus Harris Wyoming Cowboy Jersey
Always a cowboy….cool!
I pulled up this article this morning and on the side is a bunch of ad’s. The top ad you can see a younger Elizabeth Shue’s titties through a see through bra. Have you seen that one? Not big but nice. I think it is one of those ad’s that show what celebrities look like now vs back then. I didn’t open it though. It’s probably one of those where you have go through 25 other pages of celebrities until you get to her picture only for it to be a different one.
Though I haven’t clicked on the add, I still haven’t closed the tab for the article either incase I want to, you know, look at her boobies again. 😉
Yep…That’s all I got for today y’all. Enjoy your Memorial Day!!
My favorite Elizabeth Shue movie is the Saint.
Redrum! Redrum!! LOL
LOL, that’s what I saw too
JUST SAW ON ESPN that the Avalanche are 6-5 favorites to win the Stanley Cup. NO THANK YOU after their less than inspiring performance against a banged-up St. Louis team!!
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OF THE 5 TEAMS STILL ALIVE in the battle for the Cup, give me the NYR at 11-1 and Tampa Bay at 6-1!! The home team has won all 6 games in the Carolina-NYR series. Game 7 is tomorrow night in Raleigh. I’m breaking with the trend and taking the visiting RANGERS to upset the Hurricanes in game 7 after they dismantled the Canes in game 6. IF I’m right, the NYR will play the Lightning in the Eastern Conference Finals!! The winner of THAT series will play the Western Conference Finals winner, either Colorado or Edmonton, in the Stanley Cup Finals.
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MY OPINION IS that either the upstart Rangers OR the highly favored LIGHTNING will win the FINALS over the winner of the Western Conference Title. Tampa’s 6-1 payout and the NYR’s 11-1 payout is MUCH more attractive to me than are Colorado’s 6-5 odds or Edmonton’s odds.
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WE’LL have a strong indication in about 24 hours when the Rangers at Hurricanes game is over.
ANY THOUGHTS from you puckheads on the winner of this year’s Stanley Cup?
PS: PLANNING on visiting a local grave site tomorrow that has some veterans buried there. Ultimate respect to those who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms!!
MIKE E; JUST NOTICED that you made ABSOLUTE PERFECTION available near the top of the current article. I hadn’t read any of those articles for a few years. –HOPE WE MAKE MORE SUPER BOWL HISTORY THIS SEASON!!
Why not us?
HEY,TIM, are you a “KNIGHT OWL??”
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To answer your very good question—I could NOT pick Miami to win the upcoming Super Bowl because of their mediocre O-Line AND the probability that at least ONE of the starters will miss significant time during this season. Should the FO subsequently add ANOTHER QUALITY STARTER and ANOTHER CAPABLE BACK-UP, i WOULD CHANGE MY MIND AND SAY “INDEED, WHY NOT US?”
OD, I am a night owl some of the time but last night I had just come home from a friend’s BBQ and didn’t feel like going to sleep.
OD – This isn’t the era of get whatever players you want. There’s a salary cap that is in place to at least in theory create parity. Every team has holes, but I think the Dolphins have a pretty damn good roster. I think those young, talented guys we have on our roster like Austin Jackson and Liam Eichenberg will be good NFL players, they need to be coached. We knew that when we drafted Austin Jackson, he was a 20 YO raw prospect with athletic talent and power at a young age. We didn’t coach him well. Eichenberg came in more ready but struggled. I think he’ll bounce back. We did bring in two quality NFL starters on the O-line in Armstead and Williams. We have to hope that’s enough.
Piggy Post Test
Good point Mike- I always forget how young Jackson is. Hopefully he can be coached up. I’m actually more worried about Eichenberg. He got toasted
20-12
I guess you fixed the issue
49
8
lol yeah but … no, it’s like our record was 9-8, not like a subtraction.
all 3 of three of the ones with the most are in the AFC East!!
Please ignore the random posts above. I was trying to type only enough to test my log in.
Unless you want a beer for getting the right answers. (with a bow to OD)
20-12
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all 3 in the AFCEast.
A grateful Memorial Day to all who served.
You are our heroes.
My grandfather was a gunner on a Convoy Escort Gunboat in the Navy in WW1.
mlbinga says:
May 29, 2022 at 11:57 am (Edit)
There is nothing “Happy” about this day for those of us who lost a loved one in service.
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Very sorry for your loss. Totally understood, I had no intentions of being insensitive with the title “Happy Memorial day”. It’s become a commercialized holiday for sure, but at the top of the article, I tried to emphasize what the holiday is all about. Again, sorry for your loss, and the losses for all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice serving and protecting our country.
mlbinga’s beef aside…. seems there are at least some out there in the world who read this place without commenting. Did you have to approve that comment?
Yes I did.
Guess in the old days we’d then call him a “one-issue voter.”
Stanger – Every new post has to be approved, meaning if you haven’t posted here before.
That’s why asked. Other possibility was some old-timer who still reads but wanted to bring that up.
I’d be surprised if that person reads us. Check out her profile. She probably searches blogs for people who use the phrase “happy memorial day”.
Think you are right Cav. Didn’t even know you could make your profile go straight to a blog.
I just tried to put up 3 straight links to pics of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. And two ended in jpg and jpeg. If about being approved by admins…. only need one if any at all.
It was in spam, I have no idea why.
Thanks Herd. This place is a fickle beast. 🙂
Sad!
Very sad.
I know some o you here were fans
Interesting guy. Guess the Louvre is glad it put the glass up. In the same room as the Mona Lisa are a bunch of other priceless paintings from the Renaissance you can walk right up to.
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The Mona Lisa was left shaken but unharmed on Sunday when a visitor to the Louvre tried to smash the glass protecting the world’s most famous painting before smearing cream across its surface in an apparent climate-related publicity stunt.
The perpetrator was a man disguised as an old lady who jumped out of a wheelchair before attacking the glass.
“Maybe this is just nuts to me…,” posted the author of a video of the incident’s aftermath that shows a Louvre staffer cleaning the glass. “(He) then proceeds to smear cake on the glass, and throws roses everywhere before being tackled by security.”
Can’t see him as anything more than a PS player, and he’s still got to pass up Doaks, who is White 1 year removed
Put him on the PS and let him get acclimated and see what happens, we may need some depth midway thru the season
The interesting thing to me was he was recruited as a LB at FSU but after transferring he became a RB. So that could help him when it comes to STs. But I agree the PS is probably where he starts.
For those who may have missed it: John Williams plays new Obi-Wan Kenobi theme LIVE at Star Wars Celebration!
Try this one, then…
His style is very influenced by Tchaikovsky.
I’d say more by Gustav Holst, but that’s JMO.
I just happen to know he is influenced by Tchaikovsky. Many people say Star Wars soundtracks are heavily influenced by him.
I live just about 7 miles down the same road ZaQuandre White lives on.
He was not recruited as a LB.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was the top running back recruit in Florida coming out of North Fort Myers in 2017
… scored four touchdowns and was the North MVP in the All-Star Classic in Fort Myers…
rushed for over 1,500 yards and scored 14 touchdowns in two years playing only 14 games…
had five-game stretch where he rushed for an incredible 956 yards,
including a 372-yard, five-touchdown game against Cape Coral…
played under former NFL running back Earnest Graham…
also ran track…
was rated the nation’s No. 7 running back recruit,
ranked No. 1 on the Naples Daily News’ Big 15 list.
Quan White got caught up in the mess at FSU, so to get playing time, he volunteered to help out at LB where FSU was short on bodies.
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2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
Moved from running back to outside linebacker prior to the 2018 season…
appeared in 11 games for the Seminoles and recorded 22 tackles
with one 20-yard kickoff return as a redshirt freshman…
recorded career-high seven tackles at NC State…
had six stops in a win vs. Wake Forest…
made four tackles, including three solo stops, vs. No. 2 Clemson…
recorded two solo tackles at Syracuse…
registered two tackles and 20-yard kickoff return at No. 3 Notre Dame.
Quan White then trransferred schools, so he could go back to RB.
Spent the 2019 season at Iowa Western C.C. where he returned to play running back…
named first team NJCAA All-America… rushed 876 yards in eight games,
averaging 109.5 yards per game and 6.4 yards per carry, with 10 TDs… in 8 games
247Sports Composite rated him as the No. 1 JUCO running back.
Quan White as a 2021 (Redshirt Senior) was
Gamecocks’ second-leading rusher with 583 yards on 88 carries,
an average of 6.6-yards per tote, tying for the third-best mark in school history…
selected by the Carolina coaches as Overcoming Adversity Award winner…
… caught 19 passes out of the backfield for 202 yards, 10.6 per catch…
tied for the team lead with five TDs, two rushing and three receiving…
opened the season with a 63-yard scoring burst in his first career start…
led the team with 12 carries for 65 yards, all in the second half, vs. Vanderbilt…
logged his second 100-yard rushing game with a 13-carry, 111-yard effort against Florida,
including a 54-yard run to setup the team’s first touchdown…
led the team with 60 rushing yards and a TD at Missouri when he served as a game captain…
also had three catches for 48 yards, including a career-long, 38-yard TD reception…
led the team with 168 all-purpose yards – 99 rushing yards and a career-high 69 yards receiving against Auburn…
had a 28-yard receiving TD and a career-long 40-yard catch against the Tigers…
earned Most Improved Player honors for the offense
Naples, good stuff on ZaQuandre White. I was just going by what that article said. I had no idea about the history of his career.
That’s not what the article said Timmy🤪
White began his collegiate career as a linebacker at Florida State before transferring to Iowa Western Community College and then South Carolina.
Nit picker! LOL
Thank you Naples….playing RB and succeeding in SEC where they do play defense is something to note….
Tim Knight says:
May 30, 2022 at 8:05 pm
I just happen to know he is influenced by Tchaikovsky. Many people say Star Wars soundtracks are heavily influenced by him.
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Are you certain about that? Many people say Star Wars soundtracks were all but ripped off by John Williams, from Gustav Holst’s works.
Listen to this, and draw your own conclusion, Bro…
This is circa 1916, FWIW.
Go do some research about it, it’s out there.
Aye, I just did! You aren’t wrong, either… nor am I above. 🙂
I wasn’t saying there is no Holst in there just that I’ve known about the Tchaikovsky influences for awhile now. It’s not a knock or anything, every musician is influenced by others before them.
Hey no problem, tim, no bad on you, just another example of shoddy research by these beat writers and using copy and paste instead.
AS I PREDICTED LAST NIGHT, the New York Rangers are off to a fast start and lead the home-standing Carolina Panthers 2-0 after one period in Raleigh. I may NOT get to see much of the rest of this game as a big thunderstorm has interrupted some of my DIRECTV programming.
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BOTH me and Mrs. OD did some serious work around the house today. Then I focussed on what this day is all about. With a little bad luck, it could be ME in one of those burial sites. Instead, I got to work on some of the less fortunate ones. I’m so LUCKY and SO FORTUNATE to be an American!!
Once, years ago, I was asked by a co-worker if I felt unlucky to be drafted. “Not one little bit,” was my response. I urged him to visit a military burial sight and thank your lucky stars you did NOT have to pay the ultimate price for the good of your country.
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The Old Dolfan is out for tonight.
Cheers, OD.
THANKS,Krishna. It’s almost all over in Raleigh as the Rangers take a 4-0 lead in the 3rd period with just 16 minutes left in this game! — The Hurricanes have lost their starting goalie due to injury while the Rangers’ Shisterkin is on pace for yet another shutout!!
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This eagerly anticipated Stanley Cup Semi-Final Series features the reigning Greatest Goalie on the Planet, the Lightning’s Andrei Vasilevsky, vs.the top-rated goalie THIS YEAR, the Rangers Igor Shisterkin!! The New York Press will have a FIELD DAY WITH THIS ONE!!!
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I WAS ASKED by a co-worker “What can we do to lessen the impact of these Russia Goalies in the NHL??” I responded, “Tighten the immigration laws!”
JUST KIDDING!!!
Y’all have a great short work week!
This time I’m REALLY OUT!!
5-1 now.
Lol…and enforce them!
Could this be why we traded for Hill?
Now pay attention Waddle
What because of the speed and playmaking ability? Waddle is a young Hill in the making. Now we have two. 🙂
I’d like Waddle to be a clone of Hill, hope he’s watching and learning
Good for him!
wow there is an example of people being right who said with his knees the way they were he should not be drafted high and would have a very short career.
oh and answers to the Super Bowl quiz.
20-12 is twenty teams have won at least one and 12 teams have never one won including Minnesota and Buffalo who have lost 4 each.
49 is the number of years since Miami last won a Super Bowl.
and 3, all in the AFC East means
the 3 teams who were in the most consecutive Super Bowls are Buffalo with 4 (all losses) and Miami and NE, with 3 consecutive Super Bowls each.
Of course the Dolphins lost the first then won 2 in a row but the Patriots lost the middle of their 3.
The Patriots have lost the most Super Bowls, 5.
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Also the Miami Dolphins swept the patsies last season.
Not political. I didn’t realize Huckabee was that funny of a guy.
Good on them!
Awesome!
That was pretty cool….”get some cats out of the trees”…lol
Could Miami Dolphins fans see 49ers lose 10 games in 2022?
by Brian Miller21h ago
Miami Dolphins fans are not too worried about what the San Francisco 49ers do in 2022 but at some point, they will given Miami owns their first-round pick.
What an amateur, we’ll be rooting against SF week 1🤔
You sure do hate Brian Miller. Think he’d be the first to tell you he is an amateur, or at least used to be. But pretty cool to have your hobby passion become a money-maker.
“We have to give love to the people who we think deserve it the least”
My daughter posted that on her facebook. I told her that was a very nice thought and asked what made her come up with that. She sent me this video.
I do not want to stir up the school shooting convo again, so no need to respond. I do think this is worth sharing though.
Thanks BBM
That’s pretty powerful, they need to put it to good use
Didn’t know people like that really existed, more of something you’d see in a movie
They should make kids from across the country watch this every year in middle school, with the lesson being be careful who you bully, that person may take revenge some day
Very powerful stuff.
Guess the last line explained why 54-year-old him was with 23-year-old her.
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Michael Todd Hill, 54, of Leland (NC), was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced Friday in the killing of 23-year-old Keonna Graham of Navassa. Graham was reported missing on July 20, 2020. She was later found dead in a hotel with a gunshot wound to the back of the head.
Hill later confessed to shooting Graham after she had been texting with other men while at the hotel.
Hill won $10 million from a scratch-off ticket in August 2017.
Was thinking it’s why she was with him
Couldn’t even imagine having a 23-year-old girlfriend. Well could imagine but in reality wouldn’t have enough energy to keep up. That’s the age where you hit closings at bars 3Xs a week.
It’s probably not that she was texting other men, but what she was texting them
Hmmmmmmm
Goedert Tier #1
Gesicki Tier #3
https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-tight-end-rankings-tiers-2022
Goedert is a better blocker and really came on last year pass catching
Where Gesicki needs to improve is getting open
But this is just a beauty contest as most rankings are
HMMM?
I’d take Tretter over Suh.
That’s good for us indirectly, the NFC South is somewhat weak this year, hopefully NOLA gets back to winning too
Tampa plays all the teams in AFC North plus KC, I’d like them to win all 5 of those games
Good thing Brady came back, how many of those would they have won without him?
Gesicki is going to have a really good season. I’m expecting big things. He wants to stay here, he wants $$$, he has to ball out
He’ll benefit bigly from improved OL, as he’ll have more opportunities downfield when the play breaks down
Tua throwing in 2 seconds doesn’t Play to Gesicki’s strengths
LOL