OK, so now it’s actually official – Vic Fangio is the Miami Dolphins Defensive Coordinator. Miami Dolphins writer/analyst Travis Wingfield recently interviewed Vic Fangio. The last question Wingfield posed to our new DC was “What do you hope to accomplish here in Miami?” I loved his answer, and for some reason, perhaps his age lends more credibility when saying what he said, but it was inspiring and believable that this is his aim. Fangio replied . . . “I want to take this franchise to heights that this franchise had been at in years past, and I think the NFL is a better league when the Miami Dolphins are contenders”. What I hope that Fangio can bring, and it would go hand on hand with making the Dolphins contenders, is consistency from our defense. Our defense has been inconsistent from game to game, even quarter to quarter. We’re all aware injuries to our secondary really hurt us, and I think nearly all of us felt that running the same scheme which required so much from your secondary, which was previously ran by two excellent cover corners in Xavien Howard and Byron Jones, with help from 2 excellent safeties in Jevon Holland Holland and Byron Jones, along with excellent nickel back Nik Needham, was bereft of 3/5’s of that unit. To further weaken the unit, Xavien Howard was dealing with groin injuries for at least half the season, and never regained his former level of play. To ask undrafted free agents and ST’s players converted to active duty to play at the level that the squad did last season was foolish, and no adjustments were made to help the depleted secondary.
We know we have some talent on defense, some top talent, some gritty lunchpail guys, and some young players on the cusp of becoming all pros. I think our best, and most consistent player has been DT Christian Wilkins. He’s had back to back magnificent seasons and has to be considered one of the best DT/DE’s in the NFL. In the secondary, last season it looked like Jevon Holland was going to be a perennial all pro, this past season was somewhat of a letdown. Regardless of this past season, I believe Holland can be an all pro safety. For the lunchpail crew, no player on the Dolphins exemplifies that better than DT/DE Zach Sieler. Sieler is in the final year of his contract and he’s a player I hope the Dolphins lock up for a new 4 or 5 year contract. Jaelan Phillips is an outstanding physical specimen who appears to be ready to break out and have a pro bowl season. Despite slipping to 7 sacks this season compared to 8.5 sacks 2 seasons ago, he was always around the opposing QB and his 25 QB hits easily led the team. We traded for Bradley Chubb, and he’s one player that will have to do better in aqua and orange. I believe Fangio will accomplish that, in fact, I believe Fangio will have our front 7 playing better than ever. Relying on DB’s blitzing to get pressure will not be a staple of this defense.
We definitely have work to do on the front 7. The one linebacker we had last season that may best fit the Fangio defensive scheme is Elandon Roberts. Roberts is a run stuffing downhill linebacker who makes the tackle. He’s a stout guy in the middle, but Roberts is an UFA, so we’ll see how much the Dolphins want him back, and whether he wants to come back. In the 3-4 set up, we have LDE Christian Wilkins, NT Raekwon Davis, RDE Emmanuel Ogbah, LOLB jaelan Phillips, LILB ?, RILB Jerome Baker, and ROLB Bradley Chubb. I think Raekwon Davis needs to either step up and become a better player, or he may be moved aside. I’m not sure that depth guy John Jenkins is the answer either, but Fangio will probably be looking to get the most of Davis. At 6’7 330, he has to make more of an impact. Countless times our outside rushers flushed the QB but the middle had no pressure allowing the QB to step up. If Davis was able to collapse the pocket occasionally, our outside guys all would have had double digit sacks. We need an interior guy to do that. Raekwon Davis is also in his walk year contractually, so maybe that will help him find the fire to have a better year. Back to Elandon Roberts, he had a great season and far exceeded my expectations. I’d be more than happy to have him back.
Ditching the Cover zero will help our secondary, enable us to play more zone defense, and take the pressure off individual coverage assignments. No longer will our DB’s be on an island by themselves. None of us have any clue as to whether there’s any chance that CB Byron Jones will play for our team next season. He has a huge dead cap hit of over $14M, about $10M can be deferred to the next season of we cut Jones after June 1st. I don’t know where relations are between Jones and the Miami front office, but a healthy Byron Jones has always been a good player for our team, and if they want him back, I’m good with it. S Brandon Jones looks well into his recovery from his ACL surgery November 6th, 2022, and he should be ready to go next season. Jevon Holland I’m sure will return to form with Jones as his tandem mate. Another interesting situation to watch is whether or not we’re able to re-sign NB Nik Needham. I love the guy, he stepped up every time we needed him but was also injured this season. one week prior to S Brandon Jones going down. Needham suffered a torn achilles, which is a more difficult surgery to bounce back from, but if he’s healthy and ready to go, I hope he considers coming back here.
We have 5 picks in the 2023 NFL Draft, none in round 1. We have ZERO RB’s on our current roster, but there’s a good chance we’ll re-sign one or both of the 2022 tandem of Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson. I think there’s a very good chance we draft a RB, and pick up a few as UDFA’s after the draft as well. As far as what position will get the first pick, (#51) Round 2, that remains to be seen. Vic Fangio will undoubtedly like to use it on a defensive player, and HC Mike McDaniel on an offensive player, but Chris Grier will do his best for the team. Last year’s draft yielded very little, although we only had 4 picks, one 3rd RD pick (LB Channing Tindall), one 4th RD pick (WR Erik Ezukanma), and two 7th RD picks, (LB Cameron Goode and QB Skylar Thompson). Of the 4, only QB Skylar Thompson saw any considerable playing time, and only due to injuries. I’ll hope that at least 2 of them make a stronger showing this season, especially Tindall and Ezukanma. Perhaps McDaniel has an aversion to playing rookies, but Ezukanma has a clear path with both Trent Sherfield and River Cracraft being UFA’s. TE is definitely another position we will need to address with the almost certain departure of Mike Gesicki. Supposedly we love Tanner Conner, but I didn’t see anything this past season to validate that, but I’m also not present at practices, where he must have shown promise. We need to draft well, restructure some contracts, and choose wisely (and thriftily) in free agency.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Byron Jones gets around
Tindall should benefit from an easier scheme, but when does he get on the field, if we re-sign Roberts and retain Baker?
On running downs Roberts should be in and on passing downs an LB comes out
He has to earn his time. I would think he could be in on passing downs and also be used against running QB’s as a spy. I know he didn’t excel at that last season, but maybe Fangio will find a larger role for him. In any case, I don’t see Tindall as the big thumper in the middle, I think Roberts fits that mold better.
Mike E. – We don’t give you enough credit for keeping this thing afloat.
Thanks Phelon, perciate it
Brando Jones Huh? 😉 you need an editor. ha ha ha ha ha
LOL!
Oh, wait, I must have mis-read that…….
No Senior (Senor) Editor Rock, I feexed it. 🙂
Nice write, Mike. I liked Fangio’s answer too. That was cool of him to say that.
Thanks – That was my favorite line. If this defense can become a top 10 unit, and Tua can stay healthy, I think we can be top 10 in both offense and defense.
It’s interesting Fangio doesn’t really get into watching film of the past with the players he’s going to be coaching. He likes to work with them and get his own feel for what they can do.
Here’s the video with Fangio.
Nice Mike E and I agree with you about his last comment…he’s old school and has been around. Old meets new….
I’m excited for the change at DC, and it seems like a good hire…the other part I liked, and I agree with TK, is that he likes to ‘see the players for himself. Film was ok, but he wants be up close in his evaluations.’ I like that, too.
Good summary, Mike E. I wouldn’t know any of this if you didn’t do this. Amazing….
Thanks Krishna – Definitely seems like all the world to be right for our team. Still has to produce results, but I like our chances to prove it correct.
Thanks again MikeE!
What else Fangio said that was interesting to me was that he said he has come up with one or two new coverage schemes he wants to try out. He said it with a smile. It was the question about what he did during his time off during the last season (2:50 mark).
He didn’t take the time off. He spent the time studying the whole league and what they were doing.
Him having a year off (basically), it gave him the time and was able to take a step back and analyze the whole league and do some revamping to his defense that the league has come accustomed to.
If has tweaked his defense a bit and come up with some new coverage schemes, it could be epic for our defense.
Just try to bring back Roberts, Needham, John Jenkins and maybe even Duke Riley and Eric Rowe.
Yeah the new coverages he talked about are likely due to teams doing some new things on offense. The game is always about matchups.
….he said it with a smile…lol…a little smirk…
I want to see Mostert back. I was just talking about defense.
Wilson Jr. too.
Yes, and Sherfield. Ahmed played decent down the stretch also.
Yeah Sherfield for sure. Not sure about Ahmed but maybe. I hope we draft a back and if we bring back Mostert and Wilson Jr. we’ll be in good shape.
Now that we have big play WRs, we don’t need a big play TE, like Gesicki
We need a move the chains TE
Brady thrived with Gronk, Tua is very similar and needs his security blanket too
I think McDaniel wants more blocking at TE.
Yes, a guy that mostly blocks, then slips out, that’s hard to bring down
Our problem has been those slip out TEs, Smythe, seem to slip out to the LOS instead of past the 1st down marker, on 3rd downs
Roberts and Riley both made less than 3 mil last year. Roberts should command a little more but you can give him a 3 year contract and lessen the hit this year. If Roberts plays this year for like 3mil, he will bump someone off the top 51. Somone who is in the 1 mil range so really he would only count about 2 more mil vs the cap. Same with the other free agents we sign.
Not true, you need to have 51 guys signed first, before you can start kicking guys off
Currently we have only 42 guys signed
We have 45 on the roster but you are correct. We will have those small contract guys soon enough.
I think they should try to get an extension done now with Wilkins. They can lessen the cap hit this year (10 mil) and move it down the road.
Almost in a no-win situation with Cedric Wilson but maybe they can rework his contract to lessen his 8 mil cap hit this year.
Then there is Jason Sanders who, IMO, is not worth an average of over 4 mil per year over the next 4 years. Right now, he is the 7th highest paid kicker in the league. Is he really worth that much? His FG percentage was 82% putting him at #23 in the league for kickers of 10 or more attempts. The average last year for kickers was around 2.4 mil with Justin Tucker being the highest paid at 6 mil a year. We do have an out clause for 2023 with NO cap hit. I would have to say take a pay cut or bye, bye.
I think we’re going to see a lot of restructures with contracts and releasing some guys like Sanders. No dead cap to release him so he either takes the cut or like you said, bye bye. He has no leverage in Miami.
Mike McDaniel has a year under his belt, knows the team better, knows what he has and doesn’t have, then adds a veteran DC like Fangio. This team should make a jump in 2023. Of course with Tua being healthy and other players as well. But that’s hard to control.
What you said with Fangio wanting a defensive player and McDaniel wanting a player on offense, our top pick last year was a LB Tindall. He’s the HC, not just a guy about offense anymore. OC Frank Smith most likely wants a player on offense. 😉
The last paragraph was directed at you Mike E. In reply to comments from your article. I hope you’re not offended. 😉
We don’t have to worry about anything until March 15, which is the end of league year 2022 and beginning of league year 2023. That is less than a month away and a lot of work to be done. That is when the Top 51 rule comes in affect. Also, when teams can start trading, resigning and signing free agents.
The “negotiation” (legal tampering) period begins on March 13 (Someone remind Ross!).
Someone should tell Ross to take a 3 hour cruise. LOL
lol
Tim – I’m not talking to you anymore!! 🙃
LOL
Tim, did you check out anymore of that guy REN? He is really talented and a good story teller.
This was a trilogy he did Tale of Jenny and Screech then Violet’s Tale. This is all three songs that tells one story.
I will check this out. But I have to be in the right mood. He’s very intense.
This kid is someone to watch. Thanks for sharing BBM!
Jets hosting Derek Carr this weekend
I bet getting to bone his backup QB’s mom will be a stipulation in his contract.
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LOL, that’s so wrong but funny. Does anyone remember laughter? 😉
Get it!
I think Carr to the Jets makes the most sense. He’s not an elite QB but he is a quality QB and the Jets have a good roster. He would make the AFC East that much tougher.
Players we have under contract.
DL Wilkins, Ogbah, Sieler, Davis
Edge Chubb, Phillips, Goode
LB Baker, Tindall
CB Howard, Kohou, Williams, Crossen
S Holland, Jones, McKinley
That’s 16 players on defense. Need 9 more in a 25/25/3 roster.
Iggy is gone, we’ll take the $2.4+ dead cap over paying him $3.5+. Gotta make it up somewhere and he’s not in the mix. I don’t see us continuing with him.
We’re going to eat quite a bit of dead cap with Byron Jones ($14.8) but we can also clear $3.5 in cap space. I think he’s gone unless he restructures in a big way.
I thought about Iggy also when I was posting this stuff earlier. That 1.1 mil saved would just about be enough to resign DT/NT John Jenkins. That is about what he made last year.
If we designated Byron Jones a post June 1 cut his cap hit is much less.
POST-6/1 RELEASE
2023 Dead Cap: $4,751,000
2024 Dead Cap: $10,053,000
2023 Cap Savings: $13,600,000
PRE-6/1 RELEASE
2023 Dead Cap: $14,804,000
2023 Cap Savings: $3,547,000
I guess it just depends on when you need the savings. Pre June 1, you only save 3.5 mil but are free and clear in 2024. Post June 1, you have to pay the balance next year.
You can declare up to 2 players as post June 1 cuts and it won’t affect your top 51 cap when that comes into effect.
I see quite a bit of roster moves.
Not that MM doesn’t covet seed or anything
M13 what do you think of this? Everyone else please ignore
I decided not to ignore this. LOL
World politics is a dirty game.
First off, the host is my guy Patrick Bet-David, who I’ve been following on Twitter for well over a decade. He’s Iranian-born and moved to America some time ago: he’s a very intelligent man who I respect.
Second, the guy doing most of the talking is Jimmy Dore, who I’ve come to respect in recent years.
Regarding the whole Russia-Ukraine-NATO-American deal… SPOT ON. And we all should have seen the video evidence by now of John McCain, Lindsay Graham, and I believe it was Amy Klobuchar, in Kiev, ginning up the troops of Ukraine to go to war with Russia, circa 2014.
Yes, there IS a deep state in our federal government and anybody who thinks otherwise is either a liar or a fool.
Burisma is the key to uncovering the facts of this matter, and that’s exactly why “Son of a bitch! They dropped the case!” was stated by Joe Biden, who is Obama’s (and still is) proxy. Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, and several other prominent politicians have been using Burisma to funnel money through Ukraine.
George Soros has also helped to prop up the puppet government in Ukraine which tells one all they need to know. Yes, there is evidence of Ukraine committing genocide within its own borders. Yes, there is a presence of KKK-like figures within its own borders and government.
The NWO and its associates would love for the two kings (superpowers: USA and Russia) to war against one another in order to destroy one or both, as we both won’t subscribe to their totalitarian agendas. So, this is a case of ‘divide and conquer’, IMO. Strangely enough, Russia would likely ally with US to stop the global agenda. Why? To protect our sovereignties. I would be like the Klingons coming to the aid of the Federation to stop the Romulans, for example (for any Star Trek geeks out there).
I’ve got NO love for Putin, the Kremlin, the KGB, Russia, or the former USSR, but I don’t believe Putin is in the wrong here. We have DONE the exact same thing in the past (Cuba, as Dore mentioned, for example) and we’d do it again. NATO IS building closer to Russia and Russia has the right to defend itself.
And finally, yes… I do believe our government has gone rogue. It probably started with the MIC (Military Industrial Complex) and it has only gotten worse over time with the FBI, CIA, and other 3-letter agencies. Everything has been taken over by radicals and mostly for political ideologies.
I firmly believe that once the Nordstream Pipeline case has been solved and Biden is rendered responsible, we’re looking at outright warfare on a global level… with nukes.
Walker and I warned of this many moons ago, already saying that WWIII was well underway… that was back in 2013.
Thank you for the post and video, Bro. You are appreciated.
Oh, and as I stated the other day: UKRAINE IS NOT A MEMBER OF NATO!
You are like the only person in the western hemisphere that doesn’t have a problem with Putin. He has disrespected international law, the sovereignty of another nation, he is physically separating Ukrainian children from their families and giving them to Russian families. He has targeted civilians . Putin should be prosecuted for war crimes. We have a moral obligation to oppose the Russian invasion. Unfortunately you don’t see that
Hulkster, you apparently didn’t see the video. There are — in fact — MANY Americans who don’t approve of this war in Ukraine. It’s not our business, for one. But if you want to play world police officer for another few decades at the tax-payer’s expense, you have the right to your opinion.
Thanks M, hadn’t heard this perspective before, but I do respect his POV, he always seems to be spot on
SMH, maybe Ms post was too long to comprehend for some
The vast majority of Americans don’t share that view. Absolutely amazing that anyone believes this sheet. Russia is a totalitarian rogue state.
Anytime, man! I do believe he’s spot on.
My friend has sent me videos of these guys discussing different policies. Regardless of whether you agree or not it’s always worth listening to different opinions from people who are not politicians.
If Russia is such an evil actor on the world stage (perhaps it is), then why did Obama/Hillary sell 20% of our uranium reserves to Putin? What’s up with that, right?
Hulkster, you can’t have it both ways, Brother.
What about ism once again.
Wyoming, fav ILB’s possibly in our range at #51 are Drew Sanders and Ivan Pace Jr.
I posted this video before on Ivan Pace Jr. That speed shows up on the field. He moved up in programs from Miami(Ohio) and had his best statistical season to date with 136 tackles, 20.5 TFL, 9 sacks, 4 PD’s and 2 FF.
He is almost exact same size as Elandon Roberts. Not sure how he is in coverage. Most of his PD’s are batted balls from being in the passing lane, maybe in zone coverage.
Very good blitzing ILB. I like how he schools the Louisville center with a great swim move at the 1:03 mark.
His brother is a decent prospect also. A SS/LB hybrid at 6’2 218 also from the Cincinnati Bearcats.
You’re sitting at pick #51. I know it depends on what we do in free agency (Tim ;-)), but both are sitting there. Who do you take?
CB Emanuel Forbes
or
ILB Ivan Pace, Jr.
Well in today’s game, they say it’s a QB and WR driven league. So I’d go CB over ILB.
Forbes
Always pick talent over need!
GET ME FORBES!!! 😀
I should wait until after the Combine to make such a statement, but I’m already looking for ways to trade up into the early 2nd round to nab Forbes before he goes to somebody else.
I think regardless of what we do in FA CB should be targeted in the draft. Maybe not 2nd round but one of our 3rd rd picks.
Ken says:
February 18, 2023 at 4:11 pm
What about ism once again.
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Nah, that isn’t about ism again, it’s a stone-cold FACT. We (under liberal leadership) armed Russia with nuclear capabilities. Now (again under liberal leadership), we want to destroy Russia.
How does this make any sense? What happened?
Who are saying armed the USSR with nuclear capabilities?
The supposed sale of Uranium had nothing to do with arming Russia with nuclear weapons
I was asking that because the USSR got nuclear capabilities during WWII and that was due to spy activity. There was a lot of that going on back in those days. Our government didn’t arm them.
He was talking about a purported sale around 2008. Totally irrelevant to the discussion
We are discussing the invasion of Ukraine. The supposed sale of Uranium has nothing to do with that but keep supporting totalitarianism.
You’re the one who replied about ism! No, it’s not about ism… you are wrong again.
Alright, let us stick to the invasion of Ukraine. Why didn’t WE invade Ukraine, being there is clear evidence of genocide occurring there? Isn’t white supremacy the bane of civilization itself?
Bill Clinton decided to invade Yugoslavia when he felt it was convenient to get a monkey off his back … I guess we didn’t feel it was convenient enough to invade Ukraine. I mean, why would we… we’re laundering money through Ukraine, so I get it.
When I say “we”, I’m obviously talking about our politicians and leaders.
Let’s be clear I was discussing the invasion of Ukraine. The supposed sale of Uranium to Russia was over a decade before and has nothing to do with invasion. It was clear what about ism. It offered nothing on the topic at hand. Sorry you can’t see this
M13, why would the USA invade the Ukraine? Talk about starting WWIII. You think Russia would be cool with us controlling a country on their borders? The video Steve posted discusses the border issues. Russia doesn’t want the West getting closer to them just like we wouldn’t want Russia having a presence in Mexico. See the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Germany and Japan were real close to getting the atomic bomb during WWII. They would have definitely used it on the Allies. We then it turn used it on Japan as we all know.
Wrong: Germany bombed Pearl Harbor…
What?
Jeff Darlington would be proud of me here… 😉
Animal House reference, Tim! 😉
Ken says:
February 18, 2023 at 4:34 pm
Let’s be clear I was discussing the invasion of Ukraine. The supposed sale of Uranium to Russia was over a decade before and has nothing to do with invasion. It was clear what about ism. It offered nothing on the topic at hand. Sorry you can’t see this
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I can clearly see that I’m not going to get anywhere with you, despite overwhelming evidence that contradicts your claims. Time is EVERYTHING. Something changed, and you clearly don’t want to delve into it, for political reasons, I presume.
Allow ME to be clear: I’m a registered Independent for good reason and I’m a ‘Constitutionalist’. Even I recognize that the Republicans are no better than the Democrats.
We’re $31T in debt (the actual figure is more than double, by the way), and we won’t help our own people… instead, throwing $100B to the rogue Ukraine regime, which has absolutely misappropriated the vast majority of that $$$ for luxury expenses?
Bro, under Zelensky, he’s dissolved any media that questions him rightfully, he’s shut down Christian churches, and he’s suspended FREEDOM in his country as a whole. Yet, we’re fighting for FREEDOM in Ukraine?
You’re not seeing the full picture, only the viewpoint of leftist, propaganda media. I, on the other hand, want to see BOTH sides of the coin…
You just don’t get it. I am dropping this. It is pointless
I feel the same way, my friend. It’s all good! Ultimately, we can’t independently change anything. It’s alright to talk about it though.
It’s ALWAYS alright to disagree. I still respect the heck out of ya, Hulkster!
We’re supporting the Ukraine not because of their independence, but because the West does not want Russia moving further West. We saw that after WWII. The Ukraine just happens to be the nation that is a buffer zone.
Thy Knight (@ThyKnight3) says:
February 18, 2023 at 4:52 pm
M13, why would the USA invade the Ukraine? Talk about starting WWIII. You think Russia would be cool with us controlling a country on their borders? The video Steve posted discusses the border issues. Russia doesn’t want the West getting closer to them just like we wouldn’t want Russia having a presence in Mexico. See the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Tim, I was being facetious… just like the reply I gave ya above! 😉
Okay I’m trying to discuss it seriously and you’re throwing goof balls. LOL
I’m just trying to be cool about it all, bud. We’re family here, and I don’t want to ostracize anyone for their opinions. It’s ALWAYS alright to disagree! That’s been my mantra from day #1, good peeps.
To me this discussion is about much more than American politics between Republicans and Democrats. This is global shit based on history and current events. These topics effect all of us. I see nothing wrong with discussing these topics without the political party slandering because it’s a lot bigger than that.
Our American politics like abortion, gay and gender rights, racial issues and many other social issues that people argue about are important for civil rights in our country – with what our values are supposed to be. But on a global level those issues are secondary. If things heat up between the West, Russia and China, there won’t be any time to discuss those topics because basic living as we know it will be threatened or destroyed.
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Jimmy Carter is beginning hospice care at home. Say what one wants to about his failed presidency, but that man has a heart of gold.
Wishing him the very best as his journey through life is about to come to an end.
That’s sad but expected, he’s 98 years old. But I agree, he’s a great humanitarian. I don’t think he was ever trying to destroy America from within or anything like that. His policies just weren’t very good.
Exactly.
Let’s just hope that cooler heads prevail with humans in the 21st century all around the globe.
Vic Fangio is our new DC. Fuck yeah!!!
Here’s a list of who’s currently under contract. Click the position tab so you can see where the core, depth and voids are. We have no RBs under contract other than Ingold at FB. We have a lot of work to do.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/miami-dolphins/cap/
Our American politics like abortion, gay and gender rights, racial issues and many other social issues that people argue about are important for civil rights in our country
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All the above is stirred by our media and politicians. Like stirring an ant bed having everyone running around frantic and arguing so they never step back and take a look at what is really going on.
Fuck Russia! They are corrupt top to bottom and their military is incompetent. I’m not worried about them as much.
China is the one I worry about. They are loving this war. It is severely weakening Russia’s military and economy. At the same time, it is depleting NATO stock piles.
Russia is showing their conventional military is not that powerful. This was supposed to be a 3 week war. It’s over a year now. They couldn’t defeat Afghanistan with the Mujahideen. They don’t have to travel far to fight these wars and still can’t do it.
I agree China is the 800-pound gorilla in the room. They’re like that patient cat waiting to pounce at the right time.
Fuck me…now I have to watch the video and re-read all the blather. When did we invade Yugoslavia?
Wasn’t the elimination of Yugoslavia a tribal and cultural war brewing for years? Same types of people with some cultural differences. Now we have new borders and nations.
1000’s of years of cultural wars pre-dating the Roman and Ottoman Empires.
And how are we being world police in the case of Ukraine? It is a proxie war – there are no U s troops there.
We’ve given them a lot of aid
But I would rather do that than have to fight a war down the line
For me, Putin is on a razors edge of going down and we should do everything to accelerate that – one less tyrant in the world
I think if we don’t see this through, we have much bigger financial problems down the line. It feels like Putin wants to replay the Cold War
Putin with his status and power is known to be worth $600B. He controls a lot of money and global decisions. Putin is a Mother Russia guy and wants to control territories the USSR once had.
It’s still a primitive ideology. For those of you who have played Risk and Axis and Allies. Current life is the most recent version of the game.
Agreed. Better to support someone fighting them than to fight them ourselves. Kinda like the French supported the colonials in the revolutionary war.
You are absolutely clueless, Phelon. You won’t even TRY to acknowledge the facts that are thrown in your face. I can’t help you if you won’t even try to help yourself.
pheloniusphish says:
February 18, 2023 at 7:35 pm
Fuck me…now I have to watch the video and re-read all the blather. When did we invade Yugoslavia?
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My bad… we invaded Serbia, not Yugoslavia. Slobodan Milošević had ties to both, hence my mistake. Apologies.
You still have no idea WTF is going on, being you didn’t address why WJC suddenly went to war with Serbia out of the blue. My point obviously went WAY over your head, as usual.
You are correct to call it Yugoslavia or more precisely former Yugoslavia which became Serbia and Montenegro
Yugoslavia doesn’t exist anymore
It wasn’t really an invasion
It was air strikes during the Kosovo war
That was in the time of all that crazy ethnic cleansing stuff near Albania and Croatia in the late 90s
Correct. And it was all under the auspices of NATO. We never “invaded” anything.
Thy Knight (@ThyKnight3) says:
February 18, 2023 at 8:42 pm
Putin with his status and power is known to be worth $600B. He controls a lot of money and global decisions. Putin is a Mother Russia guy and wants to control territories the USSR once had.
It’s still a primitive ideology. For those of you who have played Risk and Axis and Allies. Current life is the most recent version of the game.
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It’s more than that… it’s a military strategy for Putin. Anyone who has studied WWII knows this, and we’d do the exact same in his shoes… except for Phelon… who clearly doesn’t understand geopolitical matters.
“It’s more than that… it’s a military strategy for Putin.”
Were you replying to someone else? Based on what I said, how could that be your reply?
IMO, Russia/Ukraine is not about Russia taking back all of Ukraine.
It’s about natural resources. There was a survey done not long ago that showed Ukraine has the potential to become a critical mineral superpower and they ranked them fourth globally in terms of total assessed value of natural resources.
In 2014, just before Russia took Crimea, Ukraine was working with Shell Oil Co. and Chevron Corp. to tap into their Black Sea reserves. Ukraine possesses the second most Natural gas reserves in Europe and 80% of that is in the Dnieper, Donetsk and Black Sea regions. Then what happened…
In 2021, just before the current war, Ukraine was working with an Australian company who was in the process of securing rights to two promising lithium deposits in the Donetsk region estimated at 500,000 tons of lithium. They were edging out a rival Chinese company. Then what happened and who was backing them…
It’s all about natural resources.
LMAO at M13. To paraphrase The Princess Bride – I do not think these things mean what you think they mean. You need to get out of Mom and Pop’s basement dude. I was working intel in Bosnia in the 90’s when you were still popping pimples and getting off on the women’s lingerie section of the JC Penny catalogue. I’ve forgotten more about Russia and the former USSR than you will ever know. Everything you purport to know seems to come from the internet. Pro-tip…the internet lies. You are a classic low info conspiracy theorist.
BTW – What’s up with that hallucination you had the other day. You know…when you imagined I posted something about you.
LOL, an allude to “Point Break”… not so clever.
Don’t gaslight me regarding a hallucination or as a conspiracy theorist.
You are reckless.
It’s not gaslighting when it is true.
WHY does this government continue to fund warfare, via the taxpayer? We have absolutely NO business funding this war in Ukraine, at the expense of the US taxpayer.
Why are we defending the Ukrainians, who have suspended freedom? Are we back to the proxy warfare, that got us September 11th, 2001, when our former ally (OBL) betrayed us?
Have we learned NOTHING over the years?
Just remember: orange man = BAD! SMMFH
What freedoms were suspended in Ukraine? Have you ever been to Eastern Europe?
To answer your question – we fund the Ukrainians because it is cheaper than fighting the war ourselves. We fund the Ukrainians to protect our NATO partners that border Ukraine.
Our NATO partners fund the war because that is the agreement.
Combine starts in just over a week. 🙂
COACHING HIRES
The Commanders officially announced the hiring of Eric Bieniemy as their offensive coordinator.
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I didn’t see this yesterday.
Still can’t figure out how he is not being considered for HC jobs
The popular opinion on that is he needs to get away from Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes to get that HC opportunity. I get it. Not sure it’s about his skin color though. Maybe he’s just not HC material. Lots of white guys don’t get HC jobs. There are only 32 NFL HC jobs and maybe a 1/4 or less changes every year. There seems to be this push for Eric Bieniemy to be a HC. Why? He’s interviewed a few times over the past few years and didn’t get hired. It’s not because he’s black.
Alternative history
What is?
I think it is pretty obvious but I will leave it alone and no not you
We have the least amount of players signed to the roster in the NFL
Well that was a morning wake up….lol…reading most of this nonsense made my hangover worse…lol
Sorry Krishna, I got sucked a little myself. lol
…alternative something…lol
We’re adrift in the doldrums of off season.
2024 top draft pick
Vic Fangio – Secretary of Defense! No teams will be throwing any touchdowns on our defense, or having any success with any ground maneuvers either!
You’re so fucking political! Stop it! Lol
and the Bills=Russians
Josh Allen = Leader of the Wagner Group
Good grief, the flu kicked my ass this year. This was my worst flu experience since I got swine flu like 15 years ago (although I didn’t have to go to the hospital this time like I did then). As a bonus, I lost 8 lbs in the last week and am now down to a svelte 207, lol.
Seems like that is the only time I can lose weight is when I get sick. I lost 10 pounds last time I had COVID.
Try getting a stomach infection
New Years resolutions achieved quickly!
Piggy, RB Ibanikanda is my favorite. He has good vision, size, quick acceleration and top end speed.
This is a good year for RB’s. Quite a few good ones. I expect to see a run on them in the 2nd round.
I think maybe in the 2nd we look at the board and probably chose between DB, RB and maybe a few other positions
The value at RB might be the highest for us – but really got to see what drops, bc a lot of the CBs are similarly rated and not all will go in the first round. We might have a good cb fall in our lap
I totally agree
Piggy, also, I have been keeping an eye on QB Drake Maye. You can see the “IT” factor in his game. He is big 6’4 220 and mobile with a good arm and accuracy.
I watched a few of his games this year. The video mainly focused on his passing but didn’t show much of his mobility. Outside of throwing for 4,321 yards and 38 TD’s with 7 INT’s, he ran for almost 700 yards with 7 rushing TD’s.
He will be sought after in the draft and will be interesting to see if he enters the 2024 draft after his redshirt sophomore season.
I think he lead NC in rushing last year
You can see he’s got a great arm in the video – but I haven’t watched a full game with him yet
I watched his game vs ND and his best game vs Pitt where was almost unstoppable.
I also watched his game vs Clemson which was kind of f-ugly.
Watched both XFL games yesterday. Thought it was pretty entertaining Football although not the NFL. Some interesting rule changes.
No kicking for the xp. Instead you have 3 options. First you can run a one point play from the 2. Or you can run two point play from the 5. Or you can run a 3 point play from the 10.
Kickoffs are different. Kicker lines up on his 35. Rest of kicking team lines up on opposing 35. Receiver is back by goal line while rest of receiving team lines up on 25. Neither line can move until receiver touches the ball. Looks weird but promotes more returns than you have in NFL.
Punt rules are weird. Gunners can’t go more than 1 yard past LOS until ball is kicked. One rule I don’t like is if you punt the ball out of bounds inside the 35 it comes back to the 35.
Yeah, some way different rules there. I think it is sort of a test bed for the NFL to see how they work out.
No doubt
I haven’t really looked into the draft prospects yet. Do any of you know what positions are deep in this draft?
Hope you feel better Charlie Brown, I mean Kong!
Cheers, mate. Still have a hacking cough, but I’m past the worst.
pheloniusphish says:
February 19, 2023 at 9:05 am
We’re adrift in the doldrums of off season.
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Now that is something we can definitely agree upon! 🙂
I just want to add something more to my points yesterday. It feels as though I’m in the minority in wanting to prevent WWIII. That, in and of itself, is most troubling to me.
Wisdom would have us trying to make peace, rather than war, in order to avert as much. Unfortunately, Zelensky has refused to make peace at every opportunity to do so… there is no exit ramp for him: he’s the madman.
I apologize for wanting a peaceful world, without the prospect of a nuclear-contaminated Earth. Greta Thunberg should be more concerned about a nuclear winter than natural and cyclical forces that cause warming, to be honest.
You think you’re in the minority in wanting to prevent WWIII?
It sure as hell feels that way, my Brother.
I think you’re the only one feeling that way. WWIII at max power is the end of the world as we know it. I highly doubt most people want to live like Mad Max and Dune.
Who do ya believe?
A) The Ukrainian forces are destroying the “paper tiger” that is Russia, through USA funding, ground and air support, and more!
B) Russia is plundering the poor Ukrainians, and they direly need even more support from the USA!
Such disinformation coming from our MSM!
I say…
C) WE HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING OVER THERE!
We’re a part of NATO. Russia invading the Ukraine and moving closer West is a threat to NATO nations. That’s the current event. We all know the Ukraine is not a part of NATO. They’re the unfortunate buffer zone. It was like that in WWII. They became a rag doll.
So if we want to prevent WWIII?
And let us not pretend that NATO has crept ever closer to Russia. You saw the video Steve posted yesterday… it’s true.
Speaking of war zones, it looks like that around here without the explosions. I can see, at least, 5 massive plumes of smoke from controlled burns going on. Surprised the climate freaks never say anything about that.
It would be sunny and clear here, but it is mostly cloudy from all the smoke in the upper levels.
WOW!
Reminds me of the recent Ohio train derailment. Yes, it has affected us PA-ers.
Yeah, that is what it looks like. Usually you see one or two going this time of year but I guess the weather window is perfect right now with low winds and rain coming in Tuesday or Wednesday.
Very saddening.
We should all know it’s an East vs. West dynamic. Then throw in some other ideologies. Life on earth is an obstacle course and a gauntlet. We can all be concerned about what’s going on in the world.
I’m a disciple of 2Pac, always despised the Notorious BIG. 😉
That was a joke, see! LOL
Or was it a joke? 😉
Tim, I think CB is the strongest by far. I would say RB is kind of deep also.
TE is decent also. After Mayer and a good blocking TE in the 6’7 Darnell Washington, there is a good group of flashy pass catching TE’s. After them you have a couple all round TE’s like Payne Durham and Luke Schoonmaker.
M13, the Ohio train derailment and the way they handled it is saddening.
These controlled burns are needed though for several reasons. The pros outweigh the cons.
NATO hasn’t crept closer to Russia
Sovereign nations apply to be in NATO bc that what sovereignty is – the right to pick your allies
Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine are all former USSR satellites. The first 3 are already NATO members
and that doesn’t even scratch the surface of countries like Poland and Romania that technically had sovereignty from Russia during the Cold War but were very much under the USSR’s thumb for about 50 years
They all pretty much wanted out of the USSR for decades and the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the USSR made that possible
Whether or not they want to apply to be in NATO members is totally up to them – because that’s what sovereignty is, they choose their own Allies – Russia doesn’t get to do that for them.
NATO’s only involvement is considering them as members after they apply – that’s a far cry from creeping closer to Russia
None of us would want another super power telling us who the USA should be a part of or not – we should all support a sovereign country’s right to determine if it’s a part of Russia or not.
You guys are parroting Putins talking points by making it seem like NATO is infringing on Russian land when in reality it’s just the former satellite countries and part of the old USSR empire distancing themselves from Russia bc Putin is trying to re-create the Cold War USSR and take away their independence
Their sovereignty isn’t really a political question either – which is why it baffles me to hear some conservatives in this country defend Russia’s intentions.
All those Old Eastern Block countries have very different politics from Western Europe -they are a lot more right leaning than places like Germany and France. There’s not even a common political mindset when you compare a country like Hungary to a country like France but they are both NATO members now bc they both believe in a country’s right to self determination. That is neither left nor right.
NATO is really just an organization that protects sovereign freedom
ALL the old eastern block countries want to be in NATO bc they all want protection from Russia – that’s the pattern of the last 20 years and it’s come to a head in the last year or so.
Whether or not we want to give a country like Ukraine our tax $ is a legitimate question to ask ourselves and I can respect different opinions on that – but You don’t have to make it look like NATO is subjecting Russia to unfair treatment. Russia is unquestionably threatening the old members of the USSR with the loss of their own sovereignty
NATO has actually been less aggressive and often willing to avoid conflict by refusing membership to countries like Ukraine. I have no idea why Finland and Sweden can’t get into NATO – except that it’s a way to appease Putin from feeling like NATO is infringing on Russia (even though Scandinavia is clearly not part of Russia)
NATO has not been aggressive at all. They’re playing defense. Russia is being exposed as weak. The problem is the lunatic Putin. Can’t allow him to have his way. Is the West and NATO trying to win Democracy over totalitarianism and communism? Yes.
Supporting Ukraine is the path to being Putin down
My guess is he has a lot of opposition brewing within Russia
It’s probably a lot less costly for us to give Ukraine $ than to allow Russia to do what it’s doing in the long run
Again though, the question of whether we should support foreign nations with tax money is a legitimate political question. I understand questioning that – but I don’t understand making NATO or the US the bad actor in the face of an obvious aggressive and immoral act by Putin
MF13,
It’s not that people don’t want to prevent WWIII. It’s that most people aren’t pissing themselves in fear over WWIII/ nuclear war because we look at the same things you do and we come to different conclusions, lol.
For example, you say yesterday:
“I firmly believe that once the Nordstream Pipeline case has been solved and Biden is rendered responsible, we’re looking at outright warfare on a global level… with nukes.”
It’s not crazy you think we did it. You may be right. Covert operations are a big part of how super powers operate.
It’s what you do with that belief ‘we did it’ and your conclusion that is the crazy part.
You think you solved it from your computer and can state it for a fact we did it, yet you think Russia doesn’t already know for a fact who did it, but when they do, their next step is nuclear war?
Can you see why people put you in the ‘weird uncle at the BBQ’ category?
As for ‘we don’t belong there’. Would you rather it is US ideals and influence that are fought for and propogated internationally? Or Russia’s ideals and influence? Ultimately that is what these wars are really about, geopolitical influence. What do you think happens with Russia and China if the US closes its borders, shuts out the rest of the world and only looks inward?
It’s a constant war, always. The players know the rules (that is why we destroyed the pipeline covertly). It hasn’t stopped and it won’t, because this is how super powers conduct battles so we don’t destroy the world.
So I am enjoying the XFL opening weekend. The end of the San Antonio vs St Louis exciting. I love the 4th and 15 play as opposed to the onside kick rule in the NFL. It was fun football
M13 longs for the days of the statesmanship of Neville Chamberlain
BBM longs for the days when he was oblivious to everything and only worried about going to the beach at the Isle of Palms drinking beer and getting laid.
Just remember NATO is more powerful than Russia and China. It’s kind of like a Yin and Yang thing. 😉
I still think it is about natural resources. It has been reported that Ukraine has upward of 15 trillion in untapped natural resources. Maybe Putin wants to be the first trillionaire. lol
It’s a Steely Dan, Aja, ruma nd coke night- making Risotto and Marry Me Chicken. Glad to be feeling better and have tomorrow off. Good times
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This risotto is amazing…
Football news
Pick one
Those look tasty!
I’ll have the stout
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Another former Dolphin! I hope they keep Sam Madison as DB coach though.
I thought they had played together in Miami but Hill came to Miami the year Madison went to the Giants.
This is not political. I find it interesting. I just don’t want to give up eating my Fudge Rounds. Best thing Little Debbie ever made. I wonder if Rhino has heard about this drug.
Renaldo Hill leaves Chargers to take a lesser role. Ross must have opened the wallet again.
Is that the same Renaldo Hill that used to play for us?
Giving up his DC role to work under Fangio says a lot.
It is
Nice, thanks. Good to see ya, New Age.
That was reported many times and still many talking heads thought it was the opposite.
Renaldo Hill is a big hire. He knows how Fangio like to run coverages. Hill was also a Assistant defensive backs coach with us in 2018.
Q: What is your general philosophy when it comes to blitzing?
A: As needed, and when I want to (laughter) vs having to
Less than 7 months till kickoff!!
Here’s the Fangio PC.
Based on what Fangio said, it sounds like the defensive coaches that were not fired will remain on his staff. LB Anthony Campanile, DL Austin Clark and CB Sam Madison.
Fangio says the same thing as most defensive coaches. You build the defense around the players you have. The scheme is dictated by that and formations and play calls are based on the opponent.
Some of y’all truly amaze me.
The State Dept has now formally told China to stop funding Russia in its war effort against Ukraine… it’s finally happened: China and Russia are united as Axis powers in war. And Iran — as always and as the greatest state sponsor of terrorism — is part of it, too.
Russia offered yet ANOTHER ceasefire with peace talks as Biden was in Kiev earlier today, but Zelenskyy wants no part of it, yet again.
Neville Chamberlain was weak, but at least he wasn’t compromised by friends (Ukraine) and now enemies (Russia and China), as Joe Biden is. Chamberlain had no fucking balls or courage and is the antithesis of a Donald Trump. I long for the days of ‘peace through strength’, via Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.
If the UN finds America guilty of blowing up the Nordstream Pipeline (as some of y’all have already figured out that we likely did it), there is going to be hell to pay… it would warrant an immediate military response.
In the meantime, the Saudis are getting off the American ‘petro dollar’ due to Biden… which was essentially our replacement for ‘the gold standard’, when Nixon took us back off of it during his tenure as president. That alone will collapse the American dollar as it gets replaced by foreign currency… and that begins the introduction of digital money that can be shut off from you if you do not comply with ‘Big Brother’ (see ESG and China).
Lastly (and please, please don’t consider this an attack, it’s just a truly honest question), some of you Democrats have eaten socialism hook, line, and sinker. Why on Earth would y’all now NOT embrace Putin or Xi? Isn’t that what y’all wanted here in America? Why the sudden change of heart? Y’all NEVER should have allowed socialism here in America as it’s weakened us BIG TIME. Again, just an honest question with no personal attack intended, truly.
Look, I’ve been very careful not to be a dickhead, I didn’t target any specific individual, I didn’t name names, and I’m just talking about something that is globally topical, relevant, and why it scares the fucking hell out of me.
Is it truly worth WWIII and certain global annihilation to defend Ukraine? Seems Ukraine is the key to unleashing WWIII, does it not? Just exactly why is that, I ask? Do ya think maybe certain powerful people are trying to hide something over there ($$$ laundering)? It’s not even a partisan issue, as BOTH reps and dems are guilty. Congress should have the say as to whether or not we wage war, right? I mean, it’s in the Constitution. We the People should have a say, right?
I say all of this with so much love, respect, and compassion to all of you here. It is most certainly not my intention to irritate or belittle anybody. Folks, there’s no walking back from WWIII, and we (and the whole world) are already walking on eggshells. It’s already begun, but let us hope it doesn’t escalate into nukes.
Dude, you’re trying to pit people on this blog against each other as if they’re for or against WWIII. Who the hell is for it?
Wrong answer… I’m not trying to pit anybody against anybody. I’m trying to get people to realize that we truly are on the cusp of nuclear warfare.
Ya know… THIS IS NOT A DRILL type of thing.
It wasn’t an answer, it was an opinion and a question. You come off as almost rooting for WWIII to happen. You’re not the only person who thinks it’s a volatile situation. Nobody wants it to escalate into nukes.
Q: if we’re to avert certain thermo-nuclear warfare, who wins?
A: EVERYBODY!
Thy Knight (@ThyKnight3) says:
February 20, 2023 at 9:50 pm
It wasn’t an answer, it was an opinion and a question. You come off as almost rooting for WWIII to happen. You’re not the only person who thinks it’s a volatile situation. Nobody wants it to escalate into nukes.
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Serious question: how do I come off as almost rooting for WWIII to happen? No comprendo, mi amigo.
Oh, I’ll answer your question as to “who the hell is for it?” regarding WWIII. Clearly, the regime in charge right now, Zelenskyy (he’s openly stated as much), and everyone who buys into this regime.
“I’m trying to get people to realize that we truly are on the cusp of nuclear warfare.”
So you think it’s going to happen and you’d like to be right about that.
LOL, Bro, if I’m right about it, we’re all DEAD! Nobody will even be left to remember my warnings! 😆
The idea is to affect change before it’s too late!!! 😉
In which case, I’ll be proven WRONG!!! LOL
M13, what knowledge do you have that would make anyone on this blog more or less concerned about Russia/Ukraine and China? You’re acting like you’re the only one that thinks it’s not a good situation. We just had like a 2 day discussion about it. Everyone is concerned.
Some of the retorts I’ve seen (and it’s all good, everyone is entitled to their opinion) make it seem like it’s pro-Ukraine or bust… that we’re in it for the long haul as Biden has stated.
THAT is what will trigger WWIII, IMO, man.
Rather, that is what will trigger a nuclear response.
The USSR fell WITH Ukraine as part of it. Why are sticking our dick fingers into something that is essentially meaningless to us?
OH! But there IS meaning to defending Ukraine… can’t let our rogue politicians get exposed for laundering money, as set up on purpose as a puppet government by George Soros.
See, Donald Trump KNEW WTF was going on over there, and that is why he was ‘impeached’ over the phone call to Ukraine.
Yet, we have Joe Biden ON TAPE confessing that Ukraine wasn’t getting $1B from the Obama administration until the prosecutor investigating his son, Hunter Biden was FIRED.
Ya can’t make this shit up, y’all. We have the EVIDENCE regarding how rogue and corrupt Ukraine has been through Burisma.
Just to reiterate, BOTH republicans and democrats are guilty of funneling money through Ukraine… this is NOT a partisan issue.
None of us can predict the future. Nuclear war is the worst of the worst.
Anyway, the Combine is soon followed by FA and the Draft will be here soon enough. Fangio in the house, brings in Renaldo Hill who he likes as a DB coach.
I’m with ya, buddy. CAN’T WAIT for the Combine!
Renaldo Hill is another former Nick Saban player, who likes to communicate Defenses through the DBs down to the LBs and D-Line.
I think that’s quite telling.
In case anybody didn’t already know, Pat Surtain went to coach the FSU secondary… he’s no longer with us.
Renaldo Hill was a solid player and is considered a good coach. Has 2 years experience as the Chargers DC and now back with Fangio at a lesser role with the secondary. Did Ross open up the checkbook again? It sounds like coaches DL Austin Clark, LB Anthony Campanile and CB Sam Madison will remain.
Saw that about Surtain. Good for him, he’s doing what he wants to do. Some guys like coaching younger players.
We have to re-sign Roberts or replace him with a vet as good or better in FA. We have Baker as an all-around LB because he has the most range, and Tindall can be that. But as important as ILB or off-ball LBs are there are usually only 2 on the field at the same time. Sometimes only one. That would be Baker for us.
If Brandon Jones is good to go, he could fill that role as nickel LB/S, play in the box. Holland is going to move around and he’s the best deep safety most of the time. He’s got the most range.
At CB Howard always gives you a top player. We’ll see how the rest pans out. Kohou and Williams could be difference makers.
LB and DB is what needs the most work. I think we have a very good group up front. We all know who they are.
Someone has bought in to the Russian propaganda machine
You have bought into the swamp
We know our govt is corrupt, why would you believe anything they say?
Everything they do only benefits them
It’s very dangerous to have a president, that isn’t calling the shots. Those calling the shots don’t have anyone to answer to
What about ism
Also I will take the swamp over Russian propaganda
Why do you have to take either?
Both the swamp and Russian propaganda are both horrible
Seems you’re just fine with the corruption and America last, that the swamp stands for
Russian propaganda like what? Hunters laptop?
Seems Russian propaganda is loosely coupled with the left these days, just as calling people a racist is
Bat shit crazy…..
Sweet Fucking Baby Jesus
I voted for Trump twice because he was a better option than Hils or uncle Joe. He did some good things in office, although he did them more for the adulation of his hardcore followers’ adulation than he did them for the good of the country. He also lost the Presidency, the House of Representatives, and (for all intents and purpose) the Senate because he is a megalomaniac asshat whose ego far exceeds his intelligence and his sycophantic supporters are deluded. His time has passed.
Regarding Russian-offered ceasefires – Let’s say Canada invades and takes Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota on the pretext that they were Canadian territories 400 years ago and there ethnic Canadians living there now. Do you say okay, when they offer to not take anything else as the terms of a ceasefire? No…you don’t capitulate to tyrants.
The UN is not going to find the US blew up Nordstream. Because, even if we did, there is no identifiable, quantifiable evidence of it and like all superpowers, we will simply deny it in that absence. And what “immediate military response”? From whom? The UN is toothless and Putin is crazy, but not stupid.
As far as targeting people, you have targeted me specifically several times even though I generally ignore anything you post. And that’s okay. I don’t know why I’m suddenly living in your head – but like all echo chambers, it is very drafty in here.
We alone didn’t blow up Nord2, it was the UN IMO
I like Trump’s policies, but agree on the rest
We need a throw away stop gap in 2024, maybe Haley, she seems to say the right things, just not sure how she really feels and what those backing her want
DeSantis I can get behind, but feel it’s not his time yet, they’ll destroy him in the media
Really want him to stay as the Gov of FL
They (MSM, Trump, etc.) are terrified of DeSantis and are already trying to tear him down. He is ignoring them and going about the business of passing legislation in FL and raising his national profile. I would be shocked if he doesn’t run.
I would love to see a DeSantis/Haley or Tim Scott ticket.
Renaldo Hill taking a demotion to go to Miami is baffling
Would be nice to know why he’s making the move
Is Fangio only planning on staying a year or 2 and Hill loves Miami so much he’d make the move?
Is Hill Fangio’s successor?
Was he over his head in LA?
M13:
You a literally preaching appeasement of a belligerent power bent on territorial acquisition in order to avoid a World War. That is exactly what Chamberlain did with Hitler. Appeasement didn’t stop Hitler and it didn’t prevent war. It emboldened Hitler and made war inevitable. The historical analogy couldn’t be more clear or accurate
There’s that word clear again, whenever I hear it…
Yes you seem to have a problem with clarity 😉
Left clarity is what I have a problem with, it’s code word for what follows is a lie
For example every Claude Jean Pierre press secretary briefing or biden talk
Tell him to go pound the pavement and test the market
The New York Giants have a difficult task this offseason. They must work with Daniel Jones regarding his contract, but it has been reported that the quarterback has a huge request: to be as paid as much as Patrick Mahomes.
Then tell him to pound something else