1984Echoes

Ditto. And move Josh Jackson while we're at it please...

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An old team whose time has passed them by... That reminds me of...

The spin is that he's protecting sources and methods and the reporter knows it. He's not going to get the "evidence" that he wants because that particular information is still classified. It's not hard to pick up on this... And it still says nothing of the sort that we are "heading into Ukraine". What exactly did you think we should be getting out of this?

But we are NOT heading into Ukraine to fight. Where are you getting that BS? We're simply using every tool at our disposal ASIDE from actually going into Ukraine to SUPPORT them in their fight against Russian aggression. You have mischaracterized America's position. Why?

They're MAGA and they hate America.

He was going to sell them to Putin in exchange for a Trump Tower Moscow... And asylum in his new Russian domicile.

... asking for a friend.

Can we bomb a superyacht?

Things that are starting to work...? Bertuzzi on the 2nd line seems to have perked that line up... Looks like Blash made the right call on that. Tuzz is so dynamic that now Suter and Fabbri with him are starting to gel real nicely together. Is Lindstrom starting to grow a bit... getting better?

Jerry Ball. A favorite.

No... the Electoral Act is the hot issue right now since voting rights aren't going anywhere. You've remembered correctly. We may be seeing something soon on the Electoral Act if it's not back-burnered by other pending issues (Russia, China, another push on BBB, Supreme Court nominee, etc...).

He's just a tourist... right?

That is primarily in Crimea, Lugansk and Donetsk provinces (southeast, Russia calls it the "Donbass"); which, Russia already has. I mean, it's also anywhere East of the Dnieper River... except... Since Putin stole Crimea, Lugansk and Donetsk... even Russian speaking or Russian leaning Ukrainians (east of the Dnieper) are enraged at his moves and his current threats. You might get some saboteurs from the area... but the overwhelming attitude is intensely anti-Putin at the moment, even there. I mean, we'll see what happens when the tanks start rolling in...

Yeah... Go ahead and invade Mar-a-Lago... And find all of Trump's missing documents... Much preferred over an invasion of Ukraine and we'll even help you on that one...

But... But... But... The Supreme Court is NOT Partisan Hackery... Right?

I think it's fair to take a wait and see approach with all who remain after Tork & Greene... I'll just be my usual... Optimistic... Self.

Madsen would have been grotesque as Vincent. He lined up the correct actors for first choice (and got them) for Pumpkin and Honey Bunny... Outside of Roth and Plummer would have been a huge drop off...

Point.

Andre Ware 2.0? No thank you. Wait until 2023. Better QB's available.

So... He's turned into Michael Dudikoff v2.0?

This sounds like exactly that: their best bet.

Flipside: Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer spoke to some NFL talent folks after last week's 2022 Senior Bowl, where Willis, Pickett, and Carson Strong all showed off their skillsets in front of decision-makers from around the league. The overall vibe from folks in charge of evaluating pro talent? Meh: "The quarterbacks at the Senior Bowl showed as they were expected to. And that’s not great news. The group, compromised of all the top guys outside of Ole Miss’s Matt Corral, came in perceived to be an average lot. It left Mobile with a lot of NFL folks convinced of that. A couple of veteran NFL evaluators told me late in the week that they don’t believe there’s a single NFL starter in this year’s quarterback class. Not everyone was that harsh, but it was unanimous that these quarterbacks aren’t close to last year’s — and most agreed that all five of last year’s first-round signal-callers would’ve been the top guy at the position in the 2022 draft."

The flipside is that I think it's premature. We have Internationals that were just breaking into the USA... a year, or maybe two, of struggles I don't think is uncommon and doesn't portend the future failure or break-out of Campos or Santana or a few others... It's just too early to tell. Also, we have the type of guys who, if they have a really nice year (Madden, Pacheco, Dingler, Jobe, Campos, Santana, Keith, Workman, etc...) will fly up the rankings. I don't care what Keith Law says. I don't care about #12... the only thing I care about is having several of these guys break out this year and taking, not just higher spots in the rankings but, higher expectations in the Tigers Organization. And showing that our organization is on the right track and CAN draft and develop guys... not just top 10 picks.

Which pushes down other talented guys: WR's and other defenders, to our spots. I'm still on board with taking a QB we like IF he falls to #32 (looking extremely unlikely at this point), and if not, take some combo of WR/ LB/ Safety at #32 and #34. Stick with KT or Hutch at 32, and worry about QB next year. DON'T overdraft a QB out of sheer panic... Let other teams panic and overdraft the QB's...