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Most of the GOP couldn't even spell Nuance. What is this Newontz everyone is talking about.

Yeah, but I wanted Bernie...............

I'm sure they'll go after that next, if they can...............it'll keep them busy. I mean, they want to access women's medical records to see if they got abortions in other states and want to question them about why they visited certain states (Freedom !) , would it be that far of a leap? As far as gay marriage is concerned, I have never understood why a state has to sanction a marriage, straight, gay, polygamy or otherwise. If five willing adults want to be married to each other, who cares? Their life, their decision. Legally Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn aren't married, but they're married as far as reality is concerned.

We deserve it because half of the people in this country don't vote. They don't think it matters. When half of the country doesn't care, we get this.

37 years ago.............Man, where did my life go?

This is what you get when you sit it out because your candidate is not perfect. I didn't like John Kerry, I didn't like Al Gore, but I would have rather have had them then what we got. I didn't sit it out. I did what I could and that's all I can do.

* ^ THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STAY OUT OF OUR LIVES ! *except for Women ^except for Gays

In other news........Beau Brieske looked good the other night.

We get the government we deserve.

This should help the Democrats in future elections.

Goosebumps waiting for Better Call Saul. I am going to miss this show so much when it's over. Can't wait for what Gilligan/Gould do next.

I don't either, but I think a lot of people kind of turned on him because of that.

I think Paul McCartney gets dinged because he kinda/sorta embraced disco a little bit. Coming off of Silly Love Songs he did songs like Goodnight Tonight and Coming Up, trying to stay "current" and I think there was some resentment there that clouded all of his solo work. Even the best makes mistakes once in awhile.

How is Pat Benatar not in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame? For awhile she was the only female solo artist on rock radio and she had massive hits.

I will give you my grades on the 3rd day of the 2025 draft. We have no idea how things will work out. I do like the boldness in the first round We seem to think they reached for Josh Paschal, but if you look at how he was ranked overall, it wasn't much of a reach. They certainly now have a lot of depth on defensive line and that means constant rotation, keeping more players fresh. That should help the next two levels of the defense. The are still weak at LB, but that guy wasn't there for them this year. Every team is likely going to have a weakness. This idea that they'll take a QB next year -- I don't know, I think they really thing Goff can show them enough to retain the job for a few years...........if they stay healthy they have enough on offense for him to prove it. Don't worry about Williams ACL. Torn ACLs aren't as damaging and limiting as they were 10 years ago. Fast is Fast. He'll stretch the defense even better than the highly-underrated Josh Reynolds did and that should mean a lot more receptions for Swift/Hock/St. Brown. They'll find a RB. They have their 2 A-level guys and Craig Reynolds deserves another shot. They'll need another one, but backup running backs aren't that hard to find. It feels like they have a lot more depth than last year and that was the biggest weakness last year.

Won't be Sergei...........the fact that #91 is still not in the rafters, even with Yzerman as the GM, shows that somewhere there is still some bitterness. There have only been 2 European head coaches and neither lasted long, but Larionov has been in North America longer than he was in Russia, so I don't think you can call him just European anymore. I think Yzerman is looking for someone with experience. I'm ranking them like this....... Rich Tocchet - Checks a few boxes John Tortorella - He feels more like a quick fix to me, but he's out there and he would be entertaining as hell. Paul Maurice - Well traveled, but most NHL coaches are. Peter DeBoer (if he's fired in Vegas) I have seen some suggestions of bringing Babcock back but I think he's damaged goods and now that we've loaded this team with so much young talent, some of which will not meet expectations, we're probably entering the stage of the rebuild where the Wings start courting major Free Agents and Babcock might be poison there. Gallant would be the perfect red-ass type of coach, but he's spoken for and I bet at this time next year he'll be looking for another job. It's like the timing never lines up with Gerry, but he's the kind of coach that lights a fire under guys and then burns them out quickly, like the Billy Martin of hockey. If Yzerman could somehow get Jon Cooper or Rod Brind'Amour, that would be a no-brainer, but why would Tampa let him go? Wouldn't it be hilarious if Marc Carwford got hired? I don't think that would happen, but you never know. Former Wings that could get considered are Igor Larionov, Lane Lambert, Kris Draper, Martin Lapointe, but I don't see any of those guys as a Head Coach. I could see Draper, Matlby or Lapointe coming here as an assistant, but I don't think Igor would want to be an assistant.

Nope. He has potential to be that, however, if he stays healthy, but this is the year that he really needs to stay on the field and make an impact. Plenty of weapons for Goff, should free up space for Hock. If the same guy is drafted at #25, it's an A, but if your Top 10 pick is not a absolute difference maker in 3 years, then you can't really give him. Hock's had moments, but it's not enough for a #7 pick at his position to call it an 'A'. I am grading for where the person is picked and what the expectations should be Top 10 First Round - Needs to be a consistent All-Pro caliber player Rest of the first round - Starting player making a positive impact (Frank Ragnow) Second Round - Starting player that you don't look to replace within 3 years Third Round - A Player that can start, or is part of a rotation of players that see the field consistently Fourth Round - A special teams contributor that can spell a starter without being a total liability Fifth & Sixth Round - A least a special teams player or at least someone that sticks with your team for one full season. Seventh Round - Making the team at all is a success

Malcom Rodriguez, Oklahoma State, LB

Lions on the clock............

And he'll probably start 4 or 5 games this year when Hock gets hurt again.

Lions pick again in 3 picks.

TE James Mitchell, Va Tech.

Just a rule I like to go by is waiting 3 years to grade a draft, by 3 years you know whether someone is good, still has potential or is a bust. The measure of success is only considered for how they did as a Lion, not elsewhere. 1st Round T.J. Hockenson. B-. He's good, and if he was drafted late in the first round or in another other round, he's an A, but with the #7 pick in the draft, you'd better be really really good. He's just good. There is still hope, but there have been a lot of injuries. It's a big prove-it year for Hock. 2nd Round Jahlani Tavai F - So much of a reach that when his name was called ESPN said nothing about him and showed zero highlights - because I don't think they had any idea who he was and he proved it. One of Quinn's worst pick, and that's a decent list. I think some mole in New England talked this guy up and suckered Quinn. He would have been a decent 6th round pick. 3rd Round Will Harris D - Never has developed, takes bad routes on tackles, gets burned frequently and is so bad as a safety that when they had to move him to CB at the end of last year because of injuries, he was better there. 4th Round Austin Bryant C- So underwhelming that I had to double check to see if he even played last year 5th Round Amani Oruwariye A - Great pick for the 5th round. The Lions best corner? Makes plenty of mistakes still, but you got a starter in the 5th round and that's good. 6th Round Travis Fulgham F - Never caught a ball for the Lions. 6th Round Ty Johnson. D 273 yards in 0 touchdowns for the Lions 7th Round Isaac Nauta D 3 catches for 16 yards in 13 games for the Lions. He gets a D because if a 7th rounder even makes a team, it should be considered a mild success. 7th Round PJ Johnson, DE F Never played This is the kind of a draft that gets people fired............so in that regard, you can call this a success. D- (avoids an F because of Amani, which is interesting because if Patricia had coached another year, he probably would have had no success at all.)

New England's success was a combination of getting away with cheating and Tom Brady.

A year ago on the say after the draft, the mocks for 2022 came out and Sam Howell was #1 overall. Washington just took him in the 5th round. Now that's a fall.