Motown Bombers

Rams have already forced twice as many punts as the Lions did in their 2011 playoff game.

Rams already have more rushing yards in this game than the Lions did in the 2011 playoff game against the Saints.

Vaitai is $7 million in cap space with a post June 1st release. I suppose they could give him a shot. Between he and Flowers that's $23 million that can be freed up.

And their murder rates are all out of control. Your whatabout St Louis or Detroit or whoever doesn't do much for me. If Chicago had 3 million people, it would have about 90 more murders or over 900.

Their murder rates are all out of control? That link is also out dated. At 797 murders and a population of roughly 2.7 million, that should put Chicago's rate at around 29 per 100k, much higher than the 18 per 100k that article states. The likes of St Louis, Baltimore, Detroit and New Orleans are among the highest in the world. I lived in Detroit and was never shot so I guess it's only the media.

I haven't gotten COVID, no one in my immediate family has gotten COVID, then the only way to conclude that COVID is out of control is that I'm being told that it's out of control. It would be the media that I would hear such a thing from.

Apparently the discrepancy is about people shot and killed on the expressways. "But that total count does not include people shot and killed in shootings on Chicago expressways, as they are the jurisdiction of the Illinois State Police. When that number is included the city reached at least 800 homicides, according to Tribune reporting in 2021." Chicago reached at least 800 homicides in 2021, a level not seen in 25 years - Chicago Tribune Holy shit, that means 39 people were whacked on the expressway. It's like when the Griswold's drove through St Louis. Roll em up.

You made the insinuation the media is overhyping the crime being out of control. I'm still not clear on your definition of out of control is. It seems to be whether you personally feel comfortable or not. Everyone else outside of Chicago Police are reporting homicides over 800. I guess we can be relieved it's only 797 and at least 300 higher than any other city in the country and 300 higher than as recently as 2019. It's not about feeling guilt but about your seeming nonchalant attitude to what is clearly a serious issue in Chicago. Murders increasing by 60% in two years seems to be out of control.

I decided to do a Google Street view tour of East Garfield Park and even the little orange Google guy got shot and robbed.

You seemed pretty convinced that the media created a false narrative that the crime was out of control. I simply wanted to know if it isn't now, than when is it? At what point can the media say crime is out of control? When you personally feel threatened? I understand you really don't want to answer it and will go in circles so I'll let you have at it. It seems like you have now begrudgingly accepted Chicago's murders are out of control. I also provided you the exact calculation, it wasn't pulled out of my ear. You seem to be fine that hundreds of people are being killed in Chicago when comparable cities in the US aren't having such a problem. As long as you don't feel endangered though.

A number. I provided a number where I would agree it would be in control but I guess you will deflect and talk in circles.

So looking at some of those numbers from that website, I decided to dig into the worst neighborhoods. Garfield Park had the highest total for 2021. I couldn't get an exact population since there seems to be an east and west so I went to Englewood which was second. Per wikipedia, the population is 24,000. That averages to about 250 murders per 100k. Illinois is averaging 257 COVID deaths per 100k. It seems if one is out of control than the other should be. Maybe crime isn't out of control in Chicago as a whole, which I disagree, but it certainly seems to be out of control in many neighborhoods.

So heyjackass.com is a real website. I thought Buddha was just being a dick.

Yawn, still won't answer and just deflect.

Was Black Lives Matter around for the 17 black people killed?

All I wanted was for you to tell me what out of control is. Instead, you turned it around on me and pinned me down to give you a number which I provided and now you're doing some attack on me.

The Lions are estimated to have around $35 million in cap space. The Vikings and Packers are both going to be way over. The Bears project to have around $40 million. This division is going to be wide open soon. The Vikings and Packers are looking at rebuilds sooner than later and the Bears have one of the oldest rosters in the league. If Holmes does this right, the Lions could be perennial contenders.

Wil Harris is under contract next year and I'm not ready to give him a new contract yet. Charles Harris I would bring back but I'm not going to break the bank.

I'm assuming those percentages are up from 2020 which was already an elevated year.

Since it doesn't affect Chas, it's not out of control. Hundreds of people are needlessly getting killed in Chicago so it has to be out of control somewhere? I haven't caught COVID so that means it's not out of control. There is always more passion and outrage at the couple police involved shooting but not the 800+ murders. Police involved shooting don't affect my day to day so they aren't out of control.

A lot of words and no answer. Living up to windy city reputation.

The well meaning whites are the best. It's like they want to overcorrect and don't actually listen. It's probably why Eric Adams won in New York and defund the police bill was soundly defeated in Minneapolis.

Teams will wait if it's the coordinator they want. The Lions waited for Patricia and they would have waited however long it would have been for Campbell. I think teams should look at coordinators from losing teams. I think Aaron Glenn is as good as any coordinator getting interviewed. Only hiring from winning teams is how you end up with Patricia.

New York and Los Angeles combined have 882 murders. Chicago has 836. New York and Los Angeles have a combined 12 million people to Chicago's 2.7 million. Hundreds of people are needlessly being killed in Chicago and the ire of the people is usually directed at the few police involved shootings.

No I said 175 is within control. 485 is not within control for Chicago. I'm not sure I can state it any more clearer. Now you answer instead of deflecting.