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he didnt say enough politically correct tag lines of sorrow and remorse, so he gets dragged. again, he should have done what debrincat did and basically throw bowman and everyone else under the bus to save himself. that's what you do. and he should have had someone there to tell him to do it. that was my point. toews is a public figure, and to keep his reputation in tact, he needs to keep his public image. and that means throwing all the blame on bowman et al even if bowman is his friend. bowman would probably understand. that's how the game is played.

i read some stuff about pennsylvania the other day about how republicans have been very successful in getting voters signed up. theyre quite motivated. same may be true in virginia, but i dont know. these are off year elections next year, the party out of power usually does well. the democrats have time. they will have advantages in a lot of states due to their aggressive gerrymandering, and inflation may be coming down by then. if the stories on the economy are all about inflation still, they'll be in big trouble.

another thing is the organization around these guys. look at this last year. jacksonville, jets, bears take qbs with loads of talent and they all look god awful. mac jones has looked decent. why? cause he has a great organization around him. i bet fields wouldnt be the worst qb in football if he were in new england, and i bet mac jones would if he were in chicago. (also, mac jones has a good oline, which is another reason to draft a qb after you have the line somewhat in place)

there will still be multiple qbs taken high. it happens every year. its hard to generalize since all of these guys are individuals with their own developmental time line, but the evidence really suggests its 1st round or bust for qbs.

and they won last week despite washington spending most of the second half inside green bay's 20 yard line. football is a funny sport.

i live in chicago and everyone is masked up indoors. outdoors not so much, but there really isnt any need to be masked up outdoors.

at what level would the cases have to be at for you to want to roll back some restrictions?

yes, even if he loses.

tmac up 1 in the last poll. in a state biden won by 10. not great news for democrats overall.

80% of denmark is fully vaccinated and cases are increasing. "cases" will continue to happen because its an infectious disease. of those cases in denmark, 99.8% of them are mild. the point being, just counting "cases" isnt a great measure anymore, imo. continue to work to vaccinate and remediate and continue to lower the risk of the virus to people who do get it. the fact that "cases" are increasing isnt a reason for real alarm, imo.

so what do you do now? cases are up everywhere, including countries with high vaccine rates. its not a matter of complacency, or something we can control, its a viral infection that is just going to play itself out until it burns out. get as many people vaccinated so they dont get too sick when they get it, keep developing mitigation drugs for people who do get it, and get on with our lives. i dont see what else we should do.

i dont have a real issue with what kane or toews said. i am interested in how their agents allowed them to talk without vetting what they would say, especially in the social media environment. regardless of how they feel personally for stan bowman, you issue a generic statement condemning what happened and saying how you feel bad for beach. you dont open them up to questions from "journalists" who are looking for click baity headlines to stoke the moral outrage machine.

brian ellerbe was fired after he went 10-18 what are you talking about?

what was toews supposed to do? i dont understand?

who? the kid who just committed to ucla?

michigan has good talent. they have as much talent as any school not named alabama, georgia, lsu, ohio state, and clemson. they're in the next tier and should be able to compete with any team this year other than ohio state, georgia, and probably bama. anyone else they can beat. that said, they can lose on the road to any decent team, which includes state or penn state. its college football and winning road games is hard, ask bama who lost to a & m and ohio state who lost at home to oregon! it happens.

michigan firing a coach that went 10-2 would be the most ridiculous thing they've ever done.

still winless.

the lions do get lucky, just like other teams. but when other teams get lucky they get 13 wins and go to the super bowl. the lions go 9-7 and lose in the wild card game.

dude, really. wtf is wrong with you? getting past you attacking me for no fucking reason, nothing you posted refutes anything i said. there has been ONE qb drafted outside of round one in the last five years that has been any good. instead, you quote a bunch of first round picks and go back 15 years to cite a few examples of semi-successful players taken outside round one. yet, strangely enough, you never cite ALL THE PICKS IN THOSE YEARS THAT WERE ABSOLUTE FAILURES. i'm sure you'll be happy with jake rudock and jeff driscoll as lions' qbs moving forward. after all, we took them late in the draft. gtfo.

qbs taken outside round 1: 2015: garrett grayson, sean mannion, bryce petty, brett hundley, trevor simien. 2016: paxton lynch, christian hackenberg, jacoby brissett, cody kessler, connor cook, dak prescott, cardale jones, nate sudfeld, kevin hogan, jake rudock, brandon allen, jeff driscoll, brandon doughty 2017: deshone kizer, davis webb, cj beatherd, josh dobbs, nathan peterman, brad kayaa, chad kelly 2018: mason rudolf, kyle lauletta, mike white, luke faulk, tanner lee, danny etling, alex mcgough, logan woodside. 2019: drew locke, will grier, ryan findley, jarrett stidtham, easton stick, clayton thorston, gardner minshew, trace mcsorley. how many of those guys are good nfl players? 1? 2 if you want to count minshew being ok for a few games in jacksonville? how many have been traded for multiple first round picks? or for anything of value? none. it is not a productive exercise to draft qbs outside of round 1, nor does it usually get you anything back in assets. qbs are extremely valuable. if the lions are going to find the qb of the future, the overwhelming evidence suggests they will need to do it in round 1.

yes

one thing is certain: both of these teams are frauds. michigan is having a nice season and its been fun to watch, but honestly, both of these teams are going to get destroyed by ohio state. msu might have a better chance because ohio state doesnt care about msu. but michigan? ohio state will win that game by 40 points.

i had forgotten about the first for kennard, so youre right about that. i dont think weaver has done a great job, but i think its too early to tell if my feelings are right or not. i dont think he's used the team's assets in the most productive way possible. i also realize its hard to build a basketball team and that not every asset i want to be available is actually available. i'm in a wait and see mode (and really, we need to see cade), but i'm skeptical. let's see what they look like with cade. i suspect the pistons are going to be in line for another top 3 or 4 pick next year too.

and if you take a qb in round 3 and then play him for a year to see if he's any good, and he's not, you have to start all over again and draft another one high in the draft the next year. or give baker mayfield $35 million a year.