Mr.TaterSalad

It makes me sad and angry that the Trump Administration has gaul to go over to Munich, where the Nazis Beer Hall Putsch took place in 1923, and lecture the Germans about defending democracy. They did this after Trump and his MAGA allies committed the Beer Belly Putsch on January 6th in an attempted coup to overthrow our government.

Has a kicker ever gotten fully guaranteed money in a contract?

By a government buy out you mean socialism right?

I'd be alright with signing Fuller at the right price. Outside of last season, on a slumping Dolphins team, Fuller was a better player than Davis for most of his career. He graded out higher than Davis with PFF and played better in man coverage for his career. If the Lions think they can get him to bounce back to form and get him at a fair contract, I'd be alright with looking at him in free agency. I have other priorities I'd rather they target first, namely pass rusher and offensive line to solidify the interior of the line. But it's clear we still need help at CB and depth in the secondary overall. Davis has never played a full season in his career and never played more than 15 games in a season. Fuller has played 15 or more games 5 times and played two full seasons. I get that Fuller got injured too, but through his career, he's showed more health and reliability than Davis. In an ideal world we'd be able to keep Davis, add Fuller as a cherry on top, and still have money to get a significant pass rusher. If the Lions look at Fuller and think he's not the type of player they want or that he's done in the NFL I'm fine with and trust their evaluation too.

Whoooooops.

So I've thought about this since the news came out that Myles Garrett wants to be traded. I would love to get Garrett and have a dynamic pass rusher like him to go along with Hutch. That's obvious I think to every can. Just as much as they though, I would love to prevent another NFC team from getting him. I do strongly think he's going to end up on an NFC team next year. I don't want it to Chicago, Washington or Philly and a team we have to face come playoff time. That's a primary concern I have. But in the event one of those teams or another NFC team gets him I want us to approach this offseason with a newly minted aggressive mindset. I want us to go get Trey Hendrickson from Cincinnati. I actually want Hendrickson probably as much as I want Garrett. I wanted Hendrickson all last year and still want him now. Cincinnati is in cap trouble and is looking for ways to restructure deals and save money to keep Tee Higgins around. The most obvious way to keep Higgins around is for Joe Burrow to do what he's already said publicly he wants to do, that's restructure his contact. The other way the Bengals could save money though is to trade away Hendrickson and his contract and get draft capital back in return. I'd love to see us make a splash and get Hendrickson if we're not successful with getting Garrett.

Big night for the Tkachuk with each of the boys getting two goals. Brady and Matthew looked really good and so did Hellebuyck in net (no surprise there).

Was the RB position considered a need when they drafted Gibbs? In their eyes it must have been to an extent. To a lot of arm chair GMs and fans I don't think they had RB as a need after signing Montgomery. I know I didn't look at the position as a need going into the draft that year.

NYT: Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine

MAGA now stands for Make Aids Great Again. RFK Jr. believes that Aids is caused by recreational drug use, like poppers, by gay and lesbian people. Our new HHS Secretary is literally an aids denier.

God help us all. Just an FYI, next time you get on a plane, look for me in the cockpit. I'm going to be a pilot now, maybe I'll be yours. I played a few rounds of Microsoft Flight Simulator and read some things online so now I'm qualified to be a pilot. I'm sure you won't mind that I have no training as a pilot and no experience flying a commercial airliner. Afterall, you don't mind putting your nation's healthcare and wellbeing in the hands of an anti-vax, untrained, uneducated individual who has no prior experience or education in public health or the medical profession. I'll be a heroin up there in the cockpit or is that heroine. Ah well, who cares, either way, you don't really need any formal training or education for the job you hold anymore, pilot, HHS Secretary, etc. See you in the friendly skies. 🙂

Did Raymond just get hurt?

I just posted this in the other thread. This sounds like a big ass grift to me. President Musk takes office and then shortly their after the federal government is set to potentially purchase his **** Cyber trucks from his company. Tell me how this isn't a conflict of interest.

$400 million purchases of **** Tesla Cyber trucks sure sounds like something wasteful that DOGE could cut.

You mean like Coke Can Clarence Thomas hasn't recused himself in the past?

Trump on Covid talking about injecting disinfectant and using UV light. We didn't dodge a bullet here, people died.

The fundamental difference that I as a left wing guy have with Gym Jordan is that if I witnessed or was told about cases of sexual assault or abuse by a young adult or child, I'd bother to take their claim seriously. I'd take the time to report it and see to it that it got thoroughly investigated and justice was brought on behalf of the young adults or children who were violated. Furthermore, could you imagine Barack Obama coming in and firing civil servants in the manner that Musk and Trump are doing. I'm sure Gym wouldn't be silent about it if Obama were doing what Musk and Trump are doing.

Washington Post: Gaza ceasefire will end if Hamas does not return hostages Saturday, Netanyahu says Our antiwar President is doing a bang up job. First, Russia's assault and war in Ukraine is still raging on. We were led to believe that he'd simply call Putin and within one day, 24 hours, the war would end. He also said that there would be no conflict in Gaza/Palestine and Israel if he had been President and that he could end that one too. Now, it looks like they are about to break the ceasefire agreement signed just weeks ago and resume the fighting. Furthermore, he just moved to send another $8 billion in weapons sales to Netanyahu in Israel. Boy, he's really been a mediator for peace.

Republicans spend so much time talking about how they love public safety and yet one of the first things Trump does is defund fire and police departments. Trump's federal funding freeze will impact communities that use federal grants to find firefighter, paramedic, and police officer positions.

Make Bribery Great Again! Let's get rid of the Pendleton Act too while we're at it.

If we'd have played KC we'd be winning this game is what I was saying. We would have had Philly at homec in the NFC Championship Game, not that it would have mattered in the end likely.

Kansas City has 1 freaking play in the Eagles territory. This is an awful game from just a pure entertainment and enjoyment factor.

What an awful game. All the more depressing that we blew our chance and aren't in it because we'd be on our way to a Super Bowl.

State Department announces plans for $7 billion-plus arms sale to Israel Remember when Trumpers told us he was going to end all the wars. This antiwar Presidency didn't last long. Remember when Arab-American voters rallied around Trump too. That's not looking like a good choice.