Mr.TaterSalad

Roy was always a douchebag of a person, player, and coach. I hope for his sake and his players that he has matured and grown. Like all human beings, he deserves to be given the opportunity to do so.

National Academy of Sciences: A comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and the world The right wing in the United States has a problem with political violence. Period. They have a recent problem and a problem that extends out throughout this country's history.

So I've been thinking about this before chiming in here on the topic. I've gone back and forth in my mind on what to do with Skubal this offseason. There are a couple of factors at play for me. One is how far apart are we on contractual numbers with Skubal and Boras. Two is how badly does Skubal want to test the free agent waters. Three is how aggressive do we plan to be in the offseason. If we really are $250 million apart from the number he and Scott Boras have in mind, that along with all the previous things we've been hearing about him wanting to test the market, tells me he isn't resigning here. If Harris and Ilitch have a solid idea on him not resigning here and going to free agency, that makes me lean towards wanting him being traded. What would push me over the edge is if we don't have a plan to be aggressive in signing top free agents or making a trade or two for a top player to bolster this roster. I don't what happened with the Detroit Lions and Suh to happen here with Skubal and the Tigers. All season long and all offseason Lions fans were assured by our GM Martin Mayhew that Suh was going to resign with the organization. So much assurance in-fact that they passed on drafting a generational DT in Aaron Donald in favor of a TE with generationally bad hands and drop problems in Eric Ebron. I really hope Harris and Ilitch have a better gauge on things than Mayhew did with the Lions. If Skubal isn't signing here and is testing free agency and we don't plan to spend aggressively to improve this roster this offseason, I lean towards trading him. If the organization was willing to go all in next year and do what it takes to make a push towards being a true World Series contender, then I'm ok with keeping him. If an aggressive offseason looks like bringing in Bregman + additional key pieces (another starter, bullpen arm, a secondary right handed bat) then let Skubal stay. I'm ok with taking the risk of losing him for nothing in free agency if we make a World Series push in the offseason and certainly if we actually make the Pennant Championship. If we keep him, don't have an aggressive offseason, and run back largely the same roster as this year, then I think I'll be concerned and quite possibly pissed. So if I was backed into a corner and forced to make a choice, I'd say trade him if you're just going to run back the same roster and get something for him. Keep him if you are committed to being aggressive and building a World Series contending roster. I feel like I'm copping out with my opinion though.

Remember, these people are pro life.

The right hates kids, which is well known. It's why they elected a child pervert as President and why their right-wing pedo pastors continuously get caught doing things with underage kids.

So much for Republicans being the party of the Constitution. Seems Trump is wiping his ass with our Constitution.

Does your opinion stay the same if Baker shreds our secondary this week?

Nothing to see here, just a Republican Congressman with a swastika over an American flag on his congressional office wall. Don't YOU have a swastika on your wall at home?

I never, ever doubted Rasmussen. What a stud. Might be the next Gretzky.

That SHOULD be game, set, match with that goal.

It bounced right off him. Couldn't get to it puck to bury it home.

They wear you down little by little until they get to the third period and break you and score a goal or two. We've done a good job holding up so far even though they have more hits on us by far.

Two really good scoring chances there. We need an insurance goal because I don't see Florida being held to one goal.

The call came from upstairs. We all know it, everyone watching that game knows it, both organizations know it. Everyone but the league is willing to admit that the illegal motion call came from upstairs. The league needs to admit to it.

Sorry about that one everybody.

Well fudge. I still don't take back what I just said above.

The sample size is quite small, but Talbot has looked really good really on. No soft goals let in, he's seeing the puck well, and getting himself in the right position to make the necessary stops.

I broke out the #18 for tonight's game. First game of the season.

Solid period of play. I thought they created a few nice scoring chances but couldn't quite punch it in.

If I lived in Virginia I wouldn't vote for Jay Jones personally. I'd avoid voting straight ticket Democrat as I would leave the AG's spot on my ballot blank or vote for an independent or Green Party candidate for that one. I also think he should have been dropped by the Virginia State Democratic Party from their list of endorsed candidates. It's too late to replace him on the ballot legally I'm guessing, but the party could have unendorsed him. I find threatening to kill someone or threatening bodily harm against a person disqualifying for an individual who intends to be the state's "top cop" or "top attorney" so to speak.

America First!

So you believe what was said in those text messages is acceptable?

Long before Sunday nights officiating debacle and the Lions getting a TD called back and 6 points taken off the board, the NFL has had a problem with its rules and officiating. From convoluted rules that make no sense to anyone on Planet Earth to rules that aren't correctly enforced to referees using poor judgement, the NFL has had a problem with the consistency of its rulebook and with the referees on the field meant to judge enforce those rules and call the game. Far too often, our Detroit Lions have been the victim of NFL officiating, convoluted rules, and bad calls being made by the officiating crew. Sunday night's call of illegal motion against Jared Goff occurred a full 1:07 after the TD signaled on the field and after the officials had already huddled once, determined there was no penalty, and then spotted the ball for the PAT. Only after they were buzzed down from upstairs/New York, which to my knowledge I didn't think an illegal motion call could be reviewed from upstairs or called in from New York, was a flag thrown. This officiating blunder and errant rule enforcement was one in along line of bad judgement by the referees, questionable calls, and enforcement of rules you have never heard of before that specifically went against our Lions. So with that, I wanted to make a thread about the NFL rulebook and NFL officiating. I am hoping to kickstart more conversation about the rules, the officiating, what needs to change, how things need to be reformed, etc. I'm going to start. I think the NFL needs a ref clock, much like a play clock the players have to abide by. The referees need to have a certain amount of time to make a call and throw a flag if they miss it in real time. The refs have 30 seconds, from the time the play was blown dead, to make a decision to throw a flag. For there to be over a full minute of time gone by before they decided to throw the flag is absolutely ridiculous and should not have happened.

Now we know why the league called it back. This is a huge conflict of interest for the league with them partnering with these sportsbooks. I've never been one for conspiracy theories, but damn.