Mr.TaterSalad

Looks like Tracy Walker is gone based on this post.

Tragically, you're going to see a lot more of this in the coming decades as MAGA rejects vaccines altogether, not just the covid vax.

Several of the leagues best teams go out and make splash signings in free agency with long term deals and big cap numbers now and then. Last offseason the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs went out and signed LT Jawaan Taylor on a four-year, $80 million deal. The runner up in the Super Bowl signed DT Javon Hargrave to a four year, $81 million contract. I'm not saying we need to ante up for Brian Burns or Josh Allen. Guy like Danielle Hunter or Kendall Fuller are players I feel should be in our range, but likely won't be. I think Holmes is going to do just what he did last offseason and be patient and not go after the top free agents on the market. Had CJGJ and Mosely not gotten injured I suspect his plan would have fully paid off, so I'm not mad if that's what Holmes decides to do. So we will be signing guys after the initial rush of free agency is over and likely won't be any of the high dollar, A-tier free agents. So I think we are looking at the likes of Adoree Jackson, Andrew Van Ginkel, Chidobe Awuize, Denico Autry, Dorance Armstrong, Grover Stewart, Maurice Hurst, Steven Nelson, Stephon Gilmore being on our radar instead of the Fullers and Hunters of the league. I could be totally wrong though, so who knows.

I'm sure I'll get dumped on for this, but depending on the price and length of contract, I'd still be willing to take a flyer on him. Though I know the Lions will not. He's only 24 and with the right scheme fit and coaching staff in place he could potentially be a rotational pass rusher coming in on obvious passing situations. He doesn't fit their mold as a try hard guy who bleeds football, nor a 3-down guy. Being a situational pass rusher at this point I don't think they would want him for that either as they have James Houston on the roster to cover as needed and could get someone in the draft to do the same.

I'd love to get Danielle Hunter as I said a few pages back. He'd be my top target. Kendall Fuller is probably number 2 on my list. I don't think we are going after either player, nor any of the A-tier free agents that would require north of $12-$13 million per at 4+ years to sign. I feel like we'll be waiting until day 2 or day 3 of free agency to make our big moves. I want Stephon Gilmore too, but given his age and the point he's at in his career I don't think he is in that A-tier of current free agents. I do think there is a good chance we get a rental like Gilmore on a 1 year deal.

Ben Johnson is good, but he's no Joe Lombardi though . . .

Well he cost less than Jason Robertson would have. This isn't unreasonable money though for what he provides the team.

I hate to say this, but we still probably need another WR if Reynolds is not returning and the offensive staff/Goff doesn't have enough confidence to target Jamo more than an average of 3.5 times per game. So I don't think we're done building the offense as we likely need a #2 WR.

They only reason we got some of those guys at the price/cap hit we did, (CJGJ, Glasgow, and Mosley) was because of injury history. So if we sign guys this offseason at team-friendly contracts like last year then the probability that player has an injury history increases.

If the Lions have another offseason as they did last year and don't come out with any of the marquee free agents, would you be disappointed? Would you be happy if they signed a B-tier free agent that might still be a starter, but isn't exactly going to be your 1A guy at either CB or Edge/DE/pass rusher?

Hillary Clinton spent $1.4 billion in 2016 and outspent Trump by approx. $442 million. I know that Trump is in deep financial trouble and this will likely bleed over into the campaign side of things. But the last time he won he was outspent by nearly a half a billion dollars and it didn't matter.

No clue if these numbers are close to being correct for St. Brown. I would imagine they are not, but those are solid overall numbers for us, depending on how the cap space is spread out. I had thought St. Brown would get 4 years at $23 million a year, so 3 at $25 million isn't that far off.

See, I can play this fallacious game all day too and attack the source as you're doing. You say terrorist numbers and I attack your source as being from a corrupt, sociopathic, megalomaniac, hell bent on taking down democracy in Israel and installing himself as a dictator. The truth is, we don't seem to have great numbers out of Gaza, from an independent, non-Ministry of Health source. I don't know how accurate the MoH numbers really are. I'd be almost certain that Hamas' MoH is inflating numbers and putting a spin on them to make things look as dire as possible. I'd be almost certain there are many hundreds, maybe even thousands, or terrorists from Hamas lumped into the growing death toll. I also do not trust what Bibi's government is putting out either. Netanyahu has a reason to prolong this war as long as possible because he feels it will make him a popular, war-time President. He wants to be the Bush after 9/11 or Putin now in Ukraine. So the longer this goes and the more bad guys the IDF is alleged to have killed, the better it is for Bibi's political career. What I do believe though, because I see it on news coverage daily, is that far too many innocent civilians and especially children, are falling victim to this war in Gaza. Hundreds-of-thousands are being displaced from their homes and not being given basic human necessities. Many will die of hunger and starvation as a result of not getting basic aid and from a prolonged war. Some of that is on Hamas and some of that is on Bibi and Israel.

Why should anyone believe the numbers from Jewish Trump's government? You wouldn't believe it if Donald Trump gave you numbers, why would you believe Jewish Trump? What gives Jewish Trump and his cabinet anymore credibility?

Damn, Newmark had been with the organization in some capacity since 1994. The poor bastard stayed here and had to work under and suffer through Chuck Schmidt, Matt Millen, Martin Mayhew, and Bob Quinn as his GMs. At least he got a few good years under Brad Holmes at the end of his tenure.

And that's a good thing and likely a result of a lot of the political pressure he's been receiving from the Arab and Muslim communities, the left base of his party, as well as international pressure from other countries.

Until the most recent funding allocation to Israel, which did have some human rights conditions attached to the aid, Biden had previously opposed conditioning any military aid that was being sent over to Jewish Trump's government. CNN: Biden administration makes clear it has no plans to place conditions on military aid to Israel despite pressure from lawmakers

And commanded by a known, habitual liar, with an agenda to use this war to both increase his own popularity and keep himself in power.

If you support sending military aid, without condition to Israel, then yes, you are supporting Jewish Trump and what his government is doing in Gaza. How can Israel choose another leader when Jewish Trump is trying to change his country's judicial and court systems to benefit himself and keep himself in power?

Jewish Trump would gladly wipe every Palestinian off the map. He even said so himself. Jewish Trump has also done nothing to stop or limit settlement expansion nor violence by settlers.

So now Jewish Trump's government is a trustworthy source?

So when does Levi take a big jump?

Damn, man these are some cold, but emotional lyrics. A person can change, but they often have to do it on their own time and merit. You can't make a person change into what you want them to be. Substantial life changes by a person often come from their own volition. When a person is fighting and working hard to better themselves and change their habits, be good to them, embrace the changes they have made, but recognize that you may not be able to be the one to fix them along the way. If I'm a different man tomorrow You be good to that unlucky fool for me He don't know where he is Or through what color eyes he's seeing But he wouldn't hurt a thing Tell Mama, I'm out touring That any day now, I'll be coming off the road Tell my brother that I'm sorry And don't try to fix me when I'm broke

I feel happy about last night's results from NY-3 with Tom Suozzi winning with a fairly comfortable margin. I do believe that is good news for Democrats and should be celebrated. However, I just can't get the 2020 US House races out of my head. In 2020 the predictions were that Democrats would hold even or possibly gain seats in the House, instead they lost seats, and in surprising areas, to terrible candidates. Seats like the California 48th district, Iowa's 1st district, South Carolina 1st district (Nancy Mace), Texas 23rd and Texas 24th districts. Nancy Mace is both ****ing dumb and crazy and still managed to pull off a win. What was the final analysis of the Democrats 2020 House losses? Was it a case of Trump ginning up GOP turnout and sinking otherwise winnable races for Dems? What are the chances of that scenario repeating itself this year in House races?