Ray_T

you gotta do what you feel is right. and sometimes when you explain things its hard to fully capture the situation when typing out an explanation. perhaps we misunderstood you. but normally when I see a big name player on waivers (and it has happened a couple of times) my first thought is.... this has to be a mistake. then buddy says it was a mistake and commish puts him back on his roster. I do think thats the right thing to do. if a guy like Lamar goes on waivers, whoever gets him is admittedly getting a big boost and that sort of thing also upsets the integrity of the league. so I dont know what you want the commish to do. I think he did the right thing. if I misunderstood your explanation, thats fine. but I dont think the action on the part of the commish was wrong. but it is your money. so do as you please.

even if they make Rico the starter, Hubbard will have value. enough teams are needy at RB I could see one of them making an offer for either him or Rico. Carolina has a lot of holes in their lineup still so I'm sure they'd be interested if they can fill one or two of those....... Hubbard will start somewhere. Even if its not Carolina.

it was. its pure market dynamics. a considerable amount of the labor that was used to harvest food was illegal. when those people leave (regardless of the reason they leave) there are consequences: 1) the supply of labor goes down, but the demand for labor remains the same. so wages do go up. and some places paid less than minimum wage to these workers which allows them to be uber competitive in the market due to cheap labour. 2) so we remove the cheap labor and replace it with more expensive labor who (in the short term at least) will not be as productive. it always takes a cerain amount of time for a new employee to become good at their job. this is no exception. so in the short term, the work wont be as good, or as fast. so farmers, food companies etc. will all feel the pinch financially which results in higher food costs for you, the consumer. for the record, I dont actually take issue with this. the exploitation of illegal labor at less than market rates has made this sector of the economy profitable even at low food prices. its not anymore. so the cost to produce will go up and prices will go up its that simple. Take the politics out of it and it is purely a supply and demand story. the problem with the food companies is it doesnt seem that a lot of americans actually want these jobs. I guess thats the rub. in the short term, the easier result was to allow it to happen, and this has been happening since the '70's or likely even before that. but in the end, I'd guess the cost of labor for most of these companies has likely gone up by at least 10% (probably more) and with this type of industry, at least half of your costs are labor. so anyone trivializing the increase in the price of food isnt living in the real world. in some cases, the company will absorb some of the cost increases and will face a loss in profitability. some may even go out of business.... but in most cases the cost increase will be passed on to the consumer. This is just the way business operates.

I know there have always been miltary bases in the northern half of the US. thats been the case since longer than I have likely been alive. have you gone all conspiracy theory on us now? canada has miltiary bases within 100 miles of the US border too. I hope you dont think the invasion is on? come on guys. if you are gonna send an @ in my direction please have your comment fair and reasonable or just dont send it my way. thanks. (I prefer the latter.... I think I'm done with this conversation)

It doesnt matter who I listen to. I'm canadian. my vote doesnt matter in the Ol US of A. Even if I lived there, my opinion still likely doesnt matter. but in looking at your government, it clearly was put together in such a way that its next to impossible to get anything done. Likely because the people who wrote the original laws of the country were distrustful of government in the first place. Not sure if that is good or bad. it is what it is. but your government runs so differently from the Canadian Government a lot of the issues were not fully making sense. I at least have a better idea of where and what those issues are. There are things I do like about the united states. but the government and the way it operates isnt one of them. part of this is due to the system in place. its very adversarial and that can be destructive at times. I do hope the 'Reds' and the 'Blue's' can figure out a way to work together for the sake of the American people. but based on what I have seen, I dont see that happening in the near future. and I think the American people deserve better. a functioning government is better than one that does not function. and thats where you guys are right now..... both sides have to learn to play nice in the sandbox.

There are a few examples of players who were thrown in less than a week after acquiring them who had a bad result. but ever since Dobbs was able to master a playbook and play effectively in like 1 week this has been the expectation. but the reality is... in most cases, this is not a reasonable expectation. for most QB it takes longer. but we will see. Flacco is an old vet so likely he does pick it up faster than most.

probably the biggest issue to be honest. thing about playing in a new offense. your decision making isnt quite as quick as it would be when you've had a reasonable amount of practice time to learn and master the offense. Thats where the difference lies. if you have the defense playing against him, you are probably getting more sacks than normal. it may turn into an extra INT or two as well. Though Flacco is smart. he will probably throw the ball away most times when pressured with no good options.

under normal conditions I'd say starting flacco 5 days after acquiring him is a bad idea. but the QB play since Burrow got hurt has been pretty terrible. At this point I guess Flacco running the base offense is better than anyone else running the full offense. but I do think the result will likely be the same. Flacco will take some heat if he doesnt play well but I'd argue they never really put him into a position to succeed either. the line is bad. and he doent know the offense fully. That is a bad combination. but I guess they gotta do something. I would not start flacco this week in a superflex format but might consider him next week. it takes time to learn the full playbook so there is no guarantee of productivity.

at the time he played well too. but the book on baker is that he would stare down the WR before throwing to him. but he performed better because not knowing the playbook he also didnt know who he was throwing to. so the tell teams were using on him were no longer working. as such, it messed up the defense. I suppose it also depends... if the new offense is similar to the one he played in I could see the transition happening fairly quickly. but most QB cannot figure out the playbook that quickly without running each play a number of times so they are on the same page as their receivers. and there simply isnt time to do that. but..... Flacco is a vet. so maybe he has a better chance at this than most. Im sure there is a reason why he has been able to hang on at his age in the NFL. this maybe is one of them.... the ability to pick up the offense quickly. on that note I'm surprised there hasnt been another move of another QB famous for his abiity to pick up an offense quickly... Dobbs

it could be both. Generally you want your team to have something to play for. if they let it go down the toilet without even making it look like they made an attempt to salvage the year that sends the wrong message to both the team and to the fans who pay good money to watch them play.

fair. Eagles have pretty decent depth on the O line. some of their backups might be capable of starting on some other teams That doesnt mean the injuries dont hurt, but having a capable backup means it doesnt hurt as much as it would otherwise.

I knew about the pre season injury. wasnt aware of the other one. but that speaks to depth. the line was weak and became borderline respectable last year, but the depth was never good. when that happens you are vulnerable to injuries and that's exactly what has happened. as a result Herberts productivity is not what it was last season. though it does feel like he had an easier schedule last year too. so that may have also contributed to this.

you hit the nail right on the head. that was exactly the point I was leading to.

As one who has played QB this is an unrealistic ask. the best he'd likely be able to do is run the base offense and on only 5 days notice, I'd say that is expecting a LOT. unless they've been talking to the team for a week or so and hes been studying the playbook while waiting for them to announce the trade. I suppose that may be possible but still..... this is fairly irresponsible on the part of the team. Though I guess the alternative is still pretty crappy.

its probably the reason hes always dinged up too. could you imagine how well hed produce if he actually had an extra quarter to half second to hold the ball? I bet he'd light it up.

Honestly, I still think he is a matchup dependant start. but hes on the fantasy radar for sure.

I think hes good for 18 fantasy points per game in that offense. there is 20+ point upside if the matchup is good, but thats expecting a lot. either way, my 12 team superflex league doesnt have enough QB for everyone to have a backup, so I think the upside is better for me to pickup Flacco and trade one of my other QB for the RB that I need. given the QB situation, Im pretty sure I can get a decent RB for one of my QB and then run with Flacco as my #3 QB

well, I'll be bidding as he would make a perfectly fine #3 QB once he learns the offense. but that likely takes at least 1-2 weeks. it would be irresponsible to start him this week. though I"ve seen teams do that sort of thing

well, I'm in a superflex, and even scrub QB are going for $10 to $15 this year due to all the injuries. I'm actually good at QB but have a greater need at RB. I was thinking if I could get Flacco, I could unload one of my other QB to a QB starved team to get access to a RB for myself.

This is big news Flacco throws a good deep ball. but the line is still crappy in Cincy so if he has to hold the ball longer than typical, hes taking a sack or throwing an INT. but he will be serviceable once he learns that offense. now the important question: how much to bid in FAAB dollars?

I suppose if you had him in the lineup for that big game, you at least were happy for this week.

that doesnt make the promise any less stupid. Though admittedly being elected as a lame duck president he likely didnt care. Legally hes not allowed to run again. so maybe make whatever promise you want I suppose. but in the end history will judge him as either being a man of his word (or not)

sure. but the clown show of Manziel is different from the circus that is Shedeur. I thin Shedeur needs to be the center of attention and needs to be tweeting and doing all that. Manziel was just plain crazy. partly due to the drug habit I'm sure. some of the harder drugs (if used enough) have a side effect of making the user bi-polar. and the Withdrawal symptoms when they quit (or cut down) can make a person quite miserable. either way Shedeur has the ability to fix his situation. but likely he needs a good kick in his complacency first. I would have hoped that being drafted in round 5 would have given him that Kick, but clearly it wasnt enough. Either way, Gabriel has performed decently in his first start. one or two more of these and I anticipate Shedeur will act up, request a trade or something of the like. If I were his agent I'd be on the phone telling him to keep his head down and stay out of the media and stop tweeting stuff. This is one of the potential problems with a privileged upbringing. Some people are ok with it but some with this type of upbringing seem to grow up thinking the most important thing in the world is themselves. Those people often dont become good team players and Shedeur may be one of those. dude needs some humble pie and then, if he can re invent himself hes got a chance. but I honestly dont know if he has that in him. he doesnt seem like a bad person per se. I think he mostly just needs to grow up. So there is a chance he can salvage his career. but the guy needs to learn not to act out in the media. That stuff gets you noticed and I'm sure lots of the teams who passed on him are just looking at that and thinking.... that confirms we made the right choice. not good if Shedeur wants to get traded at some point for a second chance.

Blame or no blame, it sounds like both parties have to agree to play nice in the sandbox. but I kind of get the impression that Trump likes to strongarm people into doing what HE wants even when he could probably get it by just asking nicely. so I get why the animosity is there. in some cases its not what hes doing that makes everyone mad. Its how he is doing it as well. at least... from an outsiders perspective, thats how it looks. and clearly the Democrats are not going to give Trump a blank Check to do whatever he wants in whatever manner he chooses, so I suspect they are asking for certain things to be written into the legislation that Trump (or the republicans) dont like. at some point both sides will have to soften their stance on this but it may take some time. it sounds to me like neither side wants to give in. Thats bad news. you know who pays for that? You guys. either way, I've said more than enough. Probably said too much. Hopefully they get this sorted. with no government services things will get bad soon enough.