TBayXXXVII

Yup, them and the Pirates. LOL The only baseball I grew up with was going to Bradenton to watch the Pirates Spring Training and Single-A team. I'm a glutton for punishment. I expect the Bucs get 10 or 11 wins. We're only going to go as far as our defense takes us.

You won't find me there. lol I moved out of Florida when I was 11.

I think Lithgow was great, but I think the story was forced because they needed to get like 12 episodes... it could've been done in like 6 or 7. Got tired at late.

Yup... though, I think it went downhill after they killed Doakes in season 2. I never watched New Blood, don't plan on it nor Resurrection.

Spotrac.com has his market value at $24.5M AAV, so your thinking is inline with theirs. I'm in that neighborhood as well. I think they've backed themselves into a corner. After this season, Deebo can walk and so can McLaurin. Their next two best(?), WR's are Luke McCaffrey who they drafted last year and Jaylin Lane who they took in the 4th this year. That's pretty scary. According to Spotrac.com, these 6 are the only UFA's next year, with a market value over $10M: George Pickens (25.3) $25,288,663 Terry McLaurin (30.8) $24,544,460 Jauan Jennings (29.0) $19,069,692 Jakobi Meyers (29.7) $17,393,220 DeAndre Hopkins (34.1) $15,193,354 Romeo Doubs (26.2) $11,935,141 I wouldn't pay any of them more than that. I can't imagine paying anyone other than McLaurin, within $5M of their number. Not sure if that bodes well or not for Washington. My guess is that with the very few options available, this might be a sellers market for McLaurin. He might get a big number from a team who's in need of WR help. I can see Miami, the Jets, Patriots, and the Browns, who would likely be interested in bringing in a known commodity at WR.

If I draft a QB from Indy this year, it will be Leonard. He's the only one who's ceiling isn't known as "suck".

The NFL is as big as it is, solely, because of betting. That's it. Baseball was the breadwinner before fantasy football and gambling. You're absolutely right. Fantasy football being an easy game, is the reason why the NFL is as big as it is. Without it, the NFL would be below baseball once again. Football would go back to the days when people would just watch their home team and just following scores of other games. Primetime money/viewership would plummet.

I think they oppose it because they weren't thinking as criminally as the Democrats were. They were being selfish jackazzes. LOL Like I said, all they have to do is conspire with close friends and family members to sell off their investments to. Then, give them the tips, the close friends and family members react accordingly and the politician is absolved of any wrong doing. At the end of their run in government, they buy their investments back and money made. They walk away free and clear. I'd vote against it if I was suspicious of the other members and wanting to make sure they didn't get a workaround handed to them on a silver platter.

I see it the opposite. The Act doesn't accomplish any goal they're trying to achieve. It allows the politician to find other avenues to illegally trade on the market and give them a get out of jail free card. I can give Howley the benefit of the doubt, that this wasn't his objective, as I saw a video on him having a problem with the way things are and he wants them to stop. Maybe he does, maybe he doesn't. But this Act won't work... it'll actually insulate the politician from being held accountable. The politician and their spouse could just sell their holdings to their kids, parents, or siblings for $1, then after they're out of office, buy them back for $1. How does that prevent anything. To me, the problem is the people voting for it, not against it. Now, I'll re-iterate what I said earlier... this is my take from reading the communist propaganda website, I didn't read the Act itself (yet).

Then this Act won't work. So why vote for it? To pass this Act is to address the outcome, not the problem. This IS my biggest issue with all of government. They never fix the cause/source of the problem, just try to create new results. If the SEC and DOJ aren't doing their jobs, then they need to be held accountable. Now, if there isn't a way to do that, then they both need to be disbanded. If the result of that is no stock market, then so be it. The problem is that the SEC and DOJ are government entities who get their duties by political appointments. It's like a brother hiring his brother to oversee what he's doing. Yeah, that'll work. The only solution at that point then, since disbanding the stock market would never fly, is that anyone who wins public office, their spouse, and 1st and 2nd level family members (top and bottom... parents, grandparents, kids, grandkids, first cousins and second cousins), ALL must divest all of their stock holdings. On top of that, anyone they hire, their parents, grandparents, spouse, kids, grandkids, first cousins, and second cousins... must do the same. If that means I won't see con men lawyers in congress, I can live happily with that. There isn't a single elected official in DC has earned any benefit of the doubt in terms of trust. I think they're all lying, all of the time. They tell people what people want to hear instead of what the people need to hear, because they're afraid of losing their gravy train. To vote FOR the Act is a bigger red flag to me that to vote AGAINST it. It's just telling politicians other ways to insulate themselves from being held accountable. Also, there isn't a law that mandates candidates to put their assets in a blind trust, they only have to disclose all of their holdings.

LOL, yeah, sure. No one believes that.

I only read the communist propaganda website, not the Act yet. From what I read, I'd have voted against it too. If the Act forces the politician and their spouse (only), to divest from the stock market, Insider Trading laws already address this. What's the point? The politician and their spouse have the ability to sell their shares to their kids, friends, and other family members and then buy them back at the same price when they're out of office. It doesn't sound like this Act would actually accomplish anything.

I assumed that was sarcasm, because he didn't think there was a swamp when Trump said he wanted to drain it back in 2015. He laughed at the idea.

No condemnation for when Maryland and Illinois did it? Weird.

16.09 - D/ST Redskins, WAS

15.04 - WR Luther Burden, CHI

I have a feeling the Pirates will not be trading anyone of substance. I can see Pham, Heaney, or a random bullpen arm getting moved, but I don't see Keller, Bednar, Cruz, or Hayes getting traded. If one of those 4 are, I think it's Bednar.

14.09 - QB Bryce Young, CAR

She's cute. She's not hot.

I think their agenda should be to keep liberals out.

I never really paid attention to Metcalf's route running, but if that's an issue... then the Steelers could certainly be a dumpster fire if those two can't connect.

I think it'll come down to what will the Steelers game plan be. If they're going to run a lot (not sure how), then I can certainly see a scenario where Metcalf has 170+ targets and the next highest guy be a RB from dumpoffs, then a bunch of guys in the 30 to 50 range. If they plan on throwing the ball about 32 times per game (550 on the season), I can see Metcalf with about 150 targets and Jonnu with 90... Freiermuth with 60(?). That might be a round about way of saying that I think DK Metcalf could be a top 3 to 7 WR.

Is it really fair to say Rodgers doesn't utilize his TE's? In his rookie year, he had Driver, Jennings, and Jordy... why would he even need to throw to a TE? In his second season where Jordy was hurt a lot, Jermichael Finley was 3rd on the team in targets in only 13 games played. In terms of fpg, he finished 10th among TE's. The following year, he was hurt, but was 5th in fpg among TE's in the 5 games he played. In 2011, Finely was 3rd on the team in targets with 92 (Jordy had 96), and finished the season as TE8. Same with 2012, Finley was 3rd in targets (87). I think the bigger issue is that GB had a major lack of talent at the TE position after Finley. It wasn't until 2018 where they got a TE who was at least adequate, but that was 32 year old Jimmy Graham. Last year, Conklin got 72 targets in 16 games... and he's not even that good. The Steelers don't have a viable #2 WR option, so I can see Jonnu getting a good amount of targets, with Freiermuth getting some. I don't think he's as good of a pass catcher as Jonnu.

I think the problem that the Redskins have is that they've been very bad and inactive in addressing the WR position. Since drafting McLaurin in 2019, this is who they've drafted: Rnd Player 4 Jaylin Lane 3 Luke McCaffrey 1 Jahan Dotson 3 Dyami Brown 7 Dax Milne 4 Antonio Gandy-Golden Other than the top 2, who were just drafted this year and last, none of them are on the team now. McCaffrey's first year doesn't look promising either. The kid played a third of the snaps last year (419) and only caught 18 passes. I think they're stuck between a rock and hard place.

Courtland Sutton just signed a 4-yr deal for $92M ($41M guaranteed). Godwin signed a deal not much different, in terms of AAV. If McLaurin wants a deal bigger than Sutton's (or Godwin's), by a lot, he's not getting signed. They'll tag him. I can see a 4-yr deal at $96M being reasonable. I mean, the dude is going to be 30 in 2 months.