WhiteWonder

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I would argue that not having a place kicker does not change what a very good to great QB is able to do with the very talented offense around them. If he can't lead them to touchdowns, then of course the lack of a kicker changes everything in terms of grabbing the W yesterday. I know Mason fumbled but I guess my point was that highlighting the red zone inefficiency doesn't help the argument for Purdy. Someone could easily say that it shouldn't need to come down to one made FG if he had engineered more TD drives against the Cardinals defense. but i;m not a Purdy hater.

thats what ed does. and i've praised Purdy before. but you just mentioned 1/6 in the redzone yesterday and 1 more FG changing it to a W. doesn't the redzone efficiency and settling for field goals fall a little bit on Purdy?

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considering MDC started this thread for a certain somebody, I am shocked at their restraint

For the first time in a while it must be a really fun time to be a Mets fan, watching your organization be run competently. Ever since last seasons sell off. This season's ride has been fun and hopefully it continues but they really are set up pretty well going forward.

Well, let me clarify a bit. It's not just because you didn't say "Epstein ONLY". It's more because you are acting like there must be huge players, who were never named, who were trafficking minors for him. I don't believe that to be the case. It's already well documented that Epstein and Maxwell used victims to lure/recruit other victims. Epstein was a master manipulator. Did he have logistical help? Of course. Was this logistical help coming from high profile people? I think more likely those high profile people were simply partaking, as has always been implied. with 'Diddy' it sounds more like high profile people were involved as more than just guests at his parties.

never said no one else was involved. I said he WAS in fact trafficking kids to himself. It's documented. He had a web of his own victims recruiting other victims. It's honestly focking sad when people are trying to argue which side's atrocities against children and human trafficking is worse.

ummm, technically yes, yes he did. He had children he was already molesting, bring him more children to molest. Do you live under a rock? I am all for the liberal sickness being exposed, but stop being retarded.

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Is it wrong? Maybe there should be inherent risk when you enter a country (or stay in one) illegally. Look... if you can keep the families together as you remove them from the country, great. But why should we be going out of our way to make sure of that? I am a generally compassionate person but I totally understand a lot of American's being tired of our country putting other countries first. ----------------- slightly different note, I have a friend who dates an illegal Brazilian. I know exactly how she got to the US and exactly how she stayed, and of course... why she can't travel now. Since she came here, she has been able to get her half brother here, and she is working on getting her daughter (23) here as well. It's an absolute shame this stuff is allowed to happen. When people who defend this claim that these people are not taking jobs from American citizens, it's pure BS. This woman works as a hair stylist, paid under the table of course. If she was not in the country, and could not be paid less money under the table, there are plenty of legal woman who would love to have that job. Where this woman happens to live, there is a huge Brazilian population, many here illegally and looking for American men to marry.

i do understand why they have laid it out like they have. they are obviously giving an advantage to the 3rd division winner and top wildcard. I just think in general it is bogus to have such a long regular season grind conclude with such a short playoff series, where those home teams can catch a hot lower seed and have less of a chance to adjust. I suppose for the final 2 wildcard teams, it's all gravy. But for the 3 and 4 seeds, especially the 3 seed, a few years ago they would have had a legit playoff series with home and away games. Im cheering for the Mets (since Tampa didn't make it, of course), so I am not bitching about the format because my team lost or anything...

which means nothing for 2 of the 6 division winners.

yeah, i'm not saying there won't be issues and im not pretending to have a perfect solution. I understand there is a players union and that the owners also want certain things. bottom line is a 162 game season should not have a best of 3 first round. It's bush league. Owners should be in favor of the expanded playoffs and more playoff games because it means more potential revenue for their teams if they make it. It also means more teams are alive later in the season which results in more ticket and merchandise sales, even for teams that don't get in.... So if the answer is shortening the season slightly, they should not be looking for players to take pro rated pay cuts, as posty speculated, because those players are able to draw more asses to seats later into the season as it is. We are talking 3 of 5 first round instead of 2/3. MLB made the decision to expand playoffs, it should be done right, imho. You're talking a max of 2 more games, 4 more days with travel before the LDS would begin. I don't personally think that's asking too much without shortening the season, but you could literally cut the season to 160 games.