MattPie

Wait, what? The Leafs won 7 of their 13 cups 70+ years ago. In the last 70 years, they one a few in the late 40s/1951, then 4 in the 60s, and nothing since. That's not a winning team.

I thought we had seen all the ways the Bills can go into a mid-late season collapse, but purposely starting a rookie QB after a disastrous first NFL start the week before is a whole new level of Bill-i-ness. Shark, I jump at thee.

I'm a little unclear on how you're labeling franchise QB, but I think we're on the same page for the most part. Other than maybe Baltimore/Flacco, teams that contenders have top-10 QBs, what I'd call "franchise" regardless of where they were picked in the draft. I think there's an OK chance of finding that guy in the 3rd or 5th round, but no QB is going to be good behind the terrible line the Bills have.

I think blowing early picks on QBs that require "a flyer" is part of what has gotten the team to this point. Take players that *will* (within reason) be good (line, LB, secondary, etc.) with early picks, and take flyers late in the draft. There isn't nearly as much correlation with early pick QBs and success as other positions.

It's quite the conundrum; if there's a guy that's good enough to be worth moving up for, the team that's in that spot probably wants him too. And, is it worth the cost to have another promising QB in the system only to be disappointed? The rest of the team (which is weaker from not having all those picks) is just going to "ruin" him with bad play. I'm in the camp that says pick linemen until both lines are good, and then worry about a QB unless there's an absolute can't miss guy that doesn't require mortgaging the farm. I saw Ryan Fitzpatrick had a good day yesterday; I don't know if that's unusual for him and his team or not.

I see what y'all done did there.

I thought I'd stop in to throw a little shade at the coaching staff. Tyrod has definite issues and weaknesses, but the coaching staff apparently has no clue how to adjust for what the Jets and now Saints did. I have a tough time believing that there wasn't any adjustment that could have at least given Taylor a fighting chance.

One of the articles mentions OSP's house is assessed at $5M+. SF doesn't matter.

8 games, now.

I have some bad news for you on that subject.

Yep: “I have always believed that government has a responsibility to protect people,” Golisano stated in a release put out Monday. “We are not talking about a few geese who occasionally land for lunch. We are talking about up to 200 geese at a time that refuse to leave."

This is true; in various places I've worked they've hired a guy with a dog to come walk around every day and chase the geese. The geese figure it out before long. it's way cheaper to bribe the locals, and make them foot the bill for all the legwork to eventually get denied. yep, playing games with kids' education is a right an noble thing to do. :rolleyes:

The Wheel (of QBs) keeps turning.I expect big things from the Bills in 2019! (Am I doing this right?)

Hmm, I may see some unrequite-ese in there. Of course, I don't know you, him, or your working relationship but: - Boyfriend: boyfriends can be temporary. My guess is if you became single he'd make a move after a respectful amount of time - Age: you seem to be young at heart, active, and outgoing, age probably doesn't factor in as much as you think - Introduce to friends: This one is a classic. "Maybe one of your friends is as cool as you; no, that's impossible; I'd settle for half as cool, because that's still awesome". There's a more forward version (and possibly creepy), "Do you have a sister?" I may be speaking from experience here. :blush:

I'm not sure what it says when I guy calling himself "Frieda" uses a female name to demean another guy. Misogynist: Sure. Self-loathing: Maybe?

Elf: It's your standard Will Farrell movie, but with the added benefit of the usual the deer-in-headlights performance by Zoey Deschnell (not bothering to look it up). The thing is, I want to like Zoey since she's pretty cute, but her screen time is a LOT of those blue eyes blankly staring in the general direction of the camera. Woah there, Bruce Campbell is twice the actor Ferrell is; unless: maybe Ferrell is a really bright guy that puts on this uncomfortable moron persona all the time; in that case, he's an amazing actor. Case in point, Stranger than Fiction is really good, because it's not Will Ferrell acting like an uncomfortable moron.

I went with no beer for a day or two, and they picked up some Los Angles based session IPA that I can't recall the name of. It's not bad, pale, cloudy yellow with a lot of citrus, but at 4.5% it doesn't feel like drinking beer (since I only have one or two). The price wasn't bad, $19 for a 15-pack.

I have in fact!

The dude's end, of course. "You're so great, meet my friend" haunted my 20s.

Any chance he's crushing on you? I've been on that end of the transaction more times than I like to admit and the behavior is vaguely familiar.

No Goal, but that also applies to No Goal II which had nothing to do with skates in the crease.

I'll have you know there is not a single negative number in my math.

Seems like at this point, the team needs to find a way to either make Tyrod a QB, or find a way with blocking schemes and O-line plans to let Tyrod be Tyrod. I think the second is far more likely to happen, even if it's a slim chance.

They are kind of slow. The incredible thing about the series is it feels like there's a whole world in there and the map isn't just a tool to move the plot along. On one hand, "this was once a watchtower during .." for a few pages that don't advance the plot can be slow, or I see it as drawing you into a story that feels like it's "real people in a real world" (as much as magical elves and monster can be). I haven't read the series since around the time the movies came out, but I'm coming around to re-reading them (it'll be my third time, first was around 12-13 in the late 80s/early 90s). Read: Where in the Hell is Tesla? (Rob Dircks). I didn't know anything about this book except "oooh, Tesla" when I started it. It's a riot. Essentially, two kinda-dopes stumble onto a lost Tesla notebook and end up inter-dimension travelling as hi-jinks ensue. Absolutely worth a read if you like goofy Sci-Fi. Speaking of which, it reminds me a little of Farscape in that it pushes into the ridiculous or silly (where something like Star Trek or Wars is generally "worlds mostly like ours"), but unlike Farscape it's entirely silly. Read: Master and Commander (Patrick O'Brian) (as in the Russel Crowe movie from a bunch of years ago). I'm a sucker for Age of Sail stuff, and the movie (as I've written over in the movie thread) is one of my favorites. Saw the book in at my library ebooks so I went for it and blew through it in a couple days. The movie is based on the first few books of the series, so certain parts were familiar but the rest was new old-timey sea stories. I recommend it if you're into that kind of thing. I'm just mad (or not, because I have responsibilities) that the library only has the first book in ebook and the rest I have to get paper copies. Currently: The Jugdement of Richard Richter. (Igor Stiks). I mentioned this up a bit, and not that I've started it I'm still not completely sure where it's going. Basic story is an author ends up in Sarajevo in the early 90s during the war to find family. It's written in an odd style, like a confession so there's a lot of foreshadowing ("WIth what happened later, Igor probably should have...", etc.) I'm interested in it, but it's not all-consuming like some books.

Havarti and Braunschweiger (liverwurst) on rye. i loved this sandwich, but as the only person in the house that eats liverwurst, I may struggle to eat the entire tube.