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See ya, Punt God. Welcome back, Hitch in my Step Haack.

Duly noted.

Best of luck to The Punt God.

I know it’s just preseason, but I’m cautiously optimistic about Dorsey’s approach. He may be a little less mad professor than Daboll. (Edit: Which is good. Daboll is brilliant. But there were times where he seemed to outsmart himself last season.) Also, a hot sunny day at the stadium is torturous. We left just before halftime. I found myself worried about all the flush faced little ones.

Yowza - true.

Yep to all that. I watched the clips of his dissembling today. Eff him.

The contract is sorta crazy. Because the Browns. But those QB deals are generally only outlandish until the next stud QB gets his big deal. imo, Watson was easily top-10 — week to week, month to month, he could be #1, top 3, etc. If he can regain that form, the deal will be well worth it. He’s still very young. This isn’t a Mike Vick post-jail situation. OTOH, I wonder what the mental strain will be like for him in the near term. He was gonna get hella booed no matter what — and after his statements today? Holy cow — he’s gonna hear it. For a while anyway. I wish him absolutely no success. I’ve concluded that he’s a POS.

Thanks. That was sugar high Josh with the wacky lateral.

I'm speaking only to the suggestion that Watson isn't *that* good at NFL quarterbacking. IMO, he's easily a top-10 QB in the league. Or at least he was. A difference-maker at the game's most important position.

Hmm. Idk, man. His heroics in that wildcard game (?) against the pre-Allen (Tyrod?) Bills were incredible. Also, food for thought: QB1 through 54 games: 68% completion percentage, 14,500 yards passing, 104 PTD's, career QB Rating of 104.5 (never below 98 in a single season) QB2 through 61 games: 62% completion %, 14,100 yards passing, 103 PTDs, career QB rating of 91 (above 93 for one season in career) I reckon folks can infer who's who (as between Allen and Watson). And, yes. Running is not factored in the #s above.

TIL that Perreault set the record for rookie goal scoring.

I will - we can all - sleep better knowing you're on watch for nickname abuses.

I don’t think it’s behaviour in need of an excuse. It’s a form of ball busting. What the British call taking the piss out of someone. It’s not that serious - not serious at all, really. Maybe The Punt God can lean on the Muscle Hamster for needed emotional support.

Ha - what? Dude. It's a nickname. Nicknames just have a way of sticking - whether you like 'em or not. South Buffalo used to be infamous for this. I didn't grow up there, but know several people my age (or older) who did. Their nicknames in no particular order: Buzzy. Curbstone. Barrelhead. Hinges. Leaky. Bambi. Pothole. I get the sense that none of them were particularly happy with their nickname when it landed on them (usually around middle school). But them's the breaks. Nowadays, I reckon an unwelcome nickname is flagged as emotionally abusive behaviour. Pity. So good.

And … if you’re given a bomb ass nickname and don’t like it, tough luck.

And Doug Martin hated his “Muscle Hamster” nickname. Sorry, guys.

I don't think that's a fair reading of the excerpt. It's more of a conundrum than it is a binary damning of privacy in favour of access to information.

In reading Mike Florio's blog on Tom Brady's sudden - and fairly lengthy - absence from Bucs' camp (see below), I was reminded of the conversation had here about what's fair game when it comes to reportelage and the like. Nothing conclusive, and it's not apples-to-apples, but echoes of the conversation we had. While I'm at it - I'm offering up another prayer for Kim Pegula's full recovery. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/12/bucs-bungled-tom-bradys-training-camp-hiatus/ The way it was handled invites curiosity. Which results in speculation. As the situation has been explained by the team, it can be anything from a scheduled family surgical procedure to a mid-camp vacation. ... We don’t know what [the reason] is, because no one is getting specific about it. And that’s fair. It’s Brady’s right to keep his personal matters private. But it’s the job of those of us who track the comings and goings of NFL players to wonder whether it will impact his professional status.

i hadn't considered that as closely as i should have.

I certainly have no problem with a theme night honoring local law enforcement - the event should go forward. It was the merch that failed the ... well, just utterly failed. For reasons noted by @Eleven