kungfoodude

It's the American way.

I don't know about that. The alternative I am talking about is this rebuild not working out for us. That alternative is vintage Bengals, Browns, etc. That is genuinely scary. I don't THINK we are trending that way, but remember that all those fans had hoped every offseason too. It's possible/likely we are gonna be looking at a fourth straight season without a winning record. That would be the second longest losing streak in franchise history. It would also result in only 7 of 28 seasons of existence without a winning record. I guess the question is, if we extend to much further down that road, how AREN'T we the Browns/Bengals/etc? That is why I was very nervous about this process from moment one. There is just as much upside as downside to what we decided to do.

I am not sure I really have a go-to bourbon. Closest is probably Wilderness Trail. I really like their stuff.

Yeah and although the process has been accelerated, it has still been rigorous. They aren't cooking these up in dirty bathtubs. It's unfortunate that people will have bad reactions to the vaccines and die. But without the vaccines, even more will die. I am sure the instances of ANY vaccine not having some cases of mortality or serious side effects are rare. But, ultimately, people can't live the way we are currently living in the long term. This isn't 12 Monkeys, it's a manageable risk for human beings(ESPECIALLY with some modicum of protection offered by these vaccines). It doesn't matter what end of the "Idiot Anti-Vaxxer/Anti-Masker" to "Mask Nazi/People Without Vaccines Should Be Jailed Jackass" scale you fall, we are ALL fuging tired of this poo. We ALL want to get back to a relatively normal life.

Not many franchises get razed to the foundation quite like ours, especially in terms of the roster. I hope it works out. It has to. The alternative is pretty scary for we the fans.

Any votes for thirsty comments about our players by Mick Mixon?

1. Ice up, son. 1a. Keep pounding

I almost typed the same thing.

Agreed. He can definitely get down to 330 or even lower. As a professional athlete, he is going to have access to more resources than he did at Alabama. If he doesn't have access through the team, he should definitely be looking at getting a nutritionist, as well. Keeping the weight down isn't magic, it just takes lifestyle changes and discipline.

Hey, don't billionaire shame.

Increase in property taxes? Oof. Rock Hill residents about to take it in the shorts.

Oh I don't trust them either. In fairness, this process has been pretty fuging transparent and involved enough entities that they would have to have a lot of people on board to intentionally fuging over so many. Plus, it really doesn't behoove them to have this thing to continue either.

STFB from 16? Nice. Overseas pickup, in that case. Have a few of those in the cabinet.

It's a calculated risk, to be sure. But they are required to actually finish their studies. I was initially skeptical but the more I read into the research, it was a risk I was willing to take. And let me be completely clear, I was never scared of this virus. Ever. I literally only took the vaccine because I didn't want to be sitting at home for 2+ weeks not getting paid. It's not even that I need the money, I'm just greedy. So, the money was worth the risk to me personally.

Basically if you choose to disclose your proof of vaccination, you get to no longer wear your mask. Everyone has an ID badge here, so you will get a sticker on your badge showing you are exempt.

Drinking the tears of my anti-vaxxer co-workers after after company just announced people with the vaccination don't have to wear masks at work anymore. Garnished with jelly.

That will be a long term thing. If he can keep it off for a couple of seasons, I think he will be out of the park. 325-335 would probably be great, depending on what his frame allows.

Hopefully they can get him down even further.

Another Huddle JAG special. They always leave you wanting more than they are capable of being.

My ideal OL definitely doesn't exist with our roster. I think it will end up: LT: Scott/Christensen/Erving LG: Elflein/Erving/Moore Center: Paradis RG: Miller RT: Moton I think the left side will be rotating players most of the season in an attempt to find "the guy."

That's really hard to say. I think his comments during the season didn't help. You could definitely see the frustration in the last couple of press conferences from Rhule about Teddy. He definitely indicated that Teddy wasn't likely to head into the offseason as the presumptive starter. I think that rift developed over the course of the second half of that season. I don't even think it was a big rift, just that both parties became frustrated with each other.

Yeah, unfortunately those decisions always get amplified if they are wrong. It is what it is.

You mean when people loved Brett Favre?

I don't know that I would necessarily attribute it to his attitude. He was largely the same player as he was beforehand. I think they(and the bulk of the fans) just had unrealistic expectations for him. We wanted him to be something he is not. That is my big fear for Sam Darnold. People are really setting their expectations very high for a player that has really shown almost no ability to be that. In a similar vein, I am not going to jump all over Darnold if he does just keep being the same player he was in NY. He didn't trade for him, he didn't draft him and I don't think he is mailing it in any less than Teddy was. Not every QB prospect is a franchise player.