Proudiddy

I was pleasantly surprised by his in-game adjustments last year and tactical acumen... but, I was not a fan of the hire when we made it. He has made me a believer in his coaching ability and as a culture setter so far, but I do have some hesitation in fully buying in because of the huge flub that his QB decision last year ended up causing and was directly responsible for 8 of our losses. I worry about the college stuff a bit and that maybe that wears thin on some guys, but I think he speaks with conviction and authenticity, and that resonates with players, which is why I'm hopeful that he will become an elite coach that guys want to play for... but the QB stuff and the constant college connections popping up here - those things are gonna have to sort themselves out.

Eww.

Great post... this was the info I was referring to in one of my earlier posts where I read last week that the UK was projecting better than they had at any point since the pandemic started and they cited it was due to their 70+% vaccination rate at the time i read the article. If there is no greater indicator of their efficacy, there you have it. And I agree that there is hesitancy that doesn't fall in line with any specific political ideology, but the more vocal and blatant voices I hear and see on social media about not masking up or getting the vaccine are uber conservative. But then I also have friends who are hesitant about getting the vaccine but take the other precautions, and I sense theirs is just simply a distrust of gov't, which I understand and empathize with, but there is enough data out there that proves regardless of government, country, etc., the vaccines work.

Yeah, I know. I meant to notate that in parentheses lol and debated whether just to call him a second year guy, but the fact he's been with the organization for 3 years is what matters in relation to how much he was playing.

I said it in the game thread yesterday... I think PJ is one of those guys who don't look great on practice, but for some reason, he flips a switch when it's an actual game. It's probably got a lot to do with why he excelled in college and the XFL, but has struggled to find footing in the NFL (that and the competition level as well). But, he has shown some great things when he has been given the opportunity to play. I don't count the New Orleans game last year bc they were beating the breaks off of us altogether.

Miller had a great dip and rip move on the first or second play of the game. But, I admit, it's not good that he's going into his 3rd year here with us and played that many snaps in a game where starters didn't play at all.

I queued up the DVR last night, but fell asleep soat some point in the 2nd qtr, so I'll have to go back and watch it again, but from what I heard, he did great for his first play-by-play job. I expect some hiccups, but he did really well.

Yeah, most of them are,, but my point being, the virus and how it's handled shouldn't be politicized. It should be cut and dry... or should have been. And if it would have been handled as such, we would already be on the other side of this thing.

Yeah, I get that, but we're at this point bc of the unvaccinated people who took ZERO precautions. And vaccinated people were told they could go maskless, which then opened them up to the breakthrough infections. I don't care, vaccine or not, at minimum the masks should be worn and physical distance maintained until we got this thing under control. But, people are so selfish, they can't be inconvenienced at the slightest even if it means doing their part to end a pandemic that puts others in danger, if not themselves.

I was worried about the same thing when these vaccines came out. But these points got me over that concern: 1) these vaccines only introduce messenger RNA, it never penetrates the nucleus of your cells that contain DNA, so it has nothing to do with your DNA. And your body quickly sheds the mRNA after it does it's thing. 2) At a q&a when they were introducing the vaccines at the medical facility my wife works at, she posed this question about hearing how the vaccine changes your DNA to the doctor (which we had discussed separately before), and the doctor there said that if you get the virus itself, THAT changes your DNA.

Yup. I have always believed in and relied on the natural antibodies approach, until this virus. Everything I have read says they found the natural antibodies fade much quicker, but the vaccine antibodies (especially combined with natural infection antibodies) provide the best, most long-term protection.

While true these variants are causing much more breakthrough infections, they still protect from the worst of the virus. I did read a research paper recently that said they believe the Pfizer is only 40+% effective against the delta variant, and they think the lambda is resistant to all vaccines, they still believe it protects from the damage the virus can cause. But, who knows? The longer this goes on and people don't protect themselves or their fellow human beings, they may render the vaccines useless altogether. Meanwhile, the UK is projecting better than it has at any point during the pandemic. Even with the delta variant. Why? Because they had like a 70% vaccine rate at the outset of the delta outbreak. Gotta love America.

I read an article a couple weeks ago that said in Russia they found the virus used an immunosuppressed patient's body as a "gym to make itself fitter," and it mutated 40 times in her. She apparently had it for 11 straight months before she recovered. But, in that time, they said the virus even mutated in her body to hide itself from t-cells and antibodies and such, which the researchers found fascinating bc why would the virus disguise itself from something she didn't even have. Fascinating article. I remember early on, I had hope that it would only last a year or so, as I had read a virologist/epidemiologist had said at the beginning of it that they believed the virus would likely burn itself out by the time a vaccine was even available. I also read the theories that, as you mentioned, the virus would go the way of the Spanish Flu or Hong Kong Flu... they were super deadly initially, but over time evolved and just became endemic and part of our seasonal flu we still have to this day which are a lot less lethal. I also remember you had said a friend of yours from John Hopkins (IIRC) said they thought the virus, as all usually do, eventually mutate to less deadly versions because it ensures their survivability - which gave me hope that it would last long. And yet, here we are, almost 2 full years into this, and I'm reading articles now about how the delta and lambda variants have patients much younger and healthier in the hospital than the original strains... and it doesn't appear to be slowing down. My wife's facility just went on lockdown again because they've had another outbreak... first time since the original wave. It's just so depressing and disappointing. And people still out here trying to make a political statement by not taking the simplest of precautions, meanwhile, they're just giving the virus all of the tools it needs to mutate and become that much worse.

So tired of seeing several idiot "friends" from HS beat their drum of how they don't wear a mask and don't make their kids wear masks, and they're not getting vaccinated bc it infringes on their red-blooded American rights and they ain't getting microchipped! No idiot, but what it is infringing on is everyone else's, to live a healthy life and our desire to end the pandemic. I just don't get it. This pandemic has been absolutely eye-opening. I knew people were selfish, but this has really demonstrated just how selfish people are. If only some smooth-brained idiot hadn't politicized it, let people around him die from it, then got the world's best medical care that the American public could foot the bill for, and then quietly received the vaccine himself before leaving office despite all the wreckage he left behind. Anyway, this whole thing has shown who you can really trust to protect people they don't even know by doing the smallest of gestures. It's ridiculous. Everyone stay safe and prayers for a quick recovery for your children, Jeremy. And I think after 90 days once they're virus free, any kids 12+ (last i checked) can receive the vaccine.

I may have rambled a bit and misconstrued by own point there... I meant if his goal was solely to hold the lead for the win rather than use it solely as a situation for evaluation purposes with the outcome being inconsequential, that would bother me, because it means we failed and it served no real purpose.

Already more productive than Ian Thomas was all of last season.

Although the amount of complaints about this staff and preparation is becoming a troubling trend.

Welp. He gone.

Ehhh, I don't like that at all. If that was their exact wording... I dont take preseason outcomes too serious nowadays, as most coaches use it more for situational reps and practice to see how their team performs in any given scenario and winning or losing is fairly inconsequential (see Belichick)... but if Rhule was legit playing to win and "hold" the lead for the desired outcome instead of just using the situation as a metric, that doesn't sit well with me.

I was gonna say the same thing... people keep brining up that it was against 3rd and 4th stringers today, but he played Indy's first stringers 2 years ago and looked just as shitty, if not worse. Could be the guy just isn't very good?

According to the radio broadcast, our guys said neither team was running any starters. I guess they viewed the joint practice as enough work for them.

I still don't know why we wasted a pick on him. Even in college, I thought he was a undrafted/PS type of QB at best.

Taking a page from the head official... Cut this week: This OL unit, "everyone but the center."

Yeah, I think that's the nail in the coffin for Pride. According to the radio team, Rhule also hadn't went over there to check on him until they already were getting him up, which was probably a good 5 minutes.

Cart coming out.