3 hours ago, Waiting4Someday said:

Despite orchestrating this massacre, Bobby Lee made the same choice on July 3.

And what did the you Union lines yell following Pickett’s charge…

Remember the Alamo…duh!

If Howie makes another move what position and who? Trying to think what types of players Vic likes on defense. Is Jermaine Johnson a Vic type of player? Is Justin Simmons still an option with Mukuba? Will he wait until roster cut downs or trade for someone with all the extra draft capital

5 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

Remember the Alamo…duh!

My wife descends from an ancestor that fought at the Battle of Bexar where the Texians ( not a misspelling) took the Alamo from the Mexicans but he was gone by the time Santa Anna showed up to take it back.

45 minutes ago, SkippyX said:

Merrill told us to "Savor it and rejoice!"

We are following his instructions.

This might be an unpopular opinion but Merrill’s call of winning the last Super Bowl was terrible. I get the game wasn’t close or exciting but he was so nonchalant about winning only the 2nd Super Bowl in team history.

28 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

This might be an unpopular opinion but Merrill’s call of winning the last Super Bowl was terrible. I get the game wasn’t close or exciting but he was so nonchalant about winning only the 2nd Super Bowl in team history.

Made me wonder if age related. He's 82, he just won't get as excited as when younger. Not mention the energy and exertion needed to call a game with excitement and emotion. Just don't think most 82 year olds have that type of stamina.

4 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Lot’s of battlefields in the area. I really like the city.

Did you get in the woods at the Wilderness? I can see why there was so many deaths and injury from friendly fire in that battle. I do like that the NPS is focused on having the battlefields, where possible in the fauna of the time.

Petersburg is surprisingly well preserved.

ballsy move from Covey

49 minutes ago, Freshmilk said:

Made me wonder if age related. He's 82, he just won't get as excited as when younger. Not mention the energy and exertion needed to call a game with excitement and emotion. Just don't think most 82 year olds have that type of stamina.

Maybe. It just sounded like he was counting down the end of preseason game #3 to me. I think it’s time to find his full time replacement and have him shift to a part time role.

11 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Maybe. It just sounded like he was counting down the end of preseason game #3 to me. I think it’s time to find his full time replacement and have him shift to a part time role.

Sadly I agree. Merrill is a big part of team history, but sadly, it’s time for the next voice.

44 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

ballsy move from Covey

If Kupp were an Eagle Lurie would have unofficially retired that thing for at least a decade.

9 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Thaddeus Stevens house in Lancaster will open as the Thaddeus Stevens and Linda Smith Hamilton (his partner) Center for History and Democracy in 2026. While there, you can visit the home of our gay President, Buchanan. Some great history out here in the South Central.

Most folks limit their visit to Gettysburg but the Confederates didn’t just go there. There was the Battle in Hanover, the embarrassing surrender in York and the burning of the bridge to keep them from crossing the Susquehanna at Wrightsville. This area was more Democratic back then (Copperheads). Lots of Underground Railroad sites abound. There are some great local historians that present continually in the area.

May I give a strong plug for When War Passed This Way by W.P. Conrad and Ted Alexander. One of my favorite books about the war, beautifully written and hardly a shot fired. Cumberland Valley, Greencastle in particular. I know little about author Conrad but Ted Alexander was chief historian of the Antietam battlefield for more than two decades. Lovely man.

Someone mentioned Ken Burns in an earlier post. Burns had a small part in the movie Gettysburg. That’s him standing to the right of the table.

6 hours ago, Freshmilk said:

And Free beignets for life for anyone visiting New Orleans with a 215 area code phone number.

Don't forget 610!

6 hours ago, Waiting4Someday said:

Despite orchestrating this massacre, Bobby Lee made the same choice on July 3.

And what did the you Union lines yell following Pickett’s charge…

"Fredericksburg"

2 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

This might be an unpopular opinion but Merrill’s call of winning the last Super Bowl was terrible. I get the game wasn’t close or exciting but he was so nonchalant about winning only the 2nd Super Bowl in team history.

When did they win it though? Was it the DeJean pick 6? The Baun INT and Brown TD to follow? The dagger? When it became 40-6? No real drama after that and the game just fizzled out. I was completely checked out at 40-6 myself.

12 minutes ago, just relax said:

May I give a strong plug for When War Passed This Way by W.P. Conrad and Ted Alexander. One of my favorite books about the war, beautifully written and hardly a shot fired. Cumberland Valley, Greencastle in particular. I know little about author Conrad but Ted Alexander was chief historian of the Antietam battlefield for more than two decades. Lovely man.

Someone mentioned Ken Burns in an earlier post. Burns had a small part in the movie Gettysburg. That’s him standing to the right of the table.

Interesting... no Sam Elliott in that picture.

I'll add the musical score of that movie was one of the finest pieces of music in a movie that I can remember. The music fit the period perfectly and wonderfully told the story without a single word.

3 hours ago, justwinbaby said:

If Howie makes another move what position and who? Trying to think what types of players Vic likes on defense. Is Jermaine Johnson a Vic type of player? Is Justin Simmons still an option with Mukuba? Will he wait until roster cut downs or trade for someone with all the extra draft capital

QB - no move

RB - no move

WR - possible move

TE - no move

O-Line - no Move

Edge - trading Huff is the obvious move. Other than that I think Howie will sit tight waiting and watching how TC shakes out

DT - no move

OBLB - no move

CB - you can never have too many good CBs, so never say never. But nothing appears to be brewing

Safety - Like at Edge I expect Howie will sit tight and wait to see how TC shakes out

Long Snapper - this is the position with the highest probability of an addition IMO

Punter - no move

Kicker - no move

Here is a thread of Merrill’s calls from the SB if anyone cares.

10 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Interesting... no Sam Elliott in that picture.

I'll add the musical score of that movie was one of the finest pieces of music in a movie that I can remember. The music fit the period perfectly and wonderfully told the story without a single word.

Elliott was perfect as Buford, wasn't he? Just perfect. Not to be a spoilsport, but the soldiers in neither army looked like those reenactors. They were much younger and thinner. Buford's troopers, as an example, could not weigh more than 145 pounds, which makes sense if you think of the horses.

9 hours ago, mattwill said:

QB - no move

RB - no move

WR - possible move

TE - no move

O-Line - no Move

Edge - trading Huff is the obvious move. Other than that I think Howie will sit tight waiting and watching how TC shakes out

DT - no move

OBLB - no move

CB - you can never have too many good CBs, so never say never. But nothing appears to be brewing

Safety - Like at Edge I expect Howie will sit tight and wait to see how TC shakes out

Long Snapper - this is the position with the highest probability of an addition IMO

Punter - no move

Kicker - no move

Trading Huff has cap consequences. Not sure that happens.

5 minutes ago, just relax said:

Elliott was perfect as Buford, wasn't he? Just perfect. Not to be a spoilsport, but the soldiers in neither army looked like those reenactors. They were much younger and thinner. Buford's troopers, as an example, could not weigh more than 145 pounds, which makes sense if you think of the horses.

Draft age by 1863 for the South was up there by then, to 45 and they took volunteers even older. By the end the age was 50. The Enrollment Act age limit for the Union was 35 but just raised to 45, IIRC.

Basically, the week after Gettysburg was the first draft drawing and the second resulting in the draft riots in NY. Some troops and militia were diverted from Gettysburg to quell the riots.

25 minutes ago, just relax said:

Elliott was perfect as Buford, wasn't he? Just perfect. Not to be a spoilsport, but the soldiers in neither army looked like those reenactors. They were much younger and thinner. Buford's troopers, as an example, could not weigh more than 145 pounds, which makes sense if you think of the horses.

I thought so. He looked very different from Buford, but his gravitas as an actor fit his soliloquy regarding the importance of the high ground. The entire battle, most of them really during that time, and still in latlrge part today, was all about the high ground. The Union got there first and they got to choose the ground they wanted to fight on, and that was everything in that battle. The irony was that the confederacy was looking for such an opportunity but fell in to battle at Gettysburg, emboldened by their success on Day1 which drove the Union back to the higher ridge to the South and East of the town.

37 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Trading Huff has cap consequences. Not sure that happens.

Actually a trade post June 1st frees up over 4 million in cap....trade him for a bag of peanuts....and between this year's remaining cap and next year, right now they have over 54 million combined. Add another 4 million from Huff and it's 58 million. You can see very clearly what they're doing. Still think they'll extend Blankenship but that won't break the bank. Roll over the rest from this year.....and with that cap space, go after extensions for their key youth.

2 hours ago, just relax said:

Elliott was perfect as Buford, wasn't he? Just perfect. Not to be a spoilsport, but the soldiers in neither army looked like those reenactors. They were much younger and thinner. Buford's troopers, as an example, could not weigh more than 145 pounds, which makes sense if you think of the horses.

I was able to visit the Museum of the Marine Corps. One of the things that stuck with me was a mannequin wearing an authentic uniform from the early days of the Corps. Those adult men were small by modern standards.

1 minute ago, eglz1 said:

I was able to visit the Museum of the Marine Corps. One of the things that stuck with me was a mannequin wearing an authentic uniform from the early days of the Corps. Those adult men were small by modern standards.

I got that impression visiting the Tower of London and looking at the armor.

10 hours ago, ManuManu said:

Here is a thread of Merrill’s calls from the SB if anyone cares.

I wonder what the succession plan post Merrill is. He's showing his age, but he's still got it and worth listening to on Sundays. I hope he gives us a decade more of great calls, but that's probably not in the cards. Wonder if Ross Tucker could be next in line for them.