24 minutes ago, Ipiggles said:

I agree Watson can move, and a running qb can masks your problems, but thats the problem, that only works till teams figure out how to contain them. 

If you wish to win consistently, you need to build a team who can win from the pocket. 

Not my point at all. He can throw and run but only when he needs to run. He's a good passer as well. Think Wentz but a bit more mobile (like Wentz used to be)

Look the Wentz Watson thing is just conjecture guys. But I don't want people thinking that Watson is a running qb he's way more than that. 

34 minutes ago, greend said:

Yup, but I doubt most of those as well

There's likely a kernel of truth in the midst of the vast number of reports out there... the trouble is that there's so much out there that figuring out what is actually true and what is just spin, speculation and opinion is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.  Waste of effort, honestly.  Eventually the needle will reveal itself... as the hay blows away.

Just talking to my kids last night about this you just can't trust too many news outlets anymore.

9 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Hike the Appalachian Trail next time you cross into here.  Lots of wonderful trails in PA and the eastern part of the country.  Next time I come up to your country, I want to hit your side of Glacier and the up to Lake Louise in Banff. The Canadien Rockies are so beautiful. My wife wants to head east to where the Thules were and watch calving and the northern lights. (Nova, RIP, wish I’d ventured up to meet you.)

I've hiked the Pemi Loop in New Hampshire twice....coming from Ontario, the mountains there, while not the biggest, were just...majestic. Like a completely different world than I'm used to. A chunk of the AT runs through the Franconia Ridge section, I've run into a lot of AT thru hikers. The best water I've ever tasted was the fresh mountain water up there, no filter even needed. My buddy was with me, as he almost always is:

 

 

11 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

You’re going to follow a path of creating another huge garbage pile after the current garbage pile has been scooped away.  Most of the best players on the best NFL teams are drafted and developed internally.  
 

The Chiefs with Mahomes, Kelce, Hill, Hardman, Edwards-Helaire

Saints with Kamara, Thomas, Lattimore — only Brees was traded for, and he’s been there many years

Bills with Allen, White, Edmunds, Milano — though Diggs was a great acquisition 

Packers with Rodgers, Adams, Jones

Seahawks with Wilson, Metcalf, Lockett, Wagner, Wright

 

It’s extremely difficult in a hard-cap league to go into the upper-tier (and priced) FA market, and most trades for difference makers cost a very high price in draft capital 

 

yes but you also need talent from the outside to speed the rebuild or at least get 3 first round picks like what the raiders did because if the players you drafted outside the first round arent good and you dont improve from fa and trades you are the browns, pats never relied just on the draft, that's recipe for failure.

9 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

I should try that with my 60 lb Bassett Hound.   That would be fun.  

My guy is a 30 lbs beagle/jack mix, he had a blast

35 minutes ago, greend said:

Just talking to my kids last night about this you just can't trust too many news outlets anymore.

Don't accept the Big Lie of "fake news." The key is to draw information from multiple sources.

5 minutes ago, Desertbirds said:

Don't accept the Big Lie of "fake news." The key is to draw information from multiple sources.

Fake news isn't a lie, it's the reason you have to draw from multiple sources. And no I'm not talking about Trump  

50 minutes ago, greend said:

Look the Wentz Watson thing is just conjecture guys. But I don't want people thinking that Watson is a running qb he's way more than that. 

well to be fair to him, I have seen him play well, and I have seen him play not so well. I have not done a deep analysis of his game. And likely he has a similar situation to what wentz has had this past year down in Houston. 

That being said, I know Wentz can play like an MVP, from the pocket. One bad year on a very bad team doesn't sway me away from Wentz. 

1 minute ago, greend said:

Fake news isn't a lie, it's the reason you have to draw from multiple sources. And no I'm not talking about Trump  

Perfect example is how all summer long the protests were deemed mostly peaceful and yet, even though a group took over a whole areas of a city, for weeks. The left and the media were condoning it. 

16 minutes ago, Desertbirds said:

Don't accept the Big Lie of "fake news." The key is to draw information from multiple sources.

True enough, but it has to be a wide net of sources. It cant just be CNN MSNBC.  

 

33 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

I have a senior pure beagle and he would have a blast, but he's slowing down.  As far as the basset is concerned.  He gets to the bottom of my driveway and is ready to lay down.  

My wife and I were thinking Beagle for our next dog. Are they good inside the house?

Just now, uncphillyfan said:

My wife and I were thinking Beagle for our next dog. Are they good inside the house?

You got any pics?  Thanks

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

There's likely a kernel of truth in the midst of the vast number of reports out there... the trouble is that there's so much out there that figuring out what is actually true and what is just spin, speculation and opinion is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.  Waste of effort, honestly.  Eventually the needle will reveal itself... as the hay blows away.

Yup thats why I just look at actions. Actions will tell you what you need to know. 

 

 

1 minute ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Great dog.  Very sweet.  And yes, a good indoor dog.  One main issue though.  They are serious food beggars.  We have to put him away when we are eating because he is constantly around the dinner table and it drives me insane.  After dinner, he spends an hour sniffing and licking the kitchen floor.  It's obnoxious.  You really need to keep them on a leash outside too.  They get a scent, they are gone.  My basset on the other hand, when I am doing things in the backyard, he just follows me around and wants to keep his eyes on me.  Beagle could give two ish.  His nose is more important.  

They are easy to house train.  Love to play and are great with kids.  Very gentle.  

Sweet Thanks. I’m used to beggers. Got two mini doxies!

I consider the Appalachian Trail a fraud because it only passes thru the great state of West Virginia for 4 miles

How can it be called the Appalachian trail if it doesnt go through the mountain state?  Baloney!

6 minutes ago, uncphillyfan said:

Sweet Thanks. I’m used to beggers. Got two mini doxies!

My parents have 3 mini long haired dachshunds. Not just beggars but routine troublemakers. The two females love toys. They’ll fight over them even if there’s two of the same kind the other wants what the other has 

5 minutes ago, Mike31mt said:

I consider the Appalachian Trail a fraud because it only passes thru the great state of West Virginia for 4 miles

How can it be called the Appalachian trail if it doesnt go through the mountain state?  Baloney!

I’m all up for renaming it the Baloney Trail, but if there isn’t any place along the trail to get some cold cuts .... then you’ve got the same problem again

Just now, 4for4EaglesNest said:

WV for the most part is a hole.  Pretty scenery.  But damn, some of those towns and people are STRANGE!!!  Morgantown is fun.......that's all I got.  

12 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Great dog.  Very sweet.  And yes, a good indoor dog.  One main issue though.  They are serious food beggars.  We have to put him away when we are eating because he is constantly around the dinner table and it drives me insane.  After dinner, he spends an hour sniffing and licking the kitchen floor.  It's obnoxious.  You really need to keep them on a leash outside too.  They get a scent, they are gone.  My basset on the other hand, when I am doing things in the backyard, he just follows me around and wants to keep his eyes on me.  Beagle could give two ish.  His nose is more important.  

They are easy to house train.  Love to play and are great with kids.  Very gentle.  

If this ain’t the truth....growing up with labs my whole life, seeing the beagle side of my dog was something else...nose to the ground, doesn’t give an ish about anything else....the jack side is interesting though, basically has a little man complex. But yes, insane beggar and just red lines whenever food is around. 
 

thankfully he didn’t get the beagle howl!

5 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

WV for the most part is a hole.  Pretty scenery.  But damn, some of those towns and people are STRANGE!!!  Morgantown is fun.......that's all I got.  

Many communities have been in utter isolations for decades

If you grew up here youd understand the deep rooted connection to these hills

7 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I’m all up for renaming it the Baloney Trail, but if there isn’t any place along the trail to get some cold cuts .... then you’ve got the same problem again

Pepperoni rolls will have to do

1 hour ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Another big issue is people sticking to their groups side of an issue without having an opinion of their own.  That ish drives me bonkers.  Be you're own person.  Have a mind of your own.  You don't have to toe the company (party) line just because you think you are part of a team.  If everyone met a little more in the middle, we would all be better off.

 

 

RANT OVER

Party politics have become increasingly partisan.  I think we are in a unique time where certain interests have an ability to stoke the flames of discord with respect to issues.  

4 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Party politics have become increasingly partisan.  I think we are in a unique time where certain interests have an ability to stoke the flames of discord with respect to issues.  

It is easy to think that the times we live in are the worst (or best). Compared to what was going on in the lead up to the Civil War, current party politics are all peaches and cream.

11 minutes ago, Mike31mt said:

Many communities have been in utter isolations for decades

If you grew up here youd understand the deep rooted connection to these hills

Do they have eyes?