4 hours ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

This was McShay's first 2022 draft from May of 2021.

Slovis and Rattler as QBs 1&3.  

1. Houston Texans - Kayvon Thibodeaux, DE, Oregon*
2. Detroit Lions - Kedon Slovis, QB, USC*
3. Jacksonville Jaguars - Derek Stingley Jr., CB, LSU*
4. New York Jets - Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State*
5. Cincinnati Bengals - Zion Nelson, OT, Miami*
6. Carolina Panthers - Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame*
7. Philadelphia Eagles - Sam Howell, QB, North Carolina*
8. New York Giants - Aidan Hutchinson, DE, Michigan
9. New York Giants (via CHI) - Evan Neal, OT/G, Alabama*
10. Las Vegas Raiders - Kaiir Elam, CB, Florida*
11. Denver Broncos - Spencer Rattler, QB, Oklahoma*
12. Atlanta Falcons - Chris Olave, WR, Ohio State
13. Minnesota Vikings - George Karlaftis, DE, Purdue*
14. Arizona Cardinals - Sevyn Banks, CB, Ohio State
15. Washington Football Team - Malik Willis, QB, Liberty*
16. Pittsburgh Steelers - Desmond Ridder, QB, Cincinnati
17. Philadelphia Eagles (via MIA) - Isaac Taylor-Stuart, CB, USC*
18. Los Angeles Chargers - DeMarvin Leal, DL, Texas A&M*
19. New Orleans Saints - George Pickens, WR, Georgia*
20. Philadelphia Eagles (via IND*) - Bubba Bolden, S, Miami
21. Dallas Cowboys - Jalen Wydermyer, TE, Texas A&M*
22. Tennessee Titans - John Metchie III, WR, Alabama*
23. New England Patriots - Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State*
24. Miami Dolphins (via SF) - Nick Broeker, OT, Ole Miss*
25. New York Jets (via SEA) - Zach Harrison, DE, Ohio State*
26. Baltimore Ravens - Rasheed Walker, OT, Penn State*
27. Cleveland Browns - Drake Jackson, DE/OLB, USC*
28. Detroit Lions (via LAR) - Mike Jones Jr., LB, LSU*
29. Green Bay Packers - Christian Harris, LB, Alabama*
30. Buffalo Bills - Josh Jobe, CB, Alabama
31. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Isaiah Spiller, RB, Texas A&M*
32. Kansas City Chiefs - Xavier Thomas, DE, Clemson
 

Fire Howie draft

12 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

What don’t you like?

1 hour ago, Know Life said:

I agree with you 100%. A shotgun would most likely be my weapon of choice. Though, I will say I was a pretty good shot with the Sig.

 I’m sure you were, I’ve had two close friends involved in shootings, one was outside while a husband was attacking his wife. At no more than a cars distance, he shot 4 times hitting him once.  I know the shooter was experienced as a gun owner, but not in any life threatening situation. We met in an indoor pin league and he put at least 500 rounds per month thru his 9mm. 
 The other was a case of 3 guys breaking into the wrong home in a town in Northern Delaware that if you’ve driven thru it more than once, you’ve gotten a speeding ticket.  It was the wrong home because the shooter was a little odd, not going into details but as far as hiding guns, he used a litter pan with 5-6 tootsie rolls to hide more than one.    

1 hour ago, DEagle7 said:

I think this is the start

 

 Tua can throw a football in a phone booth, he has a short, quick release that probably matches Trey Lances. The difference being Lance can throw it 60 yards in a phone booth, Tua needs a running crow hop to throw it that far, if he can.     
  Besides, the only thing worse than having a really bad O-line, is a left handed QB with a really bad O-Line, not to mention Tua didn’t even learn Chan Gailey’s playbook because his off days are spent practicing golf. 

 

And Hurts was benched and banished for Tua. So think about that

Long has two more rings than Marino

 

Tua is a bust 

Back to AJ Brown.  Titans cap space is pretty limited.  Less than $2 million and obviously need to sign draft class.  Do you think he gets traded?

Most points scored since 2000:

1	New England Patriots	9511
2	New Orleans Saints	9147
3	Green Bay Packers	9036
4	Indianapolis Colts	8856
5	Los Angeles Chargers	8557
6	Philadelphia Eagles	8520
7	Kansas City Chiefs	8404
8	Seattle Seahawks	8189
9	Denver Broncos	8177
10	Pittsburgh Steelers	8140

Eagles are top 10 in both defense and offense since the turn of the century, for all the crap Lurie gets, we have been one of the consistently best organizations in football.

4 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

I disagree strongly with the article. When analyzing crime it’s never going to be an exact science. It’s not like mixing two chemicals together to see if they explode. There’s a variety of factors. It’s very circumstantial. The best way to study crime has always been to study trends. People anti police will usually just wave off those trends as anecdotal. But never really provide any proven counters as to why defunding wouldn’t be better. The 94 crime Bill has its issues. But billions of dollars and thousands of officers were added to departments across the country, leading to the first decline in crime in 35 years. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that crime in the US rose every decade from 1960 to the early 90s and then saw its first gradual decline in 1994. And continued to decline every decade until 2020…when what happened? Oh yeah, police started to get defunded.

The reason crime leads to poverty is because property value drops, wealthier people and businesses move out and neighborhoods go on the decline. Poorer families move in, typically broken homes as property value declines. Bringing in younger people more inclined to be criminals or get involved in gangs.

What I can say is soft on crime policies absolutely enable crime. We’ve seen it in California. Decriminalizing petty theft, you have people literally walking in stores just filling up bags with items and walking out and there’s nothing the police can do. Getting rid of cash bail. Allowing dangerous people on the streets. Releasing violent offenders from prison because of COVID overcrowding. DAs choosing not to prosecute people who’ve been arrested a dozen times because they want to be lenient on offenders because they worry about the optics of prison population numbers.

Why don't you do a search on Google scholar, there's a huge literature - don't depend on "think tanks," most of which are just biased ideological mouthpieces.

 

5 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

We can't get people off drugs while we continue to enable drug use in major cities. Hell, many major cities have decided to put money toward injection assistance sites to enable drug use instead of getting addicts and homeless rehab.

These don't "enable" addicts, they keep addicts alive, 100+K deaths from overdoses last year dwarfs the deaths from violent crimes.

You can't cure a dead addict, and a sick addict (Hep C, HIV, etc.) is an expensive burden.

Prohibition didn't work with alcohol, so why repeat with drugs (alcohol and nicotine are highly addictive drugs)?

Better idea is to triple the budget for brain chemistry research so we can understand why some people are vulnerable to addiction (most people who use drugs DON'T get addicted), and find "cures" that can help reverse that addiction. Finance it through drug taxes, and put addicts on maintenance doses rather than have them buy fenatyl laced drugs on the street.

Drugs are as old as mankind, they've found traces going back to the Neolithic, in fact, there's evidence that in the Old Temple, them ancient Hebrews were burning pot as part of religious ceremonies (at a site south of Jerusalem about the time of the Second Temple). So for all we know, Jesus was eating some interesting things in the desert.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-52847175

https://www.timesofisrael.com/1st-high-ancient-israelites-at-biblical-shrine-used-cannabis-to-spark-ecstasy/

5 hours ago, Utebird said:

The health care issue could be solved yesterday if corporate greed wasnt In the way, Medicare for all would be less expensive than what we currently spend and everyone would be covered, every other industrialized coutry in the world has figured out universal healthcare yet the richest country in the world is just some how too stupid to find cute it out? I'm not buying it, were too greedy.

The problem is greed, but not "corporate greed." It's not corporations blocking most programs, it's a combination of fantasy on the Left (we can finance everything by taxing the rich) and selfishness on the Right (I got mine, f--- you!). The European countries with a stronger safety net have higher tax rates - not so much income and corporate taxes but a Value Added Tax, which is basically a national sales tax. Some countries also have high sin taxes. Americans want benefits but don't want to pay taxes.

We couldn't afford Medicare for all, Medicaid yes, i.e. a stripped down version of Medicare - but hand in hand with universal health care is rationing of health care, and those with money will always get better health care - the question is whether we can finally provide universal basic health care (which would be cost effective since indigent patients raise costs for everyone else, can't get blood from a rock). Then those with money could purchase supplemental health care (access to better doctors, like many Medicare Advantage plans, and other benefits).

It would be fairer and more efficient to provide universal health care, right now taxpayers subsidize health care provided by corporations and government - because those benefits should be treated as income and taxed - everyone else has to buy health insurance with after tax dollars. That's why the top 5% get gold plated health care, b/c their companies write it off as an expense but they don't have to pay taxes on what is effectively income.

By treating the equivalent of plan C in Medicare as income, people would decide if they want cash or supplemental health insurance, and with universal health care, people could change jobs or start their own business without worrying about losing their health benefits.

9 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

Violent crime and homicides have gone up and it has nothing to do with the pandemic. The US is like the only country crime went up during the pandemic, in other countries it went down. And in the US the data shows it happened to skyrocket the same week of the George Floyd riots and has been climbing ever since. Particularly homicides. 9 cities last year hit their all-time record in homicides in the US. And crime was trending downward in the US before 2020. The 2010 decade in fact was the best ever decade for homicides per capita since crime data first started being thoroughly recorded, which was 1960 or so.

That is what happens when progressive policies keep violent people out of prison in the name of "equity" you defund police, demoralize them by not backing them publicly, force many officers to retire, and embolden criminals by  backing down.

This is known as "talking out of your ass."

Do some homework. It's not hard, there are numerous studies out there that are a lot more persuasive than some half baked opinion.

The proper answer is "it's complicated."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8652504/

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3900229

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10345329.2021.1879414

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11524-021-00605-3

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shila-Hawk/publication/345810398_Evaluating_fluctuations_in_homicide_crowdsourcing_trends_and_assessing_sentiments_of_change_Evaluating_fluctuations_in_homicide_crowdsourcing_trends_and_assessing_sentiments_of_change/links/5fae9369299bf18c5b709909/Evaluating-fluctuations-in-homicide-crowdsourcing-trends-and-assessing-sentiments-of-change-Evaluating-fluctuations-in-homicide-crowdsourcing-trends-and-assessing-sentiments-of-change.pdf

https://www.hoplofobia.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-The-Effect-of-Police-Layoffs-on-Crime.pdf

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-criminol-060520-033306

4 hours ago, The Blackfish said:

 I’m sure you were, I’ve had two close friends involved in shootings, one was outside while a husband was attacking his wife. At no more than a cars distance, he shot 4 times hitting him once.  I know the shooter was experienced as a gun owner, but not in any life threatening situation. We met in an indoor pin league and he put at least 500 rounds per month thru his 9mm. 
 

But, but, I see all the shows on TV where the hero makes a kill shot from 50 feet with a 38 consistently.

In real life, even the police are lousy shots.

https://cvpcs.asu.edu/sites/default/files/content/projects/hitting target article_0.pdf

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.457.5971&rep=rep1&type=pdf

In this version, I focused on an area of clear need and considered Howie's recent success at the position.  Some of them COULD be a little overdrafted...but Howie has to hit on one of them...I'd hope.

 

On 4/3/2022 at 5:05 AM, HazletonEagle said:

I hate runners.  They are why I'm up this early on a Sunday morning. About to go to a race.  Which will be cold and rainy. And I'll be standing outside in it watching dumb runners go by. Not good race weather. Maybe even some snow.  And why the hell are you up already. 

I'm old. Runners hate cry babies so it's even

Bad way to start my morning. Missed my flight because it took an hour to get through security at the Lehigh Valley airport at 5am. Good times.

 

Duffie has everything...but historically short arms. Even with average arm length, he's a lock top 10 pick.

If CBs go early, he's a candidate for a few teams to trade up.

2 hours ago, E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles said:

In this version, I focused on an area of clear need and considered Howie's recent success at the position.  Some of them COULD be a little overdrafted...but Howie has to hit on one of them...I'd hope.

 

4 minutes ago, RLC said:

Duffie has everything...but historically short arms. Even with average arm length, he's a lock top 10 pick.

If CBs go early, he's a candidate for a few teams to trade up.

I don't want an undersized CB on the outside. Though Howie loves undersized guys so he's probably on the short list, no pun intended 

Just now, greendestiny27 said:

I don't want an undersized CB on the outside. Though Howie loves undersized guys so he's probably on the short list, no pun intended 

True. I'd feel better about McDuffie if we hadn't extended Maddox.

1 minute ago, greendestiny27 said:

I don't want an undersized CB on the outside. Though Howie loves undersized guys so he's probably on the short list, no pun intended 

Sounds like the perfect third pick for our little people big world draft. Pickett, Linderbaum and McDuffie.

1 minute ago, RLC said:

True. I'd feel better about McDuffie if we hadn't extended Maddox.

I didn't like that extension either. I like Cam Taylor-Britt quite a bit. I'm hoping we can snag him in the middle rounds and he can compete for that slot position. 

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Sounds like the perfect third pick for our little people big world draft. Pickett, Linderbaum and McDuffie.

If we really wanted to go small at CB we could draft McCreary or the Houston CB. But at least that guy returns amazingly well. 

1 minute ago, greendestiny27 said:

I didn't like that extension either. I like Cam Taylor-Britt quite a bit. I'm hoping we can snag him in the middle rounds and he can compete for that slot position. 

No one is going to compete for the slot position.  It's Maddox. He got paid. 

ITB is still talking about Howard after the draft if they don't land a RB... Please make it stop.