1 minute ago, TorontoEagle said:

The problem now for the US is the for profit prison system. A huge lobby that stands to lose a lot of "customers" if drugs are decriminalized. Land of the Free indeed....

It is an industry we would happily put out of business. Replace that with the recreational marijuana business.  Sin tax it like alcohol and use the money saved on prisons and generated by sin tax for treatment of addicts and housing and treating the homeless and we come out ahead fiscally.  We have a model in Portugal. It has worked out pretty well. More with addiction issues treated.  Lower addiction rate than other countries.   They did experience hiccups.  Experimentation increase but not long term use.  Murder rate initially increased but that may have been a misinterpretation by the international drug trade thinking to use Portugal as a base.  That quickly subsided. 

 

1 minute ago, BigEFly said:

It is an industry we would happily put out of business. Replace that with the recreational marijuana business.  Sin tax it like alcohol and use the money saved on prisons and generated by sin tax for treatment of addicts and housing and treating the homeless and we come out ahead fiscally.  We have a model in Portugal. It has worked out pretty well. More with addiction issues treated.  Lower addiction rate than other countries.   They did experience hiccups.  Experimentation increase but not long term use.  Murder rate initially increased but that may have been a misinterpretation by the international drug trade thinking to use Portugal as a base.  That quickly subsided. 

Yep it works. Here in Toronto, we have so many weed shops opening now that it's actually out of control. In my neighbourhood alone a Starbucks, Wendy's and Subway have closed down and weed shops took their spaces. It's kind of awesome, you can just pop into one and get whatever you'd like basically....pre-rolled joints, full ounce of bud if you want it, and all done like you'd be buying a lunch at McDonald's (though I don't like going into the stores; they're kind of setup like the Apple store, except with people are a bit too into weed). 

4 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

Guards I'm looking at in the draft:

Kenyon Green, Darian Kinnard, Sean Rhyan, Jamaree Salyer, Tyler Smith. 

Line of Mailata, Dickerson, Seumalo, Kenyon Green, Johnson with backups of Driscoll, Dillard, Toth and Herbig is pretty good.  

15 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

 

Someone scribble out red and put Kelce

Damn Wentz putting his name on there

Listening to Jordan Palmer, he's is very high on Carson Strong.

- Arm talent is as good as it gets, and will improve as he better understands how to use his lower body.

- Personality is similar to Josh Allen. Very accountable, but likeable.

- Feel in the pocket is very good, makes up for his mobility to a degree. Can create space in the pocket.

- Questions will remain about his knee until the pre-draft process is complete.

- Very involved in pre-snap reads. He does not need to be spoon-fed the play and defensive reads.

- Once he understands what to do, execution is not an issue.

1 hour ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

What Tyreek did was bad, but compared to Watson you're talking about one victim vs 20+ victims.  Watson is a serial offender. Someone with some really major issues. 

No comparison. Hill broke his own child's arm. Gtfo

17 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

Lol speaking of zooms, I had some magic mushrooms recently which I hadn't done since university. Me and the GF watched Roger Rabbit, a movie I hadn't seen in prob 20 years or more. It was wild, though the Judge was a bit intense, lol. 10/10, will do again (different movie next time). 

In college i watched the labyrinth on shrooms. It was intense. 

18 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

The problem now for the US is the for profit prison system. A huge lobby that stands to lose a lot of "customers" if drugs are decriminalized. Land of the Free indeed....

I’m not super excited by safe injection sites, as who wants that in their backyard and flouting the law, etc. But I remember hearing that clinics in Switzerland will actually provide the heroine - yuck, but it puts the drug trade at serious disadvantage and reduces the associated nastiness (petty crime, prostitution, etc.).

Hoping we can get Darrian Kinnard in the 2nd to be RG of the future.. Similar size as Brooks also at 6 foot 5 345 pounds

3 minutes ago, garingovt2000 said:

Hoping we can get Darrian Kinnard in the 2nd to be RG of the future.. Similar size as Brooks also at 6 foot 5 345 pounds

I’m a fan of Rhyans, UCLA tackle, looks like he has G/T versatility and he ate Thibs’ lunch when they were matched up. Also, a 2nd round guy I assume.

5 minutes ago, D-Shiznit said:

Listening to Jordan Palmer, he's is very high on Carson Strong.

- Arm talent is as good as it gets, and will improve as he better understands how to use his lower body.

- Personality is similar to Josh Allen. Very Accountable, but likeable.

- Feel in the pocket is very good, makes up for his mobility to a degree. Can create space in the pocket.

- Questions will remain about his knee until the pre-draft process is complete.

- Very involved in pre-snap reads. He does not need to be spoon-fed the play and defensive reads.

- Once he understands what to do, execution is not an issue.

I think if it weren't for the knee issue, he may be the top rated QB and first QB taken.

I think his knee issues though are going to scare teams away and so many teams are enamored with athletic Mobile qbs that pocket guys like strong and Mac Jones get pushed down.

We'll see, I don't care how fast a QB runs, Dan Marino probably ran a 5 flat 40 but he had functional mobility within the pocket to go along with a quick release and cannon of an arm.

Don't need to be Vick athletic to succeed in the NFL.

Jordan Palmer on Desmond Ridder:

- Has the IT factor, players follow his lead.

- Mechanics do not require a rebuild, he has improved in that area, but still can improve.

- Lacks stability in his hips movements when driving the ball deep which leads to overthrows, but is working on it and improving.

- Extremely coachable, takes ownership of his mistakes and shortcomings.

- Is a film room junkie, loves the process.

- Ceiling is sky high.

- His deficiencies are not fatal, good coaching can maximize his tremendous potential.

6 minutes ago, Westbrook#36 said:

No comparison. Hill broke his own child's arm. Gtfo

Which is still somehow not the worst thing he did to his child

This is where bad drafting gets you

 

 

7 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Which is still somehow not the worst thing he did to his child

Didn't he rough up his pregnant wife/girlfriend too? 

Edit: Yep

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/sports/football/tyreek-hill-nfl-statement.amp.html

3 minutes ago, D-Shiznit said:

Jordan Palmer on Desmond Ridder:

- Has the IT factor, players follow his lead.

- Mechanics do not require a rebuild, he has improved in that area, but still can improve.

- Lacks stability in his hips movements when driving the ball deep which leads to overthrows, but is working on it and improving.

- Extremely coachable, takes ownership of his mistakes and shortcomings.

- Is a film room junkie, loves the process.

- Ceiling is sky high.

- His deficiencies are not fatal, good coaching can maximize his tremendous potential.

I like Ridder a lot but his ceiling and floor is very boom or bust. I think you need to put him in the right place. For instance if you put him with the Carolina it’s going to be much harder to succeed cause rhule on the hot seat and he could be gone next year. And then Ridder might not be loved the same by the next coach. Granted would have nice Wr options. If it’s a team like Steelers i think he has a much better chance with the roster and stability around him.

 I think there’s gonna be a team either at the end of the first round that moves up to get him so they can get that 5th year option like the ravens did with lamar. 

2 hours ago, Thrive said:

Hurts scares you? 
 

Your team is going to win a whole bunch of games over the next few years; Hurts just needs to stay healthy. And if he doesn’t stay healthy, he won’t be here.

So no need to be scared.

He should scare everyone.  He has no arm strength, no ability to throw receivers open, no ability to read a defense, and he senses false pressure behind a top OL multiple times per game.   I guess since he's basically a rookie though we should give him more time.  He's just like Josh Allen  

8 minutes ago, D-Shiznit said:

Jordan Palmer on Desmond Ridder:

- Has the IT factor, players follow his lead.

- Mechanics do not require a rebuild, he has improved in that area, but still can improve.

- Lacks stability in his hips movements when driving the ball deep which leads to overthrows, but is working on it and improving.

- Extremely coachable, takes ownership of his mistakes and shortcomings.

- Is a film room junkie, loves the process.

- Ceiling is sky high.

- His deficiencies are not fatal, good coaching can maximize his tremendous potential.

He seemed like the most unnatural, deliberate QB the more I watched of him. Hurtsian in a way. His developing into a top 10-15 QB seems more of an uphill climb than I initially thought.

What Watson [allegedly] did was reprehensible, what Hill did was abhorrent. Both seem like scummy people though.

5 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I like Ridder a lot but his ceiling and floor is very boom or bust. I think you need to put him in the right place. For instance if you put him with the Carolina it’s going to be much harder to succeed cause rhule on the hot seat and he could be gone next year. And then Ridder might not be loved the same by the next coach. Granted would have nice Wr options. If it’s a team like Steelers i think he has a much better chance with the roster and stability around him.

 I think there’s gonna be a team either at the end of the first round that moves up to get him so they can get that 5th year option like the ravens did with lamar. 

Palmer saying that he does not require a mechanics rebuild is huge, he needs improvement not an overhaul. For that to happen he will need stability in coaching, can't have a rotating carousel of HC and OCs.

If we do draft a QB early, I would give consideration to bringing back DeFlippo. He was the best thing that happened to a young Wentz.

7 minutes ago, downundermike said:

This is where bad drafting gets you

 

 

Wonder if Seumalo or Dickerson gets moved to RG. 

4 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

Wonder if Seumalo or Dickerson gets moved to RG. 

If Kelce retires, one stays at LG and the other moves to center.

2 hours ago, downundermike said:

And in that scenario you figure Kelce will also retire, so now we have probably used both June 1 designations already.

Good. That's what they're for. It's not like you can take them into 2023.

11 minutes ago, downundermike said:

This is where bad drafting gets you

 

 

This is the NFL. It happens to every franchise.