16 minutes ago, austinfan said:

It's not an exact science. During the pandemic, fiscal stimulus was the right policy, along with monetary easing, they may have overshot, but inflation is less onerous than millions out of work with no income for an extended period - note how fast the recovery was despite the COVID drag. Fed and fiscal policymakers couldn't have predicted Putin going insane, but it'll take a couple years to work out inflation as consumers have too much savings and jobs are secure.

Fed isn't going to raise unemployment much due to labor shortages, rather, weakening the labor market will reduce wage hikes, effectively reducing real wages and thus demand for goods.

As world wide supply disruptions ease (shipping costs have dramatically declined) that will also help, but inflation will remain higher due to the pullback in globalization due not just to Putin, but also the realization that Xi is a greater threat, and the need to reduce dependence on China as a supplier. Chinese subsidization of exports drove down world wide inflation, but also exported unemployment. The Chinese labor supply has peaked (one child policy being felt), and the combination of Xi's policies and a real estate bubble collapsing (think 2008 but with massive government subsidies reducing the immediate impact) has probably ended the Chinese growth miracle - they're on their way to becoming a bigger version of Japan, except they'll have less access to advanced technology now that we recognize the threat.

No easy answers, but cutting taxes is definitely the wrong policy. A carbon tax would be a good way to accelerate away from fossil fuels and reduce demand, but that's politically infeasible.

Some issues, like housing, have to be dealt with at the state and local level, as zoning regulations have restricted the supply of land and affordable starter homes (blocking multi-unit development by restricting building to single homes).

TAKE IT TO CVON

1 minute ago, downundermike said:

They don't have to sign him, he is under contract.  They either have to activate him or release him.

Or back to IR as @LeanMeanGM mentioned. 

Go vote today. 
 

Also, can we all celebrate the end of constant calls/texts about the elections? Felt like every other minute the phone was buzzing. 

A rich man’s K’Von Wallace. 

8 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Or back to IR as @LeanMeanGM mentioned. 

Semantics here, I should have said he would stay on PUP for the rest of the season. But the end result is the same, he misses the rest of the year. 

19 minutes ago, RLC said:

Jackson and Maclin might be more talented than Brown/Smith, but I don't think they're better.

Please define "more talented" because right now it seems like it boils down to straight line speed.

8 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

Please define "more talented" because right now it seems like it boils down to straight line speed.

The "best" of DeSean Jackson is a better WR than either Smith or Brown. The problem that DeSean's consistency week to week, and injury history, make him arguably less valuable than Brown.

 

7 minutes ago, RLC said:

The "best" of DeSean Jackson is a better WR than either Smith or Brown. The problem that DeSean's consistency week to week, and injury history, make him arguably less valuable than Brown.

 

Jackson has been an infirmary scrub for the past 5 years.  He is the most talented player in the NFL at stealing money from organizations.

38 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

Jackson has been an infirmary scrub for the past 5 years.  He is the most talented player in the NFL at stealing money from organizations.

Even more so than Chase Daniel?  He's had a pretty epic career carrying a clipboard

2 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

Even more so than Chase Daniel?  He's had a pretty epic career carrying a clipboard

Chase Daniel was paid that money to do exactly what he was doing.

Jackson was paid to play, not be in the training room.

31 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

Jackson has been an infirmary scrub for the past 5 years.  He is the most talented player in the NFL at stealing money from organizations.

Meh- it's really 2 of the 3 last seasons and he's not making a killing.  

39 minutes ago, RLC said:

The "best" of DeSean Jackson is a better WR than either Smith or Brown. The problem that DeSean's consistency week to week, and injury history, make him arguably less valuable than Brown.

 

DeSean was never on the same level of productivity as Brown.  He's not a YAC guy except in the open field.  He also gets shut down against bigger CBs and will disappear in games.  I am not sure that I would take him over Smith although Desean is harder to contain as a deep threat.  It's not like he was Tyreek Hill at his peak.  He has limitations to his game.  I don't think Smith has those limitations but he's not the same sort of deepthreat.  

1 minute ago, downundermike said:

Chase Daniel was paid that money to do exactly what he was doing.

Jackson was paid to play, not be in the training room.

To be fair, Josh Gordon is another whose career has been elongated coz talent.

The Rams cut Terrell Burgess. I loved him predraft. Might be with kicking the tires on. 

6 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Chase Daniel was paid that money to do exactly what he was doing.

Jackson was paid to play, not be in the training room.

Only with the Eagles. 

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

A rich man’s K’Von Wallace. 

Haven't really watch him since his draft - but he was a shark in the water type.

Raiders released Johnathan Abram.  I wouldn't mind if the Eagles brought him in for a look.  He's young and physical.  He would be an upgrade over Kvon Wallace as a 3rd safety.  

Brown > Jackson

Smith> Jackson

Jackson > Maclin

 

Devonta is a more complete WR than Desean. Not as fast, but better ball skills and a better route runner than Jackson was as an Eagle. 

9 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

The Rams cut Terrell Burgess. I loved him predraft. Might be with kicking the tires on. 

Same. Went one pick after Davion Taylor...who somehow outlasted Burgess

1 hour ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Harold Jackson and Ben Hawkins.

I was at the game when Hawkins caught four touchdowns against the Steelers and Jackson caught another.

Incidentally the correct answer is probably Quick and Carter. 

1 hour ago, WentzFan11 said:

Go vote today. 
 

Also, can we all celebrate the end of constant calls/texts about the elections? Felt like every other minute the phone was buzzing. 

I’ll be pretty happy when all the commercial breaks will be filled with Christmas ads (it’s actually started already) rather than the obnoxious political ads. 

1 hour ago, RLC said:

The "best" of DeSean Jackson is a better WR than either Smith or Brown. The problem that DeSean's consistency week to week, and injury history, make him arguably less valuable than Brown.

 

We’ll have to disagree on that one because I think the best of Brown compares quite favorably with TO, who was definitely better than Jackson. For that matter, I think Smith is probably better too.

31 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Raiders released Johnathan Abram.  I wouldn't mind if the Eagles brought him in for a look.  He's young and physical.  He would be an upgrade over Kvon Wallace as a 3rd safety.  

I'm not sure he would. And he would probably injure Slay or do something stupid. He's like Ernie Sims at S.

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Semantics here, I should have said he would stay on PUP for the rest of the season. But the end result is the same, he misses the rest of the year. 

But the important part of that is that he is still under contract with the Eagles.  Worst case scenario is that he just doesn't play this year rather than him being open to sign with another team.

Wasn't Davis a pretty good prospect? Lots of cuts today. 

40 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

The Rams cut Terrell Burgess. I loved him predraft. Might be with kicking the tires on. 

Two "quality" safeties hit the market today in Burgess and Abrams.  They both would be an automatic upgrade over Wallace.  Are they subject to waivers or are the UFA?