23 minutes ago, Eagle1ne said:

Of course he likes the cowpads. 

9 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Actually, MRI equipment is expensive and there has been a tendency to over recommend MRIs when they are not necessary.  CT scans are the norm in most instances.   

Not to mention for pain a brain mri is unlikely to

tell you anything…

i say this as someone who has family

with fibro so yes i know this stuff 

11 minutes ago, RLC said:

Yes. Just missed a wide open Pitts (again)

You have Pitts in fantasy I assume

We want carolina to win this right?

Bucs really need to get it together and win the division, can’t count on Atlanta doing it anymore 

Just now, ToastJenkins said:

We want carolina to win this right?

Nope Atlanta. Lessens the odds of Saints winning the division

Saints arent winning the nfc south

These are garbage teams. I think the Saints are better. We really need the Bucs to start winning.

Though i guess both these teams need qbs

atl should really give ridder a chance

1 minute ago, ToastJenkins said:

Saints arent winning the nfc south

They’re 3rd in the division at 3-6. Atlanta and TB are both 4-5, Atlanta is likely going to lose. They have a realistic shot

5 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

We want carolina to win this right?

Yep. Cheer for teams that have a worse record is logical 

Once Brady is gone the NFC South is going to be really awful for a long time huh

If this week goes badly, the Saints could be tied for first. That’s not good.

22 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Yeah, either my doctor’s office or the insurance mentioned something about the codes. I forget which it was a long few days talking to so many people over the phone. I was told the appeal is an option if the peer to peer fails, but I’m not sure how the appeal specifically works. Will I get a chance to give a more detailed reason? Or does it vary by the insurer. I could have sworn last time I appealed something I didn’t have the option to give a more detailed explanation and it was just them passing off my case to another worker to have them review it. But I can’t be sure, maybe that wasn’t insurance and it was something else. It was a while ago.

The insurance company gave me a list of the criteria I’d need for it to get approved. But my doctor’s office told me those were in the notes. So I don’t know, maybe it’s what Hazleton said and someone over there isn’t reading the notes properly.

HE is dead on about the peer to peer.  Most health insurers employ doctors and this is their putting your doctor on with their doctor (or nurse quite often).  It’s a five minute process, ten at most and mostly shakes out like HE says.  Frankly, the fact you MD can’t make time or have their staff make time for a peer to peer is a bit of a red herring.  

Chances are no person is reading the notes.  It’s probably AI driven.  Peer to peer would cure that.  

Bucs play Seahawks, that could be a Bucs loss. Saints have Steelers, the odds of them winning that one are pretty good

Atlanta totally rolling over.

3 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

HE is dead on about the peer to peer.  Most health insurers employ doctors and this is their putting your doctor on with their doctor (or nurse quite often).  It’s a five minute process, ten at most and mostly shakes out like HE says.  Frankly, the fact you MD can’t make time or have their staff make time for a peer to peer is a bit of a red herring.  

Chances are no person is reading the notes.  It’s probably AI driven.  Peer to peer would cure that.  

If they can’t find 5-10 minutes of their time to get this approved for me I’m going to be pissed. Would be totally unacceptable.

Mariota…yikes. I’d start Ridder for rest of the year

8 hours ago, NCiggles said:

Do you think there's a rule that could be posted that would make it clear? 

Here are the purported guidelines:

Since the new EMB was created, many have wondered what we can "get away with" now that we're not associated with the official Eagles site.  We've also had questions about etiquette, rules, how to handle trolls or annoying posters, the report function, etc.  So we want to address some guidelines.   

We are all thankful to have a new home here; we want to continue a strong community with good ongoing discussions.  Our goal was to run things just like the old EMB as much as possible.  Below is a list of guidelines, not necessarily rules.  The moderating team may make subjective calls.  There also may be history with certain posters so while it seems to you someone was suspended for something minor, or someone else did something similar in another forum you may not know the history.  We also allowed some posters here who were banned from the old EMB with the understanding they’d be on a short leash.  

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As far as I can gather, he violated 3 and 7.  I think 1 and 2 are currently conflicting rules given the current title of the blog.  The reality is that no one is getting banned without a warning and ample opportunity to stop behaving the way they behaved to get banned. It's not hard.  I don't think the rules are confusing or so prone to subjective interpretation that anyone that's on Moderator6's bad side is subject to banning.  

No, they are going to create their own EMB with blackjack, personal attacks and hookers.  

I'm in......

We don’t get to see these two teams very often. That’s a good thing.

Just now, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

We don’t get to see these two teams very often. That’s a good thing.

Lucky you, I get one of them on local TV almost every week.

Seems like it’s not a bad thing I didn’t watch 1 minute of that game 

UGA can beat the Falcons 

I need to see Kyle Pitts in a good offense with a competent quarterback. He’s too talented to be wasted away in this situation in Atlanta. 

2 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I need to see Kyle Pitts in a good offense with a competent quarterback. He’s too talented to be wasted away in this situation in Atlanta. 

Tbh they need to go with Ridder. You really aren’t helping anyone in their development with mariota and his inability in the passing game. Ridder might flop but at least you know going into next year if he’s just really awful and can go out get your guy. 

Thank God the Titans didn’t let us trade for Mariota.