2 hours ago, justwinbaby said:

You have no clue how risky the long term effects are with the vaccine. No one does. Take the vaccine or don't but no one should be ridiculed if they decided not to. I'm disgusted by people who feel the need to do that. 

I have a doctorate in life sciences and decades of risk assessment experience. Pretty sure i can comment on it better than most

2 hours ago, brkmsn said:

If the shots' only protection is to the individual's potential case severity and not to others, how does it increase the risk to others  --- especially if you are getting tested regularly and quarantining as necessary? The latter two steps were the only choices that helped prevent the spread. Did Wentz or did he not get tested regularly and quarantine when necessary? 

 

As far as his decision hurting the team, it's no difference than any other medical player choice. Players never have to do what the team recommends and are always allowed to get second opinions. DJax  bet on his body's own ability to heal rather than surgery and ended up not healing and getting the surgery. Lane Johnson bet on his own body's ability to heal when he initially hurt his ankle and when it wasn't 100% near the beginning of the next season, opted to get a temporary procedure that didn't end up getting through the season. Those are just a couple examples of thousands that can go either way, but ultimately made the player unavailable for more games. That wasn't selfishness. It was a decision the individual player thought was right. After several concussions, Luke Kuechly ended up retiring in his prime. Was that selfishness?

Everything you are describing is a risk/benefit analysis based in probability. Thats all we ever have, not any certainty.

but you have to weigh risk to self and risk to team. Benefit to both as well

2 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

Everything you are describing is a risk/benefit analysis based in probability. Thats all we ever have, not any certainty.

but you have to weigh risk to self and risk to team. Benefit to both as well

The games missed risk due to covid is very, very low compared to actual injuries and probably even less than concussions which at the very least pulls you from the current game. There are other contagious illnesses that are every bit the "game risk" as covid, although the league has no policy to force people to sit out with those. 

IMO, people are trying hard to use this as an issue to have a "grudge" against Wentz. If people don't like him, fine --- don't like him. If they are glad he's gone --- great! He's gone already. Stop campaigning to get others to share their hate for the person. 

The Blog is just a Je Ne Sais Quoi.

And I tend to like that.

1 hour ago, paco said:

Rope is a very underrated film.  

I saw it once many years ago and thought the opposite. Felt the same way about Vertigo. 

8 hours ago, bpac55 said:

This is a fun account to follow.  Didn't realize the Michael Irvin injury game was AR's first win for the Eagles.

Hearing the old ESPN NFL Primetime music with Berman and Tom Jackson just takes me back.  I can remember how excited I would be to watch that show, especially the better the Eagles got.  Then after it was over finishing up homework and getting ready for school week.  

 

Wow. This brings back memories. I LOVED that show. 

44 minutes ago, Iggles25 said:

The Blog is just a Je Ne Sais Quoi.

And I tend to like that.

17 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

I saw it once many years ago and thought the opposite. Felt the same way about Vertigo. 

You know, I did NOT like vertigo on the first watch. But second time around I liked it.  
 

Rope caught me off guard because schmoopie and I both never heard of it and decided to give a go, so we had zero expectations. 

On 6/24/2023 at 3:06 PM, Iggles_Phan said:

Hunters are generally far more concerned and far far more knowledgeable about what is required to truly conserve nature, than any of these "environmentally minded activists and virtue signalers."  There are bad eggs, obviously, but the vast majority do it the right way, following the rules and doing what is absolutely necessary to maintain appropriate populations to make life better for both the animals and the humans around them.   

And a skilled hunter will provide a far more humane death than an animal would have if it died of starvation due to a lack of food resources, or if it invaded human areas in search of food, or if they were hit by cars, etc.

I kind of agree with your sentiment. The "family” farm was sold to Ducks Unlimited, who are strong conservationists. But they are a bit narrowly focused on waterfowl environments that drive their focus of hunting those waterfowl. If the environment doesn’t favor or even harms some lowly species, like a snail or frog, they really aren’t focused there. They wouldn’t care if an invasive species of grass crowded out local grasses as long as the ducks like it.

I compare that to the invasive species fish we have deliberately stocked into streams and lakes across our nation, using our tax dollars to do so.  Take, for example, lake trout that were stocked into Yellowstone Lake. They are deadly to the native cutthroat trout.  lake trout hide in the depths whereas cutthroat migrate and are frequently found in the shallows.  Well, bears and eagles hunt in the shallows.  Less cutthroat trout hampers their diets. But lake trout are monsters and anglers love them.  Or consider brown trout, who unlike lake trout aren’t even native to this continent.  And we all love rainbow trout but out of their natural environment both wreak havoc on native ecosystems. 

But that doesn’t mean hunters and anglers are horrible and must be stopped.  There is a median.  Balancing between environmental zealots and trophy hunters.  I am generally opposed to hunting predators because in efforts to protect domesticated animals we have upset the balance.  That means rodents, pests, rabbits and deer are also over protected to our detriment.  

So Carson is welcome to hunt bear with the required permits.  So is Trent.  Controlled hunting can be okay.  Hunting wolf by helicopter? Hunting deer at night using lights? Hunting bear in dens during hibernation?  Nope, that’s a step too far for me.  Hunting an animal for a trophy or a picture without using it is wasteful unless there is a real control need or removing harmful invasive species.  Some "hunters” spread deer corn, place a salt lick and sit in a deer blind drinking beer until an animal comes along and some learn stealth  and how to get upwind and track an animal. The latter is a sport to me, the former is not so much to me.  Carson strikes me more like the former and Trent strikes me more like the latter.  I could be wrong.

Just so some people feel better:

https://nypost.com/2023/06/22/bear-that-mauled-arizona-man-steven-jackson-wasnt-sick-starving-or-provoked/

 

I guess it's a tied game.

Jalen Hurts with another accomplishment that Wentz was never able to get.

 

 

1 hour ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Jalen Hurts with a other accomplishment that Wentz was never able to get.

 

 

Dude, at the risk of invoking Sesame Street and one of these things is not like the other, Wentz was never in the running: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BET_Award_for_Sportsman_of_the_Year. You do know what BET stands for, right?

12 hours ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

Yeah, Everitt joined the team in 1997, six years after Bryce Paup happened.

You are right. My memory still says we brought in some hot-shot center that season and I'm conflating him with Everitt.

Edit: Wrong again. The center was David Alexander, drafted by the Eagles.🤮

9 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Carson strikes me more like the former and Trent strikes me more like the latter.  I could be wrong.

Not sure how you could draw any conclusion on this without actually meeting and talking with either one, or going to join them.  The post that stirred this whole thing stated that he found, stalked and killed this bear.  You can claim he's lying, but that's all conjecture on your part.   Seems to me, at least at face value, he did it exactly as you would prefer.  But, his time ended badly here, so people have to find ways to tear him down every chance they get.  Sad world we live in.

9 hours ago, Next_Up said:

Dude, at the risk of invoking Sesame Street and one of these things is not like the other, Wentz was never in the running: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BET_Award_for_Sportsman_of_the_Year. You do know what BET stands for, right?

You got the joke, congratulations

2 hours ago, just relax said:

You are right. My memory still says we brought in some hot-shot center that season and I'm conflating him with Everitt.

Edit: Wrong again. The center was David Alexander, drafted by the Eagles.🤮

None to be confused with the best FA signing at center for the Eagles in LeCharles Bentley.

Netflix has a presentation event every year announcing their new projects called TUDUM.

Always wondered why they picked such a weird name for it. It’s not intended to be a word in any language, instead it’s an onomatopoeia of the introductory Netflix logo whenever you watch an original program

16 hours ago, justwinbaby said:

You have no clue how risky the long term effects are with the vaccine. No one does. Take the vaccine or don't but no one should be ridiculed if they decided not to. I'm disgusted by people who feel the need to do that. 

Oh this debate -  No one deserves ridicule who has talked to a qualified medical expert (licensed MD or PhD in vaccine related science) that has studied vaccines and their efficacy.  If they have a specific concern related to their own health risk. To say no one knows the long term risk of the vaccine is a fear based opinion.  There is no evidence for long-term risk of any vaccine and certainly no study that suggest any difference for the Covid vaccines.  So you can be scared but it's more like you are scared of the bogey man or the number 13.  It's not a reality based fear.  Some people are scared of clowns, for example.  I am scared that too many people base their decisions on information they get from clowns.   

4 hours ago, just relax said:

You are right. My memory still says we brought in some hot-shot center that season and I'm conflating him with Everitt.

Edit: Wrong again. The center was David Alexander, drafted by the Eagles.🤮

They had drafted Antone Davis that year.  

3 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Oh this debate -  No one deserves ridicule who has talked to a qualified medical expert (licensed MD or PhD in vaccine related science) that has studied vaccines and their efficacy.  If they have a specific concern related to their own health risk. To say no one knows the long term risk of the vaccine is a fear based opinion.  There is no evidence for long-term risk of any vaccine and certainly no study that suggest any difference for the Covid vaccines.  So you can be scared but it's more like you are scared of the bogey man or the number 13.  It's not a reality based fear.  Some people are scared of clowns, for example.  I am scared that too many people base their decisions on information they get from clowns.   

Yet it was even mentioned that you can still pass along covid even if you get the vaccine and that it's purpose is to lessen the symptoms if you were to grt it. You're going to look down and ridicule those that don't get it regardless. So sure what you said. Don't let people make decisions for themselves. 

5 minutes ago, justwinbaby said:

Yet it was even mentioned that you can still pass along covid even if you get the vaccine and that it's purpose is to lessen the symptoms if you were to grt it. You're going to look down and ridicule those that don't get it regardless. So sure what you said. Don't let people make decisions for themselves. 

Well, yeah.  Vaccination does not equal immunization.  

Man the blog has been on fire lately.  Discussions about movies that were made 172 years ago, people trying to pretend they're experts on hunting, and now the COVID vaccine.  

10 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

Man the blog has been on fire lately.  Discussions about movies that were made 172 years ago, people trying to pretend they're experts on hunting, and now the COVID vaccine.  

My wife was watching a "reality show" yesterday about a bunch of lesbians giving each other ultimatums; might be worth discussing for a few days if movies and hunting isn't your thing .... 

43 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Oh this debate -  No one deserves ridicule who has talked to a qualified medical expert (licensed MD or PhD in vaccine related science) that has studied vaccines and their efficacy.  If they have a specific concern related to their own health risk. To say no one knows the long term risk of the vaccine is a fear based opinion.  There is no evidence for long-term risk of any vaccine and certainly no study that suggest any difference for the Covid vaccines.  So you can be scared but it's more like you are scared of the bogey man or the number 13.  It's not a reality based fear.  Some people are scared of clowns, for example.  I am scared that too many people base their decisions on information they get from clowns.   

The second that it was found out that the vaccine didn't stop the transmission of the virus after "they" told us it would really ended this argument in my opinion. Then it changed that it lowers your symptoms if you do get the virus, which I'm not saying is incorrect. I think the stigma of people deciding not to get it has worn off and people shouldn't be ridiculed if they opt not to get it. Especially considering that there are scenarios where people got it, had complications from it, and even died. I know those odds are very low, probably the same as someone getting a reaction from taking aspirin or some other innocent pill. But it has still happened to people. 

I got both shots originally, was always a proponent of people getting it, but that stance has changed where I'm okay if someone wants to take an individual assessment of what they are comfortable with. 

Looking back, I think the mandates were a mistake. I understand why they were done at the time, but we have the benefit of analyzing and changing an opinion as more time goes by. 

Eagles WR Devon Allen runs 13.04-second 110M hurdles, tied for fourth-fastest in world this year

Devon Allen was back to the races this weekend, Bobby Kownack of NFL.com reports.

Allen, a two-time Olympian who made the Philadelphia Eagles' practice squad last year after returning to football for the first time since playing collegiately in 2016, placed second in the 110-meter hurdles at the USATF New York City Grand Prix on Saturday with a time of 13.04 seconds.

He crossed the line just behind fellow American Daniel Roberts (13.01 seconds), although his result was still good enough to put him in a tie for the fourth-fastest time in the world thus far this year.

Allen signed a reserve/future contract with Philadelphia following the conclusion of the 2022 NFL season, and he spoke to the NBC broadcast following his event about finding time for both sports.

"It's going well," Allen said. "Balancing both is difficult, but I'm having a lot of fun as long as I can stay healthy. Get to compete against these guys in high-quality competition. 13.01 and 13.04 is nothing to scoff at. So, we're ready to go."