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Le Tigre

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  1. Heard an interview with Roman Wilson (Michigan WR) while driving today. Sounded like a good kid, and was insistent of his desire “to just get better”

     

    Looked his stats/vids up. A bit small, but fast, and rockets in and out of routes. Good hands it looks also. 
     

    Not sure where his draft position is, but maybe worth a look Day 3 if he’s still around? 

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  2. 21 hours ago, Jamie_B said:

    Ugh I've seen those types the time I was visiting a friend in Miami and yeah wreckless

    Last week, a pair of those jacked-up Civics (I call them loud go-carts) were racing on a freeway I was on. Learned a long time ago, stay in a lane more to the middle when you see/hear them coming). Passed me in the far left two lanes—easily 120mph. 
     

    Always wonder why? Unless there is high stakes money involved (and on an approved track), why risk lives—including their clueless own—over such triviality? 

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  3. 16 hours ago, spicoli said:


    They’ll make great drone pilots though. 

    True story: while working in Las Vegas 7 years ago, I was having my usual Friday post-work brew at a brewpub near my house on the western edge of the Valley. Got to shooting the breeze with this younger fellow next to me. He was in the Air Force and stationed at Creech AFB north of LV. Turns out the young guy was a drone “pilot”—with assets worldwide. He was, understandably, vague about just what and where targets were, but did mention that “drivers” at Creech and other Drone operations were generally around 30 yrs of age. 
     

    Gave me a new understanding of the skills needed for this kind of warfare—and respect for the young soldiers who perform them. 

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  4. 8 hours ago, Shebengal said:

    My father did that in 1944, but he was an 18 year old guiding a minesweeper across the Pacific. Being the efficient person he was, he got it to its destination ahead of schedule. He was a Navy cartographer who spent his spare time plotting ways back to Louisville using only waterways. I used to call him the human Mapquest.

    Salute to him. That was some dangerous duty. And unlike today’s 18 year olds, who are more concerned with x-boxes. 

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  5. This is even more so as the importance of field position changes expands. Basically, with the new kickoff rules, the field will be shrinking to 65 yds—even with no returns. 
     

    The defenses will be pressed to the hilt to limit offenses to possessions on the opponents’ 50. The tendency has been to attempt long FG’s, when keeping opponents on their own side of their own 20 will be huge. 
     

    The exchanges of yardage between the 30-50 may be critical towards possessions which score. A punter doesn’t need to be booming kick-dominant….rather sky-high punts and placement is going to be more critical 

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  6. 1 hour ago, BlackJesus said:

    ^ I particularly enjoyed this 'Boomer' take ...

     

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    My father did that in 1944–except he was 22 the year before, and was co-piloting B-17’s while dodging flak and Messerschmitts. 
     

    Have at it, Caleb….lots of 22-year olds gave their all so you would have the freedom to look like a damn fool. 

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  7. 45 minutes ago, claptonrocks said:

    That all well may be but

    He's the best interior lineman in the draft and Id have no qualms with drafting him at 18 to reinforce our 

    interior.

    I think he's in the Creed Humphrey mold.

    OT is the priority but he's an outstanding prospect for any Oline 

     

    If the Bengals pass on him...he is going to be wearing Black/Gold. Bank it. 

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  8. 44 minutes ago, T-Dub said:

     

    Here's another fun stat: the last time the Bengals weren't top 5 in pass attempt % they went to the Super Bowl.

     

    As I've said before a few times myself, he's been expected to hard-carry the offense with a plodder of a RB whose biggest contribution to the team was smiles.

     

    We'll see how they call games without him.

    I dunno. He wants to throw—all the time. His HC wants to throw—all the time. Not really seeing a friendly meeting in the middle with the RB room. 

  9. 21 minutes ago, T-Dub said:

     

    That was last year when they'd lost the starting QB and were forced to run the ball more. In the 2 years where Joe survived the entire season he was the most-sacked QB over that span.

    Not going to absolve the offensive line to be sure, but as I have mentioned ad nauseum, St. Joseph himself can factor into that sack count. He is not anywhere close to being the example of escape ability. 

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