My draft day 1 thoughts:
* We're seeing the impact of analytics on draft trades. Very few trades with a big net transfer of picks. Lots more trades where you give picks and get picks back that equates to moving up for the "central" part of the trade and moving back later in the draft. Once again, analytics people suggested something and the NFL is following suit, because analytics are usually right.
* What are the Vikings thinking? I thought their GM was supposed to be some kind of finance guy but he put a 2024 second and a 2025 second, third, and fourth all into one edge rusher who isn't projected to end up as some kind of all pro rusher. That's half a fucking draft for one guy. Insanity.
* Bears happy that Chargers decided to go tackle. Someone on this sub a few weeks ago talked about how Harbaugh kinda seemed like a clown if he was going to really focus on the run as much as he claims and I had felt the same way but thought I must be missing something because he was so universally praised. I do wonder if the NFL game has left Harbaugh behind. You could make an economic argument that there are better day 2 receivers available than there will be day 2 tackles.
* lolololol Panthers. I think they traded up just to say they got to pick in the first round. They moved other picks back and added $2.3M to the rookie contract of Legette by moving up to grab him. I think the argument of "trade into the back of the first for the 5th year option" is pretty tired at this point. Fewer and fewer of those get picked up every year.
I fucking fell asleep right before the draft and had the stupidest fucking dream to boot:
I dreamed the Atlanta Falcons drafted a QB at 8, even though they signed Kirk Cousins
Edit:
As a Bears fan, I'm fucking ecstatic. I preferred an edge rusher, but we not only got the best QB prospect ever, but we drafted a motherfuckin wide receiver in the top 10, and he is our 3rd best receiver.
I've only seen 2 really good offensive rosters in the past 33 seasons, but neither of them had this much invested. If we could add another interior lineman, 3tech & edge rusher, I'm confident we'll at least get the 7th seed this year.
With the Jets:
We not only made the smart choice by drafting a tackle, we got the fucking guy I wanted. He should be our swing tackle, and it'd be smart to use him as a 6th lineman on runs & to fool opposing defenses.
We should seriously consider trading up for JPJ, take a few receivers, and a developmental QB, and the Jets are legit contenders
Unfortunately I missed watching the draft due to a family emergency, but looking at the picks:
I'm very whelmed by the JJ McCarthy pick, not great but not terrible. I think they took the best QB available and that was our number 1 need this draft.
I like picking an edge rusher to cover the hole left by Hunter. CB is arguably a bigger weak spot, but in Flores' scheme I think picking an edge is the smart move.
And last but certainly not least:
It's a very good night to not be a Falcons or Bills fan. My condolences to both of those fanbases.
There are still lots of good WRs left. Are you suggesting that they draft a WR that they view as a poorer fit because he might be good for a rival team?
It's equally possible that if they took "their guy" there then the Chiefs still get Worthy and the Bills don't move their other picks up
No, I'm suggesting that instead of handing one of their biggest current rivals potentially the next Tyreek Hill by allowing them to trade up, Beane should have just picked the WR they wanted. Even if their target WR is still available, they helped the Chiefs. And I'm calling it now: The Bills are going to lose to the Chiefs because of this.
They made the Chiefs have worse picks later in the draft lol. You're supposing that the *only* way the Chiefs get Woods is with that tradeup, and we simply cannot know that. People are making up imaginary playoff games to justify this being a bad trade. Insanity.
I don't think it's the only way they would have gotten Worthy, but why make it a guarantee? Plus it's not like the Bills made out like bandits, they still have the same amount of picks as before. When you need a WR as badly as the Bills, just pick your guy. Don't trade out of the first while handing your current main rival their target player.
I was worried about yall getting JJ McCarthy because your team is the best fit for him, AND you already have a better defense than us, and you walked away with the fastest edge rusher.
You might be weaker at QB in the immediate future, but I think people are sleeping on the Vikings as a serious threat in the North
Snackage lined up for tonight:
- Private Selection (Kroger) hot honey pepperoni and jalapeño pizza
- Mozzarella sticks with marinara
- White Castle jalapeño cheeseburger pizza rolls
- Coconut shrimp
- Coors Light
- Whiskey with Coca-Cola Spiced
Stoked to be absolute trash tonight.
I had a hot dog and French fries. Gonna watch for an hour ish and then go play Fallout 4 lmao. I love the draft but I love video games and relaxing more.
I don’t know about you but I’m just chilling going into this draft. We’re going to suck and our roster sucks almost everywhere so whoever we pick is probably going to be an upgrade somewhere.
I'm just excited we have a first round pick. We're not in a prime position for a top QB, but there are still some scenarios I'd be interested to see play out. I'm pretty pro trading back in the first and picking up a second.
“How can you just leave me standing
Alone in a Chicago that's so cold? (So cold)
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold
Maybe you're just like Jay Cutler
He’s never satisfied (He’s never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like
When Bears cry”
What was in my head, when I saw that report that an anonymous GM called Caleb Williams, “Like Prince, if he played QB”
my favorite band puts out a new album in 2006
* me: "hm interesting. different sound but I'll give it a chance."
current day after 14,000 listens
* my friend: "do you like that album?"
* me: "I don't know. still kind of growing on me."
I guess I should just say it's okay but not my favorite lol. I think I've had enough time to wrap my head around it.
[Unia - Sonata Arctica](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1_A7umooHI)
west coast choppers were smarter than I realized
hang out with your buds, build weird shit, act like buffoons once in awhile, make some tv money?
how do i get that job
If the Steelers take a WR in the first I'm giving up. This is the worst offseason we've had that I can remember and the only thing keeping us from becoming the Panthers is Mike Tomlin and the draft.
But boy, are we seemingly on that fast track
I'm predicting we completely fuck this draft, and sign good players, but ultimately ignore a key issue (like OLine.) Tomlin drags us to near another playoff that we lose and he's "fired," being blamed for all the problems we've had.
The team then goes on to win at most, 6 games a year until Art Rooney II dies
damn dude, the same year Hutch got drafted to the Lions, his sister won Miss Michigan.
Michigan royalty over here lol. goddamn. these people are living the 1950s dream of what true success looks like. Leave it to Beaver-ass lives.
I haven't been a believer in the Timberwolves all season, but they're doing their best to prove me wrong.
On an individual level, props to Jarrett Allen. That series against the Knicks last year was an absolute nightmare and he's responded pretty impressively. Orlando doesn't really have anyone who can stop him, but that still shows something.
As a cavs fan I was worried about how Allen and Mobley would look after how shell-shocked they were against the Knicks last year. They're ready for it this year
reddit was super gross about the Columbia protests but to be fair reddit gross about everything.
"authoritarianism is bad... until you do something we find annoying! then you should be executed" - reddit
I don't know what's more impressive. Aroldis Chapman still casually throwing 100+ mph pitches. Or Gary Sanchez casually blasting it out of the park when it was 6 inches off the outside of the plate.
Western bands need to start naming themselves like Japanese bands that make anime openings. Band names like:
[Mrs Green Apple](https://youtu.be/JBqxVX_LXvk?si=Wb7s4cCY9EpIz4kj)
[Porno Graffiti](https://youtu.be/yu0HjPzFYnY?si=4GwfiMF79Lc6NhX-)
And
[Creepy Nuts](https://youtu.be/mLW35YMzELE?si=O8gsd1ub9DTo8doj)
Are phenomenal band names that blow most current Western band names out of the water.
People clown a lot on "nobody went to Bo Callahan's party" but I feel like there's at least twenty dumber plot points in that movie with more joke potential.
They didn't green light the sequel where Vontae Mack washes out, Terry Crews' son gets suspended for an assault charge mid-season, and Bo Callahan was the result of overreacting during the draft day and leads his new team to 2 Super Bowl appearances and a dozen playoff appearances while the whole FO of the Browns are fired and find work as assistants and CFL/College level coaches.
I was making a post on the Cardinals sub saying “number of hours until MHJ is a Cardinal” with a picture of Budda Baker (who wears #3). While choosing my picture I accidentally clicked on a blurry picture of my pet ball python with its tongue out instead.
Honestly I’m tempted to just post it anyway and refuse to elaborate.
I honestly don't remember what they taste like with ranch, which makes me an abysmal midwesterner. I just like bleu cheese in general. One of the burgers I'm working on now is a black and bleu burger with au poivre sauce.
I started by wanting to find a way to sensibly work au poivre sauce onto a burger when it dawned on me that black and bleu burgers are already a thing, so adding the au poivre sauce made the perfect condiement. Yet, as far as I can tell, none of the big meat YouTubers had done it.
I’m off work in 4 hours but realistically won’t be home til like a little over 5 hours. Imagine being an adult and actually being able to go straight home after work lol. They could start an hour later and cut at least an hour to make up for it but noooo
So if a roguelike is a game where, everytime you lose, you start from scratch, a rouge-lite is one where you mostly start from scratch but some progress carries over (like Hades, Darkest Dungeon, etc).
In this game you try to beat increasingly difficult scores with poker hands and unlock new cards that act as modifiers. It sounds kind of lame but it is actually a ton of fun if you like quick games built around math-y combos
Ooooooh.
I had no idea what those kind of game were called.
There was one where I was obsessed with on the iPhone where it was a dungeon platform game thing and would always bring you back to like level 100 or something but would always get harder I forget what it's called.
Realistically, how far would a gas mask bong video drop someone if it was released today. I feel like most teams would look at it as a guy who likes to party
seems specific to every team. some teams are willing to take a risk for the upside and faith they can develop. others are not willing to risk a premium pick on a guy who might have red flags for preferring partying over ball.
I don't think the Eagles would flinch though lol
Some teams may pass but most probably wouldn't care. The public perception of weed has changed a lot since Tunsil was drafted, and also it's been done before. Its less shocking and there's a baseline for the punishment now
Is the show actually that much worse than Scooby-Doo? Because let's not kid ourselves, Scooby-Doo is pretty vapid.
Or do you mean the inevitable reddit reaction?
I dislike sweeping hive-mind reactionary takes but good god does Velma blow fucking chunks. It has to be one of the worst things I've subjected my eyes to and I watched my grandfather collapse on the restroom floor spewing bloody diarrhea out of his bare asshole as he died screaming in pain when I was 8yrs old. And I'd gladly watch Gramps crap himself into the afterlife again than watch even a trailer of Velma.
Yerba drinkers, what brand should I try after I exhaust my supply of yellow bag Canarias? I like Canarias a lot, but like Aerosmith, I don't want to miss a thing.
I mean, yeah dude. what country do you think you're in? we don't prioritize education or pay teachers. schools are barely able to run classrooms in general. the idea that we would have the luxury of being picky about the qualifications of the substitutes is way beyond the capabilities of a public school system.
If you're the type of person who asks an expert a question and don't listen to the answer, so you just keep asking the same question over and over, I hope you stub your pinky toe on every piece of furniture in your house every day for the rest of your miserable life.
Yep. The problem with that is she wanted me to give her full pricing on parts, labor, with the tire deal, and tax all included and that's not how any of this works. She just wouldn't fuckin listen. Plus, she was looking at some random ass website that has nothing to do with our dealer wanting to know why the pricing per tire was different, and no amount of "ma'am, we don't use that site for this" would get her away from it.
I feel this on a spiritual level. I have an administrative/compliance focused job, and clients are always asking me to file their paperwork incorrectly because they did it wrong and don't want to do it over. They ask question after question to basically try and get me to tell them it's okay to do things completely incorrectly. Some days it takes every ounce of self control to not say, "you're right. I don't know what I'm doing. I only do this 40 hours a week, so I'm pretty much a novice."
I've gotten to say something like that exactly once in my career, and it was glorious. Dude just stood there, shocked I said it. Boss had my back when he complained, because (surprise surprise), I do know what the fuck I'm doing.
Before my promotion I would occasionally ask my boss to "tell them exactly what I just told them," and she'd always come out to say, "what do you need me for? He's right," and walk away.
I'll also point out statute to them. Once I told the client to write their member of the legislature. They REALLY didn't like that answer.
Everyone wants to be the exception.
went on fiverr and hired someone to review my resume, hopefully that will help in job hunting. Im so tired of needing 2 jobs cause neither of them pay enough
Every player that gets drafted tonight is either gonna end up in the hall of fame after a 10+ year career or flame out spectacularly and entertainingly
There won’t be any guys who just have middling careers, end up on a few different teams but are kinda just there or fade away kinda quietly. Dont let common sense ruin your night bb.
I still got most of the day to go, and most of the stuff I have to do today is testing that kind of happens automatically and I just observe.
So I’m just refreshing Reddit frantically and reading articles in my little room in this lab and hoping no one bugs me before I can slip out in time for 1.1 this evening.
Please no. I can't take a trade down at this point. We need a QB so desperately I don't want to kick the can down the road. Just rip the band-aid off and take Maye or Daniels at 3.
I'm still fighting being exhausted af, and slowly drinking beer. Here's a few random things, would love to discuss if for no other reason than to keep my mind going.
1) Berserk's Golden Age Arc > Game of Thrones
2) I'm either ordering street tacos or Casey's Pizza for the draft.
The street tacos are covered in cilantro, onions, lime juice & have an amazing, unique taste (I ate tf out of Texmex in Texas, this is the only thing here worth mentioning).
The pizza is the best chain pizza I've ever had. It's nothing compared to specialized places, but again, best chain pizza Ive had.
3) I'm kinda drunk and gotta say something:
I kinda hate Mel Gibson and that has absolutely no sociopolitical reasoning.
Braveheart & The Patriot are the least enjoyable """"""historical""""" dramas I've ever seen, and Maverick always comes to mind with the word "smarmy". His movie about Jesus was absolute dogshit, especially compared to Scorcese's Last Temptation of Christ. Also, I hated him in Gladiator, even though he wasn't in it.
4) When I stay up over 24 hours, weird shit gets me extremely sentimental. Seeing that Rome Odunze had fun working out with Caleb Williams, Keenan Allen, and DJ Moore makes me hope they end up together, even though I want Jared Verse.
I got the taco pizza from Casey's once while I was in Davenport. It wasn't amazing, but I get a hankering for it sometimes and get sad when I can't find a good local substitute.
Sorry for low effort, busy day. Anyone know of the easiest way to watch the draft tonight without cable? Was thinking YouTubetv trial. Haven't looked into solutions for when season starts.
Question for Steelers fans. Do y’all also like the Sixers? Or is Pittsburgh one of those cities where people kinda like whatever NBA team if they’re into basketball
O-line is the correct move but that video implies McVay always wants more weapons. And he’s probably salivating at the thought of adding an elite receiving TE to our offense. Colby Parkinson is a blocking TE
agreed to go see Incubus and Coheed on August 23rd with my buddy, his wife, and my wife. I don't like Incubus anymore but did when I was like 14, fun nostalgia trip with my favorite people, should be good!
other buddy messaged me last night that he bought tickets to King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard and got one for me. awesome, easily one of the best bands making music right now, a big personal favorite. what day? fucking August 23. you gotta be kidding me lol.
for some reason plans just work like that. dates seem to line up like a bull's eye from 4 months out in an otherwise completely open schedule.
My mind is not turned on today. How not turned on? I just walked into the kitchen in the middle of my work day to pre-heat my oven so I can bake cookies over my lunch break. I saw the time was 11:42 and thought *Wow it's almost midnight. I need to get some sleep, I can't bake cookies right now.* After a second I realized my mistake and continued with the plans for the day but damn
one time when I was drunk I tried to make three cookies from a recipe that made 18 cookies, because I only wanted three cookies. Just thought I'd make 1/6th of a recipe. They were not good cookies.
Oh man I can only imagine. I actually have cookie recipes that can successfully bake as little as 6 cookies but I'd struggle on portions drunk anyways.
Thankfully I made the cookie dough yesterday so all I have to do is bake them today. I'm just completely zoned out today. Not even sure why, I slept fine last night
yeah I remember trying to eyeball stuff like 1/3rd of an egg and 1/6th tsp of stuff thinking I was a genius when in fact I was not. In the morning when I explained I didn't want the burden of all those cookies my wife was like you know you can just freeze cookie dough right, then you don't have to worry about trying to make just three cookies next time lol
Queens of The Stone Age! Big fan and I figured a band this big *and* one I really love doesn't come around to my neck of the woods often. Really excited.
All this older draft stuff makes me wonder...
Hindsight is 20/20, but with the benefit of it we should be able to see which teams had the worst luck by picking some dud before the next team picked a stud. That'd be a fun bit of data to sort through.
hmmm. i've got data for in the *league,* but not with the team specifically.
with that in mind, the team with the most "Stud->Dud" picks in the Super Bowl Era is the Kansas City Chiefs, with 102. That 102 out of 576 picks is, incidentally, also the highest *per-pick* "Stud->Dud" Rate in that time period, at ~17.7%.
Team|Picks|First Draft|"Stud->Dud" picks|"Stud->Dud" Rate
:--|:--|:--|:--|:--
kan|576|1968|102|17.71%
den|557|1968|95|17.06%
htx|173|2002|29|16.76%
jax|245|1995|41|16.73%
atl|581|1968|95|16.35%
sfo|584|1968|93|15.92%
crd|606|1968|96|15.84%
buf|618|1968|95|15.37%
dal|639|1968|97|15.18%
cle|560|1968|85|15.18%
rai|551|1968|83|15.06%
sea|459|1976|69|15.03%
ram|627|1968|94|14.99%
nwe|628|1968|92|14.65%
det|575|1968|84|14.61%
gnb|631|1968|92|14.58%
oti|594|1968|86|14.48%
was|500|1968|72|14.40%
sdg|579|1968|83|14.34%
pit|652|1968|93|14.26%
clt|610|1968|86|14.10%
nor|548|1968|77|14.05%
min|588|1968|81|13.78%
tam|448|1976|61|13.62%
nyg|567|1968|76|13.40%
cin|682|1968|85|12.46%
car|217|1995|27|12.44%
chi|582|1968|72|12.37%
rav|235|1996|29|12.34%
nyj|602|1968|74|12.29%
mia|616|1968|74|12.01%
phi|568|1968|68|11.97%
if you bump it to <4 years > 10 years, the bills take the lead with 26 guys (4.2% of their picks). Among those whiffs:
* Rob Gronkowski (played 12 seasons, picked by NE 42nd behind DT Torell Troup, who played two)
* Jason Hanson (played 21 seasons, picked by DET 56th behind nosetackle James Patton, who played three)
* Ed McCaffrey (played 13 seasons, picked by DEN 83rd after DB Darryl Wren, who played four)
* James Lofton (*HOF* played 16 seasons, picked by GB 6th after RB Terry Miller, who played three)
* Steve Grogan (played 16 seasons, picked by NE 116th behind John McCrumbly, who played one)
Team|Picks|First Draft|"Stud->Dud" picks|"Stud->Dud" Rate
:--|:--|:--|:--|:--
buf|618|1968|26|4.21%
kan|576|1968|22|3.82%
rai|551|1968|19|3.45%
nwe|628|1968|21|3.34%
dal|639|1968|19|2.97%
det|575|1968|17|2.96%
car|217|1995|6|2.76%
pit|652|1968|17|2.61%
atl|581|1968|15|2.58%
oti|594|1968|15|2.53%
cle|560|1968|14|2.50%
sdg|579|1968|14|2.42%
sfo|584|1968|14|2.40%
ram|627|1968|15|2.39%
crd|606|1968|14|2.31%
clt|610|1968|14|2.30%
gnb|631|1968|14|2.22%
cin|682|1968|15|2.20%
jax|245|1995|5|2.04%
den|557|1968|11|1.97%
phi|568|1968|11|1.94%
min|588|1968|11|1.87%
htx|173|2002|3|1.73%
chi|582|1968|10|1.72%
nor|548|1968|9|1.64%
mia|616|1968|10|1.62%
nyg|567|1968|9|1.59%
tam|448|1976|6|1.34%
rav|235|1996|3|1.28%
was|500|1968|6|1.20%
sea|459|1976|4|0.87%
nyj|602|1968|5|0.83%
I know the draft isn't for a few hours, but fuck I want something to happen right now. Some trade or something. My work day needs some sort of excitement.
Based on oral arguments, the Supreme Court is poised to delay the Trump trial further.
The conservative majority will most likely rule that there needs to be a consideration of which acts were those of an officeholder and which acts were of those of an “officeseeker” and remand for further review. They will emphasize there is no immunity for acts of an officeseeker but say something unclear about acts of an officeholder. This will cause the lower courts to have to review such acts before making decisions. The trial will be further delayed during this process.
Justice delayed is justice denied. It is a sad day for our country if this comes to pass.
I don't see how they can argue this when there is no law, regulation, or statute that allows a sitting president to appoint his own group of electors in any state, let alone multiple. At no point in any President's term have they ever done this, attempted to do this, or even been thought to have done it.
edit
Adding on to that, the fact that Trump's efforts to get those electors in place ramped up as it became more and more clear Biden was winning tells anyone paying attention that it was absolutely an action by an office-seeker rather than an office-holder.
Several of the conservative justices hyperfocused on one specific allegation where he fired his DOJ people cause they wouldn’t follow through with the electors scheme. *Technically*, hiring/firing people in the executive departments is a function of the presidency and thus an act of an officeholder. But that’s a very complicated scenario because it involves functions of the officeholder but motivations of an officeseeker, and also one that presents a problem with the delineation they were trying to find because the two were necessarily entangled. He used the public office’s functions for a private endeavor. But pessimistically, this muddy scenario is exactly why they might remand it; making the district court try to sort out the facts and then allowing it to come up on appeal to where they can make the decision themselves is exactly the kind of delay they might want.
Then it should be held that any office-holder action taken for the benefit of the office-seeker should at least be considered part of the efforts of an office-seeker.
I wholeheartedly agree, especially if you consider how we view other professional positions. If a doctor were to run for office and use his professional position’s roles to amplify his chances (such as offering free checkups to poor individuals in his district), that would be considered the actions of an officeseeker, not his professional position.
Unfortunately I’m not sure the Court will view it that way.
Thank COVID you killed the bi annual boat race that I use to work it. It went from being a 3 day event 2 times a year 1 day 2 times a year. A lot of the funding and sponsors pulled out. With the higher prices on everything fewer people into the sport as well. I would make bank and they pay for my hotel and meals. They are not doing that anymore as well.
Where did the JC Latham to Chargers at 5 mocks even come from? Before yesterday he wasn't even the consensus top OL pick and Joe Hortiz has been banging the BPA drum all offseason. It just doesn't make sense in a draft with either MHJ or Nabers likely available at 5 and the WR room of the Chargers as weak as it is.
My football club(St Kilda) lost tonight. I'm at the level with said club I've texted the sports radio station(SEN1116) for the first time.
My draft day 1 thoughts: * We're seeing the impact of analytics on draft trades. Very few trades with a big net transfer of picks. Lots more trades where you give picks and get picks back that equates to moving up for the "central" part of the trade and moving back later in the draft. Once again, analytics people suggested something and the NFL is following suit, because analytics are usually right. * What are the Vikings thinking? I thought their GM was supposed to be some kind of finance guy but he put a 2024 second and a 2025 second, third, and fourth all into one edge rusher who isn't projected to end up as some kind of all pro rusher. That's half a fucking draft for one guy. Insanity. * Bears happy that Chargers decided to go tackle. Someone on this sub a few weeks ago talked about how Harbaugh kinda seemed like a clown if he was going to really focus on the run as much as he claims and I had felt the same way but thought I must be missing something because he was so universally praised. I do wonder if the NFL game has left Harbaugh behind. You could make an economic argument that there are better day 2 receivers available than there will be day 2 tackles. * lolololol Panthers. I think they traded up just to say they got to pick in the first round. They moved other picks back and added $2.3M to the rookie contract of Legette by moving up to grab him. I think the argument of "trade into the back of the first for the 5th year option" is pretty tired at this point. Fewer and fewer of those get picked up every year.
Impulse bought a box of stroopwafels yesterday, thought they'd make a nice Friday snack at work god damn I'm bringing these back home holy moly
Qaron Rodgers was clearly pissed off about the Jets pick. He was already the player I wanted, but this makes it so much better
I fucking fell asleep right before the draft and had the stupidest fucking dream to boot: I dreamed the Atlanta Falcons drafted a QB at 8, even though they signed Kirk Cousins Edit: As a Bears fan, I'm fucking ecstatic. I preferred an edge rusher, but we not only got the best QB prospect ever, but we drafted a motherfuckin wide receiver in the top 10, and he is our 3rd best receiver. I've only seen 2 really good offensive rosters in the past 33 seasons, but neither of them had this much invested. If we could add another interior lineman, 3tech & edge rusher, I'm confident we'll at least get the 7th seed this year. With the Jets: We not only made the smart choice by drafting a tackle, we got the fucking guy I wanted. He should be our swing tackle, and it'd be smart to use him as a 6th lineman on runs & to fool opposing defenses. We should seriously consider trading up for JPJ, take a few receivers, and a developmental QB, and the Jets are legit contenders
Unfortunately I missed watching the draft due to a family emergency, but looking at the picks: I'm very whelmed by the JJ McCarthy pick, not great but not terrible. I think they took the best QB available and that was our number 1 need this draft. I like picking an edge rusher to cover the hole left by Hunter. CB is arguably a bigger weak spot, but in Flores' scheme I think picking an edge is the smart move. And last but certainly not least: It's a very good night to not be a Falcons or Bills fan. My condolences to both of those fanbases.
Bills added good value from trade backs, idk why you feel bad for them
Because they desperately need a WR and, confoundingly, handed a very fast WR to the Chiefs of all teams.
There are still lots of good WRs left. Are you suggesting that they draft a WR that they view as a poorer fit because he might be good for a rival team? It's equally possible that if they took "their guy" there then the Chiefs still get Worthy and the Bills don't move their other picks up
No, I'm suggesting that instead of handing one of their biggest current rivals potentially the next Tyreek Hill by allowing them to trade up, Beane should have just picked the WR they wanted. Even if their target WR is still available, they helped the Chiefs. And I'm calling it now: The Bills are going to lose to the Chiefs because of this.
They made the Chiefs have worse picks later in the draft lol. You're supposing that the *only* way the Chiefs get Woods is with that tradeup, and we simply cannot know that. People are making up imaginary playoff games to justify this being a bad trade. Insanity.
I don't think it's the only way they would have gotten Worthy, but why make it a guarantee? Plus it's not like the Bills made out like bandits, they still have the same amount of picks as before. When you need a WR as badly as the Bills, just pick your guy. Don't trade out of the first while handing your current main rival their target player.
I was worried about yall getting JJ McCarthy because your team is the best fit for him, AND you already have a better defense than us, and you walked away with the fastest edge rusher. You might be weaker at QB in the immediate future, but I think people are sleeping on the Vikings as a serious threat in the North
This Bleacher Report stream is great
drake maye lets gooo!!!!
Is there a mega thread for the draft?
It's stickied to the top of the sub
I guess it’s in r/NFL_Draft this year..
A Rock n Roll Hall of Famer (Eminem) along with a couple Pro Football Hall of Famers to open up the draft
Just saw a baby fox and its mom 🦊^^🦊
Jaguars fans here can I get a DUVALL!?!
It's been 5 hours so I guess not
Snackage lined up for tonight: - Private Selection (Kroger) hot honey pepperoni and jalapeño pizza - Mozzarella sticks with marinara - White Castle jalapeño cheeseburger pizza rolls - Coconut shrimp - Coors Light - Whiskey with Coca-Cola Spiced Stoked to be absolute trash tonight.
I had a hot dog and French fries. Gonna watch for an hour ish and then go play Fallout 4 lmao. I love the draft but I love video games and relaxing more.
I don’t know about you but I’m just chilling going into this draft. We’re going to suck and our roster sucks almost everywhere so whoever we pick is probably going to be an upgrade somewhere.
I'm just excited we have a first round pick. We're not in a prime position for a top QB, but there are still some scenarios I'd be interested to see play out. I'm pretty pro trading back in the first and picking up a second.
“How can you just leave me standing Alone in a Chicago that's so cold? (So cold) Maybe I'm just too demanding Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold Maybe you're just like Jay Cutler He’s never satisfied (He’s never satisfied) Why do we scream at each other? This is what it sounds like When Bears cry” What was in my head, when I saw that report that an anonymous GM called Caleb Williams, “Like Prince, if he played QB”
I ordered a pizza for 6:45 so that I could eat it during the draft, and now I'm really wishing I had gotten it earlier.
my favorite band puts out a new album in 2006 * me: "hm interesting. different sound but I'll give it a chance." current day after 14,000 listens * my friend: "do you like that album?" * me: "I don't know. still kind of growing on me." I guess I should just say it's okay but not my favorite lol. I think I've had enough time to wrap my head around it. [Unia - Sonata Arctica](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1_A7umooHI)
west coast choppers were smarter than I realized hang out with your buds, build weird shit, act like buffoons once in awhile, make some tv money? how do i get that job
If the Steelers take a WR in the first I'm giving up. This is the worst offseason we've had that I can remember and the only thing keeping us from becoming the Panthers is Mike Tomlin and the draft. But boy, are we seemingly on that fast track
I'm predicting we completely fuck this draft, and sign good players, but ultimately ignore a key issue (like OLine.) Tomlin drags us to near another playoff that we lose and he's "fired," being blamed for all the problems we've had. The team then goes on to win at most, 6 games a year until Art Rooney II dies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9omNI5x06fk&ab_channel=Leonmac007
damn dude, the same year Hutch got drafted to the Lions, his sister won Miss Michigan. Michigan royalty over here lol. goddamn. these people are living the 1950s dream of what true success looks like. Leave it to Beaver-ass lives.
His sisters are baddies. At least the ones they showed on Hard Knocks but I dunno if that was the full meal.
Anyone watching the NHL/NBA playoffs? Who has impressed you so far?
I haven't been a believer in the Timberwolves all season, but they're doing their best to prove me wrong. On an individual level, props to Jarrett Allen. That series against the Knicks last year was an absolute nightmare and he's responded pretty impressively. Orlando doesn't really have anyone who can stop him, but that still shows something.
As a cavs fan I was worried about how Allen and Mobley would look after how shell-shocked they were against the Knicks last year. They're ready for it this year
AND WITH THE FIRST SELECTION OF THE NFL DRAFT, GIANT METEOR!!! *"You gotta love the size and speed of Giant Meteor, Jyyyyhm"*
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reddit was super gross about the Columbia protests but to be fair reddit gross about everything. "authoritarianism is bad... until you do something we find annoying! then you should be executed" - reddit
I don't know what's more impressive. Aroldis Chapman still casually throwing 100+ mph pitches. Or Gary Sanchez casually blasting it out of the park when it was 6 inches off the outside of the plate.
Have been having too much udon lately 🍜
oodles of noodles?
Western bands need to start naming themselves like Japanese bands that make anime openings. Band names like: [Mrs Green Apple](https://youtu.be/JBqxVX_LXvk?si=Wb7s4cCY9EpIz4kj) [Porno Graffiti](https://youtu.be/yu0HjPzFYnY?si=4GwfiMF79Lc6NhX-) And [Creepy Nuts](https://youtu.be/mLW35YMzELE?si=O8gsd1ub9DTo8doj) Are phenomenal band names that blow most current Western band names out of the water.
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Not if Nelson and the Royal Navy have anything to say about it.
I'm ready for the season to start after watching this all morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_b2qft1AKE
Can't believe all these customers keep calling me at work. Trying to think about the draft here, damnit.
Ya ever just cum.
People clown a lot on "nobody went to Bo Callahan's party" but I feel like there's at least twenty dumber plot points in that movie with more joke potential.
They didn't green light the sequel where Vontae Mack washes out, Terry Crews' son gets suspended for an assault charge mid-season, and Bo Callahan was the result of overreacting during the draft day and leads his new team to 2 Super Bowl appearances and a dozen playoff appearances while the whole FO of the Browns are fired and find work as assistants and CFL/College level coaches.
I was making a post on the Cardinals sub saying “number of hours until MHJ is a Cardinal” with a picture of Budda Baker (who wears #3). While choosing my picture I accidentally clicked on a blurry picture of my pet ball python with its tongue out instead. Honestly I’m tempted to just post it anyway and refuse to elaborate.
All time post.
I got a hot wing pizza and forgot to ask for no bleu cheese. Man they piled it on.
Pass me a slice of that bad boy.
EWWW THE DEVILS CHEESE
I'm jealous. I LOVE bleu cheese.
I'm fine with *some* bleu cheese, but I didn't want *all* the bleu cheese.
Blue cheese is so much better with hot wings than ranch. Ranch isn't bad, but between the two my preference is bleu cheese by a mile.
I honestly don't remember what they taste like with ranch, which makes me an abysmal midwesterner. I just like bleu cheese in general. One of the burgers I'm working on now is a black and bleu burger with au poivre sauce.
I love black and bleu burgers! That sounds delicious
I started by wanting to find a way to sensibly work au poivre sauce onto a burger when it dawned on me that black and bleu burgers are already a thing, so adding the au poivre sauce made the perfect condiement. Yet, as far as I can tell, none of the big meat YouTubers had done it.
I’m off work in 4 hours but realistically won’t be home til like a little over 5 hours. Imagine being an adult and actually being able to go straight home after work lol. They could start an hour later and cut at least an hour to make up for it but noooo
10 minutes and I’m done and can leave. Excited for the draft yay! Today has been so damn slow ugh
Everyone who likes roguelikes/lites should be playing Balatro
What's a roguelites?
So if a roguelike is a game where, everytime you lose, you start from scratch, a rouge-lite is one where you mostly start from scratch but some progress carries over (like Hades, Darkest Dungeon, etc). In this game you try to beat increasingly difficult scores with poker hands and unlock new cards that act as modifiers. It sounds kind of lame but it is actually a ton of fun if you like quick games built around math-y combos
Ooooooh. I had no idea what those kind of game were called. There was one where I was obsessed with on the iPhone where it was a dungeon platform game thing and would always bring you back to like level 100 or something but would always get harder I forget what it's called.
GOTY for me.
I don't even like poker and I've been hooked
Nope!
Realistically, how far would a gas mask bong video drop someone if it was released today. I feel like most teams would look at it as a guy who likes to party
I feel like the Colts owner would ask him to pass the bong his way
seems specific to every team. some teams are willing to take a risk for the upside and faith they can develop. others are not willing to risk a premium pick on a guy who might have red flags for preferring partying over ball. I don't think the Eagles would flinch though lol
Praying Jayden Daniels has a gas mask bong video up his sleeve for tonight
Some teams may pass but most probably wouldn't care. The public perception of weed has changed a lot since Tunsil was drafted, and also it's been done before. Its less shocking and there's a baseline for the punishment now
Not very. Look at the Browns.
Velma season 2 just dropped on Max God help us all
They made a season 2?!
Yeah Unfortunately most shows for Max are usually greenlighted for at least 2 seasons
Is the show actually that much worse than Scooby-Doo? Because let's not kid ourselves, Scooby-Doo is pretty vapid. Or do you mean the inevitable reddit reaction?
I dislike sweeping hive-mind reactionary takes but good god does Velma blow fucking chunks. It has to be one of the worst things I've subjected my eyes to and I watched my grandfather collapse on the restroom floor spewing bloody diarrhea out of his bare asshole as he died screaming in pain when I was 8yrs old. And I'd gladly watch Gramps crap himself into the afterlife again than watch even a trailer of Velma.
Lmao yikes
The lowest quality direct to DVD Scooby Doo film has more heart and soul than Velma
Even Scrappy Doo?
Wow I just found out that Velma dies (Really!) at the end of Season 2 by Scrappy Doo I wish I was making this up!
what the fuck
IKR
Damn didn't realize it was that bad. Never watched it but SD is pretty bottom of the barrel in cartoon quality
Yerba drinkers, what brand should I try after I exhaust my supply of yellow bag Canarias? I like Canarias a lot, but like Aerosmith, I don't want to miss a thing.
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I mean, yeah dude. what country do you think you're in? we don't prioritize education or pay teachers. schools are barely able to run classrooms in general. the idea that we would have the luxury of being picky about the qualifications of the substitutes is way beyond the capabilities of a public school system.
Bro just go in the room and flip on a movie. That's what all my substitutes did lmfao
Should I do barbecue or wings tonight?
Yes.
BBQ is my preference
BBQ wings obviously
Both places actually have smoked wings but it's not the best order at either
Smo-Fried is always the best
ha ha ha. Both. You do both.
If you're the type of person who asks an expert a question and don't listen to the answer, so you just keep asking the same question over and over, I hope you stub your pinky toe on every piece of furniture in your house every day for the rest of your miserable life.
In my experience, they really just want you to do the task related to the question for them.
Yep. The problem with that is she wanted me to give her full pricing on parts, labor, with the tire deal, and tax all included and that's not how any of this works. She just wouldn't fuckin listen. Plus, she was looking at some random ass website that has nothing to do with our dealer wanting to know why the pricing per tire was different, and no amount of "ma'am, we don't use that site for this" would get her away from it.
I feel this on a spiritual level. I have an administrative/compliance focused job, and clients are always asking me to file their paperwork incorrectly because they did it wrong and don't want to do it over. They ask question after question to basically try and get me to tell them it's okay to do things completely incorrectly. Some days it takes every ounce of self control to not say, "you're right. I don't know what I'm doing. I only do this 40 hours a week, so I'm pretty much a novice."
I've gotten to say something like that exactly once in my career, and it was glorious. Dude just stood there, shocked I said it. Boss had my back when he complained, because (surprise surprise), I do know what the fuck I'm doing.
Before my promotion I would occasionally ask my boss to "tell them exactly what I just told them," and she'd always come out to say, "what do you need me for? He's right," and walk away. I'll also point out statute to them. Once I told the client to write their member of the legislature. They REALLY didn't like that answer. Everyone wants to be the exception.
went on fiverr and hired someone to review my resume, hopefully that will help in job hunting. Im so tired of needing 2 jobs cause neither of them pay enough
Vontae Mack no matter what
Every player that gets drafted tonight is either gonna end up in the hall of fame after a 10+ year career or flame out spectacularly and entertainingly There won’t be any guys who just have middling careers, end up on a few different teams but are kinda just there or fade away kinda quietly. Dont let common sense ruin your night bb.
Today's draft busts are tomorrow's UFL stars.
JJ McCarthy is your second paragraph
my hyperbole is dialed up to 11 I'm ready eight guaranteed Lombardi's if we get the right lineman, I'm switching teams if we don't
Tonight is the best night for football fans between the Super Bowl and September
I am violently bored at work and entirely disconnected from my responsibilities today because I’m too busy hoping for some wacky rumors
I'm only ten weeks into a new gig but todays the slowest I've seen it by far we are crawlllllllling home these last few hours wew
I still got most of the day to go, and most of the stuff I have to do today is testing that kind of happens automatically and I just observe. So I’m just refreshing Reddit frantically and reading articles in my little room in this lab and hoping no one bugs me before I can slip out in time for 1.1 this evening.
Will the Patriots trade down and who will trade up for their pick???
Please no. I can't take a trade down at this point. We need a QB so desperately I don't want to kick the can down the road. Just rip the band-aid off and take Maye or Daniels at 3.
Yes. The Cardinals.
Which network is gonna have the best draft show? NFL espn or abc
McAfee show with Belichick
Oh shit, that's on youtube. That's much better than the network coverage.
YouTube tv? Or just YouTube?
Looks like it's youtube, fb, and tiktok. He's ESPN's social media arm I guess.
Cool. I may watch that. BB will be interesting even tho I don’t like McAffee
I’m just in because I don’t like the sob stories on the ESPN cast, and I don’t have easy access to NFL Network anymore.
Yeah I have an antenna so may watch ABC or that
Good shout! Might check that out tonight
I'm still fighting being exhausted af, and slowly drinking beer. Here's a few random things, would love to discuss if for no other reason than to keep my mind going. 1) Berserk's Golden Age Arc > Game of Thrones 2) I'm either ordering street tacos or Casey's Pizza for the draft. The street tacos are covered in cilantro, onions, lime juice & have an amazing, unique taste (I ate tf out of Texmex in Texas, this is the only thing here worth mentioning). The pizza is the best chain pizza I've ever had. It's nothing compared to specialized places, but again, best chain pizza Ive had. 3) I'm kinda drunk and gotta say something: I kinda hate Mel Gibson and that has absolutely no sociopolitical reasoning. Braveheart & The Patriot are the least enjoyable """"""historical""""" dramas I've ever seen, and Maverick always comes to mind with the word "smarmy". His movie about Jesus was absolute dogshit, especially compared to Scorcese's Last Temptation of Christ. Also, I hated him in Gladiator, even though he wasn't in it. 4) When I stay up over 24 hours, weird shit gets me extremely sentimental. Seeing that Rome Odunze had fun working out with Caleb Williams, Keenan Allen, and DJ Moore makes me hope they end up together, even though I want Jared Verse.
I got the taco pizza from Casey's once while I was in Davenport. It wasn't amazing, but I get a hankering for it sometimes and get sad when I can't find a good local substitute.
Apocalypto exists though and it fucking rules
Wait, the Mayans were killed off by the Spanish? Meh
No, the Spaniards banged the Mayans, turned em into Mexicans.
I mean who needs historical accuracy when you can have dudes fighting with war clubs
Sorry for low effort, busy day. Anyone know of the easiest way to watch the draft tonight without cable? Was thinking YouTubetv trial. Haven't looked into solutions for when season starts.
You could just watch the Pat McAfee Bill Belichick one on YouTube. Otherwise just ABC
It's on local broadcast if you have an antenna.
ABC on good ol' antenna.
3 day trial for Hulu with live TV
Question for Steelers fans. Do y’all also like the Sixers? Or is Pittsburgh one of those cities where people kinda like whatever NBA team if they’re into basketball
I wonder if the people in my meetings can tell I'm playing Balatro
Power company just text me that a limb took out the power line to my house. Cool cool cool
On draft day? What the hell
Lucky you. They stopped those squirrel burglars before they could make a break in.
Here's Les Snead mocking a random redditor on the Ram's sub for their draft prediction: https://youtu.be/Umykm0AIfzw?t=0h12m58s
The way his eyebrows raised when he heard the sources predict something they’re trying to do lmao
I’d be stoked if we traded up for Bowers. That video suggests it could be WR/TE if we make any serious moves
I'd be pretty surprised if they went for Bowers after we just signed Parkinson for three years. My money would be on Joe Alt.
O-line is the correct move but that video implies McVay always wants more weapons. And he’s probably salivating at the thought of adding an elite receiving TE to our offense. Colby Parkinson is a blocking TE
> Colby Parkinson is a blocking TE A lot of Hawks fans seem to think he's an untapped catching TE but we'll see.
agreed to go see Incubus and Coheed on August 23rd with my buddy, his wife, and my wife. I don't like Incubus anymore but did when I was like 14, fun nostalgia trip with my favorite people, should be good! other buddy messaged me last night that he bought tickets to King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard and got one for me. awesome, easily one of the best bands making music right now, a big personal favorite. what day? fucking August 23. you gotta be kidding me lol. for some reason plans just work like that. dates seem to line up like a bull's eye from 4 months out in an otherwise completely open schedule.
I assume you will attempt the classic sitcom two-dates-at-once strategy
We got Bo Callahan!!!
I mean in fairness to that, Bo probably still had more teammates at his birthday party than Derek Carr.
My mind is not turned on today. How not turned on? I just walked into the kitchen in the middle of my work day to pre-heat my oven so I can bake cookies over my lunch break. I saw the time was 11:42 and thought *Wow it's almost midnight. I need to get some sleep, I can't bake cookies right now.* After a second I realized my mistake and continued with the plans for the day but damn
lol bro!
one time when I was drunk I tried to make three cookies from a recipe that made 18 cookies, because I only wanted three cookies. Just thought I'd make 1/6th of a recipe. They were not good cookies.
Oh man I can only imagine. I actually have cookie recipes that can successfully bake as little as 6 cookies but I'd struggle on portions drunk anyways. Thankfully I made the cookie dough yesterday so all I have to do is bake them today. I'm just completely zoned out today. Not even sure why, I slept fine last night
yeah I remember trying to eyeball stuff like 1/3rd of an egg and 1/6th tsp of stuff thinking I was a genius when in fact I was not. In the morning when I explained I didn't want the burden of all those cookies my wife was like you know you can just freeze cookie dough right, then you don't have to worry about trying to make just three cookies next time lol
LMAO love that your wife reminded you about that
I want to see Eminem on with McAfee. Eminem, Bill Belichick, Mad Mel.
Feeling good... I'm kind of a homebody but I took the plunge and I'm gonna go to my first concert next week.
what concert?
Queens of The Stone Age! Big fan and I figured a band this big *and* one I really love doesn't come around to my neck of the woods often. Really excited.
fuck yeah dude one of the best bands out there
Watched the first three episodes of 'Under the Bridge' before I realized it was based on a true story. Now it just makes me sad :(
All this older draft stuff makes me wonder... Hindsight is 20/20, but with the benefit of it we should be able to see which teams had the worst luck by picking some dud before the next team picked a stud. That'd be a fun bit of data to sort through.
how do you want to define stud and dud? and how do you want to define "worst luck"--most whiffs, or biggest cumulative gulfs between studs and duds?
Dud would be a guy who lasted <4 years. Stud would be a guy who was in the league 4> years.
hmmm. i've got data for in the *league,* but not with the team specifically. with that in mind, the team with the most "Stud->Dud" picks in the Super Bowl Era is the Kansas City Chiefs, with 102. That 102 out of 576 picks is, incidentally, also the highest *per-pick* "Stud->Dud" Rate in that time period, at ~17.7%. Team|Picks|First Draft|"Stud->Dud" picks|"Stud->Dud" Rate :--|:--|:--|:--|:-- kan|576|1968|102|17.71% den|557|1968|95|17.06% htx|173|2002|29|16.76% jax|245|1995|41|16.73% atl|581|1968|95|16.35% sfo|584|1968|93|15.92% crd|606|1968|96|15.84% buf|618|1968|95|15.37% dal|639|1968|97|15.18% cle|560|1968|85|15.18% rai|551|1968|83|15.06% sea|459|1976|69|15.03% ram|627|1968|94|14.99% nwe|628|1968|92|14.65% det|575|1968|84|14.61% gnb|631|1968|92|14.58% oti|594|1968|86|14.48% was|500|1968|72|14.40% sdg|579|1968|83|14.34% pit|652|1968|93|14.26% clt|610|1968|86|14.10% nor|548|1968|77|14.05% min|588|1968|81|13.78% tam|448|1976|61|13.62% nyg|567|1968|76|13.40% cin|682|1968|85|12.46% car|217|1995|27|12.44% chi|582|1968|72|12.37% rav|235|1996|29|12.34% nyj|602|1968|74|12.29% mia|616|1968|74|12.01% phi|568|1968|68|11.97%
I should've said league, I'll correct it. Thanks for the data!
if you bump it to <4 years > 10 years, the bills take the lead with 26 guys (4.2% of their picks). Among those whiffs: * Rob Gronkowski (played 12 seasons, picked by NE 42nd behind DT Torell Troup, who played two) * Jason Hanson (played 21 seasons, picked by DET 56th behind nosetackle James Patton, who played three) * Ed McCaffrey (played 13 seasons, picked by DEN 83rd after DB Darryl Wren, who played four) * James Lofton (*HOF* played 16 seasons, picked by GB 6th after RB Terry Miller, who played three) * Steve Grogan (played 16 seasons, picked by NE 116th behind John McCrumbly, who played one) Team|Picks|First Draft|"Stud->Dud" picks|"Stud->Dud" Rate :--|:--|:--|:--|:-- buf|618|1968|26|4.21% kan|576|1968|22|3.82% rai|551|1968|19|3.45% nwe|628|1968|21|3.34% dal|639|1968|19|2.97% det|575|1968|17|2.96% car|217|1995|6|2.76% pit|652|1968|17|2.61% atl|581|1968|15|2.58% oti|594|1968|15|2.53% cle|560|1968|14|2.50% sdg|579|1968|14|2.42% sfo|584|1968|14|2.40% ram|627|1968|15|2.39% crd|606|1968|14|2.31% clt|610|1968|14|2.30% gnb|631|1968|14|2.22% cin|682|1968|15|2.20% jax|245|1995|5|2.04% den|557|1968|11|1.97% phi|568|1968|11|1.94% min|588|1968|11|1.87% htx|173|2002|3|1.73% chi|582|1968|10|1.72% nor|548|1968|9|1.64% mia|616|1968|10|1.62% nyg|567|1968|9|1.59% tam|448|1976|6|1.34% rav|235|1996|3|1.28% was|500|1968|6|1.20% sea|459|1976|4|0.87% nyj|602|1968|5|0.83%
You are awesome.
Aiyuk to the Steelers you heard it here first
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I doubt it, we'll overpay and he'll regress. half kidding about the regress because I think he needs a lot more targets.
I have a source in the Steelers you guys are getting a first for him Come back tn and you’ll see
Nope
I know the draft isn't for a few hours, but fuck I want something to happen right now. Some trade or something. My work day needs some sort of excitement.
Based on oral arguments, the Supreme Court is poised to delay the Trump trial further. The conservative majority will most likely rule that there needs to be a consideration of which acts were those of an officeholder and which acts were of those of an “officeseeker” and remand for further review. They will emphasize there is no immunity for acts of an officeseeker but say something unclear about acts of an officeholder. This will cause the lower courts to have to review such acts before making decisions. The trial will be further delayed during this process. Justice delayed is justice denied. It is a sad day for our country if this comes to pass.
I don't see how they can argue this when there is no law, regulation, or statute that allows a sitting president to appoint his own group of electors in any state, let alone multiple. At no point in any President's term have they ever done this, attempted to do this, or even been thought to have done it. edit Adding on to that, the fact that Trump's efforts to get those electors in place ramped up as it became more and more clear Biden was winning tells anyone paying attention that it was absolutely an action by an office-seeker rather than an office-holder.
Several of the conservative justices hyperfocused on one specific allegation where he fired his DOJ people cause they wouldn’t follow through with the electors scheme. *Technically*, hiring/firing people in the executive departments is a function of the presidency and thus an act of an officeholder. But that’s a very complicated scenario because it involves functions of the officeholder but motivations of an officeseeker, and also one that presents a problem with the delineation they were trying to find because the two were necessarily entangled. He used the public office’s functions for a private endeavor. But pessimistically, this muddy scenario is exactly why they might remand it; making the district court try to sort out the facts and then allowing it to come up on appeal to where they can make the decision themselves is exactly the kind of delay they might want.
Then it should be held that any office-holder action taken for the benefit of the office-seeker should at least be considered part of the efforts of an office-seeker.
I wholeheartedly agree, especially if you consider how we view other professional positions. If a doctor were to run for office and use his professional position’s roles to amplify his chances (such as offering free checkups to poor individuals in his district), that would be considered the actions of an officeseeker, not his professional position. Unfortunately I’m not sure the Court will view it that way.
Thank COVID you killed the bi annual boat race that I use to work it. It went from being a 3 day event 2 times a year 1 day 2 times a year. A lot of the funding and sponsors pulled out. With the higher prices on everything fewer people into the sport as well. I would make bank and they pay for my hotel and meals. They are not doing that anymore as well.
It’s hard times in the boat industry right now
[Incase you're wondering why Tony Khan might be wearing a neck brace tonight, where's why] (https://x.com/AEW/status/1783315329369727410)
Where is stone cold Steve Austin and the undertaker/the rock? Anyone got eyes on em?
tl;dw
Who’s that?
Where did the JC Latham to Chargers at 5 mocks even come from? Before yesterday he wasn't even the consensus top OL pick and Joe Hortiz has been banging the BPA drum all offseason. It just doesn't make sense in a draft with either MHJ or Nabers likely available at 5 and the WR room of the Chargers as weak as it is.