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I've been critical of Beane's drafting for a while. Can we even call those three successes? Both are solid rotational DLinemen, but neither was a home run. He's done decent down the draft board, and I know they've drafted late which makes it tougher, but he hasn't really hit on anyone in the first round besides Allen and, arguably, Edmunds. I am hopeful for Kincaid, though.

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Take a break, even a long one. Easy to get burnt out. We bought a house in Feb. '21 and ended up with a nearly whole-home renovation job; by November I was cooked. We took December off entirely and then I felt like I could finally get back to it.

Yep, Allen was a lotto ticket with low odds that paid out.

Happy with that Torrence pick, thats a nice grab that far down.

When we were in the middle of our remodel in '21 and '22 the kitchen was the last thing "done" (not that anything is done yet). We had what we called the 'refugee kitchen' set up in the one bedroom that had a microwave and a toaster oven. The fridge was plugged in in the living room. I do not miss those days, haha.

If I never do another Jager Bomb in my life it will be too soon.

I never know what to do with Edmunds. Fans hate him, pundits love him, and I don't know enough about coverages and football tactics to know which is real. I think he did more than people will realize, taking up space in lanes and being a problem for QBs which doesn't always show up in stats or highlights. LB stats are always a little weird anyways; their role means they get a lot of tackles which sound good, but it counts whether the tackle is after 2 yards or 12. Paul Pozluzny lead the league in tackles one year. I think the story with Edmunds will probably end up being that we'll miss him more than we expected. Whether he's worth the money he got in FA will always be a discussion without a great answer, both here AND in Chicago.

Yup, just got a similar quote, Cape Cod in Kenmore, house and garage, full tear off, soffit and gutter replacemnt, a few windows. 75K. And that was without the materials.

On loan. Only matters because they can bring him back without "recalling" him I think.

I'm the opposite of some of this, I actually think the problem is that they NEED the energy of the crowd right now. On the road they can get that energy from keeping them quiet or getting booed, at home they need the cheers and chants to keep the vibes going. I was at that CBJ game. Team looked flat the whole time. Coming out in the third there the crowd starting getting into it BEFORE they scored (I will point exclusively to this 8 yo kid who was dancing on the Jumbotron getting the crowd going. Seriously.). Once the crowd was going, they started going. They're young, I think they need that little extra bit of motivation to get their legs going. Its why they score a million goals every black and red game; that crowd is always 1) a sellout and 2) riled up.

My wife and I have been renovating our home for the last 2 years (it was a forclosure that had been a rental for many years. Not horrible shape, but just ugly), with major help from my FIL. I think the main reason he's helped is that he gets to buy all sorts of new toys. Which is great, because then I get to BORROW said toys.

Going to this game tonight, gonna be one of about 15 people there I think.

god, that stupid losing streak lol

I figured it was coming when he scaled back to 3 days earlier this year. Sad to see him go. Been watching/listening to him for at least 20 years, back from his Empire Sports days. He's always been sort of the most 'level-headed' of the big 4 hosts, and he brought a nice balance to the team. And then, the few times when he really went off on someone or something were extra special I'll never forget him talking about he had never tried peanut butter.