dEnnis the Menace

The thing that really bugs me (and I've been sticking up for him) is the endless optimism. I'd love for him to just stop and take responsibility for his actions in a game (ala Jordan Palmer last night, or Jeff Tuel etc). It's the one thing that bugs me the most.

that one ought to be a barn burner

The only quip I have is I thought he was whining that the Tampa player was down, not that he was down. It was beyond obvious that he wasn't down. I too thought the Tampa player HAD to be touched by somebody in the pile.

The offensive coordinator scares me. I think he's in over his head.

Schwartz? Donnie Henderson? we have two real coaches at least...

this is a common misconception. He scans the field when Hackett's play call for him to. Most of the plays are designed for him to go to his first or second read though (based on what I've seen from games I've been to (preseason this year and regular season last year)). Hackett plays for possession and YAC. That's why it seems like checkdowns are all we do. He wants to get skill players in open space (again based on what I've seen). It seems like half the receivers (on a lot of plays) are running routes to just open up space for the guy who is supposed to get the ball, rather than them all running routes to be available if you know what I mean. Think about it this way: Does Brady or Manning win every game with 20 yard+bombs every play? No, they win the game with possession type plays (dink and dunk...see: Welker, Amendola, Edelman, etc) that open up the game for one or two bombs to be thrown. lastly, it's been explained on like 3 different sites, but when it looks like a QB is staring down a receiver, typically he's actually staring down the safety or DB in a zone to read where he's going before he looks at the receiver. WGR had a really good write up about it, and a few other sites had articles too explaining a QBs process post snap pre pass. made a lot of sense. Maybe I'm trying too hard here, but I'm not ready to just cast him off, especially since the stats say he's better than our previous qbs.

then I'm going to just have to root against that happening, specifically during week 1. ;)

I got a grade of A+, projected record of 8-6 for a finish of T3

statistically he's already better than both Edwards and Losman. I won't count Brohm. But he's also better than Kelly Holcomb. Fitz is a tossup and I'd have to look up those stats, but it's gotta be close.

no problems here Ink. and sorry to hear GCoE. Best of luck! (draft and kid)

I dig it

2 gas stations within a mile of my house :ph34r:

6 pack of blue light acquired. I'm ready to go! :thumbsup:

I ran out of beer :cry:

this is going to be the highlight of my day. I'm excited lol

tell us for the hundreth time how you really feel. I think come regular season, we're gonna be much better than advertised. I'm not saying we're gonna be world beaters, but I think you'll be surprised. He's better than the last 4 QBs we've had at least also. The number of pass interference and holding calls this preseason is just ridiculous

Just looked at billables for YTD, and then compared them to the 2 years prior (my first year with company and the year prior to my arrival). I have increased billables 73% over what they were the year before I took over. My first year here was only a modest 22% over the prior year. This year is fifty-something percent over that. where did that money go, and why are my cap-ex requests denied, and why couldn't my technician get a better raise like I requested? GAH!

the newest ones were I believe. His original ruling on Rice was not.

The official presser sounded better than how the summary I got was worded. Goodell actually took responsibility and says he didn't get it right and that he fell short etc.

agreed

NFL implements new penalties for domestic violence: 1st offense: 6 game ban 2nd offense: lifetime ban Commish writes in letter to owners that he was wrong with the Ray Rice punishment, but had no prior precedent to go off of. Source: ESPN

Pre-draft rankings set. Can't wait.

oooh...how'd that turn out for you? :wacko:

this. I typically donate only to a couple charities a year, and they never seem to be the same. This year, ALSA, last year: out of the darkness for suicide prevention, and the Sabres foundation, year before that: relay for life and habitat for humanity.

yeah our dog follows me as close as he can get, acting like "if I'm cute enough, and loveable enough, he'll take it off"