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  1. That’s 120 $100 groups. A $100 group can easily be 4 most likely is 2. That’s 500 people give or take. 

    I believe that was supposed to be the main trailer, the other different branded trailers, and the wife’s catering business.

    Still I thought $4.5mil is a lot of business. But the article seemed to imply that was in the financials.
  2. Shows you how stupid people making NFL decisions are. 
    I had never of it before right now, but I wouldn’t base a hiring decision on some promo doc from when someone was in high school. Then again, I will never be in that position. 

    Well maybe Spencer and the Rattlers should have come clean on what he did to get kicked off the team.
  3. The wide range of grades reflects the general stupidity of draft analysts as they all criticize. Yet a lot of them are praising the stupidity of the falcons.

    Drafts are only rightfully judged three years out. Lots of folks criticized Frederick, Tyron Smith, and Zack for a variety of reasons. There were local beat writers who thought Jimmy fucked up by taking Aikman over mandarich. Thought Emmitt was a reach.

    These days there are very few o linemen, especially tackles, who come in plug in Ready. The college game doesn’t prepare them for the speed, the complexity of blitzes, the multitude of blocking schemes, etc. you have to look at film for basic talent and attributes, brains and aptitude, interviews, attitude. I think Guyton and Beebe are what you look for, but until they play, and any other o lineman plays, you just don’t know.

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  4. A complete clusterfuck. If he was doing $4.5 mil out of the trailer operation he should have stayed with that. Unless he’s a total idiot with finances that should have provided a nice living. But they fucked that up and did $3m instead of their projected $10. That’s some dumbassery there.

    The investors didn’t do their due diligence. Having tax liens and a bunch other questionable items should have been a red flag, besides the fact they had zero experience with bricks. And now a very messy pile of loans and liens and ownership issues and also a federal employee investigation.

    So as often with barbecue, expansion exposes all the flaws. Being able to smoke great brisket never should imply any business acumen.

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  5. Had dinner with a couple tonight who recommended this. Just watched the first two episodes. Wild.

    I enjoyed “Martha” in The Outlaws on Prime so I’m enjoying this so far. 30-min episodes are a nice change up.


    I wouldn’t recommend this show without a strong warning. It’s not what I’d call entertainment. It’s the definition of train wreck. It’s a painful watch thru depravity, insanity, and poor life choices by both leads. We don’t know how much is truth or fiction but the lead dude wrote it.

    The actress playing Martha is brilliant. She is sweet then disgustingly nasty and filthy then terrifying and homicidal.

    We finished it last night. If it hadn’t been just 7 30 minute eps we would have bailed.
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  6. All teams have a UDFA game. They’ll usually sign more of them than have draftees.

    With only 7 rounds now it’s critical. Wasn’t that long ago there were 12 rounds. When I was a kid there were 17. So there are udfas that will be starters. Same as early picks that will fail quick.

  7. We have no clue as to what calls are made and not. For every trade there’s probably 10 that fizzle. And I’m not one that whines about “reaching” within reason. Go get your guy. I remember there was so much whining about Frederick going late first when some folks had him high 2. Woiuld have been in HoF had he not gotten sick. Ravens take their guy.

    That Trey Lance 4 pick really hurt this draft. So look at this draft as is plus Trey Lance. Jerry quit drinking.

    Uhh zeke can be our center. If you take this draft and add a Rb in one of the picks
    It probably feels better.

    Go get some UDFAs.

  8. I have no issues with the picks they made. I think they made yesterday’s picks and hit the bar and slept in since they didn’t have a 4. That was a long spell and if they were working the phones no one knows about it. Stephen said after being asked if he’d look at some more moves to get more picks. He said “you don’t want to get too cute.” Of course you don’t want your trade up and then reach like the falcons. But eagles and lions have been working hard and got their players or moving to add picks for next year.

    This is the issue with the FO. I think he spent so much of his youth seeing Jerry make bad decisions that he is totally risk averse on drafts, trades, FAs.

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  9. or AZ....

    Why AZ? I want that idiot GM in Atlanta to do something more stupid than drafting Penix at 8.

    Rattler went to saints. He’ll never throw a meaningful pass in this league.
  10. The issue is this front office has a lousy track record in drafting LB's (last decade) -- Damien Wilson (he was okay for backup), Nzeocha (who), LVE (okay), Covington (nada), Smith (poor), Cox (nothing), Clark (maybe), Harper (gone), Overshown (TBD).  For whatever reason, they're pretty good at OL picks but terrible at LB in any round, so when you "reach" for a LB with this group, its natural, and frankly smart to have reservations..... that's all.  Parson was an edge, so let's not try and reimagine.  This front office group is above-average at WR and DE's/Edge but struggles with interior line.  Not sure who the evaluators are there.  Regardless, He has good height, and looks like he can move some.  It's weird, he didn't give up a TD in coverage in college but isn't considered great in coverage (good in zone, mediocre in man).  He's supposedly a good blitzer.  He has some natural skills with his hands where they played him at Edge some on 3rd downs, but not considered stout against the run.  To me, it looks like this is a 3rd down LB who may develop into more, but reservations are fine.  He's part oft he squad so we'll all hope he's the best LB since Sean Lee..... probably not.  Reads like he knows he can make an instant impact on ST:
    May be nice to trade back into the 5th to get a RB.  Nobody wants to go in the season with Rico, Zeke and 3rd day guy.... They may have to sign a guy like Dalvin Cook.

    The change to the kickoff rules is going to change the makeup of those squads. ST is the usual path to the bottom of the 53. It will be interesting to see what Fassel comes up with for KO returns and coverage.
  11. image.jpeg.6fce27012664c19e9dce3e15f253fbd8.jpeg
    MEL KIPER JR.
    ACCURACY 
    Kiper has received sustained criticism for the low accuracy of his predictions. According to COLD HARD FOOTBALL FACTS, Kiper's accuracy for the first round of the 2005–2008 NFL drafts was 32 of 127 total picks (25.2%), which included players that had already signed or were in the process of signing with a team before the draft.[12][13] 
    According to THE HUDDLE REPORT in 2014, based on Kiper's final mock drafts, he had accurately predicted 23% of the first round picks in the previous five years.[9] Kiper's initial drafts were even lower, correctly predicting 17 out of 256 from 2010–2018.[4] In 2021,
    FANTASY PROS ranked Kiper's final mock draft 87th of 182 and
    GRADING THE EXPERTS ranked his draft 32nd of 38.[14] 
    In 2023, Kiper correctly predicted only one of the 31 draftees in the first round despite updating his analysis on the morning of the NFL draft after gathering additional information.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Kiper_Jr.

    Just terrible. My Five year old granddaughter would have better picks and she’d choose based on college team mascots. She likes cows, chickens, pigs, dogs, cats, ducks. Bama, being a poisonous water situation might not fare well. Nor land thieves OU. Texas would do well as would Oregon and Arkansas. I’d there were unicorns that team would all be picked
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  12. Never thought I’d see the day my panthers take two Texas players. Good picks at that 

    It’s too bad for them going to such a fucked up organization. They must have backed over a nun to get that.

    Tepper is going to end up murdering a fan on video at some point.
  13. Interesting... NIL weakening later Rds of 2024 Draft.  
    After 3 Rounds...
    SI:  "Now concludes the 2024 NFL draft. Well, sort of. There’s a lot of cynicism around the league about the final rounds of this year’s draft. How many of these players would have been labeled undrafted free agents in a robust class that wasn’t fractured by returning players of the NIL era? It’s impossible to say. There’s always value, but it would be interesting to look back on Rounds 4–7 in four years and tabulate how many of these players are still contributing. "

    These analysts just get so focused on one thing. Drafts in a natural cycle have deep years and shallow years. It’s been unnatural since Covid, the changes in redshirting, the portal, NIL, super seniors, etc. it will take a year or two. The NFL needs to rethink its policies as well regarding draft eligibility in light of NIL. The NCAA needs to change its policies as well. Why is it ok to play pro baseball but come back and play football in college? Kids should be allowed to enter the draft and see where they end up and if it sucks be able to return to CFB with their remaining eligibility. Call it the draft portal and if they don’t like the results they can return to CFB at a school that will take them. The loss of eligibility should be at signing of a contract.
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  14. Dyslexia and yachts do not mix well no matter what department. Lots of pressure with very little room for error. He'll do fine working in a restaurant. He's far from the worst chef I've seen on BD. Remember Leon?

    Leon was a total jerk. But he’s memorable to me because that was Rocky’s season, the hottest stew ever on the show. Or the kid that Hannah talked into making bad nachos.
  15. Agreed. Podcasting seems to be ideal for Sirois and Balis. I’d definitely listen. They’d work less than they had been for sure. 

    Unlike Dan, neither of these goobers have secured any book on their own. They left high visibility gigs and very little of their audience followed them for free. Ain’t many Glenn’s out there to actually pay.
  16. Over rated blow u player.  Hilarious the highlight reel shows blatant hold. Never heard of the second round pick and draft prediction is back up with potential to be a starter.  

    Bullshit from “draft experts” that most never worked in a pro personnel office or scouted. Or played the game. They got beebe and their original target with the trade down. Kneel and is highly rated on the edge.

    It’s always interesting to see where these experts are after three seasons. They have about the same success rate as a monkey with a dart board.
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