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Actually... the Jags will draft KT so we'll still get Hutchinson. Only without any arguments to go along with that when we had the #1 spot...

So sad... And... So True.

We did... But they crapped out...

Please call up Coach Campbell, right now, and tell him and the players to please lose on purpose so that you will feel better.

But they don't have loose screws like I do...

I am just now reading this thread... This looks like a winning post...

Whew!!! Awesome! Let me see it to believe it though. Go RICO!!!

Aaaand... Tuzz closes out the scoring

Yeah I know what the intentions are... to intimidate. My response is still the same... I'm not certain about the intimidation factor but... I think it's pretty cool to watch. Knowing me... I'd be struggling to not break out into wild uncontrolled laughter... And an exclamation at the end of the laughter: "That's so F'ing Cool!!!"

It's going to be extremely difficult for the Pistons to finish better than a bottom two finish this year. They'd have to win at least at a .400 rate for the rest of the season just to get to 20 wins. And every other team (aside from Orlando) would have to lose at worse than a 25% rate to even get close to 20 wins. They're locked in. Lottery gods says that we're definitely not finishing worse than the 4th pick. Unless anyone thinks they're going to win at much better than a 40% rate for the rest of the season.

I don't know about intimidating but I do think it's pretty cool...

I think I am going to go into next year with no expectations... that way I'm not locked in to a win goal or playoff goal... Although like you I do expect them to be in the 90 game win range and compete for the playoffs. And think that's entirely reasonable.

Let me EDIT this: Larkin line on fire again with 4 goals, 3 by Larkin...

FTFY. That's what the Republican Party has been bleating about the past two years, and will be doing so again for the next umpteen years...

This.

They will when the fascists take over the country.

I've long thought... but specifically after Putin invaded and took Crimea... That the solution to Ukraine's/ Russia's/ and NATO's "Ukraine Problem" is for Ukraine to declare Permanent Neutrality. Putin would immediately (or close to it): celebrate, offer to double the transit-gas through Ukraine, back out of the Donbass, would never give up Crimea however would offer free port visitation/ usage to Ukraine's Navy or Coast Guard in exchange for energy & other supplies to Crimea... Russia would gain: their desire for a "buffer zone" between NATO and Russia, or, from their perspective, a non-threatening neighbor. Ukraine would gain: An immediate back off from Putin, a permanent (or as close to it as one can get) reduction in Russian hostilities against Ukraine, their manufacturing region back (intensively located in Lugansk & Donetsk provinces or... the Donbass), other benefits from Russia (as noted above). Ukraine also could still: arm themselves to the teeth (with conventional weapons) with anti-tank and drone weaponry (anti-Russian materials mostly) while still maintaining neutrality, work with NATO forces in joint "project" work that is non-threatening to Russia, work intensively with the European Union economically, etc... NATO promised Ukraine they could "one day" join NATO. They would gain with Ukraine's Permanent Neutrality status... a face-saving way out of that, and a "silent partner" as they would still work with Ukraine, maybe even extensively... just without the Article 5. Ukraine loses the Article 5 commitment. But I think Neutrality gains them far more then joining NATO does... just my 2 cents. Good article on current tensions: https://www.yahoo.com/news/nato-says-yes-ukraine-no-130900960.html

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I think more along the lines of evaluating several 2022 (draftee) QB's as late (borderline) 1st round graded QB's. In other words, don't trade up for a borderline 1st round grade, let them come to us. And I know teams panic at the last moment for QB's... just don't do it Lions. Don't overdraft. If they all get snapped up within the top 15 picks then draft two highly ranked WR's instead this year at late 1st/ and 2nd round picks and wait until next year on a QB... I guess I am saying I don't think Holmes will panic and lose draft capital unnecessarily chasing QB's that all look like they have flaws that will make them mediocre QB's or less.

Our Democracy is on life support.

Expected. We all know Trump attempted to flush our Democracy down the toilet with his Trump Supporters and co-conspirators. And we are not yet out of the woods as he is currently plotting the destruction of our Democracy with the same cast of fascists/ insurrectionists/ capitulators as on January 6th and before. Trump is the poison in the well. And the Republican Party as it stands right now is trying to get everyone to take a drink from that well and to just ignore all the dead bodies laying on the ground nearby.

"Hey, hey, my, my, Rock and Roll will never die" The earth's immune system is not going to stop humans from continuing to crap all over it. Only we can stop that ourselves... Working on it... working on it...

I wish I could give you 5 stars for this...

Sure... But I still don't see a compelling reason to trade up...

Good response.