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I went Waltz because he's the intellectual.. in a weird sort of way. Perfect for a QT Scarecrow. Pitt would be the perfect guy to say: "What the fuck am I doing in this tin can? Let me the fuck out!" Fits your second point. Questionable heart too... Groggins would be perfect for "does he have courage", "I just need some courage", "Oh, I actually already AM courageous!"... I don't think Pitt actually fits that.. and fits better into "does he have a heart". (Which could be left as an unanswered question here...). Also... instead of two sides of the same coin that you went for... I went for the sweet, sweet as sugar contrast versus a grotesque (I think she is, anyways) nasty nasty Kirstie. Maybe QT could talk her into some F-bombs... Alba would stick out like a sore thumb in a QT movie. But I would love that contrast... Yep. Alley.

Couple other points: Josh Rosen is a shitty QB. That tells me my scouts were way off base. Not that my GM has a problem trading a QB for a good return but, rather, we drafted the wrong QB. I'm not interested in drafting Rosen, nor do I hope that the Lions scouts advise drafting Rosen. I'm not recommending drafting the wrong QB. What I am recommending is drafting a falling QB that can vastly outperform his draft position. Second, because the QB position is so fraught and unpredictable (especially coming out of college and how they will actually adapt to the NFL...), there is STILL nothing wrong with drafting both Willis and Stroud: (a) if in position to do so, and (b) if your scouts believe both will turn into franchise QB's. If you're right, trade one for a big return. If injuries happen, still have a starter, and if your scouts mess up, yes, you have Josh Rosen, but again, that's a scouting/ drafting problem, not a value problem. The other closest thing to the above is the Packers who, by various means ended up with high-demand backup QB's who they traded for more than their acquisition cost: Matt Hasselback, Aaron Brooks... and I thought there was a 3rd one...? Fun fact: In the draft that the Lions selected Dan Orlovsky in the 5th round... in the 6th and 7th rounds of that draft, there were the following QB's selected: Matt Cassel, Ryan FitzPatrick and Derek Anderson.

I don't think has happened more than once or twice... The closest I can remember is when the Cowboys drafted both Troy Aikman (1-1) and Steve Walsh (supplemental 1-29) in 1989. They then traded Walsh to the 49'ers in late 1990 for their 1st and 3rds in 1991 and a conditional 2nd (turned into a 1st based on performance) in 1992. So two 1sts and a 3rd for Steve Walsh.

Or the 2022 late 1st QB we drafted develops into a capable starting QB and instead of trading for "pennies on the dollar" we trade him for two 1sts and a 3rd. Because teams are always looking for QB's, right? And it's not like what I suggested is unheard of or has never happened before. If we draft Willis using our late 2022 1st and CJ Stroud using our high 2023 1st... I'm not going to cry, or whinge about it. Let the better man win the starting spot. And the backup get traded for a king's ransom.

PS: I'm picking Jessica Alba as the Good Witch though, and Kirstie Alley as the Bad Witch. I like Samuel L. as the Wizard.

Getting too close to my bedtime for my brain to be working properly and come up with my own picks... But I would say this: I think you've got the three "characters" all mixed up. Waltz should be the Scarecrow, Pitt the Tin Man, and Goggins the Cowardly Lion. Just going by your selections...

Nope. Thibodeaux. Willis will fall to our second 1st round pick. At the top of the 2nd: Best WR: Treylon Burks or Justyn Ross or Chris Olave (whoever falls...)

FALSE. She was crawling through a broken glass door with Pence, Congressman, and Senators just on the other side. Trump's insurrectionist supporters were there to murder Pence, Senators, and Congressman. He did NOT shoot into the crowd. He aimed at the fascist infiltrating assassin. She deserved to die.

Sorry to steal yours Randy... but I couldn't resist: Mize with late movement Splitter on fire once again Batters' hang-dog looks

I'm confused.

But does he have the will to succeed?

You mean the fascist fucking scumbag cunt that tried to overthrow our Democracy? She, and anyone who supports her, can go fuck themselves, and rot in hell for all eternity. Right?

A Trump boot-licking sycophant from the old forum.

However... I think Veleno needs to be up sooner rather than later as, again, Larkin's line is the scoring line and there is precious little after that... somehow the Wings are going to have to find more scoring on the 2nd and 3rd lines...

I heard that in the 2nd when the Wings went on a blitz...

Several!

A few comments: Raymond: looks terrific Rasmussen: looks too slow and unable to control the puck like his size says he should Seider: ewww, bad penalty! Nedeljkovic: some of his flopping around (like a porpoise) puts him in bad positions... he looks decent, not great... let's see how he looks after 20+ games with Detroit though...

Lions first win of the season... ? Unknown.

Please disregard this message.

Little to no judgement should be made on a rookie year... Second or 3rd year is when a better read can be made...

Yeah... Not any intellectual honesty there... at all.

People in here have been doing that for years. It's 99% not to discredit. It's for (a) making jokes, or for a laugh, (b) changing a word to offer a different viewpoint, but along the same lines as the original statement, (c) saying the exact opposite of what someone said, with multiple choice of reasons behind that, (d) and yes, sometimes to discredit. But if someone says the exact opposite of what you are saying... that is part of the conversation. You are the one overreacting as if you are mortally wounded by the tactic, rather than continuing the conversation. Even if it annoys you because it is the exact opposite of what you said. For example, I made a post that was NOT an "FTFY", but a straight up post that took your list of "Trump" positives and gave them back in almost the same point-by-point, in a post, with exact opposite viewpoints about how negative in each aspect Trump was. But it doesn't matter what the format of the post is (a "FTFY" that says the opposite, or a straight up post that states the opposite...); it's the content/ intent/ conversation of the post that matters. You seem to be extremely sensitive to a re-wording of your post through a "FTFY"... If I may recommend... Don't be so sensitive about it... but rather understand the content of the conversation and respond to that aspect of the conversation that you deem relevant. Ask esweig... a fellow conservative, how he has responded to the same. He's been whacked with quite a few FTFY's as well. But we all have been. Some with an interesting alteration. Some for a joke. Some with an opposite viewpoint. As for ewsieg: 99% he doesn't respond with indignity but, rather: "I know you think this way but I cannot", or "let's agree to disagree", or "funny, but I cannot stomach...".

That and the complete and total lack of intellectual honesty. Archie Bunker and his request for "only facts" ends up being nothing but a stream of lies that he types out... Forget facts. He wouldn't know what they are if they hit him square in the...

Look in the mirror. Sycophant. PS: Ability is spelled with two "I"'s, not one.

The Sunni-Shia split is how many years old? Around a 1,000? And they can't get past it. I'm sure there are numerous examples... and several that break past 1,000 years. I don't remember the Thebes-southern Greece argument... the Greek city-states had so many... Athens-Sparta, Macedonia-Greece, etc., etc... I sort of remember anti-Thebes from Athens but my memory chips are losing data quickly so I am forgetting more than I can hold onto / or take on new knowledge...