Mr.TaterSalad

Can someone talk me off the Aaron Gibson/Mekhi Becton ledge with Kaydn Proctor? I know they are different people, on different teams, playing for far different coaches and regimes. But every time I see him and read scouting reports about him I get Gibson flashbacks. For a more modern comparison, I worry he'll be another Mekhi Becton. The guy's playing weight is 355lbs, which is similar to Becton's playing weight. Compare that to Blake Miller at around 315lbs or Caleb Lomu at around 312lbs. I worry that the weight will only become a bigger issue as he gets older and it gets harder to maintain a lower weight. I worry about how his body will hold up, against NFL players, trying to play at that weight. With a guy like Becton you've seen the injuries take a toll on his body. In the case of Gibson, he ballooned to nearly 400lbs and became significantly more immobile as a lineman. My other concern is does he even truly project as a tackle given his size and playing style. He seems like more of a hybrid or just a straight up guard prospect to me. But I'm no Hank Fraley expert here. What's the reasoning for wanting Proctor over a Blake Miller or Caleb Lomu if all three are availabel? Is Proctor that much better than either of them that its worth the gamble? Am I simply making too much of the weight issue.

When their lips are moving, it usually means they are lying. I would suspect that we will find out that her relationship with Epstein is far more than just a casual email correspondence with someone that her husband was best friends with. She was dating Trump in the same time frame that he was still friends with Epstein in the early 2000s. So it is plausible that she knew him well enough.

NAFTA was an unmitigated disaster. It's amazing that you could live in a manufacturing state, hallowed out in part by NAFTA, and not agree with Bernie on that. We lost over 25,000 jobs here in the auto industry alone according to Economic Policy Institute data because of NAFTA.

Who didn't have . . . checks notes . . . Jose María Olazabal leading the Masters at 60 years old. I knew he'd win it, never a doubt haha.

I'm part Hungarian-American, so I've taken a fairly big interest in this race. My Nana was a Nagy and 100% Hungarian with some of her siblings born over there in Budapest. I hope Peter Magyar and Tisza destroys Orban and his Fidez fascists. More than that, I hope Magyar is truly a good person and lives up to the promise of a better, freer Hungary and reverses the backslide of democracy in the country.

They added a goal to keep it even and balanced it out once they got to the middle of the period.

Already down 1-0 off a week goal from a guy getting his 6th goal of the year. Columbus has been gifting us losses lately too. Forget it, we're cooked.

Today was one of those redline moments where Trump simply crossed yet another redline. I am not naive enough to think any of the cowards in the GOP will do anything about it. They will not. But Donald Trump needs to be removed from office. He cannot remain in power another minute longer. Even if it won't be done, it needs to be said. The 25th Amendment needs to be invoked. This cannot continue on another day longer. JD Vance would be a terrible President as well, but I'd like to think we'd at least not be attempting to annihilate and genocide an entire country's worth of people. Furthermore, every Democratic politician and every Democratic candidate needs to be clear in calling for his removal from office and clear in their support for the 25th Amendment. This is no time for cowardice nor political calculation. We shamefully allowed and funded a genocide in Gaza to occur. What Donald Trump is threatening here to the Iranian people would be on a scale a thousand times the destruction, death, and war crimes that have been perpetrated in Gaza. And that was horrific enough. There can be no politicking around with this or testing the polls to see what people think. We are in both a Constitutional and humanitarian crisis. People's lives are in grave danger thanks to our deranged, lawless, and out of control President. Remove Donald Trump from office now! Invoke the 25th Amendment now!

Agreed with all of this. I have offensive line prospects that I prefer over Proctor, but who am I. I like Blake Miller, Monroe Freeling, and Caleb Lomu as much or more than Proctor. Miller and Freeling both project as true tackles in the NFL, whereas Proctor is a tackle/guard combo. I also get Aaon Gibson flashbacks with Proctor. I know it's not fair or right to compare a guy to someone who played 25 years ago in a different regime. But as you said, the weight is going to be a factor throughout his career. The last time a Lions regime took a gamble on a jumbo offensive lineman it failed miserably with Gibson.

What a world we live in where Marjorie Taylor Greene and Alex Jones are calling for the 25th Amendment to be used on this man. Both of them are still terrible people, Jones especially. But even a broken clock is right twice a day. If only either of the two would have called for this after the attempted coup on January 6th or any of the other crazy and lawless moments we've gone through with Trump.

So I'm going to the taxpayer subsidized LCA arena tonight for the game against the Jackets. I agreed to go to this game with two friends of mine back in February when we were still riding high and hadn't fallen apart yet. I anticipate we will lose, so it's not like I'll be incredibly disappointed.

I hate the way the system is, but it's how it is. Dusty May is doing what I pleaded for years for Harbaugh to do. He's doing it the SEC way and finding success because he's a great coach himself. It's really ****ty that this is what college athletics has become, but at least Michigan finally caught up in the NIL era.

Michigan's defense was amazing all tournament long. They smoother everyone and win every lose ball rebound. Their shot blocking is incredible too. They are in position and on the ball like crazy. It was Michigan's defense that got them through the dance and got them a National Championship. One of the best defensive performances in the tourney in recent history. They destroyed Tennessee and Arizona, then kept UConn under wraps for much of this game. Great job by these kids to play shutdown defense all tournament long.

Chris Webber traveled all that way to finally see Michigan win a National Championship. I hope he takes some time out for partying on his trip.

Juwan Howard trying to fist fight a coach was a real low point for this team and here we are now celebrating a Natty!!!