Mr.TaterSalad

In that case, I'll listen to Devil Without a Cause by Kid. I must have played Only God Knows Why, Cowboy, and Bawitdaba 10,000 times each in high school. Only God Knows Why is still a great album cut though.

How many years did the Lions have Stafford plus a few elite/top tier pass catchers and no running game? We had Calvin plus Burleson and Tate. During that time, one of the things I heard holding Stafford back was the fact that we had no running game. If only we had a running game things would be better around here. I'm not sold that we have to pick a RB this year or even as high as round 2, but we need to find ourselves a workhorse RB at some point in the next two years or get a QB who can act as our RB. Goff certainly isn't that QB and Swift doesn't appear to be our workhorse. One thing I can't justify doing is using most or all of our top picks on defense. There needs to be some highly skilled offensive playmakers in the bunch. Seeing where the NFL has been going the last decade and a half, sitting through this season/playoffs especially, watching the elite teams average over 25 PPG, and getting proven wrong about Stafford has taught me a full and complete lesson. Elite, high scoring offenses are what wins championships. Sure, your defense has to be good enough. If they are in the top 10, even better. But its the offenses and the offensive weapons that are getting these elite teams to where they are by and large.

Trump was appointed by God to deal with Covid didn't you know. He was a Godsend to public health.

Both Super Bowl teams drafted RBs in round #2, Joe Mixon and Cam Akers. The Titans took a RB in round #2 with Henry and the Chiefs did in round #1 with Edwards-Hilaire. If a guy like Kenneth Walker or Isiah Spiller can be your workhorse RB, that allows you a lot more offensive creativity and flexibility with Swift and opens up the offense in general. You have said you don't believe Swift is an RB #1, so why not load up on offensive weapons, with one of them being a top-tier RB who can help balance out the offense? Whether it is Goff or a new QB taken in this/next years draft, you'd be surrounding them and new OC Ben Johnson with all the offensive weapons they can handle. While I don't think RBs in the first round are worth it, going into the second round creates a different story. Today's pathway to a Super Bowl is to score 25+ a game and hope your defense can create pressure on the QB and force turnovers to hold the opposing team to under the 25+ mark. In terms of PPG look at where all the playoff teams ranked, all but two (Eagles and Steelers) averaged over 25 PPG. Additionally, their defenses typically held opposing teams between 18-21 PPG with the Bills being the best defense at 18.1 PPG. As for the Giants trading picks #5 and #7, the PFN simulator offered the trade so I took it. No one accused the Giants of having good ownership either lol. I used to be in the build in the trenches and defense wins championships categories, but forget that. Sure, dominating the line of scrimmage still matters, because you still need to protect the QB, give plays time to develop, and on defense, disrupt plays starting at the line. But what you really need in today's NFL is a top-tier QB with a bunch of offensive weapons around them with adequate protection to allow plays to develop. We've got our O-line set, so protection shouldn't be an issue. We'll get our disruptors through the #2 pick and/or free agency. We don't have the offensive weapons of the best playoff teams below. Bengals: Burrow, Mixon, Chase, Boyd, Higgins, Ozumah Rams: Stafford, Akers, Henderson, Kupp, Woods, OBJ, Jefferson, Higbee Chiefs: Mahomes, Edwards-Hilaire, Hill, Hardmon, Kelce Bills: Allen, Diggs, Beasley, Sanders, Knox Lions: Swift, St. Brown, Hockenson, ???

The GOP requires 1 voting booth to be with in 100 miles of every registered voter. That means voters wait in line for our and poll workers don't get to go home until 3:00am.

Since it's mock draft season, why not do a couple of the,. I did one with trades and one without. Mock Draft #1: No Trades: 1st (#2): Aiden Hutchinson/DE Michigan 1st (#32): Traylon Burks/WR Arkansas 2nd: Kenneth Walker/RB MSU 3rd: Jalen Pitre/S Baylor 3rd: Darrian Beavers/LB Cincinnati 5th: Dai'Jean Dixon/WR Nicholls State 6th: Josh Paschal/Edge LB-DE Kentucky 7th: Clarence Hicks/LB UTSA 7th: Dylan Parham/OG Memphis Mock Draft #2: With Trades: In this mock draft I made two trades. I traded with the Giants and got picks #5 and #7 for pick #2. I traded back in the 2nd round with Denver acquiring their pick at #40 in the 2nd and an additional 3rd. 1st (#5 via NYG): Aiden Hutchinson/DE Michigan 1st (#7 via NYG): Garrett Wilson/WR Ohio State 1st (#32): Lewis Sine/S Georgia 2nd (via Denver): Isaiah Spiller/RB Texas A&M 3rd: Quay Walker/LB Georgia 3rd: Darrian Beavers/LB Cincinnati 3rd: Mykael Wright/CB Auburn 5th: Dai'Jean Dixon/WR Nicholls State 6th: Dohnovan West/OG Arizona State 6th: Alex Wright/DE UAB

LIBERAL MEDIA!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm a no on a QB this year overall. If one had to be taken, Malik Willis and Pickett are the guys I would consider, not Corrall, Ridder, or Strong. I agree on the Jahan Dotson pick too. We need a big bodied, tall receiver who was can stretch the field with and really be a vertical threat.

Does diet coke go well with gazpacho?

Can you imagine if Barack Obama flushed . . . ah fuck it, nevermind.

I'm still of the belief that Republicans will win big in the midterms because Biden is unpopular, inflation is high and Covid, while going down in caseloads, still hasn't been "beat" yet. Is there a chance, however small, that Democrats could use this Republican chaos and their brazenly undemocratic nature as of late (even more so than usual) to their advantage and actually flip the script and hang onto the House and Senate? I look at and still don't believe so. Virginia proved to me that people are disinterested at the fact that fascism and authoritarianism are at their doorstep. The average voter doesn't see the gravity of January 6th nor the assault of our democratic values. Inflation high, covid still on going, the party of the Presidency historically does poorly and thus Republicans win big. It's a simple but unfortunate narrative I think, no matter how crazy the GOP cult gets between now and then.

RIP Jeremy Giambi. I was sad to see he passed tonight and hope his personal struggles didn't get the better of him.

What happened to Democrats in Disarray cause it sure seems like the other side is in a full scale meltdown. Might Republicans be grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory?

Archie? Cartman? You both are welcome to chant LOCK HIM UP now if you'd like.

Good news everyone, you don't have to eat meat. I made enough gazpacho for all!

I believe they had us picking Alim McNeil in the 2nd instead of Levi Onwuzurike as well. I hope Onwuzurike bounces back strong next year and doesn't continue on the Lions tradition of whiffing on 2nd round picks.

Could a guy who looks like McDaniel really walk into an NFL locker room, face down some of the black players in that locker room who have truly have a lived experience as a black man, and claim he's black or has lived the experience same as they have? I think giving the 49'ers a comp pick for the McDaniel hire is disingenuous, even if it's technically correct given his bi-racial makeup. I think the Rooney Rule, comp picks being offered and the like were to help promote black coaches who have truly lived an experience as a black and brown individual. I don't know the first thing about how McDaniel has been treated, so it isn't fair for me to judge that, but if I were just taking a guess, I'd say he and a black coach like Eric Bieniemy have had largely different life experiences when it comes to race.

JAMA Network: People With a College Degree Have Survival Rate From Covid-19 From the study . . . When you think about those truckers blocking the bridge today into Windsor or those non-college educated whites and people of color who are dying from Covid, is it any surprise they have a higher mortality rate than college educated persons? It is incredibly sad to me to see people like this be taken advantage of and preyed upon with so much misinformation.

Has anyone checked out the Pamela Anderson/Tommy Lee miniseries that's on Hulu right now? Thoughts if you have?

Are we at the Neville Chamberlin "Hitler said he won't invade Poland and I trust him" stage yet with Putin and Ukraine or are we beyond that?

Speaking of country music I really enjoy, I discovered another new artist the other day named Aaron McDonell and his new album Too Many Days Like Saturday Night. If you like a 90's/outlaw style country sounds you'll really dig Aaron McDonnell's music.

Stone Me is off Margo's 2020 album That's How Rumors Get Started, which I think is a terrific album. Stone Me is my favorite cut off the album.

Hopefully this means we're keeping Aaron Glenn.

Me too. Few celebrity deaths really, truly impact me in a big way. I feel for them as people, but I don't feel start struck when they died. However, I loved all the content Bourdain put out from No Reservations onward. He seemed like a genuinely good human being and losing him hurt, especially by suicide. Actor Eric Bogosian would be a perfect fit to play him in a movie.