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QUOTE(Spiff @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 07:23 PM) Miami kicked the s*** out of Denver, FYI. And I am still baffled.

I had no idea that this was even going on.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 03:36 PM) Seattle - Losing to Jacksonville in Jacksonville tough week 1 assignment. Still have a lot of Q's for mine, such as the receiving corp, and is their defense top 10 or not? Actually, I had Seattle in my list of terrible defensive teams going into the season due to their unbelievable lack of depth in the Front 7. DE: HOLE DT: HOLE DT: Marcus Tubbs (Solid) DE: Grant Wistrom (Solid) OLB: Jamie Sharper (Solid) MLB: HOLE OLB: HOLE CB: Marcus Trufant (All-Pro Caliber) FS: Ken Hamlin (Solid) SS: Michael Boulware (Solid) CB: Andre Dyson (Solid) The teams that I had in the 26-32 range: New Orleans Oakland Indianapolis Detroit Green Bay San Francisco Seattle Seattle's secondary would probably make them the best of the worst. New Orleans has those vicious all-pro caliber DEs and a good secondary, but they have the worst up-the-gut defense in the entire NFL as far as I can tell: DT: HOLE DT: HOLE OLB: HOLE MLB: HOLE OLB: HOLE QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 03:36 PM) New York Giants - Demolished Arizona in week 1, defense looks good, will depend on how quickly Eli can turn into a good QB. I watched the vast majority of this game, mostly due to the fact that I love watching Kurt Warner get sacked for losses of 10+ yards. I'll just go ahead and upgrade Gibril Wilson to all-pro caliber right now. Pierce is just about there as well. If Manning is adequate, I'll remove the Giants from my list of suckers: Houston Tennessee Cleveland Miami Oakland Green Bay Detroit New Orleans NY Giants San Francisco If Manning is good, they could very well be playoff-caliber. No other team has that type of upside on this list IMO.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 12, 2005 -> 09:50 PM) what exactly is your list anyway, I cant find any correlation between the players you listed??? Some won titles, some didnt, some are first round, some arent. Rock, do you get confused easily, lol?

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 12, 2005 -> 09:49 PM) Its easy to make an argument sway one way or the other. Where are the other QB's on your year by year list. Where are the Qb's who won titles. You mentioned a select few who were great and didnt win a title, how about the ones who won a title and werent great, there are some of those too. Fact is, being a first round draft pick, does not make you a great player. We have played several first round QB's and they were busts. In fact, if you want to make a list by year, why dont you list the first round busts as well. That is not the point. The point is that you're more likely to be an impact player if you're chosen higher in the draft. What do you think DBAHO was talking about?

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 12, 2005 -> 05:33 PM) I was looking over an episode list of The Simpsons and found that the last time the show was even remotely funny was at the beginning of Season 11 which was Oct. of '99, 6 f***ing years ago, that was also 130 episodes ago. Also I'm being extremely lenient with this as well, I think the first maybe 6 episodes of that season were kind of funny. It's sad when a show overstays it's welcome by 6 years and 130 episodes. This is right on the money. That show started sucking badly when I was in my late teens. I'm going to turn 27 in November. IMO, chances are that you're a lame individual if you're tuning in for that crap in 2005. No offense to any lame individuals that post on this board.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 12, 2005 -> 05:05 PM) What part of 4 first round QB's winning the super bowl since 1970 didnt look clear? That means that the rest of the superbowl champion QB's were not first rounders. Which means its the norm for a first round QB to NOT be successful. Football is a team game. Dan Marino and Jim Kelly were both legendary quarterbacks drafted in the 1st round. They didn't win a super bowl, so they weren't successful according to your logic? I suppose that Ted Williams, Charles Barkley, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Dick Butkus, and Gale Sayers were also unsuccesful because they never won titles. The list of legendary players without rings drafted in the opening rounds of their respective sports could go on forever. In a historical sense, the higher the draft pick, the greater the odds of he/she becoming an impact player. 1979-2001 1979: 1st Round: Phil Simms 3rd Round: Joe Montana 1980: NONE 1981: NONE 1982: NONE 1983: 1st Round: John Elway, Jim Kelly, Dan Marino 1984: 2nd Round: Boomer Esiason 1985: 2nd Round: Randall Cunningham 1986: NONE 1987: 4th Round: Rich Gannon 1988: NONE 1989: 1st Round: Troy Aikman 1990: NONE 1991: 2nd Round: Brett Favre 1992: NONE 1993: 1st Round: Drew Bledsoe 1994: NONE 1995: 1st Round: Steve McNair 1996: NONE 1997: NONE 1998: 1st Round: Peyton Manning 1999: 1st Round: Donovan McNabb, Daunte Culpepper 2000: 6th Round: Tom Brady 2001: 1st Round: Michael Vick Can Orton become a superior QB in time? Who knows. But DBAHO's point was that the chances of Orton being better than Grossman in the long run are not good, and if it were to happen, it wouldn't be the NORM. I'd tend to agree, and I couldn't see how/why anyone would argue otherwise.

I've been to San Francisco three times. You have to be a cake-eater if you're looking to reside in any of the nicer neighborhoods for the long term, but it's my #1 vacation destination by far. My ideal day in San Francisco: Wake up, grab a breakfast burrito on Columbus and North Point, bike from Fisherman's Wharf to the Golden Gate Bridge, eat dinner at one of the many excellent seafood restaurants along the Wharf, walk up and down Lombard Street, head over to Coit Tower to admire the gorgeous view of the city, and then go back to the hotel and get sloshed.

Happy Birthday, man.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 10:28 PM) I am back.

Super Bowl Contenders: New England Iron-Clad Playoff Teams: Indianapolis Carolina Philadelphia Minnesota Atlanta Playoff Hopefuls: Buffalo NY Jets Pittsburgh Baltimore Jacksonville San Diego Denver Kansas City Playoff Hopefuls By Default: Dallas Tampa Bay St. Louis Seattle Good Effort, But No Playoffs: Cincinatti Washington Arizona Chicago Suckers: Miami Cleveland Houston Tennessee Oakland NY Giants Green Bay Detroit New Orleans San Francisco The AFC just has waaay too many good teams, god damn. It's awfully hard to predict a playoff situation when there are like 10 teams that are capable of making it (possibly 11 if you count Cincinatti).

I enjoy the "Milwaukee's Best" commercials where guys get crushed by super-sized beer cans if they don't act like real men. While I could never drink such a piss-poor beer, their commercials kick ass.

Fellas, here's a copy & paste job from a post I made back in March. I put together this list of recommendations for Bones. Those in my Top 25 are marked in bold. 1983-1987 RUN DMC- RUN DMC RUN DMC- King Of Rock RUN DMC- Raising Hell Eric B & Rakim- Paid In Full T LA Rock- The Lyrical King Boogie Down Productions- Criminal Minded EPMD- Strictly Business Public Enemy- Yo! Bum Rush The Show MC Shan- Down By Law 1988-1989 Krown Rulers- Paper Chase Gangstarr- No More Mr. Nice Guy Biz Markie- Goin' Off Special Ed- Youngest In Charge Eric B & Rakim- Follow The Leader Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation Of Millions... JVC Force- Doin' Damage De La Soul- 3 Feet High And Rising Kool G Rap- Road To The Riches Big Daddy Kane- Long Live The Kane EPMD- Unfinished Business Jaz- Word To The Jaz Ultramagnetic MCs- Critical Beatdown Boogie Down Productions- By All Means Necessary Boogie Down Productions- Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Slick Rick- The Great Adventures Lord Finesse- The Funky Technician Bizzie Boys- Droppin It Lakim Shabazz- Pure Righteousness MC Shan- Born To Be Wild ATCQ- People's Instinctive Travels Low Profile- We're In This Together 1990-1992 Organized Konfusion- Organized Konfusion Gangstarr- Step In The Arena Gangstarr- Daily Operation Main Source- Breakin Atoms Public Enemy- Fear Of A Black Planet De La Soul- De La Is Dead KMD- Mr. Hood ATCQ- Low End Theory L.O.N.S.- A Future Without A Past Brand Nubian- In God We Trust Ultramagnetic MCs- Funk Your Head Up Ultramagnetic MCs- Four Horsemen Downtown Science- Downtown Science Boogie Down Productions- Edutainment Boogie Down Productions- Sex And Violence Master Ace- Take A Look Around Craig G- Now That's More Like It K-Solo- Tell The World My Name Diamond D- Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop Slick Rick- The Ruler's Back Jaz- Ya Don't Stop Lord Finesse- Return Of The Funky Man EPMD- Business As Usual EPMD- Business Never Personal Eric B & Rakim- Let The Rhythm Hit Em Eric B & Rakim- Don't Sweat The Technique Special Ed- Legal Hijack- The Horns Of Jericho Freestyle Fellowship- To Whom It May Concern Funkytown Pros- Reachin A Level Of Assassination Del The Funky Homosapien- I Wish My Brother George Was Here Common Sense- Can I Borrow A Dollar? 1993-1995 Leaders Of The New School- T.I.M.E. ATCQ- Midnight Marauders KRS ONE- Return Of The Boom Bap Jeru The Damaja- The Sun Rises In The East Gangstarr- Hard To Earn Channel Live- Station Identification Master Ace- Slaughterhouse Organized Konfusion- Stress: The Extinction Agenda Roots- Do You Want More??? O.C.- Word...Life Artifacts- Between A Rock And A Hard Place De La Soul- Buhloone Mindstate Pharcyde- Bizarre Ride To The Pharcyde Pharcyde- Labcabincalifornia Freestyle Fellowship- Innercity Griots Aceyalone- All Balls Don't Bounce Del The Funky Homosapien- No Need For Alarm Casual- Fear Itself Souls Of Mischief- 93 Til Infinity Common Sense- Resurrection Large Professor- The Science Cenobites- Cenobites

J Hood is the man. That is one hell of a pick-up by ESPN 1000.

QUOTE(alexgtp @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 09:21 PM) i prefer mac jurko and harry on am 1000 I've heard snippets of that show. They started singing, and I wanted to kill myself. There's a thin line between funny and straight-up motherf***ing retarded.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 3, 2005 -> 12:07 AM) A dude has to eat . . . I like some of the changes I had a job in the great northwest Working at Starbucks for a spell But I loved that coffee all too much And one day the ax just fell. So I drifted down to New Orleans Where I happened to be employed Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat Right outside of Delacroix. But all the while I was alone The past was close behind, I seen a lot of women But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew Tangled up in blue. Nice, although I enjoy the vastly superior acoustic version on the original test pressing of the LP. The Minneapolis version sounds like crap in comparison. He had a job in the great north woods Working as a cook for a spell But he never did like it all that much And one day the axe just fell So he drifted down to L.A. Where he reckoned he tried his luck Workin' for a-while in an airplane plant Loading cargo onto a truck But all the while he was alone The past was close behind He seen a lot of women But she never escaped his mind and he just grew Tangled up in blue. The original Blood On The Tracks LP, as intended for release, is perhaps the best album I have ever heard front to back. Some of the tracks included from the NY sessions: "Simple Twist Of Fate" "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome" "Shelter From The Storm" "Buckets Of Rain" Tracks shelved from the NY sessions: "Idiot Wind" "You're A Big Girl Now" "Tangled Up In Blue" "Lily, Rosemary, And The Jack Of Hearts" "Up To Me" "If You See Her, Say Hello" Notice the drastic difference between those from the NY sessions and those from the Minneapolis sessions in terms of overall feel. "Idiot Wind" and "You're A Big Girl Now" from the test pressing are two of the best songs that I've ever heard, period. The officially released versions? I can't listen to them. It's just too much of a letdown.

QUOTE(Spod=Ratings @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 08:13 PM) and a guy who holds out 30 + days isn't? Being a cheapskate doesn't necessarily = mental retardation. Telling members of the press that he finally started to read the playbook and it's actually helping his performance is a pretty good indication of the brain power that this guy has been blessed with.

QUOTE(Spiff @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 07:46 PM) Pretty sure the Raiders are going back to a 4-3. They have bad linebackers but I really like the way Schweigert plays. Schweigert...now there's a guy who could bust out this year. Looking at their schedule, there is a good chance that they can go 1-7 or 0-8 on the road this year. @ New England @ Philadelphia @ Tennessee @ Kansas City @ Washington @ San Diego @ New York Jets @ Denver As if the road games within their division weren't difficult enough, they have to go into New England, Philadelphia, and NY. Brutal.

Happy Birthday, Tex.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 07:01 PM) I still think there are at least a couple of other defenses that are worse. The Raiders don't impress me at all. Sapp and Washington could be good run stoppers, but neither can play end in a 3-4. The rest of the D looks brutal, except for maybe Danny Clark and Charles Woodson, although the latter plays well under his abilities. I'm still trying to figure out how Cleveland wasn't worse against the pass, but it's hard to argue against the numbers. I don't see much there outside of Baxter. The only thing I can think of is that they were so brutal against the run people didn't bother to throw. As I said, I don't buy the Rams' D at all. Little and Archuleta are the only ones I like, maybe Coakley and Tinoiasamoa. The rest of them look below average to me, except for Kennedy if he lives up to potential. The Raiders defense doesn't impress me at all either. They aren't above average in any one facet. I've got this "Fantasy Insider" mag that I just received in the mail for free the other day. They're predicting that the Raiders finish second in the AFC West, ahead of the Chargers and Broncos. It also says that if they were in the NFC West, they'd be the favorite to win the division. That is pure comedy.

Thank god we didn't draft this guy. What a floundering idiot.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 06:44 PM) The Browns rush defense looked pretty good against us although even with the int. their pass defense didnt look all that good... a course i take that from a very small sample size. Their pass defense should be pretty mediocre this year, but bringing in Baxter and Pool were very good moves/choices. Overall, they're a borderline Top 20 defense. They need to go like 2-14 to land the #1 overall pick and grab a QB. Tim Couch revisited.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 06:33 PM) God, looking at the Colts again I don't see much in the back 7. A couple guys look passable but that's about it. Still, with their pass rush I have a hard time seeing them being as bad as last year. That's what I'm saying. That back 7 is horrendous. The only team that is worse in that regard IMO: Green Bay OLB: Nail Diggs (Solid) MLB: Nick Barnett (All-Pro Caliber) OLB: HOLE CB: Al Harris (Solid) SS: HOLE FS: HOLE CB: HOLE If the Bears don't smash the Packers this year, then we're a sorry-ass team. You have to beat up on the worst of the worst. LOL at Vegas or anybody who has the Packers down for better odds to win the SB than the Bears. It's like, wow, they have Brett Favre. We'll just assume that they're better than so and so on the strength of that alone. Never mind that they just lost two of the Top 20 guards in all of football, or that their defense is putrid.

QUOTE(Pale Hose Jon @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 04:39 AM) Over 10 million a year, that's rediculas, you might as well keep that money and sign several guys. By the end of this deal, he better be worth that money. Sign several guys? Yeah, Dickey Simpkins, Linton Johnson, and Rusty Larue for 10 million combined maybe. Larry Hughes got 13 million per year, and he's nothing special. Are you up to date on your basketball economics? LOL, do you still think that people who get busted with a joint in their ash tray should pay a $1000 fine? I'm just busting your balls, no offense.