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Brown literally has no strong opinions or stands about/towards anything. He seems afraid to say much more at all than what we want to hear. I also find him rather incompetent and fear his abilities as top executive. Nice enough guy, but not a governor. Gansler is a slimeball, but I think he knows what he is doing. I feel less afraid of that, which is a terrible condemnation of our country's politics right now. Oh well. Politically and otherwise, I agree with Mizeur in almost every way. I think she'll struggle to get very far without speaking up against what the others are saying. But if she's not going to do that, which appears to be the case, she needs some kind of hook or sticking point that keeps people thinking about her. She doesn't have that now.

Yup! Exactly what they're paid to do ;) I doubt that they'd ever end up fighting against it though, because of the stigma such a fight would present upon the union's members--a bunch of potheads vs the athletes/machines we want them to be.

I give him the benefit of the doubt on his lumbering traits; he's only been a tight end for three years, and he's put on something like 55 lbs. since coming to Colorado St. He has the soft, reliable hands that they're trying to provide for Joe.

I don't think anyone could disagree that we have a lot of issues with draftees meeting their potential. Probably more issues than we should for as much as we glorify our war room about their selections. As far as durability, he has it. He only missed one game last year, and that was for a concussion (and I think he left the FSU/Miami game early). He's a tough, aggressive guy, and I think once he puts on the weight and muscle that he could stand to gain, and works on his ball skills, he is more than starter-worthy. He's a great center fielder from the standpoint of knowing where to be and when to play the box. The skills he lacks are exactly the kinds of skills that the NFL is made to develop. I think he'll be good. And that being said, I don't actually have any damn clue. Neither of us do, and I don't mean to say that with the intention of forcing anyone to eat crow later. I'm just frustrated that we're all doing what a message board was meant to do--complain endlessly about everything. I'm not sure that I see the value that others do at those picks, and personally think that we got the BPA in just about every spot. I'm happy with that, but I feel like some are wishing we were drafting for need, and that's bothering me.

Brooks' "character issues": Leads me to believe that you're being a bit dramatic. PS: Smith is 34, not 37. And he certainly counts as a receiver who can beat press coverage. This isn't about "go Ozzie" or being blinded by hope. It's about the fact that these three nights of drafting college players are not meant to fill holes that exist at that moment. The draft is meant to build a solid core for the future. Player acquisition does not stop after these three nights are over and, more importantly, there are a few other people making some more accurate assessments about players already on our roster than you or I are capable of making. This isn't about being blinded, it's about sounding silly when things aren't going the way you'd like them to go.

Hernia surgery next week, should be out about two months. Apparently he's been playing with it for awhile, which might explain why he started off so slowly for the Tides. Davis might be on assignment in a few days depending on how he heals tomorrow after BP Friday.

The laws don't mean anything. The NFL is a private organization (a club, if you will) and members can be disallowed or suspended at their will, even for something that is legal.

QBs are pretty obviously excluded from that point. You guys actually sound really silly given that, as I said, we always talk about how the Ravens are such a BPA team and when they go BPA based on their board (and not the board of a guy on television), we have everyone flipping out about Ozzie getting too old or someone having made a mistake or whatever. I'm ecstatic with the draft so far and I think every pick was a good one. Do I know the players any better than you guys? No, but it's obvious that roster holes weren't considered nearly to the extent that player talent was when considering the positions they drafted for, and that's actually really exciting.

It's funny how we talk about this 364 days a year, and then on draft night so many people freak out when we don't draft for a need.

He was breaking up a fight between UM and OSU fans and a fan claimed (rightfully so or not I don't know) that Lewan punched him.

I'm thinking Lewan falls.

Cleet, that's just simply not true. The average WWE event gets (this is quick study math mind you...I'm only averaging what I can find for 2014) about a 2.0-2.2 final TV rating, while NASCAR is trending in the 3.5 range right now with nearly twice as many average viewers, and that's considering that NASCAR is breaking records for low TV ratings performances so far this year. I will cede, however, that NASCAR viewers are something like 93% white and lean towards the 45+ demographic. But nevertheless, WWE is not nearly as valuable a commodity as NASCAR.

Manziel's footwork is an atrocity. Probably as bad as, if not worse than, Tebow's throwing motion and mechanics.

We have 7 wins in the last five years. So it's 1.4.

That's how I feel, too. They all seem like trumped up, early modern era versions of today's dramas. I don't find that entertaining.

He is the worst interviewer in talk show history. But he says and does a lot of really funny things, and that's what they're looking for nowadays. I guess.

Absolutely hilarious.

Oh, he's great. Tonight was an embarrassment, but you have to blame the pitching and defense way before the bats, yeah? I'm just proud that we were able to survive Boston's apparent national holiday and subsequently blatant favoritism for eight innings before they finally lost. And the defense will be leaps and bounds improved in a few weeks, we're hoping. This is the worst of it.

Do you know that you are a stereotype?

I worked in Rockville for over two years and also had to drive to Silver Spring and Bethesda at least once a week; these from Parkville and Essex. I had to do the 95/895 route for the longest time, until I got sick and tired of paying those tolls and going around the Beltway on the west side like you guys. Those awful jams are unavoidable, whether at 70/695, 95 @ 100 (and then 95 @ 695 NE), etc. It's miserable.

I think everyone involved knows that he's a tool, and I don't necessarily think that he doesn't know that. I don't think it would stop anyone from voting him in if he bought the team, though, because in the end they're all looking to make as much money as possible.

Mostly because he's the only one willing to devote enough time and investment into explaining something to you and attempting to help you understand. No one else is quite as patient. You are comically stereotypical of the modern definition of an anonymous internet user. Someone is doing their best to logically and meaningfully explain something to you, and he means well by it--not to mention that his argument is the only one based in fact or any real evidence of intellectual common sense, but I'm not choosing sides. Your response is to attempt to invalidate his by calling him names, blowing off what he has to say, and/or telling him that because you have an opinion, it holds as much weight in truth as his; I can with near certainty predict that you'll respond to my post in the same way, if at all. I know being typecast as a tough guy from the streets who don't need no education is what you're looking for, but taking a psychology class at your local community college would probably be overwhelmingly beneficial to you, if what you feel and think is true to yourself and not just your internet facade. It would help you understand that other people sometimes have more well-versed thoughts, and that that's okay.

I know all about that commute.

Trump would never buy an NFL team. He'd have to disclose his net worth, and lord knows he can't do that.

Here's a few more relevant links. Wonderlic test "useless": http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/21736480/its-a-wonder-nfl-prospects-dont-boycott-useless-wonderlic-test Wonderlic not meant for football: http://deadspin.com/5899735/why-does-the-nfl-still-use-the-wonderlic And my favorite, "I took the stupid Wonderlic": http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/02/19/baffoe-i-took-the-stupid-wonderlic-test/ You can talk all day until your nose is runny and your face is blue about how important the test must be because "millionaires" use it, but the fact of the matter is that they really don't. Media observations about the test are really just points of conversation for dimwitted folks who have little else to use as data or evidence in comparing and contrasting players. I wouldn't go so far as to say that scouts are useless (especially actual scouts, e.g. what the Ravens use, as opposed to scouting services), but anyone who is putting any merit into the Wonderlic, especially from an outside perspective, doesn't really have any argument in the first place.