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It makes me sick when I read stuff like this because I don't see how there will be a season.... Even if there is a season we know 16-0 won't happen. I feel they would make the playoffs....yet they have not advanced since their fist playoff game the last 2 years. This team is so loaded and stacked and should be a blast to watch......but..... What could have been......

I'm taking a deep breath and rolling my eyes in some blind hope that he can do the job. He's the only choice! I find it so hard to understand that in a nation as great as ours, with such a huge population of fabulously intelligent, gifted and capable citizens, that our only choices for the next President are Biden or Trump. Anyway....I liked Biden's 4th of July speech....

Yea....Real sad situation. The Ravens have a legit Super Bowl Contending roster. How often do you see that?! Now this opportunity is fading away. I want the NFL and the State of Maryland to do what is right for the safety of the people. Fans or not. Everyone. And if that means surrendering to the reality of no football in 2020, then that's what must be done.

I'm beginning to think that the decline, that we are seeing here in Maryland, might be short lived.

Training camp in a month. I'm starting to get the itch.... Forge Ahead!!!

4 of 5 O lineman returning is good. It all depends on them and my concern is the short amount of time they will have to gel together. Of course that problem is the same for every team. If this line is as good as last years it's going to be great.

Their heads were too fat and not in the game. Plus it was too much time off and the rhythm and timing wasn't there.

Voted by ESPN. We've seen a lot of good football the last 10 years on the defensive side. Defense wins championships and a solid defense provides the opportunity to defeat any opponent on the schedule....anywhere. Now they have the #1 offense. They should be able to figure out how to win some games with what they have.... The Good Old Days are still here!

It's not going as planned and certainly not going well as many politicians would have us believe. Good Read..... I'm not getting in that water....or eating anything that comes out of it.

In 2 months the Ravens are scheduled to have their 1st preseason game against the Bills on 8/14. I don't know about you but I'm watching the daily Covid cases go down each week in hope that things will be clear for football and most importantly everyones health and welfare. Harbaugh says there's no way the all the safety regulations can be met but they will do their best. Bischiotti has come out very strong in support of the players and their commitment to Black Lives Matter. He will be giving a 5 minute statement on this today. If the season happens, this will be a very different season from what we are used to. It will be historic. The players are strong role models and the NFL is one of the biggest podiums in the media. If this season plays out, along with the weekly focus on Black Lives Matter, then we can all be a part of an incredible and most needed movement of change in America and hopefully a shift to a higher consciousness.

A couple of quotes this morning..... “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” ― Robert F. Kennedy “Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person. ” ― R. Buckminster Fuller

I couldn't write about his brutal and senseless murder when it first happened. His final words broke my heart, shocked me and tore me up. Racism, in any way that it is expressed, is so ugly, nasty and unclean. Hate is so brutally harmful in thought, word and deed. If anybody doesn't think that this is so, then watch the video and hear his final pleas. Try to imagine that George was your son. That was a physical manifestation. What about the "invisible scaring?" What about the daily mental, emotional and spiritual scars it leaves on black children and their families. On their hopes and dreams? A life long force in the American society beating you down....every day. How do you change the consciousness of a nation and raise it up? Hundreds of years of racism in the USA and thousands of years on this whole planet. Since man began recording history. I've lived through a part of this history having grown up in the 60's. Some hope and light began to shine and yet here we are...2020....and it feels like little change has been made. That doesn't mean to quit or give up. It took me a long time to see that "What I do to you, I do to me." In general, as a people, or "We the People," can't see that we are all connected.....that we are one and the same...that all life is sacred. I believe that many people do see, think and believe this. Nevertheless, racism, a powerful, negative force of evil, continues to thrive. It is necessary to have discussions on this and to raise our awareness. It is necessary to create constructive, loving solutions. Racism is rooted so deep. Awareness can lead to change, one person at a time, if the change happens in your innermost self. Than it will be expressed in your actions...in thought, word and deed. The solution is spiritual in nature. It's an"inside job" for all of us. This has been hard for me to write because I am far from perfect. I look at myself and feel, for my part, that I can and must do better. Like all of you, I am trying to grow and evolve into a better person. A brighter light. Here we are in this thing called life, which is difficult enough as it is. Why make it harder? Why not live it together? Take it on together. For George and his family I have no words. Only the feeling of love and empathy in your grief.

I most certainly wish there was somebody other than Biden. He's weak. It won't feel good pulling the lever for him, yet I could never pull it for Trump. Why? Why, in a nation our size with our abundant resources, can't we have better choices for the candidates who are running for the nations highest office? Really! We have one who is a dangerous, unconscious megalomaniac and another who shows signs of senility, timidity and waffling. There has to be something good about Biden. I have more homework to do.

WOW!

Some good news....

It's going to be the Governors call... Here's the big catch...the one big issue that will probably mean we don't see football and baseball this year....especially because Covid will be 4 times worse in the fall.... He's right. Players are going to get infected, infect others players for both teams, and players will have to be quarantined. Game over.

Wow! A transformation like Burk. Good to see....he's getting healthy instead of fat and out of shape....oh! And he's financially set. A success story all the way.

This is all well and good if there is a season. How will empty stadiums effect the games? If some players test positive after a game then do you quarantine both teams for 14 days? Does anybody think we'll have football?

Love how Americans are stepping out to help each other....... In the gloom of what's happening, there are tons of inspiring efforts. I love searching through the worldwide photos and seeing people helping people...it's unifying......it's this spirit that will see us through.

That makes sense. Since I posted that, it became clear to me how stupid it would be for me to "give up, go to work and get dosed." I am high risk. I don't want to pass it on to anybody. I have now decided to stay at home regardless of the consequences. If it forces an early retirement, than so be it. I'll be fine. That was a very hard decision to reach. My family had to basically plead with me to wake up, not go back to work and retire if necessary.

Another step forward! It may seem like and "ant step" but they must be as careful as possible.

Hell hath no fury! "This is not a good example of "the family that plays together, stays together."

"let's take a peek at the future.... Here's a possible scenario to holding games this fall...."