There is a precedent there. I wouldn't go as far as to say you can pick the team you want to go to. But it certainly goes to show that in the case of the Manning family you don't have to play for the team that does draft you should you choose not to.
No doubt, and NIL could make it even more prevalent. Bo Jackson was drafted by Tampa Bay and he refused to sign with Tampa because they did him dirty and made him ineligible for his final baseball season at Auburn. Other guys may not have baseball as a fall back, but having several $million already in the bank could easily sway someone from not even playing football, at least long enough to hold out from playing until the team that drafted him would trade the rights, and nobody would make the trade unless they were certain he was going to sign with them.
My blood pressure is well under control. Thanks for the concern.
I wasn't threatening anybody. I was simply making a reply with the same ill will as the one to which I was replying. I also don't care what you think I know or don't know. At this point the label doesn't matter. It all points the same direction. Democrats aren't democrats any longer. You may be, maybe not, but the party to which you tout is headed down a dark path of destruction, be it self destruction or destruction of this country, so yes, I do get a little riled up over that.
I predict that the Dems will do well and that trump will blame voter fraud and undermine confidence in fair elections and once again act like a giant spoiled douche bag.
I do expect dems to make large gains as voters voice their displeasure at the state of things. I don't expect it to be as much as dem talking heads are estimating. I expect Ohio and most other solidly-red states to remain so, with a few eyebrow-raising upsets in a small number of elections.
As long as politicians across the political spectrum continue to use identity politics as a means to divide voters and maintain deadlock, the pendulum will continue to swing from one party to another without anything significant changing.
Democratic Representative Haley Stevens of Michigan withdrew her endorsement of her party’s Senate nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, and endorsed Republican Mike Rogers on November 1, 2026, explicitly citing that El-Sayed had publicly uninvited her from campaigning with him.
During a joint news conference with Rogers on November 1, 2026, Stevens stated that El-Sayed made it clear she "was not welcome in his campaign". Her decision followed a public speech by El-Sayed on October 31 where he openly stated he no longer wanted her to join him at a planned unity event.
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I'm so glad this woman saw the overall good in other party?
An act of vindictiveness isn't seeing the good in the other party. Those are two totally different things.
I would like to remind you that it wasn't until two days after she openly admitted she was endorsing Rogers because El-Sayed didn't want her at her rally she felt the need to try and walk that back by saying this..............
On November 3, 2026, Stevens defended her crossing of party lines as a "decision of conscience," asserting that while she disagrees with Rogers on many core issues like abortion and labor, she concluded El-Sayed was "not fit to serve".
But she thought he was "fit to serve" before that? This one is pretty obvious.
Not news, but this is hilarious. I saw the boxscore and thought it was never updated during the game. 0-3. that was his passing stats for a full game yesterday. (They rushed for 324 yards)
Jfanent , I was only able to watch into the early part of the 3rd quarter .. Up to that point I felt sorry for then kid .. Running for his life.. Non consistent play calling . Dont care much for Arthur Smith..
One got all tangled up in a spider web and could not fly. I caught him and took an old soft toothbrush and cleaned him up. I could tell he was stressed out. I put him in an overturned basket for an hour with some water.
I held him in my hand gently and went out on my deck and opened my hand. At first he just sat there. And after a minute or two took off. When they migrate in the winter they return in April to exactly where they spend summer and nest. They come back to my yard. It is so cool because they recognize you and it is very obvious.
I hunted very early when I was a teen. I knew quickly I didn't like taking a life. Hell all the fish I have caught in my life I probably didn't eat a dozen.
My backyard is a mature hardwood and pine forest. It is all natural. I have a bird bath on the deck. With the "Merlin" app I have identified 38 species of birds. They are like my outdoor pets.
I respect life and pay close attention to the world around me way more than the Internet.
True but it's not like Gabriel is some great veteran QB. We can afford to let him go I think.
I don't get to see practices and stuff, but if it were up to me I'd like to see both 2nd year QBs in Monken's system before sending them elsewhere. Who's to say they wouldn't also play better under a different coach/system?
... this is assuming no team wants to do a AJ McCarron type trade (minus faulty fax machines).
To me Dillon is too short to be a serious option at QB and he is a bit of a whiney brat who doesn't inspire his team mates. Sanders has a better arm and he has great charisma so the guys will play harder for him. I don't think either of them are great QBs but I think Sanders has far more potential than the runt Dillon. JMHO.
I never much liked the "too short" argument regarding Gabriel and similar QBs. Obviously, taller is better but there is no such thing as a minimum height requirement.
For me, I still haven't quite changed my mindset from thinking this was going to be a "throwaway season", so I was hoping to see if Monken could awaken something in our younger QBs. Now that Watson is playing competently and we are stacking wins and looking like we are going to remain competitive, it's looking more and more likely we won't have the usual lost season where we end up starting 3-4 different QBs.
I don't like short QB's period. They can't see over the offensive line and end up making blind throws into zones where they just have to trust the WR's to BE THERE. I just hate that. Also, shorter QBs have to change the angle that they throw to arc the ball up and over the offensive line vs throwing it on a rope in a straight direction. This means their balls travel through the air slower and are more likely to be intercepted on short to medium passes but tend to have greater touch on longer passes when they drop into the bucket if they have the arm strength to throw it that far. Dillon doesn't really have the arm talent for those throws.
I would say the minimum height a QB should be is 6'2'' but I would prefer they be at least 6'5" so they can see the field better and so they can throw faster straight throws. NFL teams agree with this as they usually look for taller QBs for this reason. Trevor Lawrence (6'6"), Justin Herbert (6'6"), Josh Allen (6'5"), Daniel Jones (6'5"), Joe Burrow (6'4"), Drake Maye (6'4"), Matthew Stafford (6'3"), etc. You get the idea. Obviously there are short QBs that get it done but they are the exception to the rule and not the norm. Dillon is not the exception to the rule imho but he is a good kid for the most part and I don't mind him being a Brown as a back up QB.
And we saw what a huge difference that makes in how a QB performs last week when watson was only sacked once. The OL providing watson the protection he needs while getting pressure on Rodgers will be critical ingredients in this game. That along with continuing a successful running game.
Professor Xavier and Picard. Quite an actor, especially if you caught some of his Shakespeare rolls. Thanks for your body of work and quality SF over the years. High respect for his roles and his success. Thanks for our delighted viewing and reading. RIP. "Make it so" and "Engage."
I expect the wheels to fall off the bus at any time. And honestly, I won't be that upset when it does. But right now this is a fun ride. They are learning how to win games that they would have thrown away in previous seasons. There's no down side to these close ones except maybe on fans' cardiovascular health.
This is not a serious deep into the playoffs kind of team. It is a solid middle of the pack maybe contender for the AFC North. Compared to what I, and many others, expected a few months back this is a gift.
Yes, I fully expect them to beat Pittsburgh. Its just that kind of year.
