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I'm expecting hiccups too but also / mainly due to progress being hampered by the lack of quality QB play.

I can't tell you why - I haven't watched a lot of Ravens games, and even if I had the playbook with Lamar is going to be very different than what we can try to implement - but I feel like Monken will take shots deep, if nothing more than to keep the D honest. That was one of my gripes with KS - he was conservative with play calling. I remember reading a deep breakdown (probably in the Athletic) on how many routes were 8 yards or under and how that compresses the D and lets CB's and LB's make quicker decisions on what their role/responsibility is. It **felt** like KS only started to try to go deep when we were chasing games.

Regardless of the success of the new offense early in the season I think it will interesting to see what we're trying to do and how we're trying to do it.

Well that may be - there are plenty of staunch old school Repoublicans who are aggressively anti-Trump. There are plenty of people who couldn't tell you what communism is vs facism that are aggressively anti-Trump.

That said - it's one more example of some idiot - in this case a high profile idiot - saying something dumb and then having "social media" present them as representing one side or the other. And then the muppets that get fed that in their echo chamber spamming the web with it. That's really the issue. But hey. All is fair in love and politics - Spread the S**t - that's what good fanboys do.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

It's hilarious to see people claim to be Constitutionalists or even claim to respect the constitution and then support a POTUS who has virtually zero regard for the constitution.

Theodore Roosevelt (1902): Built the West Wing to separate executive offices from the living quarters, utilizing existing funds and administrative authority.
William Howard Taft (1909): Expanded the West Wing and constructed the very first dedicated Oval Office.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1942): Substantially overhauled the West Wing (adding a second floor and relocating the Oval Office) and later built the East Wing, partly tied to wartime security needs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1934): Built an indoor therapy pool in the West Terrace using $12,000 raised by a public fund
President Franklin D. Roosevelt did build an indoor pool in the White House in 1933 for his polio physical therapy, but it did not require a congressional appropriation because it was entirely funded by private donations through a public fundraising campaign. President Richard Nixon converted the space into the White House Press briefing room.
President Gerald Ford built an outdoor pool on the South Lawn in 1975, also financed via private donations.

Stephen Vogt has severely regressed in his pitcher selections.

He keeps pulling bullpen pitchers with 2 outs and the lead and the next pitcher responds by giving up runs.

Share? I'm not sure what you mean.

All I can surmise is that, apparently, Watson looked better with the number 1 with pads than Sanders. I'm not sure how that is a surprise to anyone (not saying you are). Monken might like Watson more than Sanders so far. The turn on the dime to replace Watson with Sanders for first team reps tends to indicate that. But we'll see.

Personally, I saw Sanders last year....he was absolutely terrible. Blame him. Blame the OL. Blame Stefanski. I don't care. He was bad. He was one of the worst QBs in 2025 right next to Gabriel. I get it, they were both rookies...there is a window to improve. But, I think there is higher upside with Watson than Sanders. The highest probability is we look for a QB in the 2027 draft but if there is anyone to upend that strategy, it is Watson. Not Sanders.

We'll see if I am wrong.

He misled us more than once, lies and exaggeration. I am willing to be the bigger guy and let him make up the difference out of his own pocket for all stated shortfalls. Sell that chainsaw!

Ya got me — I laughed.

We are undefeated.

Iran Says It Will Only Reopen The Strait of Hormuz if Trump Replaces JD Vance with Bad Bunny

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Jade wrote this song and her mother is one of the back-up vocalists. My son shot the video. It is where they live. I love this song.

Iran makes new strait demands, the UAE says a ship was targeted and other Middle East news

Oman says talks to manage the strait between it and Iran continue

Iran issued dramatic new demands for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen as the United Arab Emirates said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile. Yemen’s military attacked the country's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. And Turkey’s Kurdish peace bill won approval in parliament.

Iran says strait won't open until the US ‘corrects’ behavior

Iran's politburo-like body known as the Supreme National Security Council said the Strait of Hormuz will not open until the United States "corrects its behavior," issuing new demands that could shake up talks on a deal to manage the waterway and traffic on it.

Iran's state broadcaster published the statement by the council’s secretary, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who is also a commander in the powerful Revolutionary Guard.

The U.S. must never threaten Iran again, the statement said, and must permanently end the war with Iran and its armed allies in the region. The U.S. must lift the naval blockade of Iranian ports and withdraw its military from the area. It also must "completely compensate" Iran for war damage, lift sanctions and "unconditionally" release frozen assets.

There was no immediate response from the U.S., which has wanted an acceptable deal first on the strait before ending the blockade.

Iran earlier said it was close to reaching a deal with Oman to manage the strait, which runs between the two countries.

Oman, a mediator Gulf Arab country which has said relatively little on the talks, said in a statement Saturday that the discussions were ongoing "in a positive and constructive atmosphere," and condemned attacks on ships on the strait.

Iran attacks a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, UAE says

A vessel owned by Abu Dhabi's state-owned ADNOC oil and gas company was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Emirati authorities said. The Foreign Ministry said Iran fired the missile as part of attacks on commercial shipping.

ADNOC said in a statement that there were no casualties following the attack early Saturday. The company said over a dozen of its vessels have been attacked by missiles and drones while passing through the strait since the United States and Israel launched the war on Iran in February. One crew member has been killed and 20 others wounded, it said.

ADNOC didn't elaborate on where the attack took place nor on any damage.

Later, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center said a vessel east of the town of Khasab, Oman, had been struck by a projectile that caused a fire that was put out, with the vessel and crew safe. It was not immediately clear whether this was the ADNOC incident.

Iran and Oman, on the other side of the strait, have been discussing a deal to manage the waterway, which had been considered an international one before the war.

Yemen's military attacks Iran-backed Houthis

The attacks were in response to the Houthis' recent strikes in central and eastern Yemen. Col. Majed al-Nazili, spokesperson for Yemen's military, said the attacks targeted the rebels' "sites and capabilities" on multiple front lines, without elaborating.

The escalation between the Houthis and Yemen's internationally recognized government and its backer, a Saudi-supported coalition, threatens to reignite Yemen's civil war following a 2022 truce.

On Friday, United Nations envoy Hans Grundberg urged the parties to exercise restraint, saying that "Yemen today faces a greater risk of renewed large-scale conflict than at any point since the U.N.-brokered truce of April 2022."

Turkey's Kurdish peace bill wins approval in parliament

A Turkish draft law aimed at advancing a peace effort with the country's Kurdish insurgents passed its first hurdle in parliament on Saturday, with a committee approving the measure that includes a conditional, pardon-like mechanism for thousands of former fighters.

Last year, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, declared its decision to disarm and disband as part of the peace initiative aimed at ending the decades-long conflict with the Turkish state.

The draft legislation, expected to be approved in the general assembly next week, defines the procedures for the group's disarmament and the rehabilitation of some PKK members. It would suspend some prison sentences for people convicted of membership and postpone the prosecution of others.

The measures would come into effect once Turkey's National Security Council confirms that the group has disbanded and surrendered all weapons.

The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people since it began in the 1980s and has spilled into neighboring Iraq and Syria. Turkey and its Western allies consider the group a terrorist organization.

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Just before this incident happened trump planned to announce that an official deal on opening the Strait of Hormuz had been reached and the U.S. had won the war...... again.

Don't forget that they're the party of family values. Unless that family is brown and from a different country. Then all bets are off.

What is?

Great game. Eyes bulging on the Carson Beck eye test!

This guy speaks with more common sense than almost anyone in politics. This is what I'm saying. This crap may fly in primaries, but you can't win elections when you buddy-up with a despicable commie. Piker celebrates 911 and calls for us to abolish property rights... Landlords? "Kill them. Murder those mother #$%^ in the street. Let the streets soak in their #$%^ red capitalist blood, dude."

There are parts of the series I have to fast forward.

I have seen more of the Holocaust than I want to see. I can't stomach it. What was done to Warsaw was heartbreaking.

The civilian casualties in WWII are staggering. It is interesting to see how the different countries involved treated their own civilian populations. Especially Russia, Germany, and Japan had completely different approaches.

The scale of the war and the logistics is unreal.

As of August 1, 2026, Senator Mitch McConnell has been absent from public view and the U.S. Senate for 49 consecutive days, missing 38 or more roll call votes. He was last seen casting a vote on Capitol Hill on June 11, 2026, and was officially hospitalized following a fall at his home on June 14, 2026.

Every morning I check the headlines hoping it will all go away.

That somehow some way karma will find a way.

That the scales of justice will balance. Please just disappear.

That is really interesting.

I have never gotten into photography.

I have spent a lot of time outdoors. The best times of my life have come from my time outside.

The Merlin app opens up a new road. Time has slowed me down and this gives me a chance to do something at a pace that fits.

well deserved for Grant too. He's been solid for us

I'll take this opportunity to post probably the sickest plays I ever had the privilege to watch live. Even watching the replay felt like my mind playing tricks on me. 🔥

This particular story has already been discussed in this forum. Only 400 out of those 6600 actually voted. No New jersey election was decided by 400 votes. Actually none where closer than several thousand votes.

So him posting that in response to "Can you specifically name one rigged election result" is just pure BS. But then again that's to be expected.

One thing I am sure of is that the executive branch, mainly the president holds far to much power. How much power a president has is not the same as the time of the founding fathers. It has evolved and increased greatly over time. And that's not isolated to which party or who is president. As of today we see executive orders being written on an unprecedented level pushing the boundaries of the constitution and being overturned in our courts.

I'm certainly not going to say that I agree with everything they stand for. Yet I do understand when one side goes off the rails you will get a pushback that goes off the rails as well in reaction to that.

And that's where we are now. Extremism is taking over on both sides and we are all worse off for it. Surely you must have seen something like this coming in response.

Big money QBs make plays that win games or close-out games...big money DEs should do that as well...but realistically less-often.

My memory of MG will be much more of him jumping offside on 3rd/4th and short...and getting 2+ sacks in games that were essentially blowouts...rather than frequent plays that impacted the outcome of the game.