And one big reason the Bears feel they are possibly just a player away is because they already have their QB. You can never get to that point until you do.
I might not say never, but no doubt it is a big part. If the team is good enough, I don't think you need an elite QB, but you do need a good QB.
I'll respond truthfully. I love two things the Donald has done for the country. FIRST, he has closed the border/s essentially. I hated watching democratic states giving hotel rooms in immigrants thousands of times. They didn't care if they were legally in the country or not.....and JMHO, they want as many illegals as possible because they'll vote Democratic once "they become legal citizens". TWO- I'm a right to life person. Religiously, how can anyone support killing "potential children"- don't understand the term....let nature take its course see if a child is born.
Lots of things I despise about the Republican leader- he is unPresidential, he is a liar, and he pardonned those who caused millions of dollars of damage to our Capital....yet, they were released from prison....what a guy.
The Democrats, jmho, will open the borders again if they win the Congress/ next Presidential election. They support "naturalized citizens" like those in Minnesota- Somali illegals/new citizens who defraughted the US out of millions/ could be billions of dollar in false claims in numerous federal programs.
Plus they support a woman who probably shouldn't be in Congress. Too old when she got citizenship, maybe, married her brother, maybe, has a net worth of less than $100,000 or could be worth millions and millions--- bottomline, she's the best we can have in Congress.
I've come to the conclusion most politicans are crooks, both parties, and the good ones leave after couple sessions because they can't stand the stink.
How to fix, term limits, flat tax for everyone, and help the bottom earners when they prove they need help......won't happen. I'll vote Republican because I think they on the whole are less wasteful.....het our current "war" in Iran is stupid.
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..
It is most certainly is a religion. As with all religions throughout history there are those among that religion who have warped and bastardized it to be something it was never intended to be. The same as been done with Christianity throughout history at different points in time. Millions of people throughout history have been killed and slaughtered in the name of Christianity as well.
You call it "taken over the religion". At this time there are just over two billion Muslims in the world. There is a difference in taking over the headlines and taking over the religion. What makes the news and what gets shown to many are just the extremes of the Muslim religion, not the religion as a whole. You know how that works. Only the most extreme things hit the news. It makes for ratings.
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I don't see the peaceful ones speaking out against the radicals
I get that. We never see what we haven't been shown or haven't looked for ourselves. There are a lot of peaceful Muslims leaders who have spoken out and this is by no means a compete list. It doesn't even account for the peaceful Muslims around the globe that speak out against it................
• Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri: The Pakistani-Canadian Islamic scholar issued a comprehensive 600-page Fatwa on Terrorism in 2010—endorsed by Cairo's Al-Azhar University—declaring that suicide bombings and terrorist attacks have no place in Islamic law and branding terrorists as unbelievers (disbelievers of peace).
• Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed: The Grand Mufti of Australia has repeatedly issued public statements and fatwas condemning violent extremist acts, including the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis and subsequent acts of terror, emphasizing that such violence contradicts Islamic teachings of peace.
• Dr. Zafarul-Islam Khan: The prominent Indian Muslim scholar and former head of the Delhi Minorities Commission has publicly condemned mass atrocities and acts of terror committed by militant groups like the Pakistani Taliban, calling them "a blot in the face of Islam".
• Imam Azam Akram: Local and international community imams (such as Imam Akram in Chicago and various leaders organized through groups like the Islamic Network Group) regularly hold interfaith forums, lectures, and condemnations explicitly rejecting ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and domestic radicalization.
• Hassan Rouhani: As president of Iran, Hassan Rouhani condemned international extremist massacres—such as the 2015 Paris attacks claimed by ISIS—publicly labeling them "crimes against humanity".
• Jama Masjid Trust (Delhi): The leadership of India’s historic Jama Masjid explicitly refused Islamic burial rites to the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, stating that those who commit such heinous acts against innocent people cannot be considered true followers of Islam.
The issue as it seems to me is reporting things like this doesn't help feed into the agenda that you seem to be convinced of.
A fraction of all Muslims are actually violent extremists. Convincing people to believe otherwise seems to be the ultimate goal.
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."
If we really knew what trumps relationship with putin really is. I bet even republicans would immediately impeach him.
Why? They don't care about anything he says or does. Convicted felon and they elected him president. Jury finds he sexually assaulted a woman. No problem they still elected him president.
When Trump said, "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?" it sounded crazy. But over time I've learned he is probably about 90% correct.
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.
What did people expect? I mean he is a convicted criminal. He has been convicted of fraud.
His history could not be more clear. He is corrupt. He will continue to be so. Nothing has changed except that he is using his position to gain more money for his entire family.
It is a criminal's dream. It is so easy. It is literally taking candy from a baby. He doesn't have to worry about being caught.
