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Yeah Weiland was pretty unique in his vocal ability and the band musically has always been really really good. I can't believe we lost so many from that era, unique voices.

This is an interesting point, from a legal standpoint at least. He was obviously speeding but he was behind that car and they caused the crash. Legally I'm not sure he had to STAY but could be wrong. Now, morally and character wise, it's majorly messed up to leave people behind like that that were in an accident.

I mean a lot of grunge copied Neil Yong's 80's stuff too, it's all good. Pearl Jam's Ten was such an amazing record that they didn't feel they could fit Yellow Ledbetter on it which is like a B side from that album and now a staple at concerts (and a lot of people's favorites). They are still making good records. Pearl Jam smartly has evolved over the years. They couldn't make albums like Ten or Vs forever, as they got older they changed and their fans and they didn't try to recreate the early albums at all. Not many bands would do that. Some of their later career stuff has some of my favorites, especially Avacado album for instance. I love that era of music though, easily my favorite. Nirvana may be one my least favorites honestly. I personally don't like them as much as PJ, AIC, STP, Soundgarden, Blind Melon, etc. PJ's Ten, STP's Purple, Soundgarden's Superunknown are some of the best front to back rock albums ever. And AIC's Unplugged album is one of the best live albums, easily. I also think Nirvana's unplugged is great too.

There is a lot of good metal it's just not on the radio or anything you have to find it. All genres. Personally I've been really digging the doom metal resurgence with Pallbearer, Khemmis, Sleep coming back with an album a couple years ago etc. Elder is good too but it's more pysch in these latest albums but still good. Also the new wave of traditional metal like Spirit Adrift and some stuff. Basically all genres have something going on. I was really sad about Power Trip and what happened there, if you haven't listen to Power Trip's last album it was one of my favorite in recent years if you like the chug.

It really does seem like Grohl is actually as awesome as all the headlines. There are too many stories to not believe it. I hope we never find out the contrary (minus regular being a human type things). Foo Fighters have been one of my favorite bands since the 90's (though the last few albums are only OK). We must protect him at all costs.

We'd still be pretty high if you took the last 20 years. That's how it has been it feels like.

I think it's just dumb to put Carr in the same group as Teddy, Darnold, and Baker. He's not top 5 but he's not close to those guys either. Look at Carr's fourth quarter comebacks. Look at all the coaching staff changes he's had over the years. People were saying the same thing about Stafford before he had his success. Nothing stops us from drafting a QB if there is one we like, AND getting Carr.

Me too. The fanbase needs some excitement honestly. New coaching staff is a good start, but bringing in Carr at a fair price will give a nice jolt. He's not a top 5 QB but people comparing him to Darnold or Baker are just crazy.

I wouldn't mind Carr, at a fair contract, I don't expect cheap, but fair. Then draft a QB at #9 if there is one we like and if not get best player at that spot.

I mean, Carr hasn't been a top 5 QB but I think it's pretty unfair to compare the guy to Darnold or Baker etc. He was doing pretty well with the Raiders considering what he had to work with for years. He's older but we are in a league where QBs are playing in their late 30's. He's also been pretty healthy as well. Not to mention he's one of the best 4th quarter comeback QBs in the history of the league.

Carr has 28 fourth quarter comebacks. We sure could use some of that around here.

I thought this was one of the best episodes of a show I've seen in a long time. It felt like a mini movie. I think it was important not only for the already mentioned reasons but it fleshes out the world a bit more. It shows a little bit of hope in a world where there really isn't. It's just possible the game doesn't have enough content for what they are going for and they needed to come up with some good stories to tie in. I think Offerman is such a fantastic actor, in almost anything I have watched him in. Comedy, drama, etc. This performance should open up even more roles for him. The show IS called "The last of US" so it isn't crazy to see some stories like this etc.

When the two organizations are literally entertainment companies it's an OK comparison. But you are comparing a state of mind which is just dumb between the two.

I think this is a pretty bad comparison when pro wrestling fans have known about how things are for decades. Thousands of interviews with wrestlers and promoters on how things work.

I don't know if people talking about this are really "upset". In contrast, I think most accept it and watch the game for what it is.... entertainment. Just like a wrestling fan would watch Wrestlemania. I think we still route for the players and coaches who I think are trying their hardest to win and it does annoy when the calls are so bad but I haven't been "upset" in a long time. It's just something to discuss about on a ...discussion board. Why are you so upset people are talking about it?

I am not saying they aren't to blame. But they didn't commit late hits and helmet to helmets that were not called in a year where QB safety was prio #1. They didn't bat a fumble that wasn't called. I'm not going to say Rivera and them did a great job ever but they can't do anything to hold a ref from throwing a flag.

Read the post you quoted.

Try reading. I said I do not believe influencing always works. I think they are good at it, but I do believe a team can still win despite that, it is just much harder to do obviously. But the NFL also really likes Burrow aka "Joe Cool" and they need more than one face.

Well for the 10th time, I think it is heavily influenced by the head ref. I think rigged would include a broader range of folks which I don't really think is happening because too many things could leak. These things really became apparent around the time Goodell took over and maybe shortly before. The NFL was not like this in the 90's or before.

I don't know, for proof, maybe the reports of 20+ missed calls in the Panther/Denver SB that went Denver's way? The late hits in that game on Cam, helmet to helmets, battled fumble, etc? I think that is the game where it was pretty obvious something was up. Then just watch around the league. If it isn't influenced, then the league is OK with bad refs year to year and muddied rules, for some reason, which also makes the game product pretty terrible.

You can keep using the word rigged but only people like you are focusing on that. Influence is the best term and it doesn't always work. Also commercials watched for Super Bowl, specific to DURING game or numbers of ads watched leading up to it that are marked "for Super Bowl". I'm not saying people aren't watching the Super Bowl for commercials at all, just less than 20 years (not on a pure numbers standpoint but percentage I'd say). But it only pushes the point home that a face like Mahomes who has a commercial at every NFL ad break is someone the NFL wants in big games. Brady is almost gone, they lost Manning a while ago, and Mahomes is now the face of the NFL.

I don't remember anyone saying commercials don't matter to advertisers, but you said people watch FOR commercials. You are twisting words now to make your point. I think far less watch for commercials now since you can just watch before hand. Keep your head in the sand, it's all good.

There are commercials ran everywhere for the Super Bowl and in the past things are mentioned. You don't remember "Harbaugh vs Harbaugh" or instance? Everyone knew Peyton's last game was against us, etc. I don't like using the word rig because I don't really think it's some hundred people thing. Just the head refs influencing decisions. I also don't think it always works because I think people still can win, it's just much more difficult.

The same can be said about people that are so deep in their fandom they can't entertain any idea that maybe their favorite past time isn't as clean as they think. You have a league that keeps bad refs, year after year, and sometimes even promoting or letting them handle big games. For what reason? A league that makes game rules more muddy each year so the refs can make more and more "judgement" calls? Multiple times in both games the announcers didn't even know what to say when bad calls were made when refs were literally staring at the play lol. Why would the NFL want the Chiefs? I don't know.... maybe the Mahomes commercials every 15 minutes comes into play. There is just a lot, and I mean, a lot of smoke that usually leads to a fire. I think there is just a lot of stuff that happens since Goodell took over that is just too coincidental for a lot of fans' tastes. I also don't blame people for wanting a favorite hobby to remain as they want to see it. That's fine too.

LOL if you want but you can watch the commercials here in a few days. All of them. It's not 1995 anymore.