MHS831

that is bad when you can't squeak through OTAs.

Early in the draft mock season last year, he was Georgia's starting QB and on some first round lists. He is from Graham, NC. I have family there---they are so disappointed right now.

You too bro, but it may be back. I am getting checked next week.

I get it, but I can't get thje Super Bowl 38 shank out of my head.

I have suggested putting Pride there. Not sure I like Jackson at FS and due to his tackling skills, not sure I like him at nickel either.

When I had cancer and went to Duke for treatments, the first time I felt a bit sorry for myself. Walking in, you see the cars in the parking lot with pink overlapped ribbon magnets on the back--not one of them--all of them. Inside, the first kid you see is bald, smiling, holding a balloon, and acting happy to be alive. Then there is another one, and another. You leave feeling lucky, although your heart is heavy, not for yourself--never again did I feel any self-pity.

Great sentiment.

If you have never been in the hospital thinking your child may not survive, trust me, it is the worst and most terrifying fear their is. It paralyzes you in a cloud of surreal vulnerability and helplessness. It can only made worse by the heartbreak and devastation that coincides with losing a child, and I hear that rips your heart out of your body forever. To any of you who have experienced either, I know a bit about that pain and it returns whenever you share the experience with someone else. Man I hope this is a happy ending. When he writes "Day 8," trust me, he means much longer than a bit over a week.

Cargo shorts might have been one of the best inventions ever developed for men, right there with voice activated remote control and sexy optional and convenient adult diapers, and due to some women complaining that we look "stupid", now you all think these things are dumb. Well on game day, I do not care what I look like, and I can spend 20 hours in my recliner without ever leaving it, since I have a portable fridge beside me and the Papa Johns guy has permission to enter without knocking.

About Darnold--I read recently (here, I think) that something like 43% of his passes were thrown under pressure. Cousins, Lamar Jackson, and Carson Wentz were the others in the top. All are good QBs that struggled behind suspect OLs. Darnold is going to be fine--just keep him clean.

they should do like the WFL and allow players from practice squads to play for teams, each with their sponsoring team logo on the back of their helmet/jersey. You could pull up a player from any team at any time.

I disagree! Your points are not valid. What is wrong with y---Oh, I see it now.

You want to grab him on the outside of his shoulder pads, thumbs up. extend arms, drive legs

You, me, Mr Scot get a pass because we have tasted the nectar from Zeus's cup. All others have remote controls velcroed to their carpal tunnel brace.

I try not to listen to people complain about age. I have known people who have done in one year what most don't do in a lifetime. In my last book, I write about my family--"they are born, and as babies people hold them like open books and predict greatness. Instead, the act like idiots, sell their lives by the hour at the mill to man who drives the Cadillac and smokes the stinky cigar, and they retire to their front porches where they become Vitalis-soaked philosophers, drugstore cowboys of yesteryear, who have more alimony debt that common sense." It is OK--they will never find out what I said. It is in print.

In grad school, I worked weekends at the Observer. Rick was a great guy. He was covering the Hornets one night (not sure I assume) and asked me to try to call a number to set up an interview with Jim Valvano. Rumors were flying that he was going to take an offer with the NJ Nets. I was just a young, weekend agate clerk, writing about lake levels and fixing box scores and cutting AP articles to fit the space we had---so this was a big deal. I called about 30 times that night. No answer. Finally, around 9 pm or so (I was not sure I should be calling that late, but nobody called me off) Valvano answered, and there was some loud talking and laughing in the background. I looked up (the newsroom is empty with only the sports dept. there at night) and I saw Bonnell entering. I waved him over as fast as possible. It was Valvano, so I told him to wait a second, Bonnell wanted to talk to him. He agreed, and started talking to people there in his room. Bonnell is yelling into the phone because it was as if Jimmy V had a whole bar full of people with him in his hotel room--he was drunk. After about 50 seconds, Rick put the phone down and started typing into his computer. He pointed at me to say, "Thanks". He was breaking a national story. I stopped worrying about lake levels and just watched. In about 10 minutes later, the TVs in the news room (tuned in to ESPN) blasted, "This just in from the Charlotte Observer---Valvano is going to the NJ Nets. I called everyone who would pick up and told them that I helped break the story. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-21-sp-660-story.html The next time I went in, the story had been retracted. I went up to Bonnell and asked him about it. He said, "The next day, he didn't even remember talking to me. I asked him if he was going to sign with the Nets as rumored, and he gave me a big YES! That is why we are celebrating. He gave me terms of the deal, but was not sure. He added, "I should have known better. If you know Jimmy V, I should have known better." Laughing. Bonnell gave me all kinds of Hornets stuff--photos, gym bags, etc. He was a great writer, and a great person.

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I get that. Sounds right. So he is our next travelle wharton.

And Miller wanted to move back, (read that somewhere)

Thought for sure you were going to go "BROWN vs BROWN"

I think Bayless and Zylstra are battling. We shall see.

True, but this is just offense. And we could grab a player or two from other rosters.

Nobody guessed PJ Walker. I mean, Michael Jackson did it.

Taylor has concerns, but he will be on the #2 WR here. His speed is not an issue because he recovers well. If he is given man responsibilities with a burner, he will be given safety help. He is in proper position a lot. When you see a guy play much better at the SR bowl, you have to think that the new scheme is working to his advantage. Taylor is better than and CB we had last year--and he is our second best CB this year. And I did not see much evidence of a lack of ball skills--I saw the QB throwing it so he could not catch it--a press cb has his back to the QB more, so the ball is not the object as much as the man, so I think we can develop that. I still say we may take a look at Pride at S. But with Horn, Bouye, Jackson and Taylor, with Melvin, Hartsfield and Pride---we are ok now.

You are asking the right questions, and until they have a camp and pre season, we may never know. There is always that Fred Lane who comes from nowhere, but I think your hand is on the pulse as it looks now. We keep a FB, probably Stokke on the PS. We have a lot of players who could save us roster spots---first, Cam Erving on the OL, Elflien, Moore, etc. can all play different spots if needed. Steven Sullivan (converted LSU WR to TE can play both if needed and could allow us to carry 5 WRs with him as a third TE), Tommy Stevens (Wildcat, slot, QB...), Myles Hartfield (Nickel, S, CB depth), heck, Reggie Bonnefon could even serve as a backup emergency QB--played it in college. You have to love what we are doing.