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Quote from: Ed Vette on Today at 05:44:41 PMReminds me of the videos of NFL players abusing women.

Same here. Made me think of Kareem Hunt and Ray Rice. Not to mention our kicker from several years ago, although there was no video with him. I think there was a 911 call though.

Quote from: Ed Vette on Today at 05:40:21 PMIf Jones is ready and healthy, he's the QB. No controversy. 

In week one, yes, 100%. In week eight or later, probably but not automatically.

You can have controversy about the QB position even if you don't want it. Fans and media members can effectively cause it. The same way they can get coaches fired. I'm not saying this will happen this year by the way. Just that it's not impossible.

Also having no bad vibes or controversy about the team in the centennial anniversary year is basically impossible if they're a bottom seven or eight team again. Having no QB controversy in a big anniversary season is nice and all, but who cares about any of that if the team is on its way to another 4 to 7 win season?

Quote from: jimc on Today at 10:13:44 AMI believe this is the crux of the issue. Being hyper critical of DJ can and should never be confused with supporting him. You may say being critical does not prevent you from rooting for him, but I disagree. I contend that most folks that are hyper critical are more likely to root against DJ in order to prove they are correct in their hyper critical analysis. 

hyper critical equals "shitting on"
hyper critical not equal to constructive criticism

By this logic then the same accusation can be made against fans who claim Jones is better than what he has been, except these fans are rooting for the offensive line to continue to do poorly.

I believe neither to be true. I firmly believe Giants fans want the team to win. Which means they want areas of weakness to improve or be improved upon, and if they don't they are likely to be critical. That doesn't mean these fans want bad things to happen - it's very much the opposite. There may be some dark corners out there where that is not the case, but there is no doubt in my mind that the vast, vast majority of fans of any team want their team to be good.

Quote from: Ed Vette on Today at 05:06:22 PMIt took me months to properly evaluate JJ instead of just the drive up the board hype that some folks here got on board with. He was the perfect fit but they didn't want a QB controversy on the cusp of their 100 year Anniversary.

I don't believe that they would have passed on JJ if they thought he was the perfect fit. I know that you did not quite say that, but that is my view in any case. If that were really true, first off Mara would not have publicly said that he was open to drafting a QB in the first round, and they also would not have been all but confirmed by respected league insider types to have been trying to trade up with the Pats. There has also been a fair amount of smoke about Lock potentially getting a crack at the job at some point, so they may end up with a QB controversy on their hands anyway.

I know there have been exercise threads before, but I'm curious specifically about walking. Everyone knows how beneficial walking is, but plenty don't get enough. I have improved my walking total, but there is still room for improvement. 10,000 steps (the recommended daily amount) is approximately five miles. I'm curious if people here hit/exceed that total on a daily basis.

I wasn't planning on watching this, because I knew it would be disturbing, but I finally did it anyway, and man was I right about the disturbing part. I hope this coward goes to prison for this, plus other terrible things he was allegedly involved in like human trafficking.

Violence towards women is never ok. Nor is seeing it in one's household as a kid an excuse, so I don't even want to hear that. While watching this footage is highly unpleasant, my hope is it will encourage other victims to take action against their abuser.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/entertainment/sean-combs-cassie-ventura

Doesn't seem he really answered the question.

Quote from: coggs on Today at 01:20:00 PMYes and no.  The doom and gloom of Rangers fans is just tiring.  Up 3-1, have a bad game and everyone sucks.  The GM sucks for not trading for a top-6 forward (because that worked out well last year).  Rangers fans expect them to win every game by 4+ goals, score the first two goals of every game in the first 5 minutes.  Never allow the opponent to get closer than 1 goal.  Score on every PP, kill every penatly.  Win the Corsi battle 95-5, have every zone entry result in a HDSC and a goal.  I could go on and I am only slightly exaggerating. 

Here are their results this year:  https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/2024_games.html

They literally had ONE losing streak of more than 2 games.  It was a 4-gamer that started with a SO Loss.  Aside from that, only 5 times where they had back-to-back losses and in 2 of those cases there was a SO/OT loss. 

I would say this thread has been almost nothing but a cascade of high praise this year, so unless you're referring to other Rangers fans outside of this thread, I would say the above is a misrepresentation or, at best, a wild exaggeration. I can think of a number of occasions this season where the Rangers had a bad night, and people here generally had the attitude of "rough night, but no big deal. Shake it off and move on to the next one."

The bottom line is fans know this team is very talented, and so expectations are naturally very high. Fans also recognize that the top of the Eastern Conference is highly competitive, but regardless, if the Rangers' final game in this postseason is a loss, people are unquestionably going to be disappointed for a period of time. I would not say that makes them gloom and doom mongers or disloyal or unfair fans. It makes them fans that were optimistic about their team given its roster and coaching who didn't quite get the outcome they were hoping for. Nothing wrong with that. They're still loyal, good fans who are not going anywhere.

As a means of comparison, I am also a Knicks fan. I have been nothing but delighted with the season they have had relative to expectations and considering their severely bad injury luck this year, but in no way do I expect them to go any further than the Eastern Conference Finals (if they make it). I just happen to feel the Rangers have a higher ceiling than that.

Quote from: MightyGiants on Today at 01:44:48 PMThe evolution of the angry Giants fan:

2019

I am angry that the Giants drafted Daniel Jones with the 6th pick in the draft just to draft a QB.

2024

I am angry that the Giants DID'T draft a QB with the 6th pick just to draft a QB.

While there are probably some individuals who feel this way, I believe it is a real minority. In my experience, most Giants fans, including ones who think highly of Jones as a starting NFL QB and ones who don't, didn't want the Giants to take the fourth QB off the board sixth overall. Particularly once it was clear their front office didn't think highly enough of McCarthy as a prospect to do so. If anything, people are probably angrier that that they didn't end up with a top three pick despite being so clearly terrible last season.

The Pats and Panthers look like the worst teams to me.

I'd struggle to keep the Giants out of the bottom four though. I thought we were worse than our 6-11 record last year, and I am not convinced the team improved in the offseason overall (yes we gained a couple of very talented players but we also lost three).

I'd probably go (in order of badness):

1. Pats
2. Panthers
3. Broncos
4. Giants

I think there is a bit of a gap between the two worst teams and the next group though. I don't put the Broncos in the same tier as the Panthers and Pats.

Quote from: AZGiantFan on Today at 01:07:27 PMHe didn't know there had been a fatal accident and it is routine for players to bypass cars lined up to get in.  I'm sympathetic to his situation because years ago I come up on a scene where there were lanes closed, detours, and contradictory 'Keep Left' and 'Keep Right' signs and  I was confused and found myself in the wrong place.  I got screamed at by one of the construction guys.  But they're the ones that created the confusing situation.

That said, what kind of idiot tries to stop a car by grabbing on to it.  The overcharging was ridiculous.  And it is to Scoottie's credit that he had the mental strength to birdie his first hole and go on to shoot 66 to be t4 after the round.  And WHY wasn't the cops' bodycams turned on? 

Yeah I wasn't saying the cop(s) did a good job here. Clearly that wasn't the case. More just that this incident could have easily been avoided. Bottom line, even if this cop was an idiot, Scheffler still put his foot on the gas after being told to stop. I would say that was a momentary lapse in judgment on his part. So was driving an extra 15 yards (per eyewitness Jeff Darlington) when the guy had (stupidly, I agree) "attached himself" to the car.

Stuff happens though, and this isn't the end of the world. If this is the worst mistake he has ever made in his life then he is probably in the 99.8th percentile of most virtuous people in the world.

I like Scottie Scheffler and think he's a genuinely good guy, but this could have been avoided by simply complying with the initial instructions.

Lazy of me.

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Quote from: coggs on May 17, 2024, 07:07:04 PMLet's just say I have been very good at the reverse jinx this year.  I mention a player is playing like xxxx and then he scores.  Yesterday at end of 2nd I said, "time to work your magic." Texted my wife to ask if she wanted to go to the game on saturday.  Hit send, and I knew we were good.

On a serious note, they have been the best comeback team in the league this year and "momentum" can shift VERY quickly.  Hence why the analytics people do not believe in momentum or players being hot and cold as an indicator of a future outcome.

Ok, fair enough.

So maybe the three of us in this thread putting those emotional posts up in-game contributed in some cosmic way to the comeback then lol.

I'm rooting for the Bruins hard tonight. Even if the Panthers end up winning the series, I want the Rangers to have an edge on the rest/recovery/practice front. At this stage in the playoffs every day matters IMO. I remember when we beat the Hurricanes in seven in the second round two years ago and then had to start the series against the Lightning two days later. Yes, we did get up 2-0 in that series, but we were pretty worn out by game three. Hopefully that won't be the case this time.

That win was magical last night though. Definitely one of the most thrilling I have seen from this team in 40 years as a fan.