Big Blue Huddle

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on Today at 01:14:33 PMHow do you "do" Connections, Ed?

In other words how do you approach the puzzle each day? Do you have some sort of process that you rigidly apply to each game, or do you just kind of eyeball it and wing it?

Just curious.

I read the words from the bottom up and then scan for pairs. It's usually the case where I have three pretty solid matches and then there are a couple of words that could match as a 4th. Then I search for another set of words before I commit to that set. I try to get three sets with at least two word matches and then go process of elimination. Often I pick four and one is wrong. Sometimes two are wrong. Occasionally the purple is obvious but that's rare.

There's three reasons for doing this. To identify their position of strength, to give them basic knowledge of a different position in the event they need to cover in an emergency or for injury, and to give them knowledge of what the player next to them is challenged to do on any given play.

Once Summer Camp rolls around, make a decision and get them ready for the season by solidifying the starting lineup.

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I hit the hint button by accident

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Quote from: DaveBrown74 on May 24, 2024, 01:23:12 PMThink that's the first time I've gotten the yellow one first.

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Nice!

Quote from: Gmo11 on May 24, 2024, 10:16:52 AMSo why haven't any of them been corrected after two years of disgusting play?  You'd think by now we'd have seen some signs of life but he's as bad as he's ever been.  I agree he's not the prototype guard but neither was Flowers and that guy was at the very least serviceable once Washington moved him to guard.  He was as bad as Neal is now at tackle.  I don't know if Neal will be any good at guard.  He could be just as bad or worse.  But I would like to see it before I dismiss it.

I'm sure when they or if they give up on him at Tackle they will try him at Guard or his next Gig will. I'm not even cautiously optimistic about that.

It's the right decision. He doesn't have the skill set or the body to play Guard. Slow off the Snap, top heavy and tall. All his issues are correctable.

Too many loose connections.

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Quote from: DaveBrown74 on May 23, 2024, 05:31:33 PMI have absolutely no clue what the game "mafia" is. But whatever.

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Threw me too.

I liked Ross. He'll be 29 in November.

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Good news, rehab well.

Lets see how he does against press coverage and if he cleans up his routes. I think WDR will benefit underneath with Nabors and Hyatt commanding Cover 2.