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Quote from: Ed Vette on May 18, 2024, 07:57:31 PMHe has the Receivers, whether he has the Oline or not, its not his fault. According to almost everyone here besides us. So, unless he's not healthy, why would they pull him? To keep him healthy so they don't have to pay an injury clause? Admit they were wrong about him and not drafting a QB?

That injury clauses is a very real concern for a guy that has played 16 games only once in his 5 seasons in the NFL.

41.5 million total for 2025

-23 million guaranteed if he can't pass a physical at the beginning of the year

-12 million guaranteed if he isn't cut by march

So if he is on the roster in March it'll cost us 42 million on the cap and if he is cut he could only cost 22 million, maybe even 11 if we spread the dead cap over 2 years.

So the difference in 30 million or 12% of our cap will be decided on whether or not Jones simply plays injury free, not whether he plays great or bad.

Quote from: LennG on May 18, 2024, 07:34:28 PMWhen I was a youngster, if a cop ever asked, or commanded us to do something, we did it automatically, not asking why, who, how, or because. Isn't that how most confrontations start between civilians and the police?
I am also not saying this isn't some rogue cop, but as a civilian do you really want to get into a situation where the cop may fear for his life and fire his weapon, even if it isn't warranted? We have seen this too many times where innocent people who did not obey a police officer's command, get shot. We do not know what is going thru the policeman's mind at that moment, so why be stupid and take an unnecessary risk?
People are saying how nice a guy Scottie is, really what does that mean to a policeman when he orders you to do something and you feel why to bother, I'm Scottie so and so.
The policeman may have been dead wrong, but you still need to obey their commands or face the consequences.

A good policeman can make split decisions and manage his emotions and calm things down. A bad one gives an order and beats a person up for hesitating.

There was some talk of another joint practice session with the Lions. If so that would be here.

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Week 1: vs. Detroit Lions
Week 2: at Houston Texans
Week 3: at New York Jets

 A quick pitch is illegal and considered an illegal pitch.  As Steve said, I didn't see what had happened in the video. To be honest, I have seen pitchers use a very deliberate motion to the plate and then vary it with a quicker motion. I see nothing wrong with that. The idea is to keep the batter off balance.
A quick pitch is usually when a pitcher gets the ball, immediately steps on the rubber, and pitches really before the batter gets set. You see this a lot when a pitcher, while in the set position with a man on 1st, will step off the rubber and immediately step back on and pitch. The runner and the batter will usually relax a bit when they see the pitcher step off and for him to immediately step back on and pitch, is and should be illegal. A quick pitch, with runners on, is a balk. If there is no one on it is called a ball.

Any illegal pitch is a balk with runners on and a ball with no one on.

If the pitcher lost contact with the rubber, I would think a base umpire would call that as it would be almost impossible for the plate man to see that.

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on May 18, 2024, 05:51:54 PMIn 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?

He has the Receivers, whether he has the Oline or not, its not his fault. According to almost everyone here besides us. So, unless he's not healthy, why would they pull him? To keep him healthy so they don't have to pay an injury clause? Admit they were wrong about him and not drafting a QB?

Quote from: Sem on May 17, 2024, 11:08:56 PMI know the fielder has the right to  make the play, the base runner must avoid contacting him. In this case the base runner is automatically called out. I'm pretty sure the batter gets first base though, I don't think there can be two outs called on this play as you described it. So, my answer is A.

Excellent Steve. Yes, the fielder always has the right of way to make the play and it is the responsibility of the runner to avoid contact or even getting in his way. We had this play TWICE today, both times with bases loaded, and both times the ball hit to short and the runner basically got in the shortstop's way. Both times they were called out and the runner who was on 3rd, who came home on the play, had to go back to 3rd. As I said before, the offensive team cannot benefit from a foul on their end. They caused the interference so the runner has to go back. The batter is credited with 1st base and since he has to go to 1st, the runner who was son 1st goes to second.

There is a scenario where the umpire seeing that the runner intentionally interfered with a fielder CAN call a double play, with the runner out and the batter also out. It is rare as you would have to anticipate that the ground ball would have been a DP, and the runner did what he could to stop it. It is a legitimate call though.

Dave

Unless we are traveling somewhere and we do lots of walking/hiking I really don't believe I do that total in a week. I'm not proud of it but that's the way it is. I have two bad knees and whenever I tend to overdo things, they hurt for a while, so if I can get somewhere riding, that's the way I go. My wife always encourages me to get out and walk. Maybe if I lived in a different environment I would but I hate to ride to a place to walk and I really don't like walking on my town's streets all the time.

I hope you achieve your goal.

 The video is terribly disturbing, and what makes it worse is that Diddy, or whatever he calls himself denied up and down he didn't do this and anything like it.

Too bad this has past the time where he can be prosecuted for it, but there are several civil suits against him. He is now toast for every one of them.

And watch 20 more come out of the woodwork ASAP.