beanfigger

Still a long way away, but at least we're making the Caps work for it. Imagine if we get more than ELEVEN shots next game.

Not possible, I guess.

I think the acting/directing is more to blame for THAT scene, but like I said, there is nothing great about the writing.

Toying with my emotions. Is it real, or is it like Jones really wants Manziel, but they still take Martin ahead of us? Maybe it's they will take Elliot over Bosa if SD takes Ramsey.

So are the other drivers.

And I'll use it if I get struck by lighting three times before lunch. Seems like more of a risk.

I think the sand quote is more a metaphor of how people that didn't like the movie felt about the movie, rather than, "I don't like the movie just because he said that." Also, that whole blurb defending the quote and scene is all well and good, and that's great subtext by the writer if that is what was intended, but none of that matters if the direction and acting cannot convey that message in the shot. The writer can only do so much on the page, but there are many more people responsible for bringing that vision to a satisfying light for the audience. The writing was not excellent for that movie, but I don't think it was the biggest factor in why that particular scene was laughable.

There's really nothing fun about math. C'mon.

I know how the math works. I was exaggerating, and I knew someone would jump on it and take it literally, but I didn't want to just put a super low number for all the non-Bosas, even though that's what I believe. And I do hope you realize your original post about it equaling 100 is still wrong.

There's overlap. It's an exaggeration, but it has to be more than 100 because they aren't exclusive.

They're not supposed to.

.0001% chance Ramsey is available to us. He's in play for each of the three picks ahead of us, and I guarantee he's number one on Dallas's board. 5% chance Tunsil is available. Maybe that's stingy, but I think he's getting the hype for a reason. I'd be shocked if both SD and Jax pass on him. 45% chance Jack is available. I think he's number one on Jax board if Tunsil and Ramsey are gone, but I could be wrong. 90% chance Bosa is available. 2% chance we actually have a choice between two of the above. I guess I've resigned myself to believing Bosa will be the BPA for us.

Nah, if Dolphins move to three for Elliot, Dallas turns in their Ramsey pick two seconds later.

That's a guarantee. They'd have to trade their pick for him to go past four.

Hopefully, they move to three or four. Give us chance at Ramsey, and greatly increase the odds of Tunsil slipping to us.

I'm well aware of this. I would still be expecting him to go before us (perhaps via another trade), but there's a chance he slips to us. I really believe there is not a realistic chance Ramsey slips. Of course, I would be ecstatic if I were wrong about that, and given the trades that have already happened, anything's possible, I guess.

If that actually happens, I will travel everywhere via backflip for weeks.

Chargers might as well bring their guy in for offseason workouts with the team at this point. They hit the jackpot and virtually vaulted up to number one. It'd be nice for the rest of us if they started tipping their hand a bit so we know what to expect.

I think I might agree with your top 2. I really want to believe there's a chance at Ramsey, but I highly doubt he lasts past four. It's almost be better if SD takes him, which would give us a slight chance at Tunsil. If SD take Tunsil, we get neither.

I still believe Ramsey is number one on Dallas' board. He won't get past them.

In my judgement, it was a factor. Performance was the main factor, injuries second, then schedule. The injuries started to pile up just as the schedule lightened up. I honestly believe that with a healthy Joe, Steve, Justin, etc. we win against Jax and Mia, which puts us on a huge winning streak right in the middle of the year, and who knows what happens after that. They were healthy during a nearly unprecedented start to the season schedule-wise in the NFL, and it can't simply be dismissed because that type of start to a team's season doesn't just happen all the time with historic basis to prove it has no effect on a team. I believe it did, and it seems obvious to me that it did. We were one play away from winning all those games (actually, tying the game against Ari, winning the rest), and to me it seems very likely that without the back-and-forths across the country and different city every week schedule that we might have made at least some of those plays.

I love dressing up, but it isn't natural for me. I have always needed more "functional" clothing for work. I don't spend time shopping for clothes or picking out outfits each day. I wear whatever is on top in the drawer and am mostly clothed in last birthday/Christmas/other gifts. When I do dress up, it makes a bigger impression because I'm rarely seen that way.

I would never, and have never, argue(d) with that. Has nothing to do with the points I made. The schedule wasn't the reason we were bad, but it was a factor, and it was a very unlucky set up. That's all. You pointing to other reasons we struggled doesn't apply to this.

So the fact that we had a better record in the second half of the season with backups than we did with starters in the first half means nothing?

I want Ramsey badly, but if the Cowboys don't trade out, they will sprint to the podium with their Ramsey card if he's available to them.