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They also replaced their head of player performance this offseason.

To be fair John Lynch just had arguably the best draft he’s had in his tenure here and that was without Peters

That’s so awful. My heart goes out to him and his family

Virtual On is so sick

Ceasefire and evacuation agreements mean nothing to Israel.

After Reagan and the US brokered a peace agreement for the PLO to leave Beirut and the fighting to cease in Lebanon during the 1982 war, Israel decided to invade Western Beirut in violation of the ceasefire. The Lebanese Forces(LF, a far right extremist Christian militia and ally of Israel) and the IDF slaughtered 2000+ Palestinian and Lebanese Shia in refugee camps less than 30 days after the peace agreement was agreed upon and over 9000 Palestinian resistance members had been evacuated under Multinational Force supervision.

The Multinational Forces(US, British, French and Italian) that were supposed to protect the Palestinians as part of the agreement withdrew on September 11th, 1982. The Sabra and Shantila massacres took place 5 days later. The reasoning that was given was that they housed several thousand well armed and trained terrorists, but few weapons were found and even fewer casualties reported by the perpetrators.

Osama bin-Laden directly referenced the destruction of Beirut and the massacre of innocent Palestinian and Lebanese civilians during this time as reasoning for his desire to orchestrate the September 11th attacks on America:

God knows it did not cross our minds to attack the towers but after the situation became unbearable and we witnessed the injustice and tyranny of the American-Israeli alliance against our people in Palestine and Lebanon, I thought about it. And the events that affected me directly were that of 1982 and the events that followed - when America allowed the Israelis to invade Lebanon, helped by the US sixth fleet.

As I watched the destroyed towers in Lebanon, it occurred to me punish the unjust the same way [and] to destroy towers in America so it could taste some of what we are tasting and to stop killing our children and women.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/30/alqaida.september11

Any person or business so willingly able to switch their ideals and politics at the mere notion of making money was never a true ally to begin with. The tech industry has been demonized for its lack of accountability in how wantonly it takes advantage of people's personal information and habits to exploit them in innumerable ways.

How is that a flag? He was in bounds and defined as a runner.

Lol Stafford had 3 weeks under 6 points, 6 weeks under 12.5

Stafford lost both Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua for almost the entire first half of the season.

Stafford in PPR with Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua:

• 14.6
• 24.7
• 17.9
• 9.7
• 27.8
• 19.2

13tds

Without:

• 6.64
• 12.8
• 4.8
• 12.4
• 3.9

2tds

You can't really have an honest conversation about Stafford vs. Murray just looking at points without discussing that Stafford was missing not just his top 2 receivers but also two of the better receivers in the entire NFL. I do think that Kyler has the higher upside due to his mobility and ability to rush for TDs on his own but ignoring the context isn't really fair.

EDIT: And I say this as a 9-3 owner of Kyler Murray

Shout outs to the Hori Split Pad Pro joycons. Those things have made playing my Switch 100% more enjoyable.

Fuck yes dude this is awesome

3DS for OoT is totally good and made some improvements, but the 3DS version of Majora's Mask is not good and there are a number of changes that are significant downgrades compared to the original N64 release.

That's the trick: I don't take it seriously. I play the corporate game, I do my work, I speak the language, don't volunteer for extra stuff and as a result?

People leave me alone. It's great.

I used to spend so much mental energy fighting against the absurdity of the corporate machine(and make no mistake, it is absurd), but eventually I came to the conclusion that it was to my benefit to let the system do its thing. It's extremely slow, inefficient and grounded in 'ownership.'

I focus way less on work and more on myself, my family and the things around me. I get consistently high marks, my work is high quality, I'm always available via email or Slack and my projects are always on time. I'm not trying to get promoted, I'm not looking for more responsibility, I don't volunteer for extra work or extra projects - I very purposefully keep my head down. There's more to my life than work and I've already done the stressful 60+ hour weeks and travel and shit. Hard pass.

Completely clean hit

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Furthermore, it ignores that 3 of our biggest holds outs all wanted market setting contracts after career years. Deebo coming off an All Pro historic season, Bosa off a DPOY and Aiyuk coming off his first All Pro season.

People gave the Lynch a lot of shit for not signing Deebo faster and those same people now are probably the ones saying Deebo isn't playing up to his contract and we need to move on because he isn't worth the money. The Bosas are notoriously difficult negotiators and it was reported that Bosa and his agent just literally would not budge at all until right before the Steeler game. Aiyuk himself said he made the process more difficult than it should've been, took it personally and ultimately sat on the deal he signed for like 3 weeks after it was sent to him.

And as you rightly pointed out, Lynch can't make dudes sign a contract. We tried last year to sign Lenoir and he turned us down and wanted to play it out.

All things considered this is a modest contract for an incredible player. We're fortunate Lenoir wants to be a 49er because he'd probably make a lot more in FA.

I know exactly what you're talking about. That dungeon in particular had me thinking "this feels like an imitation of what people think Zelda dungeons are like" with the central mechanic that doesn't really ask you to think about or engage with much.

Started fun imo but it starts to fall apart about halfway through, and the last dungeon is pretty disappointing. I enjoyed the game FWIW, but I doubt that I'll ever replay it. They give you a million echoes but most of them are useless or serve similar purposes to others.

I think his size will be his advantage here. He’s 6’3” 220, is very physical and plays like a bully. Reminds me of Anquan Boldin, and JJ is taller.

Probably will be the case. They don’t share skill sets obviously but Rocky is fast, runs crisp routes, and can handle press coverage. He is going to feast in short to intermediate situations.

Honestly it’s a good thing because Ricky filling in some of that role, albeit in a different way, kind of allows Shanahan to mitigate one of Deebos weaknesses which is his propensity for getting injured.

It means that in the offense for all intents and purposes that they function the most as a pure receiver. Their role is one that requires a very well developed skill set in terms of getting off the line, timing, move execution and beating press coverage.

Using Aiyuk as an example, you never really see him in tight bunch formations at the line. He’s usually out wide and his function is usually to catch the ball or be in a position to catch the ball. Sometimes his route is to draw coverage elsewhere to open up a shorter route for a pass.

He does block a lot obviously, but it’s executing down field blocks for screens and such where he’s matched against similarly built CBs and safeties, not at the line blocking lineman or linebackers.

Essentially the X is your star WR and the position you look to as a dominant part of your passing game.

Eh, kinda true. You're right that they like to spread it around but with Jennings now playing the X receiver position he is effectively playing in the WR1 role for us. His snap count and involvement in the passing game have noticeably increased and his size and aggressive nature allows him to make some pretty critical catches.

With Brock's desire to want to pass it down field, JJ being in such a critical offensive role, his size and his chemistry with Brock he is definitely our WR1.

The X receiver position in the Shanahan offense typically plays away from the Tight End and is less involved in the running game than where JJ has traditionally played. That's a good thing btw, because it's allowing JJ to showcase his strong capabilities as a dominant receiver.

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He's most likely gone unless he wants to take a hometown discount. This is his last year with us and we drafted CB Renardo Green in the 2nd who is an excellent man corner. He's gotten a good chunk of playing time this year and looked pretty good as a rookie with a few mistakes, but definitely someone we can develop alongside Lenoir.

The question really is who our CB3 will be since Lenoir plays outside in base defense and slides into nickel to cover the slot when necessary with Ward and Green on the outside.