Oneida in GB. No casinos in Georgia as far as I know.Is there a casino right near Green Bay or Atlanta?
Oneida in GB. No casinos in Georgia as far as I know.Is there a casino right near Green Bay or Atlanta?
Haven’t been to Oneida, but the other Wisconsin casino I went to was probably not Sherman’s speed. It was nice finding blackjack tables with a $1 minimum though, playing with my girlfriend at the time who would hit on 18 when she got a gut feeling because once I’d convinced her to stay on 17 against a 2 and the next player drew a 4.Oneida in GB. No casinos in Georgia as far as I know.
This issue of the dog whistling with 'thug' seems, for however true it is, to also mark a loss to the language. I referred to a (white) person as a 'thug' yesterday in the context of the guy being an especially violent enforcer in hockey in the 1980s.Are we allowed to say Hernandez acted like a thug? Or was he a thug?
I agree with your point regarding politics, but him publicly calling out his offensive coordinator after a blow up on the sidelines would not be acceptable. The Seahawks threw for a touchdown, and he went at a coach on the other side of the ball to tell him that was a bad call. He then told the press why he was upset after the game. That would not fly in New England.A ton of Pats players kneeled for the anthem in the game after Trump made it an issue and it was handled in New England with a whole lot more grace than in many other NFL cities. Not to mention the number of Pats players who skipped the White House, including Brady. I don’t think there is any evidence the Pats would try to muzzle Sherman regarding political or social issues he felt strongly about. Basically the rules he would have to abide by is don’t talk shit about an upcoming opponent and don’t give away anything gameplan wise. I’m not saying he’s definitely coming here by any stretch but this post is absurd.
You’re acting like he couldn’t adjust or acclimate to the culture. Moss and others did. Isn’t Carroll known to run a loose ship in some ways?I agree with your point regarding politics, but him publicly calling out his offensive coordinator after a blow up on the sidelines would not be acceptable. The Seahawks threw for a touchdown, and he went at a coach on the other side of the ball to tell him that was a bad call. He then told the press why he was upset after the game. That would not fly in New England.
Sure, he might acclimate to the culture. He also might not. Carroll does run a loose ship, which is something that helped them for a few years, and seems to have hurt them more recently.You’re acting like he couldn’t adjust or acclimate to the culture. Moss and others did. Isn’t Carroll known to run a loose ship in some ways?
I don't want to pile on here but your intent doesn't really matter. You seem like a good dude and I'm certain that you meant nothing by it, but the word is the word. If you don't want people making assumptions about your intentions, you should eliminate it from your lexicon. It has been co-opted by people using it in a racist context so if you want to avoid being lumped in with that, find a better way to express yourself.You should ask yourself whether you really think I was using that term as a "dog whistle" on this site of all places. I think you're jumping the gun a bit brah.
Apologies if I offended anyone, but be careful calling people out unnecessarily for something that could be construed as nefarious. I don't think I deserve that insinuation.
I don’t think we’re going to stamp out injustice through rigid adherence to positivism.I don't want to pile on here but your intent doesn't really matter. You seem like a good dude and I'm certain that you meant nothing by it, but the word is the word. If you don't want people making assumptions about your intentions, you should eliminate it from your lexicon. It has been co-opted by people using it in a racist context so if you want to avoid being lumped in with that, find a better way to express yourself.
I agree 100% with this.Elite QB? I don't think he's quite there yet.
I'm going to see what they do do before I get hung up on any move they don't do. The season doesn't start for another six months.Good thing NE doesn’t need defensive help. No need to try and sign any of these guys.
We can't control where he goesGood thing NE doesn’t need defensive help. No need to try and sign any of these guys.
I’m pretty sure they’ve tried, but there’s the salary cap thing. Apparently they were late on Bennett, I do wish they’d have submitted an offer earlier. He’s exactly what they needed and clearly they had interest. Messing up the timing isn’t a great look.Good thing NE doesn’t need defensive help. No need to try and sign any of these guys.
Edit - it makes sense for SF (tons of $) and Sherman (stay on the West Coast and get paid).
I get it. It’s all good. As mentioned in response to me above - FA hasn’t even started yet and the season doesn’t for 6 months.I’m pretty sure they’ve tried, but there’s the salary cap thing. Apparently they were late on Bennett, I do wish they’d have submitted an offer earlier. He’s exactly what they needed and clearly they had interest. Messing up the timing isn’t a great look.
Also, Sherman hasn’t actually signed yet.
Would have thought the Patriots would at least show interest.
If there is one life lesson I've somehow managed to learn, it's not to listen to gossip. There are two sides to every story. As TB12 says, everyone has their own truth. Sherman and his posse, whups, I mean buddies, might have acted exactly as Fl4wless described above. Or maybe he wanted a selfie and Sherman blew him off. Maybe Sherman hit on his girlfriend not knowing they were together. I'm not singling Fl4wless out, if I had a personal run-in with a free agent that the Pats might be interested in, I'd share my story too. But unless there is some plausibly objective reporting, a non-ESPN news story for example, I'm going to discount it.Thanks...now back on topic
I'm not a huge football guy, but I would think the Patriots want Sherman from 2015, not the 2018 version.
And even less now, because he sounds like he's an even bigger dick in real life than he is on the football field, plus the injury recovery.
Talk about words losing their meaning.49ers make sense. Elite QB...
+1.I'm going to see what they do do before I get hung up on any move they don't do. The season doesn't start for another six months.
We're giving the assholes too much power, but this isn't the thread for that discussion.I don't want to pile on here but your intent doesn't really matter. You seem like a good dude and I'm certain that you meant nothing by it, but the word is the word. If you don't want people making assumptions about your intentions, you should eliminate it from your lexicon. It has been co-opted by people using it in a racist context so if you want to avoid being lumped in with that, find a better way to express yourself.
No. But you could question the Patriots logic in not at least entertaining the thought of Sherman. You have 1-3 more years of Brady realistically then it’s going to be time for a rebuild. This happened because you sold Jimmy G on the cheap for whatever reason. So unless you sign these players in FA to fill holes on the defense you also can’t trade up to get your next franchise QB. It’s fair to finally question what Bill the GM is doing in Foxborough. Eric Rowe and Gilmore as your starting CB tandem is well...awful.Losing a shot at a 30-YO corner with bad wheels who wants to get paid isn't the worst thing.
The Pats need to fortify/rebuild in a lot of areas with just average cap space.
So BB's got to hit/get lucky in the draft.
They very likely did, and came to the same conclusions as Bank. Resources are limited and they are better allocated elsewhere unless he’d come for less than somewhere else (which his agent might have made clear was a no). I completely disagree that Gilmore and Rowe is “awful,” as well, though I’d like another body there.No. But you could question the Patriots logic in not at least entertaining the thought of Sherman.
First off. It's March. R-E-L-A-X.No. But you could question the Patriots logic in not at least entertaining the thought of Sherman. You have 1-3 more years of Brady realistically then it’s going to be time for a rebuild. This happened because you sold Jimmy G on the cheap for whatever reason. So unless you sign these players in FA to fill holes on the defense you also can’t trade up to get your next franchise QB. It’s fair to finally question what Bill the GM is doing in Foxborough. Eric Rowe and Gilmore as your starting CB tandem is well...awful.
How the hell would you know any of this? Aren’t you the dude that didn’t watch any football last year?No. But you could question the Patriots logic in not at least entertaining the thought of Sherman. You have 1-3 more years of Brady realistically then it’s going to be time for a rebuild. This happened because you sold Jimmy G on the cheap for whatever reason. So unless you sign these players in FA to fill holes on the defense you also can’t trade up to get your next franchise QB. It’s fair to finally question what Bill the GM is doing in Foxborough. Eric Rowe and Gilmore as your starting CB tandem is well...awful.
Sure am. But I’m not oblivious to Jimmy G getting traded closing a window for the Pats. So the urgency should be there to give Brady a final crack at the ring. While I didn’t watch a minute of the Super Bowl doesn’t take a genius to figure out that Rowe is a trash cast off from Philly either. Do you really want to gamble Brady’s potential final year with bringing in retreads and a bunch of 3rd day draft picks or do you want to try and get a Marcus Peters or even Sherman and bring back Solder?How the hell would you know any of this? Aren’t you the dude that didn’t watch any football last year?
They probably did entertain the thought and maybe came to a similar conclusion to "why, with limited cap space, take a chance on a 30 YO corner with bad wheels"No. But you could question the Patriots logic in not at least entertaining the thought of Sherman. You have 1-3 more years of Brady realistically then it’s going to be time for a rebuild. This happened because you sold Jimmy G on the cheap for whatever reason. So unless you sign these players in FA to fill holes on the defense you also can’t trade up to get your next franchise QB. It’s fair to finally question what Bill the GM is doing in Foxborough. Eric Rowe and Gilmore as your starting CB tandem is well...awful.
The only good thing that has come from CK not being signed is you posting less. You questioned BB because he isn't linked to a free agent cb that's 30 and coming off a serious injury.Sure am. But I’m not oblivious to Jimmy G getting traded closing a window for the Pats. So the urgency should be there to give Brady a final crack at the ring. While I didn’t watch a minute of the Super Bowl doesn’t take a genius to figure out that Rowe is a trash cast off from Philly either. Do you really want to gamble Brady’s potential final year with bringing in retreads and a bunch of 3rd day draft picks or do you want to try and get a Marcus Peters or even Sherman and bring back Solder?
There are a bunch of holes because free agency hasn't started and the draft is a month away.They probably did entertain the thought and maybe came to a similar conclusion to "why, with limited cap space, take a chance on a 30 YO corner with bad wheels"
Agree on BB the GM. For a team with the GOAT at QB on a reasonable contract, I'm at a loss why there are so many holes. But I'd start with too many hi-round draft misses over the past few years.
Not just him. Peters/Talib as well. But yeah why upgrade a secondary that by all accounts was made Phillys bitch in the super bowl? Rowe and Gilmore are fine. And as for Kap he would have been a great backup and hopefully someone mans up and signs him.The only good thing that has come from CK not being signed is you posting less. You questioned BB because he isn't linked to a free agent cb that's 30 and coming off a serious injury.
They'll fill some via free agency. But this is a team that got older and more reliant on band-aids and less reliant on 1s and 2s playing at high levels for years. I don't feel like going over roster moves over the past few years, but IMO there were too many #1 and #2 disappointments. (Richards, Easley, Cy Jones, Collins, Dobson etc) and trades ( #1 for Cooks #2 for Ealy) that carried limited returns. We needed young players playing above expectations, and we didn't get that. And now we are about to pay for it.There are a bunch of holes because free agency hasn't started and the draft is a month away.
Not just him. Peters/Talib as well. But yeah why upgrade a secondary that by all accounts was made Phillys bitch in the super bowl? Rowe and Gilmore are fine. And as for Kap he would have been a great backup and hopefully someone mans up and signs him.
I feel like the word "goon" conveys the same meaning, without the racial overtones that have been imbued in "thug" as a result of overuse by Fox News types, who invariably use it to describe a black person whose peaceful intentions they are not 100% sure of.This issue of the dog whistling with 'thug' seems, for however true it is, to also mark a loss to the language. I referred to a (white) person as a 'thug' yesterday in the context of the guy being an especially violent enforcer in hockey in the 1980s.
I felt as though I had lost part of the language when it became vaguely apparent that I had violated some norm of polite speech. In that usage though it strikes me as a rather hard pressed argument to suggest that I was dog whistling.
Burma ShaveWe mistake the words for the dog whistles themselves at our peril, for it means we are leaning on a crutch rather than agreeing that we can listen and understand.
Bill Parcells when in Miami: “no thugs and hoodlums.” Racist? (please...)The term "thug" is used in many other contexts than the Fox News dog whistles, so using that word by itself should not result in folks jumping on the poster for using that word.
As to Sherman, given his age and history, he's less likely to be the Richard Sherman of years past. Given the list of Pats needs, I can see why the team may be looking at investing their limited salary cap space elsewhere.
There's a difference between mistaking someone's usage and informing the unaware that the word they're using has modern baggage.We mistake the words for the dog whistles themselves at our peril, for it means we are leaning on a crutch rather than agreeing that we can listen and understand.