Fenrir

That's crazy. I'm glad all your friends were ok. It's just violence for the sake of violence and hate. Unfortunately it's nothing new in the world. Badass side of the story: People apparently ran the whole marathon and then continued running to the nearest hospital to give blood to victims. Just too cool.

His other stuff is a little underrated in my mind. And thrift shop is overrated. Thought the rest of his suck would suck and he'd just be one hit guy, but he's at least OK

It is still billboard #1. That's staying power.

Well I'm saying they'll have dropped off the top tier of teams. Which is expected when you have a team that used(USED, as in 2+ years ago, they were balanced last season in the playoffs and more of an offensive team in the regular season) to be centered around defense and now is watching those cornerstones retire. Well there was a degree of luck in the SF game is what I'm saying. 49ers played awful in the 1st half and then were unable to score from 5 yards out in 4 tries. Caldwell was an awful coach in my opinion, even though he had great teams, he didn't do all that much. I agree with your point though. Cameron always instills every single one of his offensive philosophies on his team, he doesn't really adjust it based on personnel, he adjusts the personnel based on his offense.(What really makes a bad coache) How can you not say Anquan Boldin was way better than Brady's guys? It's not that I'm rejecting the statistics overall, I just think that there is a difference in the context in how the stats were earned. Here's a number that's amazing for Flacco, 11-0. That was his TD-Turnover rate last postseason. That alone puts him as a top 10 QB in my mind. In my own rankings he's #6-8. Tossup of the three gunslingers of him, Rothlisberger and Luck. Going forward I'd want Luck, judging from just last season Flacco is clearly the best. Rothlisberger is probably 3rd of the three,(Durability alone may make him even lower than these guys) but he should be mentioned. Well Eli's put up much better numbers, even with much better receivers it's not very close. He also receives more attention from defenses because the Giants have had a bad run game the last couple of years. Sorry the format for this is fucked up. New layout has changed the way you can reply/quote people and it's just so different it's getting a while to get used to.

Sadly I think I agree. Fucked up that I would expect it to be a person. But that's this broken world. Why the hell would you wanna bomb a marathon? Mindless, needless killing. Terrible.

Two explosions(I think two, I could be wrong) near the finish line. At the time I'm posting this I think 2 people had been offically declared dead but that number will likely go up. Nobody yet knows if it's a terrorist attack or some weird accident. What the fuck is wrong with people bombing a peaceful event like this? So much sadness. Praying for the entire community.

Well one, what tight end do the Ravens have who could get that could get a guarenteed 800+ yard season? And then a tight end is a whole other offensive concept. Boldin is covered by cornerbacks, and TEs are gonna be covered by LBs/safties. Playing Boldin also lets Jacoby play the #3 CB. Well they had 2 games where they obviously got lucky in the playoffs too. It's just how it works, you've got to be very lucky to win the super bowl. I don't think they'd have been blowing teams out with Jim Caldwell anyways. One huge reason for Flacco's numbers going way up in the playoffs was he had way more long plays, he only had 3 games with passes of 50 or more yards all season, and then got hot and had 3 of those in 4 playoff games. You could give all the credit to Caldwell but I don't think that he's going to continue throwing that many bombs in every game now that defenses are going to expect it from seeing the highlights over and over. Well the stuff you're talking about is minor, it's not like he's changed his release and they've got a revamped offensive system. And how much better did the offensive line get? I thought they were supposed to be worse with their center retiring? Yeah I think they need to bring the minimum salary up. We've got lots of teams cutting veterans like crazy and then there's the Bucs and Jags just staying like 20 mill under the limit. I don't know why Flacco would want to do that, I don't think they'll be competing for the super bowl in 3 seasons, so why would he take a big pay cut? That's why Peyton and Brady have restructured in the past, they were knocking on the door. Pitta seems like a pretty bland TE to me. There are tons of TE's floating around the league now. But the Patriots would have had Ray Lewis celebrating on their own field engraved into their heads. New England is one of the most scary revenge teams in the NFL. Brady and Belicheck love to hold grudges. Well the major difference between Brady and Flacco is that Brady played in a methodical offense that emphasized ball control early in his career, and usually with bad receivers.(Deion Branch was his #1, he's never been very good anywhere else) Flacco has had way better receivers and a much different offensive style. I think down the road Flacco ends up falling in between Matt Stafford and Eli Manning. Huge arm, a little more polished than Stafford, and plays big in big games, but not quite like Eli does.

I think the offense's production could definitely increase but they've lost talent. I don't think you can really pin all that on Reed. They gave up tons of yards in the run game. I disagree on your second point. Just because Boldin isn't a superfast receiver doesn't mean he has a weak skillset. He's a possesion receiver. There's a reason not many guys have his game and are as sucessful as he is. You could see in the New England game that after Talib went out he was just too physical for those DBs. Well and KC's D is way better than Cincy/NE. The Chiefs also dominate the time of possesion. The one thing to realize is that Flacco had hot streaks with Cameron and Caldwell. He just had his hot streak with Caldwell in the playoffs. You're probably right that he's improved in those areas due to coaching, but it's all very minor improvements. He's just making a few smarter decisions and then taking advantage of thsoe safties. That's their plan I guess. My fundumental objection to that is I think teams should always try to keep winning with your group. I think it's smarter since you've got continuity, and maxing out talent even as guys get older, but it's also a way better product as a fan. Vic's definitely staying, he just signed Jay Z, you think HOV's gonna hook him up with a deal in Tampa Bay? Nah he's keeping him right up in NY Well the thing is, if he's good enough for this contract, those big cap hits could cripple them, and if he starts to regress or something then what if he says, 'go ahead and cut me and start over?' I see those scenarios as almost more likely than him keeping his same mindset and just readjusting his deal no negotiating at all. Happens every year with teams who win the super bowl. One or two guys get way overrated. Look at the money Ellerbe got from Miami, that's crazy cash. Thinking of that game makes me sad. Well Smith and Boldin are both really good at what they do, how many guys are better deep than Smith? And then how many guys are better at carving up defenses in the short range/red zone than Boldin? Hey if they make the super bowl in 2011 then in 2012 it's the Patriots with a revenge game. Totally different outlook for both teams right?

For now there's one thing I noticed, there's no button to see what previous names of users are. I don't know if that's intentional or not Not trying to complain about the new stuff or anything, just trying to help if I can. Some of the new features are much smoother I can already tell, I don't really like the way quotes work now though.

Wow I fucking hate the new SF. But really. I am all of the sad. The one thing I don't know about amnesty, does it work like waiving someone where everybody gets a chance to pick him up on his current contract and if he clears that he can be resigned by his original team? Or does he just instantly become a FA? If it's the latter, the Lakers really should do it. Saves 30 million, and let's Kobe get all his money. Plus since he's injured it's not AS bad from a PR standpoint. Only ignorrant fans would be angry. So from a Warriors perspective would you guys rather be the #2 seed and get banged up San Antonio, or get Memphis/Denver? I'm a Rockets and Lakers fan, thinking San Antonio is a good team to play and I think the Rockets can beat the Grizzilies after seeing them lose last second last night.(When they didn't have Chandler Parsons their second leading scorer)

I saw that on sportscenter. That sounds so shitty for the rookie haha

What's meant by the Emperor retaining his position? Usually if your country is surrendering to a nation that really doesn't like you then your life can't really go on the same. Sorry I can't know everything on earth like your royal highness. We are all fools, except esau of isaacu the almighty! You can't compare anybody from the Auschwitz trials to Truman. That's fucking crazy. They brought violence to the jews and murdered millions. America had stayed neutral in the war and was bombed by Japan. You cannot treat this situation by itself. Truman would be a war criminal if Japan was ready to put their guns down, but they hadn't done anything besides talk.(And their talking didn't get through to America apparently) These were two nations at war with each other and their had been tons of casualties on both sides. You seem to think all the Japanese soldiers were begging for mercy as Americans fired away. US victory was inevitable, but so were more deaths. I don't think it was as simple as banging out some generic treaty conditions and keeping the emperor happy.

Ok, Huff's cheaper than Reed. But here's where I think Baltimore screwed up, they've got about 5M free in cap space right now. Just for the draft.(And there's gotta be NFL loopholes to draft guys right?) Why not pay that extra 3M for Reed? They've also signed a guy named David Reed for over a million a year the next two seasons. Who is David Reed? I just think they've flubbed a lot of those signings and who they've let walk. I'm trying to say that Baltimore is going to be worse this year. when guys retire and get big offers, you get worse. What it sounds like you're saying is that their defense can be just as good or better than it was last year because they were so injury plagued. And that's a ridiculous argument from my perspective. Well Huff's smart for at least trying to get money while he can cause in a couple years he'll be straight outta the league! So you're telling me that all Ed Reed was worth in 2012 was some highlights for the teams he played against? In my opinion Reed had a bad season by his standards, but he was one of the only guys healthy all year and still made a big and positive contribution in my mind. So Flacco was completely held back by Cameron even though he was on pace for 5000 yards early on in the year when Cam was calling the plays? Flacco just started the year off hot. I'd say Flacco would have a good chance to throw for over 4000 yards but he no longer has his leader receiver in each of the last three years. I get that a lot of these guys had to go. It happens to every team, I just think they should've done everything they can do to keep Boldin and Reed. Eli says he'll restructure but he hasn't actually done it. Brady also got way more guaranteed money when he restructured so it wasn't all a negative. If Flacco does restructure he's gonna have tons of leverage. He could say, instead of 34 million that year give me 22 million guaranteed. They're going to be overpaying for Flacco at some point, and they're not making any splashes in FA this year with his light cap hit. Overall it's just a laughable example of splurging on a SB QB in my opinion. Because if you start off paying him less you'll end up paying him less when he restructures. Oh I see. I agree with your point overall that Flacco had a great offseason. I just think that's as good as/better than he'll ever be. Well the Ravens would've rather given him a 3 year deal I'm sure. Teams always want to give a shorter deal. Flacco's side would've been the one going for those high paying later years right? Just seems bizarre that you could sign a guy who has already committed to restructuring. Why not just restructure right now if it's so set in stone? Well it's just that they obviously overpaid to me. They would've kept everyone if they thought the money worked. I think for Peyton Manning standard's(And in Manning's mind) that's a bad game regardless. When you're one of the best quarterbacks ever you don't get bonus points in anyone's mind for 3 TD's, correct? It's just become expected with him, rightly or wrongly. Well you're correct, there's no guarantee they win if he doesn't throw that pick, I just think it definitely made sure they lost it. I don't know, I just don't have the some faith in those Raven back ups as you. The Giants' team with Eli was crushed after the whole Plaxico thing, and never got up to elite level until JPP turned into an elite player. Well guys have bad games, and he caught the Texans at the worst possible time. That was the best game they played all year. I just don't believe Flacco is consistent enough, he's a great deep thrower, but he seemed like he struggled against teams who could protect the deep ball well and didn't just forfeit the middle to his tight ends. I don't think that Baltimore team could've beaten the Giants. But that's beside the point. That was just generally a bad game for Baltimore, gut wrenching.

No, it's not racist at all. If you're elected PRESIDENT you'd better care more about the lives of the people who elected you than the people you're at WAR with. As much as you can talk about keeping people alive, this was a goddamn war. Nuking someone probably makes Truman morally wrong in this situation. By no means makes him a war criminal. And it was definitely a statement to Japan and the rest of the world saying, "America, fuck yeah!" But did that not carry an amount of positive weight? Nobody on the face of the earth wants a nuclear war, and after that if you got in any conflict it became a real possibility. War was now worse than it had ever been. Ok, more than 25 POWs would have died. And you can't act like Japan would've just rolled over to America, they were still engaged in the war even if they did have a low morale. You're also talking like you were inside the oval office when this was going on. We're both talking purely on speculation. Also: I didn't know we were talking about if Truman was a bad human or not. Before we get back onto the main topic, I just want to say Amanda Bynes is a way worse human than Truman ever was. It was a matter of time and more battles would still have had to be fought. If they hadn't quit despite the begging of Japanese like you claim, what in your eyes would make them stop until total control of all of Japan?

Is Skyward Sword good? I never played it. Why do people underrate Twilight Princess? I really liked that game. I'm no hardcore Zelda fan but it was a good game to me and took lots of the aspects of the old games, blended them with a darkness they hadn't had before, and put it all in a much prettier graphic system. Also you could play as a fucking wolf.

Interesting question. Ultimately I say no. With the disclaimer that smart people can disagree on this topic. The line of thought that Japan really wanted to make peace long before the nukes went off is kind of chilling. It's too bad that's even believable, but the US gov. did fucked up shit. That's obviously what they should have done if they could, but it seems like a story too good to be actually true in a lot of regards. I can believe the translation difficulties, but it doesn't seem like any type of government would be like, 'we'll totally blow them off and go ahead and bomb them.' But I can imagine the US not caring about high level language of the Japanese. They obviously didn't like them. What about the American government being flat out criminals for the internment camps? They imprisoned their own citizens, that's as fucked up as it gets. I don't think you can make a statement like that about jewish people. These are good points. If you're a president should who's at war with Japan should you really prioritize those people's lives while jeopardizing your own people's life? That could easily be described as bad leadership. Japanese had really pissed off Americans. That's another point I agree with, you can't just look at an isolated situation like this. That's a good point, makes me think. Best counter to that is my point of Truman being a bad president or leader of his people if he cares more about Japanese than American's. If 100 random people or 5 of your friends had to die who would you choose? And if your friends had elected you to be their spokesperson and be a leader and protector what would you do? I agree with most of this. I disagree with most of this. Truman's alternative was supposedly invading Japan with groud forces and having less casualties on their side but Americans would have died. And I don't think you can just generalize politicians like that and start talking like you're Ozzy Osbourne. They may have not given two shits about Japanese but they most likely cared about their own soldiers some amount.

You cannot convince me that Michael Huff is comparable to Reed. And all I've said about Reed is facts. He was a leader, he did start every game, and he had more tackles and interceptions than Huff. I'm just saying that they had Suggs for a large portion of last season. He's not going to impact them like a new acquisition. I'd stick with the D that shut out Tom Brady in the second half of a playoff game. Even without his #1 guy, that's impressive to me. They also stumped the 49ers in the first half and made a crucial stand at the 5 yd line. They were old, but those were some old guys I'd take on my team. Dumervil is very good, but after that it's a bunch of journeymen and cuts.(Dumervil is a cut, but it was a weird situation and dumb by Denver) You can't just say, This play really summed up Ed Reed's season! You know what people are gonna forget this season? Knowshawn Moreno hurdling Ed Reed, I'd ALREADY forgotten it! You know what they will remember?? Ed Reed winning the title in his hometown! Ok, Reed missed a ton of tackles, I get that. But if you really think MICHAEL HUFF is going to be better then you're in for a surprise. Ed Reed isn't really in the game for the run game, that was Pollard's strong point.(Not that Pollard's played like Polamalu) There have been a lot of guys who are in the class you say Flacco is in that have had RBs of Rice's quality who have thrown for 4000. He was going to throw for 5,000 yards... then reality/law of averages kicked in. I didn't see that game against Cincinati, but he was 4-8 for 34 yards. Maybe he gets the yardage he needs, 4 yards per attempt doesn't scream great game. A) it doesn't matter because they cut and traded half their team B) I don't know if you can really judge that until 3 or 4 years when Flacco actually has to go, hmmm do I want 34 million or 13 million next year? Maybe he's a good guy who really will take the paycut, but I don't know if anyone knows for sure. And what's the point of a 120 million contract if you're gonna miss out on 80 million of it? If this was any other industry everyone would be screaming SCAM! Let him hit the open market. Who's going to pay MORE than 120 mill? Wouldn't want the secret out that QBs aren't all that matters would we? What do you mean by "tossed away?" "he capitalized on Rahim Moore doing almost nothing to cover Jacoby." Are you kidding me? 120 million because "he capitalized on Rahim Moore doing almost nothing to cover Jacoby." GOAT because: "he capitalized on Rahim Moore doing almost nothing to cover Jacoby." I apologize if that's taken as a flame... If they do restructure then it's just dumb to me that you'd even do this because "Respect." But it would be a smart move form a money standpoint I guess because 6 million this year is a steal, and 15m or so the next couple is fine. But I don't know why he couldn't of just signed a 3 year 40 million dollar contract instead. Right. So why go against your whole philosophy of the offseason when it comes to the QB? Ok, let me rephrase how bad Manning played: His team had two kick returns for TDs and he still lost it at home. I think whenever your QB throws an interception in overtime it's deemed a screwup, especially the way Manning did it. That was a terrible pass. Well Brady made his first super bowl appearance 12 years ago and the average life of an NFL player is what, like 4 years? So I think the longevity of the team makes that a gray area, but I see your point. Keep a good core and coach and everything will figure itself out. The other difference between Baltimore and New England is that Tom Brady is much better than Flacco. As for the Giants, those SB teams had lots of the same players. Different receivers,(The 2011 team really had better WRs) and JPP had emerged since Strahan's retirement. Aside from that the differences were very minor, Mathias Kiwanuka had emerged as a defensive player I guess. Same exact scheme and more than good enough personal to pull it off again. Well I just meant they got healthy. The experience helped in the playoffs, they never panicked. Deer antler spray and no Cam Cameron, that's the difference between the regular season Ravens and postseason Ravens.

He consumes your despondency.

Well I was describing current Ed Reed. I'm not even saying Ed Reed is a great safety anymore. I'm just saying he's still way better than Michael Huff. The guy started all 16 games an produced fine numbers for a championship team he was a leader on. Ok. But you've got to include Lewis in that mix because his injury and Suggs' didn't really overlap too much. It's inevitable the Ravens are going to get worse on D this year. Well you've got to factor in the fact that Drew Brees was playing with the best running back in football in San Diego without many offensive weapons aside from Antonio Gates and then in NO he got one of the most pass happy offenses with tons of weapons. It's like when Steve Nash went from Dallas to Phoenix, we knew he was good, just not that good. All I know is that if I could get $120 M over 6 years and all I had to do was verbally reassure people I may restructure I'd do it pretty quickly... Don't know why else you'd sign a 120 million dollar contract unless you were at least a little bit interested in making 120 million dollars. Also: Bad teams pay guys for what they've done and not what they do. My favorite baseball team did this when they were making runs in the playoffs. They've lost 106 and 107 games each of the last two seasons. Manning threw two crucial picks. Without those interceptions the Broncos win. Cycling in replacements for a championship team just doesn't seem smart to me.(A championship team that was also very successful the past 4 or 5 seasons) Ask Mark Cuban how it went for him. You won't need to worry about H-town if Foster isn't healthy. No the Ravens got rid of those problems and became SB champions. Now they're getting rid of cornerstone players on a championship team. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-04-01/sports/bal-blitz-post-pollard-offended-harbaugh-20130401_1_ed-reed-houston-texans-defensive-tackle-haloti-ngata

Yes, I'd rather have a free safety who made 12 more solo tackles and had twice as many interceptions as the other one while playing on a better defense. Yes I'd rather have the guy who's played in countless playoff games. Yes I'd rather have the guy other QBs HAVE to be afraid of. Baltimore's D wasn't too bad considering they had some really big injuries to Suggs and Lewis. They ranked middle of the pack in terms of pass yards, but they gave up the second fewest TDs. The guys the Ravens lost were some of the few guys who played every game, and Lewis played like a monster in some of those playoff games. That's a good point I'd never considered, Cam Cameron is one of the worst offensive coordinators ever. He's so mind numbingly bad. He had LT in his prime and went with Phil Rivers in the playoffs, I hate that guy. That being said, teams are gonna be able to adjust to the new ravens' offensive sets. Flacco's showed up for every big game lately, I get that, but he's still not 120 M money. He's never thrown for 4,000 yards! It's a team game dude. There's 10 other players out there.(Flacco still had an awesome playoffs, but you can't overlook the fact he played some bad defenses in the AFC playoffs, and New England's best corner was hurt, and then played a San Francisco team vulnerable to the long ball) Ok, forgive me but why is this dude gonna restructure his contract to lose those 3 years he makes about 30 mill per year? Who wouldn't want that money? And we've got no idea if Baltimore's competing for a championship at that time so it might not be a 'championship or money' type of choice. I don't understand how the defense is improved with Michael Huff, Chris Canty, and Dumervil. They lost both inside linebackers, both safeties, and a pass rusher. Canty and Dummervil fix the pass rush, but neither of those guys are exactly great against the run. Who said anything is holding back the Ravens? They just won the super bowl! YES. I'm so glad somebody buys my Dolphins theory!! I think the NFL schedule is messed up though, Miami can get 9 or 10 wins pretty easily but they're not even good. That's why there's so much turnover at the bottom of the playoffs, it's just whoever gets an easy schedule and stays healthy. You know how hard it would be for St. Louis to make the playoffs? Last season they were 7-8-1 but we would all agree they've got no chance when a 7-9 Miami team does.(Even though they did improve in free agency)

Sorry my replies are so random and spread out. As a fan of teams that have lost to the Ravens in the playoffs the last couple of years, I'm really happy they brought in Michael Huff. I'll just say that. I do think some people on the Ravens are gonna have to make major strides. Including Joe Flacco. Joe Flacco has put up pretty average numbers the last couple of years, I'm as anti Joe Flacco's 120 million deal as you can be. Yeah that sounds right. I'm also as anti getting rid of Anquan Boldin from a Ravens standpoint. The only teams I could see sneaking in are the Dolphins, or Steelers. I say the 'Phins because they were 7-9 last year going just 2-4 against the AFC east. This year, I did some digging, and they play the NFC South,(Falcons at home, giving them 3 winnable games) AFC North,(they can pick up 2 wins there) and then they play other second place division team Indianapolis and San Diego. So with 4 wins in the division, 2 against the NFC South, 2 against the AFC north and 1 against one of those 2nd placer teams they can grab 9 wins which might get them in. Also: The Dolphins are really young and are only going to get better right? Yes. haha Reggie Bush is only 28, I think he's a really good pickup. The Lions just have to play some defense. They're a lot like the 2007-2009 Texans who never made the playoffs because they couldn't field a defense.(I know the Lions made it a couple years ago, but it a one and done) Main offseason storyline to me is that it looks like there's only gonna be one wildcard spot available for teams outside the NFC West because Seattle and San Fran were so good last year and have only gotten better with the offseason.(And they had first year starters at QB) I think each division is going to be very competitive as a result.

Because #1, generic person X isn't as protective of things as generic person Y. And 2 because that's uncomfortable and it's mainly genitals that people cover up. I think of it as like, you'll tell anyone your name or what your favorite color is, but you won't always tell them your true feelings towards them. Your face would be your name and your private areas are those mushy feelings/emotions.

Yeah, I agree. That and Trey Burke's shot were the to IT moments of the tournament. Though Ware's injury was much bigger moment because BONE CAME OUT! NBA injury tonight, Danilo Gallinari. That really hurts Denver. I thought they had a chance to make some real noise this year in the west.

Ok, clothes were invented and became socially accepted for mainly good reasons. Fast forward thousands of years... #1 People are obsessed with physical appearance. People care more about physical appearance than emotional/mental shit much of the time. #2 People typically don't want anybody knowing their secrets and it's the same with their most intimate physical parts. Those are your physical secrets so to speak. So if you see where I'm going with this, it basically mirrors our mental and emotional barrier towards telling people our true emotions. Furthering on this, who do people get naked around? Love interests. And then who do we tell our secrets to? Love interests. That's my theory right now on April 4th 10:50 pm. Just thought of it so it's not really permanent.