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[quote=Scalper;1284209]LOL.
That is a hilarious post.
I write the way I write and not dumbing it down.
Feel free to continue busting my balls though, LOL.[/quote]

Since brevity is the soul of wit / And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief…

----Shakespeare's Hamlet

But, you do you.

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[QUOTE=Scalper;1284208]Trent Williams had MAJOR surgery. I don't believe everything we heard through the media, and again, team can't say their side of the story, while Trent can, so I factor that in. I watched Trent describe his operation, and he made it VERY clear publicly he thought the medical staff had been negligent. I don't know the truth, no one who isn't Trent or the staff does, but Trent's beef with us was about WAY more than money. Whether he was "right" or "wrong," I can't say, but it wasn't just a money grab. He felt (again right or wrong) the staff had contributed to his medical problems via negligence and this was a HUGE factor in his leaving.[/QUOTE]


I totally believe this to be the case.

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[quote=DYoungJelly;1284212]Since brevity is the soul of wit / And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief…

----Shakespeare's Hamlet

But, you do you.[/quote]

I am long-winded at times.
I also refuse to dumb down for a generation which thinks 140 characters is meaningful communication.
Would you prefer posts in iambic pentameter? :-)

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;1284210]You don't have to dumb it down to be concise. The Gettysburg address had 275 words and encapsulated the whole definition of the civil war. I think we can articulate our thoughts on a particular football issue in fewer words.

Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk[/quote]

A bullshit propagandized definition of the war. The Civil War was about tariffs, not slavery. Emancipation was just to propagandize an unpopular war and make it popular. The GA was effective propaganda, but let's not mistake it for historical fact.

Propaganda for plebs must always be brief and dumbed down, and this is one reason our democracy is crumbling. The infantile attention spans of social media junkies, whose brains are wired like those of heroin addicts, make meaningful public discourse on crucial issues impossible. That being said, my posts are often too long, I use voice rec. and don't type them though.

Lincoln went through no fewer than a half dozen revisions to get a long address short. Shakespeare, whoever he was, revised his plays for brevity. I hammer out my posts, not revising them like GA or plays. :-)

I am fine with everyone busting my balls though. It is funny and I deserve it at times. LOL.

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[quote=EdmundDorf;1284132]

I am all for forward thinking when it comes to managing the cap and keeping the young building blocks, and if they prefer the other options they have at OT then great save cap space when final cuts come. No need to cut him today, doesn't save you a bean compared to cutting him at final roster cuts ( unless he has some odd date in his contract where his salary is guaranteed).

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One of the main challenges, before you factor in the COVID farce, of present structure of NFL is stringent rep limitations. You could bring Moses in and have him do nothing, but otherwise you are taking reps from players like Charles and Cosmi that desperately need them to develop. The current CBA favors teams with continuity big time.

I think the FO saw Moses' film and knew he had lost a step, and had decided he was gone no matter what with Leno and Cosmi on roster, because his contract overpaid him relative to his present production level and talent. One reason people love RR is that he is a players coach. Leno said this is why he signed. Releasing Moses early gives him a chance to sign on somewhere else, and is a class move that typifies RR and why players love him. The FO had obviously 1,000% decided Moses was gone, maybe they wanted him to take a pay cut he refused, and it was the right decision. The reps can now go to players competing for starting spots and learning our system, rather than those with one (slow) foot out the door.

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[quote=Scalper;1284215]I am long-winded at times.
I also refuse to dumb down for a generation which thinks 140 characters is meaningful communication.
Would you prefer posts in iambic pentameter? :-)[/quote]

[url]https://www.wordnik.com/words/wit[/url]

Wit does not equal "dumbing it down."

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[quote=Scalper;1284217]One of the main challenges, before you factor in the COVID farce, of present structure of NFL is stringent rep limitations. You could bring Moses in and have him do nothing, but otherwise you are taking reps from players like Charles and Cosmi that desperately need them to develop. The current CBA favors teams with continuity big time.

I think the FO saw Moses' film and knew he had lost a step, and had decided he was gone no matter what with Leno and Cosmi on roster, because his contract overpaid him relative to his present production level and talent. One reason people love RR is that he is a players coach. Leno said this is why he signed. Releasing Moses early gives him a chance to sign on somewhere else, and is a class move that typifies RR and why players love him. The FO had obviously 1,000% decided Moses was gone, maybe they wanted him to take a pay cut he refused, and it was the right decision. The reps can now go to players competing for starting spots and learning our system, rather than those with one (slow) foot out the door.[/quote]

A good point, it also occured to me after my statement that if he were injured while they were holding on to him then they would be on the hook for his salary this year, so from that perspective cutting him now rather than later was a better idea

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[quote=DYoungJelly;1284212]Since brevity is the soul of wit / And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief…

----Shakespeare's Hamlet

But, you do you.[/quote]

Ce que l’on conçoit bien s’énonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément.

Nicolas Boileau

Whatever is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease.

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[quote=FrenchSkin;1284220]Ce que l’on conçoit bien s’énonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément.

Nicolas Boileau

Whatever is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease.[/quote]

Bien dit!

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Ryan Fitzpatrick can make history this season ..... and not in a good way.

He could be the only QB in NFL history to have lost to 31 different franchises.

3 QB's have wins over all 32 NFL franchises (Brees, Favre, P. Manning). No QB has losses to all 32 franchises. Ryan can get the closest if the Skins lose to Green Bay, New Orleans, and Tampa Bay. Anyway ... linked to article, and copied and pasted below ...



[url]https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/05/23/ryan-fitzpatrick-can-become-first-starting-qb-to-lose-to-31-different-teams/[/url]

[I]Three starting quarterbacks in NFL history have wins over all 32 NFL teams: Drew Brees, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning. Tom Brady will join that list if his Buccaneers beat the Patriots this season. And Aaron Rodgers could join the list too if he ends up on another team, and that team beats the Packers. But no quarterback has accomplished the feat of losing to all 32 teams.

Washington quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick can come the closest this season.

Fitzpatrick has lost to 28 different teams as a starting quarterback, according to Pro Football Reference. Of the four teams he hasn’t lost to, three are on Washington’s schedule this season: The Packers, Saints and Buccaneers. If Fitzpatrick loses to those three teams, he’ll have lost to an all-time record 31 NFL teams. (The Lions are the one team Fitzpatrick hasn’t lost to and won’t play this season.)

Although no starting quarterback has lost to 31 or 32 different teams, seven have lost to 30: Drew Bledsoe, Drew Brees, Brett Favre, Matt Hasselbeck, Jon Kitna, Carson Palmer and Alex Smith. One quarterback, Kerry Collins, has lost to 29 teams. But all of those quarterbacks are retired, so they can’t reach 31 losses like Fitzpatrick.

In addition to Fitzpatrick, the other quarterbacks who have lost to 28 different teams in their careers are Derek Carr, Jay Cutler, Joe Flacco, Jeff George, Eli Manning, Warren Moon, Philip Rivers, Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Ryan and Vinny Testaverde. Carr, Flacco, Roethlisberger and Ryan can still add to their totals, but none can reach 31 different teams this season like Fitzpatrick can: Ryan’s Falcons only play two of the four teams he hasn’t lost to, while Carr’s Raiders and Roethlisberger’s Steelers play one each. Flacco’s Eagles play two of the teams he hasn’t lost to, but he’s not expected to start this season, so Flacco is unlikely to add to his total.

Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Matthew Stafford have each lost to 27 different teams, but none of them can add more than three new losses this season, so none can catch Fitzpatrick.

In a strange way, losing to all 32 teams is a more difficult accomplishment than beating all 32 teams: Quarterbacks who lose a lot of games usually get benched or cut and don’t last long enough to lose to all 32 teams. It’s hard to keep a starting job for a long time while losing a lot of games. But Fitzpatrick has been a starter for eight different franchises, and Washington will be his ninth. He’s had an unusual career, and this year he can do something unprecedented in NFL history.
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Monday morning cringe clip:

[url]https://www.tmz.com/videos/2021-05-19-051921-daniel-snyder-1083297/[/url]

Snyder touring across the world for “stadium ideas.” This seems kinda staged but why does Snyder seem so awkward? Glad Jason is now advising him…and Snyder is staying out of football decisions

So let me get this straight…Snyder won’t talk or give interviews to the press, yet speaking to *checks notes*…TMZ? Jfc…

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[quote=DYoungJelly;1284218][url]https://www.wordnik.com/words/wit[/url]

Wit does not equal "dumbing it down."[/quote]

Nor does dumbing it down equal wit. :-)

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been gone a few days moving but I'm surprised they couldn't trade Moses for a 5th at least but oh well

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[QUOTE=Chico23231;1284223]Monday morning cringe clip:

[url]https://www.tmz.com/videos/2021-05-19-051921-daniel-snyder-1083297/[/url]

Snyder touring across the world for “stadium ideas.” This seems kinda staged but why does Snyder seem so awkward? Glad Jason is now advising him…and Snyder is staying out of football decisions

So let me get this straight…Snyder won’t talk or give interviews to the press, yet speaking to *checks notes*…TMZ? Jfc…[/QUOTE]


Good catch, Chico. Perfect as the jet-setting douchebag . . . much better he gets boney over a new stadium than over a new draft pick. His concern about what Washington fans “deserve” is touching.

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[quote=HTTR;1284226]Good catch, Chico. Perfect as the jet-setting douchebag . . . much better he gets boney over a new stadium than over a new draft pick. His concern about what Washington fans “deserve” is touching.[/quote]

I really wonder what Jason thinks….he seems reasonable, relaxed and normal. I would love to sit back with a beer or bourbon with Jason Wright and just ask him what’s it like working for Snyder.

This was just the weirdest, wtf Snyder moment I’ve seen in awhile. TMZ folks, TMZ