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Zack Baun will become the seventh LB from the 2015 Wisconsin Badgers team to be drafted, and assuming he doesn't get injured, will be the eighth LB from that team to play in the NFL. If Chris Orr at least gets signed as an UDFA, it will make ten LBs from the 2015 team to be in a NFL training camp.
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With an estimated 80% reduction in vehicle traffic, Los Angeles supposedly now has the cleanest air of any major city in the world. The Venice canals are now so clear you can see to the bottom. There is a silver lining to this that we need to figure out how to sustain.
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It's important because the overhead bins get full and the people who paid the most (for the flight and over time with that airline) then get screwed out of overhead space. Also, you are sitting in your seat (getting served drinks in first class) instead of standing in the jetway waiting for clueless people trying to figure out where their seat is, who in the family is taking what seat, trying to stuff a way-bigger-than-allowed bag into the overhead. I've done that a few times on Jet Blue at the Long Beach airport. At smaller airports, not much of a security/safety risk. At larger airports, a much bigger safety/security risk. -
A lot of those sites don't update their rankings post-combine; some don't even update them after the season ends. The one that has the simulator is terribly inaccurate and outdated. I pretty much only look at NFL.com; they don't have as many prospects as some other sites do, but they have the most connections to NFL scouts and I think the most accurate rankings and scouting reports. Outside of NFL.com, I find draftcountdown.com to be the most accurate. No scouting reports, but more names than any other site which gives you an opportunity to research them/internet search/look at college stats. That's my starting point for finding 6th/7th/UDFAs, along with pro day reports.
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I think the point is that the humidity in Louisiana in February is about the same as the humidity in Wisconsin. The fact that it spread very quickly in Louisiana but not in Wisconsin has nothing to do with humidity. I think the fact that viruses aren't as prevalent in the summer is as much attributed to vitamin D3 levels and sunshine as it is humidity. Vitamin D3 is considered the most important vitamin in terms of supporting your immune system. To me, it looks like population density is the biggest culprit for which areas are hotspots.
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On a related note, hearing that there are food shortages and going to the grocery store and seeing the produce department full, the fresh meat department full, and the frozen pizza section is almost empty.
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Inventory costs money, hospitals are for-profit, governments are broke.
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Unless you live in the Chicago area, where all of the trails are closed and where the suburbs have closed the trails to non-locals, and they have closed down the lakefront parks. I drove up to WI on Saturday to run on the Ice Age Trail, and the parking lots at the trail heads were closed. Had to park on the highway. (Technically I broke the law by leaving to do something non-essential. Chicago is Stay at Home unless doing something essential; I could have been fined if I were caught.)
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Doesn't need to get hacked, sounds like they're going to screw it up themselves: https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/nfl-draft-2020-packers/2020/4/20/21228321/nfl-draft-2020-preparatory-mock-draft-riddled-technical-problems-bandwidth-mute-save-us-children Last thing we need is 50M people streaming movies Thursday night hogging all of the bandwidth. Hopefully so many people will be watching it that bandwidth usage will plummet. Oh, and hit the damn mute button. You can control that as the host, even if the participants forget to mute themselves.
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This article lists five positions that the Packers are "almost guaranteed" to take a player at: https://packerswire.usatoday.com/2020/04/19/5-positions-the-packers-are-almost-guaranteed-to-take-in-2020-draft/ Fun fact - it's the same five positions I have the Packers taking a player in the first five rounds Fun fact II - who would have guessed that the Packers have drafted a defensive lineman every year since 1985?
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Grocery stores are already open so there would be no change. It's to the other businesses that aren't open (restaurants, etc.).
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Fun fact, in the 2nd and 4th rounds the Seagulls and the Viqueens pick three and four spots respectively in front of the Packers. To move up five spots in the 2nd round, depending on which chart you look at, would cost roughly GB's 5th and earlier 6th round pick; their fourth would be an overpay. Ahead of the Viqueens are the Rams, Dolphins, and Ravens, all of whom would probably have no issue trading with GB. I say wait to see which WRs are there at 56/57 and then move up ahead of the Seagulls and Viqueens. Viqueens need to replace Diggs, and if they don't go WR with either of their 1st round picks will definitely be looking to take one in the 2nd. Seagulls have Lockett and Metcalf but have absolutely nothing behind those guys; their backups make GB's WRs look like pro bowlers and they just rescinded their exclusive rights tender on their 4th leading receiver from last year. Seagulls will likely be looking for a WR on day 2, early day 3 at the latest. To move up five spots in the fourth round ahead of the Seagulls and Viqueens would cost a 7th round pick. That's almost a no-brainer with GB having five picks between the 6th and 7th rounds.
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Crazy idea, but they have zip code level data on this - what about opening up on a zip code by zip code basis and you can only patronize businesses in the zip code you live in? Make it a condition of opening up that you have to have someone at the door checking ID's (boosts employment) and possibly a reduced capacity. Forces you to shop local. Zip codes that have no active cases can open up immediately, zip codes with very low incidence can open in two weeks depending on how things go. The issue is spreading it, and if nobody in that zip code has it and nobody strays into that zip code, then in theory nobody should contract it. They showed a heat map of Chicago last week, and there were virtually no cases downtown, River North, Lincoln Park, Lakeview/Wrigleyville, Wicker Park - it was concentrated on the south side, far west side, and far north side (Uptown). It's not spread evenly by any stretch, so keep the hot spots shut down and strategically open up the rest. Like I said, crazy and probably won't work in reality, but they are going to have to start thinking of radical ideas soon to partially restart the economy.
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Exactly, and exactly.
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The other one says 2017, so I think we can have just one that isn't dated. Howard Finkel passed away at the age of 69. Perhaps the best ring announcer ever... and hard to believe he was only 69.
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To be fair, Reynolds wasn't a DE either. Yeah, I think that was the bigger problem with Reynolds. Forced into a 4-3 DE role, and not sized for it at all. For a 4-3, there's a strong-side DE who is a 5/6 technique who usually is larger (think Vonnie Holliday), and there is a weak-side DE who usually is a 7-technique who usually is smaller (think Robert Quinn, who is listed at 6'4", 257, or Chandler Jones, who is 6'5", 265, or Danielle Hunter, who is 6'5", 255). He's not small for the weak-side 7-technique DE, which is what he was drafted for.
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As someone who had some bad employment luck after graduating undergrad and worked three part time jobs on nights and weekends to make ends meet and pay rent with a credit card, I'm pretty sure that I have first-hand experience in what it means to lose a job and have to provide the basics for myself. The "privilege" comment I strongly resent. I've been there - how about you? I didn't say that everyone was entitled. I said that some are. And I said that it's possible for May. But I highly doubt that 1/3rd of renters could lose one paycheck and not be able to pay rent. Many of them, yes, but not 1/3rd. People like me who own rental property and have to pay that mortgage, whether my renters pay their rent or not. For calling me "disconnected", you seem fairly disconnected yourself.
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To answer the original question, quarterback. They've done it before, and it worked out really well.
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Most people who rent don't live by themselves - they have roommates - thus the unemployment claims would need to be cut in half in order to be compared to the total number of rental units. And many people in those industries hardest hit do own homes, particularly if they are in management. Bartenders and waitresses at nice restaurants make a good living. One of my friends who is a bartender is married to a chef and they own two homes - one in Chicago, and a vacation home in WI. Or they have spouses in a different industry and have two incomes, able to buy a home. And heaven forbid that (some) millennials feel entitled, but that's for a different thread.
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The stocks in industries that are hardest hit by this - travel/tourism, airlines/aviation, hotel/hospitality, oil, restaurants, retail, anything mortgage-backed - are down 50-75%, not 30%, so a lot of it is already baked in. Some companies won't survive, but other than perhaps the cruise lines the demand for those services/products will return eventually and the more financially stable companies that survive will pick up that demand and be more profitable in the future. Invest in companies that have a lot of cash right now. I have a hard time believing that 31% didn't pay rent. If even close to true, it speaks to entitlement, not economic impact. People didn't start losing their jobs until mid-March, and two weeks later they can't pay rent? And 1/3rd of renters lost their job? I'd believe it for May, but not for April.
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When ice comes out of my ice maker it's clear. If you take it out of the tray/ice maker/etc. soon after it is frozen it will be clear. It's when it starts to evaporate that it turns cloudy. Put the tray in the freezer about 4 hours before you will be using it. Freezers are set at about zero degrees Fahrenheit; at that temperature, it takes about 3-4 hours for water to freeze in a tray. If looking for bigger cubes, go for four hours. If there is a way to seal the tray, or put cling-wrap on it, allowing space for the water to expand as it freezes, that will delay how long it takes before the cubes start to turn cloudy.
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Not technically correct with Jones and Neal - they both played DL their first three years before being tried at OLB. Neal measured at 6'3", 294 at the combine and was drafted to play DE. He was a bit of a workout warrior, running an impressive 4.87 for a 290lb DL. It was thought that losing weight (and not training so hard to sustain muscle mass and strength) would help with his propensity to get injured. For Jones, the move to OLB was a last-ditch effort after being unable to crack the starting lineup (and gain the necessary strength and weight) for three years. There was no plan when drafting him to move him to OLB. The Packers ran a 4-3 in 2001 when they drafted Reynolds - he wasn't an OLB.
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* who is slightly undersized and made a position switch in college Ugh ... that is the one thing that they always seem to do that I'm so sick of. Jamal Reynolds, Nick Perry, Datone Jones, Rashan Gary ... even Mike Neal. They keep drafting these undersized college DEs and try to turn them into top-flight OLB/Edge rushers. It never works. Just stop it! These college DEs just aren't big enough to power past NFL tackles, and aren't fast/athletic enough to get around them. It's like they never learn, though. Enough already! I say this while still having some hope for Gary. A 1-technique is a nose tackle - he lines up over the center. 3-technique is over a guard, typically a DT in a 4-3. A 5-technique lines up across from a tackle, typically a 3-4 DE, a 7-technique over the TE or well outside the tackle, typically a 4-3 DE. As for undersized interior DL, Aaron Donald is a guy I wanted coming out of college and would be nothing short of ecstatic to get at #30. The next Mike Daniels wouldn't be a bad pick at #30 either.
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My sister and brother-in-law always used to go to Ken's Meats & Deli on Monona Drive.
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I made a few updates to my draft prediction post on p.2 of this thread based on some new scouting reports I've read. Gil Brandt of NFL.com thinks even higher of my picks than I do. He has Ezra Cleveland at #23, Lynn Bowden Jr. at #44, Logan Wilson at #63, Jake Luton at #102, and Reggie Robinson at #118.
