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Wife is out of town so a couple of movie nights for homer. Finally got around to watching Oppenheimer (wife can't make it through a 3 hour movie). It was very good but I had the same qualms with it that I do with most Nolan movies....too much exposition. Dude thinks he has to explain every little detail to the audience through dialog. It's annoying. I didn't care for the editing either but I guess to keep a modern day audience's attention for three hours you need to quick cut almost the whole time. I really dug the way the final act played out story-wise. It was almost like a "whodunit meets courtroom drama". Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - it was fine. I'm not sure Burton's visual style works as well as it used to. It was so unique and singular back in the 80s, 90s but now it's "we've seen this before". I didn't think Keaton had the same energy as the first one. To be expected since he's in his 70s (wow, I feel old) but that drove a lot of the pace and humor of the first movie and it just didn't quite get there this time around. A Quite Place II - Loved it. I thought it was on par with the quality of the first film. The premise is a good one and Krasinksi uses it to his advantage, particularly with the sound design. We've seen the "person with headphones doesn't hear the killer coming before" but this takes it up a notch. His jump scares are also more complex than "cat jumping out of closet, then a beat later the killer busts through a window". I hope he keeps making horror movies.

Some of the biggest spenders in baseball on this list. The Yankees and Red Sox not willing to pony up 500K? Angels 150K? Cardinals trying to go cheap on everyone?

latest on Xavier Lucas is that he signed some kind of contract with UW agreeing to come back next year and then he entered the portal. He won't be playing for UW but I can now see why Fickell is blocking this.

Two of my friends have been forced to evacuate

I've said it before but the passing game was elite the 2nd half of last year with the same receiving corps. I think Jacobs helps the inside run game but cant get to the edge and can't run a lot of the route tree. I think that is impacting the rest of the passing game.

Not only is Hill a malcontent, he's a garbage human being (and he's on the wrong side of 30). Pass. I am still not sold that you "need" a #1 guy but yesterday showed me you need guys you can count on for tough catches in high-leverage situations. DJ Moore essentially won that game with three really tough grabs.

Brutal. We will probably never see him in a Packer uni again.

1.53 points per possession is insane.

The Packers are a better team than last year. That doesn't mean they win more playoff games. In fact, they might win 0.

I am guessing that may depend on how Morgan progresses and if they see him as a tackle or a guard.

Tom is arguably a top 5 tackle. I'd be shocked if they don't extend him.

Based on this thread, there are already whispers.

MLF is on starting QB #2. He has a long leash.

Juror #2 was solid. Straightforward courtroom drama...with a twist.

I think it's nice he stayed close to home but I'd be willing to bet the opt-out after year 2 was a pretty big factor as well.

the crazy thing is, they didn't play well today and still came close to winning Pre snap penalties killed them. Just eliminating those and I think this is a very different game. Saw this mentioned elsewhere but 1) they miss Watson stretching the field in the passing game and 2) the D has a definite ceiling if they can't get pressure with four

No coach would ever do this because reasons, but playing Madden two-minute drills 2000 times in the off season would be good prep for clock management. They need to think of it like a sim lab rather than a video game. It is an absolute joke how many NFL head coaches cannot manage the clock late in games. To me, clock management is the low hanging fruit that analytics could solve pretty quickly if coaches would be open minded about it.

I think a tie actually helped Denver as much as a win

That guy has all of Aaron Rodgers' bad body language and half the talent. Seriously though, he looks to have a really nice arm and obviously, he can move. I hope he never gets to work with a smart offensive mind while in Chicago.

Heard a rumor the issue is that Jaire doesn't want to play but he is cleared by the docs.

then they arent going to the super bowl anyway and I don't care if they win a playoff game and lose in the next round. Super Bowl or bust

You could argue that the Packers have been the best team in the NFL since their bye week. I don't care who GB faces in the playoffs. Bring it on.