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He had a 63 reception, 840 yard, 8 TD season in 2017, which I'd certainly qualify as good, and it isn't ancient history. A lot of that is volume related. He had 111 targets that year because Newton simply didn't have any other receivers to throw to. His catch % even in that year of 56% was still quite poor.
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"Terrible" was probably a little bit of an overstatement on Funchess on my part, but he hasn't been good at all. There's some talent and the youth is still there, but I think there's too much of an expectation from Packer fans that Rodgers is just going to be a magic elixir to maximize the capabilities of any receiver. Maybe that was true 5 or 10 years ago, but at this point in Rodgers' career his accuracy isn't always on point and a receiver who struggles gaining separation doesn't seem like a great fit for a QB who avoids throwing into tight windows whenever possible. Anything under $5M a year would be fine value-wise, I am not sure how in the world he got $10M from the Colts last year. It doesn't really matter what kind of values we get, though; if our opening day depth chart at WR after Adams is more of the same with Funchess, Lazard and a rookie WR, we're going to continue to have an unproductive offense.
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This is something that does not get addressed enough by those claiming this virus is not that big of a deal. I have seen far too many people I personally know claim COVID-19 is just a "bad cold" or on par with normal flu. The effects of this outbreak go much farther than just X amount of people get it, X% will die, XXX are at risk and XX are not. Any numbers we get out of this (flawed or not) are going to be taken in a vacuum and only considering COVID. The strain on the hospital system is a very real danger not just for COVID, but for any other issues a person has to head to the hospital to receive treatment. This is bad because it may force an issue where certain people will not be able to receive treatment for this or other medical issues. Without treatment, that increases the risk and likelihood of severe outcomes for all issues. We only have a finite amount of doctors, nurses, beds, etc. This is something to consider when evaluating the regional differences in cases. The amount of beds and advanced care capability that is available in Chicago is different than Milwaukee or Cheyenne, WY. Keeping this isolated is the best defense for everyone and not just from a COVID 19 aspect. Just to play devil's advocate here, but couldn't it be argued that the over the top fear mongering is exasperating this problem? People that have symptoms that they would normally shrug off over some fluids and Tylonel now think, "Hey, maybe I have coronavirus, I better get checked out now!"
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My dad is a boomer and he takes this as seriously as anyone. He gets all his groceries delivered. He leaves the house only once a day to take a mile and a half walk to my house, knocks on my door, stays outside on my lawn about 10 feet away and we chat outside for a half hour or so.
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Funchess is terrible. He has one of the worst catch percentages in the NFL on balls thrown his way. His hands suck and he's finished 2 of his 5 seasons on the IR. It's early in the offseason but so far I don't see how a Packer team that was already substantially worse than their actual 2019 record has improved in any way.
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I just find any projection model to be almost totally useless for this. There are just way, way too many variables. We are trying to project activity for a virus that we don't even know everything about. There are just too many factors at play. We'll be back to business as usual in 3 weeks or 18 months, depending on who you ask.
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A bit over 24 hours later and it appears we sit at 457. This is an increase of 39. Negative test count is at 8237. 506 according to this link. https://www.tmj4.com/news/there-are-now-459-covid-cases-in-wisconsin Still not growing exponentially, so that's good. Milwaukee and Madisom are obviously the problem areas as expected.
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Doesn't appear to be that crazy. No gyms, theaters, dine in restaurants, spas, salons, etc. Just trying to keep people from congregating in large groups. I suppose if this goes on a few months half the guys out there will be walking around looking like Jesus and the other half will be walking around with bad haircuts that they got from their wives.
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They did large scale testing in Iceland of the general population and half of the positively tested individuals were entirely asymptomatic. I think this is well more widespread than we know. The symptoms are reported as mild to moderate in best case scenarios but I think there are thousands who simply have no symptoms. Unfortunately that makes it really difficult to stop from spreading.
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Could be something, could be nothing more than less tests conducted or processed in some areas or less people seeing their doctor because it was Sunday. Too many factors at play to read into one day. I'd look for at least 3 to 4 consecutive days before putting too much stock into any trends.
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I'm just skeptical of how the policies actually accomplish that. Maybe there's a small handful of people who might be coerced by a governor's order, but for the most part, those who take this seriously are already following stay at home policies. Those who aren't really going to have their mind changed by a policy that let's be honest, isn't going to be legally enforced. Same with businesses. Aren't we already at the point where non-essential businesses have closed and we're only left with the essentials?
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I agree that it doesn't really do much if you don't strictly limit what is essential. I would guess that most businesses that can't provide work from home can make some sort of argument to classify themselves as essential. Unless you are actually going to enforce this and arrest people, the people who don't take this seriously will continue to congregate at each other's houses and the ones who do will continue their self-quarantines. This would be almost impossible to enforce anyway. Anyone could just say they're on their way to Kwik Trip at any time of day to get a couple groceries. Bout all it does is give me some leverage with my 15 year old when I try to explain to him why he can't go play with friends.
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I would guess that it spreads people out to get their necessities. If there is only ONE place to get food, everybody has to go to that place to get it. This seems problematic to me. It also helps those restaurants stay in business. Exactly. People gotta eat. Does it really matter if they are getting their food from a grocery store or a restaurant? Doing takeout you're helping keep a small business open and you're only interacting with generally one person. Seems like a win/win to me rather than having even more mass rushes on grocery stores and increasing interaction there since people can't get their takeout.
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Congratulations to Harvey Weinstein on being the first worldwide COVID-19 patient who isn't being wished a speedy recovery by anyone.
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I know this is good advice and I do try to keep up with my savings. Can I cover 6 months of expenses, nope, not without bleeding my 401K. Being the only working parent while mom stays home with the kids makes that harder. I just find it funny that corporations are bleeding after a week or two without business as usual, and yet I am supposed to have enough saved for 6 months expenses.
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The NBA could finish with no fans in any games and I'd be perfectly fine with that. The TV ratings would kill at this point. Baseball with no fans is harder to wrap my head around. Baseball fans seemed just intertwined in the experience of the baseball season where it's hard to imagine a fan free season. I think I'd still rather have it than no baseball at all, but it's tough to imagine.
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I'm sure I don't have it anyway as I am still able to hold my breath for 10 seconds.
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The U.S. is estimating 10-12 weeks for the coronavirus lockdown.
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The problem with this line of thinking is that companies rapidly deciding they can normalize WFH jobs after this are going to realize that they can outsource these jobs for even less.
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As a country, I don't think so. But in certain areas...I don't know. I hope not. New York is getting scary.
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I think it's statistically clear by now that it's much more overly dangerous to elderly or those with pre-existing conditions. I can't think of one single celebrity or athlete who has been infected by now (of which there have been many) who has become seriously ill. There's been numerous articles warning that it can be dangerous to young people as well, to which I say, well of course it can. It's like anything else -- pneumonia, flu (not comparing it to the flu!), and other viral infections. These things are not usually life-threatening to Joe Average in his 30s. But, every so often, for whatever reason, you have that exception. But that doesn't mean they are spreading it less. It's just as contagious, and for the most part, this is the age group still partying on the beaches of Florida and hanging out with friends. If nothing else, I hope people remember that many of the most at-risk people in this country were ones storming the beaches of Normandy to protect future generations, and we owe it to them to take the necessary precautions to not put them at risk of a painful death to COVID-19.
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While everyone needs to exercise the same precautions, the more this develops the more it looks like something that is going to be an extreme problem in heavily concentrated urban areas while sparse rural areas generally escape damage. New York City itself probably accounts for half the cases in the United States right now. A Wisconsin map looks exactly as you would expect. 85 cases in Milwaukee, around 40 in Dane, with some cases in the Fox valley area. Northwoods, Door County, either nothing or next to nothing. Regions that are already sparsely populated who are now exercising social distancing should help keep them that way. The caveat to that is that if you do get spread in the rural regions, they probably don't have the resources to manage any kind of large scale outbreak.
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I tried to use the situation to get my wife to consider giving up cigarettes. No luck.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/china-trolling-world-and-avoiding-blame/608332/
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2/12 for Ebron after the Bears gave Graham 2/18. Quite an offseason for the Bears.