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Diqnol posted:Why do people love Eskin, honestly. He's ridiculously conceited. I don't think anyone likes Eskin. I think some people love to hate Eskin. Eskin was a local Steven A. Smith or Skip Bayless before anyone ever heard of those guys but who wasn't photogenic enough to go national, a pretty low bar for professional sports assholes. (edit: yes I know SAS was a local guy before he went national)
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I am now sitting here laughing at myself because I've probably only seen or heard Howard Eskin a couple times in the last 10-15 years because I don't listen to sports radio or watch whatever local news he's on and yet I find I have very strong feelings about him and he makes me so angry! 
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May 4, 2017 19:12
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I forgot all about hating Eskin when I started loathing Josh Innes.
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May 5, 2017 00:27
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I don't listen to WIP too much anymore but whenever I hear Eskin on there he spends the entire time bitching about Mayor Kenney and the soda tax. It is insane.
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May 5, 2017 00:38
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To be fair, the soda tax is idiotic regressive bullshit.
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FuriousxGeorge posted:To be fair, the soda tax is idiotic regressive bullshit. I pay plenty of tax on alcohol and smokes. The fatties can pay a few cents extra for their sody pop.
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May 5, 2017 02:18
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NotWearingPants posted:I don't think anyone likes Eskin. I think some people love to hate Eskin. Eskin wasn't a local Screamin A or Skip, he was one of the first professioanl sports rear end in a top hat. Him and Francesca and their stations really changed the landscape for sports talk
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FuriousxGeorge posted:To be fair, the soda tax is idiotic regressive bullshit. My only beef is that it doesn't tax diet soda or "pure" fruit juices. The people around me are crushing liter sized bottles of soda or feeding their babies arctic splash on the regular. It's bad. They're not going to change though. In theory the tax is for parks and pre-k too, so I'm down with it.
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NotWearingPants posted:I pay plenty of tax on alcohol and smokes. The fatties can pay a few cents extra for their sody pop. Taxes are bad in general unless well thought out.
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May 5, 2017 14:46
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Yeah, taxes are bad. As someone who hates roads, schools, social programs, and the betterment of gently caress the Cowboys
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a new study bible! posted:Yeah, taxes are bad. As someone who hates roads, schools, social programs, and the betterment of gently caress the Cowboys He's right. Consumption taxes, which I am parsing his "not well thought out taxes" are regressive and disproportionally affect the lower class. Taxes on capital, heavily progressive income tax, etc are good
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May 5, 2017 15:00
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Oh god please shut up about taxes and just talk about how hosed the Cowboys are going to be when Zeke is banished from the league for weed and or beating a woman up.
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a new study bible! posted:Oh god please shut up about taxes and just talk about how hosed the Cowboys are going to be when Zeke is banished from the league for weed and or beating a woman up. I think he is more likely win the mvp than whatever silly eagles fan fiction story you come up with.
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Sickening posted:I think he is more likely win the mvp than whatever silly eagles fan fiction story you come up with. IDK man, based on Zeke's texts from last year he was trying harder to pass a piss test than he was trying to win the MVP.
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a new study bible! posted:IDK man, based on Zeke's texts from last year he was trying harder to pass a piss test than he was trying to win the MVP. so what you're saying is that last year he put up those kind of numbers without trying very hard?
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TheChirurgeon posted:so what you're saying is that last year he put up those kind of numbers without trying very hard? he could've gotten over 3,000 yards rushing if he wasn't so lazy
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TheChirurgeon posted:so what you're saying is that last year he put up those kind of numbers without trying very hard? Zeke is very talented. He was also very committed to passing that piss test (by the sound of it).
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Any Dallas fans want to give us a Jaylon Smith update? I am seeing conflicting reports on whether or not his nerves are regenerating. Is it just accepted now that he will need to wear a brace that counteracts his drop foot? Is there any question about the legality of a brace like this? Are we just going to start augmenting NFL players with robotics now? I don't know if this is the same injury or not, but it sounds a lot like the issue ex-Eagles safety JR Reed had. He got tryouts with multiple teams after the injury, including a one game stint with the Eagles, but he never made it back. Of course medical technology may have improved in the last ten years and JR Reed, while good, was never the elite player that Jaylon Smith is supposed to be.
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Having spoken to my sources in the Cowboys organization, I can confirm that Smith's leg has been replaced with a fully robotic one and he'll play for the next 30 years at a HoF level
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TheChirurgeon posted:Having spoken to my sources in the Cowboys organization, I can confirm that Smith's leg has been replaced with a fully robotic one and he'll play for the next 30 years at a HoF level Was it amputated, or did it just fall off during workouts? (because if it did just fall off, please note that I called that)
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NotWearingPants posted:Any Dallas fans want to give us a Jaylon Smith update? I am seeing conflicting reports on whether or not his nerves are regenerating. Stephen Jones had a Q&A with season ticket holders yesterday and claimed that he was looking back to form, but would have to wear a brace.
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Man, I'm still annoyed that the Vikings sniped Dalvin Cook from the Eagles in the 2nd round. Word is, Philly was gonna draft Cook. Even though, I know Sidney Jones will be better for the long term shape of the Eagles....but damnit I wanted Cook with Jeffrey & Smith added to the Eagles offense. Talk about a 1 year turnover on offense.
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Eagles fans are unhealthily obsessed with running backs. It's like wanting to take a power forward who can't shoot in the first round . Basketball analogy sorry
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Jaylon Smith can wiggle his toes He's going to destroy the NFC East for many years to come
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euphronius posted:Eagles fans are unhealthily obsessed with running backs. It's like wanting to take a power forward who can't shoot in the first round . Like Cook I get, but like all the people that are "WE NEED A BIG BRUISER" really make me scratch my head
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a new study bible! posted:OJ Howard is Antonio Gates I really thought that he was going to be the Eagles pick when he was still on the board. He seems like one of those guys a lot of teams will regret passing on.
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The Eagles have three tight ends they like on the roster already. Howard was never going to be the pick.
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FuriousxGeorge posted:The Eagles have three tight ends they like on the roster already. Howard was never going to be the pick. That's likely why he wasn't picked, but I don't have to agree with it. Celek is halfway to retirement. I like Ertz and Burton, but they aren't great. You put a rookie Antonio Gates on this roster and you would barely remember their names in a few years. Also, Ertz would be tradeable imo. His contract isn't that bad. NotWearingPants fucked around with this message at 06:15 on May 6, 2017 |
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Or, alternate universe, we rolled out QB: Wentz RB: Dalvin Cook RB: Darren Sproles WR: Alshon Jeffrey WR: Torrey Smith WR: Jordan Matthews TE: OJ Howard TE: Zach Ertz #WeaponsForWentz Would have been 2 picks away from being able to happen in real life.
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We got hardcore spoiled by having Shady is what happened. What we don't want to accept is that most running backs are a dime a dozen and are only good for up to 3 really good years most of the time, if even that. Because of the punishment they take. The Patriots fans aren't ever sitting around giving a poo poo who the running back is. For every LeVeon Bell, there's 20 CJ Spillers, CJ Andersons, Peyton Hillis, etc etc. One year wonders. But maaaan, it would be cool to win the lottery on another premium running back. 89 fucked around with this message at 09:16 on May 6, 2017 |
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89 posted:But maaaan, it would be cool to win the lottery on another premium running back. Well we did just draft the all time college rushing leader. We have the lottery ticket in our hands, we just have to wait a few months to see if it's a winner. I know he's an inch shorter and 20 pounds lighter than McCoy was as a rookie, but 6406 is a lot of loving yards and 6 yards a carry is impressive (McCoy averaged 4.8 in college). So I advise you to smoke a bowl, watch Donnell Pumphrey highlights, and dream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpWSNxIH5j4 The acceleration!
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I also recommend this game vs. Cal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH6HoGQVn_I The vision!
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NotWearingPants posted:Well we did just draft the all time college rushing leader. We have the lottery ticket in our hands, we just have to wait a few months to see if it's a winner. I know he's an inch shorter and 20 pounds lighter than McCoy was as a rookie, but 6406 is a lot of loving yards and 6 yards a carry is impressive (McCoy averaged 4.8 in college). So I advise you to smoke a bowl, watch Donnell Pumphrey highlights, and dream. I watched this and all I'm seeing is a bunch of defensive players who won't even make a practice squad.
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Chichevache posted:I watched this and all I'm seeing is a bunch of defensive players who won't even make a practice squad. Good observation. Was it your first time viewing college football?
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Was his college division just that terrible? I trying to wrap my brain around how such a little dude could outperform everyone.
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89 posted:Was his college division just that terrible? I trying to wrap my brain around how such a little dude could outperform everyone. Breaking tackles is overrated. Avoiding tacklers is much more effective. When you think back to Shady's best runs, he wasn't running over people, he was making them miss and running round them. The Eagles don't have the luxury of Dallas' offensive line opening enormous holes. We need a skinnier RB who can slip through smaller holes.
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NotWearingPants posted:Breaking tackles is overrated. Avoiding tacklers is much more effective. When you think back to Shady's best runs, he wasn't running over people, he was making them miss and running round them. Nobody has that luxury except Dallas. The Eagles o-line is really good.
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