Deluded Optimism

A Thursday Afternoon Carpenter Existential Experience!

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Greetings, hola, guten tag, ni how, and yadda yadda. I swear the month of February exists only to mess with people's sense of time, space, and perception. 2024 is already six weeks old, we never really had winter in Yinzburgh, and I can't tell if the days are getting longer (sort

Ballsy’s Mock Draft for 2024

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Do not worry. I am not treading on Horatio's turf. I do enough of that with my AVN Awards prediction post. You will get no insights into which player each team is picking beyond me telling you that the Commanders are getting yet another disappointing USC QB and the Steelers will

Your Thursday “Asleep-At-the-Switch” Carpenter Thread

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Ahoy-yoy!   I realized I never did a Stillers bye week report, but who cares. They're 7-6, will never beat the Patriots in any meaningful way, the offensive is broken to hell, and are somehow in currenth #6th seed. Tomlin Voodoo is real, ya'll. Just accept this. This season has been so

2023 Titans Buh Bye Report

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If you’ve been online this week, you certainly caught all the flowers and blowjobs thrown at Eagles GM Howie Roseman. He traded for Safety Kevin Byard, two-time NFL All Pro and, in Tennessee, the bluest chip for the Titans between 2017-2022. I like Roseman, an Iggles numbers man since 2000. He

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo, Also Doubling as Your Jets At the Bye Post

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Four plays. That's how long it took for the reminder that we can't have nice things. Aaron Rodgers? Ha, that's nice. Say hello to the MetLife Turf Monster. It's presumably an Achilles, though for some reason Rodgers says he'll be okay and will come back at the end of the

LemonJello’s 2023 Jacksonville Jaguars Season Preview

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REV'S NOTE: Longtime commenter and multi-time Komment of the Week/Banner Quote winner LemonJello bravely volunteered to brave the murky-stadium-pool-water of Northern Florida to bring us the following Team Preview. Please enjoy DUUUUUUVVVAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!! Recap of Last Season: 9-8, AFC South Champions (4-2 in division, 8-4 in conference) Matriculated to the Divisional Round of

Mostly Hinged Titans Preview (2023) and Week 1 (Woo Hoo!) Open Thread

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First of all, happy LaboUr Day. I hope you have a totally, not-communist holiday experience, unlike those inopportune May Days over at Michael Flynn's. But there's a bit of class struggle thingy that merits consideration. This RBs are interchangeable narrative is... I hate it. It's a self-fulfilling capitalist market prophecy, of

Balls Magazine Volume 20 (and Open Thread!)

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On Labour Day Weekend, I am in the middle of enjoying a four day weekend thanks to having Friday off for some strange reason that I'm not going to argue with my employer about. I decided to organize a golf tournament on Friday with some coworkers for fun, pride, and