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wvParticipantFrom Google AI:
Important Distinctions: The word “baseball bat” (a tool for striking) is unrelated to the word “bat” (the winged mammal). The animal name comes from the Middle English bakke, which likely came from a Scandinavian source like the Old Norse leðrblaka (meaning “leather flapper”)
“leather flapper” is f’ing awesome. There should be an NFL team called the leather flappers.
I think we should all try to normalize calling bats ‘leather flappers.’PS — The word for Bat in Russian — летучая мышь (letuchaya mysh’), which means “volatile mouse.”
Maltese: frfett il-lejl, or “butterfly of the night”
German : Fledermaus. “Fleder” is from an old form of the German word “flattern” which means “flutter.” Literally, flutter-mouse!
Back to the NBA. They have about 6 or 8 teams actively tanking. And the powers that be want to EXPAND the league. Add two MORE teams. I dont really care about the NBA, but i like to keep an eye on insane late-capitalist, end-times, surreal-trends.
Someday this land will belong to the butterflies of the night.
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vwvParticipantIf the Rams were to pick Sadiq, it would be the second year in a row they took a Tight End with their top pick.
I would guess that has never happened before in Rams history, or in the history of the Roman empire.
Btw, I’ve decided I’m just not crazy about picking at 13. Seems to me, the blue-chip,
cant-miss, difference makers will be gone before 13.Sadiq is a gamble, I’d say. He’s not Brock Bowers.
My hunch is, they move up or down. I base this on my vast knowledge of every player in the draft.
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vwvParticipantBasketball. Is that the one where you take a bat and hit a ball over a net to the other player with a bat who then hits it back? Or is that water polo?
Its the one that made Puka into…whatever he is.
wvParticipantSadiq has a lot of evaluators…oh…shaking their heads just a bit.
wvParticipantwvParticipantwvParticipanti’ll put it this way. i think he could play any position on offense outside of qb or oline. i think he could even play running back. and he could catch, block or run out of any of those positions. he’d be a true wild card on offense…
Yeah, Kenyon Sadiq would be exciting.
This guy has Vernon Davis as the comp.
wvParticipantI know yall have seen this before, but its just cool to hear a Hall of Famer talking about Donald like this:
wvParticipantCould there be strains in the Rams/Mina relationship? … ie. referring to her doing preseason games.
Well, that was my first thot, but who knows.
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vwvParticipantHiding concussions. Staggers off the field ‘holding my shoulder.’
wvParticipantIs it just me or does it seem like Mina can’t discuss the Rams objectively?
She’s regressed 🙂
Something changed. Its subtle, but her jabs at the Rams…oh…just have a teeny-tiny ‘edge’ to them now. Started noticing it after the first Seattle game. Around then.
Still enjoy her analysis. I dont really care about the ‘mina edge’ nowadays. But its there.
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vwvParticipantOn a hour-and-fifteen minute Maxx Crosby vid (the one with Jared Verse), Crosby sez he learned some valuable stuff from….Richie Incognito.
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vwvParticipantOrca’s run from…Pilot Whales.
“cartographies of fear”
“acoustic jamming”
“klepto-parasitism”wvParticipantwvParticipant“Mike Macdonald could be the third best coach in the NFC West”
(Niners adding Evans) – “and the substation is licking its chops”
wvParticipantKevin Demoff@kdemoff
Nothing creates more interest in the NFL than trades. This is why Cleveland’s proposal to allow teams to trade picks up to 5 years out as opposed to 3 years out makes so much sense. More picks to trade = more trades = more interest & team building options.I dunno about that. For starters ‘interest’ doesn’t equal ‘whats good for the NFL.’
And if 5 years is better than 3, why not allow a 20 year window?
I can picture a GM/Coach on the hot-seat trading away the future for a risky-present.
If a team wants to ‘create interest’ they can still do it the old-fashioned way, by firing the offensive co-ordinater.
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vwvParticipantRosenthal mentions something i hadnt heard. Dunno what the source was, but maybe they floated a Davante Adams trade if an AJ Brown deal had been made.
They cover the Rams at 01:05:30 in.
March 18, 2026 at 9:07 am in reply to: Just a thread for different kindsa interesting things #162911wvParticipant‘Machine’ a legendary ten-minute play written by Safdar Hashmi and Rakesh Saxena. Part of a political-theater movement in India back in the 70s. I read about ‘Machine’ in a book on socialist film.
wvParticipantVierra: However, Mike Macdonald has outclassed Sean McVay arguably three times in a row, despite McVay winning the first matchup of 2025. McVay has no excuse; he must win in 2026.
================Well, thats ridiculous. I’m a huge Macdonald fan, but he didnt ‘outclass’ McVay in any of the three games this year. Two great coaches, three great games.
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vwvParticipantDenver traded for a WR – Waddle, the former Dolphin. Miami gets a 1st and 3rd round pick.
I didnt think Waddle was worth that much, but i guess he is.
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vwvParticipantKlatt’s latest mock: Kenyon Sadik, TE, Oregon
wvParticipantSince the Rams dont have huge holes to fill, I assume we’ll see a couple of special teams demons drafted in the lower or even mid-rounds.
Maybe another CB. Another pass-rusher. A WR, of course. An Olineman.
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vwvParticipantThats a lot of teams.
McQuaide
St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams (2011–2020)
Dallas Cowboys (2021–2022)
Detroit Lions (2023)
Chicago Bears (2024)*
Minnesota Vikings (2024)
Miami Dolphins (2024)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2025)*
Los Angeles Rams (2025–present)A.I. has no record of ‘most teams by a special teams player’ so I dunno where McQ is on the list.
Fwiw, Josh Johnson, QB, played for 14 teams in his 19 year career.
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vwvParticipantIt was an issue. That’s why they replaced Alex Ward during the season with former snapper Jake McQuaide, who had been retired for 5 years.
Ward mishiked a few balls. That came up during the season. Also the LS is like the center of the OL–he calls adjustments and sets the tone. Ward was obviously not good at that, and McQuaide was retired so they can’t count on him in the future.
At New England, Cardonna was a team captain as a long snapper, which tells you about his “like the center on the OL the LS is the boss of the kicking units” role.
Ahh. Well, i knew Ward was an issue, but i didnt realize McQuaide had been retired for FIVE years. Wow. I knew he was old, but, man. That should have been a bigger story.
But i suppose Long Snapper stories will continue to be marginalized by the Mega-Theo-Military-Industrial-Patriarchal-Ecocidal-Corporotacracy.
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vwvParticipantI get the signing of Grant Stuard the coverage-maniac but i didnt think Long Snapping was an issue. I didnt think the blocked kicks had anything to do with the long snapper last year.
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vwvParticipantMcDuffie’s college coach:
“ultra-competitive, relentless, naturally-sticky…”
Was that his position coach from college, the defensive coordinator, or head coach?
Because his head coach from college is now the Rams secondary coach.
Will Harris secondary coach at Washington when Mcduffie was there.
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vwvParticipantCoppola on Apocalypse Now, and its ‘stupid script.’ “In the tradition of Irwin Allen,” not David Lean…
https://tubitv.com/movies/100053645/hearts-of-darkness-a-filmmaker-s-apocalypse
wvParticipantMcDuffie’s college coach:
“ultra-competitive, relentless, naturally-sticky…”
March 15, 2026 at 6:14 pm in reply to: Just a thread for different kindsa interesting things #162874wvParticipantLeftist Botany.
wvParticipantI have always wondered why Prothro would trade such a great player in his prime. A.I. has only this, fwiw:
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Specific factors that led to the trade included:Contractual Issues: Brown had ongoing difficulties reaching a contract agreement with the Rams, which ultimately prompted the team to deal the star tackle after just two seasons.
Coach Tommy Prothro’s “House Cleaning”: Newly appointed Rams head coach Tommy Prothro sought to establish a culture centered on “positive attitudes” and discipline. He reportedly wanted to move on from players he felt had been “spoiled” under the previous regime of George Allen.
Disciplinary Incidents: Brown had drawn criticism for failing to show up for the Pro Bowl in consecutive years. In one instance, he claimed he went to the practice field but could not find it, so he simply went home.
Player Reputation: Despite his Hall of Fame talent, Brown was sometimes viewed by management as a “clubhouse lawyer” or someone who was “too smart” for his own good in that era of football.
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