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znModeratorfrom PFF Rankings: The NFL’s top 25 wide receivers through Week 5 of the 2020 season— https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-pff-rankings-top-25-wide-receivers-through-week-5-2020-season
15. ROBERT WOODS, LOS ANGELES RAMS
Woods is the perfect receiver for this Los Angeles Rams offense. His intelligence and ability to exploit the hesitation induced by the play action, motion and route combinations are second to none, and it has led to him being extremely productive during his time with the Rams.Since the start of the 2018 season, only Julio Jones, Mike Evans and DeAndre Hopkins have more explosive plays than the 76 Woods has to his name, and he has dropped only five passes over that period from nearly 300 targets.
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znModeratorHow Kyle Shanahan has kept the 49ers from falling apart
Nick Wagoner
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Make no mistake, the San Francisco 49ers are a team in crisis.
Less than 10 months after coming up just short in Super Bowl LIV, the Niners’ issues are all encompassing.
San Francisco has been battered by injuries. The offense has had little rhythm behind a line that has struggled to find cohesion and a rotating cast of skill position players. The defense has been decimated at edge rusher, misses the defensive tackle who was traded in the offseason and is digging deep into the practice squad to have enough cornerbacks on Sundays.
In their next seven games, the Niners will play the Rams twice, the Patriots, Seahawks, Packers, Saints and Bills, all of whom are legitimate playoff contenders.
If all of that wasn’t enough for the 2-3 Niners, consider that they’re coming off a 26-point loss to the Miami Dolphins, the third-largest defeat by a defending conference champion to an under .500 team in the Super Bowl era. If this season isn’t going to slip away before the calendar turns to November, the 49ers must find answers in a hurry.
As the Niners prepare for the Rams on Sunday Night Football (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC), coach Kyle Shanahan must set the tone for a turnaround.
“There’s no magical thing that you can say when you play like that,” Shanahan said. “I just try to hold us all accountable. Know it starts with me. … There’s nothing to talk about. That’s called getting better. I think there’s a lot of aspects of our game that obviously we can get better at and I’ve got to make sure I put our guys through that and find a way to do it.”
As a kid, Shanahan would go to his father Mike, then the Denver Broncos coach, on Fridays and ask how certain players had done in practice that week, or if an injury was going to force someone to step in and how that player might perform in Sunday’s game.
Mike would always remind Kyle most every player was a play away from being in the game.
“Growing up a coach’s son maybe helped me understand that urgency at a young age,” Shanahan said. “You just learned that, every coach knows that going through the NFL. That’s why you put a lot of pressure on those guys every week because if they think it’s a redshirt year and they think they just get to develop and work three days a week, those guys get shocked and then when they do get their opportunity, they don’t get another one after that. So, I constantly try to tell those guys, because I’ve seen too many people get surprised when they’re up and then this league passes them by very fast.”
Those lessons have never been far from Shanahan’s mind in his three-plus seasons as a head coach. When the Niners suffered a spate of injuries or went on lengthy losing streaks in 2017 and 2018, it could simply be chalked up as growing pains for a rebuilding team. Those days are gone.
After the Niners’ turnaround last season, they became a league darling again, the roster bursting with talent led by a dynamic head coach and a creative staff. When trouble struck in 2019, the Niners got contributions from up and down the depth chart. Little-known names such as offensive lineman Daniel Brunskill, tight end Ross Dwelley and cornerback Emmanuel Moseley parlayed those cameos into larger roles.
Those players were ready for the moment because Shanahan drilled into their heads from the moment they arrived they’d one day be needed to do more than help the starters prepare.
“As a professional, it’s our expectation, our job to be able to step in at any time,” quarterback Nick Mullens said. “But, his team meetings, the way he influences, the videos that he shows us, the different things he does to motivate us, it keeps us going. He always tells us you’re either getting better or worse. So, that sits in my mind every day.”
That motivation often comes in the form of unrelenting, unvarnished truth. Sometimes that means turning on the tape and calling out players for blown assignments or poor technique.
After a Week 1 loss to Arizona, Shanahan showed the game tape to the entire team, pointing out individual mistakes along the way. On a third down early in the game, tight end George Kittle didn’t run a good route and the Niners came up short of the conversion. Shanahan didn’t spare the All-Pro.
“The best thing Kyle has done, over and over, and he’s done it since my rookie year, is just how brutally honest he is with the team,” Kittle said. “And week in and week out, he doesn’t sugar coat anything. If we lose, ‘Hey, this is why we lost.’ … So when you have guys being held accountable which is what Kyle does with the entire team, it doesn’t matter who you are, our level of play is at a high standard. We expect guys to go out there and perform at a very high level — at an elite level.”
This time, though, the stakes are much higher. These Niners earned the expectations they haven’t met so far. All of which makes this next stretch of games a pivotal moment for the franchise. Sure, teams that lose the Super Bowl are notorious for struggling the season after losing in the big game. But the 49ers are just the 10th with a losing record after five games, and eight of the previous nine with that distinction missed the playoffs.
Everything the Niners did in the offseason was meant to extend their championship window. That included the decision to trade defensive tackle DeForest Buckner, something Lynch has called the hardest thing he’s done as a general manager. If the window closes now, who is to say when or if it will open back up?
After the Week 2 win against the New York Jets in a game that included a season-ending injury to defensive end Nick Bosa and short-term injuries to quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and running back Raheem Mostert, Shanahan was able to point to more recent experiences. He stood before his team and reminded it of what happened in 2019.
Shanahan went over all the injuries they suffered that season, noting their injured players combined to miss 147 games. He told them it was time for everyone to step up even if someone like Bosa is irreplaceable. For one week, at least, it worked as the Niners dominated the lowly New York Giants.
That momentum hasn’t carried over, though, as the Niners lost to the previously winless Eagles and were embarrassed at home by the Dolphins. Knowing what’s ahead, Shanahan is aware of what must happen to prevent this season from spiraling into a missed opportunity.
It starts with him.
“I’ve just got to keep my thumb on everyone,” Shanahan said. “There was nothing to sit here and feel sorry about yourself. You’ve got to be ready for what you’re going to get and it’s well deserved, but we’ve got to close the doors, go out to the field and go to work. You either get better or worse and if we don’t get better, it’s going to be a long season.
znModeratorLMU93
Goff ratings after week 5
Analytics sites:
PFF: 4th
FootballOutsiders: 7th
ESPN QBR: 11thStatistics:
Passer Rating: 7th
Completion %- 4th
Yards/Attempt- 1st
Yards/Completion- 3rd==
Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
Aaron Donald is your NFC Defensive Player of the Week after recording four sacks against Washington on SundayAaron Donald is now a 7-time NFC Defensive Player of the Week.
GOAT things. pic.twitter.com/hWpogQzJwX
— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) October 14, 2020
znModerator9ers are still 5th on defense. Expecially solid against the run (7th in ypa allowed). 3rd against the pass and 3rd in pressure percentage. That’s all pretty formidible.
But they are 21st on offense, 20th in passing yards and although 6th in yards per attempt rushing are 19th in rushing. They get outscored in the 2nd half and particularly in the 4th quarter.
This is a game that tests 2 things.
1. Rams OL. Yes again but also obviously.
2. Staley’s 2nd half defensive adjustments. Let’s see if they work against a determined and well-coached division rival.So it has the makings of a tough close game.
My prediction: Rams 55, SF 3.
znModeratorSome of the twitter-Greens really want the Green Party to make it to five percent. I forget why. But something-or-other happens if they get five percent.
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They hit 5%, that’s what.
It will qualify the Green Party for recognition as an official national party and so for federal election funding.
Well unless you guys knew that, were just joshin, and tricked me into being earnest explainer guy.
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znModeratorI’m sorry are we…bragging about flipping the bird to health and safety protocols during a pandemic and calling it “adversity”? Am I interpreting this incorrectly? https://t.co/zoUkA2fcLF
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) October 14, 2020
znModerator"Wow" is right! Watch the video. https://t.co/V2M01GeFAx
— Lance Reddick (@lancereddick) October 14, 2020
October 14, 2020 at 2:37 am in reply to: highlights & breakdowns, Giants game…UPDATED w/ Waldman vids #122987znModeratorGood third down work by Jared Goff. #Rams pic.twitter.com/W4YxrffVg0
— Matt Waldman (@MattWaldman) October 5, 2020
Tough run in short yardage by Darrell Henderson #Rams pic.twitter.com/5LKDjLEnbj
— Matt Waldman (@MattWaldman) October 5, 2020
Jared Goff too goal focused here after process disrupted in pocket. pic.twitter.com/w8sEB0zL0i
— Matt Waldman (@MattWaldman) October 5, 2020
Is that Jalen Ramsey’s ENTRANCE music? Ohh my…he’s coming to the ring! pic.twitter.com/QCKf9bo2Pa
— Matt Waldman (@MattWaldman) October 5, 2020
Cooper Kupp makes the catch he dropped earlier and scores. #Rams pic.twitter.com/qJaoH7gL99
— Matt Waldman (@MattWaldman) October 5, 2020
znModeratorAndy Benoit Vid All 22
Great scheme play for Everett.
Generating explosive plays 💥All-22: Andy Benoit breaks down how the Rams used Gerald Everett in the backfield.
Posted by Los Angeles Rams on Tuesday, October 13, 2020
znModerator309 passing yards for QB1 👏@JaredGoff16's best throws from the 30-10 win! pic.twitter.com/ubl9ir0iYF
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) October 11, 2020
znModeratorRams start at 1:15:15 in.
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znModeratoralyoshamucci
Game 5
Winning a game we should win is important, and doing it handily is satisfying.
The Great
1) Akers 46 yarder … get used to it. He looked much more confident and was hitting the hole at full speed rather than thinking about it …
2) AD had 4 sacks? Lawdy.
3) Our OTs did really well against 2 really athletic kids.
4) Everett’s YAC. Dude is a beast. He needs more goal line carries.
5) Dareus Williams with another big breakup.
6) Troy Reeder with 3 sacks? Did not see that coming.
7) And of course TERRELL LEWIS SIGHTING!
The Good
8) Jared poised and calm … accurate.
9) Josh Reynolds with that crazy catch … wow.
10) The decision by I’m guessing Staley to have Reeder spy on those sack plays …
11) Obo getting legit pressures.
12) Defensive backs coverage …
The Bad
13) I don’t like not having Fuller.
14) Still feels like we could be tackling better.
The Ugly
15) Ummm … we need to have a talk about our kicker.
znModeratorWell…my thoughts were complicated by this:
No…I don’t want to endorse corporate Dems…but I sure have a strong urge to repudiate fascism…AND the wider the popular margin of victory is for Biden, the better. Especially because it’s going to be litigated unless the Republicans lose by such a margin that there is no pathway to victory, even with stacked courts. So there’s that.
I’m just in “enough of Trump” mode when it comes to the vote. I have no argument with leftists who can’t vote for the centrist Dem. But I am with Zooey when it comes to swelling the numbers of those who repudiate the orange man, and so I not only want to see the republicans lose, I would like to see a high turn-out.
znModeratorThis throw was just stupid good. He has to hold the ball from the snap like he’s never thrown a ball before because it’s so wet, and yet throws a pinpoint pass about 25 yards downfield https://t.co/ZEMNwBtBLT
— 𝕋𝕠𝕞 – 𝕃𝔸 ℝ𝕒𝕞𝕤 (@TL_LARams) October 13, 2020
znModeratorDB Jordan Fuller on IR
from https://www.fantasyalarm.com/nfl/player/jordan-fuller/307908/nfl/tools
Rams placed S Jordan Fuller on injured reserve with a shoulder injury.
The No. 199 overall pick of the draft, Fuller played every snap in the Rams’ Week 5 win over Washington, though he managed to aggravate a right shoulder issue that limited/sidelined him in Weeks 3 and 4. It’s also being described as a neck issue, one the team is hopeful will require the minimum I.R. stint. The rookie has been providing quality snaps at free safety. With Fuller now sidelined for at least three weeks, the Rams will need Taylor Rapp to step up alongside John Johnson.
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J.B. Long@JB_Long
Interesting (strategic?) timing in that a 3-week IR stint really yields 4 weeks off: at SF CHI at MIA *BYE*Here’s hoping for a fully-healed Fuller vs SEA.
Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Jordan Fuller’s shoulder/neck injury will NOT require any sort of procedure and barring a setback will use that 3-game short term IR designation. The Rams then have a bye. Injuries are never a part of any sort of plan or strategy, but if it has to happen, timing is fortuitous.znModeratorJ.B. Long@JB_Long
Last 10 quarters for @RamsNFL defense:3 TD allowed, 33 points given up
3 takeaways, 17 sacks, 3.9 yds/play againstPretty imposing group since halftime in Buffalo.
BTHRams@BTH_Rams
#Rams’ updated DVOA rankings per @fboutsiders after Week 5 (aside from tonight’s game):Offense: 4th
Defense: 8th
Special teams: 29thznModeratorNFC West Lookaround: Updates on 49ers, Seahawks and Cardinals https://t.co/fMR95SpFbK
— TurfShowTimes (@TurfShowTimes) October 13, 2020
October 13, 2020 at 1:54 pm in reply to: Rightwing violent-fringe, rightwing conspiracy theories, etc. #122952znModeratorPlot to kidnap Michigan’s governor grew from the militia movement’s toxic mix of constitutional falsehoods and half-truths
The U.S. militia movement has long been steeped in a peculiar – and unquestionably mistaken – interpretation of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and civil liberties.
This is true of an armed militia group that calls itself the Wolverine Watchmen, who were involved in the recently revealed plot to overthrow Michigan’s government and kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
As I wrote in “Fracturing the Founding: How the Alt-Right Corrupts the Constitution,” published in 2019, the crux of the militia movement’s devotion to what I have called the “alt-right constitution” is a toxic mix of constitutional falsehoods and half-truths.
Private militias
The term “militia” has many meanings.
The Constitution addresses militias in Article 1, authorizing Congress to “provide for organizing, arming and disciplining, the Militia.”
But the Constitution makes no provision for private militias, like the far-right Wolverine Watchmen, Proud Boys, Michigan Militia and the Oath Keepers, to name just a few.
Private militias are simply groups of like-minded men – members are almost always white males – who subscribe to a sometimes confusing set of beliefs about an avaricious federal government that is hostile to white men and white heritage, and the sanctity of the right to bear arms and private property. They believe that government is under the control of Jews, the United Nations, international banking interests, Leftists, Antifa, Black Lives Matter and so on. There is no evidence of this.
On Oct. 8, the FBI arrested six men, five of them from Michigan, and charged them with conspiring to kidnap Whitmer. Shortly thereafter, state authorities charged an additional seven men with, according to the Associated Press, “allegedly seeking to storm the Michigan Capitol and seek a “civil war.” Included were the founders and several members of the Wolverine Watchmen.
As revealed in the FBI affidavit accompanying the federal charges, the six men charged claimed to be defenders of the Bill of Rights. Indeed, some of the men in April had participated in rallies in Lansing, the state capital, where armed citizens tried to force their way onto the floor of the State House to protest Governor Whitmer’s pandemic shut-down orders as a violation of the Constitution by a “tyrannical” government intent upon sacrificing civil liberties in the name of the COVID-19 fight.
According to the FBI’s affidavit, the conspirators wanted to create “a society that followed the U.S. Bill of Rights and where they could be self-sufficient.”
Militia members imagine themselves to be “the last true American patriots,” “the modern defenders of the United States Constitution in general and the Second Amendment in particular.”
Hence, the Bill of Rights – and especially the Second Amendment, which establishes the right to bear arms – figure prominently in the alt-constitution. It is no accident that the initial discussions about overthrowing Michigan’s so-called tyrannical governor started at a Second Amendment rally in June.
According to most militias, the Second Amendment authorizes their activity and likewise makes them free of legal regulation by the state. In truth, the Second Amendment does nothing to authorize private armed militias. Private armed militias are explicitly illegal in every state.
No restrictions on rights
Additional foundational principles of militia constitutionalism include absolutism. Absolutism, in the militia world, is the idea that fundamental constitutional rights – like freedom of speech, the right to bear arms and the right to own property – cannot be restricted or regulated by the state without a citizen’s consent.
The far right’s reading of the First and Second Amendments – which govern free speech and the right to bear arms, respectively – starts from a simple premise: Both amendments are literal and absolute. They believe that the First Amendment allows them to say anything, anytime, anywhere, to anyone, without consequence or reproach by government or even by other citizens who disagree or take offense at their speech.
Similarly, the alt-right gun advocates hold that the Second Amendment protects their God-given right to own a weapon – any weapon – and that governmental efforts to deny, restrict or even to register their weapons must be unconstitutional. They think the Second Amendment trumps every other provision in the Constitution.
Another key belief among militia members is the principle of constitutional self-help. That’s the belief that citizens, acting on their inherent authority as sovereign free men, are ultimately and finally responsible for enforcing the Constitution – as they understand it.
Demonstrating this way of thinking, the men arrested in Michigan discussed taking Gov. Whitmer to a “secure location” in Wisconsin to stand “trial” for treason prior to the Nov. 3 election. According to Barry County, Michigan Sheriff Dar Leaf – a member of the militia-friendly Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officer Association – the men arrested in Michigan were perhaps not trying to kidnap the governor but were instead simply making a citizen’s arrest.
Leaf, who appeared at a Grand Rapids protest in May of Gov. Whitmer’s stay-at-home order along with two of the alleged kidnappers, mistakenly believes that local sheriffs are the highest constitutional authority in the United States, invested with the right to determine which laws support and which laws violate the Constitution. The events in Michigan show how dangerous these mistaken understandings of the Constitution can be.
There will be more
The Wolverine Watchmen are not a Second Amendment militia or constitutional patriots in any sense of the word. If they are guilty of the charges brought against them, then they are terrorists.
The FBI and Michigan law enforcement shut down the Watchmen before an egregious crime and a terrible human tragedy unfolded. But as I concluded just last year in my book, “there is little reason to think the militia movement will subside soon.”
Unfortunately, I did not account for the possibility that President Trump would encourage militias “to stand back and stand by,” which seems likely to encourage and embolden groups that already clearly represent a threat. Expect more Michigans.
znModeratorRams Vs 49ers week! The Rams swept the 49ers in 1999. That year, Mike Jones took an interception to the distance! A little bob and weave action from the defense I see! 👀@DMarcoFarr1 (with the tipped ball) pic.twitter.com/N79zH3sJp7
— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) October 13, 2020
znModeratorMichael Silver@MikeSilver
The NFC West is no joke… and the defending conference champs are struggling to stay afloat. @wyche89
and I will break it all down next on NFL Now, hosted by the tireless @AndrewSiciliano on @nflnetworkznModerator🚨NEW POWER RANKINGS🚨
Welcome to the Top 10, Browns and Raiders 👀
From @YahooSchwab ⤵️
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) October 13, 2020
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7. Los Angeles Rams (4-1, LW: 7)
The Rams had some explosive plays in the passing game, as Jared Goff threw for 309 on just 30 attempts, and most of that happened in the rain. Whatever happened in last week’s lackluster win over the Giants, the Rams seem to have shaken it off.
znModeratorfrom https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2020/10/13/rams-jared-goff-sean-mcvay-offense-script/
After Sunday’s win over Washington, Jared Goff revealed an interesting fact about the Rams offense. Unlike most teams, they don’t script any plays to open the game or the second half. McVay just calls the plays he feels best about at the moment, giving Goff some easier completions and utilizing the Rams’ best running plays.
“I think usually on those drives, we’re just running some of our best stuff. I don’t think – well, I know we don’t script anything, so it’s not like we’re running set plays,” Goff told reporters. “It’s really just kind of what we’ve liked throughout the week and what has a good feel with and what we have a good feel with on offense – our best runs, our best passes, usually balls that we’d like to get out and throw completions with. Like you guys are seeing, when we get the ball in these guys’ hands, they make things happen and it’s exciting. Our O-line is playing their balls off. I’m sorry. Excuse me. Playing their butts off, I guess. But they’re playing great. Yeah, it’s been good on those opening drives, just getting out fast.”
znModeratorNINERS WEEK! pic.twitter.com/DFtxC0u6OO
— Ramsquatch (@1stdownrams) October 13, 2020
znModeratorThrough 5 weeks (min. 15 targets), Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp rank 3rd and 6th in YAC per reception, respectively#RamsHouse pic.twitter.com/Mz9Yt09Rnh
— PFF LA Rams (@PFF_Rams) October 13, 2020
znModeratorfrom NFL Week 5: PFF team of the week, key takeaways, weekly awards and more https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-week-5-pff-team-of-the-week-key-takeaways-weekly-awards-and-more
PFF TEAM OF THE WEEK
TE: Gerald Everett, Los Angeles Rams
DI: Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams
S: Jordan Fuller, Los Angeles Rams…
DON’T SLEEP ON THE LOS ANGELES RAMS TEAM TO RECLAIM THE NFC
Alright, I know they played a Washington Football Team that is one of the bottom five teams in the NFL, but the Rams have been on a roll to start 2020. They generated the fourth-most EPA per pass play of Week 5 while limiting Washington to the second-lowest EPA per play generated. This has helped bring their season rank in EPA per play to sixth and their rank in EPA per play allowed to fourth. They are the only team to rank sixth or better in both of those metrics so far. The schedule has been relatively easy as a whole, but they’ve performed like a contender, and Sean McVay has made this offense as strong as it was back in 2018.
Jared Goff in 2020
— 9.0 yards per att (1st)
— 6.4 avg depth of tar (2nd lowest)
Sean McVay in his bag turning short throws into big gains.
— George Chahrouri (@PFF_George) October 12, 2020
The above tweet perfectly sums up what McVay has done with Goff in 2020. He’s making the quarterback’s job as pain-free as a coach and playcaller can; he’s creating room for his receivers to run after the catch, dialing up a high rate of play action and creating a high rate of open throws when they do attack downfield. This has played a big part in Goff recording the second-lowest negatively graded throw rate through Week 5.
The defense is doing their part, as well. Interior defensive lineman Aaron Donald just put up the 38th elite-graded game of his career, 29 more than second at the position. In the secondary, cornerbacks Jalen Ramsey and Darious Williams have led the Rams to just -0.15 EPA per pass allowed. That’s the best in the NFL and far above second at -0.09.
I wouldn’t overlook the Rams right solely because of the schedule they have faced — this team is looking like one of the few true candidates to win the conference.
znModeratorCameron DaSilva@camdasilva
The Rams have scored TDs on 4 of their 5 opening drives, and Goff is 20/21 on those possessions. And it’s all without scripting any plays, unlike most teamsSean McVay is going to give Nsimba Webster mroe chances on punt returns in place of Cooper Kupp
Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
This is an eye-popping stat: The Rams have 698 rushing yards this season, the most through five games since 1987znModeratorFauci is not fighting with Trump
he’s doing his job as a non-partisan public health professional
Trump is fighting against reality https://t.co/W9zwHyHtwU
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 13, 2020
znModeratorIt's not easy to design a voting system that creates 11 hour lines. Nobody else in the developed world has managed anything like it. Generating delays like this requires only-in-America careful planning and sustained commitment. https://t.co/BtUoy2B9Ap
— David Frum (@davidfrum) October 13, 2020
znModeratorShowing up under the bright lights was a speciality of @BigGame81 !here we see the great chemistry @MarcBulger10 had with Holt as they hook up for 6 in the playoff bout vs Atlanta. Watch the breakdown of Torry’s double move/Bulger’s pump fake. @ProFootballHOF #Holt4HOF #AllHands pic.twitter.com/iAtQdrX7P5
— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) January 21, 2020
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