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    The last few years the Browns have brought guys like Cribbs and MarQueis Gray in on certain packages and have been somewhat successful with it. It's not out of the realm of possibility that they would try this to confuse a defense.

     

    I don't think it would be a good idea. It feels like the OC/C, when this happens, is trying to overthink the offense. I'm not real sure Kyle Shenanigans is a risk taker.

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    Male:

     

    Geoff Tate

    Freddy Mercury

    Morten Harket

    Mike Patton

    Axl Rose

    Otis Redding

    R. Kelly

    Stevie Wonder

    Marvin Gaye

     

    Female:

     

    Whitney Houston

    Aretha Franklin

    Dolores O'Riordan

    Janis Joplin

    *ug* Celine Dion

    Cyndi Lauper

    Diana Ross

    Grace Slick

     

     

    Crap, I read this wrong. Thought you were talking vocalist. I redo tomorrow.

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    I do not agree with willy nilly dropping into other countries and arresting people without going through the proper channels. Our government has become something that is entirely corrupt, pompous and acts as if rules do not apply to them. There is little we can do about this. "Change" right, Obama. Whatever suit is put in front of us at election time is corrupt already. It doesn't matter who we elect, they're going to be a puppet.

     

    I don't see how people believe Snowden to be some sort of hero when he is giving our government secrets to other countries. Are people daft enough to think that other countries do not have technology in place to spy on its citizens or believe this sort of spying hasnt been going on for generations? What Snowden did was compromise legitimate spy data that is used to protect our country.

     

    I would have been ok with the release of information that the government spies on innocent people --we should already have known that, but proof is nice -- but dude took his briefcase full of secrets and toured different countries and if you don't think those governments didn't get more info from him that's not been released, you're naive.

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    Mingo has some work to do to be sure. I've liked how he has played so far as a rookie. He needs to put on some weight to get around some of the big tackles. His speed does him well, but he's often double teamed. A bullrush would be a nice addition to his arsenal.

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    :Patriots:

     

    I'm a huge Boston fan. I've lived there for a few years when I was little and plan on moving back soon. I've had a number of job offers, just need to find the right one. I grew up a Celtics fan and when I was old enough, I switched to my hometown Cavs. Still have a huge soft spot for the Celtics though.

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    Meditation (more specifically metta mediation) helped enormously with acting out on my anger. I still get angry, but I've disciplined myself not to react to it. As Zack mentioned: it's not an easy thing to do, but with practice and commitment, it can definitely be controllable.

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    I've heard some Eagles fans say that scoring so quickly or playing to fast on offense leads to 3 and outs and therefore keeps the D on the field longer than they should be. I've not watched an Eagles game this year, but wonder what you guys think about that.

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    via Grantland

     

    what its true level of talent and performance is in terms of the 2013 campaign. We know a lot more in Week 6 than we did before the season, but it's still not a heck of a lot. As I mentioned last week, remember that last year's Colts entered Week 6 at 2-2 and were blown out by 26 points by Mark Sanchez. They went 9-2 after that. After six games a year ago, each team in the AFC East was 3-3; the Patriots proceeded to finish 9-1, while the rest of the division went 10-20. The Redskins started 3-3 and were about to go on a three-game losing streak before winning the NFC East. There's a lot of football left to play, folks.

    Of course, it's also true that we don't learn equal amounts of information about each team each week. Last year's Colts, obviously, were a high-variance team through five games: They had beaten the Packers, but they also got blown out by the Jets and lost at home to the Jaguars. It was clear some talent was there, but the possibilities were still pretty open-ended. A team like this year's Jaguars obviously isn't going to rip off a seven-game winning streak. They're a much lower-variance team, and we know a lot more about them right now than we did about last year's Colts.

    So, with six games in the books for most teams, let's examine how sure we are — well, how sure I am, I guess — about the league's 32 teams. I've separated them into four groups and put together the first Confidence Level Tier Rankings. I'll also try to explain why I'm relatively sure or unsure about each team. I'm tempted to even separate the sureness tiers by how sure Joe Cabot was about the people on his team in Reservoir Dogs, but, let's face it, this is already a pretty Simmons-y idea as is. Another time.

    Surer Than Sure

    These are the eight teams I feel most confident evaluating; they're the least likely to offer up major surprises, for better or worse, over the remainder of the season.

    Chicago
    Cleveland
    Both are flawed but fun teams, but in different ways. The Bears, as Robert Mays mentioned this past week, have finally flipped the switch from being a team run by its defense to one being run by its offense. The Bears are going to move the ball with their passing game, but their defense can't stop the run and can only stop the pass with takeaways. Their front four is disintegrating more quickly than space stations in Gravity. If they force takeaways, they win; if they don't, they lose.

    Meanwhile, the Browns are almost the polar opposite. They have a great defense that's going to keep them in a lot of games, with or without takeaways, but their offense with Brandon Weeden basically comes down to magic from Josh Gordon. There was a brief burst of competence with Brian Hoyer, and that might reappear if they turn things over to Jason Campbell, but with Weeden, they are the 6-10 team that CBS's fourth-string announcing team notes is the one you "don't want to play" as they lose 16-10 four consecutive weeks in December.

    Denver
    New Orleans
    These are two of the league's best teams with the same game plan: throw the ball all over the field, rush the passer, and never get caught in a slugfest. Obviously, if Drew Brees or Peyton Manning get injured, they'll look dramatically different, but these two teams seem awful sure to win 11-plus games and claim their divisions comfortably.

    Kansas City
    The poor man's 2011 49ers, the Chiefs never turn the ball over, play stifling defense with an incredible pass rush, dominate field position, and wait for you to make a mistake. It's very clear this team is going to beat up every weak team on its schedule (and oh, there are still so many to come) and that it has very little hope of beating the Broncos or anybody serious in the AFC.

    Jacksonville
    Nope.

    New York Giants
    A way more expensive nope. After that Bears loss, it was incredible to see every Giants fan I know immediately start hoping the Giants end up tanking to get Jadeveon Clowney. Personally, I am just going to try to avoid mentioning it until it happens.

    Washington
    This is the same team every week: an offense that is going to look like a filtered version of the most exciting team in football from last year, and a defense whose angular, subversive dissonance with form tackles raises comparisons to D.C. legends like Q and Not U.

     

    I'm pretty confident that with Weeden in as QB we will not be able to hang in the AFCN. Weeden is absolutely horrible. Very good write up and the rest is available at the link above.

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    Damn, no blizzard for this classic Bills v Browns game?

     

    This will be a close one, Bills are an up and coming team with talent on both sides of the ball. It'll be interesting to see how their running game fairs against our run defense and how Hoyer will manage against a very opportunistic Bills defense in his 3rd start.

     

     

    Bills 14

    Browns 17

     

    Hopefully it's not like the game in 2009 where the score was 6-3.

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    Bucs really know how to make those bright FO moves. Shatter a guys character and try to trade him...doesn't work so release him. Awesome.

     

    Freeman has the talent to be a pretty good QB on the right team. Maybe the Vikings or Jags (hahahaha like they're not trying to tank) should take a look.

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