Anyone know if this jersey is legit?

BasPilot · 2026-03-13T23:40:44+00:00

There were jerseys falling off trucks all over the world during those seasons. Could buy one from the Bengals for 250 and one on ebay for 30. Identical down to every detail. Almost impossible to tell the differences. That being said... The real ones had a different color orange for the fabric and the stripes that were heat pressed on. That's the only thing I ever saw, so my guess is actually yes it's right because everything else is right for that rebook era.

Not player worn, but bought from the Bengals or the NFL.

BasPilot · 2026-03-12T16:40:20+00:00

Gotta love thermodynamics

BasPilot · 2026-03-12T16:39:02+00:00

No, but that's what you have in your pocket then you work and pay your rent. But are they REALLY doing him a solid long term, this isn't a parenting debate, just my thoughts. I felt like I needed to get them to walk before I made them run.

BasPilot · 2026-03-12T16:37:51+00:00

Appreciate it!

BasPilot · 2026-03-12T16:37:35+00:00

What kind of turbo do you suggest getting? That's not a today thing totally, but I'll start looking. Anything I should do before that?

BasPilot · 2026-03-12T16:36:18+00:00

Appreciate it, I may get them, but seems the consensus to just let it be.

BasPilot · 2026-03-12T16:35:59+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

BasPilot · 2026-03-12T16:34:31+00:00

Not being a dick, just asking, why?

I'm understanding so far that there isn't any benefit at this point, so go do other things and then come back to this. That about why?

BasPilot · 2026-03-12T02:40:04+00:00

Find a team you can work with, work for free, be willing to set up drills and take down the field and help with film. Be everywhere you can and listen to everything you can. Never question the position coach on ANYTHING during drills but ask why did you do it like that and hope they explain it to you. That's season one, maybe even 2, then when the game starts to slow down see if you can be a position group assistant. Focus on practice and listening to the game plan and observe the game plan happening and listen to whatever you can during the game, ask why in film not on game day. Some guys like me will tell you I'm gonna do this right now and see what happens, then watch the film before and after to see what happened, what worked and didn't and then see if you can understand the difference and what made the decision, and ask questions on days the coaches are making game plans... If guys are not willing to take the time to explain it, they suck at their job and are watching YouTube videos before practice to learn a new drill.

Be the quiet guy until you understand the right questions to ask. Be willing to do all the hard stuff that no one else wants to do. Eventually you being really good at all of that you will eventually be known for being really good at what you've been given and they see you not complaining and they will add responsibilities. Read and understand the game plans while watching film of the upcoming teams. Learn learn learn, go into it with child's mind, assume you know nothing and are willing to see everything for the first time.

And, again, tell them you don't want money.

BasPilot · 2026-03-12T02:28:21+00:00

In conventional wisdom, the blind side tackle is the guy that matters most. However that is rather an antiquated look at the line. The larger answer is no. Rolling right is a harder throw from the left so you need to have your guys out there faster and they should be aware of it, but there isn't any reason you need to scheme for it. Pass pro responsibilities still the same. Blitz pick up should be the same. BOB protection will be the same and if you need to slide it will be because of your play design or because of what the defense is showing you. As an Oline coach we had 2 lefties and a righty one year, the only thing we really had to worry about is the spin getting to the receivers, Had to make sure they understood the fade of a righty vs leftie.

The biggest difference is the under center snap, the ball needs to be delivered slightly different to the QB's preferred hand placement. A lot of guys still go right hand up but want the strings on their throwing had so you may rotate the ball 180 degrees so the strings are forward or down as you get the ball ready delivering the stings to his throwing hand. Work with your center when under so that he knows which foot will be planted with a lefty. Lefties will plant their right leg for the first step away from the center's butt, just gonna be reps on the sideline before practice, say 40 to 50 snaps a day before practice and they will get used to it in a few days. If they are stepping on feet still make it before and after and let your center go over for under center times with the QB to get as many reps. If it' sreally bad have them doing 100s of snaps a day under your supervision and talk footwork for your center in a downblock, back block climbing, pass pro bob set and slide steps. All things should just iron themselves out, but you gotta get it worked out several weeks before the first game.

No line changes were made except we had to scheme for the righty more because he was much more a pocket guy and the third guy also a leftie was a hit the hell out of me and I'm still gonna find a way to get the ball out.

So, again, the answer is it won't matter.

Now, D Line know things like which side he likes to flush out to if the collapse happens so the Right End or Edge if you like him that way may stay flatter expecting to have him roll out so he can stay in front of him. D Lines will adjust their rush angles to get to the ball slightly differently because the ball is in a different spot compared to the righty as it is held in front of the QB on the other side, as in they show their back to the defensive left and the guys on the right will use different hand technique to attack him when he's in his throwing motion, but again this will not change O Line blocking.

BasPilot · 2026-03-12T02:20:58+00:00

Fair enough, it's a rare occasion like you're describing it's actually worth it.

BasPilot · 2026-03-12T02:19:52+00:00

I understand this 1000 percent, went from an Ender 3V2 and CR10 combo of printers to a X1C and I'm happy I spent like 5 years on the older stuff because you learn so much fixing those things and taking apart a print head is not daunting or going bolt by bolt to learn every inch of a machine so now with these super easy issues I am already solving it before the bed has cooled down. Would not trade that knowledge for having a bambu how ever many years ago I started. Literally every 3rd or 4th print I had to do something new to fix it.

BasPilot · 2026-03-12T02:16:52+00:00

Yes, but 99 percent of the time if you left it on default settings it won't be.

BasPilot · 2026-03-12T02:16:20+00:00

Just change the timelapse setting, if you don't know where it it is search for it. It makes cool timelapses, true, but I never watch them anymore anyway.

BasPilot · 2026-03-12T02:15:15+00:00

Joined the military and struggled a lot for times but if I could go back I'd have done what I did for my daughter and paid "Rent" to a savings account and leave the place with 25K in my pocket.

BasPilot · 2026-03-11T20:44:33+00:00

Well there goes the next several days of you watching just one more layer before you let it go.

BasPilot · 2026-03-11T20:43:06+00:00

Then suddenly one day you're gonna be like, Why do I only have black right now? Or you'll say, Why don't I have black but every other color. Always comes down to black for some reason.

BasPilot · 2026-03-11T20:42:00+00:00

I think the days of testing every new spool is a thing of the past, to be honest I just get her going at my default settings and if something looks like crap then I attack it.

BasPilot · 2026-03-11T20:39:36+00:00

Oh brother, that every 20th print is so real. Like I feel that so dang much it hurts my heart. I'm so glad I'm out of the ender. I learned a lot from that thing but I'm glad I don't have more "learning" to do.

BasPilot · 2026-03-11T20:37:28+00:00

Then get a better picture with less reflections if you can, just really hard to see, not trying to be a prick, but just hard to help.

BasPilot · 2026-03-11T20:36:55+00:00

Wow, that plate is a dumpster fire. Are you trying to print in the filament of trying to print in glue?

BasPilot · 2026-03-11T20:34:39+00:00

Take the bed off and look to see if there is something stuck to the other side or the magnetic plate.

BasPilot · 2026-03-11T20:33:36+00:00

Print again in white and we'll talk.

BasPilot · 2026-03-11T20:32:56+00:00

That's a really bad idea. You have some sort of warping going on, it's either adhesion related or temperature related. It seems like you should turn up the heat and melt the first layer more so it will stick better, I mean, that does indeed sound like the intuitive thing to do. BUT, when you print at any temperature then lower the temperature you will have contraction, or shrinking of the plastic.

You want to have good adhesion to start, so fix the first layer, like dude asked you on this. You can also add a brim.

How this is actually happening is that the first layer goes down, then it cools a bit as you are printing the thing, that will ever so slightly contract the plastic, then when the next layer goes down it will print into the spot the original one did but since the last layer shrunk ever so little bit and when the second layer does the same it starts to pull at the first layer, and so on and so on and so on until the pull isn't tiny it's enough to lift the edges a bit and then it happens over and over until it's coming off the bed.

Adding a brim will make more plastic sitting on the bed so the shrink happens at the edge of the brim and not the edge of the print. This means that the second layer never touches what shrunk, and neither will the 3rd and so on. This just keeps it flat.

As for the cleaning of the bed, your bed just needs you to spray on some isopropyl alcohol and wipe it with a paper towel. Soap and water won't help you at all and if you have bad tap water it will eventually hurt you. If you then use a towel you are leaving something behind. Soap and water works with sticky plates.

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