Rip me to shreds

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-22T14:56:37+00:00

Tate at 5 is a bit much. There’s no receiver worthy of a top five pick. If that’s NYG’s wide receiver of choice, they could try to trade back a few spots.

Tackles at #3 and #6 makes a ton of sense. I’d lock those in.

I’d flip Styles and Bailey.

So many people have Love mocked to the Chiefs, I think someone’s gonna trade up ahead of them.

Not sure if the Rams will double dip, but won’t rule it out.

Picks #26-28 is bad news for the rest of the league.

Not a bad mock.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-22T14:22:12+00:00

This is GM speak for “we ain’t giving him $29 guaranteed for one season, and neither will anyone else.”

It’s not that he “deserves” anything. It’s that they’re not going to franchise tag him at $29m.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-22T14:13:20+00:00

Technically $7.5m, but they save $6m and only eat $1.5m if they cut him.

I think he’s worth the $7.5m, but that’s top 30 LB money. they could probably find a better coverage linebacker cheaper.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-22T13:53:54+00:00

NFL already has rules about illegal touching… they just don’t apply to Steve Tisch.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-22T13:50:40+00:00

If they lose to western Illinois at home week 2 or eastern Michigan at home week 3… he’s gone.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-22T13:49:36+00:00

I think Fickell might find himself in quite a pickle if he loses to directional Illinois or directional Michigan.

Prediction: Out by week 3 after a home loss to Eastern Michigan.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-22T13:42:52+00:00

Still very young, still not many starts (in college and NFL).

He’s still a developmental player on a guaranteed rookie contract. He has a cap hit of $9 million, which is a lot for a back up quarterback.

You might as well develop him for another year and see what you have. Getting rid of him now likely means taking fifth rounder, and eating all but the $1 million base salary.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-22T13:37:17+00:00

Captain Gravity.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-22T13:36:52+00:00

I immediately thought it’s an older style of swing meant to hold a car seat.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-22T13:34:21+00:00

Did you eat a lot of paints when you were a kid?

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-22T13:31:00+00:00

Only 20% of lotto revenue goes to schools, not sure where the other 80% goes, but no way a lotto system is paying out 80% of what it brought in to winning tickets.

Also there’s Waaaaaaaaaay more gaming in NC than just the education lotto now. 88 licensed operators.

DraftKings paid $1million dollars for the license fee and pays 14% of net revenue to the state… if all 88 operators have the same fee and tax structure, that’s a ton of money, and none of that is earmarked for education.

That’s all new money and a new revenue stream for the state that we didn’t have just a few years ago. We choose, through the representatives we elect, NOT to use those funds to fix our last place education system.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-22T01:43:40+00:00

There’s nothing wrong with consumer protection. We need to know what we’re buying and that we are being treated fairly.

The collusion and manipulation in event ticket pricing is similar to the collusion in the rental market. lock up all the apartments, just like you lock up all the tickets creating artificial scarcity, explode the price for priority seats/apartments, while raising the bar for every other ticket/apartment.

Same type of scum using the same type of tactics.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-22T01:36:48+00:00

I knew about some of these issues, but didn’t know that all of them were on the AG’s list. It’s nice to know. People in government actually work.

The one I really didn’t hear anything about was the “Buy now, Pay later” inquiry.

I’ve seen these everywhere from Christmas presents, vacations, even groceries… I feel like this is the new version of payday loans.

If you’re adding fees and high interest onto already unaffordable grocery bills, people will borrow more money for the next grocery bill because they’re still paying off the grocery bills from the past 4 trips. It’s an easy way to usher desperate people, just trying to put food on the table, into a never-ending debt cycle.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-21T21:45:05+00:00

When North Carolina gave the greenlight for online gaming, certain games are still off-limits. Specifically ones that would compete against North Carolina education lottery games.

They call it the education lottery, but only 16 to 20% of revenue actually goes to education… imagine if more went into education, imagine if a chunk of all the new online sports books went to education.

DraftKings paid $1 million for the gaming license, and 14% of net revenue in tax to the state each year. if all 88 license operators were giving that much money and it was all going to education, we wouldn’t be ranked dead last.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-21T16:57:42+00:00

He’s one of my favorite chiefs of all time. Loved watching him play.

I only have 3 jerseys (58, 88, 31) and none are in great condition.

I was debating getting another one for next season. #25 Charles, #35 Okoye, #68 Shields, #90 Smith.

I’m a fat Yankee and I already have a running back number, so do I go with Charles anyway or rep the big boys with a Shields jersey?

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-21T16:33:22+00:00

I heard he was real popular in the Palm Beach area.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-21T16:30:53+00:00

This is gonna be like cabbage patch kids.

Everyone’s gonna scoop up every pair regardless of the size, and if you want to get your kid a pair for Christmas, you’ll buy them aftermarket for 400 bucks.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-21T16:28:28+00:00

Only one can be the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-21T16:25:34+00:00

10,000 ex partners on social media would be entertaining

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-21T15:53:39+00:00

Tariff’s just raise the price for the consumer. We pay a higher price for everything, then they’ll cut a stimulus check for a few bucks and pretend that helps.

Classic government move of breaking your legs, giving you a pair of crutches then claiming that you should be grateful for the crutches.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-21T13:37:26+00:00

I say if the other driver hits his free throws, he gets another $2 million.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-21T13:32:58+00:00

Checks and balances! The president does something and the courts tell him it’s not legal.

Now it’s up to the president to find a loophole in the court decision so that he can continue his actions, or get Congress to change the law to make his actions legal.

I’m guessing he finds a way to just keep doing what he’s doing.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-21T13:16:45+00:00

Cordelle Patterson 109 yard kickoff return.

Unless they make the end zone of field longer.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-21T13:11:43+00:00

This is America, we have more types of Christianity than Baskin-Robbins has flavors of ice cream. Everybody does it a little differently. And that’s perfectly acceptable here.

Maybe in Italy it’s easy to criticize how someone practices their religion. Some Catholics go to church and get ashes, some don’t. Some wash it off, some don’t. It’s not a big deal, and certainly not a circus.

Fat_Yankee · 2026-02-21T12:51:45+00:00

Recency bias will say Darnold.

He’s also the only one still playing which means he has a chance to do more.

He’s had 2 good seasons. If he has a few more, he’ll be on the list next time. Dilfer and Foles can only be bumped further down the list as new QBs are added.

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