You have a pretty severe man crush on Mankins. I have no doubts he'd make our o-line better, but right now the breakdowns are happening at tackle, for the most part. Sitton is solid. People say Colledge is solid (my perception of him is that he's penalty prone and not a good power blocker -- more of a finesse guy. I could totally be wrong).

Tausch and Cliffy are showing their age. Mankins is a guard, right?

"Wade" wrote:

I just started playing Fantasy and Grant was #8 last year.

How good is he? Well, do we agree that our OL is not that good? Grant still gets 4.4 yards a carry and 1200+ yards/year with our OL. That's pretty good. I'd say he's a top 10 RB, which makes at least 22 other teams jealous.

OK, we both agree that we should have upgraded this position on our roster. We're in agreement here.

Where we'll probably disagree is what we'll give up for it. Now that I know the Hawks only got what they got, I'm bummed. Bummed, but not mad at Ted Thompson. Lynch is a one-year fix and he'll be gone in '11. Plus, let's not forget that Lynch is not exactly "Packer people." He's a trouble maker and is a hair away from getting suspended.

I'm sure Ted Thompson was thinking about this. Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson probably had a talk about it and they also discussed what is a bigger priority - filling our new hole at DB or RB? I'd say it's DB. Mike McCarthy probably thinks the same thing and told Ted Thompson so. Mike McCarthy may see something in Starks where we don't need Lynch.

Or, better yet, we've only begun to see Kuhn. He almost single-handedly stomped on the Lions when they were down on that final drive. Kuhn may be slow, but he's going to get us yards and hurt people doing it.

DB is a bigger problem than RB right now.

"djcubez" wrote:

Which is more likely to happen?

a. My dating Jessica Biel.
b. Ted Thompson trading for Logan Mankins.
c. Neither will ever happen, but its fun to dream. :)

"Wade" wrote:

My friend, if you did your research (I always wanted to say that to a Professor), you'd find dating Biel is not impossible. She's been known to go on charity dates. Only bummer is cost. The last highly publicized charity date that I'm aware of was with some guy from Minnesota paid $30k to go on a date with her. Proceeds went to some girl who got injured in a car wreck.

She's currently single by the way. She enjoys singing and snowboarding, and supposedly is a pretty dang good snowboarder. Well, that rules me out as I'm awful and I think I got a slight concussion last time I went snowboarding.

So, she's all yours. You'll have to let me know how it went.

"Wade" wrote:

My friend, if you did your research (I always wanted to say that to a Professor), you'd find dating Biel is not impossible. She's been known to go on charity dates. Only bummer is cost. The last highly publicized charity date that I'm aware of was with some guy from Minnesota paid $30k to go on a date with her. Proceeds went to some girl who got injured in a car wreck.

She's currently single by the way. She enjoys singing and snowboarding, and supposedly is a pretty dang good snowboarder. Well, that rules me out as I'm awful and I think I got a slight concussion last time I went snowboarding.

So, she's all yours. You'll have to let me know how it went.

"Wade" wrote:

You have a pretty severe man crush on Mankins. I have no doubts he'd make our o-line better, but right now the breakdowns are happening at tackle, for the most part. Sitton is solid. People say Colledge is solid (my perception of him is that he's penalty prone and not a good power blocker -- more of a finesse guy. I could totally be wrong).

Tausch and Cliffy are showing their age. Mankins is a guard, right?

"evad04" wrote:

Rofl, I just got the letter from our administration that we're going to get a payraise this year after all. (almost 2 months into the year, and 6 months after they asked us to sign our contracts). The raise: $70/month That's going to cover a charity date. Yep. :)

2. Snowboarding. Sigh. Exercise and snow. Oh well. No one's perfect. I doubt if I'd be able to stand up on a snowboard, much less move downhill on one.

Guess I'll just have to find something else that she likes to do in company. :)

"Wade" wrote:

$30K to go on a date and then just never have contact again. Seems like a great way to waste your money. Just give the $29,900 to the kid and use that $100,- to take someone realistic out. Lol.

"Rockmolder" wrote:

Well, if you took Ms. Biel to a nice restaurant, polished off a nice bottle of wine, and at the right moment, licked your eyebrows, I'd guarantee she'd have contact with you again. And again. ;)

"Rockmolder" wrote:

Well, to be fair, that is the improvement "after taxes". :)

Before taxes, it's probably 110 bucks a month more instead of 70.

Besides, we got all these snazzy new admin buildings, renovations, a disc golf course, and a new courtyard in front of the [strike]student union[/strike] building where president has his office.

"Wade" wrote:

I'm very, very glad that you don't know my real name. I'd go in hiding if you did. Risk of waking up tongueless is one I wouldn't want to take.

"Rockmolder" wrote: