3rdtryguy wrote:

Super Bowl???? What are you guys smoking?

Bucky Badger stated that topic, so I assume smoked cheese.

Michael C. Winther wrote:

the difference only seems like a lot. with a salary cap of $255M this year Jones counts as 1.37% for the Vikes and Jacobs counts as 2.08%. he’ll be counting as 5.31% of against the cap in the final year. the Vikes have flexibility since they’re not tied into a multi-year contract with an aging player,.

of course, we could also be getting Saquon Barkely at those prices. over the next 3 years he is $3M, $5M, $9M compared to Jacobs at $5M, $11M, $14M.

It is a lot different $7M guaranteed vs $25M. The fact they moved around his cap hit doesn’t change that. Yardage is Jacobs 944 vs Jones 798. Barkeley and Derrick Henry were the clear FA winners, both over 1300 yards already, and Henry is on 2 years $16m (9m guaranteed). But I doubt either would have gone to GB…

Those are fine and something I think most of us grew up using at least briefly. I got my son, who also just turned 7, the next step up pump air rifle that takes BB’s and Pellets with the hope he uses it for a little longer and then I can utilize it for suburban squirrel defense thereafter. I’d also be interested in some YouTube links. One nice thing with the air rifle is I need to load and pump it for him now, so he should have better safety practices by the time he’s doing it on his own.

In case anyone was wondering I do NOT talk and text with KOC at all. Just a couple great football minds coming to the same conclusion @CaptainMusky

http://www.nypost.com/2024/11/26/sports/vikings-coach-kevin-oconnell-hypes-daniel-jones-amid-free-agency-rumors/

Youbetcha wrote:

My dog can also kick your dogs a$$

I see you went with the purse dog over the kitty option with your Ridgeline.

Bucky I basically did just that second weekend of deer hunting, best I have slept in years.

Warners Stellian is awesome, and will get all my appliance purchases going forward. Bought a year old floor model fridge for significantly cheaper than the new models and have had 2 warranty calls (mostly due to our super hard water) and they came out and fixed it no charge, quickly and easily.

I can’t address all the info here at once, but I’ll try and touch on a few key points. First, Captain there is no way there were the same inputs on those two quotes. If they were identical inputs, there wouldn’t be an agent selling progressive as everyone would go online for 66% discount. If I were to guess the online one was not underwritten (credit/driving record check), Prog is notorious for this bait and switch rating and is one of the reason they lose 50% of their clients per year.

In general Auto insurance is similar across the industry, just make sure you have sufficient liability coverages and know your deductibles. The online companies (Prof, Geico etc) advertise low or state min liability coverage often and it should not even be legal imo. Like FT said not too many vehicles less than 10k out there these days, so they are setup to not cover a total loss.

Insurance operates as a margin business, previously SF (where I worked for 12 years) operated like this, for every $1 in premium they got paid, they would pay out $1.02 in claims and pay their bills with the .03-.08 investment return they cleared that year (5%-10% return on your $1 premium). They are also a Mutual company so they don’t payout stockholders and their CEO has relatively modest pay for the industry and their business size. For the last few years that model has been blown up for insurance companies with 2023 being the worst with $1.43 paid out on $1 of premium. This is due to frequency and cost of claim increasing. On average a roof used to be 20k or less, now it’s north of 40k. A windshield used to be $500 and no calibration needed, now it’s $1500+ with most needing calibration (increase in labor and equipment costs). These are two of the most common examples, but the supply chain (remember vehicle chip cost/availability?!?) and inflation issues post-Covid are impacting all areas of insurance claims.

Fwiw I now work in commercial insurance, and still have my personal with SF. And there’s a few companies I would never switch to, and I’d be happy to share via PM if anyone wants to know my personal opinion. And also don’t believe everything you read on the internet.

Nice, did you do a bunch of research Michael? Seems to be a lot of options and variances especially on price, and I’d like to know how you picked that one. Part of me thinks I should just go TSwoboda’s route, and the other part thinks I’d use an E Bike a lot more. Planning on buying once crying once either way.

CaptainMusky wrote:

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I’m just enjoying another unexpectedly fun seasons.

But you want Daniel Jones to come and resurrect the franchise.

Man I’d guess you’re a packers fan based on the lack of reading comprehension. I never said anything close to that.

gimruis wrote:

Detroit still plays the niners (on the road), packers (home), vikings (home), and bills (road).
I can’t imagine they will be losing more than 2 games this season given they already have one. They’ll probably finish 15-2.

You can’t imagine they could lose 2 of those 4 games? It may not be likely, but it’s certainly possible. Especially with the 9ers game being game 17, when Detroit may rest (yeah right, not in Campbell’s DNA) and the 9ers maybe in a win and in situation. I could see the Lions dropping one of their 2 against the Bears too. With that said I don’t see the Vikings winning out either, Card/Falcons/Bears/Seahawks/Packers down the stretch, so still expect the Lions to win the division fairly easily.

The Packers deserve the credit for putting the boots to a wounded 49ers team from the start. This is something the Purple have not done their last 3 games and they should have, at least to Tennessee and Jax.

Michael C. Winther wrote:

Jacobs is slightly more expensive, but he’s also in year 1 of a 4 year deal

Jacobs is a LOT more expensive. Jones is on 1 year @ $7M (13th in the league), Jacobs is on a 4 year $48M ($25M guaranteed) $12 AAV deal which is 5th highest paid RB in the league this year. I think they both have worked out well for both teams, and likely won’t be a clear “winner” even once both players are done playing.

I’m just enjoying another unexpectedly fun seasons.

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This isn’t a Black Friday deal, but we were down in Red Wing and stopped at RW Shoe store. They have some solid deal’s on seconds in the basement, lots of hunting and work boot options.

Agreed, used to be pretty easy to find it for .99/lbs. but I don’t think anyone is getting fat on the new cheapest price. That’s probably just the new normal from an increase in gas, feed and wages to get it to the store.

Pretty happy to be up and receiving the ball at half. That first quarter was reminiscent of a vikings soldier field disaster of yesteryear:
-fumble at the one
-ivan pace injured
-cam robinson injured
-missed holding in the end zone
-call phantom block in the back and ignore blatant hit out of bounds
-bears score first for the first time all season

Blenders sunglasses are 50% off, just ordered some polarized ones for $25. Even if they suck that’s near gas station prices.

CaptainMusky wrote:

What has Jones proven exactly? He had exactly ONE great game against Donatell and our disaster of a defense and he got paid.

Try again, he has had plenty of good professional performances, including a playoff W against Donatell’s defense. It’s just been outweighed by turnovers and clunkers, and our HC is pretty good at getting a QB dialed in. Again we are just talking about a placeholder/backup QB. Tell me where Daniel Jones hurt you bud

CaptainMusky wrote:

WTF has happened to you? He had one great game and the rest have been absolutely terrible. I would rather roll the dice with JJ, heck even Mullens over him.

Not sure, what you mean, or why you feel so strongly about bringing in a veteran backup/placeholder on a cheap salary to make sure JJ is good to go. JJ hasn’t proven anything and is coming off of a knee surgery that needed additional cleanup, decent chance he’s not 100% at the start of next year. And regardless I want JJ to have to beat someone out, not be handed the position.

buckybadger wrote:

It’s going to be Aaron Rodgers. You heard it here first.

No, I’ve been hearing that since A Rodge left the Pack. I’m a big A Rodg guy, and would be totally fine with him coming here, beating the Pack twice, having his best statistical season and leading us to the NFC Championship ala Favre, where hopefully there isn’t a bounty put on him. But I don’t think it makes sense for either side, unless he is bitter at GB and will play here for $15M or less on an annual renewal.

Daniel Jones got released by the Giants today. Confirming once again, the NFL stands for Not For Long. He got paid $92M guaranteed in March 2023 after beating the Vikes in the Wild Card round. I wouldn’t hate it if he was Darnold 2.0 here next year.

gimruis wrote:

They gave a stat on Penn State yesterday when I was listening to KFAN.
The Nittany Lions are a whopping 66-3 since 2016 against teams other than Ohio State and Michigan.

In other words, the only teams they lose to with any consistency are the Buckeyes and Wolverines.

That’s not correct, they lost 4 games in 2018, 5 games in 2020, and 6 in 2021. So even if all the other seasons of 3 losses or less were 2 losses to Mich&OSU regular season and a Big10 Championship loss to them (Doubtful), it doesn’t math.

weedis wrote:

This Browns-Steelers game is good, fun to watch in the snow.

That was a wild game, fun to watch for sure! Gotta love snow games! I see that and wish the Vikes were still outside, and then remember going to Lambeau for the tie at -5 and to US Bank when it was -30 windchill and quickly come to my senses. Just the walk from parking to the Bank had my beard in icicles.

CaptainMusky wrote:

Come on BigWerm give something a dirt nap!

Working on it, got some prospects still out there. I did put a wounded 6 pointer out of it’s misery back on page 19 during gun opener, that was party tagged, so I’m still after it.

gimruis wrote:

Do you think Deion would even want the Dallas job? There’s probably more pressure on that coaching position than maybe any other in the NFL.

Guess if you offer him enough money, he’d probably at least consider it.

No. And there isn’t enough money because he makes $6M/year at Colorado plus he is printing money off his endorsements. Besides the corporate deals with Aflac, Nike and a few others, he also gets royalties off his sunglasses contract with Blenders and a few other “smaller” partnerships. And if you remember his career, Prime knows how to maximize his worth. Only way he goes to the pro’s is if he can steer Sheduer and Shilo to the same team, that has solid talent to support them, and an owner willing to give over control and a record setting contract to Prime. Very doubtful imo.

Here’s a nice one that was running the edge of a swamp last night around 4 o’clock, not mine unfortunately.

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Those quotes were from Foligno on the 93x morning show, it’s worth a listen back, he’s a pretty funny guy.

High end filet, chef’s or buck knife is always appreciated imo, and one of those things that you can’t have too many of. Otherwise Scheels gift cards are always welcome in my wallet.

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

I wonder how many viewers are watching each Cowboys game solely for the pure enjoyment of seeing Dallas in full, season-long meltdown mode?

America’s Team.

Hahaha they finally found a way to fulfill that mantra, as almost all of America is enjoying this.

I doubt Prime ever goes to the league, he has total control, endless income, and little to no pressure in college.

mxskeeter wrote:

BW you don’t think those transfer are getting paid? I’m guessing the perks and $$$$ are better at Indiana than JM or any D2/3 school.
JMO

Maybe some of them are, but I’d bet the highest paid Indiana player isn’t in the top 50 highest paid Buckeyes. It’s more a case of the haves vs have nots than ever, and no way did Indiana come across the money to become one of the Haves suddenly to buy a football team. Cignetti was/is selling a higher level of competition and exposure.

buckybadger wrote:

***FULL DISCLAIMER To myself and everyone else: Your wives probably utilize similar OR better strategies. Go check out their boot/shoes/purse collection sometime

100%. For us she is the death by 1000 cheap-ish Amazon deliveries, whereas I’m the bought something for a few hundred/thousand every once in a great while. In general though, we embrace the attitude that we both work hard, have good jobs and are responsible financially so if you want something buy it.