Friday Night Open Thread: The Chiefs Defense Will Face a Mostly Backup Offensive Lines
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On top of those 2 guys, La’el Collins is on IR, and center Ted Karras got injured against the Bills so, while he’ll play, he may not be 100%. The only OL starter for the Bengals from the regular season game will be Cordell Volson, who is a 4th round rookie.
Regarding the Fermi Paradox (I’d prefer a pair of doxies), I grew up a SF fan; Trek, and books on top of books. I was reading Bradbury prior to 5th grade (also a lot of things “too advanced” for me, like the original Jungle Books), and I loved that there might be strangers out there that we one day might meet.
So it depresses me some that I’ve swung toward the Rare Earth Theory. It’s not a conclusion by any stretch, but when I eventually started thinking about what the moon did early on, being so much closer than today, I couldn’t ignore the possibility that the massive tides it would have driven (Think meters of rise, not inches) was essential to the formation of life in the first place. If that’s the case…
Now there are a ton of potentially Earthlike planets out there, but if the effects of those massive tidal strains on plate tectonics and water movement are a requirement for life to arise, most of those planets get DQed. In fact, almost all of them, extrapolating on what I know about discovered exoplanets. I have yet to see one reported to have a massive moon companion.
That doesn’t bode well for the Drake Equation.
An old essay on the subject
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1988/08/are-we-alone/545429/
“It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.”
RIP Doug
“merely the products of a deranged imagination.”
Aww, and here I thought you didn’t care.
I no like this Kelce as questionable thing … not at all
he will play
he will barf all over the Bengals if needed
I get you, but since it’s for his back (might’ve misread), I would guess it tightened up, so they’re taking no chances. When it comes to injuries and illness, being listed as Questionable covers so much ground as to render any conclusions that are drawn…questionable.
If it is for his back, getting tight is enough to rest him, but a significant strain or other injury would’ve likely drawn a Doubtful, instead. Illness? Have some IV standing ready, he’ll play if he can run.
We are playing Cincinatti
he is from OHIO and played for Cincinatti
I think is is more the media crap is crap and he will be ready to go Sunday
Kelce’s from the Cleveland area, and that likely fuels him against them as a city rivalry, regardless of where he played in college.
That, and he’s been stung repeatedly by these pests, time to join the Grim Reaper as the Exterminator.
Travis Kelce (back) is questionable for Sunday’s AFC Championship against the Bengals.He practiced in full all week but was added to the injury report and the questionable line on Friday in a somewhat ominous sign. He also did not talk to the media in a scheduled Friday availability per James Palmer because he was undergoing treatment. This is an interesting last-minute wrench for the Chiefs, but we’d lean on expecting Kelce to play despite the status until we hear more detailed reports.
Same conclusion as mine while being less informative. Sportswriters aren’t really journalists, with rare exceptions.
Kelce fumbled away the regular season game against these guys and blamed himself for that loss. You couldn’t keep him off that field if you locked him in a sarcophagus.
I shall shave
it is not like this beard has beaten the Bengals
that should have already happened with the amount of Cigs I smoke
Homemade Kettle corn for dinner. An AG tradition?
Hell yeah, a regular occurrence at my house.
we all know?
eventually it will be Mahomes and 52 new guys and a new coaching staff.
He is the ONE
every other player is a rookie
*I get your gist
not exactly
all of our current roster will have retired, moved on, and or been replaced
not rookies per say just a new team
right now what is the count? 5-7 players from our SB victory left
I don’t think it’s that many
agree
but some of the IR players have been around awhile
mahomes kelce jones – who else?
clark hardman
Bell
that Tackle from Kansas
Thornhill
what tackle from kansas
the one that has hardly ever played
no such animal on our team
Lucas Niang
my bad he is from TCU
he was not on the super bowl team
he’s in third year
fine
I just learned that ON MY OWN
name and number or it didn’t happen
I can’t wait for Sunday
Same
Sounds like the “KC MO, whoa-oh” was inspired by the soldiers in The Wizard of Oz. Not that I object. I try to steal from the best whenever I can, too.
To Joe Burrow, et. al.:
You can’t take us.
But, we welcome you to try.
Bring it on.
Need a version called 4 quarters alone but I’m thinking this level of aggression
Chicken wings are screwed up
replace the Wings with Thighs, more meat and flavor too
you can also make so many more dishes with thigh meat
Tacos
Chinese
Noodles
Or actual drumsticks, if you want a finger food. Or if you’re planning on making stock soon, since you get more collagen that way than thighs, and if they’re ordinary ones, you don’t have to deal with all those vertebrae, and drums are cheaper, to boot.
Fully agree about thighs, though. Better flavor, doesn’t dry out, takes reheating well, best cut on the bird.
I’ve got plenty of dead chickens here thanks to Mr. mink.. maybe you should start discussing mink recipes… hopefully with a slight dash of lead….for flavor
lead sorta destroys the resale
traps
you need mink traps
oh, we got them out there too. so far, we’ve got one fat rat. surprised it survived the onslaught.
you need Claymores
Take off and nuke’em from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.
time to bring Trapper John out of his frozen state
They use long haired greyhound’s for thinning the coyote population here
turns out killing coyote increases population long term, not intuitive
That depends. Trying to exterminate them with guns or poison will do that, but “introducing” larger canines into a local for the purpose wasn’t part of that/those study(s), as I recall. They’ll be doing more than Morgan Gold’s Maremmas, but it’s still canine competition, so I’d want a focused study on them before I lumped them into the hunting/trapping/poison category.
Science is a very specific thing, you can’t conclude that it’s impossible to manage the population until you’ve studied everything about every management option. I wonder if a capture/release, sterilizations included, the way many places manage feral cat populations.
i read it as hunting dogs (thining)
So did I, but you set a pack of them loose against a pack of coyotes, the message they get will be much the same as an aggressive pack of wolves. Plus the poop and pee they’ll leave behind, warning them and other coyotes away across significant areas, so we aren’t taking “war is diplomacy by other means”, it’s the actual quote, “with other means”.
And that, in a sense, is what the process is. It’s a war, but that’s just an element of the diplomacy, and the thing being fought over is classic; territory. The casualties are necessary, even desirable, for their side, but they aren’t the point. Wars are not won by who stacks up more corpses, but by getting your message across with enough force that the enemy concedes.
You’re a mean one, Mr Mink…
Drums and thighs don’t reheat well in the microwave. Worse than breast, IMO.
That said, if you treat ’em right, they’re so much better.
I use the oven
I would sit that it depends on how it’s originally cooked, because it nukes just fine when in a soup. Fried chicken, too.
That said, it’s hard to screw them up, not impossible.
Air fryers are amazing for reheating wings and pizza
frozen shrimp and tots
Coconut shrimp
and beer batter/breaded
Calling it now, this is going to be a statement game. I was originally thinking 2 score chief win. I’m leaning more towards something like 38-10 or 41-7 now.
Do you think Andy is angry enough to just turn Mahomes loose?
Doesn’t matter if he is. The players are the ones that matter. Chiefs could be up 3 scores going into the 4th and Andy could for the first time in his life call more runs than passes but it won’t stop Pacheco from trucking dudes or the OL from imposing their will.
The bigger thing what the defense does. They’re being doubted. They’re hearing all this talk about how great Burrow is and how they’re meh. I’ve seen this kinda script before. And I remember how it goes.
I agree with you
these are the guys that stopped you from a Super Bowl last year
Chiefs will be hanging around ARROWHEAD and studying and then home to bed tomorrow night….
Bengals flying in and getting their hotel rooms and stewing all night….
This home field thing is awesome 🙂 fricken dumbass NFL
maybe we could redirect the Bengals gear to Mercedes Benz stadium in Atlanta
so what is the menu for Sunday AG?
gonna go to store and I woun’t be cooking fried lice
I’ll be BBQ-ing some tiger meat after the game.
Maybe Buffalo wings for the dear departed?
My bro’s girl is making chili…
not that skyline crap I hope
Won’t matter… I’ll probably have a few/ten beers in me. I’m sure it’ll be awesome 😉
Chili sounds good though
Chili with fresh tiger meat.
Does one still use kidney beans for tiger chili? Navy beans?
Black beans silly
great northern for ham
Whats so great about’m?
had to cut back during covid. no TP
I never argued Northern beans with the wife
Ketchup vs Sugar was more than enough for ham and Beans arguements
I was just teasin. Cannot beat them for ham and beans
Im team ketchup with beans and cornbread
me too
she was Sugar
and she got dentures and I have all my teeth 🙂
LOL
sounds like a scene from blazing saddles.
Kidney for a salad
or Wings with Tiger sauce?
we don’t have enough real Tigers to eat
unless we go all Donner Party on the Cincinatti ones
my wife loves making chili from scratch. I open the can for her and she scratches it out.
also thawing chili from my last batch, which came out well
hambone and green bean soup.
just the bone from 1/2 ham, long simmer to pull everything out
Wichita is all on his own for the Championship game for pics
he’s sent me before, or you passed along (email please)
I got you
soooooooooooooooooo … new(ish) PC up and running, way too huge 36″ new monitor ($45 LG fancy TV from thrift store) … need to pull a lot of files and settings (passwords etc) from old HD if I can (won’t be tonight)
that said, nice be back online (with PC instead of tiny cellphone screen)
Mmmmm grand marnier
sounds like you might be able to use your computer without needing reading glasses.
I still occasionally have to use them on my 32″
right? need to bach away from desk some …
yes you do
better get a wireless keyboard.
siri could help?
shhh! we are dealing with old people here. don’t want to have to explain what siri is!
When your coach is known for his love of cheeseburgers, you get hype videos presented by McDonald’s lol
This is interesting, but unsurprising to me. It comes with a caveat, the reduction referenced is only “pharmacy-based distribution of codeine”, prescription and hospital distribution remained basically unchanged. I was a little surprised about the isolation of the reduction, but thinking about it, when you’re not in enough pain to go to the hospital, cannabis can help make the difference.
Besides, codeine’s an opiate, so it’s a more likely gateway drug than pot ever was.
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/cannabis/states-with-legal-adult-use-weed-lean-away-from-codeine-prescriptions-33413153
https://nflreplay.net/kansas-city-chiefs-vs-cincinnati-bengals-4-dec-2022-replay-full-game/
What a douchebag for a mayor.
We’re not Detroit !!!!
Damn, he really is.
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