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Yeah Ty apparently got taken out of the game earlier and wasn't a happy camper, so for whatever reason, whether he was just saying **** you to the coach or trying out of some misguided attempt to prove himself, he disobeyed orders.
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TBH, the sequel is worse.
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You know I've always wondered that, what exactly is the DC/OC's job when the HC decides to take over playcalling? Do they still make the plays themselves, scheme-wise? And it's just the HC's decision on what to use and when? Do they handle subs or anything like that?
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Yeah this was like, just breaking a few minutes ago I think
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So the rumbling was that the reason Hue was on the hot seat was because he was feuding with OC Todd Haley and that the org was worried about it affecting the team. They were going to have to choose.

Well now they fired both Hue AND Haley, so that's one way to get rid of the issue, I guess!
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Symphonia was the first tales game I ever played, and just knowing that later titles had free run and ToS didn't was a pretty big downer for me. It just felt so limited. I don't think I could go back and re-play it.
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It does not keep merge bonuses if you promote. So if you have five 4* marth, and you really want to get that marth to 5*, you want to promote all five marth to 5* and then merge them.
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Haunter12O posted...

That blue hair guy is important. I dont remember but I think hes one of the ancient four heroes.

His name is Yuan and yes, he is one of the four ancient heroes.
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ScareChan posted...

Emeraldegg posted...

I'm sure some people would digg that

I see what you kirk cousins there

did i do it right

Nailed it
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I'm sure some people would digg that
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davidponte posted...

I don't think I've ever made a worse fantasy decision than having to choose between Diggs and Theilen as the top WR available in my draft and thinking Diggs would be the better option in a non-ppr league.

Don't worry, I was derided in my league for taking thielen over diggs, I think most people thought thielen was a one-hit wonder and that diggs would be the more reliable option. I don't think anyone would have called you crazy for taking diggs.

Who's laughing now, people who mocked me!
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Emeraldegg posted...

Emeraldegg posted...

Houston Texans
Philadelphia Eagles

Chicago Bears
Cincinnati Bengals
Seattle Seahawks
Kansas City Chiefs
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Steelers
Carolina Panthers
Indianapolis Colts
Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco 49ers
Minnesota Vikings
New England Patriots

Changing from Vikings to Saints, to my probable dismay
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**** Todd Gurley
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Favorite character?
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fitzmagic happened
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Man we get two cycles of fitzmagic in one season
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Where's that top ranked defense now *****es!
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davidponte posted...

Me, after Cohen gets a 70 yard TD catch: f*** this game.

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Emeraldegg posted...

Houston Texans
Philadelphia Eagles

Chicago Bears
Cincinnati Bengals
Seattle Seahawks
Kansas City Chiefs
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Steelers
Carolina Panthers
Indianapolis Colts
Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco 49ers
Minnesota Vikings
New England Patriots
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Boss themes are amazing
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Skullbone is correct, super deals mroe dmg to extreme and vice versa. An EXT STR type will do more damage to a SUPER PHY type than a SUPER STR type will.

You'd probably be better off with just a generic STR team that gives universal buffs rather than one with a Ki/Atk buff, if you have one. Like I'd personally take something like a Ki +2, atk/def/hp +50% than I would a Ki +3, Atk +80%.
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Will Fuller possibly tore his ACL last night.
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Houston Texans
Philadelphia Eagles
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Level 4: LA Rams 30+

Bonus: Washington, San Francisco, New Orleans
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Is 44.85% close enough to 50% to be considered close?
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As someone who has only been here a few years, way after this board's history was shaped

Yes
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Rules:
Picks must be in before that game's kick-off. You may, for instance, pick the 1 PM games then come back in another post and pick the rest, but I prefer that when doing so you quote your previous post so it becomes easier for me to keep everything together. All times listed are ET.

You may change picks at any time as long as it's before that game's kick-off, see above rule.

Not really a rule, but please do try to keep your picks in order with how I've posted them, as it also makes it easier on me to plug the picks in. Thank you for your consideration.

If someone has missed 4 consecutive weeks, I am removing them from the roster.

This week's congratulations go to Panthers fans @ZeroSignal620 and myself for a near-perfect 13-1 week! I missed on Washington and Zsig missed on...Carolina. HOW COULD YOU. *ahem*

Anyway, upset of the week, only two matchups had the winner be the lesser picked team, and of those, the bigger spread was against Houston, who only had 5 picks. Carolina had 11. If you went chalk this week, odds are you did good!

Thursday, October 25
Miami Dolphins @ Houston Texans

Sunday, October 28
Philadelphia Eagles vs Jacksonville Jaguars (EARLY GAME IN LONDON)
New York Jets @ Chicago Bears
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Cincinnati Bengals
Seattle Seahawks @ Detroit Lions
Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs
Washington Redskins @ New York Giants
Cleveland Browns @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Baltimore Ravens @ Carolina Panthers
Indianapolis Colts @ Oakland Raiders
Green Bay Packers @ Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco 49ers @ Arizona Cardinals
New Orleans Saints @ Minnesota Vikings

Monday, October 29
New England Patriots @ Buffalo Bills
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The thing though, is that in a salary cap system, it's okay to spend lots. You just can't do it often. IE the rams this year.

And to muse on the patriots some more, in hindsight I really wish the pats hadn't traded garroppolo because he would have been the perfect example of the patriots "out with the old, in with the new" concept that I was talking about. If he had worked out for them and became their new starting QB of the future, that would be a prime example of why the pats are successful.

But now we'll have to wait till the next QB the pats draft to see exactly how much of their success was related to Brady. If the next guy comes in and the pats suck, well then it was mostly brady. If he comes in and they're good, well then brady only played a part of it.
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Giants traded former 1st rd pick Eli Apple to the Saints for a 4th rder and a future 7th rder
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So, I'm late to this, but I want to voice my opinion on the whole salary cap thing.

I would argue that the main benefit of a salary cap isn't that you get competitive balance immediately, it's that you get competitive balance in the long term. The idea of the cap is so that it rewards timing hitting your draft picks with the talent you can acquire with your other cap space in order to be a complete team. You aren't supposed to be able to break away from the pack any given year unless you:

A) Are utilizing players who are vastly underpaid, either willingly, or because they're either on their rookie contract and/or are having a breakout-type year when their previous performance hasn't warranted that kind of money.
B) Spend out the wazoo on free agents/renegotiated or renewed contracts

Once you hit that state of being, where you're one of the best teams in the league in all aspects of the game, you only have a couple of years, if that even, before those players who are in category A start clashing with those in category B. The cap is supposed to prevent a team from being able to be consistently good on both sides of the ball just by spending money, there's just not enough to go around. This year's Rams spent like crazy this offseason, but you know when it's going to start hurting? When Goff and Gurley, who are Category A players, have to get paid. The Ravens won a superbowl, and you know what caused their downfall? Paying Joe Flacco. If a team is consistently good, like the patriots, it's because when it comes time for those A players to become B players, they have already found new A players to replace the old ones. Yes, Tom Brady helps, but if what we saw with Peyton Manning in Indy a few years back is any indication, you cannot be one of the best with literally no one around you. There has to be some action on the front office to fill those gaps, and some teams simply do it better than others.

In terms of the yankees, as has been mentioned, they actually cut spending this year. For the most part they rode young guys like gleyber torres, aaron judge, and luke voit to success this year. A salary cap would help to curb the Yankees success in the long run, but it would do little to nothing to impede them this year or the next couple of years, it's when those guys need to get paid as well when they start hitting a roadblock.

I think it's really easy to look at the big market teams and go "lolbribing their way to victory yet again" when in some cases it's just not true. Of course, in some cases sure, there's that history with those big names like the yankees and the dodgers that can attract players, or a case like tom brady and the patriots, then those can grant certain situational advantages that other teams don't have, but they do not make up 100% of why that team is successful, this year's yankees being a prime example.

With all this being said, I would still be in favor of a salary cap for baseball.
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DoomTheGyarados posted...

Los Angeles Chargers (I know it is late but I haven't seen the score HAVE MERCY)
New England Patriots
Indianapolis Colt
Miami
New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jacksonville Jaguars
Baltimore Ravens
Los Angeles Rams
Washington Redskins
Kansas City Chiefs

Really sorry, but I'm going to have to disallow the London game. It's not that I don't believe you, I do, but it's the rules. If I break it for one I'd have to start breaking it for everyone, please understand.
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Me gusta
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Amari Cooper has been traded to the Cowboys for a 1st round pick
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You monster
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But does it have the game included
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Yessssss ending the game with emphasis
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James bradberry everybody
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Cam Newton everybody
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Master EmeraldToday at 12:24 PM
titans go for 2
fail
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Emeraldegg posted...

Denver Broncos
Los Angeles Chargers

New England Patriots
Indianapolis Colts
Detroit Lions
Minnesota Vikings
Carolina Panthers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Houston Texans
New Orleans Saints
Los Angeles Rams
Dallas Cowboys
Kansas City Chiefs
Atlanta Falcons
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Carlos hyde has been traded to the Jaguars for a 5th rd pick

Everyone better add nick chubb right now
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Level 3: New Orleans +2.5, Detroit -2.5
Bonus: 4
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David Carr
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OH my GOOOOOD
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I didn't even know leftwich was a coach now
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I don't know about the correlation from manga to anime in terms of how many chapters vs how many eps, what's the last thing that happened? Have you met Karma yet?
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I'm just gonna name everyone on my super mega baseball team:

RHP Terrok Smith
RHP Chasey Kim
LHP Larry La'Joy
RHP David Diggler
RHP Rocket Ramon
RHP Doug Nerdwerd

C Wigstbqh (Wigs character)
C Casper Stern
1B Raphael Gonzalo
2B Elroy Action
3B Rhonda Horne
3B Dick Burger
SS Kasha Emyn
RF Marsha Brown
CF Yvette Victorino
LF Robbin Yew
LF Guy Gold
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I mean if you're going on the title alone then I can see it but they establish episode one that they aren't using real weapons. In fact whenever a real weapon makes its way onto the manga it's very much played for drama and is taken extremely seriously. Even the fact that they're just kids is played extremely well, with their instructors trying their very best to give them as much of a normal kid life as they possibly can and showing them how they can use these "skills" in their everyday lives, from day 1.
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I read the manga and I really enjoyed it. Especially once you start getting into the reveals about why everything is the way it is, it's super great. For some reason I'm really a fan of media that does that, they start you off on the ground running without really explaining why stuff is in its current state, and then either gradually or through a flashback episode they explain it and you're like OHHHHH.
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