As an old white guy, I am liking the Falcons signing of QB Kirk Cousins. Any QB signing was going to be expensive. Cousins is a proven winner. Falcons are better today that they were yesterday. Cousins married a UGA grad from Alpharetta. Active in church and other charities. A better choice than Russell Wilson.
Justin Fields had one of the lowest QB stats for any NFL QB. Some blame the rest of the Bears team, but Fields would be coming in to a similar situation in Atlanta. Difference between Cousins and Ritter or Fields – Cousins can make quicker decisions, and get rid of the ball to avoid sacks as opposed to sitting in the pocket just holding the ball. Fields is known for too often settling for the short throw, and rarely stretching the defense with longer passes.
Caleb Williams is asking too for much. Skipped the bowl game. Transferred. Not working out for teams. Will he be this much trouble for his pro team? Probably. He’s asking for a percentage of ownership in the team. Phenix has an odd throwing motion, and is injury riddled. His stock is dropping. LSU’s Daniels is the best prospect, but trading up to get him would be too costly. Is JJ McCarthy worthy of such a high pick? Cousins looks like a good choice. The Vikings sure wanted to hold on to him.
True, the Falcons had recently let one aging, high priced QB go. But the team was in a different situation then. Now they’re in a better situation to be able to advance in the playoffs. Kinda like when an uncompetitive Braves team traded Craig Kimbrell so they could also rid themselves of BJ Upton.
One dilemma: Cousins has long worn number 8 – the number worn by TE Kyle Pitts. Supposedly there’s been conversation between the two about a possible number change. We shall see.
In other Falcons news, the team signed a former Bears receiver known for dropping passes. One step forward, one step back. Actually the QB throwing the passes may have been the problem:
And the Falcons traded QB Desmond Ritter to the Cardinals for another WR, and signed two former 49ers: TE Charlie Woerner from UGA and WR RayRay McLoud from Clemson.
Would be nice to have an office at home. Right now I don’t. Will need a space when I retire for sure.
I read on the internet that Kate Middleton had surgery to remover her public eye.
Monday: worked until 620. Chicken stir fry over jasmine rice. Ceil watched The Voice.
Tuesday: up early to run at the gym. Told you I've getting my posts out of order.
I may not be the best worker in my office, but I’d like to think my work is making an impact. Moving millions of pounds of metal though 15+ plants to produce millions of parts, helping keeping people in jobs, solving problems. I pray that I provide helpful and useful information – helping to make other people’s jobs and lives easier. I don’t want to just be a bureaucrat, taking up space and covering my own butt. Because some people I have to deal with sure fit that description.
WALTER JOHNSON [SABR Bio] is the only pitcher to hit more than 200 batters in his career, with 205. Eddie Plank & Randy Johnson are tied for 2nd with 190. Walter had 38 victories where the final score was 1-0. He also lost 27 games by a score of 1-0. Of his 12 season strikeout crowns, eight were in consecutive seasons, from 1912-1919.
DENISON: French philosopher Jacques Ellul wrote a book 70 years ago that could have been published yesterday. Titled The Technological Society, it is considered one of the most important works of the second half of the 20th century. Ellul explains our technologically obsessed civilization has become “committed to a continually improved means to carelessly examined ends.” Modern society has commodified not just things but people. Everything—and everyone—is now a means to our personal ends”. Denison’s point: our transactional culture tempts us to do the same with Lord Jesus.
NASA is sending a poem to Jupiter’s moon Europa (denisonforum.org)
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