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The Random Thought Thread

Dom McRaven said:
As someone who proudly owns a Challenger, I concur with their beauty. Regarding the EV, it's been confirmed by Dodge that there will be a EV muscle car (that in itself sounds weird AF). It's uncertain if it'll be the Challenger, Charger, or something else (maybe the Barracuda that's rumored to make a comeback).
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Damn, we really is brotha's. Love my Challenger
 
I don't care to belabor my point or explain why I feel a certain way, but Lamar Jackson is the best QB in the league, because of not just his football smarts and on-field abilities to take over a game all by himself, but also that he is dedicated to football and has tremendous work ethic coupled with drive and ambition to be the best. Typically QBs with these unique combinations don't grow on trees or are found easily. They are freaks that just are and happen to land in the most unforeseen places. I'll stick with my Lamar is pre-championship MJ proclamation for the foreseeable future. I'll also stick with Mahomes is the Pistons' Isaiah Thomson for the same amount of time. As for Allen, let's chalk him up to becoming a Karl Malone if he keeps improving. Without Stockton (Diggs), he is still a floundering big man. Please don't ask me to back up my feelings because I won't waste my time. Instead, I'll waste all of yours to find out for yourselves.
 
All_black_everything said:
You guys originally from Cali? And if so how how’d you become fans of the Ravens?

@JAAM
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Yep, born and raised in Sac

My pops bought my first Madden game with Ray on the cover. My parents and I didn’t have a team back then so I thought I’d try out the Ravens. So thanks to Madden I guess for hooking it up haha. My dad became a Ravens fan after that and my mom is still a Ravens fan and follows them closely even at age 67. I even have 52 tatted lol

You??
 
rmcjacket23 said:
I'm like one of millions of people who saw it, so if you didn't see it, that's on you. There's literally videos everywhere of many blunders of Patrick Mahomes, especially this season. If you need help finding the videos, just let me know.

I mean just logically its kind of hard to argue your point. Its pretty much impossible to throw like 15 INTs in a season and most of them NOT be via poor decision making. It's pretty much a mathematical impossibility.

And remember... we're only talking about interceptions. We're not talking about the passes that land incomplete. If I take Mahomes or even Josh Allen for example, I guarantee I would find you like 5-6 throws, minimum, on a per game basis, where your only response would be "I have no fucking clue what he was doing there".

And the reason why nobody talks about it is largely because they're risk takers who can hit big plays that nobody else can by making risky throws, and sometimes, by making bad decisions.

Matt Stafford is the ultimate example of this. Teams learned a long time ago that when you're out there throwing 550-600 pass attempts a year, having a dink and dunk, conservative approach, that doesn't yield turnovers, doesn't guarantee you anything. They'd rather have risk takers. People who will push the ball down the field and take shots.

Nobody is suggesting decision making isn't important. But I can tell you that nobody thinks the best decision makers are guaranteed to be the best QBs. Patrick Mahomes isn't close to one of the better decision making QBs in the league in my eyes. Yet, he's pretty much widely considered the best.
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a great example of this. Brett Favre wasn't ever considered a great decision maker, but he certainly was a risk taker. So was Tony Romo.
 
JAAM said:
Yep, born and raised in Sac

My pops bought my first Madden game with Ray on the cover. My parents and I didn’t have a team back then so I thought I’d try out the Ravens. So thanks to Madden I guess for hooking it up haha. My dad became a Ravens fan after that and my mom is still a Ravens fan and follows them closely even at age 67. I even have 52 tatted lol

You??
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Thats cool. A family of Ravens fans due to Madden lol

I was actually raised a Bronco fan, my uncle was a Bronco fan and was my father figure at that point in life. Around 8 years old I wanted to do my own thing, was naturally interested in good defense so I chose my own team and never looked back lol
So I’m the lone wolf Ravens fan in a family full of Raiders, 49ers and Broncos although my two boys are following along thus far.
 
All_black_everything said:
Thats cool. A family of Ravens fans due to Madden lol

I was actually raised a Bronco fan, my uncle was a Bronco fan and was my father figure at that point in life. Around 8 years old I wanted to do my own thing, was naturally interested in good defense so I chose my own team and never looked back lol
So I’m the lone wolf Ravens fan in a family full of Raiders, 49ers and Broncos although my two boys are following along thus far.
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Nice! Not a lot of California fans in my family (oddly enough). Mostly Cowboys fans because of the last name lol
 
Corvus Purpura said:
Another one from Sac here. Became a Ravens fan living in Maryland for a decade.
Never played Madden. Not sure I've even seen a cover.
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I saw a 300 with a Ravens license plate frame this morning while I was heading to work. That you? :cool:

I also saw a car heading to Davis a couple of years back with a Ravens decal. And a girl in Elk Grove with a Tucker jersey lol
 
JAAM said:
I saw a 300 with a Ravens license plate frame this morning while I was heading to work. That you? :cool:

I also saw a car heading to Davis a couple of years back with a Ravens decal. And a girl in Elk Grove with a Tucker jersey lol
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Not me. My wife has a Tucker jersey but I don't think she's worn it since the Raiders game. If you see a red Lotus, it might be me.

Moved here to be close to family. Wouldn't mind living out east again, but definitely never again want to pack up to move.
 
How I became a Ravens fan has a lot to do with Dan Snyder, but I'm not going to get into it on a message board.

I was a season ticket holder of the Washington Redskins for 11 seasons and a die hard at that, since 1981 when Gibbs came to town. I rooted for the Skins for 33 years and I didn't leave because they were losing or else I would have left long before 2014. I even had a license tag SKINSNFL. Yes I had to get rid of that immediately.

Thank god the Ravens were a Maryland team because I picked the team that was close and I'm an hour away from Baltimore, in the DC area.
 
Corvus Purpura said:
Not me. My wife has a Tucker jersey but I don't think she's worn it since the Raiders game. If you see a red Lotus, it might be me.

Moved here to be close to family. Wouldn't mind living out east again, but definitely never again want to pack up to move.
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Nice! I'll be moving down south as soon as I can for career purposes, then moving to Maine in a few years. Born and raised in Sac for 30 years, but it's time to move on
 
purplepittabread88 said:
My family is all from Pittsburgh and Cleveland and die hards. I am the youngest in the family, and decided to be a prick. Ed Reed was long my favorite player too.
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My wife and in laws are all Steelers fans from Altoona, my stepdad and his family are all skins fans from laurel.

My football life has been brutal, thank god I’ve always had clear superiority over my step-fams team lol
 
JAAM said:
Nice! I'll be moving down south as soon as I can for career purposes, then moving to Maine in a few years. Born and raised in Sac for 30 years, but it's time to move on
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Yeah, getting out of where you've lived an entire life, no matter where that is, is something I think is a great move. I've lived in interior Alaska, San Diego, Atlanta, Oxford, England and Nice, France, among others. A grand total of zero regrets in any move I've made. Loved everywhere.
 
Corvus Purpura said:
Yeah, getting out of where you've lived an entire life, no matter where that is, is something I think is a great move. I've lived in interior Alaska, San Diego, Atlanta, Oxford, England and Nice, France, among others. A grand total of zero regrets in any move I've made. Loved everywhere.
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Been to Alaska twice and it is such a unique place. That being said, I can't imagine living there year round. Where do you live now?
 
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