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MTZehvor on 24 October 2019
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Chrkeller said:
So where are this week's predication? Am I being dense?

Right here. They go up on Wednesday nights (at the latest, sometimes earlier if I think I'll be busy on Wednesdays).

Standings are not up tonight, however, because I think I've figured out what's been causing the Thursday night prediction issues (more on that soon).

Shaunodon said:
MTZehvor said:

I mean, you're the one who claimed that her plan was to refile in FL from the start, so I'm not sure how this would change anything. It's rare to file a civil case in federal court anyway, so this may just be venue shopping.

But sure, let's assume, for the sake of argument, that all of this is fake. Taylor is just making all of this up as a cash grab. At the very least, AB has still thrown furniture out of a six story window (which came perilously close to hitting individuals), and sent intimidating text messages to an accuser. Both a doctor and a chef have accused him of skipping out on paying bills long before he joined the Patriots. He was both late and disruptive in the court case he was required to show up for. Unless you think the entire world, our judicial system included, is out to get AB, I don't really see an argument for how he isn't a terrible human.

I thought I made this clear enough already, but I guess I'll state it outright: my argument is not that AB isn't a shitty human being, it's that the Patriots management knew what he was to begin with, signed him anyway wasting resources and time on him, then cut him after getting cold feet from the amount of media attention.

The whole situation has made them look totally silly, and I didn't even mention perhaps the most important aspect of the saga-- that they had traded Demaryius Thomas immediately after signing AB --who at the very least would have saved them trading away a 2nd round pick now for Sanu, and would've got them by until N'Keal Harry returned and got initiated in the offense.

That's only part of your original argument, and not the piece I've been taking issue with. Your original argument was, and I quote: "I don't care what you think about how AB handled the allegations. They never existed until he joined the Pats, and as soon as he was cut and the media conveniently decided those allegation weren't news-worthy anymore, the charges against him were all dropped."

Claim whatever you want about the Patriots' management supposedly being "duped," or giving into pressure, or whatever, but there were plenty of allegations against him before he signed with the Patriots. Using a racial slur against a GM, the furniture incident, stiffing payments from people, etc. These were all widely reported when the stories initially broke. Again, I'm not a fan of the way the media has handled certain incidents involving the Patriots in the past, but this one was absolutely not some "clear job by the media," as you claim.

If you want to argue that the Patriots just buckled under pressure (personally I think it's just Belichick giving a troubled player a chance and seeing if he can get his shit in order, then as soon as the text happened he was out the door), we can have that discussion, but that's an entirely separate issue from arguing the whole thing is just some media scheme to get AB off the Patriots.