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We're moving beyond the "reportedly" stage - Edwin Jackson to the Washington Nationals looks to be a done deal, save for that whole physical thing. Reports earlier Thursday morning said the Nationals were looking to sign Jackson to a one-year contract. Did they succeed?
They have apparently succeeded. Amanda Comak:
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jackson is a 1 year deal, believed to be in $8-to-12M range.
Ken Rosenthal later narrowed it down to the $10 million range. So the Washington Nationals are signing Edwin Jackson for one year and something in the neighborhood of $10 million.
It looks like a pillow contract to me. Does it look like a pillow contract to you? Jackson will be set to re-test the market next fall. He'll pitch for a potential contender in the National League in a pitcher-not-unfriendly ballpark. And he'll make some money. This is good for him, and this is good for the Nationals, who should get some kind of upgrade on John Lannan. The Nationals are in a position now where every individual win matters.
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Where do I start?
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier
"Hi! I am new to airguns and I have a question. I live near a farm that has lots of feral hogs. Around here, people hunt them with high-powered rifles and shotguns, but I want to try something different. I saw on TV where someone used a Gamo air rifle to kill a wild hog that they said weighed over 200 lbs. I would like to do that, too.
"I bought a Winchester 1250SS at a local discount store. What I want to know from you is, do I need to use the Gamo PBA pellets, or will any pellets work for this? Also, where in the head do I shoot the pig? And can I reuse the PBA pellets that I find? They are very expensive and this would help a lot with my hunting budget. Thank you for your answer. I'm looking forward to going out next week!"
Where do I begin?
You may snicker at this fictional question, but I assure you that it's not that different from the hundreds of real questions that come into Pyramyd Air every month. Today, I would like to share my thoughts with you.
First and foremost, I think the writer is a young person. Either that or maybe he's an older person who hasn't grown up, yet. He knows nothing about hunting, beyond what he's read on the internet and seen on television. If he did, he would never pose this question. It's absurd that someone would consider taking a dangerous 200-lb. animal with a pellet gun that has less than a third the power of a .22 short.
No one hunts whitetail deer with .22 shorts — at least no one who then talks about it openly. So, why would anyone hunt a more powerful and more dangerous animal with a pellet that produces less power at the muzzle than the .22 short produces at 75 yards?
Ah, but he saw it being done on television! That makes it true, doesn't it? Sure it does! Just as true as what you see on Pawn Stars, American Pickers and The Days of Our Lives.
Next, let's consider that our intrepid hunter has asked us where to shoot the animal. That illustrates the fact that this guy hasn't got a clue about the anatomy of wild pigs or any other living thing. What's he going to do when he "gets" his pig?
In my experience, they generally don't think about that until after they have killed it. Be a waste of time to overthink the thing. You know?
Third, this guy bought his air rifle at a discount store. Nothing wrong with that — except discount stores generally sell the airguns that line the bottom of the barrel. They sell them on the basis of price and the high velocity numbers printed on their colorfully lithographed cartons. Naturally, they're all .177-caliber guns because that's pretty much all they carry at discount stores. Besides being fastest, .177 pellets are also the cheapest, which has a great appeal to these bold adventurers.
Speaking of economy, our Ramar of the Jungle asks if he can reuse his pellets. Sure! Why not? It's not like shooting changes them in any way. Right? (If you're new here…that's sarcasm.)
Finally, he casually mentions that his hunting budget is low. I'll bet it is! Hard to support an active sporting life on grandma's birthday cash and the funds from your paper route, eh!
This person is trying to bypass the rights of passage, by which knowledge is passed from one generation to the next. No — he woke up this morning and said to himself, "I think I'll hunt wild pigs. I would hunt alligators, but that would take a boat I don't have, plus there aren't as many gators here in Des Moines."
To put things into perspective, this person needs to learn how to shoot, first of all. When he can put 10 of 10 pellets through a quarter at 25 yards, then we can talk about hunting. And the quarry will be squirrels and cottontails, or rats down at the junkyard — not wild pigs.
What upsets me the most is that a lot of airgun advertising is aimed at people in this category. And they seem to be quite receptive to it. So, zombies and skull-patterned paint jobs override discipline and sportsmanship.
If I were a 30-something marketing manager of a company wanting to sell to this market I would:
1. Keep the cost under $150 for the entire package
2. Advertise the velocity at 1,200 f.p.s. or more
3. Give my products radical and outlandish-sounding names…such as Bone-Crusher, Crack of Doom, Disaster-Blaster
Not the future
These people are not the future of airgunning. They have the attention span of a fruitfly and the personal depth of dew in Death Valley, but they're a most visible wing of our hobby. When the media…which always looks for the biggest circus act in the tent…spots them, they'll become the poster children of modern airgunning.
Like it or not, we're tied to them.
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Sorry for being way off-topic but you are the man I trust.
It happened so that I hane a new Remington 700 in .308 on my hands and now I need to put a scope on it. The purpose is hunting, not paper punching. Well, the usual brawl in forums is always like Leupold/Bushnell. I plan to put Zeiss 3.5-10 scope on it, but other people recommend me Vortex optics. The name sounds unfamiliar to me and I don't know if I can trust it. Can you tell me something about it?
When I saw the headline of this article I thought it was going to be about how to get into shooting airguns. But after reading the article it seems to me it is about how to fail with airguns.
Sorry but it just gets me burning when there is good resources out there but they seem like they are always so hard to find. And when you have the different company's trying to sell and people hyping stuff up. Well more confusing again.
What I would like to know is what would happen if you did meet the person above?
Just pass them off. Or try to set them straight.
If people don't step up and try to help. Then were does it lead those people that don't know.
I will say something right now that could cause a conspiracy. And I'm going to say this first. I know alot of knowledgeable people and I'm grateful for that. But you cant just be smart you have to have common sense also. Just because somebody says that something was done. That doesn't mean it is true.
Research it and ask questions before you try it!
And there will always be conflicting story's of what way something should be done. And no matter what resources that are available somebody will try something and tell about it (wrong or right).
So what do you do? (( Common Sense ))
Tell us how you really feel there, B.B.
I'm certainly new to airgunning myself, but have been thoroughly enjoying the education, and your writing at this blog has been an enormous part of that. (Thank you for that, by the way. I took the recommendation of starting with the Bronco, and have been deliriously happy about the result.)
It certainly appears that the airgun world has the same sort of "something-for-nothing" coterie that I recognize from the firearms world, and often the counter jockeys are no help at all in stopping the hyperventilation. It is what it is, I guess, and ever shall be.
But be of stout heart. To paraphrase Nock, the good news is that the ones that really want to know will find you when they need to.
I was talking to the proprietor of a sporting goods store here the other day about air guns and he informed me that Gamo air rifles were the best. After my initial shock, I came to the realization that his opinion was based on the fact that in the Roanoke area, they are the best that is available. Hopefully I politely informed him that Gamo had indeed improved their quality in recent years, but they were no where near the top of the heap. Maybe our conversation will have him digging deeper and we will have another newbie show up here.
I have come to view Gamo as the Barbie of the airgun world. They basicaly have one powerplant which they dress up in diferrent outfits-one for monday, one for tues etc, hoping that we will all want the one with the new dress to add to our collection.
LOL! Actually, I think it is Barbie, Ken and Skipper, adult break barrel, adult under lever and child break barrel. Of course Skipper might just have a wimpy spring.
So Tom has been listening in to my calls and reading my e-mails again….I get this stuff all the time and try to point out it ain't gonna happen. That and the " I bought a model X and it shoots at 500 fps, will you make it shoot 1000 fps"…if we all work together it is possible to bring education to the ones who really want to give our sport a try. Keep up the good work
HILARIOUS! (and unfortunately, true in too many cases). Thanks for starting my Monday off with a good belly laugh. Now, pardon me, I've gotta get my Red Ryder BB gun. There's a hog in my back yard. Oops, it's a Harley.
Pretty sure you can take out a Harley with that if you hit it in the crab-yu-rator just right with a Texas heart shot. I read that somewhere, so it must be true…
One of the realities of human nature is "It takes a certain level of competence to recognize your own level of incompetence".
It amazes me that people who buy a $150 air rifle and then spend $200 on modifications. Why not just buy a $350 gun to begin with? Oh….but then you couldn't brag about how adept you are at improving things. I know it's a hobby, and they enjoy doing it, but realize that most air gunners don't modify their pieces other than putting a scope on it.
The whole story is a hoax. Today is July 1st not April 1st. Someone is
pulling your leg.
But let's not kid ourselves that this does not happen with firearms as well, where people do shoot deer with a .22 (maybe not a .22 short). Just as bad is all the people who buy high-powered guns, when they don't even know where they they can shoot them legally, or have considered the cost of shooting them.
Also, it isn't just "the internet" that can't be trusted, the same goes for many stores, and not just the discount ones. It's pretty rare to find someone who knows anything about airguns, including some higher-end establishments with staff that are very knowledgeable about firearms.
I bought my first springer only after discovering this blog a couple of years ago. But that wasn't the first time that I had considered one. I first starting looking at break-barrels over 10 years ago. Having shot precision class, I thought I knew something about airguns, but found out quick that I knew almost nothing. But the sales people knew even less, including not even knowing how to cock one.
So, a very important point here is that it is not just the fault of the ignorant buyers, and potential buyers. I place most of the blame on current crop of manufacturers, who don't care about either their product, nor their customers. They operate under a purely profit driven formula, as you've outlined. Even worse, safety is not a consideration. While airguns are usually not the equal of a firearms in terms of lethality, they can be lethal. Airguns are sold almost like toys in may stores.
Let's face it, Pyramyd Air is the exception when it comes to education, even among online retailers. What's a buyer to do in this profit crazy world of hype and gimmicks?
Actually, I think I know what the solution might be. I think that the world of air-gunning needs a specific organization that is supported by all air-gun manufacturers and their retailers. This organization needs to encourage both standards, practices (safety), and a healthy culture. It needs to consider, above all, that it's customers will likely be children and young adults.
Every airgun sold should mention this organization on it's box, along with a website and mailing address. Every retailer should provide access to more information about this organization, including "airgun primers" (e.g., safety, shooting skills development, organized leagues, fun idea's, etc.). At present there is nothing, so the average potential buyer is forced do deal with the wild-wild-west world that is the modern day airgun industry.
Yeah, I know I'm dreaming.
One last thing about airgun manufacturers. They could offer a more streamlined set of products at various price points, where all offer real value. Instead, they offer dozens of products, most of which are the sort of junk that we're talking about here. Because they've allowed themselves to get into this mode of operation, every year or so they keep coming up with new junk to replace the old junk. Most of what is peddled is junk, even though they may have some quality products. So they have, in effect, drowned out their quality products with noise (noise that they themselves create). It's a lowest-common-denominator type of industry mentality (again, gimmick and hype).
Sounds like somebody peed in your cheerios today B.B. Better look into likely suspects.
But yeah. I seen them. After I taught my friend Dan to shoot an air rifle he absolutely had to have the biggest bore air rifle with the most power he could find. He couldn't understand why I never went to big bore stuff. First of all I live in an apartment spitting distance from a school. Do I have to tell you what would happen if I lit off a big bore dragonslayer at home? Second of all most of my hunting is done at around 40-75 yards with and is no bigger than a large groundhog. So trying to kill it with a .50 cal is just senseless overkill when I can do the same job with a .22 condor. (He hunts frogs and turtles with his .50 cal) Sadly I couldn't seem to ever teach him to hunt responsibly and what caliber that is best for what. In fact He must have A.D.H.D. because he will not sit still and quiet waiting to ambush the intended prey. He's all over the place shooting at anything that moves so that day's hunting is a total wash out.
Edith you made the comment at the beginning of the blog about the commercial with the girl and the Internet. That commercial kills me. If I was a actor I would of never even took the part the girl plays just for what the commercial implies.
What about the commercial about the new Fiats and they drive it off the cliff into the water. The commercial goes on then at some point you see the car come out of the water. If you watch the different advertisements on TV it is amazing the stuff they do to try to sell stuff.
But as I read through the blog I agree that there should be some kind of standard rating for air rifles. Kind of like movie ratings. But include what type of use a certain gun would fall in. And have a description documented as the standard. Then it could be printed on the box or quoted in the advertisement. Just a letter designating the meaning. They have (letter) ratings for tires.
One of the problems I see with that though is the government would use it as another tool to their advantage.
As its said every action has a reaction. Of course putting the quote in my own words. But you no what I mean. Somebody will use something to benefit what they want to happen. Its just another thing that has to be balanced out. If that could be possible.
"You may snicker at this fictional question, but I assure you that it's not that different from the hundreds of real questions that come into Pyramyd Air every month."
Tom & Edith,
I'm not snickering at that fictional question. I've seen far too many that are just like it on Yahoo Answers. Usually there are more of them right after the schools go on break or one of the various airgun companies pull a marketing stunt where they "prove" that you can use one of their .177 caliber airguns to hunt xyz animal no matter what common sense says. However sometimes they just randomly pop-up.
What I find scary about these questions is when the [bleeping][bleep] who asks the question tells you off because you tell him (and its always a him…) that he either needs to get a big-bore, PCP airgun (expensive) or a single-shot shotgun shooting slugs/Mosin-Nagant shooting HP/SP loads (cheap) if he wants to shoot pigs.
So is the issue "bad airgun customers", or is it more that the current crop or "airgun marketeers" are gambling away their business by throwing mud such that they get maximum "stickage"?
I prefer to think in terms of a big picture in which airgun shooting becomes at least as popular as bowling. Think in those terms, and then ask, "How do we get there?". THAT'S A SERIOUS QUESTION that I wish more of us would entertain and discuss.
As they say, "If you want to land on the roof, shoot for the Moon".
I saw a video that said a 375 H&H was not too much gun for the bigger pigs because they are so sturdy.
On the subject of constituencies, I read a statement that the people buying up all the guns and ammo now are not new buyers of guns. They are gun owners who are just buying more. That would seem to put a terminus on the shortage. The same bunch of people are going to run out of money sooner or later, right?… I was looking in my ammo box recently, and it was like a museum tour of a long-ago time when you could buy a variety of ammunition.
Michael, the 30.06 bullet must run out of steam at some depth underwater. It's just a question of how far. And I can't believe the other military 30 calibers would be that far behind. You should read an interesting account of an attempted assassination of Harry Truman by Puerto Rican nationals that came frighteningly close to success. These two guys just walked into the White House grounds and started shooting. Both the assassins and the White House police were armed with .38s I believe. Anyway, the final stop was made by a White House officer who was ambushed and took multiple rounds at point-blank range. But he pulled himself together and took down the last assassin right before he reached the president before expiring himself. I believe that he is the only White House policeman to lose his life protecting a president. These policemen sound like the kind in the old movies who would empty their revolvers at Godzilla when he invaded New York. Anyway, they've obviously wised up since then.
Maybe it's shot placement and target discipline in the first place, like "Never shoot unless you are to make a sure hit into a killing zone". It's better to let the game go, than to chase it through woods or swamp.
In fact pig can be "satisfied" with a single 6.5×55 FMJ or even .223 FMJ, but it requires some cold head, calculations and skill. I always remember Caramojo Bell – taking down elefants with a shot from his 7×57 Mauser rifle. However there are quite few "satisfaction spots" and heavier calibers allow for a lesser discipline and marksman art.
Human anatomy does not allow an individual to function properly with severed spinal cord or major vessels or heart-lung zone pierced, or femur shattered. So maybe in that Truman case one should count shots vs hits proportion and opt for more intensive training?
I would recommend a spear for that beginning hunter, the cost is low ,it is reusable, and it will help him develop speed and agility,which will come in mighty handy when he wounds that 200 pound hog.
meant to add,with his .177 pellet rifle
Great topic today!
Edith, that guy who called you to ask what ammunition his gun shoots is like people who would call me way back when I managed car parts departments. They would call me and ask," I've got a (fill in the make and model of car), I need some tires for it. What size do I need?"
I would tell them to go look at what size they have on the car now.
I can sympathize to a degree with the newcomers. Until they discover a source like this, about all they have to go on for air gun knowledge is childhood memories of shooting bb guns and advice from their peers. My first pellet gun was an under-$100 springer/scope combo. I ruined it because I didn't understand what to do and what not to do with it. But it did serve to fire up my interest, and in my search for more information, I stumbled on this blog and Pyramyd Air.
In my part of the country, air guns are sold mainly through big box stores. Their "top shelf stuff" is sold under $150. You can buy a reasonably decent gun for that, if you know what to look for in the first place. But that is the very finest air gun in their universe. Their highest-level air guns are just where the better products are found at their entry level.
When you consider that, and the fact that air guns are not generally advertised, even to the shooting community, it is small wonder that even most air gun shooters are uninformed. Gun stores seem to avoid carrying air guns, although they will order products. Even most powder-burner shooters I have found are pretty much in the dark about air rifles.
One well-known sporting goods store in this area carries lot of used firearms, and sells a good assortment of new firearms, and even some of the better new air guns. But they refuse to sell any used air guns. That seems a shame to me, as I would like to buy a well-cared for higher-end gun as a used unit. Maybe the lack of knowledge among air gun users results in abused guns, like my first one was.
Dressing up the same old powerplant? That isn't so bad if a good enough platform is used to start with. I am thinking now of Crosman with the Storm XT/Quest/Optimus. My Storm XT shoots pretty well now that it is broken in. Maybe that is what separates that series from the next one above it: the need for break-in. By the same token, my Beeman RS-2 is a much better performer after being broken in. Too bad the first one literally shook itself apart in my hands, and both of them broke their factory scopes during break-in. Fitting the .22 barrel to the gun helped its behavior (and performance) considerably. Both the XT and the RS-2 benefited from heavier-duty TASCO scopes.
I've never hunted anything with my pellet guns. I have to admit, I found the javelinas on the New Mexico desert would have been tempting targets for a big-bore air rifle. These things run about 50-60 lbs. as adults, but will attack hunters. As far as hunting "real" pigs, one should probably stick to powder burners. I have read of one wild boar soaking up 5 12-ga. slugs before being stopped in its charge. I would think my .45-70 trapdoor would be suitable, if backed up by a .44 revolver or .45 auto.
I have seen a video of a 200 lb.+ wild boar killed with one shot from a .50 cal. air rifle, but I wouldn't like to try that.
Hunting pigs with a .177 air rifle? Yeah, that would work on very little piglets. But watch out for protective momma pig!
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- air rifle' muzzle energy > 17 joules;
- well trained airgun shooter; open sights and/or scope;
- camo, blind, calls, decoys, dog, .., stool, and a rest for the rifle;
- ducks sitting within 25 yards;
- season/bag limits, etc., etc., etc., all respected.
What do you – ethically – think about hunting them with clean shots in the head?
American rules for duck hunting could/should be "adapted"?
This is an excellent blog today, because of the "tongue in cheek" way B.B. has written it. As I read the comments, and start laughing out loud, my wife will ask me "what is so funny"? As I explain the gist of the blog, and the readers comments, it reminded me of something that happened a couple of weeks ago in a suburb of Vancouver in the Frazer River delta. A black bear had been spotted roaming around some houses in the ever expanding suburbs. When it came upon a llama farm, the owner shot at it with his .22cal, hoping to scare it away. The bear did run away, and the RCMP and Animal Control were called to either catch the bear, and relocate it, or dispatch the animal outright. They searched for a couple of days, and finally found it in some brush, close to the spot where the farmer had shot at it with his .22. Apparently, the farmer got in an extremely lucky shot, and severed the bears jugular vein. It had run into the brush and bled out and lay down and died. Now we all know that shooting a 500lb Black Bear with a .22 would be foolish in the extreme. However, I wouldn't be surprised to hear of some hunter giving it a try in the fall. After all, how hard can it be to hit it in the jugular? I can shoot 1in. groups at 50 yds. After all, as a writer of scifi once said,"there is no better fiction then the truth".
Titus Groan,
That's why I don't want to be shot with ANY caliber.
At the league for 25 yard Bullseye competition, the saying is, "there's no such thing as too much safety". I like that.
Fred DPRoNJ – now touring in NC for retirement sites
Safety has to be the culture, and it has to be practiced even outside of the range. A simple example is when someone tries to hand you a weapon where you can't tell if it's loaded or not. You simply don't accept it until it's proven to be unloaded.
Victor I agree 100% with you about safety with guns.
I wasn't allowed to touch a gun when I was a kid until after my Dad would explain the gun to me. He would then have me explain back to him to see if I understood.
And he taught me in all circumstances when the gun was handled that you had to believe that the gun was loaded and ready to fire. If something went wrong there was not going to be a second chance.
I have taught both of my girls gun safety and shooting safety from when they where very young. I think that gun knowledge still falls in the hands of knowledgeable parents, and people that are involved in the sport of shooting. My wife's older brother teaches gun safety classes and hunter ed classes. He was a County Sheriff for about 20 yrs. Both of my girls been to the classes abut 4 yrs. ago. One of them is 13 now and the other is 16 . I have also been to the classes with them.
But here I'm going to throw a twist into the mix. Now days with all the stuff that goes on in schools/at schools. How ever you want to look at it. Why don't they teach some sort of gun safety class at the schools. Not only for the student's but also the staff.
They teach the sex ed classes. So why not about guns. And I don't mean at a certian period in their life. But all through school. As they keep going to the higher grades more things about the classes will start to make more and more sense.
But yes it has to really start some where. This is why I picked Gunfun1 as my user name. Guns can be fun if you learn to shoot them in a responsible way. As Edith said above. the kids are going to grow up and vote one day. They will also grow up and do many other things also. The best I can see is you have to guide with common sense the best you can when the need arises.
My favorite saying. ( Time Will Tell )
I started off like most of the other numb numbs and thankfully you guided me along. Thank you again.
When you start with a rifle or pistol, there is a lot more consideration than for a shotgun.
You talent for guiding newbies is amazing. Edith and you also have endless patience it seems. It is really rare in this day and age to get to interact with someone who knows the subject matter and can help you. The world is now run by clerks.
I tried operating a store that carried performance air rifles (I.e not found in big box stores) and gave up because all my "potential" customers were "that guy".


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With Jets QB Mark Sanchez and RB Shonn Greene each entering his third season and expected to get more opportunities to make plays, 2011 was supposed to be a breakout season for the pair, especially Greene, and the Jets' offense, too.
After a 34-17 loss in which the Jets had 150 yards of offense and handed the Ravens three defensive touchdowns, it is clear that the Gang Green's offense is not where it is supposed to be.
Sanchez had a woeful game against Baltimore, and his O-line did not help him at all with terrible protection. Greene and LaDainian Tomlinson had no holes to run through, nor could they create something out of nothing. Heading into a crucial Week Five tilt with the Patriots, the offense needs to get back to running the football.
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Sanchez is a game manager more than a game changer. Yes, he has played very well in clutch situations, but no one thinks Sanchez is an elite-caliber signalcaller who can carry an offense with his arm. He is best when the run game is moving the football and he can throw out of play-action.
As mentioned in this week's Audibles, though, offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer might be trying to do too much with Sanchez and the offense. Last season, 49 percent of the Jets' plays were running plays. Through four games this season, only 36.8 percent of their plays have been on the ground, a 12.2 percent decrease.
Part of that disparity is the fact that the Jets have trailed in three of their four games this season, but sometimes it seems like the team is coming off the bus throwing, not running.
One problem, though, is the running game hasn't gotten going to a point where it can complement Sanchez. Greene is gaining a paltry 3.1 yards per carry. Defenses are stuffing the box to force Sanchez to beat them (and it's been working), but if Greene wants to be an elite back, he needs to make plays.
The O-line also has struggled to open holes for him. This is a group that paved way for the league's third-best rushing attack last season. Through four games, it ranks 30th. It hasn't helped being without Pro Bowl C Nick Mangold for 2½ games.
The Jets need to pound the rock effectively, and what they are doing isn't working. Against the Ravens, with an undrafted rookie at center going against DT Haloti Ngata, the Jets had three carries up the middle, according to the game book, which accounted for minus-one yard. Greene had three carries to the edge, rushing for five yards off right tackle and two yards on two carries off left end. Granted, Greene doesn't have the speed to turn the corner, but the inside running has not been working, and certainly wasn't going to work against Baltimore.
One possible solution would be giving Joe McKnight some more opportunities as a change-of-pace back. McKnight had a 107-yard kickoff return for a touchdown on Sunday night and has been a weapon in all aspects of special teams. It is also evident that the run game misses Brad Smith, who rushed for 299 yards last season.
The Patriots' defense did everything in its power to confuse Sanchez in last year's Monday-night matchup. Sanchez threw three picks and the Patriots won 45-3. At times, New England would show blitz with eight guys at the line, only to drop eight in coverage. If Sanchez can read when the Patriots are bluffing, assuming Bill Belichick uses a similar strategy, holes could open up for the run game.
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There are a lot of reasons for the rushing struggles — defenses stacking the box, the holes not being there and a lack of playmaking by Greene. But that's not a reason to have Sanchez throw it 45 times a game, it's a reason to fix what is broken.


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January 10, 2013Derrick Brooks: Monte Kiffin is motivated to "earn his reputation back"Monte Kiffin soon could be the Cowboys new defensive coordinator. Even his old players didn't see this one coming. Former Bucs linebacker Derrick Brooks said he figured the 72-year-old Kiffin would get another shot in the NFL. He just didn't expect it to be with Dallas. "I would never have guessed Dallas two weeks ago," said Brooks, who still keeps in touch with Kiffin. Kiffin would convert the Cowboys back to a 4-3 scheme. The Cowboys played the 4-3 from their first season in 1960 until Bill Parcells' third season in Dallas in 2005 when he switched to the 3-4. The Cowboys have played the 3-4 since. "I don't know if he has the players there yet. I hope he does," Brooks said. "I just know what we did to make our defense great. Some would say it's so simple, but at the same time, it's so complex. You always hear about Dallas, 'They've got talent. They've got talent.' Well, now it's time to roost. They can answer the question: Do they really have talent?" Brooks compared DeMarcus Ware to Simeon Rice. Rice had 69 of his 122 sacks in his four years in Kiffin's Cover 2 defense. "For the most part, all he's doing is going after the quarterback," Brooks said. "We know [Ware] can do that." The Bucs had John Lynch at safety, Warren Sapp at defensive tackle, Brooks at linebacker, Ronde Barber at corner to go along with Rice. Sapp and Lynch are Hall of Fame candidates this year. That is a big reason in 13 years in Tampa, Kiffin's defenses ranked in the top 10 in total defense all but two years -- 11th in 1997 and 17th in 2006 -- and top 10 in fewest points allowed for all but 2006 (21st). Six times they ranked in the top 10 in takeaways. Kiffin also had top assistants in guys like Rod Marinelli, Lovie Smith, Joe Berry, Mike Tomlin, Herm Edwards. "That was a big part of his success was his assistants," Brooks said. "They have to know how to teach. ...He believes every player can be coached." Brooks knows one thing: Kiffin will be more motivated than ever after four years in the college game coaching for his son and a disappointing departure from the Bucs in 2008. "Our defense once he made that announcement he was leaving, it's on record we didn't play well," Brooks said. "That doesn't sit right with him. I know that bothers him. He is motivated in that sense. He wants to earn his reputation back." Read more here: http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.com/cowboys/2013/01/derrick-brooks-monte-kiffin-is-motivated-to-earn-his-reputation-back.html#storylink=cpy
It would be awesome if Kiffin coached the Cowboys D and they hired Gruden as HC.
Quote from: JavaRay on January 10, 2013, 09:56:09 PMIt would be awesome if Kiffin coached the Cowboys D and they hired Gruden as HC.Stranger things have happened in the NFL.....think Gruden said he'd come to Dallas if Jerry signed Monte on as DC first?
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Alzheimer's disease is now the 6th leading cause of death is this country. Although 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's, often times is much harder on their caretakers. Nancy Naeve Brown has more on a couple from Webster who is dealing with the reality of Alzheimer's and why Saturday September 17th is so important to them.
For Donna and Dennis Darrington from Webster the road to retirement has come far earlier than expected for Donna. The former high school English teacher was diagnosed with Alzheimer's 6 years ago. She was only 58.
Dennis says, "We knew Donna was forgetting things she normally would never forget. It wasn't like her. There is a denial that goes with that find of acceptance. We have 3 daughters. We went through quite an adjustment period trying to deal with this issue. We grew together. We've had some good times, but sad times too. It sure does change one's life."
Alzheimer's researcher and Avera Psychiatrist Dr. William Fuller is currently studying how get rid of the build up of protein in the brain that causes Alzheimer's. Patients like Donna are missing one or more of the enzymes our body produces to break up those proteins.
Dr. Fuller says, "Let's say one of these were on the market and lets say your mom starting showing signs of dementia, the idea is to use these antibodies (to break up the protein) on someone earlier rather than later so get to their brain before more damage is done."
Donna is currently enrolled in one of the two clinical trials for Alzheimer's going on at the Avera Research Institute in Sioux Falls. Research is the only way to find a cure, but it doesn't come easily or cheaply. That's where the upcoming Walk to End Alzheimer's becomes crucial in raising awareness and money for research.
State Executive Director of the Alzheimer's Association Jane Aspaas says, "Research is the way of the future. We don't know how to stop it; we don't even know how to slow it down. It's all about research. We have to find out what's going on."
Dennis says, "The disease has no discretions. All of us are possible patients and up to this point in time, no one has ever gotten better from Alzheimer's. It's a terrible, terrible disease. It tries to rob one of their dignity, their ability to function. Donna has taken it one day at a time. We feel very fortunate she is staying very positive. She's a brave lady."
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On Tuesday, Jimmy Haslam III was unanimously approved to become the new Browns owner. That obviously didn't come as a surprise, but the turnaround on his first order of business did.
Shortly after Haslam's approval, it was reported that current team president Mike Holmgren will be replaced by former Eagles president Joe Banner, who will become CEO. It has long been known that Banner would have a role with the team, but Haslam wasted no time in making it happen.
That probably doesn't say much about Haslam's future as an owner. In fact, it's entirely possible that this was more of an amicable split than anything else. While Holmgren said publicly that his intention was to fulfill his five-year contract, the impression has been that he was looking beyond his time in Cleveland.
This is purely added speculation, but with the team seemingly heading in a positive direction, the stars might have been aligned for Holmgren to leave the organization without the feeling of abandonment accompanying the departure.
"Mike has decided that his role would change a lot, with us coming in and taking a more active role," Haslam said. "Effective at the end of the season, Mike will leave the team and retire. He will work very closely with us over the next three months to make sure the transition goes smoothly; he's committed to doing everything he can to make the Browns a good football team."
But let's forget about Holmgren for a second. What about the people left in Cleveland, like GM Tom Heckert and head oach Pat Shurmur? Does Holmgren's quick exit mean their days are numbered?
Haslam has talked about building a model of consistency, but it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone if he and Banner clean house after the season ends.
Should they, though? The Browns are sitting at a painful 1-5 record, but it would be hard to find many people who think the roster is hopeless. In fact, the general consensus has shifted toward actual optimism.
Much of this turnaround can be attributed to Heckert. In his three years as general manager, he has taken one of the oldest rosters in the league, gutted it, and infused it with young talent on both sides of the ball.
Take a look at the three drafts Heckert has overseen while in Cleveland:
2010: CB Joe Haden (first round; seventh overall), S T.J. Ward (second round; 38thoverall), RB Montario Hardesty (second round; 59th overall), QB Colt McCoy (third round; 85thoverall), OG Shawn Lauvao (third round; 92ndoverall), S Larry Asante (fifth round; 160thoverall), WR Carlton Mitchell (sixth round; 177thoverall), and DE Clifton Geathers (sixth round; 186thoverall)
2011: DT Phil Taylor (first round; 21stoverall), DE Jabaal Sheard (second round; 37thoverall), WR Greg Little (second round; 59thoverall), TE Jordan Cameron (fourth round; 102ndoverall), FB Owen Marecic (fourth round; 124thoverall), CB Buster Skrine (fifth round; 137thoverall), OG Jason Pinkston (fifth round; 150thoverall), and S Eric Hagg (seventh round; 248thoverall)
2012: RB Trent Richardson (first round; third overall), QB Brandon Weeden (first round; 22ndoverall), OL Mitchell Schwartz (second round; 37thoverall), WR Josh Gordon (second round; supplemental), DT John Hughes (third round; 87thoverall), WR Travis Benjamin (fourth round; 100thoverall), LB James-Michael Johnson (fourth round; 120thoverall), OL Ryan Miller (fifth round; 160thoverall), LB Emmanuel Acho (sixth round; 204thoverall), DT Billy Winn (sixth round; 205thoverall), CB Trevin Wade (seventh round; 245thoverall), and FB-RB Brad Smelley (seventh round; 247thoverall)
Of those 28 draft picks, 21 have made some sort of significant contribution to the team. While that hasn't equaled many wins for the Browns just yet, the team is slowly building depth through the draft, which is exactly how a winning franchise operates.
And of those 28 draft picks, many have not only contributed, but have been true hits. Heckert hasn't wasted any of his first picks, selecting Haden, Taylor and Richardson. Other players like Sheard, Ward, Weeden, Schwartz and Gordon (so far) have performed well. Even rookie DTs John Hughes and Billy Winn have played well in the absence of Taylor and Ahtyba Rubin.
Despite all of this, Haslam and Banner very well might bring in a completely new front office simply to start fresh. That will also introduce a shift in philosophy and a potential change in direction. Like Heckert, Banner wants to build through the draft, but will his GM (whoever that may be) see what is taking place and stay the course? Or will the Browns suffer through another painful transitional period until a new system takes hold?
If Haslam and Banner were truly invested in consistency, Heckert would be given the opportunity to finish what he started. Of course, there is the question of who will even be making football decisions under the new regime. If Heckert has to give up some of that power, would he follow Holmgren's lead?
According to league sources, Heckert doesn't feel confident about keeping his job past this season, which is understandable. It would be a shame to see him leave, right when his draft classes begin to blossom.
Maybe Haslam (or, more importantly, Banner) senses this. Maybe it still won't matter. Either way, it will be a telling sign about Haslam's future as an owner. It has to work out well, because the Cleveland Browns organization can't afford a step back into complete and utter chaos.
Firing Heckert now would put them on the brink.
Steve DiMatteo is a freelance writer based in Cleveland who currently serves as the editor/lead writer of Dawg Pound Daily. You can follow him on Twitter at steve_dimatteo.


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DALLAS -- A Dallas County sheriff's deputy's failure to search a prisoner resulted in the man smuggling a fully-loaded, automatic handgun into the jail's intake area, according to internal affairs documents obtained by WFAA.
Deputy Reginald Harris was demoted on March 17 after internal investigators found that he was derelict in his duty, the records show. The investigation found that Harris violated rules that arresting officers remain with their prisoner throughout the intake process until they are relieved by a detention service officer and that all prisoners are searched immediately for weapons and contraband upon entering the facility, among other violations.
According to internal affairs records, a bounty hunter who was working for a bondsman had brought in Robert Merrill on the morning of Dec. 12. Merrill was facing a bond forfeiture in a felony violence case.
"Merrill was talking a lot, saying he was sorry for what he did and he just got out of jail," Harris wrote in his internal affairs statement. "He seemed jumpy. Merrill took off running towards the lobby exit. The bond person ran after him and so did I."
Harris and several other deputies chased down and captured Merrill. Harris told investigators that once he brought Merrill into the intake area, he "overlooked" searching Merrill.
"My thought process at this time was this person had to have been searched, because he was already handcuffed and in the custody of the bond person," Harris wrote in his statement.
Surveillance video showed Merrill being escorted in to the central intake area by Harris and another deputy, handcuffed in front. On the video, Merrill is observed with a knit Dallas Stars cap on while standing in line to be processed. Harris is observed walking away from Merrill out of the camera's view.
"From looking at the video, internal affairs observed arrested person Merrill being left in line without Deputy Harris, and it appears once arrested person Merrill realizes he's left in line alone, he began looking around the book-in area for a few seconds... Merrill can be seen clearly taking the object from his front waistband area and discreetly putting the object in the knit cap while Deputy Harris and other sheriff's department personnel walked back and forth in front of him."
The video showed Merrill walk out of the camera's view "unescorted and without permission" and then reappear without the knit cap, records show.
A jail trustee discovered the gun while cleaning out the trash and notified a detention service officer, according to the internal affairs records.
Internal affairs investigators also faulted Harris throwing away two crack pipes that he found on Merrill. Harris told internal affairs that he threw them away because Merrill was looking at a felony and, in his mind, the two crack pipes did not matter.
Merrill currently faces a felony charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, county records show.
Harris can appeal his demotion to the rank of detention service officer.
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JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - 3 On Your Side first investigated a south Jackson resident's complaint about his backyard two weeks ago.
Every time there is a heavy rain, 1161 Primrose Street becomes a virtual lake and the problem stems from a drainage pipe owned by the city.
In this Taking Back Our Neighborhoods report, we checked back with Isaac Holloway to see if anything has been done about it.
The water has receded since 3 On Your Side first checked out Isaac Holloway's backyard Jan. 25th, but the ground is still moist and Holloway knows it's just a matter of time before the flooding happens again.
We asked if Holloway received any response from the city.
"Yes, I did. Initially, the next day, they came out with a supervisor and they looked at the problem that the water and flooding was causing and as of yet, they're still discussing what they need to do about the issue," Holloway said. "Hopefully, I'll have some confirmation and we can get this problem resolved."
The problem is with this drainage pipe that cuts through the middle of Holloway's yard and into his neighbor's yard, eventually dumping into a drainage ditch.
Jackson's Director of Communications, Chris Mims initially told me city workers had tried to do the necessary excavation work but Holloway's neighbor refused to allow them on his property.
"And I agreed with him about that issue," Holloway said. "You can't just put rocks in somebody's back yard and it's making the issue worse, because now we have animals back here. We have snakes."
So, for now, it's wait and see for Isaac Holloway and his neighbors as city officials try and come up with a way to resolve the issue, but Holloway says he is encouraged.
"I hope it can be resolved and I definitely feel more confident and I'd like to thank y'all for helping." Holloway said.
3 On Your Side called Chris Mims, again, for an update on the situation at 1161 Primrose Street.
Mims said he would check into it and get back with me.
WLBT will let you know what he found out as soon as he gets back in touch with me.
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen! Your Colorado Avalanche take on the Senators of Ottawa tonight for the first time since... who knows, 5-10 years maybe? I remember we killed them, that's the important part.
Anyway, aside from Tanguay, Parenteau and Wilson being out we now have Ryan O'Reilly and Nate Guenin on the day-to-day list and unfortunately none of those guys will be joining us tonight. Two bits of good news, Nathan MacKinnon will be joining us even after EJ tried to cripple him last game, and David Van der Gulik will play on the 4th line, coming off a hat trick Saturday night with the Monsters.
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#Avs probable lines vs. OTT: McGinn-Duchene-MacKinnon; Landeskog-Stastny-Mitchell; McLeod-Cliche-Talbot; Bordeleau-Malone-Van Der Gulik— Ron Knabenbauer (@RonKnab) January 8, 2014
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First poster to correctly identify this man gets a double Rock-n-Rye and 7 Carling's. Go!


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