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I have been getting encouraging results making milk chocolate and I'm looking to experiment with malt extract and possibly lactose.
Studying the ingredient list in several milk chocolates one can see lactose is sometimes included as in individual ingredient. Eg. see Lindt's Swiss Classic Milk Chocolate which lists sugar, cocoa butter, milk ingredients (?), cocoa mass, lactose, soya lecithin, barley malt extract, artifical flavor (?).
Does anyone know if milk chocolate has lactose added separately, in addition to that present in podered milk? If so, how much?
I am thinking it will contribute to less sweetness and added 'milky' flavor.
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Lactose, by definition, is milk sugar. You can get it in two forms - anhydrous and alpha monohydrate.
It's far less sweet than sucrose (40% or so). It's much, much harder than sucrose (harder to mill). You will certainly get a sweetness reduction by using it, i'd not say you'd get an increased milkiness as a result. Historically, it's been added to help lower costs as it's less expensive than milk, and may be considered a milk ingredient in some countries (important distinction for standards of identity). You also may end up with a chocolate with a slightly harder texture as a result of it's use.
In my opinion, if used at the appropriate levels and in the appropriate process, you can produce a product that may be quite similar to your 'control'. I do not believe you'll make something that's better as a result. But 'better' is a tough thing to define 8-)
Sebastian, thanks for the response!
It was surprising to hear its use is driven by cost-saving purposes and that it is hard to grind. Either way I got some lactose (not sure if anhydrous or alpha monohydrate) and may get to do some tests on a home grinder. I would be more inclined to reduce sweetness than save costs.
Either way it is useful that it is not a key ingredient for 'better' chocolate in your own scale.
My next steps are:
Malt Extract - The latest test, which is in progress: to add dried malt extract at 2% of total weight. The extract itself is not especially tasty, but I guess it balances ok with vanilla.
Vanillin / Ethylvanillin - I read that a significative amount of vanillin is desirable for a swiss milk taste and it is not present on the beans themselves. I sourced vanillin and ethylvanillin - do you know which one is better for our purpose? I plan to mix vanillin (0.2 - 0.3% of total chocolate) with about (0.1% of the weight in real bean) - considering it is pure, is it too overpowering?
Vanillin is available in two types - ethyl and methyl. The ethyl version is much, much stronger than the methyl - so use it very, very judiciously. Assuming it's pure (which it may not be - it my have a very substantial amount of what's known as a carrier or bulking agent added to it - usually dextrose or maltodextrin - your supplier could tell you) - I'd say you're off by 2 orders of magnitude. Remember, it's easy to add more if you don't like it; it's awfully hard to take some out if you've overdone it.
I think malt makes for a wonderful addition to milk chocolate, by the way. I wish more used it, but it's wheat derived, so allergens play into things for most folks.
When people talk about adding malt to chocolate, are they referring to malt extract/powder or maltose? Is there a difference between the two in terms of making chocolate?
malt is made from wheat, maltose is a sugar.
OK, thanks Sebastian.
Lind uses 'artifical flavor' to round of their product. I have experimented with many industrial flavours at varying dosages but the main issue I hit (I use a combination of Belgium chocolate and compound chocolate) is that the flavour stability starts to degrade after few weeks.
Usage of flavour gives an amazing lift to the product but unable to nail the reason for loss. I have tried Soy lecithin but that has not helped.
Does using pure chocolate (i.e. no vegetable fat) have better stability. Because of weather conditions and handling difficulties mixing compound chocolates keeps my chocolate stable and yet gives a reasonable soft texture.
Hey Felipe,
What Brands of Vanillin do you recommend?
Felipe - did you end up trying to add lactose to your milk chocolate? What is a good proportion of sucrose to substitute with lactose as a starting point? For example if you had 100g of sugar in your recipe originally, would you say 70 sucrose and 30 lactose is a good place to start experimenting? Or should I increase/decrease that lactose proportion of the sugar?
Not looking to get my hands on your recipe, just trying to get a feel for a range to start experimenting in. :-)
very interesting conversation guys.I have two questions here please:
what flavor does malt give to the chocolate? and what is the approximate percentage to use?
What brand of Vanillin do you guys recommend?
OK, thanks Felipe. I was going to give it a try this weekend with 1/3 of the sugar being lactose and 2/3 being sucrose.
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Gone with the Wind actress Alicia Rhett has died, according to the Associated Press. She was 98.
Rhett passed away on Friday at the Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community in Charleston, S.C. where she had lived since 2002.
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Born in Savannah, Ga, moved to Charleston where she became a theatre actress. It was during a local production that the original director for Gone with the Wind spotted her during a talent search. Initially considered for the role of Melanie Hamilton, she was later cast as spinster India Wilkes. After gaining fame in the 1939 film, Rhett retired from acting in 1941 and went back to Charleston where she was a painter, an accent coach and a radio announcer.
Rhett, who never married, was the oldest surviving credited cast member of the film.
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Solaria Hotel, Bivio
Rooms: 37
Reviews - Solaria Hotel
- Age Group: 41 - 50
- From: United Kingdom
- Traveller type: Mature Couple
The hotel has been owned for three generations by the Torriani famiy, and is currently run with great friendliness and professionalism by GianCarlo and Genni ( who is English but has lived in Switzerland for over 30 years). They combine Italian warmth and excellent food, with Swiss/German attention to detail and pride in everything working well. Nothing is too much trouble, and their motto ' your home from home' is truly accurate.
Rooms are spacious and comfortable, most with lovely views. There is plenty of hot water with powerful showers to help with aching muscles after walking or skiing. There is a sauna in the hotel, and wireless hotspots for internet users.
The hotel has its own bakery so breakfast always includes fresh-baked bread, buttery croissants, warm rolls as well as eggs, cheese, ham, yogurts, cereals, muesli and fresh fruit. For those on half board ( an extremely good deal ) there is a four course evening meal, usually a mixture of Italian and Swiss dishes, plentiful, delicious and very varied.
Genni runs her own riding stable immediately adjacent to the hotel, and a prime attraction is a two or three day ride up through the Roman Septimer pass, down along the valley to the village of Bondo on the Italian border. Riding safe, sure-footed and well-schooled horses, guests can gallop through flower-filled meadows, trot through medieval villages and walk down the mountain surrounded by breathtaking views. A fabulous picnic lunch is brought at midday, homemade apple pies, barbeque pork by a mountain stream, cold beer and wine to assuage thirst as the horses rest under shady trees.
Guests stay in the beautiful 17th Century Torriani family home, returning one or two days later by a slightly different route. For those who prefer less riding, Genni offers rides into the countryside surrounding the hotel from one hour upwards.
We love this hotel ( and we have been to very many). At the Solaria, we are not alone. A high proportion of their guests are regulars, like us, returning summer and winter because they have not found better quality or value anywhere. If you want a winter holiday where you stay only two minutes from the lifts ( and there are no queues - ever) or a summer holiday where fabulous views, alpine flowers , clear air and sparkling mountain streams are all around - and you return to a 'home from home' -then the Solaria is for you.
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Reliable Public Transportation You don't need a car for your trip to Bivio. In fact, driving the twisting s-curves is downright scary. The Swiss Rail which includes the Post bus system is very reliable. The buses and train run on-time and we had no problems speaking English to the drivers, ticket agents, etc. If you're going to be using the trains/buses for several days, it's a good idea to buy a Swiss Rail pass before you go to Switzerland. It can save you a lot of money and is very convenient.
The best value skiing in Switzerland Bivio is 'snow-sure' being over 1700 metres itself. The slopes are another 919 metres higher, so snow is guaranteed. It is popular with the Swiss and those in the know, but not widely otherwise talked about. Hence, despite excellent skiing there are no queues for the lifts ( really, no queues) and the lift pass is only about £100 per adult per week. If you stay at the Solaria hotel, they do an pass-inclusive deal which is even cheaper. The ski school is great, very friendly and with English speaking staff. For enthusiasts, Bivio is the ski touring centre for the region. There are also snow shoe paths, and langlauf nearby, as well as ice-skating and indoor swimming pool.
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- Address: 43 Julierstr. - Bivio - 7457 - Switzerland
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Welcome to the 2nd edition of Le50. This is a collection of the best young footballers currently playing in France – all the players featured were born on or after the 1st of January 1991. The French Football Weekly team have spent the last few months deliberating and voting on who to include from a list of around 200 players. Some players' names have been on the list since day one, some have made late runs to come out of nowhere, and some were very unlucky not to make the list.
This year's edition has expanded to nearly double the size of last year's document. The final word count is around 28,000 words, with each player receiving their own double-page spread. We hope that this has allowed us the space to bring you a comprehensive look at all 50 players and hopefully educate and excite at the same time.
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That's me done for 2013/14.
Alain Pardeux?
Alan, you might have signed 6 players in 3 years but…
2012: Giroud
2011: Gervinho + Chu-Young
2010: Koscielny + Chamakh
2008: Nasri
2007: Sagna
2006: Song
2005: Traor
Fantastic, only cost me $1.50ish here in the States. You guys are the best!
How do we receive this once we buy it and are the players ranked in any order. I sort of think it's taking the easy way out just putting the 50 best young players on the list. I'm sure there will be snubs, but I think generally speaking, it's not too hard to pick a 50 best player list. It's very likely that there won't be a "big" omission.


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I saw Nathan. He always tends to make things better. I really needed a night away from here. Things have gotten so tricky. So complicated. So fucking tense. When did I become such a negative person with so many head problems and addictions? Fuck. It's not me. It is now, but it isn't. I understand me.. for the most part. I just wish people weren't so god damned concerned with themselves all of the time. They are so quick to blame others for all of their problems. Be straight forward. Made-up scenario: 1) My friend kisses my boyfriend. She doesn't tell me. I find out. Then she feels bad and/or sorry. or option 2) My friend sleeps with my boyfriend. She tells me. She aplogizes.Between the two.. let's decipher. 1) is secretive. 2) is straight forward. Both are bitches. But. I have more respect for the bitch who bangs my man and tells me than the bitch who hides it. I don't see why people don't understand this. And why it has to get so complicated?Everyone is trying to hide everything for their sake. They don't say what they want. Then when they do they say too much. They did what they want but if they can't fess up to it.. that hurts worse. If they were to tell me, it would hurt, but I could respect them for being up front. I wouldn't like them. In fact I would hate them. But I could respect them and respect the situation. If we were all just up front with everyone in the first place, problems wouldn't blow out of proportion: unless you wanted them to.At Nate's party, this guy from RIT was talking to me about stress. He was a smoker for years, then decided to quit because he wanted his life to be simple. He said something that totally didn't make sense at the time.. but I thought about it more on the way home. "Simplify. If you want things to be simple, they will be." I said "That sounds real nice and all, but it's not that easy." He said "No, it's very easy. Just do it."I guess I understand now. Really, the problems that we have are because of our need to complicate things. I've somewhat thought about what he said before by trying to just avoid things or leave things behind when they were too complicated, because all I wanted was simplicity but didn't think of it like that at the time. People try to tell me I run away from my problems. There's a difference. I simplify my problems. I just don't deal with them, because they aren't problems. They're bumps in the road I leave behind. If you don't let me leave them behind, I can't either. So don't complicate the life I live.Let go.Relax.Don't think, just breathe.I just really have to make things simple again. I feel like I should move out to the country and live in a house by myself with nothing but a rocking chair, a guitar, and a market not too far away. Right. That would never work with me.. haha. But the point is.. I want that feeling again. It's like when we were young and things were so innocent. "Ignorance is Bliss." I wish I could go back to that, but I can't. I just need to downsize. What are things that cause me stress? I know what they are. I can't list them. The list is too long. And I realize that there are some thing on there such as financial issues that I can't help. But there are situations I can ignore. There are people who don't understand or don't get me, which is understandable. But if they are going to act funny or different about my ways and my theories and the things I do, it's not worth it. That's just one more thing that stresses me out. Simplify. Move up, move on. and oh. yes. FUCK OFF!I feel better already!it's times like these you learn to love again.it's times like these you learn to give again.it's times like these you learn to live again.it's times like these, time and time again..
so being home sucks. i'm sick of being letdown. i'm sick of being lectured. i'm sick of my life being pryed into. People honestly need to leave me the hell alone, because at some point i'm gonna snap. there are not enough long showers & baths or long drives in the world to save whatever the fuck is going on in this head of mine. and not even just what's going on in my head. what is happening around me, is really depressing. i've basically got maybe 3 people from home who i actually want to see this summer, and today on may 16th i'm making it official. no more games. no more chasing people or even trying anymore. i'm fighting back against my family & my friends who make me feel horrible. because "home is where the heart is." well fuck that, home is a place that makes me feel awful about myself. everything about this place. the people - incredibly fake. everything just seems so fake. it's like i've always noticed it, but always put it in the back of my mind.. it's incredibly apparent.thank god for certain people here who can speak their minds and be who/what they are. without them, i'd honestly just move away in a split second.
interview w/ pitt on tueday. i'm so not ready. verbally, i could knock em dead because i do have alot of passion behind this. but.. my work needs work. people see it & think its metal, but i don't know. i'm just not sure. well we'll see what happens, yah? kate's coming with me. god.. to think me & her & gina all in pitt: it would be like no other.ok more later.. there's a thing on paparazzi on vh1 and bjork is kicking ass! woot.
my liver is back, and im back to being an alcoholic.yesterday was nyc, and it was FABulous.the night before that was a fun one! mir & me got drunk & walked around town with our guiness extra stouts haha. yessss. then we had a bitch session about ex bf's and from there we started vandalizing hahaha. then i heard alot of stuff my roomate's been saying about me.. it really pissed me off at first, but i have this problem of just not caring anymore. AWESOME!so that night ruled, i love mir & joy.. they're awesome. and just randomly getting drunk and roaming is so friggin sweeet. why am i talking like this? i think because i'm happy. and it's wonderful. sometimes you just gotta let go of what's holding you back in order to let the new things fall into place. i finally understand that i can do that.beth just IM'd me and said she might come to play. i wish she would, this place is so different now. sure there's no katey trip, but these new friends i've got are amazing.. they made me love life again when my roomate made me hate it. if i had all of them together - one word - CHAOS!
i've decided to chill. yeah she's a bitch, and she just pulled that shit again where she comes into the room with someone and acts bitchy towards me, but i don't even care. screw you! i'm having more fun without her and wish i would have done all of this sooner! yesterday i hung out w/ brian at his apt for a while, then went out with steph & darcy & meg & jake & dan at dan's apt. that ruled! tonight i'm going out w/ alyssa, caroline, meg, joy & miranda, and its going to be a-mazing. cool drama free people - just what i needed.so life, ahhhhhhhh, is good. side note - the doctor called today. liver function tests - almost back to normal!! so yay, i am workin it! take THAT mononeucleosis or however the fuck you spell that haha. im getting rid of my roomate, i'm hanging out with cool fun people, my liver is happy with me again, this week has been a good one.. oops. and i hope i get my work done too, that'd be good.
i hate her. never in my life have i had anyone put me through this much stress and flat out BULL SHIT. she is absolutely ridiculous, childish, and flat out manipulative. i will get my fucking $500 back. i will get my life back. i will stay the FUCK away from her, because she has done NOTHING for our friendship but walk all over me. i just had a great afternoon hanging out w/ mal & danyl and was so stress free. 2 seconds ago she comes back in the room with chris & says in the bitchest way, "i just came back to get string because i'm ACTUALLY doing homework." after that she said bye or something and i just stayed here typing away. i WILL NOT put up with her bullshit, like what are you implying, that i think you don't do homework? and what, you're going to get attitude because chris is around and then fucking SUCK UP to me when no one's here? i'm sorry, i hate you and i will be a bitch to you in front of anyone that is around because I HATE YOU. i can honestly say i have never hated anyone in my life, but i HATE HER. BITCH - you would have no friends if you never met me, just be glad you have weed in your life because if you didn't, no one would care about you. you are an awful person and they'll all see it after shit goes down like it has between us. you are the epitome of a bitch. everything that surrounds you. god. you can only have so many talks with a person & say so much to them before you realize that they will never change. i have talked to her how many times? yelled at her how many times? and now, i just ignore her. But bitch, do NOT make my living situation hell. I have one month left and have fucked up enough this semester thanks to you and your manipulative ways.my therapist said i need to admit that i have anger. that's why i start shaking whenever she's around and can't get over everything she has done to me. anger because i am foolish for trusting her, confiding in her, giving things to her, and putting up with her bullshit for so long. she says I need to admit that I've made a mistake and move on, because yes, it has happend and it is a learning experience. a 500 fucking dollar learning experience. I can't even see straight when she's around because i just want to pummel her to the ground. QUIT being so negative.QUIT acting like you're better than me.QUIT you fucking life you dirty piece of shit.if she told me she quit school i would FINALLY have a fucking piece of mind.go to hell you lying piece of shit. if you EVER try and talk to me again after this is all over, i will flat out tell you to burn in hell. and mean it with every fiber of my body. burn. in. hell.
things are better, the end.now - for the cutest thing in america:AndersVby (6:55:20 PM): hey pam, anders here. how are you? just wanted to tell you that I got your screenname from nate and that you now or on my AIM-list.AndersVby (7:27:41 PM): are, not or...that's anders the swedish exchange student who is absoLUTELY adorable! well, not in a hump his brains out sort of a way, but a foreign funny way. i gotta stop laughing at people because they're different. AHAHAHAHA!
well, she's getting another talk today. i printed out that last entry & handed it to her and said, "that's for you. read it." it accomplished nothing. she cried her way out of most of it & i fell for it. she had nothing to say about any of it because she knew she was guilty. and i knew that too, but all i wanted was for her to re-evaluate what she was doing to her life & to mine. Nothing's changed really except she's real perky all the time. That's great, because I'm still a bitch to her. Don't act nice. You owe me fucking money and I want it back. Thank god I only have a month left with you, then BYE BYE!..So I realized this weekend while talking to my sister, that there are 3 friends in this world that I will love and trust forever. One being Nathan. We talk daily even though he's overseas, and he always listens to me and has great advice. And not once has he ever done anything to hurt me which is amazing, seeing as how I know I'm supersensitive. Two, miss Katey Tripoli. It's funny how you can know someone for only a year, and keep in contact with them more than you do most people. She's always there for me, she understands me, and she is just all around an amazing friend. Without her, I don't know where I'd be sometimes. Third, as odd as it seems, is Beth. We've been through alot, but when it comes down to it, no one knows me like she does. Well, all 3 of them do, but Beth's been there the most & the longest. We have some weird way of singing or dancing or doing some odd thing that only we can understand, which is a connection I love. For some reason I've just finally let go of everything that I was grudging about. And especially after Chad & Adam's deaths, I've really realized how precious time here is. They were so young, and so are we. These 3 people have been there with me through ups and downs, but I don't know.. there's something about them that I will love forever.Some other people that I have grown apart with, but always want them to be there are.. Katherine. We haven't talked in a while, but there's always a goodness to her that I love. She always keeps it simple and honest. She will always be my Kiola bear. Stephanie. My summer sister. She comes and goes but we always pick up where we left off and nothing changes; she is the same person she was in 9th grade.. and I love her for that. Caitlin. Through good times and bad, she has been there for me. When I was having problems, she was amazing.. always helping me and keeping me sane, even when we were just starting to get to know each other. Garage sales will always hold a special place with her & me. Paul. As weird as it is, Paul sometimes knows more about me than most people. We've kept in touch, and I'm probably one of 3 people he keeps in touch with from high school. He's crazy and fun, and makes me forget my problems.You realize so much when you get your head out of the clouds. I'm just glad it finally happend.
it's 6:10 am and I've been up for about an hour now. I can't sleep. Amanda's fucking snoring was ridiculous & i had to yell at her 4 times before it finally stopped. I can't sleep because I'm so pissed off at her. I need to get out all of this stress and fast. I told her yesterday I wanted a single.. but not for the reasons I really want. I basically just said I wanted one and left it at that. But let's go down the list of reasons of why I'm so bitter towards her right now.she owes me moneyshe mooches off of brettshe puts me down & makes me feel like shit about myselfshe's rudei babysit her at partiesno respect1) last semester & the beginning of this semester alone, I have spent at least $2000 I figured out this weekend when I went home. That's alot of fucking money seeing as how I spent it on mainly 2 people, and never went anywhere, never shopped really, maybe once or twice at the goodwill, and will never see it again. I spent it mainly on weed, gas money, cigarettes, food, some dance team stuff, and parties. Ya know what's funny about it though.. is that all of that was spent on two people. I shouldn't have to fund two people, because now I can barely fund myself. Amanda had some money when she came to school fall semester and we split the weed cost usually.. but that only lasted about the first month. Because she barely worked over summer. Sure she'd get money here and there but instead of paying me back, it would go right to the weed. Winter break, she barely works again. I think she made like $49. I work every day for 2 weeks. Does that mean I have to pay for her? She always tells me how broke she is, but that doesn't mean I owe her shit. And then I start to wonder where the money's going.. I go to the bank see my bank statement, flip out because I went from $1500 in my savings to $500 then to $400 now its at $318. And whene I flip out, she has the audacity to tell me the bank is wrong? Take the blame a little! Sure it was my money, but when I take it out and buy us food and cigs and your gas and most of the weed, don't tell me the bank is wrong, WE took that money out and just didn't pay attention and/or didnt care at the time. So one day I was pretty upset after I had to pay her $80 for the boot and realized, "there's no way I'm ever getting this money back." She used to talk about her ex roomate owing her $1000 and how she was taken advantage of. Um, ok. When I got yelled at by my mom for taking money out that I don't have, I ask Amanda when she's getting a job because I want that $80 back. "Well I have this plan to go up and down the strip to look for jobs and I'm not going to stop until I apply at every place." I was happy. I thought she was going to take initative finally and I didn't care how slowly I would get my money back, as long as she could repay me. That initiative shit lasted 1 hour. She goes to one place, takes an hour to fill out the app, and then ends up smoking with Brett. Do you not even care?! And since then I can honestly say I don't think she's applied anywhere else.Brett Mooching) So now that I've stopped smoking cigs, weed, and stopped drinking, I'm not her bitch anymore. But that's what brett has become. She is down at his appartment all the time because he always buys weed and invites her to smoke. So she lives down there now which is cool with me, but I don't like the comments she says when she comes back. "Brett like wants to spend so much money on me all the time. I don't know why but he just keeps offering to pay for everything." I know why, because you have no money and he's trying to be nice like I was! And the fact that she for 2 weeks now has remained high at LEAST 3 times a day, smoked cigarettes when she needs em, and has had $0 is beyond me. Brett pays for everything and doesn't even notice yet. Kate said she called him her "sugar daddy." well that's cute and all, but it's not nice. Especially when he already had been without her knowing it b/c she pinched out of his bags all the time before. And I admit, I said yeah let's do it, but that was when she kept saying how he owed us money from last semester when he mooched and blah blah. So I thought it was ok. Now I feel like shit and that's why I won't smoke his weed when I go down anymore. He shouldn't have to pay for me, he already has another child to pay for now.Putting me down) When I started to pledge for ASA, I knew it was going to be hard because I had dance team, radio, and classes on top of that. She didn't make it much easier. Whenever I'd come back exhausted there'd be like a thousand people in the room, people on my computer, and they'd all be stoned telling me how much I'd missed. Thanks guys, I needed that support. And then when I feel I should quit because I'm so stressed, I tell her. And all I got from her was basically an anti-ASA rally. quit quit quit. I don't need you to tell me what to do, I just wanted you to listen. And telling me what to do is something she does often. Telling me what to say to my parents, how I can smoke if I want and live my own life. Telling me that the guy I like is disgusting and not worth it. Telling me to tell Jen Evans off. Telling our lunch table that she is done so she gets up and we all have to? Listen. The world does not revolve around you. And this control thing with making my mind up for me? No. And I hate when she talks about my parents and how weird they are. Fuck you! I love my parents, so they do nice things for me and basically they have for her too. So I come back and say, "what and your family's not?" "Not like your family." I love my family. And I hate that you say anything about them. You know nothing about them. Complete disrespect. She knows nothing about my life anymore because all I get are rolled eyes or laughing in my face. Real mature.Rudeness) Over summer, she came up to my house with Sarah. I was so excited to have them come and stay. They get there at about 2am stoned of their asses. Ok whatever, I can handle that. So we're thinking of things to do and all she wants to do is smoke. That's it. You came up here just to do that? You do that everywhere else you go why waste your time here doing it. And not to mention the entire time, she was a complete bitch. She made Sarah feel like shit, she made me feel like shit and for what? I don't even know what her problem was. I treated them to plates, I drove them everywhere, I wanted to show them a good time because they're guests in my house. She acted pissed off the entire time. She kept putting me down. When they left Sarah told me how she kept putting her down. WHAT? What was wrong? So Christmas break, she comes up with Brian Morton. And I thought, ok, my parents will be home this time. Let's not go crazy with the smoking. Well that's all she wanted to do still. Don't you want to see anything or do anything? And the attitude again. She acted like a complete bitch and I still don't know why. My parents treated us to a fucking dinner AND a movie. And still that wasn't good enough for her. So the day comes where she's supposed to leave. I couldn't wait, honestly. She was ruining mine & brian's time. "Well, I think I'm going to stay an extra day." and I said "...ok." snap back to attitude, "Is that alright with you?" and I said, "Well you're not really acting like you want to be here, but whatever." She cut the attitude for the most part after that. But then she left the next day anyway. Why did you waste 5 days at my house being so rude to us? Where did that get you? Another control thing.. Nate. Whenever we're talking with him or hanging out, she gets in between us. I never noticed it, but he brought it up. He was drunk one night asking me why I let her boss me around and then said in exact words, "whenever you and I are talking, she pushes you away." She does? She does. I never noticed it. Not until the next day when I went to meet her up at manser for lunch, saw nate, and talked to him outside. We were leaning up against the railing talking to each other, and she literally stepped right in between us and lean against it. Real awkward. Like why did I not notice any of these things before?Parties) Ok, you know people here, why are you clinging to my side. So when she is bored or doesn't want to stay for whatever reason, apparently we all have to be ready to leave. One time at Sig Tau, I was talking to Ryan. She is tugging at my side like a 5 year old kid. I'm in the middle of conversation, and not about to be as rude as she is, so I keep talking. "PAM WE NEED TO GO OUTSIDE" why? I'm talking. "Um, you can go outside, I'm talking to Ryan here." She storms off. She comes back in looking pissed and says something to me mumbled I didn't hear and I was annoyed so I ignored it. Meg comes over "Amanda's sick we have to leave." "um what?" "she's out front and wants to go." So I said "hold on Ryan." I go out front, stoned off my ass, meg's been drinking, and she's sitting there sick. So she stands up hands me the keys and says "you need to drive we need to go." Um, ok boss sure thing. "I'm not ready to drive Amanda, can't you sit for a minute & wait?" groaning. "I can't drive and i have to go!" I was getting pissed. "I can't drive EITHER. SO come inside and get some water and sit for a minute until I sober up a bit." So finally she agrees, I get her water, we go in and she sits. As soon as we're all hanging out with her again, she's fine. Was she really sick or was this some attention/control thing again.No respect) The night before my dance competition. I don't think I've ever been this raging in my life. I have to be up at 5:45 to be in the lobby by 6. I've never been up that early. So I get my hair done that Saturday night and then decide to go out which wasn't until like 10:30ish we left. So we get in Amanda's car and go to the slums. The party was ok but we decided to go to the football house. And already I have to drive because she's tanked. I drop them off at the football house, tell them I have to go to Walmart to get last minute shit, and will call when I'm coming back to get them. So I go switch & get my car, go to walmy, and come back and call her. Cell's off. Ok, its already 1:00, I don't have time to wait around, and I know there's no way in hell I can let them try and walk her back. So finally I just decided to go into the house and she starts calling and is drunk off her ass before I get in the door. I can't find her because she's off stumbling somwhere. I find her, it takes a half hour to get her to finally leave, another 15 min to get her in the car, and then the diaster happend back at the dorm. She pukes everywhere and has the door to the stall locked. Ok she mocks me out for gross things all the time and tells me gross I am, well that was the sickest thing I'd ever seen. So I'm trying to help her, get her in the shower, get her OUT of the bathroom so she doesn't get caught. She'd be in so much trouble if someone had walked in there at 3:30 am and saw that mess. So I get about 1.5 hours of sleep before my big competition and was a walking zombie the next day. Then I was all cranky when my parents took me out to dinner and I don't want to tell them that I'm tired as hell because my roomate has no respect for me and does what she wants. I don't want to make her look bad. But why am I covering for her? Like what does that get me? Walked on a little more.I can't handle it anymore. I'm tired of being disrespected as a friend. Why do I do nice things for people who are just going to make me feel like shit in the end. I can't sleep because I start thinking about everything and have all this resentment towards her. Next semester I am getting a single because I need my own space. I need to be able to think clearly and not put up with bullshit. I never got mad at anyone at high school unless it was worth it. I feel like I'm mad here all the time, I can literally feel my blood pressure through the roof from all this stress. No wonder I have fucking mono. It sucks when someone puts you through so much and you still want to be friends with them. Why? Why am I even wasting my time? All I ask is for respect, some space, friendship and not sneakiness, and, well, my money back.
i could've used some cheering up over break. instead it was just me calling & leaving messages for people who don't care anyways. thank god for ange. i do love steph though.. she did break me out of the house to go to the bank. at least it was something right? i'm just so ready to get out of rochester.. i need fresh faces. i'm taking this to the grave: there is no way in hell i will end up there. i'm getting out and getting away from all of the pressure and weirdness and dramatics that go on there. grow up. if you care, show it a little more. whatever i'm over it. i'm probably just depressed because i'm still in so much pain. my head is throbbing so i'm just going to bed. grrr. put your smile to the world and your tears to yourself. it's scary how good i've become at hiding these things.
god everything is so messed up. grandma is in and out of the hospital. i am in out of the doctors. kristy is in labor. kristy will be ok, she's having her baby a month early, but i'm sure everything will go fine. grandma D has been having ruptured things so she's been getting MRI's like crazy, and i can't even go see her because they don't want her to get what i have. this sucks and i don't know if i'll be ok. i'm pretty pissed at myself for doing, oh, pretty much everything i've done in this lifetime. i went to college and did all these things thinking i was better off experimenting and living my life to the "fullest." well.. we'll see how full it is now. liver problems. spleen problems. the lumps in my neck. i still have to wait on all the test results. but i'm getting really freaked out.. i'm dizzy all the time, constantly in a bad mood, i feel like im on vikodin when i'm taking other things that can't possibly be that strong. i can barely see straight to type this. like, i'm not that out of it because of the meds. i'm just crazy. my parents can't sleep or even go to their jobs because they're home all the time making sure i'm alright and that just makes me feel worse. and i'm acting mad so i don't show how scared i really am. god i hate this. HAJLFHDJFAFJ dammit where did i go wrong?! my health is diminishing so quickly, and i thought it was weird that i got sick all the time at school, but still went out and partied like nothing was wrong. well that didn't help. at this rate i pretty much can never drink again, smoke again, i have to take it easy on the physical activity, and have a strict diet. last night ange busted me out of the house when my parents were at the hospital with my grandma.. we got mcflurries and mine is still sitting in the freezer. it'd be nice if i could keep food down.at the doctor, mom came in with me today. i didn't want her to. the past couple of days i've been going by myself and just telling her the things she needed to know. well today she insisted she should come in with me, and now she knows too much and is scared. i don't want to worry them.. but now she knows that the doctor doesn't want me to go back to school yet. i didn't want her to know that. i just wanted to go back and take it easy on my own. but now i have to check in with the health center everyday and they have to take blood tests and send them out then report them to my doctor. its insane. i just wanted to do this all on my own and not worry my parents or spend any more of their money. i can't afford to be getting this sick right now. while i'm wasting their money because i can't do anything right in school, i need medication all the time that's costing 60 fucking $ a pop. and not to mention mom's been getting me all these other things to make me feel better which is just making me feel like i'm a waste of money. just kill me now. it'd be much cheaper in the end.the only good thing i can say is that i'm glad this happend on spring break. as much as it sucks to not really have a break because i'm supposed to sleep 12 hours during the day and when i am awake i'm at the doctor, it's better that i'm home figuring this out rather than being at school where the clinic would basically give me antibiotics.. today the doctor said that it's a good thing i'm allergic to amoxicillin because if i had been given that at the early stages (when i had my ear & sinus infection & the flu), i would have broken out in a huge rash and infected my liver more. grrrrrreat. no, instead i had to get a perscription for zithromax which was $50 and did NOTHING seeing as how my infections & such were just symptoms for what i really have.right now, i can handle this. i think the worst part of this is my nausea. like the taste & smell of everything is making me sick. if that's the worst thing, then fine, i'll get over it & stay strong and keep fighting whatever is going on in my body. let's just wait to see the test results before i start to really panic.you got your passionyou got your pridebut don't you know only fools are satisfied?dream on but don't imagine they'll all come truewhen will you realizeVienna waits for youslow down you crazy childtake the phone off the hook and disappear for a whileit's alright you can afford to lose a day or twowhen will you realize..Vienna waits for you.
going home tommorrow. that's pretty sweet i guess. there's just alot here i need to get finished.last night went to the frat house, nate was there, acted really weird. ryan didn't even talk to me. after he came to my game i guess i was embarassed he was there to watch me and ignored him again. then called him and apologized and he said it was cool and we talked for a bit and it was nice. then at the party he ignores me. and so does nate. then all their friends were all up on me. eric actually humped me. nate saw that.. i dont think he liked that so much. so cops are called meg eric & i leave along with half the party (it was like the titanic, so many freaking drunk kids in the street running hahaha)go to the den, see joe, he says come down to brett's because they're smoking. so i go down with joe and knock on the door... and guess who answers the fucking door. i never thought this would happend in a MILLION years. nate answers the door. FUCKING NATE. so me being drunk, stoned, fucked up in general, go and yell at him. i'm like "listen, why are you ignoring me?!" forgetting there is a room full of people. then i was like why are you here? but i saw tj and chris so i figured it out, the weed situation. they all came down b/c brett is brothers w/ tj & chris (bahaha brett's in a frat, that is funny) i don't think nate knows he's gay or he probably would've ran hahaha. so we all smoke, im the only chick there. then i think nate was pissed that i came down with joe, he probably was weirded out like "who is that kid" b/c it was just the two of us. but it's just joe. so then he left to go to the bar. i hate that he's 21 now. and i hate that we're all awkward. i just want to grab him, kiss him, and be like, "its you i want, all of them mean nothing to me."and now all that shit is out of his profile. the weezer song el scorcho. gone. maybe it's just over. it's weird enough and i have NO clue why. like what the fuck is going on. we're ok for a couple days then he's weird again. like what do i do? or what does he think i do? ok frustration is out. sort of.
there is so much going on in my brain. at the house friday night, i'll admit it, i looked good. bahaha im an idiot. anyways. nate & i were fine. why does he always leave tho? i walk in, he just looks at me then grabs me and hugs me. then looks at me again, goes out to smoke a cig. i quit the cigs so im inside & not drinking or anything, just hanging out b/c im sick. so next time i see nate he's playing pong w/ his friends. im talking to mikey with amanda & such and then mal comes up to me. ryan's there, and we still talk every now and then. but when he IMs me its like "lets make out" and im like hi we've played that game, and u seem to be playing it with lots of girls. so anyways mal says, "ryan thinks you're so hot" and im like "ok, he just wants ass" and she says, "no pam.. he wants a girlfriend" and im like "well if he's interested maybe he shouldnt be all up on every girl all the time." she knew where i was coming from. so later on ryan comes up and is like "why do you always ignore me?" and i didnt know what else to say.. because i guess i do ignore him. i get nervous around him now for some reason. and i told him flat out "as weird as this may be, im shy. thats it." and we talked for a while after that. well amanda suddenly "had an attack" of some sort and was like tugging at me while i was talking to him. she always does this i've recently noticed. like im her puppet. EXCUSE ME i am talking to someone, you know lots of other people here, talk to them, im not your babysitter. like how do i say this to her without hurting her feelings? i highly doubt she even notices it, but it gets really annoying. like anyone im talking to, guys usually, she's up my ass. let me talk to them and have my own conversation. LET ME LIVE. i don't know. its annoying. i had a long talk about it with my sister last night, so that was good. i got my head cleared alot.ok, now. goals/objectives.talk to nate: tell him about the carlos situation. our situation. what does he want?talk to ryan: apologize for ignoring him. ask him to hang out& more & more..
so i figured out the weirdness between nate & i. its amanda. she has a thing for him, i know it. last night we were talking and he asked me if she liked him and i said why? and he said that she always chases me away when him & i are talking. and as weird as that sounds, he hit the nail right on. i dont know what to do about it. ok so this is weird. one night we were both really fucked up and we told eachother that we liked him. so i've backed off from him or whatever for a bit. like we still will go over & hang out with him, but out of respect i've tried to stay away from him in the "liking" aspect for amanda. well she has been all over carlos lately, the two of them have been hooking up, and she really likes him. so i thought ok, nate & i can happen now maybe? she wont be mad? problem is.. i dont think she likes when we're together, like some sort of jealousy thing not on purpose or anything, but because she did have feelings and i know how that is. and nate & i have finally started talking about things rather than just beat around it which has put a smile on my face. well, i dont know how to tell amanda or anyone. i dont want to. thats why i havent said anything to anyone. no one really knows, because i dont want to know their opinion. its nate, yes he does some stuff & has done some stuff in the past, but he's one of the most genuine people? i guess thats the word? i dont know. he's honest. i like that. and he's funny, he's not serious all the time. fuck those emotional kids, they screw with my head. he's just himself and doesn't care who knows. i just gotta figure out a way to confirm the entire situation. i gotta tell meg & amanda and like everyone else. i gotta tell nate haha. GOD this is weird. ok. figuring shit out later. meg's comin over right now.ps... meg. told me something. its pretty crazy. she's led a fucked up life. thats why she's so down to earth. when she told me i didnt even act surprised or anything, i was calm
so I'd prefer to be remembered as a smiling facenot this fucking wreckthat's taken its place..
fucking nightmares i cant sleep grrr. im trying to explain. not working. he seems like he's ignoring me. why do i fall in love with every guy who i make eye contact with. i want to start over forget everything. this life would be so different if i had changed so many things. quit smoking cigs today. lungs feel funny though. lover actress sunrise sunset. oo that song i made up when i woke up today. she smokes her life away forgets the pain and exactly the same fate. happy birthday nate. badum dum dum dum.
kevin is back. he won't tell me about anything, but jeff did. god.. he kills me. stuff with nate is going ok i guess. he makes me happy i feel. i dont even know what im doing. ever since requiem for a dream i've always wanted a drug dealing/addict boyfriend. well.. i've almost got my wish haha. he's a sweetheart, nothing like ANY other guy. maybe thats why i like him. he's fucked up. its so interesting all the time. i like getting stoned and lying on the floor staring at the ceiling, playing with the cat's at mikey's apt. i figured out what it is about him. he has the same personality as ben. the same "fucking with people, pushing the envelope" sort of humor where he pisses people off because its funny to him. and for some reason i love that. he's different. he's calm, nerdy at times, funny, manly, haha oh my god i'm weird. meg jeff amanda & i = apt next semester = EXCITED! weird that it's kev's old place.. i already called any room but his. whoa. as soon as i said that he returned from away online. ahhh dammit stop thinking about him.i cant stop thinking about my talk with jeff last night about kev.. how in the hospital he was in that room by himself in sweatpants and a tshirt and nothing else in the room. i can't believe he's that fucked up.. whatever we're not together but it's freaking me out thinking about him like that.so i can't stop saying it, but this semester here really rules. i love being off campus all the time, dancing is amazing, the people are just excellent, and still something is missing. i have this incomplete feeling all the time. maybe that's just the drugs.. anyways. i need to get my guitar out and play with that.i need to talk to nate and see what is going on. why can't we talk about this shit. we can sit there and just be and thats the way i loved it. not saying anything, just knowing. but now i feel like we need to acknowledge it or something. ok no time for writing any of this, gotta save it for my session tommorrow. that's right, im going home for a day!!! WooT.
i was fucked up outta my mind last night when i hear that.. ugh.. kevin tried to kill himself. i feel stupid and ignorant and i'll probably never see him again because he's home now, and i'll never get to tell him everything i've ever wanted to say to him. i love the way he laughs, smiles, jokes, removes himself from stupid parties with me, drunk phone calls on new year's telling me there's something about me. i should've known something was up.. his favorite movie is rules of attraction. i miss him. i wish i didn't ignore him this past month because i was mad at him. i wish at that party i moped at, i would've smiled for him because i think he needed that. i wish i hadnt met "my soulmate" for that one day and purposely try to make kev jealous. im staring at that picture of us just thinking.. two years of on and off nonsense and now he's really gone.well i guess we're all really fucked up now aren't we.teacher.. there are things that i dont want to learn..


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Elvis Dumervil
Decades 25 most underrated players has 2 broncos
I like this list. Espn usually ****s the bed on these, but this one is pretty good.
Football Outsiders analyzes the 25 most underrated players of the current decade, going back to 2000. Some of these comments will mention our advanced statistics, including DVOA (Defense-adjusted Value Over Average) -- which takes every play during the season and compares it to the league average based on situation and opponent -- and DYAR (Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement) -- which uses a similar method to measure a player's total value compared to a "replacement-level" player. These and other advanced stats are explained here.
1. Derrick Mason: Mason has seven different seasons with at least 1,000 receiving yards and ranks seventh overall in total wide receiver DYAR for the decade. He ranked among the top 20 wide receivers in DYAR (total value) for five straight years in Tennessee, then did it again last year in Baltimore. He also ranked among the top four wide receivers in DVOA (value per play) three times in four years (2000, 2001 and 2003), and he has put up an above average catch rate every single year this decade, including two years over 70 percent. Yet somehow, he's only made two Pro Bowls.
2. Matt Lepsis: Lepsis anchored the fabulous Denver offensive line for five years at starting right tackle, starting left tackle for another four, but never made a Pro Bowl. Honestly, that's a little mind blowing.
3. Adrian Wilson: For three straight years (2004-2006) Wilson made his average run tackle closer to the line of scrimmage than any other safety. In 2005, he was the only safety responsible for at least 15 percent of his team's total tackles. He also had eight sacks that year. He was the first safety since 2001 with more than five sacks in one season. For years, he was one of the top two or three safeties against the run and the pass. The only reason we didn't put him at No. 1 is that recently he has started winning the acclamation he deserves.
4. Aaron Smith: A consistent performer in one of the league's most consistently strong defenses. Twice, Smith had eight sacks in a season, despite being a 3-4 end whose job isn't to get to the quarterback. He's only made one Pro Bowl because apparently, Richard Seymour always fills the quota for 3-4 ends who soak up blockers without impressive statistics.
5. Shaun O'Hara: O'Hara was fine as a guard in Cleveland, even better as a center in New York, holding down the middle of one of the best offensive lines in the league, but he never made the Pro Bowl until 2008 at age 31.
6. Dan Koppen: This 2003 fifth-round pick went right into the starting lineup, and won two Super Bowls in his first two seasons. The New England line has seen inconsistency at the tackle positions, but never at center. Still, Koppen has only one Pro Bowl selection, 2007.
7. Bobby Engram: The Third Down Machine. For most of this decade, nobody was better at moving the chains. Engram put up a 67 percent or better catch rate for six straight years, 2002-2007. He ranks 31st among wide receivers in receptions this decade, despite having only three seasons in which he started at least eight games.
8. Keith Bulluck: Bulluck is one stable anchor in a Tennessee defense that has had up and down performances because of salary cap constraints. Year after year, Bulluck has led his team among outside linebackers in highest percentage of defensive plays, with numbers similar to inside linebackers on other teams. He might be underrated because he rarely rushes the passer. Aaron Curry, this is your future.
9. Shawn Springs: Springs came out of Ohio State as the good Lord's gift to pass defense, and looked like a Hall of Famer in 1998-99. He got hurt in 2001, came back a little slower and suddenly everyone forgot about him. Fans often think of Springs as a guy who "used to be good," but the fact is that when healthy, he's still very good, and he's always been very good. He's just not the Hall of Famer people originally expected, and he's much better at coverage than at making big plays (only 19 interceptions since 2000).
10. London Fletcher: Tackle totals can be awfully misleading. You have to consider how many plays a defense is on the field, and the middle linebacker will almost always lead the team in tackles. Still, you have to give Fletcher some serious credit for leading his team in tackles for 10 straight seasons. He hasn't missed a start since 1999, but he's never made the Pro Bowl, partly because during his best years he was stuck behind Ray Lewis and Zach Thomas in the AFC pecking order.
11. John Abraham: Abraham ranks second in total sacks since 2000, behind Jason Taylor. He's had five seasons with 10 or more sacks, plus a sixth season with 9½ in 12 games. He was a first-round pick and was later traded for a first-round pick, but he's oddly under the radar. He hasn't made the Pro Bowl since 2004, even with 16½ sacks last season.
12. Al Wilson: Yes, he was a Pro Bowl regular, but few fans knew who he was. Perhaps he needed to jazz up his name with more apostrophes (D'Al Wil'son?) or let NFL Films mic him up every other game as it does with Ray Lewis. The Denver defense has completely imploded since a neck injury ended Wilson's career in 2006.
13. Chad Pennington: The NFL's version of Bret Saberhagen, Pennington always has been one of the league's best quarterbacks when healthy. The problem is that he only seems to be healthy every other year. Pennington ranked among the most valuable quarterbacks, according to Football Outsiders' DYAR stats, four times: 2002 (second), 2004 (10th), 2006 (seventh) and 2008 (sixth). That sound you hear is the 2009 Dolphins saying "Uh-oh."
14. Torry Holt: Everybody knows he's good, and he has made seven Pro Bowls. But at no time this decade did conventional wisdom hold that Holt was the best wide receiver in football, and for some reason nobody includes him in the conversation, even though he leads all receivers in catches and yards this decade and is fourth in total receiving value (by DYAR).
15. Brian Westbrook: People finally have realized how good he is and how important he is to the Eagles' offense, but guess what: he has been this good the whole time. In fact, he's been better in the past than his recent statistics show. Last year, Westbrook had career lows in both yards per carry and yards per reception, but he ranked among the top three running backs in our DVOA stats (value per play) three times -- 2003, 2006 and 2007 -- and ranked among the top five running backs in receiving DYAR (total value) for five straight seasons.
16. Kelly Gregg: Nose tackle is an underrated position in general, but is extremely important to the success of strong 3-4 defenses. Guys like Casey Hampton, Vince Wilfork and Jamal Williams have received that all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii and the accolades that go with it, but in Baltimore, Gregg spent six years quietly holding down the middle for one of the league's best run defenses and never made a Pro Bowl, partly because, with the 3-4 primarily an AFC-only scheme for most of the decade, he had to stand in line behind those other equally deserving players.
17. David Akers: If we're making an all-decade team, Akers should be the kicker, not Adam Vinatieri. No kicker has been as consistent and as well-rounded when it comes to both field goals and kickoffs than Akers. Philadelphia ranked 11th or higher in both placekicking and kickoffs every year from 2000-2004. For the decade, we estimate that Philadelphia has gained 31.4 points on field goals, compared to the average team, second only to Baltimore, and 65.0 points on kickoffs, second only to Atlanta.
18. Antonio Pierce: For an undrafted free agents to make it in the league, they need to get an edge any way they can. In Pierce's case, it's maniacal film study that leads to superior preparation and the ability to overcome his athletic limitations. The Giants defense rose from 21st to 11th in our DVOA ratings after his arrival in 2005, and has remained in the upper half of the league ever since. His single-handed read and stop of a screen pass against three Green Bay blockers in the 2007 NFC Championship Game was one of the plays of the decade.
19. Brad Meester: This second-round draft pick went straight into the starting lineup in 2000, and has been a consistent lineman for some excellent Jacksonville running games. He has never made the Pro Bowl.
20. Moe Williams: Williams was an astonishingly-underrated situational player, who excelled both running and receiving. His best year was 2002, in which he ranked fifth among all running backs in rushing value (by DYAR) on only 84 carries. That year, he averaged 7.9 yards on first-and-10 plays and converted 18 of his 24 carries in power situations (third down, fourth down or goal line, with 1-2 yards to go). The next year, 2003, was the only season in which he started more than two games, and he had 644 receiving yards, second only to Priest Holmes.
21. Gary Brackett: This undrafted free agent from Rutgers turned out to be the perfect middle linebacker for the Tampa-2 defense. Indianapolis finished 13th or lower in defensive DVOA every single season from 1994 through 2004, but has been in the top 10 three times since Brackett entered the starting lineup in 2005. He's still waiting to make his first trip to Hawaii.
2004 Packers With Grady Jackson
Situation Yd/Play DVOA % DVOA Rank
Vs. Pass 4.96 -21.6 5
Vs. Rush 3.96 -27.3 2
22. Grady Jackson: Halfway through the 2003 season, the New Orleans Saints suspended Jackson for "conduct detrimental to the team" and then released him. Green Bay picked him up off waivers.
He hasn't been quite that important over the last couple years, but there's no doubt the guy makes an impact.
23. Tarik Glenn: Glenn held down left tackle for the best offense of the decade, but didn't make the Pro Bowl until 2004. Even though he made three Pro Bowls, nobody ever included him in the discussion of "best left tackle in football."
24. Brian Finneran: His stats aren't that impressive until you look at them compared to the rest of his team. Finneran was the best receiver in Atlanta until Roddy White finally developed. Year after year, the Falcons drafted or traded for younger guys, gave them the starting jobs and benched them when Finneran was clearly outplaying them. In 2005, Michael Vick completed 59 percent of his passes to Finneran, 46 percent to his other wideouts. That was nothing compared to 2004 as Vick completed 70 percent of his passes to Finneran and only 45 percent to his other wideouts.
25. Trent Green: According to Football Outsiders' DYAR stats, Trent Green is one of the five most valuable quarterbacks of the decade, behind Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Brett Favre and Drew Brees. He ranked among the top three quarterbacks for three years, 2002 to 2004, and was fifth in 2005. Green was also an excellent scrambler, who rarely took off unless he could get a first down.
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Aaron Smith is way underrated, good call.
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Von Miller
Wow. Damnit, thanks for reminding me how much I miss big Al
Front 7, Please
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I think Adrian Wilson runs away with this one.
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Rod Smith
Lepsis above Wilson
Must be because he was a UDFA and Wilson a late 1st rd pick cos for me Al had a far bigger impact on the Broncos and the league than Matt did.
Church Eyes.
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Mr. Miller
Ring of Famer
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Location: Seattle
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Peyton Hillis
Perennial Pro-bowler
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Elvis Dumervil
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