[Finally Happened, I Got the 'Rona]

4 minutes ago, munchmemory said:

Warfish, as someone with multiple health issues, have you asked your doctor to prescribe Paxlovid?    You need to take it as soon as possible.

IIRC doesn't that have the side effect of disabling his multi-quote button? If so, as someone who regularly posts 16 paragraphs at a time, I agree @Warfish needs to take it asap. And given his multiple risk factors, if it makes him get/feel better fast, even better.

[Finally Happened, I Got the 'Rona]

1 minute ago, Warfish said:

With at least three "co-morbidities", so wish me luck!

 hopefully it's nothing or next to nothing for you

[A Few Observations about JOE DOUGLAS]

On 5/16/2022 at 2:22 PM, munchmemory said:

[Lamar Jackson Gimmick QB (bye week)]

6 hours ago, jetstream23 said:

 

Have you seen Lamar Jackson's history in Week 1 games?

 

I only got as far as the first one & by then I'd seen enough: just 1 of 4 passing, plus he took a sack and fumbled, too. Pathetic.

We've totally got this. 

[Former scout hates Jermaine Johnson - anyone see this?]

Admittedly I wasn't banging the table for him, so the only dog I have in this race is the Jets picked him & I'm a Jets fan so I hope he's great. At least it's not a universal LOL from around the league, seeing how it would've surprised no one if he'd gone 10-15 picks higher. So if he does indeed flop it was at least a reasonable swing at the fences. 

We'll see what he is & what he isn't plenty soon. 

[Former scout hates Jermaine Johnson - anyone see this?]

1 hour ago, bitonti said:

As someone who has dabbled in the artform, Kelly is a master level troll 

like he's written 15 of these articles about So and so shouldn't be a first round pick and they are click bait 

there's a thin line between fries and shakes 

Well parroting what 500 more-famous websites & commentators have already said probably doesn't generate as many clicks

[Six To Eight QB's Going In Round One Next Year - 2023]

10 minutes ago, The Crusher said:

I get this, but I think it’s only because we always  pick the wrong rookies. 

That hasn't helped

[Zach Wilson and Braxton Berrios were at the Rangers game tonight.]

[The MERGED I want to share a video and not explain anything about it thread]

I’m merging these last few and will dump future thread starter videos here no matter who’s posting them. Or we’ll just delete them if they get even more out of hand. 

Write out your thoughts so people can read them.

[Ravens @ Jets week 1]

20 hours ago, Lith said:

Only if you can run a 40 in less than 5.04.  Otherwise he is likely to catch you pretty quick.

I'm pretty confident I can still run a 40 in under 5 seconds. The bigger problem is these days my old ass would be on the ground sucking wind for 10 minutes after sprinting for that distance. So he'd still catch up unless he literally gave up pursuit, as though after 40 yards there's a wall that I could magically run through but he can't, like some real-life roadrunner/coyote scene.

So I'd be ok for 40.9 yards (40 yards + 32.25"), so long as he stopped there, and also if Mrs. Sperm was at the finish line with an oxygen mask.

[Carl Lawson's media coverage]

On 5/11/2022 at 2:00 PM, Bronx said:

Cimini the 'genius at 3:17

The question before that was the dumbest of all:

“How eager are you to get back?”

I mean, seriously. Unless you’re a teacher testing someone’s knowledge - or a fluff question for PR purposes - the purpose of asking a question is to hear an answer you didn’t already know would follow.

Like was there even a 1 in 100 million chance he’d say anything like, “Well really I’m not really very eager to be back.”

[Ravens @ Jets week 1]

43 minutes ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

Which would be less likely to happen:

Mekhi Becton running a skinny post or  @Sperm Edwards writing one?

I’m just very happy Linda Baum has taken hold as the nickname.

If I ever meet him I plan to call him that right to his bitch face.

Then in case he tries to take a cheap shot at me I’ll just stand 31.25” away and will be totally safe. 

[Sauce Gardner contract taxes getting attention?]

1 hour ago, Jet2020 said:

Federal tax is 37%. Everybody gets to enjoy that beating. 
 

NJ tax is about 9%. That applies to half the salary. Other half is based on where we end up playing our away schedule. 

Difference is basically 5% of your annual income compared to a state where there is no income tax (Texas). That’s less that. $2mil difference over the life of the contract, which can be very easily recouped with marketing 

~17% of his contract is paid out of state on road games; ~83% of it's paid in NJ.

It's half his salary but it's not nearly about half the contract amount.

[Tom Brady inks 10-year $375 million deal to call games for Fox upon retirement [MERGED]]

1 minute ago, Beerfish said:

Funny thing is the league, the national media experts and these networks do not seem to realize that one fan base like this guy and 31 fan bases hate him and the pats and would like to never see his face again unless it is in another courtroom sketch.

Whose face?

[Sauce buying #1 from DJ Reed?]

4 minutes ago, Integrity28 said:

I cannot believe this matters to grown men.

Posters here, the players, or both?

I vote both, unless it's literally people joking about this silliness.

[WILD @$$ Guess at 2022 Jets Reception Distribution]

I was thinking the reception distribution would be more like:

2 at Brooklake Country Club

1 at Westmount Country Club

3 at Crystal Plaza

2 at The Hanover Manor

and the rest tba.

[Tom Brady inks 10-year $375 million deal to call games for Fox upon retirement [MERGED]]

As though I needed another reason to watch games with the TV sound off.

[Brett Favre is a scumbag, Prophet was right]

1 hour ago, New York Mick said:

Calling him a scumbag and assuming that he’s guilty is the issue especially when he’s already donated millions of dollars to charities and done all types of charity work.

See what you touched upon here is what really bugs me about this thread, and everyone's thinking it but no one's saying it.

Bronx didn't call Favre a scumbag.

He didn't call him scum.

He called him a scum: Brett Favre is a scum.

I just can't get on board with that -- @Bronx really, who talks like that?

[At the risk of sounding stupid, "How is it that Breece Hall and Roger Craig are cousins?"]

13 hours ago, Alka said:

I mean Breece Hall is 20 years old, and Roger Craig is 61 years old.

Please follow me here: Let's say that Breece's dad and Roger Craig's mother are siblings.  Assume that Roger Craig's mother was 15 years old when her brother was born.  Now, assume that Roger Craig's mother was 20 when Roger Craig was born.  That would mean that Breece's dad would have to wait until he was 45 years old to conceive Breece, thus when Roger Craig would be 41 years old, and Breece would just be being born.

Actually, this now makes sense.  If Breece's dad married a woman who was 10 years younger than him, then Breece's mom would have had Breece at 36 years of age, and hs dad would be 46 years old.

Does all this make sense?  I need to go do something.  I must be bored.

I think I can help you understand.

While undressed, one night their grandma and grandpa decided to give each other a special type of hug…

[This little kid was NOT Sam Darnold]

2 hours ago, Jetsfan80 said:

It's been nearly 10 years since this classic commercial came out:

 

 

To truly keep it real, someone should photoshop Cam’s silk schmatta onto that kid’s head. 

[Sauce Gardner contract taxes getting attention?]

Just now, Jet Nut said:

Tax rates are easy.  Write offs and offsets arent

I don’t think he’s writing off much, in proportion to his earnings, since he’s not self-employed.

@southparkcpa kinda confirmed this, and he’s never wrong about anything. Except picking which football team to root for. 

[Sauce Gardner contract taxes getting attention?]

Just now, Jet Nut said:

LOL, older and a lot more colorful

 

Elvis is dead. Let him go. 

[Sauce Gardner contract taxes getting attention?]

1 minute ago, Jet Nut said:

I dont know these players tax rates.  None of us do.  I live in Florida and the state gets their money back in other ways, all things arent equal minus the state income tax.  

I'm friends with a stupid rich musician that can live anywhere in the country given hes a Brit.  He lived for years in NYC and then moved to Conn.  He makes more money than any of these athletes could dream of earning.  

It’s pretty easy to see the players’ tax rates, actually. State tax rates are pretty public things, as are their contract amounts & structures. 

They pay taxes based on the state they’re in when earning it. In sports contracts - best I understand it - that means any bonus money is the home state, home game checks are the same, and road games they pay the tax rate for that road state. But even those road games’ higher rates (for those starting out in zero tax states like FL) aren’t that bad since they’re probably not going to reach the full marginal rate in states like CA unless they are making base salary amounts in serious excess of $500K/game or something, in which case they only pay the marginal rate on $ earned above that rate.

That’s all a bit too nuanced - it’s easy to figure out if you feel like spending the time - but the overwhelming bulk of what they’re making is in their home states. In Hill’s case (~$95MM effectively guaranteed through the 2025 season) about $65MM of it is earned in FL with 0% state income tax rate. If he signed here instead, he’d be paying either NY or NJ’s rate (call it 10% for easy math, since the overwhelming bulk of his income is at the state’s marginal rate). The road games even out closely enough no matter where he signs, so just look at those home state earnings. 

Then factor in further that he’s going to get more endorsement deals in his team’s state, and that, too will be taxed at 0% instead of ~10%. 

It’s a significant amount. That there are others making far more than that - and far less than that - is neither here nor there. On top of whatever else he makes in endorsements & more, the additional state tax alone, that he’d have paid to NY/NJ for his football playing income, which he now gets to fully keep instead of paying to the state, is statistically far more than most people earn in a lifetime (before taxes, at that). 

[Daniel Jeremiah- “Mims, I have been told, is off the charts in the offseason stuff."]

5 minutes ago, T0mShane said:

I meant to comment on this earlier, but I wish to issue a mea culpa. I’ve come around to agreeing with you and (the very smug) @slats on this issue. I wanted Ekonwu because he seems to be a slam dunk pick who would directly help Zach Wilson and make ten Pro Bowls, but then again the difference between what Ekonwu would provide vs what a possible Becton plus Max Mitchell might provide isn’t all that great. While I do feel like CB is a bit overrated at this point, I get the appeal of Gardner and—presuming he hits—should likewise serve as a slam-dunk asset for a long time

Well now I’m not in favor of it anymore. They should’ve taken a tackle. 

Put ‘em up. 

[Sauce Gardner contract taxes getting attention?]

1 hour ago, Jet Nut said:

Taxes for those 8 or home games.

That would be a minor reason to bitch

I don’t know. Looking at that Hill contract (assuming the Jets & Dolphins offered nearly identical deals):

There’s some $35MM in signing & roster bonuses from 2022-2023. That carries a 0% state income tax rate since it’ll all be paid in FL and is therefore immune from any road games stuff. So he’s saving about $3.5MM in taxes there.

That’s $35MM of the $95MM on his contract (the final year is fluff; Mia isn’t paying him a non-guaranteed $45MM salary when he’s 32). $30MM of that remaining $60MM will also be taxed at 0% state income tax, since it’ll also be in FL. If he was in NY/NJ that’d be another few million. Take back a slight amount because he won’t have that 1 road game per year in Miami, like Jets players have, but it’s a negligible amt.

So just that amount alone, getting paid in FL not NY, he’s fully saving ~$6.5MM in after-taxes cash from 2022-2025 by signing with Miami instead of the Jets, and still has to pay federal taxes on that $6.5MM he’d be giving to NY or NJ state coffers if he was here.

So to make up for that discrepancy, the Jets would have to offer Hill about $10MM more fully guaranteed than Miami’s paying him.

(That’s aside from the personal part: the fact that he lives in Miami in the offseason anyway, independent of this deal).