Life after Ben isn’t so bad

[Oh wow]

Not sure you have the evidence to back up this generalization. Hint: you might need more than just the one example from Baltimore.

Really?
Dude. If you really are serious about this topic you wouldn’t think one example is all I can provide.

Here is a list of corruption by cops by state. Now if this is what is prosecuted, imagine what ISN’T reported or uncovered.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/ranking-the-states-from-most-to-least-corrupt/

[whatever]

I'm not sure why Kaepernick, and the rest of you black individuals that have been mistreated, don't encourage your children to become a cop. There is no faster way to make a change in the 'police brutality towards' blacks than becoming a cop and changing it instantly.
Can you imagine what a cushy job that would be?
They would rarely have to pull someone over or enforce a law.
Crime would go way down, prison populations too.
It would be a great paying, safe job.

[Oh wow]

On the original topic of this thread.... funny how one game can change perspective. I was somewhat in agreement with "life after Ben isn't so bad". But after the Clowns game, my perspective changed somewhat.

Rudolph may improve but I haven't really seen anything from him that is exciting. Nothing I can point to that he's really strong with. It's hard to say what his ceiling is.

Then I start thinking about what life BEFORE Ben was like. That was an awfully dismal period of quarterbacking, outside of the shattered hopes that a few guys like Kordell, O'Donnell and maybe Maddox gave.

Hope I'm wrong, but I don't see Rudolph as the answer to life after Ben.

And now we have to swallow watching Lamarr Jackson tearing up the NFL in Ratbird land. I guess better them than the cheaters.

Life doesn’t have to be like it was before Ben for another 25 years.

Will we find another Ben? Probably not. Can we find a good QB who can deliver the football and move on the pocket? Definitely.

What we can’t do though is wait until the 4th round to grab a QB. If there is a decent QB at the end of the first in early second TAKE HIM.

Just don’t take a QB froM Ohio State... Those guys never pan out. Lmao.

[Oh wow]

I'm not sure why Kaepernick, and the rest of you black individuals that have been mistreated, don't encourage your children to become a cop. There is no faster way to make a change in the 'police brutality towards' blacks than becoming a cop and changing it instantly.
Can you imagine what a cushy job that would be?
They would rarely have to pull someone over or enforce a law.
Crime would go way down, prison populations too.
It would be a great paying, safe job.

Lmao.

Anyway.. back to the topic.

[Northern_Blitz]

I think we've been doing a bad job of keeping off topic stuff in the off topic section.

Are there any mods on the forum, or just Steelz?

[Buzz]

Really?
Dude. If you really are serious about this topic you wouldn’t think one example is all I can provide.

Here is a list of corruption by cops by state. Now if this is what is prosecuted, imagine what ISN’T reported or uncovered.



https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...least-corrupt/

So far as I can determine, that list is of all government officials, not just cops, and has to do only with violations of federal law. It doesn't tell us how many offenders are cops. And it doesn't tell us anything about the percentage of cops that have been found to be corrupt.

[hawaiiansteel]

I think we've been doing a bad job of keeping off topic stuff in the off topic section.

Are there any mods on the forum, or just Steelz?

fordfixer and papillon are active mods...

[Buzz]

fordfixer and papillon are active mods...

Anybody ever hear what happened to Ruthless? Hope his health is OK.

[Oviedo]

Anybody ever hear what happened to Ruthless? Hope his health is OK.

I miss him. Did he having a falling out and get banned or did he leave because he didn't like the way the board was going?

[Buzz]

I miss him. Did he having a falling out and get banned or did he leave because he didn't like the way the board was going?

Couldn't see that he'd been banned.

[hawaiiansteel]

Anybody ever hear what happened to Ruthless? Hope his health is OK.

Ruthless is fine, health problems aren't why he left.

he had issues with some of the language being used on this board, such as calling Tomlin an overpaid janitor. when he brought it up, he was invited to leave if he didn't like it.

being a proud man, he left.

[Northern_Blitz]

fordfixer and papillon are active mods...

Thanks Hawaiian. I don't mean to call anyone out, I just think there are lots of political conversations happening here (and I'm guilty of it too).

[hawaiiansteel]

Thanks Hawaiian. I don't mean to call anyone out, I just think there are lots of political conversations happening here (and I'm guilty of it too).

you're welcome.

I learned long ago to keep my political and religious views to myself. you're never going to change anyone's mind and probably just end up pissing them off.

[Northern_Blitz]

Ruthless is fine, health problems aren't why he left.

he had issues with some of the language being used on this board, such as calling Tomlin an overpaid janitor. when he brought it up, he was invited to leave if he didn't like it.

being a proud man, he left.

I thought that's why he stopped volunteering as a mod.

I didn't see anything on the first page of his most recent posts that indicated that he was fed up with the board (there's a comment about "Queerbait", but I think that was tongue in cheek, but maybe I'm misreading it).

I also don't see anything there that was ban worthy either (although I guess that's all in the eye of the beholder).

http://www.planetsteelers.com/forums/member.php/6904-RuthlessBurgher

Steelz implied something about PMs that were uncalled for (threatening?), but I don't remember those being attributed to a specific poster.

[Oh wow]

So far as I can determine, that list is of all government officials, not just cops, and has to do only with violations of federal law. It doesn't tell us how many offenders are cops. And it doesn't tell us anything about the percentage of cops that have been found to be corrupt.

I guess arguing that more than just cops are capable of corruption is a win in your part?

I won’t deny that fact.