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I notice it when I talk to friends my age. I end up filling in the words for them.

We joke about it. But it is common.

It happens once in a while with me. One thing that pops up is spelling. A simple word will sometimes draw a blank. Then I think "wait a minute how did I forget that"?

I read a lot. But I don't forget where I was in the book when I pick it back up.

Overall everyone gets what I call "slipage." You are not as crisp as you were.

Dementia of course is very real. It probably is a combination of heredity and lifestyle. Not sure what you can do.

I see ads about supplements but I don't trust that unless it is verified with controlled case studies.

As long as you stick to an exercise program. That is important. On the wagon and off doesn't work.

Flexibility is important to try and maintain and that goes along with joint protection.

Not Quite- always Lawyers involved- Sorsby's attorney, Jeffrey Kessler, called the NFL's decision "a violation of the CBA and the law" and said in a statement to CBS Sports that "we will pursue this immediately with the NFLPA." I don't get it, he-Sorsby- gambled on his/other college football games- players betting on games/ especially theirs is universally a no/no......yet, his lawyer says NFL broke law.....duh!, he ain't in the league yet and MOST employers can reject a prospective employee for poor judgement- he might not EVER play in NFL for his personal stupidity.

No drama now.

It will be interesting to see what they will do for the 27 draft.

How did the Browns get here


If Quincy applied the same standards to everyone involved, his credibility wouldn’t take nearly as much damage. It’s hard to take moral criticism seriously when someone is so focused on the speck in another person’s eye while ignoring the beam in their own.

A young, ambitious player making the biggest decision of his life should not be judged by the same standards as a middle-aged billionaire owner with unlimited resources, total authority, and the power to control every aspect of the situation. That should be self-evident.

The more time passes, the more disappointed I become with the decision-makers involved.

They had time.
They had resources.
They had access to more information than any of us.
Most importantly, they had all the power in the world to handle this situation better.

Think back to 2020 for a moment.

The Browns felt like the team everyone wanted to root for.
The players played with joy, energy, and passion. The fanbase was dancing, singing, and embracing the whole “Corvette Corvette” era. The “Same Old Browns” narrative finally felt dead. Even the touchdown celebrations were so much fun that fans couldn’t help but smile and join in.

Five years later, it’s remarkable how completely an organization can lose its identity.
The Browns team I fell in love with in 2020 doesn’t exist anymore. The culture, the energy, and the connection between the team and the fans have from my part of the world largely disappeared.

All I can do now is hope that one day, before I’m gone, the Browns find their way back to being that team again.

I'm happy to see that issue is now settled.

No Supplemental Draft in 2026
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...tal-draft-brendan-sorsby-nfl-path-paused

AI was very helpful for me. Workout plan, adjusting my diet, deep dive on supplements I should be taking as a 55+ male. It put together a quick HIIT workout that kicks my butt.

I workout with weights, I have since high school. I get lazy once in a while so I just quit adhering to a firm schedule; especially as much as we travel. I hate structure and I like to mix things up.

I do pushups nearly every day of my life. I mean, drop for 35 with perfect form... sometimes 40. Every year I make sure I can do my age in pushups in one drop. Other than that, I embrace activity as much as I can. Walking, biking, hiking, etc... I would love to have a pool as close as you do, Bone. That's an amazing way to stay in shape.


My biggest hurdle right now is trying to understand what I can do to improve my mind. I'm tired of forgetting things... forgetting words mid-sentence. No, it's not something that goes on all day, it's just very aggravating when it does.

Anybody have a magic elixir for that??

Recently I received a clean bill of health from my cardiologist.

My heart is completely normal. There is no residual damage or scarring from a "widowmaker" heart attack in March of 24. I am off meds. except for baby aspirin and a statin.

It was made clear to me that 15 years of swimming twice a week saved my life. It created bypass capillaries that provided time when a blockage occurred. It also prevented long term damage. One of my best friends died from the same type of heart attack.

Water is 800 more dense than air. Swimming is widely considered the ultimate overall workout because it perfectly combines full-body strength training and cardiovascular endurance. It forces you to engage nearly every muscle group simultaneously while eliminating the stress that high-impact land exercises (like running) place on your skeleton and joints.

I am lucky to have a really nice indoor aquatic center 2 miles away. In 15 years I swam close to 1500 miles.

AI can be helpful.

It may be able to help design an appropriate workout for each person's condition.

If you input all your physical history and current conditions. Include most recent physical and blood work information.

List any chronic condition, and surgeries. It can give you tests to perform to measure where you are in your age bracket.

It can make suggestions of things to consider to help improve your individual case.

My goal is simplistic. I want to be able to do as much as I can for as long as possible.

Motion is lotion. When you stop. You rust.

1) I'd be fine with it, but I also doubt that it happens. See #2. I'd take a 3rd for him in a heartbeat, though, regardless of where that leaves us.
2) Absolutely not, but that said, Watson is our best QB and then we have a bunch of guys that nobody wants to see because if they get on the field, we're going to lose
3) I already assumed as much because unless he REALLY went in the tank, there's no chance that any of the others are close to him


1) I am not in favor of it, at all. Feels too much like Josh Gordon, but without Josh's insane talent ceiling.
2) Context here matters... the NFL will slap you on the wrist for sexual misconduct, it will cut you off for life over gambling, so yeah, gambling is worse from the perspective of wanting a player to be around and available
3) I don't know, but unless it is a SERIOUS and INDISPUTABLE upgrade over the entire roster, it isn't even worth entertaining the idea, in my opinion

First off,it would be another media circus that this young team doesnot need this year.
secondly,it may all be moot,the Supp.Draft is held at the whim of the Commish,it may or maynot take place.

Facts.

And things will cause you discomfort. I hear people say all the time "I can't do that because this hurts or that hurts". Now, granted, plenty of folks have real structural issues that prevent them from moving the way they did in their youth, but I'd venture to say that the vast, overwhelming majority simply have bodies they haven't used and the inertia of doing nothing overrides any notion of breaking out of that. That leads to weak muscles which leads to small gaps in joints. It leads to poor balance and being easily injured because the body no longer has the strength to control itself against other forces. Complacency kills.

Conversely, working out all the time may cause lots of soreness in muscles, but I'd rather be sore than hurt. I'd rather be strong and resilient. Strong muscles create space in joints which leads to better joint health and it gives me the ability to still get around easily, to still be able to get out of a chair easily, to still squat ass-to-grass and just hang out there and then stand up like it's nothing; things actually move the way they are supposed to. Strong means that I'm still self-sufficient. Carrying 100lbs of chicken feed at a time on my shoulder from the car to the feeders 100 yards away is trivial. Getting two 50 lb bags onto that shoulder at once is just another thing. It means that I rarely, if ever, have an unexpected fall. Your balance *IS* your core muscles. Having strong core - abs, lower back, obliques, glutes, hips - means that your body can react and brace against unexpected things like a shoe toe getting caught in the carpet and tripping you. People fall because those muscles are no longer able to react fast enough or strongly enough to prevent the fall.

Personally, I absolutely LOVE to lift heavy. At 55, I am a good bit younger than most of y'all in this thread, but I'm still getting up there and I see the effects of age regularly.... but, I refuse to let that stop me. I acknowledge what I must and adapt my training only as required, but I still go heavy and still push to get stronger constantly, and then I pay extra attention to how I recover and help the body repair itself.

I agree 100%. Sadly I think the NFL has been tougher on a player gambling than being a sexual predator.

Because of the short time frame before the supplemental draft.

The evaluation of Sorsby becomes more difficult. All physical traits are easy to verify.

Grading his talent on the field as a prospect is something every team will do.

The hard part of his evaluation is the gambling addiction and being diagnosed as having an anxiety disorder.

If he had returned to college that part of the evaluation would have been way easier because there would be a year under a microscope to follow his treatment and progress.

As fans we do not know his character as a person.

Gambling has come a long way. It is promoted and sold all over the place. It is made to be addicting. Sorsby began gambling in high school at 18. Public health experts and addiction specialists agree that the modern digital gambling ecosystem is fundamentally engineered for addiction.

Because the supplemental draft is in July. I have to wonder if the professionals treating him can be accurate about his prognosis.

So, the Browns and any team interested in bidding on him have a limited amount of time to get a comprehensive evaluation done.

With that said I fully expect teams will investigate, and draw a conclusion.

IMO he could go as high as a second and as low as a fifth.

Every team in search of a quarterback now and down the road will check him out.

* Edit add on. I just read this; "If anybody reads the NCAA investigation, they went through all four years of Brendan’s bets. The conclusion was there’s never integrity of the game violations. Again, his bets at Indiana were from the dorm room, not on the travel roster. The minute he was on the travel roster, there was never another college football bet ever placed."

Netanyahu has zero interest in peace. Once military conflict has gone, he is losing power and being prosecuted.

On the MoU ... there is not one single thing I have read so far that indicates we will be in a better position than when Trump tore up the previous agreement that was in place during Term 1.

1. I am ok moving on from Sanders. He has a long long way to go, odds are very remote that he will be a bonafide starting caliber QB. He has a carnival that follows him as far as media goes. His work ethic - which I have consistently read is excellent - is his one characteristic I like a lot - as well as his deep ball, which **potentially** suits Monken's offense and the ability of both Bonds and Decepcion.
2. 100% comfortable with Gabriel as a backup.
3. I hate the idea of Watson starting - he's been putrid and he's a sexual predator. But if we moved on from Sanders this might be the outcome. I don't like it but I was forced to accept it before.

1. For a 4th round pick - possibly a 3rd if they really like him based on skillset and interviewing him and believing he can move on from his gambling ...
2. It's not even in the same universe let alone ballpark. Watson has conducted himself in a far worse way. Trying to compare the two does these transgressions an injustice.
3. I have not seen Sorsby play ... I can't comment to his ability.

I don't have any belief that Green is going to amount to anything. Before you wrote your post I was going to say I was in complete agreement with what Oober wrote in his last post.

Current:
1) I'm not ok with moving on from Shedeur. From all indications he is building a nice rapport with the rookies and Bond. I don't want to disrupt that just yet. I would rather go into the season to see where it goes. If he is playing decent, but doesn't look like he has made some pretty big strides, then move him by the trade deadline and start the rookie QB process early.
2) I am comfortable with Gabriel as a backup, but wouldn't want to rely on him for anything more than spot duty. I have no opinion on Green yet, but would rather have Gabriel than him as backup at this time.
3) I'm indifferent on this. IF Sanders isn't the guy, then I am thinking about the draft any way. There is no universe that Watson is a Brown beyond 2026 season, so if he starts, then Sanders might as well be traded at any time.

Moving on
1) I am not comfortable with spending draft capital on Sorsby. It has as much to do with what I have seen on film as it does a gambling addiction. I do think with treatment, he can overcome an addiction. I just don't see any more in him than I did from Shedeur Sanders coming out of college. Different style of QBs, I am not comparing their skill set, just comparing what I feel to be their ceiling. I wouldn't use higher than a 5th round pick in the supplemental for him.
2) No, it's a pretty easy answer for me on this one
3) Tune in July 10th for his pro day for those that love underwear Olympics. I don't see a QB that makes great decisions. Can that be taught? Sure it can, but I don't think he will end up any better than the best mediocre QB in the league. Is that good enough for us?

It makes sense for someone like Detroit to take a chance on him with a 3rd/4th round pick. They are going to be picking at the bottom of every round until Goff retires. Goff is only 31, so even they might not want to risk anything on Sorsby.

Someone like Tampa Bay who hasn't settled a contract issue with Baker Mayfield yet, might want to think about this. A) Baker will have them competing for a playoff spot. B) Baker has had his share of controversy coming into the league. He could mentor that aspect for Sorsby if they both agree to use that platform. C) They don't have any viable option outside of Baker. I don't know that anyone thinks Jake Browning could be the heir apparent to Baker. Baker's camp has said, if they don't have the contract worked out by training camp, he is just going to play the final year on his current contract and go back into free agency. The Buccaneers would have a full season to see what Sorsby is without much being on the line. If Sorsby is a steal with a 3rd round pick, good on them. If they work things out with Baker, they might still have a decent backup with a 3rd round pick. I would put Sorsby with about as much of a chance at being a franchise guy as Sanders or Gabriel.

Now, if anyone is going to take a chance at a home run vs strike out, I think that will be the Jets. They just drafted Kade Klubnik, but they probably already have a good feeling that he isn't going to be a franchise guy. throwing a 3rd rounder at Sorsby might give them piece of mind at making a decision to take a QB high in the 2027 draft. They would probably be Sorsby's best chance at competing for a starting job in the NFL. Gino Smith is on loan as a NFL starter. At 35 he has played some of his best football in recent years, but also some of his worst. He isn't a long term answer. They don't have anyone after Klubnik of mention, so sliding Sorsby in as the #3 emergency QB would be fairly simple.

I don't think this is a going to be a fight for Sorsby. I think maybe 5 teams at the most put in a bid. With maybe 2 teams putting in anything higher than a 5th round bid.

He's listed at 6'3", let's see what he really measures in at his pro day. If he is closer to 6'0"-1", then he might go undrafted. If he is a true 6'3", someone might go as high as a 3rd, but I am willing to bet he goes for a 4th. Do you think Sorsby would take me up on that bet?

Does all of this go hand in hand?

Few questions, let's start with the current QB room

1) Is everyone ok with moving on from Shedeur? Follow up, if so, what is the least you would take and be comfortable moving him?
2) Is everyone comfortable with Dillon Gabriel being the backup or does anyone trust Green to be the backup?
3) Is everyone comfortable with Desaun Watson being the starter, with no contestation?

Moving on...
1) Who is and who isn't comfortable with bringing on another project QB with a gambling addiction?
2) Is gambling worse than having 26 women sue a guy for sexual misconduct? Both sound like addictive issues.
3) What does Sorsby's actual skill set look like separating the negative issue at hand?

Let's start there and work our way up...

One sure fact is the less you move.

The less you will be able to move.

This is where I'm at. You bid a pick for him that you don't mind getting nothing for (5th... maybe a 4th, tops). First sign of stupidity, you cut him.

And for the folks saying that'd be too many QBs.... You really don't think we aren't going to see ALL of them start at one point or another this year? Because we will.

I'm shocked... shocked, I tell you.

I am fortunate in the fact that I have a very physical job. But I'm still aging.

When I walk into a gym and look at the basketball rims - the same height as when I played - back when I could dunk 1 handed, or 2 handed - I know look up and wonder "HOW did I do that?"

Takes me a good 10 minutes, in the morning, to feel like I 'should', as far as walking.

Best thing for me is my job. Just getting to work is a privilege, and starting makes me feel good. I don't jump anymore. I don't run, but I am physically active, through work.