ChanceSchmerr

After this coming season. His value couldn't be lower right now. No need to trade him unless you're blown away at the trade deadline.

Don't sleep on the Packers. Offence is getting stronger with Jacobs starting to roll, and that secondary (McKinney with 7(!) picks) can steal a game from anyone. They may be 3rd-best in the division but depending on how much you trust the Vikes smoke-and-mirrors game, they have a reasonable claim to being the 3rd best team in the NFC after the Lions and Eagles.

Soto should go to Toronto. $705M contract, guaranteed money in a deliberate bird-flip to the Dudgers and their anticompetitive buy-everyone-and-skirt-competitive-rules approach. Rogers (Blue Jays owners) - Pay up, you cowards! The alternative is watching VGJ and Bichette walking after this year and a decade of irrelevancy to follow.

Bless you for resurrecting this old thread/review. I can honestly agree with my past self - I really should have bought more 07/08 Punch PCdPs instead of that 04 box of "Petti Coronas". They have been fine but not anywhere like these were. 07/08 was a golden age for Punch cigars IMO.

There you go, Ken. Fixed it for you, mate

Personally, I was never impressed with the 50s/54s, nor the recent REs. The Best of QdO was always the Coronas, Panetelas and Grand Coronas. I guess I'll just ration the remaining stock I have of those three, because any premiumization of QdO takes the prospect of buying any more Coronas pretty much off the table. But I will look in Germany next week when I'm there....just in case. Oh well!

Concur with this take. Both teams are special. I love Dan Campbell's approach to games. It makes it far more fun to watch a game than we've seen in general over the last 10-20 years. It's like the rest of the league conveniently forgot about fake punts, going for it on 4th down, trick plays, etc.

Loved Air Force One. Knowing this makes it even better. GET OFF MY PLANE

Evil Empire? Jordan picks up where he left off last season, and shows us that Love is all you need....on Offence. Meanwhile, GB's defence finally plays up to its talent with a new DC who doesn't actually keep doing the same stupid looks 5 billion times when the whole league knows what you're cooking. Packers romp to a 13-4 record, and finally win an NFCCG. I reserve my judgement on how they do in the SB until I see who comes out of the AFC. If It's Ayahusca boy, we lose (he will not lose a SB to Green Bay). Anyone else, we win. Either way, I'm primed for disappointment!

@topdiesel! Good to see you back on the boards as well, John. Brings a smile to know some of the guys I remember but hadn't seen in a while are still out there too.

I'm in. Although my full entered name got "Thrillho"d when I registered. It should read "ChanceSchmerr's Football Futility."

@zeedubbya Great to see you back online! I've been similarly absent, trying to get back into the group when I can. To answer your most recent question - I believe people are still showing the generosity you mentioned. I tend to over-pack when it comes to cigars when I travel, and share readily with friends and strangers alike when the cigars come out, without expectation of recompense (last month I was in Kentucky and Nashville for a birthday trip, I gave some Party Presidentes to my servers at the cigar bar in Lexington - the joy on their face is just a golden feeling). I've also made trades in the last few years where people went above and beyond with extras (a certain gentleman in Philly comes to mind). So it does still happen. I feel like Cigar enthusiasts are some of the most generous and kind people out there - I say pay it forward and you'll never regret the joy you provide for others.

It's disappointing from an ethics and fair-play perspective, and these coaches should be held accountable, but I feel like I'd want to reserve final judgement on the actions until we can see if there's any evidence to the claim that "every top ten team does it". If true (to any extent), and it's a case of the Canadians just being the unlucky team that got caught at it, what then? Interesting to see the Ex-Men's head coach named in the unredacted report. After the disappointing show in the last world cup, and his subsequent departure, this seems less surprising in retrospect to hear him involved. Ultimately - at a time when the Canadian talent in football is undeniably better than it's ever been, and on the rise - this is yet another unfortunate self-inflicted distraction (along with the pay/funding disagreements that were aired publicly) that drags through the mud a pair of national teams that should be otherwise celebrated for their recent ascendancy and achievements.

Sounds like a great trip! I've just been approved to attend some work meetings in Eckernforde, Germany, the week of 23-27 Sept. I fly to Hamburg on 19/20 Sept and spend the weekend there before the meetings. Looks like i'd just miss you time-wise in London, otherwise i'd arrange a stopover there! Have a blast!

...That's because our CIWS and Countermeasures suites were so capable, right? .....right?