Atlanta Braves Thread - The "John Hart/ John Coppollela da real MVPs" Edition

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Vercingetorix said:
Nice. If you liked KFC livers, you'll like them even more if you go to a real southern restaurant where they don't overcook them. Hard to find them cooked right. (And I'm not allowed to make them anymore because of how it makes the house smell.)

Kudos for being man enough to try eating a filtration organ. I finally talked Junior into trying some a few months ago and now he loves them.

Wish one of the KFCs around here had livers. Only one I know of anymore is the KFC in Pigeon Forge.
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The main reason I have a hard time eating them is that we used them raw A LOT as catfish bait as a kid and the smell would stay on my hands all day...ugh.

These were mellow and not overcooked. I'm tempted to try marinating some in apple juice (since apple juice works so well for the gamey flavor in venison).
 
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GreatWhiteNorth said:
Chicken livers are the go-to bait for catfish. Grew up fishing with them myself.
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Yep. Seemed like we went every weekend in the summer. Hot and humid as fsck, ticks and mosquitoes all over, water moccasins and snapping turtles...great times. There's a country song in there somewhere.
 
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FalcoVol said:
Yep. Seemed like we went every weekend in the summer. Hot and humid as fsck, ticks and mosquitoes all over, water moccasins and snapping turtles...great times. There's a country song in there somewhere.
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But you ain't mentioned nothing about momma or trains or trucks or prison or gettin' drunk.
 
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Notorious B.E.N said:
Yall really want Vince Young 2.0?
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The sensible play would be to trade the pick and get several players/picks to address their MANY areas of need. However, there's a 1000% chance the Titans will end up drafting Winston. That franchise is stuck in a vicious cycle of wallowing in 7-9 or 8-8 mediocrity for years, and on the rare occasion they actually bottom out and get a draft pick good enough to secure a franchise player, they squander it on a QB that ends up being a bust.
 
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Notorious B.E.N said:
Yall really want Vince Young 2.0?
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I dont necessarily want him on my team, but he is much better than VY. There are a lot of teams that would get silly to move up to take him at 2. I think the general assumption is that he will be gone at 1. If doesn't act like a dumbass, he will be a really good NFL QB.
 
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Scotty's Flat Top said:
I dont necessarily want him on my team, but he is much better than VY. There are a lot of teams that would get silly to move up to take him at 2. I think the general assumption is that he will be gone at 1. If doesn't act like a dumbass, he will be a really good NFL QB.
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Well, yes. The same was true of Ryan Leaf. And Vince Young. Etc etc. Taking a QB in the draft is always a crapshoot, but taking an idiot QB high in the draft takes it to another level. The mental aspects of the NFL QB job are so important that that's almost all that matters.

Maybe Winston will be great. But when his own agent says he's not ready for life off the field in the NFL, that's a red flag with flashing strobe lights pointed at it. When you're a team that needs everything, why stake so much on a high risk/reward pick like that?
 
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Vercingetorix said:
Well, yes. The same was true of Ryan Leaf. And Vince Young. Etc etc. Taking a QB in the draft is always a crapshoot, but taking an idiot QB high in the draft takes it to another level. The mental aspects of the NFL QB job are so important that that's almost all that matters.

Maybe Winston will be great. But when his own agent says he's not ready for life off the field in the NFL, that's a red flag with flashing strobe lights pointed at it. When you're a team that needs everything, why stake so much on a high risk/reward pick like that?
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Because it is absolutely worth it if he hits. The dude's football IQ is through the roof. It's a gamble, sure, but outside of Andrew Luck, the majority of early QB draft picks have been a gamble to some extent. The way he plays inside the lines, and with his football IQ, teams are drooling over him.
 
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The misnomer on Winston is that he is dumb, he is actually really smart. But insanely immature, that along with the privilege of being a top prep prodigy is a dangerous combo. That said, the NFL will roll the dice on that talent every time. They are maybe what, 10-20 elite QB's over the age of 18 on this earth right now?
 
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He reminds me of Byron Leftwich sans the injuries. His ceiling may be Big Ben. He's worth the risk if you will babysit him, imo.

Good thing is, guaranteed money isn't as crippling as it once was.
 
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If Winston falls to two, the Titans would be dumb not to pick him. I don't care if he fails miserably off the field - you have to take the chance.
 
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