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2 survivors - crew in the far rear of the plane....
Seems to have been caused by a bird strike - possibly two strikes - causing catostrophic damage to the right engine and hence the failure of electrical and hydraulic subsystems.
Scheduled Arrival from Thailand to Muan Airport at 08:30
• At approximately 08:20, while approaching the airport and preparing to land, the aircraft collided with a flock of birds at an altitude of 200 meters above ground. Flames erupted from the right engine.
• The captain abandoned the landing, pulled the nose up, and circled above the airport. Communication was made with the control tower to attempt a second landing.
• Around 09:05, a second landing attempt was made.
• Emergency fire crews were on standby near the runway.
• The engine condition worsened, causing the electrical and hydraulic systems to fail. The landing gear would not deploy.
• If the landing gear malfunction had been known in advance, fuel could have been dumped, and materials to cool the friction and flames on the runway could have been applied. However, the situation was urgent.
• With flames already spreading from the right engine and smoke and toxic gas entering the aircraft, there was no time to attempt a third landing. The captain decided to make an emergency belly landing.
• The entry and landing angles were good, and the captain successfully switched to manual control. However, deceleration relied solely on reverse thrust from the wings, and steering was impossible.
• To avoid damage to residential areas, the aircraft ultimately collided with the outer wall at the end of the runway.
Having Chinese take out. Wife went to pick it up. Chicken chow mein with garlic chicken and orange chicken. Not much of a rice guy so I choose all chow mein. This place a couple miles away has the best take out in my opinion.
I was a Rams fan before this, but this season was the first season where I really became aware of the NFL. It was so fun to see and hear names that I haven't heard in decades. Mercury Morris, Johnny Unitas (passed 40,000 yards in this week) and many more. Woodall filled in for an injured Joe Namath in the Jets game. Namath was quoted as saying that John Hadl was the best passer in the league (lol @den-the-coach ). The Eagles' Roman Gabriel dueled with the Redskins' back up QB Sonny Jerginson while healthy starter Billy Kilmer stalked the sideline.
It's interesting to remember the powerhouse teams in 1973 like the Miami Dolphins (defending World Champs), Steelers, Vikings and Cowboys..
I also realized why I was less familiar with Olinemen's names, Dbacks, etc... on the Rams because I rarely got to see a game on TV at 10 yrs old and only heard about the stars making big plays in the highlights and rarely read a sports page (Don't remember Dad taking a paper back then). This changed quite a bit after I saw a game in person when the Browns played the Rams that year. I believe Dad was gifted those tickets and he took me to the game. We went to Dodgers games much more frequently (less expensive?). Anyway, enjoy this old timers.... You too @Corbin ! Login to view embedded mediaView: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ych4_uT3eo
I really enjoyed watching Soto, paired with Judge in the lineup, but he did create a defensive problem for the Yankees. They had to play Soto in RF, where he still was not very good. That moved Judge to Centerfield, where he wasn't good. Stanton is the DH, so Soto had to play the outfield. It was too much of a defensive liability.
I'm happy with the Yankees off-season so far. The only thing I'd have done different is I'd keep Torres. His bat in the leadoff spot was valuable, despite subpar defense at second.
Getting Kyle Tucker would have been huge but the Astros wanted too much in return for one year of Tucker. The Yankees already traded one young, top level pitcher for one year of Soto along with a few good bullpen arms. It was fun but in hindsight, I'd rather they had not traded Mike King for one year of Soto.
Sometimes he looks too tentative to take shots. He also looks like he’s taking to long to make a decision in some games. He may have gone top five based on physical tools but he either needs more playing time or isn’t a quick enough thinker to succeed in the NFL. I’m pretty sure he started playing football in high school, which could explain his processing speed.
I loved watching Dickerson run. He was truly great. However, over the past three decades, I have found Dickerson’s comments about the past debate able, at best … and, occasionally, entertaining fantasy.
The Bears 46 Defense always played the run first, and then went to Kill the Quarterback.
They didn’t load-the-box for Dickerson in the 1985 NFC Championship. The box was already loaded. Six of the Bears front Seven were legitimate Pro Bowl players. Three of them were Hall of Famers; and, arguably, it could have been five.
The 1985 Rams’ offensive line had four Pro Bowl players; and the 5th (Irv Pankey) was really good. The Bears defensive front dominated the Rams’ O-Line that awful Sunday, as it did the week before in the Divisional Round and a couple weeks later in the Super Bowl.
If Eric Dickerson thinks the Rams were a ‘halfway competent QB’ away from winning that game, THAT is fantasy world stupid, in my opinion.
Anyway, that’s my memory … and, these days, I can sometimes forget my address … but I would love to hear what some posters who were around in 1985 (but not kids) recall and think.
Bears 46 D was a "stuff the run keep going to the QB if he has it" defense. I believe they always called it loading the box with the SS lined up close, and they did with Fencik. Madden would gush about it. The CBs were on an island and they had 2 who could stay with their man until the rush got there. Dolphins' upset on MNF showed that if you give Marino enough time he could expose them.
Rams did need a halfway decent QB in all of ED's years with the Rams. Everett showed signs of that in ED's last 2, but also he had some rookie mistakes. Ferragamo had been either regressing or the OC didn't play to his strengths. He wasn't a timing pass QB as I recall, and he could be really off the mark at times in his last 2 years. Kemp and Brock were average at best. And Ellard being a young talented rookie as their only vertical threat means their offense was very limited. Duckworth had shown some signs but then mysteriously went AWOL and wasn't available. Michael Young as backup, who's afraid of that guy? And Ron Brown wasn't always "that guy" either and was inconsistent.
The Rams had beaten that 46 defense pretty decisively in 1983 and 1984 in the big A. But with Brock at QB there was just no way they were gonna get past the Bears D. Back then I had higher hopes for him because he had at least 4 very good games that season. But he was trash in the playoffs.
As for the OL, pretty much what you said. Pankey wasn't all pro but I remember his battles with LT. It wasn't anything like Slater vs Reggie White in 1988, but they had some good back and forth plays. Pankey didn't usually require help on the all-world LB, and would sometimes get off a good block on him, or hold, and LT would get fired up and make the next play. Irv held his own, but one could only do so much vs Taylor. Madden was great calling the replays. Of course he was always an LT guy but he gave Pankey some props.
I actually liked the Bears back then mainly because they dethroned the whiners and thrashed the cowgirls. I rode their wave of cool misfits for a bit until that championship game. Then I was like screw them and their fans. A team I like becomes an enemy when they play the Rams. The fridge hype started to get old, and I thought the song video they did was dumb... until I saw the Rams' cringe version!
I'm still trying to design my Rams tattoo. Want to incorporate Rams, Lakers, Dodgers into one and have the basic design for it. I do a large search for the right talented tattoo artist before I ink anything.
I get the take since he does look like the Clowney type. And you very well may be right. I changed my mind because I see data points that indicate he will be a big sack guy.
In Clowney's 11 years, he's had one season that surpassed Verse's 68 total pressures to date (6 sacks, 14 QB hits, 48 hurries). His 14 QB hits matches Clowney's career high. Verse, as a still developing rookie, is already superior to Clowney in the very basic pass rush stats.
When you take a deeper dive into more advanced metrics, they aren't close. In PFFs and ESPN's pass rush metrics, Verse is in the top 10. Before he hit the wall, he was in the top 5 across all metrics. Clowney is usually in the 20s or 30s with his best years topping out at around 13th.
More than any other data point I've seen, the below chart from early November, shows that Verse is very capable of getting the quick win. Note that he ranks top 5 in quick disruption pressure rate.
I think he is or will be better than Clowney, I just made the comparison because they are similar in terms of high pressure rates, but fewer sacks than you would expect based on those pressure rates.
Growing up in Hawaii we may have been a little behind but we kinda kept up. I remember hearing cool, cherry, righteous... for something good in the 70's, before bad came out. And if it was better than cool, it was "way cool." We all usually get our slang from the media be it movies, TV, or radio. And from others who heard it before we did.
Then I remember awesome become the favorite. Around when bad came out, maybe a little after... it was fresh, still in the 80s, then sweet was maybe the 90s, then "tight" after that. When Michael Jackson's song came out, bad was already the norm for good for some years. Now it's badass (one word), fire, and sick. I can't ever use sick for good, it always meant having a cold, barfing, skipping work (calling in) or being messed up in the head.
Most of us remember when goat used to be unflattering. You screwed up and lost the game, you were a goat! That changed in about the late 90s early 2000s? Maybe this goes in the non-football thread. Toss me over there if you like, mods.
Well, I was born in So Cal, but left in 1975 for Texas and I was using "bad" before I left.
In the 80's it was more Valley Girl lingo. "Tripindicular" "Totally" "Gag me with a spoon" "like TOTALLY" "lord god king Bu-Fu". All of which were in @Merlin 's verbal wheelhouse....
