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Nazair Jones- Defensive Tackle

Seattle Seahawks

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Seahawks release former 3rd-rounder Nazair Jones - Mon, 04 May 2020 PST

Former third-round pick Nazair Jones was one of four players waived by the Seattle Seahawks as the team reached its 90-man roster limit. Seahawks release former 3rd-rounder Nazair Jones - Mon, 04 May 2020 PST

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B-17 Madame Betterfly of the 305th Bomb Group.

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 305th Bomb Group fly in formation during a mission. B-17F (KY-G 41-24592) nicknamed "Madame Betterfly" is visible in the foreground. The 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy), nicknamed "Can Do" was activated 1-March-1942 at Salt Lake City Air Base, Utah which was their primary training base until 11-Jun-1942 when they relocated to Geiger Field, Washington until 29-Jun-1942, then on to Muroc Lake Air Base in California for intensive flight training between 29-Jun-42 to 20-August-1942

In early September 1942 the ground unit travelled by train to Fort Dix, New Jersey then on 5-September-1942 the ground unit sailed on the Queen Mary and disembarked on at Greenock, Inverclyde, UK on 12-September-1942 and proceeded to their UK Station 106 at Grafton Underwood.

Meanwhile, the air unit proceeded to Syracuse, New York for six weeks of advanced flight training between late August 1942 until October 1942 when they received new B-17F bombers. The bombers flew via the Presque Isle, Maine-Gander, Newfoundland-Prestwick, UK route during October 1942 and assembled at Grafton Underwood. The Group flew its first mission on 17-November-1942 flying a diversion mission for other groups bombing the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. On 11-Dec-1942 the Group was relocated to Station 105, Chelveston where it remained for the remainder of the war. For a week in July 1945, the Group moved to St. Trond, Belgium, where it conducted photo-mapping flights over Europe and North Africa as part of Project "Casey Jones".

During their tour of duty the Group flew 337 missions in 9,321 sorties and dropped 22,363 tons of bombs. The Group lost 154 aircraft MIA; 13 of those losses occurred on the famous "2nd Schweinfurt" mission of 14-Oct-1943, the most losses of any Bomb Group participating in that action. Because of the losses the Group sustained on that mission, the Group was given the Nazi flag that flew above that city when it was captured by the US 42nd Infantry Division in April 1945.

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Seattle Seahawks 2017 Draft Grade

Here is the grade for the Seattle Seahawks in the 2017 NFL Draft. Every player selected by the Seahawks will receive a short scouting report.

The Seattle Seahawks start their draft by moving down twice to the 3rd pick in the 2nd round to select Michigan State Malik McDowell. McDowell is a long, freakish athlete with the ability to play inside and outside at the pro level and, when he wants to, the ability to completely disrupt the opposing offense by himself. However McDowell playing style lack polish and rarely plays with high effort especially last season when the team was lacking talent overall. McDowell has the athleticism to be a dominant defensive lineman at the pro level but will need to prove he can play with good effort and technique if he wants to crack the starting lineup on a very deep defensive line rotation though he could see snaps at left end to give Michael Bennett a rest. The next selection for the Seahawks was LSU offensive lineman, Ethan Pocic. Pocic is a very long and versatile interior lineman along with very good strength and agility to be effective at multiple positions on the offensive line. Pocic might be tall for an NFL center and too often will play with very high pad level along with showing poor technique in pass protection. Pocic has the ability to back up every position on the offensive line though he will likely see most of his time on the interior, focusing on the center. Shaquill Griffin, cornerback from Central Florida was the next selection of the Seahawks with their pick in the 3rd round. Griffin brings very good length and power to the cornerback position and proved to have very good speed to stick with receivers in tight man coverage and showed good ability to track the ball down field to make the big turnover. However Griffin had issues sticking with powerful receivers and shows very raw technique when in zone or off man coverage and is only average in run support. Griffin is placed into a very deep cornerback position and will likely need to show very good ability as a nickel corner and special teams dynamo in order to make the roster as a corner. The next selection for the Seahawks is Michigan safety Delano Hill. Hill is a very strong safety player who is very effective as a box safety or as a deep centerfielder while showing very good tackling technique along with a good amount of plays behind the line of scrimmage. Hill has issues when covering in man though he lacks elite ability to change direction along with average speed to make up mistakes in coverage. Hill will likely begin his career on special teams while backing up Kam Chancellor at the strong safety position and should be effective if he stays as a box safety. Nazair Jones, defensive tackle from North Carolina is the next selection for the Seattle Seahawks. Jones has good size and length with good playing strength to hold up at the point of attack with sound and active hands as a rusher. However Jones has lackluster instincts and lacks elite reaction time to adjust to screens and draw plays and doesn’t show the agility to quickly read the play and run toward the ball. Jones has great length and could be effective as a pass rusher on the interior of the defensive line as an interior push along with long arms to knock down passes. The next selection for the Seahawks is Amara Darboh, wide receiver from Michigan. Darboh brings very good size and strength to the receiver position and shows an elite catching radius and shows very good power and technique as a blocker and can consistently win jump balls down the field. Darboh lacks great quickness and is more of a long strider with rounded off routes and will usually not catch with his hands. Darboh was fairly productive at Michigan and brings very good size to the receiver position and should make the roster as a 5th receiver and special teamer for the Seahawks and could be used in the endzone. The next selection for the Seahawks is Tedric Thompson, safety from Colorado. Thompson shows elite instincts and ball skills as a deep safety and shows very good hands to pick off passes with great regularity and was able to snatch 7 interceptions and enough athleticism to work as a free safety. However Thompson lacks elite speed and size for safety and at times will have issues tackling the ball carrier along with concussion issues that cost him 4 games in 2014. Thompson will likely back up Earl Thomas as a rookie or possibly Kam Chancellor along with playing a large amount of snaps on special teams and possibly in nickel positions. The next selection is Cincinnati safety, Michael Tyson. Tyson is a very good tackler with very impressive power and enough speed and agility to cover slots in man coverage along with good ability to play in zone and very good ball skills to take away the pass. However Tyson lacks fluid hips in his transition and will often allow separation when covering receivers and lacks the speed to recover deep downfield. Tyson will be a special teamer as a rookie though he could be used as a nickel corner or backup safety but will be playing against 2 higher draft picks for the position. The next pick by the Seahawks is Mississippi State offensive lineman, Justin Senior. Senior has great size and length as an offensive lineman along with very good strength as a run blocker and could play at both guard positions and possibly right tackle. Senior however has issues with footwork and is very raw overall in pass protection and lacks the agility and speed to consistently lead on sweeps and traps or get to the 2nd level and will need to show a good knee bend instead of bending at the waist. Senior could play as a swing guard and possibly see time backing up the right tackle position. David Moore, wide receiver from East Central University is the next selection for the Seahawks. Moore has a good mix of size and speed and has the power to bully smaller cornerbacks along with a tremendous ability to perform in the redzone. However Moore has issues as a route runner and his level of competition is a huge issue that could hurt his ability to perform right off the bat. Moore will need to show the ability to play on special teams to make the team as a rookie but his physical playing style will likely allow him to fit right in as a Seahawks receiver. The final selection of the Seahawks is Oklahoma State runningback, Christopher Carson. Carson is a powerful runningback with good pad level and blocking ability and has shown a great ability to hold onto the ball. However Carson lacks the speed to break away in college or the pro level and lacks the quickness and elusiveness to make defenders miss overall. Carson will have to play on special teams or show his ability to produce on short yardage and goal line situations in the preseason and possibly make the roster as the 4th runningback and special team player. The Seahawks did very well trading down in the draft and added several picks in the draft to add much needed depth to the defensive backfield and interior pass rush. The Seahawks were able to address the offensive line with Pocic and Senior but both will likely need to play inside at the pro level with little ability to play left tackle. Adding several safeties will help the safety depth after the injuries to the Legion of Boom last year and adding big physical receivers could help Russell Wilson’s ability to perform as a passer. However, not addressing the backup Quarterback position along with no additions at linebacker or outside pass rusher could lead to issues with season. Overall the Seahawks were able to add several talented players but also left several positions lacking, leading me to give the Seahawks a B grade for the 2017 draft.

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2017 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings: Defensive Tackle

2017 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings: Defensive Tackle

By: Zach Metkler, GZ Sports Report Writer Follow @GZSports_ZM After breaking down the offense, we will now turn our attention to the defensive side of the ball, where there is a boat-load of talent for teams to grab as this is a very deep defensive class as a whole. Time and time again, NFL teams have proven that defenses can still be the difference-makers in games so talent is always at a��

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Research: History of Black hair

Many of the hairstyles that are popularized within the black community have origins to many different times in history.

Ancient Origins

Many traditional hairstyles can be traced back to Ancient Egyptian times, this is evidence is often found in drawings, engravings and hieroglyphs from the time. These detailed drawings often have imagery of box braids, dreadlocks and afro styled shape-ups.

A famous painted sandstone piece that depicts the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti was re-discovered in 1913 showcases her getting her hair braided, this imagery embodies feminine power. During this times wigs were a symbol of wealth and royalty for men and women, only those of wealth were approve of wearing such thing as wigs. 

The first image depicts the princess having her hair done (2050BC sarcophagus of princess Kawit) 

However there has been evidence of Braids being traced back to the Ancient Nok civilisation in Nigera. There is a sculpture that dates back to 500BC that shows a figure with cornrows.

Braids

Braids throughout history, especially African, were a symbol of wealth, religion, martial status, age and rank within west African communities. The skills of braiding is seen as a art form that in many African communities is passed down from the elders to the daughters of this community, this is also now seen in the western community as myself i learned how to braid my hair from my mother and sister. Bandtu knots which are still popular to this day is a well known hairstyle within the African communities, bandtu translating to “people” in many African languages aswell as also being known as Zulu Knots by the Zulu people.

Cornrows

Cornrow braids were named after there similarities to cornfields. Africans originally wore these braids as a representation of agriculture, a tribe that is known for this style of braids is Mbalantu women in Namibia who were known for wearing what they called eembuvi braids.

During colonisation many africans had their heads shaved to strip them further away from their identity, so when they could grow their hair out they often braided their hair into cornrows because it was more manageable under the harsh condition they had to work in and it was away to stay connected to their roots which was being taken from them. Aswell as the fact that the more looser the curl or straight their hair was the better they were treated by the slave owners, ie they got to work inside the house rather then in the field.

During this time aswell slaves would often use the partings within the braids to relay messages, it became a way for slaves to communicate maps. “people would use braids as a map to freedom”. They often used to amount of braids to indicate how many roads. 

Straightening hair

After slavery abolished there was still a need to fit into European society in which said that European straight hair was “good” and acceptable, whereas African hair was “bad” foreign and unprofessional. These standards still apply loosely to today especially against black women within office situations and high professions. 

This meant that many Black people turned to wigs and chemical treatments to achieve this smoother straighter hair. Cornrows and braids were no longer seen as acceptable in public display. In the early 1900s Annie Malone and Madam CJ Walker developed products that target this want and need for straight hair. These products promoted the use of hot combs and products alike.

Dreadlocks

In 1920 Jamaican born Marcus Garvey started a black nationalist movement in America. He spreaded the belief that all black people should return to their rightful homeland of Africa. This also showcased to the masses the hairstyle of dreadlocks. Many people associate relate this hairstyle to the Rastafarian religion. Early followers of the religion refused to cut their hair due to the Nazaire vow in the bible. In the 1950s many followers didn't want to cut or manipulate their hair as they saw it as a sign of conformity.

Natural hair movement

The natural hair movement was brought on by the civil rights movement of the 1960-70s. This movement encouraged black people to accepted their natural hair and texture, start to turn away from damaging products that are used to conform to European standards. Wearing these natural hairstyles proudly were a form of activism, a way to show that they are reclaiming their roots. Popular icons known for there natural hair were, Diana Ross, Angela Davis and Jimi Hendrix. These celebrities who celebrated and embraced their natural hair were still unsurprisingly met with backlash from the public.

Other styles that were popular were Jheri Curl. This was a chemical treatment, similar to relaxers, that soften the curl of the natural hair. This style was one of the more popular hairstyle that many black people wore in the 80s and 70s popularised by musicians such as Michael Jackson and Ice Cube. During the 80s it made it easier for the public to accept this kind of curl. 

80s music and hip hop influenced the culture and fashion, this lead to barber shops becoming more creative and expressive. Afro’s began to be faded at the side, this became the high-top fade. Traditional braids were added in for a flair of individuality. Celebrities such as Grace Jones and Will Smith made this popular.

Cultural Reaction

These changes brought on by the civil rights movement were meet with resistance. 

In the 1980s Hyatt Hotel chain fired black female employees who wore cornrows. 1990s FedEx couriers were fired if they had dreadlocks. Black children are often told to this day that their natural hair was a violation or a distraction in the classroom ending in them getting expelled.

These reactions are the sort of thing that makes it hard for black people to want to embrace their natural hair.

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A Sickle Cell Child

by Hertz Nazaire

Just coming back from the 46th Annual National Convention for the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. (SCDAA).

On Friday, October 12, from 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm for the Lonzie Lee Jones Patient Advocacy Symposium. We played an educational version of Hollywood Squares, everyone was having a good time happy, laughing, and smiling. 

We all know how heavy the Sickle Cell topic can be for all of us touched by this pain.

A fellow Warrior in the audience stood up at the end and gave us all a shock to the system.

A reminder that this pain runs very deep and everyone is trying very hard to find a way to erase it from existence. 

What she had to say comes from a line of talk, that we hear often. How to stop a child with Sickle Cell Disease from ever being born. Many people push hard for couples to get tested and knowing their status. But some people feel strongly that none of us who have the Sickle Trait or Disease should ever have sex and hells no on having a child.

So sitting there on stage with a group of successful adults and young people who have been standing against this pain all of their lives and still finding their gifts through hard effort. I felt drained.

I spoke out loud, not to reply to the beautiful young lady saying these things, but to myself.

I needed to remind myself, that no matter how depressed I get in this life, no matter the hardships I face, I still want to live. I still want to exist. I still have my art to create.

I am really tired of people thinking they have a right to erase my mother's choice. One of the very few things I know about my mother is the fact that she told me that my father wanted her to have an abortion when she got pregnant with me. My mother made a different choice. And I exist in this world because of that choice. A sperm cell is nothing without an egg, and an egg is nothing without that sperm cell but although it take the two. This is a choice that I feel only a woman can make because her body has to carry that life forward, while most men can simply walk away like my father did, like my step-father did.

I had a chance to be a father once. On September 11, 2001. I made love to my girlfriend and we had the chance to bring a life into this world. The thing is, I was not even thinking about her Sickle Cell Trait status. I never really had a chance to think about it, not in this world. Mental Health had more to do with why a choice was made and I never became a father. 

I blame myself even now, that I was not strong enough to guide her through her sadness and tears about the pregnancy. I was still there with her although I wanted to run, I was at that Planned Parenthood office in that waiting room watching 12 year olds making the same choices adults should only make. I was 28 and I thought we could have made a different choice together.

I still feel that this was my greatest failure as a man, I wish I had more money, it is always about MONEY! I loved this girl but honestly in the end I see like most women who enter my life it was about the sex and how long my priapism fueled penis lasted.

I try to give myself some slack, because you have to understand being a male with Sickle Cell is HARD! You have to try so much harder to get a girl to notice you. We try HARD to please the women who enter our lives. I was always the sucker who wrote the love poetry, and got the roses delivered without the need for a holiday. I was a painter so most women I've been around long enough have a portrait I painted to show them they were on my mind.

When you live with Sickle Cell Pain and this pain only has one thing to show you about living in your body. It HURTS! It hurts badly! Then you discover sex and become driven to turn it into an art. I had a long distance girlfriend who called me "Voodoo Dick" she would drive the 5 hours it took to get into my bed when she had time off from work. 

I was young and still pretty stupid and we would have these marathon sex sessions, and because of my Sickle Cell and Priapism, we once went at it for over 8 hours only stoping for short breaks of water. 

Priapism is the worst kind of Sickle Pain a man can have, it takes everything from you mentally.

It crushes you and it can take away your ability to even feel like a man. Sometimes for me these erections came without the pain, I don't know why but I was always grateful because the pain was never a pleasure. At the time I was young and sex was just one of those challenges I had to work harder at than any other male.

Everything in my life takes a huge amount of effort, I have been in love many times. I have also been deeply alone for the past 12 years. Because I love women way too much but I can't be stupid about my efforts any longer. I am still a very sexual creature inside and any woman who enters my life would need to know that about me. Even at 45, my heart may not survive some of the things I did at 25 but I am very intense about all I do. My sexuality is still very intense and focused on art creation. Anything you can't put all your effort into is just not worth doing for me.

Women have told me in the past that I am too intense, intimidating, or feel they have to walk on egg shells around me. I take them at their word that I am that type of man. I don't enjoy stress, I have been hospitalized enough times over needless drama. Fighting for your life in an ICU just because someone does not understand that picking a fight just to stress you out is not a healthy way to show love.

I've been abused enough in my life, I don't want to be an abuser when all I want is someone to love and share my days with me. Not all my days will be pain free. Nothing in my life is painless, I am surrounded by eggshells so you'll need to learn how to walk on a minefield. I don't avoid something because it's hard. I want to use my energy and effort in the best and most efficient way possible. 

We are all going to die someday none of us is immune from Death is is our fate. But we have to learn to respect that all lives should have that chance to exist and go through that process we call Life.

Having to hear that someone's purpose in life is to find the most efficient way to make sure others with my genetic make up no longer exists in this world is deeply hurtful to me. I understand the problem life with Sickle Cell is really hard, I know this, I'm living that life.

I just don't understand your rejection of the efforts it took for me to still be here standing in the same space and breathing the same air you breathe. 

Spend all the effort you want on Sickle Cell Trait education to avoid more lives of hardship like mines. My personal feelings are your efforts are misguided.  The answer is not how to wipe us out of existence so you can get rid of a pain disease that is hard for you to look at. A life is a life. 

My life is providing this world with a challenge I understand that, but I have no choice but to live this life and fight for my own existence. I want to survive because my brain has the awareness that my life matters even when it is painful to live that life. It still matters that I am here. I understand I am not the best man or mate for anyone to fall in love with.

But instead of trying to get rid of people like me, should the effort not be on how to make my life better? How to end my painful moments, how to help me carry out my purpose?

If I was born brain-dead I would not want to be here, I would not even be aware that I wanted to live or even what the concept of life means. My brain is aware that I exist. Most of my body still functions well enough for a decent life. In fact I know I am having a far better life than most who never have to face the challenges of Sickle Cell Disease. Many are born into terrible conditions of existence surrounded by war, hatred, and deep poverty. A suffering that no human should go through. Yet no one is staying let's educate the world about stoping these people from being born into these conditions. No they recognize that the condition is the problem not the life living it. The condition should be the focus. 

We are buying into an idea where we are saying these people should not have been born. I know some in this world think I should never have been born because I am Black. Simple as that! Now we are giving them the excuse of Sickle Cell Disease to wipe us out? Because Sickle Cell is Hard? Hard on who? On them?

Educate people to make their choices all you want. I have spoken to a few mothers who had to make that choice when they found out they were pregnant and found out both the man and woman have the sickle cell trait. They wanted to know about my life so far.  I told them of all my hardships and challenges. And they made a choice based on my experience. 

Yet my challenges, all came from the fact I only knew my mother for about 5 years of my life.  She died when I was 13 and I did not start to live with her until I was about 8. Educate these people with compassion, do not teach them that there is only one acceptable choice or one moral choice based on your life experience. Not everyone is ready to be a parent, and not everyone should be a parent regardless if Sickle Cell plays a role in that choice. 

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Nazair Jones- Defensive Tackle

Seattle Seahawks

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89 picks in 6,587 passes?! Aaron Rodgers recalls (and hates) almost every one

GREEN BAY, Wis. — It’s not an arduous task to watch all of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers‘ career interceptions. There are only 89 of them over 16 NFL regular seasons, and the technology is readily available.

There’s one, however, that seems to have escaped the permanence of NFL Game Pass (whose archives only go back to 2009), ESPN.com’s own video database and even the infinitude of YouTube.

It’s career interception No. 7 from way back in 2008, Rodgers’ first season as a starter.

No need for video, however, when Rodgers can describe exactly how former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher got him.

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“He duped me,” Rodgers recalled for ESPN on New Year’s Eve as he drove home from Lambeau Field. “He kind of no-looked me. He looked like he was going to come down, and then he wheeled up and made a nice play on the ball down the seam. It wasn’t a great throw by any means, but he was messing with me on that one.”

Rodgers might not be able to recount all 89 of them in such detail, but his recall, even while driving home — with a stop to pick up a bottle of Dom Perignon along the way — says two things: how much interceptions stick in his craw and how few he has thrown.

When he reached 400 career touchdown passes in Week 13 of this season, Rodgers had thrown just 88 interceptions. Not only was he the fastest to 400, beating Drew Brees by 12 games, he was the only one who had fewer than 100 interceptions at the time he reached the touchdown milestone.

He said he’s going to see if he can get to 500 before he throws his 100th pick, and he actually believes it’s possible.

“I meant it when I said it,” Rodgers insisted.

Aaron Rodgers hasn’t thrown many interceptions in his 16 NFL seasons, but they still bother him. Dylan Buell/Getty Images

Rodgers heads into an NFC divisional playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams (4:35 p.m. ET Saturday, Fox) coming off a 48-touchdown, five-interception season. His 412 touchdown passes and 89 interceptions have come in 6,587 regular-season pass attempts.

“Both numbers are equally impressive,” said ESPN analyst Matt Hasselbeck, who threw 212 touchdowns and 153 interceptions during his 17-year NFL career. “To have longevity in the NFL at the quarterback position for a decade-plus, a phrase I believe in is this: ‘Ball security is job security.’ That is one of the many reasons that Aaron is consistently viewed as one of the best in the game.”

‘Tim got me twice?’

For most of his career, Rodgers held the NFL record for touchdown-to-interception ratio. He’s at 4.63-to-1 but now trails the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes (4.75).

Player TDs INTs Tom Brady 581 191 Drew Brees 571 243 Peyton Manning 539 251 Brett Favre 508 336 Philip Rivers 421 209 Dan Marino 420 252 Aaron Rodgers 412 89

Rodgers still owns the NFL record for consecutive passes without an interception at 402 — a streak that ended with career interception No. 80 by Chicago’s Eddie Jackson on a ball that went off the hands of tight end Jimmy Graham in the end zone in Week 15 of 2019.

Rodgers also had a streak of 251 straight regular-season passes without a pick. Interception No. 73 ended that in Week 1 of 2017 against the Seahawks, when defensive lineman Nazair Jones picked off a screen pass.

“That actually was my very first snap in the league,” Jones said, laughing. “That’s what’s pretty crazy about it. He actually hit me in the face with the ball. The point of the ball hit me in the eye. It was swollen and then like the whole bottom of it was bloodshot for a couple of months.”

Jones is one of two players whose only career interception came against Rodgers. When asked if he could name either of them, Rodgers was initially stumped.

“Is Chase Blackburn one of them?” Rodgers said.

Blackburn had interception No. 37 in Week 13 of 2011, when the Giants linebacker dropped into coverage. That was one of his four career interceptions.

“Well, one of them is the kid from Seattle on the screen,” Rodgers then remembered, referring to Jones.

Brian Urlacher is the only player with three interceptions of Rodgers, including one in the 2011 NFC Championship Game. Jim Prisching/AP Photo

When told the other was interception No. 4 in Week 4 of 2008 against the Buccaneers, Rodgers immediately recalled the circumstances.

“Oh yeah, when we were coming back, [but] I don’t remember who that was,” Rodgers said, forgetting that it was defensive tackle Gaines Adams, who died last January of cardiac arrest.

Six players own multiple interceptions of Rodgers.

He instantly named Urlacher as one of them; after thinking for a few seconds, he added: “I know [another] one of them, and it’s amazing, Bacarri Rambo got [me] twice,” he said referring to interception Nos. 56 and 57 against the Bills in Week 15 of 2014.

Interception No. 17: Week 9, 2009 at Tampa Bay, Elbert Mack.

Rodgers: “I hit James [Jones] on that [74]-yard touchdown [against Mack] and then came back and had Greg [Jennings[ had on the same sideline against Cover-2 for a hole-shot touchdown, and I decided to throw the back side, which we talked about all week in practice not to throw and I threw a pick on the back side. That one still pisses me off.”

Interception No. 60: Week 9, 2014 at Carolina, Thomas Davis

Why it’s memorable: The pick became a GIF of Rodgers throwing the tablet on the ground after seeing that Randall Cobb was wide open in the end zone.

Rodgers: “I hate that one because I didn’t like the play call. … It was terrible leverage for the play and of course [it’s] a play that doesn’t look like it’s going to be open, I get off [Cobb] right away and [two defenders] run into each other and fall down [and Cobb is wide open]. That one definitely pisses me off.”

He then guessed Tampa Bay’s Tanard Jackson, but Jackson only has one — a pick-six for No. 19 in Week 9 of 2009 (more on that below).

When told two players other than Rambo also got him in the same game, it jogged Rodgers’ memory.

“Oh yeah, [former Packers receiver] Greg [Jennings] slipped on the one, and I drilled him on the sideline [on the other],” Rodgers said of interceptions Nos. 8 and 9 in Week 12 of 2008 by Jason David of the Saints.

When told that Janoris Jenkins of the Giants got him twice (Nos. 67 and 68 in Week 5 of 2016), he said: “Oh, the deflection [off former Packers receiver Jordy Nelson’s hands], and then he got the other one.”

The others were Tampa Bay’s Elbert Mack with Nos. 17 (Week 9, 2009) and 36 (Week 11, 2011) and Chicago’s Tim Jennings with Nos. 40 (Week 2, 2012) and 52 (Week 17, 2013).

“Tim got me twice?” Rodgers said with surprise in his voice. “I remember one in ’13. I don’t remember the second one.”

When told Jennings undercut a route by James Jones in 2012, Rodgers immediately said: “Oh my god, it was on our the sideline on a shake route.”

Rodgers has only three career pick-sixes: No. 19 by Tampa’s Jackson, No. 75 by Cincinnati’s William Jackson (Week 3 of 2017) and No. 85 by Tampa Bay’s Jamel Dean (Week 6 of 2020).

Of Rodgers’ 89 picks, 24 were tipped — 14 were off the hands of receivers and 10 were deflected by either a defender or the body part of a Packers player.

Counting the playoffs, where Rodgers has 40 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in 18 starts, only Urlacher has gotten Rodgers three times.

Pleasant Valley High, where INTs went to die

Rodgers discovered early on how much coaches hated interceptions.

As the JV quarterback his sophomore year at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico, California, Rodgers had a bad stretch of picks.

Enter Ron Souza, the offensive coordinator on the JV team that season.

Aaron Rodgers threw just 13 interceptions in two seasons at Cal. Robert B. Stanton/Getty Images

“I think he felt at that time I would play better knowing if I kept turning the ball over that I would be benched, even though there’s no way I would’ve been because there wasn’t a guy behind me who could play,” Rodgers said. “But it was just his way of motivating me and saying, ‘Hey, this isn’t good enough, if you don’t start figuring this thing out we’re going to go with somebody else.'”

Souza told Rodgers that 90% of interceptions occurred because of poor pre-snap reads, so the first thing Rodgers needed to do was master what opposing defenses wanted to do.

That didn’t take long.

“He has a photographic memory, and when you look at quarterbacks, ideally you want that,” Souza said. “If you know what they’re in, you’ve reduced your chances for an interception to 10%.”

That 10%, Souza believes, comes down to not forcing a throw. And that’s where Rodgers ran into trouble as a sophomore.

Player Team INT No., Date Jason David Saints 8, 9, W12, 2008 Brian Urlacher Bears 7, W11, 2008 33, W3, 2011 Elbert Mack Bucs 17, W9, 2009 36, W11, 2011 Tim Jennings Bears 40, W2, 2012 52, W17, 2013 Bacarri Rambo Bills 56, 57, W15, 2014 Janoris Jenkins Giants 67, 68, W5, 2016

“Pre-snap everything was right, but he was trying to force it,” Souza said. “So literally we pounded it daily, and that’s really what happened. Since an early age, that’s been pounded into him.”

Rodgers’ goal always was to play college football. When he looked at statistics of quarterbacks on Rivals’ 100 list — the only recruiting source he knew at the time — he noticed a pattern.

“All these dudes had a ton of touchdowns and not a lot of interceptions, and I was thinking that’s the one thing I’ve been doing that other guys haven’t — and that’s throwing too many interceptions,” Rodgers said. “Then by my senior year I took care of the ball a lot better. I don’t remember exactly how many touchdowns I finished with, but my interceptions were way down.”

At Butte College, his only season at the junior college, Rodgers threw 28 touchdowns and just four interceptions. At Cal, he threw five picks his first season and eight his second before he entered the NFL.

He has had two NFL seasons with double-digit picks: 13 in 2008 and 11 in 2010.

‘A mortal sin’

Former Packers quarterbacks coach/offensive coordinator Tom Clements’ words came to mind when Rodgers threw his most recent interception in Week 16 against the Titans.

Green Bay went from one extreme in Brett Favre (an NFL-record 336 interceptions) to another in Aaron Rodgers (89). AP Photo/Morry Gash

Interception No. 89 broke one of the first rules Rodgers ever learned, and he knew it immediately.

“All I was thinking about was Tom Clements’ voice in my head going late down the middle, one of the QB mortal sins that I broke,” Rodgers said after that game.

He actually broke two of them: Late down the middle and throwing across his body.

“When he actually threw that pick, I can’t remember what he shouted out, I think it was an expletive, but he knew right away when that ball left his hand,” Packers center Corey Linsley said. “I don’t know what happened, but he knew what the end result was going to be, right as it left his hands, and it’s just, he gets upset about it.”

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Rodgers remembers what he shouted.

“I think it was probably ‘F—,’ which is one of the easier [ones] to say,” he said. “I was pissed at myself because I know it’s a mortal sin that I grew up learning in the league and also just unnecessary at the time, up 33-14, moving out to my right, either dirt that one or run it or throw it away and we’re punting.

“Our defense is playing well. Just an unnecessary momentum swing. One of those flash throws that I’ve made before but really very lower percentage play for me. I just don’t make a lot of those plays, which is why I was pissed.”

The anti-Favre

Last week, Rodgers appeared on a SiriusXM NFL radio show co-hosted by former Packers quarterback Brett Favre. On the air, Favre told Rodgers: “You’re breaking all my records and breaking my heart in the process.”

Not every record.

Just two weeks after Favre set the NFL’s touchdown pass record (one Tom Brady now owns at 581), he set the record for most career interceptions (one he still owns at 336).

Aaron Rodgers was the fastest QB in history to reach the 400-touchdown pass milestone this season, and is the only one in the club with fewer than 100 interceptions. Mike Roemer/AP Photo

Rodgers saw Favre’s worst interception season firsthand. He was a rookie in 2005 when Favre threw a career-high 29 picks.

“It was definitely very interesting watching that year,” Rodgers said of an injury-filled 4-12 season after which coach Mike Sherman was fired. “Favrey was playing the way he always played where he’s going to take chances, and we were trying to come from behind in so many of those games that it was a tough year.”

Rodgers never saw Favre’s worst interception game — a six-pick debacle (three of them returned for touchdowns ) in a 2001 NFC divisional playoff loss at the Rams after which Favre famously said: “I could have thrown eight if we had gotten the ball back.”

“The thing that stands out to me is I’ve always prided myself on keeping them low but also keeping the opportunities low,” Rodgers said. “I don’t feel like I’ve had a ton of legit dropped picks, where it’s like guys should catch a pick and drops it. There’s the one from 2018 that [Chicago’s Kyle] Fuller, I hit him in the chest when it was legitimately a P.I. and they didn’t call it. I just don’t feel like there’s not many of those over the years.”

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Faux outrage

If Dominic Cummings is so evil and despicable, I’d like a precise explanation, case by case, as to what these people did that made it acceptable.

Tahir Ali MP attended a funeral with 100 others

Kevan Jones MP went to a constituent’s birthday party

Stephen Kinnock MP visited his parents to celebrate his birthday

Vaughan Gething having a public picnic having told the Welsh that picnics are not allowed

Labour MP (was this Tony Lloyd?) travels to Manchester with COVID symptoms

Ian Blackford SNP travels from London to Skye in 11.5 hours to go into isolation. Skye didn’t have the virus before this.

Nicola Sturgeon travelling between 3 premesis

Dr Catherine Calderwood for twice visiting her second home

Eddie Wylie made two trips from Glasgow to his Yorkshire family home to see his wife, each a round trip of around 560 miles

And the above is apart from the Royal Family.

Neil Ferguson for having his married lover round

Nigel Farage travelled to Kent and Dover

Journalists breaking distancing outside of Cummings house, heckling, harassing and providing threats.

Roger Jenrick travelling to his parents from London to Herefordshire and then on to Shropshire

Michael Gove for jogging in the park when his daughter was showing symptoms – not a break of lockdown rules but was unwise

King of Thailand for various outings including flying to Bangkok

Dr David Clark the NZ health minister who drove his family more than 12 miles to the beach

Kyle Walker the Manchester City and England Full Back apologised in April after it was widely reported he held a sex party at his Cheshire home

Moise Kean the Everton Striker hosted a wile lockdown party

Jack Grealish the Aston Villa caption hit another car after visiting friends

Marcos Rojo caused outrage smoking and playing cards with friends

Jose Mourinho held a training session with three first team players

Noel Gallagher travelled to both his homes

Gordon Ramsay travelled from London to Cornwall to go to his second home

Jack and Conor Maynard and Miles Nazaire attended a house party

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Week Eight early inactives

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Sunday’s action got off to an early start with the Eagles and Jaguars in London and Week Seven will continue with seven games in the early afternoon slot. As we do every week, we bring you all the inactives from the early games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information.Check back to see the full list as it becomes available 90 minutes ahead of the 1 p.m. ET kickoffs.

Jets at Bears

Jets: WR Quincy Enunwa, WR Robby Anderson, CB Trumaine Johnson, CB Derrick Jones, LB Kevin Pierre-Louis, OL Dakota Dozier, DL Foley Fatukasi

Bears: G Eric Kush, WR Allen Robinson, LB Khalil Mack, CB Marcus Cooper, FB Michael Burton, OL Rashaad Coward, DL Nick Williams

Broncos at Chiefs

Broncos: RB Royce Freeman, T Jared Veldheer, S Darian Stewart, WR DaeSean Hamilton, LB Shane Ray, LB Alexander Johnson, OL Nico Falah

Chiefs: C Mitch Morse, S Eric Berry, LB Justin Houston, RB Darrel Williams, LB Nate Orchard, OL Kahlil McKenzie, DL Justin Hamilton

Browns at Steelers

Browns: WR Rashard Higgins, LB Joe Schobert, DB E.J. Gaines, QB Drew Stanton, WR Da'Mari Scott, TE Pharaoh Brown, DT Carl Davis

Steelers: QB Mason Rudolph, WR James Washington, S Marcus Allen, CB Brian Allen, T Zach Banner, T Marcus Gilbert, DE L.T. Walton

Buccaneers at Bengals

Buccaneers: DT Gerald McCoy, DE Vinny Curry, G Alex Cappa, QB Ryan Griffin, DE Demone Harris, OL Michael Liedtke, RB Shaun Wilson

Bengals: RB Giovani Bernard, LB Vontaze Burfict, TE Tyler Kroft, CB Darqueze Dennard, WR John Ross, LB Nick Vigil, C Billy Price

Ravens at Panthers

Ravens: T James Hurst, CB Marlon Humphrey, QB Robert Griffin III, WR Jordan Lasley, G Alex Lewis, TE Maxx Williams, DT Zach Sieler

Panthers: WR Torrey Smith, LB Andre Smith, S Rashaan Gulden, G Brendan Mahon, DE Marquis Haynes, G Amini Silatolu, RB Cameron Artis-Payne

Washington at Giants

Washington: WR Jamison Crowder, CB Quinton Dunbar, RB Samaje Perine, DB Kenny Ladler, OL Geron Christian, OL Casey Dunn, WR Brian Quick.

Giants: LB Alec Ogletree, WR Jawill Davis, QB Kyle Lauletta, DB Tony Lippett, S Kamrin Moore, C Evan Brown, CB Mike Jordan

Seahawks at Lions

Seahawks: CB Neiko Thorpe, G Jordan Simmons, S Maurice Alexander, LB Emmanuel Ellerbee, C Joey Hunt, DT Nazair Jones, DE Rasheem Green

Lions: RB Theo Riddick, DE Ziggy Ansah, WR T.J. Jones, T Andrew Donnal, G Joe Dahl, CB Lenzy Pipkins, DE Kerry Hyder

Source: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/10/28/week-eight-early-inactives-8/