Joe Allen has opted to retire 18 years after making his Swansea league debut under Roberto Martinez Joe Allen was barely out of primary school when word got around about a midfielder from Pembrokeshire making a big impression in Swansea City's academy Allen has called time on a career which will see him remembered as one of Wales' finest footballers Having been hailed as a star in the making from a very early age having played at three major tournaments for Wales and racked up nearly 600 club appearances for Swansea – across two spells – Liverpool where he had a brief spell on loan as a teenager When Allen retired from international football in 2023 Gareth Bale described Allen as a "legend" Allen was rarely mentioned in the same bracket as Bale Allen was a major player during the golden era in the history of Wales' men's national team Joe Allen was part of the Swansea side who beat Reading in the 2010-11 Championship play-off final Allen's journey to the summit of Welsh football began when he joined Swansea aged nine he had featured in the first team squad and at 17 he was given a senior Swans debut by Roberto Martinez His first full season with the senior squad saw Swansea win the League One title in style playing the possession game which became a club trademark and was ideal for Allen given his quality on the ball Allen had another promotion on his CV having matured into a central figure in the Swansea team which reached the Premier League under Brendan Rodgers After a year thriving at the top level with his boyhood club Allen joined Rodgers at Liverpool in a transfer worth £15m Rodgers described his new recruit as "the Welsh Xavi" a mighty compliment which may not have helped given the expectation it brought playing regularly for three seasons under Rodgers including the 2013-14 campaign when they came close to ending Liverpool's long wait for a Premier League title Joe Allen scored seven goals in 132 appearances for Liverpool joining Mark Hughes' Stoke for £13m after Swansea missed the chance to bring their former favourite back to his homeland Allen made more than 200 appearances across six years with the Potters establishing himself as a popular figure among fans despite being part of the team which dropped out of the Premier League in 2018 Stoke's relegation marked the end – prematurely many felt - of Allen's time as a top-flight player as he stayed on in Staffordshire until 2022 A player who racked up games for much of his career has been blighted by injury issues since coming home meaning a frustrating end to his memorable career But Allen's quality remained obvious whenever his body gave him the chance to show it hence Craig Bellamy coaxed him out of international retirement in what proved to be his final season Even with the end near, Allen was mentioned in the same breath as Andrea Pirlo, the legendary Italian midfield player he had first been compared to almost a decade earlier Allen's class on the pitch was apparent until the final weeks of his career as was his professionalism on the training ground and influence within the dressing room Northern Ireland and Belgium during Wales' unforgettable run at Euro 2016 when he came on as a substitute for Jack Collison in a friendly win over Estonia which was played in front of 4,000 fans in Llanelli Allen's influence grew as Wales made strides under Gary Speed before he established national-treasure status during the Chris Coleman era Allen shone thanks to technical quality and vision on the ball as well as tenacity and desire when out of possession He was brave in any physical battle but also had the courage to play Allen's blend of skills brought many good days But if one period in his career is to be remembered above all others Allen was an ever-present in the Wales side who stunned the nation – and the football world – by reaching the last four at Euro 2016 Wales had not been to a major tournament for 58 years meaning expectations were modest as Coleman's team went to France Bale and the rest conjured a glorious run to the semi-finals which goes down as one of the great achievements in the history of Welsh sport Allen's place in the team of the tournament was a mark of his mighty contribution There were more international landmarks to come with Allen playing his part as Wales reached a second successive European Championship and then helping Rob Page end the long wait for a World Cup appearance Joe Allen's only start at the 2022 World Cup was in Wales' final group game against England because of fitness issues It was a pity for Welsh football that Allen was not fully fit for the tournament in Qatar where he rushed back after hamstring problems to feature as Page's team exited at the group stage Might Wales have made a better fist of things had Allen been fit and firing It certainly would not have done their cause any harm Allen followed Bale's lead by retiring from international football in the wake of the World Cup when aged 32 suggesting it was time to move on from "a great passion and love in my life" to make way for Wales' next generation Yet there was a feeling among many Welsh football watchers that Allen still had much to offer the national squad While Page rejected talk of Allen returning to the fold And so in October 2024, Allen won his 75th Wales cap some 22 months after his 74th He retires for the second time with 77 to his name Once again there will be questions about whether he has made the right move with plenty likely to argue that he still had a part to play with club and country But his place in the pantheon of Welsh greats has long been secure Trailblazer Zhao set to take snooker to 'another level' in China Alexander-Arnold leaves as modern Liverpool great - 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Wide receiver Elijah Moore officially signed with the Bills on Monday and then met with the media to discuss why he decided to come to Buffalo The list of reasons started with the player who will be charged with getting him the ball this fall. Moore said quarterback Josh Allen’s presence made it “very, very easy” to decide on the Bills as his next team Moore also cited his fit with the offense when discussing what appealed to him about the Bills Moore said he was looking for a club where his “talent isn’t really there” and that he found it with the Bills “As far as what I bring, it’s kinda not like similar to the other guys in the room,” Moore said Moore’s addition came after General Manager Brandon Beane pushed back at criticism for not making a bigger move for a receiver during this year’s draft The veteran might not be as splashy a name as some would have hoped but the Bills offense hit high levels without them last year and Allen remains reason enough to believe that they’ll be there with Moore as well A Division of NBCUniversal DISCLAIMER: This site and the products offered are for entertainment purposes only and there is no gambling offered on this site This service is intended for adult audiences No guarantees are made for any specific outcome If you or someone you know has a gambling problem Allen was seen as a project quarterback who had a rocket for an arm but questionable accuracy Buffalo worked with Allen and the results speak for themselves. They've now won the AFC East five years running, and are favored to make it six. Much of that is thanks to Allen, who is coming off his first NFL MVP award MORE: Bills envision draft's 'best blocking TE' as capable Dawson Knox backup and more Allen is not only dangerous due to his arm, however, he's also a threat to carry the offense with his legs. That's why he was named one of the top 20 dual-threat quarterbacks of all time by Bolavip Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen runs with the ball against the New York Jets at Highmark Stadium / Tina MacIntyre-Yee/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images"Josh Allen (2018-) has quickly established himself as one of the premier dual-threat quarterbacks in the NFL amassing 4,142 rushing yards and 65 rushing touchdowns Drafted seventh overall by the Buffalo Bills in the 2018 NFL Draft and arm strength has made him a formidable opponent for defenses." He's led them to a record of 76-34 in the regular season Allen has thrown for 26,434 yards with 195 touchdown passes to go with his 4,142 yards and 65 touchdowns on the ground —  Enjoy free coverage of the Bills from Buffalo Bills on SI  — RANDY GURZIRandy Gurzi is a graduate of Arizona State and has focused on NFL coverage since 2014. 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– 2024 Events Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Micah Hyde held his charity softball game in Buffalo on Sunday and Bills Mafia is wondering where one of the most popular players was Every year Micah Hyde holds a charity softball game to benefit his charity that helps out multiple organizations in Western New York.  This year he was also splitting the funds from the game with at least 6 of his teammates ⬇️⬇️⬇️Keep Scrolling For Pictures Of The Event Below⬇️⬇️⬇️ It's become one of the premier charity events of the year for Bills Mafia.  It's an incredible opportunity to see some of your favorite Buffalo Bills.  But this year one of the biggest names on the team wasn't there Although he's been the reigning champion of the homerun derby for years (except for the year that Spencer Brown won it) Josh Allen was not seen at the charity softball game this year.  Micah shared a video of the locker room on his story on social media and it appeared as though Josh had his own locker with a jersey hanging with #17 on it but he was not seen there it should be said that they never promoted that Josh would be there.  So it's not as though he committed and just didn't show.  He wasn't the only player that wasn't there either.  It just stood out that he wasn't there because most years Read More: Unique Golf Experience Coming To Highmark Stadium In Western NY  Most people seemed to think that him not being at the game was a sure sign that his wedding will be coming very soon.  They were guessing that he might have been a little busy with wedding planning and that's why he couldn't be there but congratulations to DeWayne Carter who brought home his first Micah Hyde Charity Softball Homerun Derby championship Gallery Credit: Ed Nice Micah Hyde held his charity softball game in Buffalo on Sunday and Bills Mafia is wondering where one of the most popular players was.\nRead More Read More: Unique Golf Experience Coming To Highmark Stadium In Western NY  WEST PALM BEACH — The investigators who flagged Damien Allen's violent online messages weren't the first to notice his obsession with school shooters a police officer with the Palm Beach County School District made note of "his Columbine comments." Officer Warren Madorma interviewed a 15-year-old student at Forest Hill High School in October 2021 describing his outfit during the school's homecoming spirit week said he was going for a "1999 Columbine vibe — like a black trench coat with stuff strapped to me." The comments made her "incredibly uncomfortable," the student said She told the officer she walked away from Allen she said he ran his right hand along her breast Allen denied groping the girl and told Madorma that she lied because "she was scared of his Columbine comments." "It's unfair for people to say there were no signs," the teen said in an email to The Post on May 3 "My statement after the incident where I explicitly brought up his disgusting 'Columbine shooter' comments should've been taken more seriously." Prosecutors charged Allen with battery for the incident at the West Palm Beach school on April 28 almost three years to the day before Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies arrested him on suspicion of planning to carry out a mass shooting The State Attorney's Office dropped the battery case in 2023 after Allen agreed to undergo a mental health evaluation and have no possession of weapons or firearms investigators said Allen bragged about his arsenal of firearms and was prepared to carry out an attack Allen discussed mass murderers online with a community of other people who idolized and imitated them killed a student and a teacher in her Wisconsin private school before turning the gun on herself on Dec According to another former Forest Hill student Allen was obsessed with firearms even as a teen "It was kind of where all the non-fitting-in kids would go," she said returning to the topic even when others tried to steer the conversation elsewhere Mosos said students made fun of Allen for his all-black clothes his obsession with firearms and his generally "creepy vibe." Mosos said she and Allen texted one another for about three weeks before his unrelenting desire to talk about guns made her rethink their friendship "He fit the stereotype of a mass murderer when you think about it," she said Mosos said she struggled to find common ground with him during those three weeks so they spoke about Columbine High School and the two teenagers who killed 12 students and a teacher before taking their own lives The massacre changed how the nation thought about school safety It also cemented the gunmen's status as antiheroes among certain underground spaces on the internet and how he could understand why they did what they did," she said I felt like I was talking to a brick wall." Afraid to confront Allen about his behavior quit art club and avoided the places on campus where she knew he hung out She said she told an administrator at Forest Hill about her concerns but had no reason to suspect that Allen was aggressive or violent — just obsessed Mosos said the administrator promised to look into it Go deeper: Sandy Hook mother praises Palm Beach County deputies for foiling suspected massacre Mosos said Allen didn't cross her mind again until she saw his name and mugshot in the news for stockpiling weapons Deputies said during an April news conference that there was no evidence Allen had chosen a date and venue to target though he told Rupnow he had seven places in mind represented by Assistant Public Defender Elizabeth Ramsey remains in the Palm Beach County Jail without bail In addition to the criminal charges he faces PBSO asked a judge to temporarily remove Allen's firearms under Florida's Risk Protection Order Act The statute — sometimes referred to as a “red flag” law — lets authorities stop a person from accessing firearms if they're deemed a threat to themselves or others Hannah Phillips is a journalist covering public safety and criminal justice at The Palm Beach Post. You can reach her at hphillips@pbpost.com It wasn’t a popular selection when announced but Allen has proven all the doubters wrong were confident they found their man thanks to a rigorous scouting process that involved getting to know the person behind the player MORE: Bills found 'great value' with mid-round draft gem who 'actually might stick' New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen was the assistant general manager for the Bills when they landed Allen and explained what he learned from that experience as he and Brandon Beane zeroed in on Allen Schoen told a story about how they liked to see if players could operate independently or if they expected everything to be taken care of for them They would have the quarterbacks organize workouts and get their own receivers to throw to he impressed them not only with his independence but with how people around him were willing to alter plans to help him make a meeting with Buffalo happen Schoen says they used the same strategy in New York The Ole Miss quarterback impressed them on the field but it was how he conducted himself when he wasn’t playing that stood out Mississippi Rebels QB Jaxson Dart throws the ball against the Florida Gators during the first half at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. / Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images“What really stands out about Jaxson is his passion for the game, leadership amongst his teammates and how he can cross sides of the ball,” Schoen says via Breer he’s not just sitting over with the offense the entire time You see him interacting with the defense as well That’s a big part of the live exposure—you have a bad throw go to the sideline and watch the defense out there Those are all things that we’re watching and evaluating.” Dart has some big shoes to fill if Schoen expects him to be the Giants’ version of Josh Allen and Schoen has seen it pay off in the past provided visitors with information about the Ira Allen House in Sunderland Andrew McKeever on the grounds of the Ira Allen House in Sunderland One of the events marking the 250th anniversary of the run-up to this battle was held on Sunday at the Ira Allen House on Route 7A and patriots from Connecticut and Massachusetts seized Fort Ticonderoga in New York history enthusiasts held events following in the footsteps of Allen and his Boys They did not yet live at the house in 1775 but the route to Ticonderoga for many soldiers from points south ran by the property “It seems like it could have been a stopping off point for the Green Mountain Boys to get water maybe a place for the night,” said Avis Hayden Ethan was captured at a Revolutionary War Battle in Quebec the Battle of Longue-Pointe on September 25 This occurred while he was leading an ill-fated attack on Montreal He was subsequently imprisoned by the British “After he spent three years with the British referring to the square room at left when one comes in the front door Later owners added on to the building and made other changes whose name she didn’t have immediately available The Allen brothers originally purchased the land “probably because Ethan's wife had family ties here And the Brownsons lived in Sunderland and owned a lot of land so it's probably what drew them here,” Hayden said “Ethan sold his share of this property to Ira in 1787 And we're not sure when Ira left Sunderland but we do know that it was 1796 that he deeded a quarter acre to the town for the Ira Allen Cemetery,” she said “So probably somewhere around then he was thinking of moving on.” The Ira Allen House is now a bed and breakfast inn said that someone searching with a metal detector on the other side of Route 7A found artifacts including the first official currency minted by the United States also known as the Franklin cent. Marvelli had a box of these items to show visitors a former member of the Sunderland Select Board and occasional contributor to the Bennington Banner and Manchester Journal helped organize the event and persuaded Hayden to participate "This is a chance just to kind of say 'we played our little role in all of this too,'" he said "And what's been really enjoyable to me over the past year or so is to really go into the weeds of some of the Revolutionary history that you don't really hear this much about You hear the grand narratives and everything but kind of what the lives of ordinary people were like and kind of what were some of their issues who really know more about this than I do," he said According to the official green historical marker at the roadside “Ira Allen lived on this site by the Batten Kill and as Treasurer and Surveyor General his “Office” helped shape the destiny of the Republic of Vermont Here Ethan’s family lived; here he dictated his freethinking “Oracles of Reason” in 1782 Among visiting members of the public was Dave Beriau so I want to come back and hear more about the history," he said “I'm a history teacher at Rutland High School and co-president of the Vermont Alliance for Social Studies often comes and participates at our at our conferences.” a recently retired English teacher with Mount Anthony Union For more information about upcoming Vermont 250th observance events, visit https://www.bennington250.org/ Mark Rondeau can be reached at mrondeau@benningtonbanner.com Get the latest headlines every morning in TheBeat We'll send breaking news and news alerts to you as they happen Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Booz Allen Hamilton has secured a potential $743.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for enterprise level application modernization and migration The Department of Defense said Wednesday time-and-materials and firm-fixed-price task order covers services supporting the modernization and migration of enterprise applications Virginia-based information technology and services company will conduct work in its facilities within the contiguous United States The project is expected to run through Oct The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at the Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts is the contracting activity It will obligate $1.3 million from fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance appropriations funds at the time of award has joined Allen Insurance and Financial as a commercial lines account manager Allen Insurance and Financial is an employee-owned insurance employee benefits and financial services company with offices in Rockland Thanks to our readers and especially our supporters who help to keep PenBayPilot.com an open and accessible community hub Your support is even more critical during rapidly changing times While we work hard to keep you informed about the Midcoast community We are grateful to those who already participate Join for as little as $2.99 per month and support local journalism on a community hub that serves everyone X But the New York Giants’ GM was with the Bills as GM Brandon Beane’s No 2 when Buffalo deftly moved up the draft board to land Allen with the seventh pick seven years ago So 2018 isn’t a bad point of reference for him And one moment in that process that Schoen specifically recalled was flying to Wyoming to work Allen out that March as the Bills got religion on this cyborg of a quarterback in a way that had little to do with how he threw a football part of our process is just having these people Can you make sure the video guy is there to record the pro day Can you make sure you have receivers there to run routes those are simple things that you and I would be like So do you need somebody to do that for you He was flying from Fresno to Denver for the workout He had a buddy set to pick him up and drive him the two hours from the Denver airport back to the Laramie The crew planned to get steaks at the Cavalryman The Cavalryman had already been called and “We were the only people in the place for two hours,” Schoen says “And the fact that his college roommate drove that length of time waited for him at the airport when he was delayed that just said a little something about Josh Those people were willing to do that for that kid.” Those are the sorts of moments Schoen and the Giants sought out over the past 18 months looking high and low for guys who had some of the same qualities Allen once showed the New York GM for the requisite talent to win at the position and Saturdays spent in college towns and meetings New York landed on Ole Miss’s Jaxson Dart 11 days ago Schoen will tell you the story of how they got there The NFL draft is over, but we’re still covering it. So in the takeaways this week we’re going to circle back to it, and also look forward a bunch. We’ve got … • An explanation on why it’s too early to anoint Arch Manning. • A dive into how the Atlanta Falcons landed two of top-five talents (by their estimation) in the draft. • How the San Francisco 49ers may have stolen a freak-show pass rusher. And a whole lot more. But we’re starting with the Giants’ journey to Jaxson Dart. The Giants went on a year-long process which led them to trading up and selecting Dart with their second first-round pick in the 2025 NFL draft. / Thomas Salus-Imagn ImagesThis long road the Giants have traveled could’ve been a whole year shorter had the Patriots been a little more receptive to their trade offers in April 2024. And in a way, New York’s affection for Drake Maye—the target of those trade overtures—last year helped kick off the Giants’ process two months later. Over the past three summers, Schoen has taken his son to the Manning Passing Academy in Louisiana in June. As luck would have it, the younger Schoen drew Maye as his counselor two years ago. So the older Schoen got a front-row seat to see Maye, the person. He saw a collegiate star who coached the kids hard, bringing energy every day. He was engaged, and, in so many ways, it showed Schoen who Maye was. Schoen filed it away, not really thinking he’d try to get him 10 months later—the Giants, at that point, were only a few months removed from signing Jones to a four-year, $160 million deal. Schoen returned to Louisiana for the 2024 MPA, now knowing he’d likely be looking to draft a quarterback in ’25, with an ulterior motive. “It’s the franchise quarterback,” Schoen says. “And how they interact [there], that translates to how they interact with fans after games or teammates at practice. Or how they’re going to treat kids and family within the team. That’s all important. It’s what you want in that position. So you’re really evaluating everything they do, and projecting that to what it’s going to look like in the NFL.” Schoen saw Dart throw the ball and took the mental note as he looked at all the guys that the third-year-starter-to-be spun as well as any of the other college guys there. He also saw how Dart was, in the GM’s words, “one of the fellas” alongside the other quarterbacks. And with that box checked, and training camp approaching, the process hit another gear. The first phase of the plan would be to get personnel guys out to fall camp at the big programs and to get eyes on the quarterbacks in a practice setting. It’s normal for scouts to hit the road hard then because the access at most schools is better in August than it is after the season starts. But in this case, with the staff having already studied the previous year’s tape and the quarterback need apparent, there was a special focus to the effort. Then, there was the travel plan for the fall. It was ambitious—and also important—for the Giants to see as many as they could live, given the uncertainty over which quarterbacks would step forward and become the top guys for 2025. Ownership was willing to invest, giving Schoen & Co. access to a jet, so they could go where they needed to go Saturday and get back to the team in time for games, regardless of where they were, on Sunday. So, through the fall, Schoen saw Dart, Texas’s Quinn Ewers, Ohio State’s Will Howard, Syracuse’s Kyle McCord, Alabama’s Jalen Milroe, Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders and Miami’s Cam Ward in game settings (and most of them in practice settings, too), and also three more guys who didn’t wind up declaring—Penn State’s Drew Allar, Georgia’s Carson Beck and LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier—live. But he was careful about visiting one school and, interestingly enough, it was Ole Miss. Schoen was sensitive with that one because his daughter is a student there, and he didn’t want his staff to think he was using the quarterback project for personal reasons. “In hindsight, I’m like, I could have definitely spent more time with my daughter this fall,” he joked. But he did eventually get to Oxford for the Egg Bowl over Thanksgiving weekend. And when he got there, as with all the quarterbacks, Schoen trained his eyes on Dart’s every move—particularly what he was doing when he wasn’t on the field. On the Vaught–Hemingway Stadium sideline, Dart gave Schoen everything he needed to see. “What really stands out about Jaxson is his passion for the game, leadership amongst his teammates and how he can cross sides of the ball.” “You get back up, go to the sideline and watch the defense out there. Those are all things that we’re watching and evaluating.” The interesting thing, too, was how intentional that leadership was from Dart. A couple of years back, ex-NFL coordinator and Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis was visiting Ole Miss, where his son Charlie Jr. is Lane Kiffin’s offensive coordinator. He was in a quarterbacks meeting, and afterward, Dart sought him out and asked what it would take to be an NFL quarterback. Weis responded that Charlie Jr. and Kiffin had the football stuff covered, but he’d give him a story on leadership. Weis told Dart that he’d seen Tom Brady, as a young player, purposefully build relationships with players all over the roster—rather than just bond with his offensive linemen or receivers. That, Weis continued, facilitated Brady’s leadership, and it was something Dart could work on right away. Once the season ended, the Giants’ quarterback plan continued with the normal trips to all-star games, and New York had an ace up its sleeve on that one—with offensive coordinator Mike Kafka having volunteered to be a head coach in the Senior Bowl. Kafka was assigned to the National team, which had Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel, Louisville’s Tyler Shough and Wilford Laurier’s (Waterloo, Ontario) Taylor Elgersma as its quarterbacks. But he also had access to meeting time with the American team’s quarterbacks, those being Notre Dame’s Riley Leonard, Milroe and Dart. “They’re in installs with these guys, the coaches share information, they share a meal room,” Schoen says. “They’re around these kids a lot when their guard’s down and they don’t think anybody’s watching—so, yeah, it’s a competitive advantage, if you get buy-in from your coaches, and they’re willing to give up their free time to go help the organization.” The result was Kafka seeing a lot of what Schoen did last summer and again in Oxford—Dart had a magnetism to him to connect with people and fit in as one of the guys. From there, the Giants punched the accelerator, with pre-combine draft meetings followed by interviews at the combine itself with all the quarterbacks. Schoen wanted to have as much information in place as possible before free agency started, mostly because he knew, at quarterback, his free-agent plan would be affected by where they were draft-wise—and there was another lesson, too, from Buffalo marking that. Interestingly enough, it was also from that private workout of Allen in Laramie, Wyo. “Indianapolis and the Jets made that trade where they swapped [picks] three and six,” Schoen says. “Well, we were just then doing a private with Josh. We hadn’t met with [Josh] Rosen. We hadn’t met with [Sam] Darnold. We didn’t have all the information yet, so we couldn’t make a move.” The result wasn’t horrible. But it could have been. With that year’s Giants unwilling to move, Saquon Barkley in their sights, and the Browns at No. 1 and Jets at No. 3 resolved to take a quarterback, the best Bills would be able to do is land the third quarterback. And while good fortune had the Browns and Jets passing on Allen, relying on such an outcome again wouldn’t necessarily be prudent. So they lined up the quarterback 30 visits for the week after the combine. Dart, Sanders and Ward were among the early visitors to East Rutherford. The Giants took Dart out in Hoboken his first night, gave him an install for the next day and, over dinner, discussed the information they’d cover at the facility. And it was the same for Sanders and Ward, and later Milroe and Shough, so they could make apples-to-apples comparisons. “Everybody has a different way to learn,” Schoen says. “So if you know how you learn, and what you need to do to get the information to be able to execute it, that’s part of the process, too. Does this person know how to teach himself new material, and then be able to execute it, regurgitate it and talk about it the following day? Jaxson did a really good job with it. He had his process to lead him to that point—all these guys are trying to figure that out. … It was important, too, with Dart because of the perception held by scouts, and teams as a whole, that the Baylor-influenced spread offense that Kiffin was running was simplistic for the quarterback. That didn’t mean Dart couldn’t learn to run something more complex. It just meant he hadn’t been asked—or at least that was the perception. What the Giants figured out as they went along was that Kiffin had started to reincorporate some older-school West Coast concepts into his offense, his roots, because Dart could handle it. Dart also agreed to work out before his pro day after the team finished up the first wave of free agency. Meanwhile, other pieces were coming together. The Tennessee Titans shot down New York’s overtures to trade up to the top pick. And with that piece of clarity, and the emergence of Penn State’s Abdul Carter and Colorado’s Travis Hunter as the draft’s top two players, the Giants wanted to create a scenario where they weren’t cornered and had to overextend to get a quarterback. So they added both Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston as bridge guys. Meanwhile, the process steadily moved forward with Dart because of the earlier juncture of his workout. The Giants set up a Zoom in the days before their first of two trips to Oxford, adding more information to the initial install they’d given Dart. Then, when they got back to Mississippi—in the meeting room—they drilled him to see how he’d retained it. Another part of the workout was to have the quarterback arrange dinner for the night before. Dart picked Saint Leo, which happened to be the restaurant in Oxford that Schoen was most familiar with—and while the GM and quarterback’s mutual affection for the Italian spot wasn’t any sort of deciding factor, it sure didn’t hurt. As for the on-field workout, that was another apples-to-apples piece of the process. They had Dart do precisely as the other quarterbacks, and Dart threw the ball well in comparison to his peers. They’d done a 30 visit with Carter, too, vetted his shoulder and foot issues (the doctors were O.K. with it), and had Daboll go to State College to meet with Carter, which helped to ease some character concerns other teams had with the prospect. Even that was the result of a lesson Schoen took from the 2018 experience. In the build-up to that draft, Beane told the staff the story of the Carolina Panthers’ 2011 draft. The team, he said, was so focused on vetting Cam Newton, whom they’d take with the first pick, that the rest of the draft got neglected. The result was that the other seven Carolina picks in that draft after Newton went first played in a combined 53 games for the team, with 24 starts. All were gone from the Panthers by the middle of ’13. Beane was determined not to let that happen again. “So taking that all into account, it was busy. You want to get every draft right, obviously, but you are spending an exorbitant amount of time on a certain position …” The easiest, best way to get there then was to do the obvious and take Carter. And after one final swing of private workouts—to Boulder to work out Sanders, Tuscaloosa to work out Milroe and Louisville to work out Shough on April 17, 18 and 19—the Giants reconvened to cement the plan to take Carter and discussed what would come after that. And in a way, those next steps would be presented to the Giants as much as they pursued them themselves. Everyone assumed Schoen would try to trade up, so New York got calls from teams starting in the late teens all the way through the bottom of the first round saying, “We’re willing to move back.” By then, the Giants circled three teams they thought could take a quarterback, or even move up for one—Pittsburgh at No. 21; the Browns, after the trade down from No. 2 to No. 5, had capital to come up from Nos. 33 or 36; and the New Orleans Saints had a history of moving up and a need. And with many trade-up options out there, the Giants had four guys targeted that they were willing to trade back into the first round from No. 34 for, with Dart being the quarterback option. Once the Steelers took Oregon DT Derrick Harmon rather than a quarterback at 21, Schoen picked up the phone and got aggressive. His goal was to land Dart, while hanging onto the 65th pick, because he felt like that one was smack in the heart of the strength of the draft. And with that, the Giants made the call to finally end their year-long quarterback search. The Giants aced the first round of the draft with the selections of Carter and Dart. / Thomas Salus-Imagn ImagesThere was a metaphorical exhale for Schoen after he hung up with Caserio, for sure. It’s been a bumpy road getting to where the Giants were late on Thursday night, finishing off the draft’s first night with Carter and Dart in hand. Most of all, though, Schoen was happy for the guys in his department who invested so much in getting the pick right. “When we go to camp in July, we really don’t stop until after the draft,” Schoen says. “The coaches, January, season’s over, their schedule gets a little bit lighter until the players come back. So, for us, it’s just been a long year. Three-win season, long offseason going through all of the quarterback process and everything else. And to get a guy that we were fired up about and convicted in, and we didn’t have to give up a lot of resources, it was pretty relieving for me at the time.” Then, like he’d promised he would, he went back to work. The 65th pick proved to be, at least on paper, really valuable, with Toledo DT Darius Alexander, whom some once believed could go in the first round, still there. The Giants then kicked off Day 3 picking Arizona State RB Cam Skattebo three picks in, and well-regarded Purdue OL Marcus Mbow, who could fill a big hole at guard, in the fifth round. So this draft isn’t only about one or two players. Or the Giants hope it won’t be. That said, Schoen knows the score here, too. He knows where he and his regime are in their time running the Giants. Getting the Carter pick right would be huge. It’s easy to argue that getting the next one after that right is even bigger. And the work the team’s done fully reflects that. It’s weighed on everyone, as it should. “We’ve got boots on the ground everywhere,” Schoen says. “We’d already coached in a game and been around Jaxson before February 1. So it’s a collaborative approach with Dabes and his staff. We’ve done these private workouts going back a year ago. We worked J.J. McCarthy out on Easter. And this year, we’re on the road Easter weekend [for Sanders, Milroe and Shough] again. So it’s a huge sacrifice. “But we’re all on the same page, the coaching staff, the personnel staff, that the collaboration and the detailed process, typically, it will lead you to making really good decisions. And we’ll see how it plays out. We’re happy we were able to get him.” Because of the moments they’ve had with him, such as the one Schoen once experienced with Allen, the Giants feel good they’ve got the right kind of guy to play in New York and capably play the position. Now, Schoen, Daboll & Co. just need him to be the right quarterback, too. 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Live-action role players dress as characters of their choosing and use props — often benign such as foam-covered sticks to represent swords — to act out what their character might do and say in any given scenario Assistant State Attorney Adriana Lopez called Allen a “sophisticated individual” who bragged about his “loadout for war” in private messages with a real-life school shooter months before she opened fire inside her Wisconsin private school 'Columbine vibe': Acreage man's school shooting remarks date back to 2021 arrest Lopez said Allen detailed his arsenal — steel-plated armor grenades and high-capacity magazines — and said he had seven places he'd like to strike "He's not just talking about it out of thin air," the prosecutor said the judge ordered Allen to remain in the Palm Beach County Jail without bail The combination of Allen’s weapons and online threats were too dangerous to ignore and no condition of release could protect the community from potential harm "The concern of mass danger to the community is very real," Weiss said There is an extreme concern for a disregard of the safety of many tactical gear and multiple uniforms — among them PBSO deputy outfits Marine Corps blues and an Army Ranger uniform Though FBI investigators initially believed the PBSO uniforms were authentic Detective Edgar Miranda told Weiss that Allen had purchased "blank uniforms," upon which he sewed PBSO patches he bought on eBay Miranda said Allen was communicating with others across the country about guerrilla warfare tactics ambushes and racially and ethnically motivated acts of violence the 15-year-old who killed two people at her school contained threats against a church and law-enforcement buildings He said Allen and Rupnow exchanged "quite a few messages just expressing their love for each other." 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his daughters Krystle Tempel and Katy Klausing; his sisters Debi (John) Abel and Ellen Frederick; his niece He was preceded in death by his beloved wife This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors 5:08 AM | Updated: 5:52 am BY SACTOWN VIDEO Follow @https://twitter.com/sactown1140 Jenna Sundel is a Newsweek reporter based in New Jersey She has in-depth knowledge of crime and courts She is a graduate of Montclair State University You can get in touch with Jenna by emailing j.sundel@newsweek.com either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content A Florida man who was arrested on multiple charges accusing him of planning a mass shooting was messaging Abundant Life Christian School shooter Natalie Samantha Rupnow before her death on Tuesday was arrested in Palm Beach County along with unlawful use of a two-way communication device and a badge Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and FBI agents raided Allen's Loxahatchee home and found 18 firearms officials announced at a press briefing on Wednesday Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said Allen was planning attacks at churches for racial reasons in addition to attacks on law enforcement officers were killed and six others were injured in a December 2024 shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison Law enforcement identified Rupnow as the assailant The FBI received a tip on April 25 that an individual Authorities said Allen threatened to conduct mass shootings at seven different unnamed sites in statements posted online Rupnow, who utilized username "targetedbloodsport," and Allen, whose handle was "Senpai_Kiro," communicated via direct message on TikTok My loadout is set up for war," Allen messaged Rupnow on May 23 a level 4 helmet is also bulletproof and IFAK is an acronym for "individual first aid kits." Rupnow told Allen that she had two of her father's 9-millimeter handguns "We go down together," Allen told Rupnow on June 7 "I love you more," per the court affidavit mass shooters and various other topics in the messages included in the document Authorities also said that Allen had an "authentic" sheriff's office uniform with a badge and gun belt, along with a Ford Crown Victoria—a vehicle typically used by law enforcement—with what appears to be a sheriff's office laptop Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Captain Randy Foley said officials are investigating how Allen obtained the gear and vehicle at a press briefing: "This guy was ready to go It was a just a matter of what day was going to set him off to go do it." 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