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The Everything NFL Thread - 2013-2014 Edition
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I do not see why you would possibly need to tell some hero to leave the thread over this, it is not like I was being anything like nice to him. He does not understand the value of a touchdown versus an interception, but how many people do intuitively understand the worth of an interception? Most probably think it is 5-7 points. He also does not understand that Peyton had more pass attempts in 2 seasons, including the only season with actually superior numbers (a season in which B. Manning threw for more pass attempts than Brees ever has), and in that case it is because he wants to hype and fanboy and not look at the actual facts. Not many people want to look at the actual facts though, people just want to shout and scream about how right they are...which is the entire point of what I keep breaking down. Although in this case the larger argument is irrelevant because which one you think is the better QB period comes down to which you believe is the truly better passer and/or how you feel about what the postseason means.
Shinryu, why should anybody take it to pm? Clearly you do not care about someone posting with nothing to say based on you making a post just to say nothing. I mean by your own post's terrible logic, you should have pmed someone asking why we did not just pm it rather than waste our apparently incredibly precious time.
Shinryu, why should anybody take it to pm? Clearly you do not care about someone posting with nothing to say based on you making a post just to say nothing. I mean by your own post's terrible logic, you should have pmed someone asking why we did not just pm it rather than waste our apparently incredibly precious time.
I feel bad that the Raiders and Saints are gonna miss out on this week. There's the Cowboys vs Eagles, Steelers vs Ravens, Packers vs Browns, Bengals vs Lions. A lot of close ones. I'm just hoping to god that Weeden doesn't choke up on the road as much as he does at home. I'll probably end up being wrong though. xD
Calling 43/19 > 37/11 is still kind of a stretch considering the ratio of the latter is far superior. Once all points of comparison have enough raw stats for an adequate sample size, the aggregate should take a backseat to efficiency. If Peyton had thrown another 90 passes to bring his attemps up to par with Brees in 2012 while maintaining the same TD:INT ratio, 43/13 > 43/19. ;[ Kinda funny coming from the guy who poo-poos his own Emmitt Smith when discussing all-time RBs due to his mediocre YPC. :(
Nonetheless, interesting stuff to read and if you were merely illustrating the point that TDs > INTs as far as value is concerned, alright I'll let you off the hook. And though I disagree, if your beef with Manning is his playoff performance that's your prerogative.
I do not have a "beef" with Manning, I just do not care about treating the 4th best QB of the last 15 years like he is the first best. Or in this case, people misinterpreting specific statistical stretches.
Trying to say we should care about the ratio and pace is a bit silly, since 6 touchdowns is worth 10 interceptions & they passed for what they could in those games. Peyton passed more times in 2/4 of the seasons he played in the last 5 years lol
Gee thanks so much for "letting me off the hook", I was really worried how people might be perceiving my hardlined stances until you said that
There are so many things I still don't understand about Brandon Weeden
1) why would a team draft a 28 year old rookie QB in the first round? I just can't see any justification for that
2) how is he still starting. Literally anyone could do what he's doing. Tim Tebow would probably be an improvement over him. Both can't throw, but at least Tebow can run!
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1) why would a team draft a 28 year old rookie QB in the first round? I just can't see any justification for that
2) how is he still starting. Literally anyone could do what he's doing. Tim Tebow would probably be an improvement over him. Both can't throw, but at least Tebow can run!
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He's still starting because the Legend of Kiko Alonso was too much for Brian Hoyer.
AFC Beast, baby. 1st and 4th separated by only 2 games. Each team should play a role in the division (which is nuts, I figured the Dolphins would be 8-8 at best and the Jets would be a tire fire).
AFC Beast, baby. 1st and 4th separated by only 2 games. Each team should play a role in the division (which is nuts, I figured the Dolphins would be 8-8 at best and the Jets would be a tire fire).
I still don't know why they just don't switch to Jason Campbell already. Brian Hoyer is injured, Josh Freeman is terrible and is already signed onto the Vikings; so Cleveland is stuck with Brandon Weeden. It's terrible because if the Browns have a good QB they can form a surprisingly decent team. Benjamin can run, Cameron and Gordon can actually make catches, and their defense can hold it's own. It's just with Weeden, everything about Cleveland falls off.
It wasn't that bad, these matchups are always close like that with neither side looking particularly impressive outside of defense.
In other news, how the hell is Brandon Merriweather still allowed to play in the NFL? It's clear that his multiple flags and fines for hits to the head are not deterring him. What's worse is he's not even being called for hits that are close to legal, he is blatantly leading with his helmet and launching himself into offensive players. He's worse than Bernard Pollard (who also, unsurprisingly, was involved in some drama during his game today).
It's a shame we haven't cut Meriweather yet. He's an obvious thug who sucks at his job of safety. But then
>mike shanahan
>good personnel management
pick one
i almost prefer that we lost this game so that shanahan can get fired already (until last year, jim zorn > mike shanahan as washington HC) but RGIII is slowly but surely becoming himself again so we'll probably limp to 7-9
>mike shanahan
>good personnel management
pick one
i almost prefer that we lost this game so that shanahan can get fired already (until last year, jim zorn > mike shanahan as washington HC) but RGIII is slowly but surely becoming himself again so we'll probably limp to 7-9
ya meriweather is garbage...pretty funny shit when he injured himself that one week after making a bunch of head to head hits
as for the pats game aside from that being like one random time to call it when apparently the fg pushing has been going on all season, we still got outplayed regardless; it's evident the rest of the afc east is getting a lot better which sucks for us i guess, but makes for good games. brady making a ton of innaccurate passes doesnt help either i suppose.
as for the pats game aside from that being like one random time to call it when apparently the fg pushing has been going on all season, we still got outplayed regardless; it's evident the rest of the afc east is getting a lot better which sucks for us i guess, but makes for good games. brady making a ton of innaccurate passes doesnt help either i suppose.
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