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Finding the best QB in NFL using only Advanced Stats…
ColoradoBills replied to BillytheKid's topic in The Stadium Wall
Analysis is fun BUT human beings are full of emotions and all kinds of things that cannot be measured by analytics by both coaches and players. Every football play has 22 players all moving at various speeds and directions. How many yards does a team (or player) have in any given year is interesting. How many TDs, sacks, turnovers all mean something BUT....... In the end. It's a game of inches. -
Why is Mike Lee obsessed with selling off federal land
Taro T replied to Roundybout's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
The thing to watch for is in states that don't have eminent domain laws that somebody buys land with the only access roads to some adjacent lands and then they effectively buy a whole lot more land than they'd actually paid for. Because without eminent domain, you can't force somebody to allow a road in on their property. It's how folks like Ted Turner ended up getting some really great land. Buy up everything surrounding what you REALLY want and then make a swap of some of what you have for what you actually want. As long as the feds &/or the state can get roads built to what lies beyond what is being sold off, there isn't a whole lot to be worried about provided you aren't a competitor of clean coal (the real reason 42 converted large chunks of Utah to national parkland - to prevent low sulfur coal from being mined) or a rancher with a dirt cheap lease on federal lands for grazing purposes or someone else benefiting from that land not being private / exploitable. -
Sanctuary City Crackdown: Pre-Game
Westside replied to BillsFanNC's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Cut off your nose to spite your face should be the leftists slogan! Unbelievable!! -
I have long hated mcD's ST roster spots for guys who don't play enough minutes on either offense or defense. But man, Hollins ST work last year was wildly under appreciated by both the entire league and Bills fans. Easily one of the best if not THE best ST'r in the NFL last year. He is worth every penny of that NE contract here. Buffalo should have kept him.
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One of those eBike dudes with no regard for traffic law just got creamed here in the Buffalo area, but he wasn't a kid--he was 40. "The 40-year-old was transported to ECMC to be treated for leg, abdominal and head injuries" https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/erie-county/amherst/maple-bailey-intersection-closed-in-amherst-after-e-bike-car-crash/
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Finding the best QB in NFL using only Advanced Stats…
MJS replied to BillytheKid's topic in The Stadium Wall
CJ Stroud sucked last year. How is he top 6? Unless it is using his rookie year as well. -
For those choosing to not call a clear act of war “war,” what would you call it if any country attacked NYC tomorrow with dozens of massive bombs? F.uck Iran for sure (just so some dimwits don’t spin my first sentence as some insane support of them) but if the roles were reversed, you wouldn’t consider it war because….. reasons?
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A lot of it is far from "pristine." Most of it is not "developable" because it is far, far away from anywhere where people or business are likely to locate. I'm not against a sale of some of the land, but people have a legitimate concern that this is a foot in the door technique, and that somehow (I wonder how ...) big developer interests will wind up buying the land for far less than what they deem it to be worth after an intensive lobbying effort for water rights, road access, etc. No offense intended here, but sometimes I wonder exactly how much time these proponents of federal land sales have actually spent on western USFS and BLM lands ...
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Nice research! As I have said before, that's why I love this board! Fan...atics!
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Even being the 4th/5th best QB of an era doesn't necessarily disqualify someone, if other things really stand out. Go back to the late 80s and early 90s. Most had the list as follows: 1. Joe Montana 2. Dan Marino 3. John Elway 4. Jim Kelly / Warren Moon All five were 1st ballot HOF players.
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Finding the best QB in NFL using only Advanced Stats…
Alphadawg7 replied to BillytheKid's topic in The Stadium Wall
First, was a cool read and cool work. Ive been using AI to do some really cool things, and seeing others use it in cool ways is always interesting. So kudos sir But this here makes me wonder about the accuracy, as one of the issues with AI is consistent accuracy in some use cases. Burrow played all 17 games last year and didn't miss anytime. He did in 2023, so if it is coming to conclusions where its weighing time missed by a player who didn't miss anytime it brings into question what other factors its miscalculated. -
That's really not a lot of players if you think about it. Even if all seven get inducted, they would be the only quarterbacks selected over a period of 15+ years. Brees is a 1st ballot lock next year in 2026. He will be the first QB selected in five years (last was Peyton Manning in 2021). Roethlisberger is a lock , but not sure he's 1st ballot. Some voters are funky about that. Maybe 2027, but possibly a year or two later. Brady is obviously a 1st ballot lock in 2028. Rodgers is still playing, so he won't even be eligible until 2032 at the very earliest. There will be a lot of discussion over the last three. My opinion is that Rivers has the best bet and will probably make it eventually. Eli Manning is a really tough sell for me, and wasn't even a finalist his first year. Matt Ryan is a total wildcard for me. His career looks much better on paper than I ever remember him actually being. All the current guys like Mahomes, Allen, Jackson and Burrow likely have a decade of football in front of them. And they don't become eligible until they have been retired for six seasons. Which means around 2040 and possibly later.
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https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/06/20/ufl-ceo-everythings-on-the-table-during-the-offseason/
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Allen is doing what he can to keep Cook happy. Is he going to say that he doesn't think Cook deserves the money?