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Football is a 100% injury rate sport Don't let anybody tell you otherwise

Through 3 episodes now, and I'm really liking it! "Task" on HBO is a good watch as well.

It's been my feeling that the Bills D last year was somewhere between its points ranking (11th and its yards ranking (17th). Mid-tier, not as good as 2023 when they were 4th/9th. This is consistent with EPA per play and DVOA that you reference. I've heard others speak well of DVOA. But not bottom of the league or bottom-third overall.

And that's not even counting the guys on IR

Great stuff, Shaw. It really is different from the old days when teams had more time to get ready for the early weeks of the season. It really does seem that these days the team has to come to understand it's identity during those first 4 - 7 weeks or so. And that you just don't know what you're getting before then, even if you think you do.

In other words the Rams lost in a very B!llsy way?

I think he was going for a reverse psychology play..... "They think we are going to run some exotic play, so let's keep it simple and fool them."........ When you try to out-smart the other team, you usually end up out-smarting yourself.

EPA per play is a good metric. Bills were 12th (20th this year but still working off that ravens mess). Right in the big mess of average. Feels about right and pretty good for a first time DC. Hoping we get just above that this year. DVOA is also a pretty good holistic stat. edit: found dvoa rankings and 11th. Almost beyond the average mess and still good for first time DC

I've never heard of anyone eating beer, but I'm willing to give it a try!

Tigers, Cubs and NYY advance. Cubs vs Brewers should be a fun series

Being homophobic to own the MAGAts 😎 You forgot the NFL

I do not share your optimism that Brady will unveil an aggressive gameplan designed to score early and often and force NE to chase the points. I think he will continue to do what he's done, to call a balanced, physical, heavy game. But what I'm interested to see is: what does he do if the Patriots bottle up the running game and WR screens and LOS in general? How stubborn will he be? Or, hopefully, how adaptive will he be?

True, but he brings in QBs who have the traits he wants. All those guys are accurate, timing based QBs who just run the plays and stay within the scheme and system. They succeed because they are who the system was designed to use. Tua would be good there, for instance. The problem is when things break down, those guys can't do much. But he has shown you can get pretty far with QBs like that.

Got that. Asking about shadows on field during game.

They just would have dragged their feet and be in the same shape

Yeah, I forget this league is very different than usual. It's a friend's salary draft/keeper league. Two years ago, they changed it to add individual defensive players instead of team units, and you now draft a team QB instead of individual QBs. It's been fun, but damn my guys are getting killed early already. 3 guys on IR off the bat, had to drop Bosa, BYE week just started, & had to grab some random players tonight just to fill out the squad. Wow, totally forgot about that! The stat they showed at the end of the game was pretty crazy. Only 4 x QBs have ever started 3-0 in their 49ers career. Y. A. Tittle, Jimmy G, Brock Purdy & now Mac Jones. 3/4 are Shanahan's guys. That's a testament to what a great coach he is.

Its Corning Gorrilla Glass, thats why it doesn't look like its there

They are definitely not a great team right now. Shanny is a great coach though

Interesting format to that league

What about simulations of canopy shade on the field during a game??

Right now the only draft pick that is not helping that hurts is max. we are getting a lot more help from Walker and Hawes and even Strong then anyone could have hoped for. Landon Jackson seem to be in the doghouse and the chance he even gets activated before the end of the year is shrinking by the day once the two suspended guys come back I give it almost a 0% chance he get any snaps this year.

Went with the Lions as well.....like the idea of saving the Colts for when they play the Titans.

I mean, Eric Bienemy was theoretically a great OC too, but we all know who the real brain behind the operation was. Let’s see McDaniels prove he can do it without Belichick first, before we anoint him.