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The Babylon Bee, America's Newspaper
B-Man replied to 3rdnlng's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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The Cowboys, Overexposed? Maybe. Overrated? .... You Decide
MJS replied to corta765's topic in The Stadium Wall
They used to be overrated. Every season they talked about how the Cowboys "underachieved". Well, if you consistently underachieve, it just means you aren't as good as people think. Their players were overrated as well. Now, I think most people have caught on and don't see them as a top team or a potential superbowl contender. -
PFF's top 32 TE's (Dalton Kincaid at 10!!!!!)
dorquemada replied to FireChans's topic in The Stadium Wall
Lmao. In what universe does anybody put Kincaid in the top 10? I hope he can get there someday but there's exactly nothing in his existing body of work for him to be in the top 1/3 -
Yeah the Bills have tried to immediately fill premium positions with their top pick in the last two drafts. Didn't work out well with Coleman as a rookie. Hopefully Hairston does better but wouldn't be surprising if he struggles mightily and teams attack him as a rookie. Because you are much more on your own on those islands. It's much easier to get acclimated at center with help on both sides and a veteran QB to help with protections etc.. Especially in a league where there aren't many true nose tackles playing right over the center anymore.
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PFF's top 32 TE's (Dalton Kincaid at 10!!!!!)
Kornfed replied to FireChans's topic in The Stadium Wall
Anyone putting any stock in anything PFF has to say is pissing into the wind. .. You’re welcome -
The Babylon Bee, America's Newspaper
B-Man replied to 3rdnlng's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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A lot was made during the schedule release that Dallas is on primetime too much and more so they are not good enough to deserve the attention. There is no doubt that the team is overexposed which is intentional because of Jerry Jones. The dude may be annoying as hell, but he is brand wizard which I do respect him for. With that said I love seeing Dallas with egg on their face so I take a certain satisfaction in their primetime losses (Ayooo 2019 Bills baby!).This did get me thinking though how has Dallas done comparatively over the last decade and are they really overrated or just ringlessly successful. Welp I spent at least 11 minutes and got the following to discuss: Over the past decade Dallas has... -Won four division crowns -Made the playoffs six of the ten years. -Three of their playoff losses were in the divisional round including 2016 which Dallas was the 1 seed only to be upset by Rodgers and the Pack last second on a FG -Overall record of 93-71 good enough for a 56% win rate -.500 or better in seven of ten seasons -In 2020 and 2024 Dak was hurt. In 2020 when Dak got hurt for the season their offense was averaging 26.9 ppg, last year Dak never was fully healthy -They have had star players over that time including Dak, Zeke, Micah Parsons, Cede Lamb, Dez Bryant, Amari Cooper, DeMarcus Lawrence etc.. Of the 32 NFL teams only the following have won more division crowns: KC, Buffalo, New England, Minnesota, & Houston And the following teams have won four division crowns: Baltimore, Green Bay, LA Rams, Philly, & Tampa The following teams have six or more playoffs appearances: KC, Buffalo, Baltimore, Green Bay, LA Rams, New England, Pittsburgh, Philly, & Seattle (Dallas & Seattle are the only two teams of the ten with six playoffs appearances or more to not have made a title game in the last decade.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking all of this over Dallas has been a top 10 team in the league for the last decade, its the non-surprisingly playoffs where any real success has eluded them. Tampa has a SB and four division crowns, but was not a good franchise until Brady arrived in 2020. By comparison Dallas was a more consistent yearly winner both in record and division crowns. Seattle has been more of a wildcard team in this time as their last division crown was 2020 and before that 2016. Five of the Cowboys playoff losses were one score losses which they had their chances in and for one reason or another couldn't breakthrough. The 49ers have 5 primetime games this year and over the last decade have been a far lessor regular season team with only four playoff appearances in that time. But the 49ers have made two Super Bowls and three NFC title games during that stretch again absolving them of similar criticism. The coverage of the Cowboys given the brand and market certainly can feel overblown and probably is to some extent, but the brass numbers paint a pretty successful franchise that networks can count on for solid games year in year out which is part of why they are included so frequently. Truthfully if you think it is annoying now, had Dallas broken through during this time and made a SB it would probably be even worse (if that is even possible). At the same time Dallas run and inability to breakthrough does beg the question have they wasted a major window and if they fade will the coverage still be the same. Again for you all to decide haha
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Last year I thought losing Mitch was gonna hurt not because McGovern wasn't gonna come in and play well at center but that it would leave a hole at guard that I wasn't certain David Edwards would fill. Of course Edwards filled it solidly so there was no loss. The Eagles basically did the same thing. What made the Eagles not miss Kelce as much was that Jergens was a good guard who was a good center and then they plugged in Becton at guard who had a career year. Had they had some issues plugging in that guard spot then yes it would have Losing an All Pro center can hurt especially if you don't have a quality player to plug in. The Lions drafted a cetner/IOL in round 2 they probably feel like they can plug them in there and be fine but rookies can have growing pains.
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Yeah we can only hope that Epenesa has refined his pass rush repertoire. If he turns into a good, right side pass rusher he could be looking at 3 years $60M+ deal next offseason. When you are a former early pick teams are just waiting for you to confirm their initial suspicion that you are good. Or he could repeat last season's play and go the way of Dawuane Smoot and become a one year deal guy on the path to league minimum salaries. Epenesa has the most to gain financially of any Bill that could be considered poised for a breakout.
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Be thankful he isn't running the Bills into the toilet.
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PFF's top 32 TE's (Dalton Kincaid at 10!!!!!)
RiotAct replied to FireChans's topic in The Stadium Wall
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Who was invited to Josh and Hailee's wedding?
Gregg replied to Willie West's topic in The Stadium Wall
I wonder if these two showed up at the wedding. -
Former Bills Where Are They Now. Episode 1: Jeff Tuel
Starr Almighty replied to RobbRiddick's topic in The Stadium Wall
So the Tuel Jeff turned out to be is a hoe? So he can spread the algae in the soil? Was that the moral of the story? -
No the value of an All Pro is absolutely position dependent. Centers have help on both sides and often spend the most important downs blocking air. And physically at least, Tate Ratledge is an upgrade on Ragnow. When you pick an interior offensive lineman in round 2 like that you are thinking he is going to be a stud. It's not like they have Colin Brown taking over at center. Maybe you thought the Eagles would miss Kelce too but they didn't. Jergens was just fine. I know the outside opinion was that losing Mitch Morse last offseason was huge but he was easily upgraded upon.
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PFF's top 32 TE's (Dalton Kincaid at 10!!!!!)
Starr Almighty replied to FireChans's topic in The Stadium Wall
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What did i say that was factually not close? That every defense in the league has better metrics when they play bad teams? Because that was the crux of the argument. The pass rushing example is just a reinforcement stats are padded against lousy competition. EPA doesn't factor in quality of competition, just whether points were added or lost based off of the performance of the defense - and this reflects that. If the EPA is higher than it should be based on an easier schedule or just generally padding stats against bad teams, the difference between playoff performance and non-playoff performance is greater. If players are injured down the stretch, it would also likely reflect a greater difference between non-playoff and playoff.
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Thats a pretty jaw dropping chart, just like the Eagles stopped the Chiefs 9 times in the superbowl and McD and his D have stopped the Chiefs 9 times in 4 playoff games. Its pretty clear to my lying eyes that McD consistently doesn't coach the D up in the big playoff games, in fact he regresses badly.
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I've read on this site that Ed isn't that good so if he did this to Ragnow the Lions won't miss him at all cause he sucks too
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Who was invited to Josh and Hailee's wedding?
GerstAusGosheim replied to Willie West's topic in The Stadium Wall
I heard Josh Rosen was standing up at the alter at first, but Allen took his place. -
Adios! Deportation Scoreboard
BillsFanNC replied to BillsFanNC's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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The same media and universities that wanted to ban Conservative speakers from public events because "we get freedom of speech, but their view are just too dangerous" still see the Pro-Palestine protests as peaceful after two pure full blown hate motivated terrorist attacks in one week. Let that sink in. Another hot take from C-Section 3. I have you on ignore, but allowed that message just so I could point out that you are an idiot for saying this and this it is an obscenely stupid take that is not even worthy of debating. Trash tier comments like this is why I think the dems still have no chance in 2026 and 2028 despite the tariffs. Don't bother replying because you are still blocked. Have the day that you deserve.