NoSaint
-
Posts
42,847 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Gallery
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by NoSaint
-
-
WHAT!?!?!?! 28" Waist!?!!? I'm no doctor but with how tall he is and a waist that small how did anyone expect him to bulk up? Myself included.
Is it me or did Maybin look the biggest he's ever been between college and the pros during the combine? I would guess they test the hell out of these guys but I wonder if there is a loop hole in the middle when you are no longer a college athlete and not yet a pro. Could he have been using enhancers?
there is a pretty significant gap between your last college test and first pro. even after the combine i dont think you are eligible to get tested for anything until after you sign. roughly the means from New years til August he was subject to one drug test at the combine and im not even 100% sure thats a PED test, or just a basic panel for illicit drugs. id assume it covers everything but im not claiming that knowledge
doesnt mean he was juicing but he bulked up real quick, and likewise it seemed to disappear pretty quick. it happens to a lot of prospects in the offseason/first season (get jacked in the gym in february and burn up a ton of mass during the season due to length and intensity), but his was fairly significant even considering that...
-
Having lived here now for a bit over 3 years, LA is certainly great. It has a ton to offer, you just have to look for it. In NYC, everything is right there because in terms of mileage, the city is small (hell, it's an island). LA has a TON of great things, they're just really spread out so you have to really want to find them/go to them to appreciate all it has to offer.
Still, LA is pretty rad.
Agreed. I've only spent a handful of time but def enjoyed it.
And if anything it solidifies the point your making- as far as those attractions go, LA is a much closer comparable than buffalo. No harm meant to the comment, just a totally different type of place.
-
Thats not the point at all. Not everyone equates "more things to do" with "place I'd prefer to live." Plenty of other factors go into the decision .... climate, schools, jobs, people, location, "liveability", proximity to family, etc etc.
Anyway, none of this has anything to with the mayor of one city trying to deflect from his serious problems at home by taking a cheap shot at another city. Thats the real point, so let's say hypothetically we agreed 100% of the people would choose to live in NY over Buffalo. That it's an irrefutable fact ... so what? Again, how does that get Bloomberg and his massive budget crisis off the hook? I dont see Buffalo laying off a proportional number of teachers. He could have said an almost limitless amount of "true" statements and it wouldn't excuse the situation in NYC.
It seems that you are so hurt and offended by the comment that you just aren't reading any of the replies tgregg and I wrote. As I've said before, you are arguing against something neither of us said, and I'm not quite sure why. I dont agree with your hypothetical that everyone wants to live there. I don't know if you missed my post about being quite happy where I live.
I even agreed that the context of the comment was silly to have made....
-
I know there is some talk of a rival league stealing players but, seriously, it would have to get pretty bad for players to risk injury for chump change, which is what they would earn in the UFL or CFL. UDFA-types I can see, but if you are a sure NFL pick it's too big a gamble.
PTR
Very true. The NFL has just outpaced pretty much any other... Well... Anything... When it comes to salary growth. By doing so they have created what amounts to a fiercely loyal pool of players (as ironic as that sounds given the current situation). You couldn't fill out a starting 22 in the cfl with paying guys the equivalent of the NFL league minimum - you'd be like 50% over the cap with just those 22.... Even though they are arguing over cash right now, the 10th draft pick will make a bigger signing bonus then entire team salaries in the cfl
-
Pluck NY City.
<3 Davidson County!
And don't bother coming here if you don't speak english.
I'm in new orleans which marches to the beat of a pretty unique drum. It's a cool place to be and certainly a lifestyle I'd be hardpressed to find in NYC but I'm not kidding myself and saying there's more here. There's considerably less but what I have is different and works for me.
-
There have been many Bills drafts that would have been better if they had followed that route.
Let's cut to the chase- we could've put the top 250 names in a hat and pulled one randomly and done better then a handful of our first rounders this last decade.
-
Oh really ..... then what do you make of: "NYC is a mecca for culture, the arts, sports, night life. Very few cities in the history of mankind can compare to what NYC has to offer on a daily basis"
Again, not saying Buffalo has the same draw as NYC ... the huge population differential says it's not ... however not everyone given a choice would opt for NYC. Many many people leave NYC for more "liveable" cities all the time. I know a successful businessman in Buffalo for example, who does more work in NYC than Buffalo, but chooses to live in Buffalo and spend more commuting time as a result.
When you name a city that has more of those things, I'll listen. He's not saying everyone must choose to live NYC but that quite frankly on most measurable dimensions it is unmatched. It's not where I'd choose to start a farm either, but that doesn't mean that a farm town has more to offer. Nor does that insult a farmer. When it comes to arts, diversity, entertainment, opportunity.... Buffalo pales in comparison.
To be crude (and I'm sure you'll rip this), your kind of arguing a super model vs your average girl next door. Plenty of people are meant to be with girls next door, but to say she's winning the beauty contest is unlikely. There's nothing wrong with that, nor should there be. You find what makes you happy but if it's the things he listed- buffalo isn't the place for you really.
-
March of the year after they were drafted.
Basically you have 11months to sign the player before they go back in the draft.
That's the crazy thing if there is no CBA the entire 2012 draft would be both class years.
Or the players that got drafted by the Steelers and Patriots could choose not to renter and wait for a CBA and the players that got drafted by the Bills and the Briwns can re-enter and see if they land in greener pastures.
Crazy
Some things to remember:
No 2012 draft without a CBA- I doubt a CBA would put everyone back in the draft
The 11 month rule isn't 11 calendar months, it's till the close of the league year I believe. Might be splitting hairs but big difference in perspective
The cfl has a salary cap of 4million for entire teams. They'd be hardpressed to target the last 15 players drafted, yet alone first 15. The economics of the NFL are just too different. This isn't the same game as the 80s.
-
Just not true. A lot of people don't care for NYC. They think the people are cold, and the city is congested. Not saying that's true or not BUT you can't deny that a lot of people would choose a smaller "liveable" city like Buffalo over NYC. And heck if it's all that and more versus any other city on the planet, there's even less of an excuse for it to be in a budget crisis which requires gutting its teacher ranks.
Joe - no one is saying NYC is for everyone but to say Buffalo has more gravity if you will, is... probably not true. Buffalo offers some alternatives but not near the volume of opportunities, niches, etc... Different strokes for different folks and NYC isn't for everyone by any means but there are a lot more different strokes to be found in NYC and in general you really are fighting just to be argumentative.
You are arguing against a point no one is making.
-
I always heard rumors that Cinci had a “skelton” scouting staff, which is believable considering they don’t even have an indoor practice facility. But the other day I heard on Mike and Mike that they actually don’t have a scouting staff. Thats right, no scouts - NONE. I don’t know how true this is or not, but I guess there is a chance lol. I am pretty sure that the two Brown boys (sons of the Owner) run the draft. Unfortunately they have had better drafts the last 5 years with no staff than our entire FO has had.
I've heard smallest by a wide margin. I don't believe none unless they just pull off kipers big board... But I suppose that would trump us.
-
All you do is keep rehashing the way YOU evaluate a city. Here you have the mayor of a city that's letting go 1,000 teachers because it's in a budget crisis saying "our problems are a product of success" and "at least we're not Buffalo." Does that sound like a responsible mayor to you? Laying off 1,000 teachers from already over crowded classrooms a "sign of success?" I dont have the stats, but I bet Buffalo has a better student - teacher ratio. For a lot of people THAT DOES MATTER. Not you of course, but you don't speak for 100% of the people.
As best I can tell with a quick search, the ratios are pretty close with buffalo having a slight (I'm talking about like 1 less student per teacher) edge. The flip side, while kids in buffalo read about immigration NYC kids have close access to Ellis island. If you want to make the most of your opportunities, NYC has infinitely more on the table for you. It's not an opinion, it's just true. That isn't an insult, but I get that given the context his comment is insulting.
I'm not saying it's perfect, without flaw and everyone would always choose city life but to compare the two? Buffalo isn't winning many battles, yet alone the war.
-
Perfect so far but I'll be surprised to carry these late games
-
so kelly and marino have IQs around 95.
A standard deviation of iq is 10(?) points. So 90 would be the rough translation? Again, a guide not a rule... Depending on their prep and seriousness about the test, and some luck their "true scores" could be higher or lower. Just a single sampling doesn't tell everything
Shouldn't be any comparisons between them anyway. NOT the same player/leader. And the wonderlic
is pretty meaningless anyway. High scores don't mean a QB will be successful any more than a lower
score indicates that they won't be. Vince Young got a 9, has maturity issues, not a great leader and
STILL has a winning record as a starting QB in the NFL. Fitz scored 48 and doesn't have a winning
record as a starter on any team he's been on.
Chad Pennington scored 25? He was a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship. Wonderlic is a bunch of
random information. Change the info and people who didn't do as well could do better or vice versa.
To say it's meaningless is as short sighted as saying it's an absolute 100% predictor. I'd go out on a limb and say there is some correlation just not a huge one, especially through the meaty part of the curve... I'd guess at the far ends it's a much stronger correlation but likely still not terribly significant.
No one is suggesting there's one obvious predictor, or else the draft would be reaallly easy
-
And I believe that was actually before they changed to a 2 man wedge instead of a 4 man wedge. Since 09 when they changed the wedge rule I really haven't seen(or at least hear of) many injuries during the kickoff as a result of the wedge so I don't get what the big deal is over it.
Basically they are trying to make the kickoff worthless. Kicking from the 35 will make things more dangerous IMO. Pretty much every kicker in the league can kick the ball into the endzone; except Lindell.
To me this means that more kickers will be able to put more height on the ball and players can get downfield quicker. Without the wedge at all they will have 2-3 players with a full head of steam coming down field ready to pop a guy that has only 1 person within 2 yards to protect him.
I know the ball gets there much faster than the players but no wedge to me seems like they will have 1,2 or even 3 guys converging on one player within a 1/2 second and increasing the likelihood of an injury.
Just one mans opinion.
Couple this with no running start for the kick team and I see it turning towards punt return dynamics, but with a little more space
I've never seen a bomb kick get someone killed and they do exist now.
-
Logically if there were MULTIPLE resets of a MAJOR standardized test, it would be pretty unusual for the Wonderlic to not undergo a scoring reset as well over the past 15 years.
Especially if low scorers can improve their scores so easily:
- Losman improved from 14 to 31
- Vince Young improved from 6 to 16
So I stand by my statements
- 21 is not that good of a score for Cam Newton, especially when he's projected as a top 5-10 pick. It's another Con which increases his risk. Especially with the 2nd tier prospects all hitting Home Runs with their scores.
- A wonderlic score of 20 isn't the same as a score of 20 fifteen years ago.
The fact that you can improve your score by actually learning strategy and such isn't a knock in the test, it's a knock on those guys for being unprepared/unfocused.
Also with a test that short, knowing 2-3 extra questions and getting 2-3 guesses can swing a score a lot as well.
The SAT reset was because the early 90s saw many underachieving schools implement the test as a benchmark, and it brought the average score down so they had to pull that 50th percentile back to 500. To my knowledge the wonderlic didn't see that influx. It's generally held it's demographics steady.
All that said, I'm basically saying unless you are an extreme outlier (say under 15ish or over 30/35ish, I don't think it says a lot. It's like a RB being clocked at 4.4 vs 4.45 - marginal difference even if it's not based on track conditions, slight misstep etc (lucky guesses or content) it's the 4.25 and 4.6 that really can help or hurt and likely say something at the next level.
Cams score doesn't put him in the wow factor either way. His "true" value could be high teens or mid 20s honestly, and much like the 40 not being football speed, this isn't football processing under a pass rush... Just part of the package to take into account.
-
You do realize that around ~1994... to get an 800 on the math, you had to get 0-1 wrong.
After ~1994 you could get about 5-10 answers wrong (uncertain how many) but still get an 800.
To tie this back to football, I would be shocked if the Wonderlic didn't have similar inflation.
yes, there was a recentering to get the average score back to about 500. the wonderlic didnt have a similar recenter, although i suppose the difficulty may have changed to maintain the average. i havent heard that but its possible. i just dont think there was a sudden influx of low scores like the sats saw in the mid 90s. i think the demographics on the wonderlic have remained pretty consistent.
-
I'm betting we pass. Just my opinion.
Maybe our standards are different, but with all that extra preparation and attention, I don't think 21 is a great score for a #3 overall pick QB.
I think Newton falls to 5-10 now.
And I don't think you can compare scores from Marino/Kelly's era... that was so long ago.
That's like comparing SAT scores from the 1990's to the inflated scores nowadays.
You do realize the "inflated scores" are because there's a third section and it's scored out of 2400 now right?
As for the wonderlic - 20 equates to 100iq which equates to average. 5 pts equate to about a standard deviation high or low. As you get away from the middle that's less of a hard rule.
Food for thought, Bradshaw is the only qb to score under a 24(?) and win the superbowl. Clearly not saying cam can't, just giving some wonderlic facts/trivia and perspective.
-
The NFL clearly wants to protect QBs – I get it. But why haven’t they made THE MOST OBVIOUS RULE CHANGE to protect the QB – LET THE OL HOLD MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its so obvious it’s funny really. Don’t want the QB hit in the head? Let the OL hold more. Don’t want the QB hit below the knee? Let the OL hold more. Don’t want QBs hit - AT ALL - (like they currently enforce) LET THE DANG OL HOLD MORE!!!!!!!!!! There – less hits on the QB and us fans wont have to watch fags like Brady screaming that his too-too got dirty after a perfectly legal hit and the flags come a flying.
Id rather see that then QBs getting bear-hugged and let go without the whistle being blown (Mathis Kiwinuka on VY) because he is scared to get a penalty. Or worse yet the D getting a flag for hugging the QB and placing him gently on the ground (like that call a few years back on Cincy vrs Tampa Bay when Justin Smith slowly placed Bruce Gradkowski on the ground, then got a 15 yard penalty that put TB in FG range to win the game. FYI Cinci missed the playoffs that year by 1 game. If that p****y called wasn’t made they would have made the playoffs)
I mean these rules are getting ridiculous. Eliminating gang tackles? Cant hit a player after forward progress has been stopped? How many times have we seen guys like AP or Steven Jackson run into a pile, throw like 3 guys off of them, then torch 60 yards? Now you aren’t allowed to gang tackle those guys? Gimme a break. If they want to enforce that then the only way to keep it from getting ridiculous is to start blowing the whistle the INSTANT they stop moving forward. AKA you don’t have to tackle to runner anymore just stick him. What a joke. The worst part of these rule changes is that they inevitable start to affect college and HS rules too, which ruin those games. In my entire years of watching football, I witnessed 1 player – only 1 player – get hurt from a “horse collar tackle” (it was TO). The next season those tackles are illegal – WTF? The following season its illegal in college too, and illegal in HS football the next. Holy butt fuk Batman – 1 guy gets hurt in the last 10 years and now all of football is worse off?
I could deal with the NFL ruining the NFL (the NFL can’t compete with college IMO) but when they start to ruin college (instant replay sucks too, which was adopted by college bc of the NFL) and HIGH SCHOOL football I really start to get annoyed.
Roy Williams damn near ended about a half dozen careers that season alone. It wasn't just TO.
Otherwise those are all rules already really. The only change ice heard is the kickoff/touchback rule. Just saying.
-
First you dont trade for any Eagles scrub back up QB's!
obviously just giving the op a hard time,
but realistically you have to go with fitz unless the cba gets finished up really soon. the reason i said thigpen is because he is familiar with gailey and could probably get up to speed fast to be a capable backup.
if just talking about 2011 and not a day further in the future, i think thats your best bet for the playoffs.
-
LOL...Troup was one of the top "true" NT taken in last year's draft. Troup was specifically drafted to play NT in the 3-4, I can't see how anyone can argue otherwise. Whether he's good enough to be a starting NT in the NFL is one thing, but a NT he is.
Looking at the players we drafted last year, Troup/Carrington/Moats, all are better suited for the 3-4, but I think that regardless of who we select with the first pick in this year's draft, we'll continue to see a hybrid of the 3-4/4-3 defense next year..I don't have a problem with it and see no reason why we have to have an official defensive base scheme.
Realistically to play the 34/43 hybrid effectively you probably need 5 true lineman and 1 Suggs type player that can play de/olb any given snap.
Even best case I think that troup/carrington are 50-50 to be long term starters. If one is a starter and one a solid rotational player, we've done well. We can certainly add bodies still.
-
He literally laughed at the workout warrior question, and this is the guy that some want as the #3 pick? I heard that his favorite thing to do is watch cartoons. Again #3 pick? Seriously? Dude can barely speak!
In contrast, here's a video of a Quinn interview. This sounds like a man, not a big kid like Dareus...
youtube.com/watch?v=J7r_McC_gHo
I think the Bills will be smart and pick a mature person like Quinn, Miller, Peterson or Green. Dareus strikes me as the defensive version of Mike Williams.
I like Quinn a lot personally. It's hard because I didn't see a ton of his games and was looking forward to targetting some this year. I think he's got a good head, great size, understands leverage and if the strength/speed check out I think it's a huge positive. I wouldn't doubt nix has been on the phone with Beebe to glean some extra insight.
One thing in defense of dareus is I posted student interviews that were very old and you posted combine interviews. I dont doubt that Quinn is better spoken/smarter but I'm sure the combine prep and taking the interview serious didn't hurt. Dareus I think is a guy thy like I said - likely not the first into the weight room by himself but I'd be surprised if he wasn't a beast in there with someone pushing him. I also think he's a real strong kid when you watch the tape. Generally I think he enjoys football too, which helps.
Quinn is one of few that I could put above dareus if everything plays out. He could be a freak of nature on the outside. The hybrid defense needs that Terrell Suggs type player to be effective and I think Quinn has potential to be a bigger faster stronger and smarter version potentially. Get some guys ala ray Lewis that can light a fire in him and watch out--- We could get some swagger on that side of the ball with him and merriman. A 1-2 of Quinn and Taylor in the draft with 3 being an ilb and this defense could be fixed.
-
Reminds me of a line I heard or read once, something like "Think of how stupid a person with average intelligence is. Now, by definition, half of the population is dumber than that."
So, instead of 1 in 5 Americans enjoying screwing around on polls, perhaps 5 out of 10 Americans are just plain stupid. Or maybe even 6 in 10.
Clearly there are dumb people out there but I would guess atleast a large percentage of those are starwars fans just messing around (globalize as needed to other questions) and people being stupid to be funny (being a pain is cool!)
Let's be honest - how many people in this very thread would say yes to memory erasing as a liquor joke and not a "I believe in that little pen will smith carried in men in black" sense.
I dont doubt several percentage points are real though and that's still a huuuuge number of people.
-
Honest assessment of 2011 is that it'll be hard to leapfrog both the jets AND patriots in one offseason. If we don't get past them and win the division it's a big cluster of teams looking at 2 wildcard spots. Especially with the steelers/ravens likely taking a WC spot also. Texans add prince/Peterson they are WC contenders also. Jax will likely be in the mix. Oakland/kc/San Diego could send 2 and all that is assuming Indy wins their division. It's a steep hill to climb.
That said - how to field the best team in 2011 with no eye to the future....
Sign RT and TE in free agency. Clabo and boss/miller
Sign a vet to backup/challenge fitz in the style of thigpen
Resign poz, flo and donte
Draft- trade back and get an extra two if at all possible
Pull qbs off the board 100%
Target front 7 early and often
Quinn/miller/dareus -- must sure up the perimeterof the line
Ayers/Taylor/heyward
Best inside Linebacker available assuming you haven't picked 2 lbs already
Roll the dice a lot from here on out on guys coming back from injury or suspension (go tarheels!)
Pray that merriman is healthy
Be willing to sacrifice 2012 picks for a trade or RFA pickup if need be
Hope for a few bounces to go our way
-
We both have varying perspectives on this matter, respectful differences. One thing that Smith doesn't want is to be liked by the opposition. He wants to be the anti-Upshaw. That is his role. The other lead negotiator, Pash, is also a tough cookie. He was the architect of the NHL lockout. (Which I strongly supported.) He isn't interested in being liked either.
Goodell, who I like very much, has a different role. His utility is to be the peacemaker and work out a compromise when it is in reach. After the negotiations broke down he was seen in a bar talking to a union rep. The point being that the sides are still dealing even while there is ostensibly a walkout.
As far as taking the matter to court that is also a tactic. It was a court decision that advanced the players' position when they defeated the owners in court over the TV deal. The current court maneuver is to get an injunction to stop the lockout and then get back to the negotiating table to complete a deal that is already structured. Only the finishing touches need to be completed.
My general point is that when viewing the tactics of each side a lot of what we see has been scripted. This deal will get worked out if both sides keep their heads and don't let the animosty to overrule the business side of this stagecraft.
I don't think either side is without blame - I just think if you pull him out and put in someone else we would be much closer to a fair and equitable solution. I think there are plenty of mistakes along the way, I just don't believe he's 100% committed to the players best interests as much as his own (which clearly screwing players doesn't achieve). Kind of like the owners not maximizing tv revenue for the players, I have a feeling in hindsight his legacy will not be as maximizing players well being, instead getting a little extra for himself but we will see. It's just a general impression.
Chargers relocating to LA makes sense
in The Stadium Wall Archives
Posted
i dont mean to rain on any parades, but as soon as that LA slot is filled Toronto is my bet for the next "hot city" to put a team. Switch out Buffalo and Toronto for San Diego and LA and the differences in your paragraph are marginal at best. Be careful what you argue today, it might come back to haunt you tomorrow.