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I don't remember if it was last yr, or the yr before but I determined that "teams that suck" (which I think I defined as 5 wins or less), had a 31% chance of making the playoffs the following yr. I looked back a fews yrs, maybe 5 or so.
That's not much worse than any team at random, ie parity works. In fact, if you remove the Bills from the results, you might get sufficiently close to the 38% that it isn't statistically relevant.
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I like the idea of it. It's just speculating at its finest. It also is presumably a way of athletes to defer risk & capitalist on future earnings now. Didn't read the specifics, but my primary concern is how the duration of his career is handled. Do your shares only cover X # of yrs? You obviously have no say in when/if he quits/retires.
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That much on the line, & they don't think a few thousand for UPSes (Uninterrupted Power Source) is a worthwhile precaution?
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I've noticed that when TEs are thrown to, they're often covered by CBs (who seem to do a reasonable job of preventing a completion). One can also theorize that when the TE isn't seen, they too, are usually covered (well) by a CB & therefore seldom considered an option by the QB.
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Could it just be like a speech impediment, sorta like a lisp? Can't go from the ssss phonetic straight (or should I say "shtraight?") to the teh.
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Jay Ross again? We swapped punters, so that's net zero roster wise. We promoted Lewis which means we need to cut someone, or IR. We've also got space on the Practice Squad now.
If we still can, I like the idea of I-Ring Hopkins.
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I don't ever recall Tasker returning KOs (Easley does, but he never gets a chance to actually return them). Tasker didn't return punts til late in his career & as I recall, didn't enjoy it. He wasn't a particularly good returner, but one thing he was EXCELLENT about was that he fielded EVERYTHING and reliably so punters seldom got the advantage of roll distance.
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Highly unlikely, probably, yes, maybe. Respectively.
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I agree that Carpenter has been top notch. Great 55 yd FG; only 1 miss. KOs have been good, too. ~50% TB & of those returned a good %age are stopped (well) b4 the 20. Hopkins was thought to be (among the) best kickers coming out this yr & I've seen nothing to dispel that. I feel it'd be a shame to give up on him, but then again, Carpenter has performed about as well as one can hope. Personally, ideally I'd like to keep Hopkins on the active roster & let them fight it out next yr in training camp (I assume Carpenter has a 1 yr deal, but one should be able to resign him; if not NBD, no worse off.) Failing that, IR Hopkins now while he still qualifies (you can't IR a healthy player & IDK if I'd like to risk getting him on Practice Squad)
As for Powell, he's not good. Top notch leg strength, but his "touch" punting is sub-std. "Inside the 20", you should end up inside the 10 most times & inside the 5 some. Inside the 10 seems a rarity for him, seemingly occurring less than TBs. Being a young punter, I'm hoping he will develop those skills in time. As for his consistency, I don't really see that being an issue. No punter always booms it & never shanks it.
His main deficiency is when he/we has an opportunity to pin a team close to their goal line, he seldom does it.
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One thing they can do that would have an immediate impact is stop running the hurry up.
Assume they try to run plays 50% faster; that means both our offense & defense (& ST) will play about 25% more plays. All things being equal, that means 25% more injuries. (& arguably, since players are more fatigued, they're MORE prone to injury). Now, it stands to reason that your opponents are also getting injured at a 25% greater pace as well, but often injuries are a more than 1 game thing, so much of the equalizing benefit that this would cause is lost.
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didn't Urbik go off the field today? I don't remember if he came back on.
He was playing later, so hopefully not too severe. We lack depth on the interior OL (in fact, by most opinions, we only have 2 capable starters).
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Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I believe he holds or held the franchise record for made FG percentage
I would assume that he does (too lazy to verify), but that's more indicative that he was (that might be the operative word) a good kicker & he was our most recent kicker.
Kicking has improved MEASURABLY over the yrs. I think Googalak(sp?) was an all-pro having made like 66% one yr. Norwood, at the time, was among the most accurate in history, making about 80% on his career. These days, if you make <90%, you're in jeopardy of losing your job.
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What's wrong w/ putting 2 full size appliques on the helmets to change colors? They apparently are changing the stickers for the emblems.
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Generalisimo Francisco Franco is still valiantly holding on in his fight to remain dead.
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It stands to reason that if you run ~25% more plays, then all else being equal, you'll have 25% more injuries.
Unfortunately, injuries are often a more than 1 game thing, so although you're also subjecting your opponents (for that game) to the same added risk, over the season, we will have more injuries which will be a competitive disadvantage.
Now, does it outweigh our supposed advantage of keeping the tempo up? That's the question.
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I believe the Pats* led the league in # of plays last yr. Typically, I think teams do ~60 plays/gm. We were getting ~80 in preseason (except the last game). If both us & the Pats* go hurry up, we might well see almost 200 plays this game!
We're presumably the younger team; I also think more of an emphasis has been put on conditioning. This might play to our advantage (that is assuming that the game stays close.)
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Curious no ST Capts named. I guess we no longer have any established players there, but still.Sanborn maybe? He does his primary function well, been around for awhile and seems to contribute to coverage as well.
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What common feature do Hamtramk MI & Hollywood CA share? & I believe they're the only 2 US cities that do.
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Can't we file one of those "freedom of information act" petitions to get the scoop (or is it cup
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I had a torn rotator cuff (& suspected torn labrum) & the ortho (surgeon) recommended surgery. I'll interject that it was caused from Vball; possibly I did something to initially damage it, & I continued playing & it got progressively worse. Anyway, surgeon said recovery time was anywhere from 6wks to 4 months depending on what they found & what the ended up doing.
From what I researched, all but the most severe tears will heal themselves, just not perhaps as efficaciously as surgery.
Considering some of the horror stories I know of from surgery (granted, mostly knees), I really didn't want to have surgery, especially when likely an equivalently long rest would likely solve the problem. Anyway, 6 weeks, no Vball then a few months of "babying it". It was fine.
I'll add however, that a couple years later now, I'm starting to have discomfort again & am limiting myself to about 2x/wk. Whether it's related to the previous injury or new wear & tear, IDK. Regardless, I did have ~2 yrs of painfree, full performance from it. Prolly need to take another break for awhile soon & all will be well again. Sucks to be old.
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Reminds me of a lab TA I had. Every once in awhile, he run around saying "supply key, supply key". Took me 1/2 the dang semester to realize that corresponded to us having a "surprise quiz". DOH
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Much like Cuglablasta, I've had a few experiences w/ "special orders" & such w/ HD that were VERY bad. It seems that they just DGAF about customer svc. If it's something in the store, no matter - prices, selection, quality etc both stores have advantages & disadvantages. But if it's a special order, or something where good customer svc might be valuable, HD would have to yield a SIGNIFICANT savings in order for me to risk dealing w/ them. FWIW, Lowes is much closer to my house, so they're my default, which is fine w/ me.
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Do you perhaps have a vanity plate that sez like "A nu start"?
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Is there perhaps an element of irony to this?
Video of Penalties
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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WRT the phantom call on AWilliams, I can only hope/assume that they got the # wrong. He CLEARLY didn't even contact anyone, let alone illegally. I believe you can subscribe to the NFL All-22 thing, which should hopefully show who the actual perpetrator was.