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5 minutes ago, HT02 said:
Dollars per student is a great measure. Age of the population has nothing to do with how much money the schools get (and waste).
That's simply not true. Sorry. Age of the population is directly related to how much of the budget is allocated to schools. It has to work that way. If you have a bunch of old people you have to pay more of the budget for things like healthcare. It's simple economics. I've seen the data, and I work in economic development.
Per capital measures are ALWAYS misleading.
Wasting money, regardless of how much they get, could absolutely be an issue, as you say.
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2 hours ago, HT02 said:
We're supposed to be impressed that he's become a SJW? Please... for the record Baltimore spends the second highest amount per student for any school district in the country. http://www.newsweek.com/do-baltimore-schools-need-more-money-329085. Want to be a real "hero" and help kids? Take on the NEA and AFT.
Dollars per student is a useless metric in measuring success of schools. Budgets usually follow age demographics, meaning you'll pay a higher percentage of your budget to schools if you have a younger population, and a higher percentage of budget to healthcare if you have an older population.
There are states have have very young populations and their per student spending looks low on the surface just because they have a ton of kids, but their percentage of budget is usually quite high for education.t It's just what the population demographics demand.
Per pupil spending usually doesn't correlate to higher or lower test scores, or graduation rates, etc.
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They'll get their rushing yards. The key is to stop them in the red zone and create turnovers when Bortles actually throws the ball, which he is not shy of doing.
The Bills are not a good defense between the 20's.
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The Bills will not be favored, that is for sure. But upsets happen. We'll have to wait to see the games.
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1 hour ago, Bronxbomber21 said:
Bills players never win Rookie of the year just look at the Alonso & Byrd snubs.
Yes. If White got snubbed from the pro bowl, I highly doubt he'll edge out Lattimore for DROY. Lattimore made the pro bowl. Unfortunately the Bills will have to become more of a nationally recognized team before players will get the recognition they deserve.
Hopefully the Bills continue to make the playoffs and even win some playoff games. That will do more than anything to help the players get recognized.
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What a lame idiot who wrote that. This is what passes as journalism these days?
Apparently liking sports means you can't be involved in anything else, or follow politics, or be cultured.
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Shows how bad the AFC was this year.
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22 hours ago, Woodman19 said:
I am of the opinion that had Tyrod started against the hot Chargers defense that week, Peterman would have been the Chiefs game and probably retained the job for the rest of the season.
This. But I doubt we would have gotten to 9 wins that way. Taylor at least doesn't turn the ball over.
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Shady is also our leading receiver in terms of catches.
In short, no. He is the single most important player on the team.
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3 minutes ago, Doc said:
AP don't care about popularity.
They do if everything else is equal. It still comes down to voting, right?
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50 minutes ago, Doc said:
I'll bet it does. Kelce had virtually identical stats to the Cretin and didn't assault anyone.
Gronk has the popularity.
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12 minutes ago, Buddy Hix said:
Not yet...Gronk needs to miss out on the All Pro team too. We are rooting for Kelce to get the nod over Gronk, then he missed out on the 2 million.
That's not going to happen.
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32 minutes ago, Dadonkadonk said:
As has been pointed out, average QB would include a turnover. Wait until Bortles throws two picks this week and see what that does to a team.
Bortles is not an average QB. He is pretty below average.
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It's just called "4th and 12"
Doesn't even need a name. Just say it and everyone knows what it is. Forever.
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18 hours ago, yungmack said:
They did? Beane wasn't even here for the draft and McDermott barely knew more than a few of the college players, having been totally focused on the pro game for months before. After he got here, much of his time was spent reviewing his personnel and hiring a staff. So who do you think was responsible for the scouting and preparing the board and getting the contracts and budget in order?
Bull. Whaley followed his orders from McDermott and that's all.
You have no idea what McDermott knew about college players or what he did to spend his time when here.
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4 hours ago, Gunsgoodtime said:
I been eating a lot of crow this year, bought extra hot sauce. I thought Poyer was a joke and Hyde won't that good. Boy was I wrong. White has done better as a rookie than I expected, and gained has played better than I expected. I am starting to really enjoy the crow. Also I called tank this year.
Way to own it, man. Major respect. Some people defend their takes to their death bed.
1 hour ago, brianthomas said:Gaines is great.... when healthy. But it'd be hard to digest paying elite money for another player just to have him miss half the season due to injuries. Those are the types of players that are dead weight to your football team. Watkins, Dareus, Glenn. We got rid of 2 of those guys, i really wouldn't want to add another. Unless Gaines is willing to sign for less than I'd rather we draft a CB next year. I trust MCD & Beane to find a good one since they have good insight into that position.
Why would Gaines get elite money? He has half a season of production and injury issues, and he probably isn't on the radar of every team out there. We just know him well because he is on our team.
I don't think anyone would be willing to give him a huge contract.
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Regardless of whatever happened this year, if the plan was NOT to give McDermott and Beane 5 years, it was a mistake.
Too much turnover. You have to go get your guys and give them as much time as necessary to turn things around.
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Playing very well for Tyrod is 230 yards and 2 TD's, something which is average for most other QB's in this league.
I'm all for bringing Tyrod back as a bridge QB, but there is no way you can build around him. You still have to go all in to get a passing QB.
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Dalton McBeane (Insert Last Name Here)
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7 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:
He is adequate. Had some bad plays yesterday. I think McD wants a dominant MLB.
My thoughts exactly. We need our Luke Kuechly. Someone who is truly dominant at the MLB position.
Preston Brown is an average player. I've always respected him, but we can do better.
5 hours ago, bobobonators said:I have a feeling we will be going heavy at DL and LB in draft. And we need it.
We absolutely need it. That's the biggest area of need on our team. Our run defense is atrocious, and our pass coverage at linebacker is also sorely lacking, which is why teams can dink and dunk us with short and intermediate throws all day. I'd still trade the farm to go get an elite QB, though.
And we still have the Oline to rebuild, and McCoy won't be playing for too much longer. It's going to take a couple more years of building, I think.
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I like Romo a lot. He gives good insight. Sometimes he talks too much, but he'll only get better with time.
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I heard them on the John Murphy show joking and speculating that this was a possible reason he moved out of the booth, but they were just joking and made it up on the spot. Maybe that is where the story spread from? They also joked about the Pats intercepting radio waves and such.
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Pretty sure if you even touch the ball while out of bounds it is dead, so it doesn't matter if he fumbled or not. He touched the ball while out of bounds, so that is why the play got reversed. I think it was a good reversal.
Pretty dumb of Preston Brown to be dancing and celebrating while the ref overturned it, though, haha.
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30 minutes ago, Real McCoy said:
https://www.duvalpride.com/showthread.php?tid=26310
Most active forum I could find. Linked is the Bills thread.
I read through a couple pages. They are in the same boat as us: happy to play a flawed and inexperienced team, but worried about their inept passing offense.
I would say both teams are pretty evenly matched. Their defense is probably better, but our QB doesn't turn the ball over, so I think it is a toss up (that is, if McCoy can play).
33 minutes ago, Real McCoy said:Some real clowns over there basically calling it a calk walk. The blueprint has been demonstrated on how to beat them = SHUT Down the running game.
Unfortunately that is what we are bad at on defense. And the same blueprint works against us.
Power Struggle in New England between Kraft, Brady & Belichik
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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This is how I feel. ESPN is grasping at straws at this point. They are fighting to remain relevant.