soflabillsfan1
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Not taking anyone over Josh but damn, Herbert wowed the hell out of me. Thank god the fins didn't select him.
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21 minutes ago, appoo said:
This really isn't a great path you're on, because it leads to some fairly controversial conclusions around intelligence and race.
Intelligence testing itself isn't a settled science, so it's a bit dangerous to draw conclusions.
I think it's safer to suggest that there's a correlation between criminality and economic environment. AKA survivalism.
I'm not really scared of controversy. We dance around so many topics in this world. Another big lie is the link of crime and poverty. Total nonsense.
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1 minute ago, Gugny said:
I'm sure they correlate, but that doesn't mean it's an absolute. See: Ted Bundy. Borderline genius/serial rapist-killer.
For some reason - hell, I'll tell the reason - because Sherman is black, has dreadlocks and a big, opinionated mouth - he's been labeled as a racist and a thug in this thread and his guilt has already been declared.
The point I'm trying to make, here, is that Richard Sherman is a smart guy, based on his high school and college achievements, being on the NFLPA board for years and his philanthropic work.
He's being judged and labeled in this thread for all the wrong reasons and I find it disgusting.
Of course they're correlated. Don't be the person who lives by the exception and not the rule. That throws out the facts because 1 person out of 1000 breaks the rules. Statistics matter. No one cares that Richard Sherman is black. Or has dreadlocks. Every time a celebrity of any kind gets arrested you'll have people convict them before their day in court. It's the price of fame. Has nothing to do with race. People love to see people fall from grace.
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Just now, Gugny said:
I think one's intelligence has absolutely nothing to do with one's propensity to become a violent person/criminal.
Oh wow. Then you are really lost. You don't believe intelligence is negatively correlated to violent crime. You think violent crime is equally distributed across all intelligence levels? When did the facts stop mattering to you? Did you write the date down?
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1 minute ago, Royale with Cheese said:
Do you have to be a brain surgeon to be smart? He might not be a genius but the guy did get a Master's at Stanford.
No, but you have to be smart to be a brain surgeon. It's just a saying. Did he actually earn a masters from Stanford.? I went to a top 25 school that had a football program. The athletes are completely catered to. Extra help, tutors, everything. I've also seen some shady things I wont even get into. Things are completely different for athletes than the general student.
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1 minute ago, Gugny said:
You're assessing the intelligence of a 33-year-old man based on an SAT score that he received as a Compton school district student 16 years ago.
And somehow that makes sense to you?
It does. It's probably the best way we can sort people's cognitive abilities without having everyone take an IQ test. Do you think him getting booked for domestic battery is a better way to assess his intelligence?
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1 minute ago, Gugny said:
For the 17-year-old children taking them ... perhaps.
Yes. people taking the SAT are children as opposed to a few months later when they can buy a home, work full time, join the military etc.
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Just now, Gugny said:
I'd be willing to bet that he's smart enough to know how silly it is to gauge someone's intelligence solely based upon a friggin' SAT score.
The SAT is a much better gauge of someones IQ than a high school GPA or many other things for that matter.
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I like when people call Richard Sherman smart. Maybe for a football player but the guy got a 990 and 1080 on his SAT. He's no brain surgeon.
*edit. I see someone already mentioned that.
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2 hours ago, Xwnyer said:
NC State was having a cinderella season and was well positioned in the CWS. They were to face Vanderbilt yesterday and because of COVID positive tests 13 players were not available and they lost 3-1 and were to face Vandy again today ( They had beat them earlier in the CWS). The NCAA has decided that they will forfeit game due to 13 positive test cases so now their magical season is over. I would hate to see a player or multiple players on any team reluctance to get vaccine and follow safety protocols cost their team a championship.
You got the details of this story totally wrong, but that's not surprising.
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I think PFF is fine for things like QB pressures and some defensive player rankings, but their QB scoring has never made any sense to me. I think their rating systems is extremely flawed for most offensive positions outside of OL.
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4 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
I would bet you $$ that if you had a transcript of replies on Nassib's social media and a recording of everything that will be said to Nassib over the next several months you would learn that is far from true.
(Not intended to be expressing an opinion on the analogy to Jackie Robinson, which I agree is rather poor).
For anything negative said to Nassib, I would bet there's 50X more positive things said. You can never get rid of every idiot, but they are an extreme minority in this situation. Looking at his IG, i can't even find a negative comment.
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12 hours ago, K-9 said:
I know full well what I’m saying and it’s far away from what you seem to think it is. I’ll boil it down to the simplest form:
The comparison lies in the similarity in breaking thru a cultural barrier. Simple as that.
You seem to think I’m equating the struggles of all of black America in their entirety with the struggles of the gay community in their entirety and nothing could be farther from the truth. Robinson shattered a barrier in sports. Nassib also shattered a barrier in sports. That’s all I’m saying. Acknowledging that similarity in no way lessens Robinson or elevates Nassib.
There is no equating the struggles of black America with the struggles of gay America on a par basis. Like I said, it’s an absurd notion.
If that is all word salad for you, it must be a huge challenge for you to comprehend truly complex concepts.
There's no shattered cultural barrier. It's 2021. It's a first but not some earth shattering cultural move like you seem to be framing it. Jackie was spit on, called a ***** by player and coaches. He played in an era of segregation. He played 20 years before it was legal for a black to marry a white. Nassib will go through none of that. All he will receive is support and admiration. You seem to be living in a different time period. Some people seem to have a hard time grasping progress. They want certain groups to stay in a perpetual state of victimhood.
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2 hours ago, K-9 said:
Way to miss the post entirely. It’s not about comparing blacks and gays, which is an idiotic concept. It’s about the comparative cultural and societal comparisons. If you can’t see that, what can I say.
Huh? Again, not in the same realm of impact. "comparative cultural and societal comparison" Enough with the word salad. I don't think you even know what you're saying.
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4 hours ago, K-9 said:
Not at all. They both broke social and cultural barriers. And like Robinson, I suspect Nassib is going to have to tolerate a certain level of verbal abuse by players and fans. Also like Robinson, I can see his teammates and other fans coming to his defense when that happens.
If you think there's any comparison of being black in the 40's and being gay in 2021, you need to get out of whatever bum***** town you're living in.
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13 minutes ago, Augie said:
….and Jackie Robinson had nothing to do with baseball, I suppose?
That's incredibly disrespectful to Jackie Robinson.
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Doug Whaley is a bum. I knew it from the beginning. I was told many times on the old board that if we fired him, he'd have another NFL job the next day. Wrong wrong wrong
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Mitch for 2.5 million for the year is the steal of FA. What a move.
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Edmunds continues to get a pass because of his age and talent level. When we drafted him, I saw him as a perennial all-pro Lber because of his physical traits. I haven't been impressed so far. Hoping the light turns on for him sooner rather than later. With his current play, I couldn't see giving him a massive extension.
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Star sucks and I hope not many people are expecting much out of him this year.
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Marino throwing for 5000+ yards and 48 TDs in 1984 is just crazy to me.
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I used to house all my migrant laborers there. It's perfect for that, not much else though.
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Tebow is a great athlete. Should have tried this years ago. Too late now.
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On 4/27/2021 at 8:26 PM, The Firebaugh Kid said:
Broke by 2027. Bank on it.
He's most likely broke now. Most of these guys who don't get a nice 2nd contract are in rough shape. Let alone one with 8 kids and no college degree.
Fred Warner's New Deal - Is This Going To Be What Edmunds Is After?
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Keep him here for 5 years and then bye.