Sierra Foothills Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Love him or hate him, Bostonian Bill Simmons produces good content and his website, The Ringer, is free. You can't ask for much more. Today he has separate pieces ranking every NFL Offense for 2025 and every NFL Defense for 2025... https://www.theringer.com/2025/08/19/nfl/ranking-every-nfl-offense-2025-buffalo-bills-baltimore-ravens-49ers https://www.theringer.com/2025/08/21/nfl/ranking-nfl-defenses-2025-seattle-seahawks-houston-texans-philadelphia-eagles Both are written by Sheil Kapadia. Because they list every team, the pieces are abbreviated but it's good fodder for discussion. More importantly, The Ringer is free and is an above average site for sports and pop culture articles... so bookmark it. And God knows you guys need something else to chew on... I can just hear the gnashing of teeth while reading through the same old stupid topics here... Please enjoy. 3 2 Quote
Thrivefourfive Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Not exactly free. I spent a few minutes on those elementary generic takes on the Bills offense and defense! But sure, I agree. Not as good as the old Simmons site, but yuppie enough to look sophisticated and nuanced. 2 Quote
Sierra Foothills Posted August 23 Author Posted August 23 28 minutes ago, Thrivefourfive said: Not exactly free. I spent a few minutes on those elementary generic takes on the Bills offense and defense! But sure, I agree. Not as good as the old Simmons site, but yuppie enough to look sophisticated and nuanced. I'm curious by what you mean when you say "not exactly free?" As for the quality, I prefaced by saying essentially that no ranking of 32 teams is going to be solid writing... it's too abbreviated. It's a Cliff Notes. If you want to evaluate the quality of the writing, look at one of the profiles: https://www.theringer.com/2025/08/20/nfl/cj-stroud-houston-texans-new-offense 3 Quote
CSBill Posted August 23 Posted August 23 (edited) 14 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said: I'm curious by what you mean when you say "not exactly free?" The great Kris Kristofferson can help us here: "not exactly free' = Nothin' -> As used in these sentences: "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free." The Janis Joplin version (iconic) . . . Edited August 23 by CSBill 1 1 Quote
Sierra Foothills Posted August 23 Author Posted August 23 1 minute ago, CSBill said: The great Kris Kristofferson can help us here: "not exactly free' = Nothin' -> As used in this sentence: "Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free." "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free." The Janis version (iconic) . . . "The great Kris Kristofferson" is exactly true... he's written some of the greatest songs in the last 50+ years. For my money, the best version of Me and Bobby McGee" is the Grateful Dead version. But @Thrivefourfive was wrong and misleading... The Ringer is absolutely free and has high standards for their content. 3 Quote
CSBill Posted August 23 Posted August 23 2 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said: "The great Kris Kristofferson" is exactly true... he's written some of the greatest songs in the last 50+ years. For my money, the best version of Me and Bobby McGee" is the Grateful Dead version. But @Thrivefourfive was wrong and misleading... The Ringer is absolutely free and has high standards for their content. I need to check out the Grateful Dead version. Thanks, Sierra. 2 Quote
rusty shackleford Posted August 23 Posted August 23 14 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said: I'm curious by what you mean when you say "not exactly free?" I’m sure he was referring the economic concept of no such thing as a free lunch, as the opportunity cost weights in. 🤷♂️ 1 1 Quote
Sierra Foothills Posted August 23 Author Posted August 23 24 minutes ago, CSBill said: I need to check out the Grateful Dead version. Thanks, Sierra. Jerry's guitar is pretty emotive and captures the sadness of the song... I never quite understood Janis' treatment of the song. 1 Quote
Sierra Foothills Posted August 23 Author Posted August 23 9 minutes ago, Dablitzkrieg said: Great movie as well Which movie is that? Quote
MiracleAtRich1393 Posted August 23 Posted August 23 16 hours ago, Thrivefourfive said: Not exactly free. I spent a few minutes on those elementary generic takes on the Bills offense and defense! But sure, I agree. Not as good as the old Simmons site, but yuppie enough to look sophisticated and nuanced. TINSTAAFL 1 Quote
RiotAct Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Sheil Kapadia sounds like it would be Sal Cappaccio’s pseudonym or something 1 Quote
Sierra Foothills Posted August 23 Author Posted August 23 1 minute ago, RiotAct said: Sheil Kapadia sounds like it would be Sal Cappaccio’s pseudonym or something Funny synchronicity right now... I read your comment which was funny standing alone but just as I started laughing my wife's phone got a Bills text alert with the "hey-ey-ey-ey" from Bills Shout... kind of like a Hey-oh! 1 Quote
Albany,n.y. Posted August 23 Posted August 23 I still remember one guy on The Ringer who bashed Josh Allen when he was drafted & has spent the last few years begging for forgiveness. https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/2018/04/the_buffalo_bills_are_the_biggest_loser_of_the_first_round_says_the_ringer.html https://www.theringer.com/2020/10/08/nfl/josh-allen-buffalo-bills-breakout-season-qb-scouting 1 Quote
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