WEEI.com: Pats Rookies Win "Ultimate Rookie Challenge" Again

[Christopher_Price]

For the second straight year, the Patriots rookies won the "Ultimate Rookie Challenge" at the NFL Rookie Symposium.

It Is What It Is Pats’ rookies win symposium challenge

 

[DefenseRules]

:rocker: Attaboys...

 

[apple strudel]

I love how BB loves smart players.

 

[Mike the Brit]

I love how BB loves smart players.

... and ones who pay attention to what they're told.

 

[BradyManny]

Damn, I did not know about Seymour as a rookie having to fork over 15K for taking the veterans out for one nite. That is brutal. (I'm referring to the link referenced in this article, to Christopher's article on the symposium)

 

[Gunnails]

They combine the scores of a teams rookies to come up with the team winner.

Pats sent 12 rooks, so I am not impressed.:snob:

 

[ctpatsfan77]

They combine the scores of a teams rookies to come up with the team winner.

Pats sent 12 rooks, so I am not impressed.:snob:

I'm pretty sure it isn't simply the sum, seeing as the Pats won it last year with just 7 rookies. . . .

 

[Gunnails]

I'm pretty sure it isn't simply the sum, seeing as the Pats won it last year with just 7 rookies. . . .

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From Reiss's article.

Rookies have the answers - Reiss' Pieces - Boston.com

The combined individual scores of the Patriots rookies were the best of any NFL team at the symposium

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Good for the Pat rookies, I am just saying they had to be the odds on favorites.

 

[PatsBoy12]

I hope this translates into something we can all be proud of on the field.

 

[apple strudel]

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From Reiss's article.

Rookies have the answers - Reiss' Pieces - Boston.com


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Good for the Pat rookies, I am just saying they had to be the odds on favorites.

I doubt it means sum, though. I'm sure it's the average or mean score. Otherwise, what's the point? The NFL can't suck at math that bad, one hopes.

 

[TruthSeeker]

I doubt it means sum, though. I'm sure it's the average or mean score. Otherwise, what's the point? The NFL can't suck at math that bad, one hopes.

Agreed. "Combined individual scores" doesn't specify how they were combined (sum and average).

 

[Calciumee]

Pats sent 12 rooks, so I am not impressed.:snob:

So did Dallas, but they didn't win!

 

[PatsChamp88]

For winning, they all get flat screen TVs. Hurray, take that other rookies no flat screen TVs for you!

 

[godef]

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From Reiss's article.

Rookies have the answers - Reiss' Pieces - Boston.com


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Good for the Pat rookies, I am just saying they had to be the odds on favorites.

Combined is not the same as summed. Summing is only one way of combining scores of individuals. Another way is to combine scores is by taking their average, which I'm sure what was done here without knowing more information.

 

[godef]

For winning, they all get flat screen TVs. Hurray, take that other rookies no flat screen TVs for you!

32 inch HDTVs to 12 players. I wonder if the 7 players last year got 55 inch TVs?

 

[stinkypete]

32 inch HDTVs to 12 players. I wonder if the 7 players last year got 55 inch TVs?

Way to do your math right, man

 

[apple strudel]

32 inch HDTVs to 12 players. I wonder if the 7 players last year got 55 inch TVs?

This is funny.

 

[Leave No Doubt]

Kevin O'C also won an IPod for his personal performance on the Ultimate Rookie exam.

In addition, O’Connell (who finished finishing fourth overall out of the 252 rookies) was also awarded an iPod for his personal performance on the exam.

Interesting info about the symposium itself too, and how seriously the NFL takes the attendance, though I kind of agree with Troy Smith about Goodell even though it probably wasn't the wisest thing to say :

A fight broke out between two rookies last season, one of whom was defensive back Aqib Talib. Tennessee running back Lendale White raised eyebrows when he asked this question during a session dealing with homophobia. And a few years back, Baltimore quarterback Troy Smith challenged NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, asking Goodell why he chooses to focus on all the negative things the players do, and then pressed the commissioner when Smith believed Goodell didn’t sufficiently answer his question.

Great article Chris, thanks, and good for our boys:rocker:

The second article about the NFL.com study's pretty interesting too,maybe a thread of it's own

Patriots making their dollars go further
The results of an extraordinary study unveiled this week reveal the Patriots spent $8.14 million a win between 2004 and 2008, the best dollar to win ratio in the NFL over that span.

 

[patchick]

32 inch HDTVs to 12 players. I wonder if the 7 players last year got 55 inch TVs?

And here I was thinking that a thread on sums vs. means couldn't get any better. :eat1:

 

[muslimman]

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From Reiss's article.

Rookies have the answers - Reiss' Pieces - Boston.com


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Good for the Pat rookies, I am just saying they had to be the odds on favorites.

Not trying to offend you but am I the only one who finds it weird that a Jets fan reads Reiss's blog?