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I read speculation somewhere that seemed plausible: They were trying to start fast and get a big lead so they could shut down some starters earlier.

In Nevada, there are many transplants (including retirees) and they bring their loyalties with them. It seems like Broncos fans are the majority from where I sit, but this poll should have had a "haters" category. I (and a couple other Pats fans) watch the regular season games in a bar and we...

Having lived in Texas for a couple years, I think Texas is separate from the deep south. Some also talk about Texas as being part of the Southwest (where I live now). I think it's separate from that as well. Texas is just Texas.

Sweet! I forget, was the Cherry Blossom foil or epee?

Fun thread! Not too athletic but I fenced in high school (in Mass) and college. Made it to the NCAA championships one year (64 qualified), fenced out of my mind, beating the nephew of a well known coach, and made it the next day (elimination round of 32). Came down with a brutal cold and that...

I got nothin to contribute. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the laughs after my stressful work day. Hilarious...

I read his original post as referring to the Raider fans in LA. Lots of travel up from LA to Vegas on various party buses, etc. Lots of Raider fans in LA, thus...

I agree with this. If you decide it's a 4 down situation, then you can approach the play calling differently. Also, I thought that if Faulk had managed to secure the ball when he first touched it, instead of bobbling it slightly, the spot would have been obvious, instead of gray. Not a...

Arriving late to the Revis party, but I hadn't seen this around on the site. Andrew Brandt at The MMQB states that the big differentiator was the Jets willingness to offer a $6M no-offset guarantee for the 3rd year of the contract: "The key marker in the Revis contract is neither the $39...

"… give me the hairy eyeball and all kinds of things, until I said '…and creatin a nuisance' and they all came back, shook my hand…" :D

"Bumpty bumpty bump…" to quote Tower of Power. :cool: Just wanna express my appreciation to Ken et al for the good football thread, from another refugee from the noise. Andy Benoit mentioned that Seattle would likely defend against Pats empty sets by rushing 3 and dropping a D-lineman into...

Another bump for a great substantive thread, from yet another refugee from the noise out there. I'm not an X and O guy, so I can't contribute much but wanted to express my appreciation. I did like Andy Benoit's deep dive article mentioned above (direct link for convenience below)...

I agree. Patience, stability, an ability to hire a front office staff, and the discipline to keep hands off are some major things I would want to see from an owner. I think in general he supports his front office staff, but I'm not sure Blank has the patience. I think he's too much the...

Definitely agree with the jump ball skills. However, even more than jump ball skills, I think Brady needs the other skills Moss brought to the table. Firstly, the ability to adjust his speed when running, after he had coverage beaten deep. Brady looked like he never overthrew or underthrew...

I think the reason for Brady's success on deep passes with Moss was that Moss could do what Danger Zone mentioned: adjust to the deep ball in flight. Sometimes it was really subtle, but I thought he had to adjust a lot. This is basically to agree with Ken. Brady's deep accuracy has never...

Yes, sadly, this is the NFL today. Regardless of how the rule is written, this call was going to get made. I was watching in a place with no sound on and when I saw Browner light that guy up, I knew he was going to get called for something. Sigh. The guy is 6-4, how is he suppose to go low...

For comparison, here's Football Outsiders rankings for SOS (based roughly on DVOA), to this point in the season: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teameff 1. Jets 2. Raiders 3. Dolphins 4. Rams 5. Panthers 6. Chiefs 7. Broncos 8. Giants 9. Patriots 10. Jaguars 11. Cardinals 12. Bears 13...

I was looking at these stats as well. I think if Gronk doesn't have a big day (because they concentrate on him) somebody else will.

Not sure that's true in general. For instance, I'm pretty sure they did that with Vinatieri one year. Can't remember which season, but he had a bad year (for him) and he was getting hammered by the press. Found out later he was dealing with an injury all season long (groin?) that affected his...

Yeah, I agree. The chart was listed in a section they have entitled "Experimental Chart of the Week" or something like that. Not a full-blown statistical system like DVOA/DYAR, but more of a fun quick take. Advanted stats in football remind me of that saying that goes something like...