TheBostonStraggler
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Eh. I don't think there's a particular anti-Brady agenda driving this. For one thing, this goes back a few years, for another Brady isn't the only great QB their ratings make look pedestrian. Drew Brees had the 8th best performance in the league this week by throwing for 500+ yard and 7TDs, He was only two spots ahead of Geno ****ing Smith.This is no joke, it's just more evidence of the total absence of journalistic integrity at ESPN. They are so anxious to appease their Dark Lord Goodell that they are more than willing to bastardize their phony stats to make Brady look bad.
The unfortunate reality is that with the recent trend towards cord cutting, their survival depends upon retaining the right to air NFL games. It's really scary to think how powerful the NFL is right now. Goodell can get away with things that would destroy the careers of CEO's & politicians. He's walking proof of the old adage, "absolute power corrupts, absolutely".
There may be some bias involved however. ESPN refuses to divulge precisely how they calculate QBR, but it is not an entirely objective statistic. People are watching the games and determining various things subjectively, such as if the WR is to blame for a dropped pass of whatnot.Eh. I don't think there's a particular anti-Brady agenda driving this. For one thing, this goes back a few years, for another Brady isn't the only great QB their ratings make look pedestrian. Drew Brees had the 8th best performance in the league this week by throwing for 500+ yard and 7TDs, He was only two spots ahead of Geno ****ing Smith.
This is no joke, it's just more evidence of the total absence of journalistic integrity at ESPN. They are so anxious to appease their Dark Lord Goodell that they are more than willing to bastardize their phony stats to make Brady look bad.
The unfortunate reality is that with the recent trend towards cord cutting, their survival depends upon retaining the right to air NFL games. It's really scary to think how powerful the NFL is right now. Goodell can get away with things that would destroy the careers of CEO's & politicians. He's walking proof of the old adage, "absolute power corrupts, absolutely".
Eh. I don't think there's a particular anti-Brady agenda driving this. For one thing, this goes back a few years, for another Brady isn't the only great QB their ratings make look pedestrian. Drew Brees had the 8th best performance in the league this week by throwing for 500+ yard and 7TDs, He was only two spots ahead of Geno ****ing Smith.
lol thanksEDIT: Disney losing the NFL is likely to result in losing billions in stock value and plummeting gross revenue at it's most valuable division, ESPN (along with lots of layoffs). That's not a sports fan's hot air, that is fact. And it means a man like Roger Goodell carries immense power. So do you think Disney's ESPN division and Disney's news division will avoid stories that jeopardize the NFL - Disney relationship if possible??. They don't care one iota if Brady(or the Saints) is being railroaded. They have concerns that make that kind of story irrelevant. And that is case with, though not quite as acute as Disney, of Universal, Comcast, TimeWarner, FOX corp, Universal-NBC and a whole bunch of others who below the surface have a massive reach into all corners.
Sorry for that oversight Pherein. I fixed it...
lol thanks
I totally agree. That borders on silly. Like you I don't think theirs a anti Brady fueling it. Just another stat that destroys ESPN's credibility, but really disappointed in how sports stats are being used in the wrong way to diminish the great QB’s. Bradys play should clearly have him at 1-2, but they cant figure out leadership and good play is stats.
Why I don't know, its their job, and most clearly suck at it.
Just like a QB passing to a WR right in his arms and they hit it into the air for the defenders to catch easy, is not an int or pick 6, but it goes on the QB's record. silly
As to Brees, he is pretty used to it. According to the NFL he's a midget with a weak arm, and they minimize him any chance they get. Ive always thought the NFL doesn't know what to make of Brees. They always seem shocked when he plays well, because hes not a 6ft 4 physically gifted prototype. Really don't think Brees will get much love till he retires, except from true fans. Who know hes pretty damn good.
But hes taught me one thing by watching him play all these years, and I think its his true testament.
If you really work hard, very hard, and are not gifted, but bust your ass, you can be a normal guy and make it in the NFL as a decent QB.
…and that I have no sympathy for the Cam’s, Cutlers, kaepernick’s, Luck’s or, RG3’s that were handed the gift from birth and cant get off their lazy asses to work harder to be the best.
Brady has done everything right