If someone is fired after emails revealed their bigotry and you say "How would like you someone go through your emails?", I feel like this says a lot about what is in your emails.
A possible Chiefs/Bills AFCCG is at a neutral site because had Bills won Week 17 MNF, they'd be better seed. So split the difference; neither plays at home.
But if Bengals had won Week 17 MNF, they'd be a better seed than Bills. So why isn't Bengals/Bills game at a neutral site?
Each team's 2021 opponents.
Every team plays against teams with the same row, column, or color, and the increasingly likely 17th game is the same shape.
Every NFL team's 2021 opponents!
Each team plays teams with the same row, column, or color.
Assuming the 17th game is added, it will be against the team with the same shape.
After Andrew Luck retired, the Colts started Jacoby Brissett in 2019, and ended up trading a conditional 1st round pick for Carson Wentz.
The Carson Wentz-led Colts are now underdogs tomorrow against a team starting Jacoby Brissett.
Some sportsbook by my friend had a Super Bowl prop of "Over 2.5 players to attempt a pass +140" but it let you buy a "point" down to 1.5 players +120.
He put a bunch of money down, and to their credit, they took his bet, but then pulled that off the board.
Mostly I'm just amused by the organizer being an early Bitcoin adopter and going "Hey, I got these 100 extra Bitcoin, I'll throw them into a Starcraft tournament prize structure!"
I'm not going to fault Josh Allen for not being a legal scholar, he's a football quarterback.
But also literally no.
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in the 1905 case Jacobson v. Massachusetts that compulsory vaccination laws are constitutional.
.
@JoshAllenQB
: “I think everybody should have that choice... to do it or not to do it. You get in this truck situation now where if you do mandate that... that’s kinda going against what our Constitution says and freedoms to kind of express yourself one what or the other...” 3/
There is no greater indictment on the state of the Chicago Bears than the fact that their starting quarterback this week could be Nick Foles, Mitch Trubisky, or Tyler Bray but the sportsbooks don't think it matters and are happy to post their line against the Packers anyway.
The 2001-2018 Patriots have ruined the NFL.
Every elite team is a disappointment if they're only elite for 2-3 years, and every elite quarterback is a disappointment if they only have one ring.
Love the 25%, 50%, and 75% to make FG lines. Way better and more meaningful than the "FG TARGET LINE" which treats field goals like 100% or 0% from a given spot.
Net Rest Days vs. Opponents:
+10: KC
+9: TEN
+8: BUF, WAS
+7: HOU
+6: CHI, CLE
+5:
+4: NE
+3: BAL, PHI, SF
+2: ATL, LV
+1: DET, IND, LA
0: CAR, DAL, PIT, SEA
-1: ARI. NO
-2: NYJ
-4: NYG
-5: JAX
-6: MIN
-7: MIA
-8: GB, LAC, TB
-9:
-10:
-11: CIN
-12:
-13: DEN
The police caught the person who stole my car. I was sent mail by the prosecutor which offered me the opportunity to give a statement to the court on this matter. Here is what I sent.
It's not your imagination, the Seahawks really do have the games with the most high-WP-changing plays. Lions are close.
And Patriots and Jets games really, truly are that boring.
Exciting personal news!
I'm going to be contributing sports betting content this upcoming season for
@PFF
!
Really looking forward to this opportunity and getting to work with some incredibly talented folks who I admire greatly. :)
In 2020, teams with two or more QB kneels in the 4th quarter posted a 113-0 record for a 1.000 winning percentage.
That rated higher than clubs with a 100-yard receiver (103-84-1, .554) or a 300- yard passer (71-60-1, .542).
It's schedule release week! A reminder of each team's opponents:
Each team plays against every team in the same row, in the same column, with the same color, and of the same shape.
Falcons either need to be in win now mode or rebuild mode. Taking Kyle Pitts over Justin Fields signals they've chosen win now. Fair enough.
But then you don't trade Julio Jones.
Thinking about what had to go right for Bears to get Fields:
- SF prefers Lance
- CAR & DEN opt for mediocre veterans instead (Rodgers news matters here?)
- DET deepens tank job
- PHI trades up... but for WR
- Gettleman shows willingness to trade down
So many things went well.
Mike Glennon was benched for Mitch Trubisky who was benched for Nick Foles who was benched for Gardner Minshew who was benched for Jake Luton who was benched for Mike Glennon.
It's only Week 1.
But all four NFC West teams won today while having a top 10 offense and a top 10 defense as measured by EPA/play (with BAL/LV still outstanding).
Even if Love turns out to be an elite quarterback, the Packers will have wasted the NFL's most valuable asset, an elite quarterback on a rookie deal.
The Favre-Rodgers transition is not a good analogy. That was before the 2011 CBA that created the rookie wage scale.
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Kudos to ESPN. They did a great job today with an analytics-focused broadcast of Ravens-Titans.
Was a great game for it as a team made a horrifying decision that easily could have cost them the game.
@minakimes
, unsurprisingly, was a particular highlight.
The fact that Winston signed for $1.1M makes it truly horrible that the Bears traded for Foles instead of signing Winston.
Winston is:
- Better than Foles
- More likely to be healthy than Foles
- Available for cheaper
- Available without giving up draft capital
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@benbbaldwin
"Oh no, my house is on fire!"
"Don't worry, I just invented the fire extinguisher!"
"Ah, but have we considered the long term effects of fire extinguishers?"
538: We give Biden an 89% chance to win because even if there is a polling error in favor of Trump, Biden is still likely to win.
Results: There was a polling error in favor of Trump, but Biden is still likely to win.
People: Wow, the models are shit.
Been struggling a lot with mental health lately. Took a walk in a park. Felt good. Find something you can do for yourself if you are too. You're not alone.
Excited for games tomorrow. :)
I understand the reasoning of "Bills and Bengals played same number of games so it's a fair comparison as is", but the reasoning in my above tweet feels stronger to me.
Ultimately HFA isn't worth that much and nobody benefited more than the Chiefs getting the bye. So ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Holy shit Patrick Mahomes!
"Aggressiveness" here comes from
@NextGenStats
. A pass is defined as aggressive if there is a defender within 1 yard of the receiver at the time of the catch or incompletion.