Today marks the 30th anniversary of Angels in the Outfield... a movie I unashamedly loved both as a kid & still quote daily as an adult.
Here are 10 facts & stats straight from my 90s sports movie spreadsheets 🤓no-one asked for:
NFL Free Agency: Home is Where the Heart Is
Tony Pollard- I'm a Tennessee boy at heart!
Saquon Barkley- Pennsylvania is home!
Kirk Cousins- My wife is from ATL!
Gabe Davis- Florida is where I'm from!
.....
Josh Jacobs- I like 🧀
Bryce Young TD passes by distance in 2023:
66 yards (Pick-6 to the Colts)
49 yards (also Pick-6 to Colts)
30 yards (oh, that was a Pick-6 to the Cowboys)
....
....
.... (oh you wanted to the Panthers?)
18 yards
11
10
8
5
4
4
3
1
1
1
Brandin Cooks turns 28 on Saturday.
Among WRs <28 yr old, he has
🏈More receptions than Calvin Johnson
🏈More rec. yards than Antonio Brown
🏈Higher yards per target than Randy Moss
LIFE UPDATE: Want to announce that I will be transitioning to a full-time role as Content Manager for
@TheFFBallers
I cannot overstate how incredibly transparent, kind & humble
@andyholloway
@jasonffl
@ffhitman
have been since taking a flyer on me as a writer 5 years ago. (1/2)
After six years
@TheFFballers
I was told to pack up my things...
....
The Borgs are taking a big step and moving to Phoenix in 2022!
A lot of emotion and tears went into this decision for our family. [1/3]
NFL Record Watch 👀
Brock Purdy- 228 passing yards away from breaking 49ers single-season record
Tyreek Hill- 359 more rec yards to hit 2K
Mike Evans- 1 more TD for 100 in his career (includes playoffs)
Arthur Smith- one loss away from getting a contract extension
Josh Allen had five
#1
overall finishes that helped drive him to his QB1 finish.
For context, that's more No. 1 finishes in 2021 than:
Herbert- the QB2
Tom Brady- QB3
Patrick Mahomes- QB4
Aaron Rodgers- QB5
Matthew Stafford- QB6
& Dak Prescott- QB7
... COMBINED.
Your buddy: Dude, Zamir White touched the ball 93(!) times over the final 4 games of the season.
You: I dunno. Is he even good?
Me: Ah screw it, here's all 93 of them.
"An Easy Step-By-Step Guide on How to Gouge Your Eyes Out" 🧵
Subtitle: All 14 of Kyle Pitts' so-called 20+ Yard "Targets" from Marcus Mariota
🔊special thanks to Andrew Maxwell Dwyer
3rd downs for RBs are largely… IRRELEVANT for fantasy football. For real.
I looked at every 3rd down snap, rush, target, route, & pass block for RBs. Join me down the rabbit hole I stumbled upon 👇
Thru 13 games, we've seen Josh Allen finish as THE QB1 on the week FIVE times. For context:
2019 Lamar Jackson: 4x
2018 Patrick Mahomes: 3x
2013 Peyton Manning: 3x
We have four more games to go people.
If your spouse wants a good date night suggestion, tell them Dan Arnold is going to be live on Thursday night for the second week in a row.
BUT wearing different clothing this time.
It's what the people want...
It took me all off-season to be convinced but glad we all safely projected Cordarelle Patterson to have
As many receptions as DeAndre Hopkins
AND
1 fewer scrimmage yard than Alvin Kamara through 3 weeks.
🤦♂️
3rd annual reading retreat with the wife is once again... in the books 🤓
Rules: Stack of books, no phone, no kids, & a couple bottles of 🍷 at a cabin. So quiet.
🚨 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
I’ll be watching Die Hard tonight. For the very first time.
Look out for a live tweet thread and the sheer innocence of a soul going into this without any tainted thoughts.
RB Kendre Miller saw 14 opps in Week 18 vs ATL.
He doesn't turn 22 for another 37 days. And if it helps your brain, include him in this year's rookie RB class after he missed 9 games last year.
Questions to ask your kids today:
-Who are your best friends at school? And why?
-What makes you feel special?
-What is the hardest part of your day?
-What are you really good at?
-What kind of person do you want to be?
-Do you know you are loved?
Genuinely would like to meet a Houston Texans fan. Like a rare Pokèmon in the wild.
HOU has $35 million in dead contracts for '22... for players NOT currently on their roster.
If you can name 5 Texans under contract not named Cooks/Watson/Mills, I will give you a live Pokèmon.
Took my wife out on a dinner date.
The hostess said I looked like Liam Hemsworth.
Over/under I mention this to my wife 50,000 times the rest of my life.
Just reminiscing about Marquez Callaway SZN a year ago...
-ADP rose 60 spots from now until end of preseason.
-Week 3 Preseason: 5/104/2
-Ended as an 8th/9th round fantasy pick
-Most popular WR on DK in Week 1
🙃
Total snap counts for RBs can be misleading.
Here are the Week 1 RB leaders in total pass blocks, which zeroes out any fantasy involvement on a play.
Let's dive a little deeper into some of these numbers 👇
SOURCE:
@andyholloway
is a conjurer of dark magic.
Over the last year, Almost Upset of the Week is sorcery.
*Also Week 15 last yr was the Patriots Mac Jones stiff arm into the ground after those weird laterals.
Pro tip for Tuesday Week 2 of Fantasy Football Management:
the signal for too many waiver wire maneuvers is when your legs are numb from sitting on the toilet too long.
Teachers are rock stars.
Teachers are underpaid.
Teachers hold our society together. (See 2020)
My wife (Mrs. B) kills it & wanted to make sure you all knew my better half 😍
Beyond the stats and all of the analysis, it's a joy to run with friends truly shaping the future of this industry but doing it with class, character, and an infectious joy that brings people together. Can't wait to see where this goes 🚀 (2/2)
Out of every article I've ever written
@TheFFBallers
, I hope you would hear me out on this:
The way we speak about
#FantasyFootball
can & will change. It should offer grace. And it will be shaped for the better by historically marginalized voices.
@TheFFBallers
Emma and I have lived in GA our entire lives, met in college here, with countless life-long friends.
We feel deeply loved & supported by our families and excited to take this next venture with our boys. [2/3]
Asked my son how kindergarten was going.
Doesn’t remember what they learned or what he ate for lunch. Couldn’t tell me what he did at recess.
But was very clear that some kid in his class pooped in his jeans.
Breece Hall is preparing to be a 3-down back in camp.
Michael Carter saw 0 targets on 3rd down last season...
And Hall made an active effort to improve his receiving skills in 2021.
Here's how that went:
So NFL Offensive Player of the Year…
Can we just collectively give it to CeeDee?
135/1749/12
Cooper Kupp (2021) is only WR to ever match those numbers. Throw in Lamb’s 2 rushing scores and it’s arguably more valuable than Jefferson’s 2022.
What is your parenting good-bye?
Every day when I left for the school bus, my dad would say “you’re smart. You’re special. You’re loved. And you’re a… Super Kid!”
My kids ask for it every day. Cheesy but whew, it sticks some mornings 🥺
Had a dream last night where RB Craig Reynolds came up to me & talked in line at the grocery store.
I'd like to formally file a complaint to HR department
@TheFFBallers
for fantasy football invading my privacy.
In my dream, I said "Who invited you Craig?"
Dalton Kincaid ran 38 routes in Week 1.
Tied with TJ Hockenson for the MOST for a rookie TE in Week 1 over the last decade.
Bills went 12-personnel on 57% of their snaps.
Explaining to my son tonight…
Me: “Julio Jones is the greatest Falcon of all time!”
(technically Matt Ryan is way ahead in approximate value, but whatever)
His sweet, innocent response: oh really? How many championships did he win?
💀
My wife: why is the draft such a big deal?
Me: it's one of the most televised events of the year! people read pieces of paper w/ names of dudes in their 20s to find out where they will be employed & what color laundry they wear!
Her: so the sorting hat meets a Tide commercial
Introduced my boys to 3 Ninjas & how incredibly jealous I was of that room growing up.
They’re already chanting “Rocky loves Emily!” and we’re not even at the basketball scene yet! 🏀
Feels like this is what my friend Andy Bernard was talking about: “I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.”
Think this is one of those days.
Parenting is all about comforting your crying 4 year old after they woke up, snuck a popsicle from the freezer and dropped it in the toilet while peeing at 7AM in the morning.
We’ve all been there.
Just a general PSA.
At this point last year, the RB1 & the WR1 rest of the way were just chillin on waiver wires...
Rashaad Penny- 24% on Sleeper
Amon-Ra St. Brown- 32%