rjshae 9,653 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 6 hours ago, Hurlshot said: It seems like people are trying very hard to minimize the impact that Brady had in winning the Superbowl, like it was just luck and defense that put him there for the 10th time. That's laughable. He got them a big lead and then the defense held it. It was a pretty simple win for the greatest QB ever. The club said the biggest impact he had was his leadership; he (and the coaches) instilled a winning attitude in a club that had been perennial also-rans. Quote "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to post Share on other sites
Keyrock 9,159 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 6 hours ago, Hurlshot said: It seems like people are trying very hard to minimize the impact that Brady had in winning the Superbowl, like it was just luck and defense that put him there for the 10th time. That's laughable. He got them a big lead and then the defense held it. It was a pretty simple win for the greatest QB ever. He was already the GoaT before this, now he's virtually unassailable. There's a lot to be said about composure, leadership, and experience on the highest stage and Brady scores 10/10 in all 3 categories. Defense was the biggest factor in the SB win, but Tampa never gets anywhere near the SB without Brady, nor do they seal the deal like they did. Quote I wonder if there is beer on the sun Link to post Share on other sites
Bartimaeus 2,449 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 (edited) Oddly enough, this was the most dominant performance by a Tom Brady-lead team in a Super Bowl. The only Super Bowl he's won where they won by more than a touchdown was two years ago against the Rams in that awful 13-3 clunker that literally everybody has forgotten already because it was so remarkably unremarkable. (e): a word Edited February 10 by Bartimaeus Quote Put fascists and sociopaths on your ignore list. Quote Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past. Link to post Share on other sites
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Gfted1 6,062 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Dak Prescott, Cowboys Agree to Reported Record-Setting 4-Year, $160M Contract. smh 1 Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
Bartimaeus 2,449 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) Very high (higher than anyone not named Patrick Mahomes*), a lot of guarantees (just about 60% of the entire contract is guaranteed, higher than the percentage of Rodgers' last contract!), and it's of a totally average length which is generally much more beneficial to the player than the team. And this last point is the difference with Patrick Mahomes and the reason I put an asterisk, because Patrick Mahomes' average is higher right now, but will almost definitely balance out when a guy like Dak re-signs in another 4 years, and will be a significant deal for the team by the end of it assuming he stays a top 5 quarterback the entire time. This Dak Prescott deal...you get the worst of all worlds for a guy who just broke his foot. *That Patrick Mahomes deal is additionally dumb because it has like no guarantees - everyone wow-ed at the half a billion mark, but he was quite generous to his team. Edited March 9 by Bartimaeus Quote Put fascists and sociopaths on your ignore list. Quote Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past. Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 6,062 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 And it includes a no trade clause. Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
Bartimaeus 2,449 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) Something to note with no-trade clauses is that they only matter if the player doesn't want to move; so if the player agrees to a trade, then the no-trade clause is irrelevant. I see Cowboys' situation being pretty similar to the Seahawks once Wilson got paid - unless your team manages to get very lucky and draft great over a couple of years while retaining all the right players and not spending on the wrong ones, you'll be forever doomed to make the playoffs most years, but not ever get much further. A lot of teams these days are going all-in on winning a Super Bowl when they get a good QB on a rookie deal while they can, and the Cowboys did take a crack at it, but for some reason mostly underachieved (probably coaching!). Edited March 9 by Bartimaeus Quote Put fascists and sociopaths on your ignore list. Quote Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past. Link to post Share on other sites
Keyrock 9,159 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 I'm torn on the Dak deal. Did Jerry overpay? Yes. Did he need to do this? Yes. It has long been my opinion that in this 32 team league there are at any given time 15 to 20 legitimate starting QBs, the other 12 to 17 are backup quality QBs starting by necessity. Is Dak a legitimate starter? Absolutely. Is he a franchise QB? No. What are the odds the Cowboys find someone as good or better either in the draft or via trade or free agency? Extremely slim. Jerry had to overpay Dak. It's the way of the NFL. The mistake was overpaying Zeke, and I say that as a long time Zeke apologist. Quote I wonder if there is beer on the sun Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 6,062 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Contract breakdown. Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
the_dog_days 1,581 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 RedBird Capital (aka, Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia) are talking with the CFL about their opportunities going forward. This smells like a hostile takeover to me and I'm not alone as twitter's running wild with theories about a CFL/XFL merger. As a fan of both leagues (go, Saskatchewan Roughriders) I love this idea. I just hope that if a merger does happen they keep the Canadian rules as I don't see either league having much success grabbing a US market using NFL rules without NFL talent. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bartimaeus 2,449 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) Hope either/both are able to return. The NFL desperately needs a minor league to allow guys who are good athletes but bad at the football opportunities to grow, and while the CFL in of itself hasn't been exactly great for that, it's certainly a lot better than nothing. Drew Brees retired. Don't think we have any Saints fans here, but still kind of significant news. (e): Also, in Packers news, we just paid Aaron Jones a boatload of money...after having drafted a RB in the second round last year, who even looked quite impressive in the limited playtime he had behind two good backs. Ugh: I was so ready for him to walk and get overpaid by a different team. Paying RBs just...hasn't work out for basically anyone recently - I'd so much rather have the All-Pro center who was one of the critical component behind our collective RBs' success (as well as our QB's MVP season...), but I guess the Packers' brass feels differently. I guess Jones was only paid about 9 million a year with some additional incentives to earn an additional 3 million...and not a lot of it is guaranteed - compared to Elliot's 15 million a year with a big chunk of it guaranteed from a couple of years ago, I guess it's not the end of the world...but then again, Ezekiel Elliot has been an absolute workhorse every year but this past one, so eh. Edited March 15 by Bartimaeus Quote Put fascists and sociopaths on your ignore list. Quote Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past. Link to post Share on other sites
Guard Dog 9,504 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 CFL & XFL are merging The XFL is like a rubber fire. No matter how much water you pour on it it keeps flaring up again. As for the CFL, the last time they tried exporting the 55 yard line south of the border it was a disaster. Curious to see how this progresses. 2 Quote "The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys. Power, like a desolating pestilence, pollutes whate'er it touches; and obedience, bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, makes slaves of men, and of the human frame a mechanized automaton." P.B. Shelley Link to post Share on other sites
Keyrock 9,159 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 8 hours ago, Guard Dog said: CFL & XFL are merging The XFL is like herpes. No matter how much you try to get rid of it it keeps flaring up again. I made a small adjustment I thought was fitting. Quote I wonder if there is beer on the sun Link to post Share on other sites
rjshae 9,653 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 1 Quote "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to post Share on other sites
Bartimaeus 2,449 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 (edited) That's what we have 8-8-1 for. Also, anyone want to take any bets on whether Deshaun Watson, between his seemingly massive legal problems and saying that he won't play for the Texans anyway, will or won't play this upcoming season? Edited April 4 by Bartimaeus Quote Put fascists and sociopaths on your ignore list. Quote Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past. Link to post Share on other sites
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