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Link Posted: 1/19/2024 3:25:45 PM EDT
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Remember the reports I posted last month about how Arena Group was using AI articles and making fake journalist bios? Doing it with Sports Illustrated and all their other properties. I'm guessing that's got a lot to do with this.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 3:27:46 PM EDT
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Patriots South.
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Kind of surprising, but when’s the last time you read anything SI related?
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 3:34:53 PM EDT
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Kind of surprising, but when’s the last time you read anything SI related?


Semi-regularly?

It's not a go-to publication for me, but there are at least two guys that cover the Chiefs and have work published there that I read sometimes.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 3:43:18 PM EDT
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Bills are on the edge of being able to field 48 guys who can play.
4 OUTs and several questionable.

With Davis out they have to elevate Isabella
Have to elevate Klein

So if Martin cant punt, cut him and sign Haack to the 53-man?
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 3:50:57 PM EDT
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With Davis out they have to elevate Isabella
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IIRC, teams can now elevate activate 2 practice squad guys, per game, without taking up a roster spot.

I don't remember if that rule changes for the post-season or not, but I would assume not.

Edit: Changed my phrasing since they aren't "elevated" to the roster, but just activated for the single game and immediately returned to the practice squad afterwards.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 4:00:08 PM EDT
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So what's this I hear about the NFL buying a stake in ESPN?
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ESPN/Disney are reportedly discussing taking over all of the NFL's media platforms in an exchange that will include a share/stake of ESPN/Disney.

Not something that would proceed anytime soon, if at all.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 4:08:19 PM EDT
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Classy.
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Bills are on the edge of being able to field 48 guys who can play.
4 OUTs and several questionable.

With Davis out they have to elevate Isabella
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Vegas doesn't seem to care.

Link Posted: 1/19/2024 4:17:52 PM EDT
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Yes.

I think I'd also be willing to go out on a limb and say the idea that Brock Purdy is real and that SF is really getting that kind of play from a pudgy white bread guy drafted in the 7th round is probably triggering a whole bunch of Tom Brady PTSD.

They're not ready to spend the next however many seasons looking at the top of stat leaderboards and seeing this guy:

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The remaining QBs:
Baker Mayfield (1st Overall 2018)
Jared Goff (1st Overall 2016)
CJ Stroud (2nd Overall 2023)
Josh Allen (7th Overall 2018)
Pat Mahomes (10th Overall 2017)
Jordan Love (26th Overall 2020)
Lamar Jackson (32nd Overall 2018)
Brock Purdy (262nd Overall 2022)

Brock Purdy ruining the perfect 1st round sweep. 7 of 8.

Brady fucked it up for 20 out of his 23 years (rookie year he didn't play, missed it in 02, injured in 08), makes me wonder when the last time (if ever) the divisional round ONLY had 1st round pick quarterbacks remaining.

No go in 2008, 6/8. Kurt Warner and Jake Delhomme fucked it up.
No go in 2002, 5/8. Jeff Garcia, Brad Johnson, Rich Gannon.
No go in 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994 or 1993.

So at least in the last 30+ years we have not seen a divisional round of only 1st rounders.

I feel pretty confident in saying the majority of Purdy “hate” would disappear if he had been drafted in the top 10 overall instead of 262nd.


Yes.

I think I'd also be willing to go out on a limb and say the idea that Brock Purdy is real and that SF is really getting that kind of play from a pudgy white bread guy drafted in the 7th round is probably triggering a whole bunch of Tom Brady PTSD.

They're not ready to spend the next however many seasons looking at the top of stat leaderboards and seeing this guy:

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/nfl/players/full/4361741.png

https://i.imgur.com/UJuHw3F.gif


I think there is some of that.

I think it’s more that SF has a very talented roster & people still aren’t sold that Purdy would still be legit when he has the Chiefs WR corps.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 4:24:25 PM EDT
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Kind of surprising, but when’s the last time you read anything SI related?
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Kind of surprising, but when’s the last time you read anything SI related?


I enjoyed their April Fool's article on Syd Finch and the non woke bathing suit issues....other than that meh.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 4:34:45 PM EDT
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I don't understand why Bill is apparently pushing his chips in with Atlanta. Atlanta? What do they have to work with? Anything?

Do they even have a defense down there? Or is it just ten or eleven guys in uniform when the other team has the ball?
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 4:45:17 PM EDT
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The Raiders chose vibes over Belichick, Harbaugh, and Vrabel?

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Bills are on the edge of being able to field 48 guys who can play.
4 OUTs and several questionable.

With Davis out they have to elevate Isabella
Have to elevate Klein

So if Martin cant punt, cut him and sign Haack to the 53-man?


Vegas doesn't seem to care.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GEOyouJW0AA5C7D?format=png&name=small


as long as The Pit is fed, nothing else matters
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 5:30:56 PM EDT
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What else would one expect from a fanbase that throws themselves through flaming tables for pregame?
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 5:34:26 PM EDT
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Steelers projected to be 17 million over the cap Right now.

Talk of extending Tomlin. -fucking fucking fuck shit

K.Pickett is QB1 with Rudolph unsigned.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 5:34:38 PM EDT
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Ugh... Now I know what my wife is going to talk about when I get home from work... Great...
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 5:58:15 PM EDT
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There's a huge difference in the QB and HC situations.

At QB, there's a near 0% chance Dallas will have the opportunity to acquire a QB better than Dak. There won't be any in FA, nobody trades QBs like that, and Dallas picking at #24 with as many as 15 QB needy teams in front of them.

Meanwhile, there's a six pack of HC candidates on the market right now with at least the potential to be better than McCarthy.
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Thanks for pointing those things out. I feel much worse.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 6:07:28 PM EDT
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IIRC, teams can now elevate activate 2 practice squad guys, per game, without taking up a roster spot.

I don't remember if that rule changes for the post-season or not, but I would assume not.

Edit: Changed my phrasing since they aren't "elevated" to the roster, but just activated for the single game and immediately returned to the practice squad afterwards.
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Those 2 PS players raised for one game seem to be reported as elevations although the press isn't totally consistent.
I have seen a player elevated then not activated to the 48, probably because somebody questionable to the last minute played.
Stays at 2 for the playoffs but the number of times per player opens up.

bills can only elevate 2 and don't want to IR anybody who might play next week so they're in a tight spot.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 6:08:04 PM EDT
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Steelers projected to be 17 million over the cap Right now.

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As Steelers fan it pains me. Steelers are going to be in a bind for a while. And Tomlin needs to go.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 6:08:48 PM EDT
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David Tepper's Carolina Circus
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 6:11:41 PM EDT
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What's so funny?



Link Posted: 1/19/2024 6:15:30 PM EDT
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As Steelers fan it pains me. Steelers are going to be in a bind for a while. And Tomlin needs to go.
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Steelers projected to be 17 million over the cap Right now.

Talk of extending Tomlin. -fucking fucking fuck shit

K.Pickett is QB1 with Rudolph unsigned.


As Steelers fan it pains me. Steelers are going to be in a bind for a while. And Tomlin needs to go.


Problem is Steelers have no QB and they win just enough to not get a high draft pick for QB.

When I watched Tomlin say Pickett is the starter but will have competition I lost all faith in them to turn it around.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 6:17:48 PM EDT
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They’ll be cap compliant before the league due to restructures/cuts/etc

Tomlin was always, likely, to be extended. I’m really not sure why you’re surprised. The Steelers have basically made it a core franchise philosophy to not fire head coaches, since hiring Chuck Noll

Kenny is listed as QB1 because there’s only 2 QBs under contract, him and Mitch. However, the full quote is “QB1 with competition”. I don’t get the sense that the organization is going to hand him QB1 and the Steelers have already said they would like to bring Mason back
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 6:17:55 PM EDT
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lol. ol' Giggles can't be helping that much.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 6:26:56 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/19/2024 6:30:43 PM EDT
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Their defense was middle of the pack which was a massive improvement.  It dropped off a lot when Grady Jarrett and Onyemata got hurt. I believe that it was a top 10 defense before that.  

On offense they have a good o-line, two stud RBs, Pitts, London, and J Smith.  They just need a QB.  

It seems like half the games that the Falcons lost were on the last possession.  They weren't getting blown out.  A few less turnovers by Ridder and they could have won the division.  I'd imagine that Bill plans on signing a veteran QB like Cousins.  That is already a good team with a competent QB playing in the weakest division in the NFL.  Healthy cap space and 3 draft picks in the first 2 rounds can easily make ATL a division winner.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 6:32:57 PM EDT
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They play that dumpster fire known as the Carol Panthers twice a year and there are no truly elite QB's in the division to deal with.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 6:35:59 PM EDT
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They'll be cap compliant before the league due to restructures/cuts/etc

Tomlin was always, likely, to be extended. I'm really not sure why you're surprised. The Steelers have basically made it a core franchise philosophy to not fire head coaches, since hiring Chuck Noll

Kenny is listed as QB1 because there's only 2 QBs under contract, him and Mitch. However, the full quote is "QB1 with competition". I don't get the sense that the organization is going to hand him QB1 and the Steelers have already said they would like to bring Mason back
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Steelers projected to be 17 million over the cap Right now.

Talk of extending Tomlin. -fucking fucking fuck shit

K.Pickett is QB1 with Rudolph unsigned.

They'll be cap compliant before the league due to restructures/cuts/etc

Tomlin was always, likely, to be extended. I'm really not sure why you're surprised. The Steelers have basically made it a core franchise philosophy to not fire head coaches, since hiring Chuck Noll

Kenny is listed as QB1 because there's only 2 QBs under contract, him and Mitch. However, the full quote is "QB1 with competition". I don't get the sense that the organization is going to hand him QB1 and the Steelers have already said they would like to bring Mason back
Lot of releases to get under the cap.
But there are three or four that would get them under.(Khan knows how to manipulate the cap as he has for awhile)
But they are in trouble.

I said Pickett is QB 1 with Rudolph unsigned.
I think Rudolph will be signed by another team.
Trubisky needs to be released.

Pickett is tomlin/colbert/artII hand pick so he will be treated like a baby.
(Rumors of him being a problem)

Tomlin has gone stale and has no control of the lockerroom.
N.Harris and others have alluded to it.

N.Harris will get his 5th year option even though he is not wort hit.

ArtII is running the team into the ground.
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Fuckin’ hell, I struggled to make it one minute into that cringefest.

Though if it’s that douchbag versus swifties…

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It’s Travis Kelce.


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Bill Belichick has a winning percentage of .452 without Tom Brady.

I’d expect something around that neighborhood.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 7:57:56 PM EDT
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Bill Belichick has a wining percentage of .452 without Tom Brady.

I’d expect something around that neighborhood.
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Patriots South.

Bill Belichick has a wining percentage of .452 without Tom Brady.

I’d expect something around that neighborhood.


I'd expect ignominious retirement after a year.
Link Posted: 1/19/2024 8:36:08 PM EDT
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What could go wrong

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What else would one expect from a fanbase that throws themselves through flaming tables for pregame?
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What else would one expect from a fanbase that throws themselves through flaming tables for pregame?


Link Posted: 1/19/2024 10:11:03 PM EDT
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Drafting when they dont need one and sitting em for a couple years.
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Honestly that couple of years of learning without all the stress of being the starter probably really does help
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Go watch the 30 for 30: Four Falls of Buffalo.

You won't be torn anymore.
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I watched all 4 of those live (the 2 cowboys victories were in Alumni Hall at the Naval Academy, best superbowls I've ever watched)

I'll root for both, it's not probable that both would make it to the superbowl.
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Honestly that couple of years of learning without all the stress of being the starter probably really does help
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Drafting when they dont need one and sitting em for a couple years.


Honestly that couple of years of learning without all the stress of being the starter probably really does help


Just being able to learn the offense inside & out would be a huge benefit.

Most of the 1st round busts go through a few HC’s or OC’s before they’re given up on, and you know they’re not understanding the playbook the way they need to. Hell, by the 3rd one they’re probably just getting more confused.
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I was driving in today listening to The Fan on the radio and they were discussing Tomlin and McCarthy.  

They all seem to agree that Tomlin is a much better coach and tends to deliver in clutch situation, where McCarthy does not...

Seems like a the grass is always greener scenario.


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Don't.  None of the coaches who _MIGHT_ be better than McCarthy would work for Jerry.  

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What could go wrong

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GEOlYzwWEAAmrqo?format=jpg&name=small

Reminds me of woke movies.

1.  Market a movie in a way that repels men and makes it obvious this isn’t made for them.

2.  Move bombs.

3.  Studio losses money.

4.  Blame men for not seeing it.

5.  Repeat
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I was driving in today listening to The Fan on the radio and they were discussing Tomlin and McCarthy.  

They all seem to agree that Tomlin is a much better coach and tends to deliver in clutch situation, where McCarthy does not...

Seems like a the grass is always greener scenario.


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Dallas, Green Bay, and Pittsburg are the three fan bases with the biggest expectations because of how good they were for so long pre-salary cap. I think Tomlin is a very good coach considering that he hasn't really had a QB since Big Ben was in his prime.  

That's football under the salary cap.  You don't have the QB you ain't shit.
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Patriots South.

Bill Belichick has a wining percentage of .452 without Tom Brady.

I’d expect something around that neighborhood.


I'd expect ignominious retirement after a year.

He should have retired when Brady left.
Link Posted: 1/20/2024 12:58:26 AM EDT
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Chiefs vs Bills is shaping up to be one of the coolest sports rivalries ever.

Not only have we had some killer games including one of the very best QB shootouts ever, but this thing?





Hell yeah!
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