Recent content by btemp

Great point. You have to be rich to be an NFL ref?

It'll be interesting to see in the playoffs (or wins needed to make the playoffs) what Walkers usage is like.

Start/sit is arbitrary and most FF people know nothing. Ignore it unless its related to injury. Isn't there a column on FF where a staff writer goes over/under on performances? How's that going?

(a) There's a total lack of parity. You have a couple of surprise teams every year, but before the season starts you can predict 80% of the (competitive) playoff teams. We're still in the stage of the season where some records are close (Bears are one game behind the Lions) but...

I've been a fan of the play up until this season. 1) NFL officiating is in a very bad spot. Some games were atrociously called. Not edge cases, just bizarre blown calls. Game changing blown calls. 2) The officials can NEVER call this right. If the officials are incapable of calling a play...

The other dimension to all this is the football strategy angle. These arguments act like YPC is how coaches are thinking about their rushing attack. But strategy goes far beyond that. If you're only an outside zone team with a runner, like KW3, then defenses strategically adapt and can attack...

What's so weird about this debate - Walker is getting as many touches a game has he historically has. Its not like he's getting way less carries. He's an oft-injured back who came into the season injured and is not always healthy. He also is not good as a short yardage back. The Seahawks are...

You have an explosive but oft injured back who's never finished a season and started the season with some injuries. I think the Seahawks are being smart about this. Also... he's only getting one less attempt a game than his highest volume season and is on the same pace per game (he plays in) as...

If I'm a UNC fan, the most concerning part to me is his willingness to put his own pettiness before the players and the organisation. Any banning of Patriots personnel, or any digs at the Patriots, are purely for his own pleasure and harm the players and org. This is not the message BB used to...

Look at the NFL list of valuations: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/05/official-nfl-team-valuations-2024.html It's almost entirely location. The Cowboys haven't won a divisional playoff game even since 1995. They have been, from an on-field perspective, a bottom 16 team (at least) over that time...

You see this take on ownership but it misunderstands how ownership works. Because of the salary cap and minimums, every owner is spending money. From a purely financial perspective you don't care whether $50 million of your $255 million salary cap goes to Dak or someone else. It's getting...

What do you do with that Watson contract? Just roll him out next year? The problem is you can't really turn this team over with his contract hanging over his head. It eats up too much cap room to do a proper restructure/rebuild. Unless you eat it in one season and spend a couple more rebuilding...

I just don't see McCarthy as the problem. You know what you're getting - McCarthy isn't an All-Pro at coach but he's a Pro Bowler (maybe second ballet). Certainly an above average coach. The rot is in ownership and it takes a miracle coach to fix that. And those coaches won't work for Jerry.

There's just no way to win when the owner cares more about making money than winning. Jerry Jones is a carnival barker.

I mean you know what you get with Winston. This shouldn't surprise anyone at all. After all, he's in the 30-30 club. But with the season for sure lost, may as well move to DTR to see what you have there.