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I hope that it is all or nothing for the NFL and not by region. Where NY, Mchigan, Cali teams have to hold off because of state restrictions, but the Falcons can hold camp business as usual. The NFL needs to level the playing field for the season. It is in the best interest of the product.

WHHAAAAATTTT? Our Uni's are easily top 5 in the league. Why would we change them, they are awesome. God, this made them even worse.

That is an ownership decision not a manufacturer decision. I would assume anyways. NYG, Dallas, GB, etc. have not had any real uniform changes in decades.

Unsure who makes these decisions. I assume that Nike creates a couple of options for owners, marketing, etc. to decide from. This is less on Nike and more on ownership I think.

I could look past the weird fading colors for the numbers if they never changed the horns on the helmet.

Guilty of not reading the article and only reading the OP. I was going of Cal and UCLA which are PAC-12 schools. While not dominant they have players just not enough of them. If the PAC-12 cuts the season I stand by my post. Otherwise, you are 100% right. Agreed. Maybe some movement in the lower ranked schools. But nothing near the top get effected...unless kids decide to transfer. I am guessing you lose some from the ACC but they play on, PAC-12 eventually cancels. The league will to the way of the B1G. While a power conference UM, OSU, Wisco, are all very good schools academically regardless of politics. They still may cancel.

And they could be...if it wasn’t for the SEC and ACC. Based on regions depending on which way the big 10 schools go will be the real kicker. Students will get another year of eligibility if they choose to wait it out. From the sounds of it the PAC-12 will eventually call it quits on the year. Which means there is no inter conference transfer issues. If programs jump on this right, you could see some power teams for the areas of the country that stay open. If I were say Georgia and I had any kids not committed yet, with some money still available, I’d be jumping on starting guys from cancelled programs for weak spots on my roster. Also UCLA and UW are good schools. Even if you don’t have money, I’m sure they have some pull to get them academic money.

Fair point. A little chick and egg. Both sides have some validity. Robert Woods has a near identical catch rate to Antonio Brown with LAR. But sub 60% in his time in BUF.

If you have a VPN $5 per month for the CBS and/or Fox app, you can just change your location to somewhere the game is being shown locally and watch it that way.

Thats a good call. Helps account for bad throw %. Knox was bad at catching the ball. I knew he lead the team with 10. But I had just assumed (my bad) that some combination of KB, Zay Jones, would easily hit that based on all the crap they get/got. But they only added up to 5. Chris Ivory actually led the team with 4. Same as Singletary. I’d call that a wash. 17/24 drops from 2018 were not on the roster in 2019. And Knox played catch up for over half of it. Haha.

People talk a lot about our 2019 drops. Anybody concerned that we substantially upgraded our OL and WR corps from 18 to 19 and our starting QB played more games after a full NFL offseason and both drops and drop percentages went up pretty significantly? 2018: Josh Allen started 10 games. Team had 499 attempts. 24 Drops. 5% drop rate. 2019: Josh Allen started 16 games. Team had 513 attempts. 36 drops. 7.4% drop rate. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2018/advanced.htm

Haha. That’s why I said culturally.

Do I want him to? yes. Do I think he has the physical skill set to do so? Yes, and so did a lot of other failed QB’s. . If I had to put my mortgage On the line as to whether he will pan out? no I don’t think he will. But that doesn’t mean I am rooting against him. I would love to be wrong. I weighted @Kirby Jackson point incorrectly. I took his biggest grievance as comparing Allen to Trubiski as being unfair in general. His biggest gripe is unnecessary click bait. Which I agree with, especially for a site that prides itself in analytics. We will have a better idea of which way Allen is trending after his third year and PFF chose to rule up fans with a catchy headline.

This is fair. I can get behind that. Maybe I am romanticizing the PFF of old. But it feels like not that long ago they made a name for themselves by collecting good data and releasing the broad level stuff to the public and making the more granular stuff paid for. Then have maybe an article behind the payroll breaking down metrics that point one way, the other, or both. They are slowly starting to lose me to, and gaining pace. Honestly, a twitter poll from ESPN asking “Will Josh Allen look more like 3rd year Favre or 3rd year Trubiski in his junior season?” Would be fine, because ESPN isn’t trying to present themselves as the football analytic bible. Also it’s a fair talking point on both sides.

I think this algorithm will always “favor” QBs like the 2019 version of Allen. High drop rate and low completion percentage. A team that scores more with greater regularity in completion percentage will have less to “gain” or adjust for.

Unsure I’ve explained myself well. He has improved. That is tangible. But he hasn’t proven himself to have totally ruled out going full Trubisky, Bortles, and 20 other QBs over the years. He also hasn’t done anything to say he’ll step back like those guys did either. This is a bit of a what if year for him. By most metrics Josh is a bottom ranked QB. Because of that Bills fans have to take some criticism on the chin, it’s partially deserved. I don’t think it’s insulting, nor do I think (Hope) it’s permanent.

I am a fan of analytics. It’s not just for “nerds”. The recent need for moving into the ESPN area of hot takes is low brow from PFF. I will agree with that. It discredit some of the good work they have done. But in regards to your comment...Meh. Allen is looking like he has the ability to improve but hasn’t put guys like Trubiski and Bortles decline far enough in the rear view to rule it out. Some may “billieve” but fact of the matter is he hasn’t proven to be better yet. Just a lot of what ifs.

I mean if you’re going to go that far, they could’ve helped the 7-9 Giants along. The Jets (some bad optics with the name there) were also 10-6. Both teams linked culturally to NYC.

I literally have no idea what that is supposed to mean...

Fake news. I read it right here. Josh Allen is the most criticized player in history.

I must have missed that. I know there was a separate conversation about allowing kids to keep eligibility if they weren’t drafted. And I swear this one started as just cancelling the supplemental draft all together. (Did the title change) Either way, it’s fine with me. The NFL is not beholden to change their hiring practices based on a situation that hasn’t played out from the NCAA. And as I said earlier. I’m nearly 100% confident the NCAA will extend the eligibility rules for fall sports because they’ve already done it for spring sports. Nobody is losing their career. If the NCAA season is cancelled, none of these kids are going to “lose” their football career. They’ll have another year to play if they choose.

As of right now the NCAA is allowing spring sports to reuse their final year of eligibility and maintain scholarship money without counting towards the mandated max based on sport. The only thing the supplemental draft does is allow people who lost their eligibility after the date they needed to declare have teams bid on them with future draft picks. They are still welcome to sign as UDFA’s. This is waaaay overblown. EDIT:Just to clarify. Nobodies college career is in jeopardy. I am sure that the NCAA will extend eligibility/scholarships out another year to any sports effected in the fall. They’ve already done it for spring sports.

I don’t think the players in the supplemental draft have eligibility. It’s only players that have been deemed ineligible since after the deadline to declare for the draft. I could be wrong on that though. There’s only been 46 players selected since 1977. Like 5 players per year enter it, and maybe one gets drafted. People just like to whine about the NCAA because they like to forget the student part in student-athlete. It’s also the cool thing to do to hate on the NFL and scream about CoNsPiRaCiEs. This literally has no impact on the NFL and doesn’t protect the NCAA/NFL in the least.

They are more than welcome to pursue their football career. But if they leave and it fails, they have to pay for the remainder of their degree. The NFLs draft age/time in college is no different than a job qualification being listed as must have MBA, BA/BS, 6 years work experience in X position/field, etc. I can’t go be a rep for Labatt, Anheiser Busch, etc. unless I am 21 either.

Ah, so the 1993 version of Brady is just a system QB.