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The faders are what Dead Al made them. Glad his son is keeping up with tradition. We all know tradition is an honorable way to show your spirit.
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So reports are that the Browns are shopping Josh Gordon. I would give up second round pick for him without a second thought.Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”Comment
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It will never cease to amaze me how willfully ignorant so many coaches are regarding fourth down decision statistics.
Carolina has it 4th and inches on the one yard line here in this Giants-Panthers game. Brian Billick is doing the color commentary and says something like "Here is where Ron Rivera might just make this decision based on emotion instead of reason and go for it."
On 4th-and-1 NFL teams convert 65% of the time over the past 12 years. If you're on the one-yard line and it's fourth and one, then that's an average of 4.5 points (0.65 x 7) if you go for it versus at most 3 points if you don't. Why on earth wouldn't the guys who get payed to make these important decisions run the math and almost always go for it in these situations in the first quarter especially?
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I would have preferred to double up on my misery index today but looks like I have to wait until tomorrow to watch the Raiders get dismantled by Denver on MNF.
Maybe I can bridge the gap by sticking my finger into a pencil sharpener today. Or giving myself a paper cut.Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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Cincinnati with 4 turnovers over their last 9 plays.Comment
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Mike McCarthy just elected to kick the field goal just inside the 1 yard line. Totally idiotic.Originally posted by CardiacCoug View PostIt will never cease to amaze me how willfully ignorant so many coaches are regarding fourth down decision statistics.
Carolina has it 4th and inches on the one yard line here in this Giants-Panthers game. Brian Billick is doing the color commentary and says something like "Here is where Ron Rivera might just make this decision based on emotion instead of reason and go for it."
On 4th-and-1 NFL teams convert 65% of the time over the past 12 years. If you're on the one-yard line and it's fourth and one, then that's an average of 4.5 points (0.65 x 7) if you go for it versus at most 3 points if you don't. Why on earth wouldn't the guys who get payed to make these important decisions run the math and almost always go for it in these situations in the first quarter especially?
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I want to see the stats on drives that start inside your own 3 yard line. I imagine a majority go 3 and out, then you likely have field position inside of the 50. And that's if you don't convert the 4th in the first place.Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”Comment
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It looks like Rogers and McCarthy were arguing on the sidelines over it. Kicking a field goal inside the 1 has to be the dumbest thing that coaches commonly call.Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”Comment
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I wonder what the conversion percentage is on 4th-and-2. That would tell you what the average points are if you go for 2 points vs the 1 point conversion.Originally posted by CardiacCoug View PostIt will never cease to amaze me how willfully ignorant so many coaches are regarding fourth down decision statistics.
Carolina has it 4th and inches on the one yard line here in this Giants-Panthers game. Brian Billick is doing the color commentary and says something like "Here is where Ron Rivera might just make this decision based on emotion instead of reason and go for it."
On 4th-and-1 NFL teams convert 65% of the time over the past 12 years. If you're on the one-yard line and it's fourth and one, then that's an average of 4.5 points (0.65 x 7) if you go for it versus at most 3 points if you don't. Why on earth wouldn't the guys who get payed to make these important decisions run the math and almost always go for it in these situations in the first quarter especially?
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Crazy to see Jordan Cameron catching TD passes in the NFL. As a BYU basketball player he wasn't much. He didn't even have much of a career at USC but he is a pretty dang good tight end now.Dyslexics are teople poo...Comment
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I would guess that it has to do with limited scoring chances per game and the relative likelihood of getting some points from a short FG vs. hoping to fall in the 65% on any given conversion attempt.Originally posted by CardiacCoug View PostIt will never cease to amaze me how willfully ignorant so many coaches are regarding fourth down decision statistics.
Carolina has it 4th and inches on the one yard line here in this Giants-Panthers game. Brian Billick is doing the color commentary and says something like "Here is where Ron Rivera might just make this decision based on emotion instead of reason and go for it."
On 4th-and-1 NFL teams convert 65% of the time over the past 12 years. If you're on the one-yard line and it's fourth and one, then that's an average of 4.5 points (0.65 x 7) if you go for it versus at most 3 points if you don't. Why on earth wouldn't the guys who get payed to make these important decisions run the math and almost always go for it in these situations in the first quarter especially?
http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com...th-down/19370/"What are you prepared to do?" - Jimmy Malone
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I haven't been able to watch the highlights, they're not showing them on the Redzone channel, but Ziggy is tearing it up. Two sacks and another tackle for loss.Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”Comment
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Geez, in addition to the two sacks and one TFL, he leads the team with seven tackles and also has two hits on the QB. seven tackles from the DE is pretty much dominant.Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View PostI'm like LeBron James.
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He just had a nice one to put the Browns ahead with less than a minute to go.Originally posted by Flystripper View Post"What are you prepared to do?" - Jimmy Malone
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Sure, the coach opens himself to criticism on the 35% of chances where you don't get it. If he decides to punt or kick the FG every single time on 4th and 1 then the perception is that the coach made the "safe" decision.Originally posted by Joe Public View Post
And sure there are scenarios at the end of the game where kicking the FG is the right decision -- but first quarter in a scoreless game I don't see why there is even any question what the right decision is. Hearing a former NFL head coach talking like the safe and smart decision is to kick the FG is unbelievable to me. I don't get it.Comment
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I've heard that in the NFL for years the success rate on 2-point conversions has been around 48% -- thus it makes statistical sense to just take extra point kick.Originally posted by scottie View Post
Found this article showing that on NFL 2-point conversions attempts, passing plays are successful 43% of the time, runs are successful 62% of the time. Seems like teams should probably just hand the ball off or try to get the QB free on the edge, since QB runs are highly successful on 2-point conversions.
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