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Everything posted by Banedon
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Absolutely. And I'm not saying they should be taken lightly. But those 6 losses do show that they are clearly a flawed team as well (undoubtedly injuries are a factor). And I thought this morning that they might be being overhyped by some of the national media. Though admittedly, I've seen more Eagles picks by experts today than I thought I would.
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The Packers lost those 6 games by a combined 20 points. Has there been a team in history whose average margin of defeat was lower? Really? Is that a real question? I'll just give you some of the easy-math answers: 1984 49ers: 3 1998 Vikings: 3 1985 Bears: 14 2004 Steelers: 17 This year's Ravens lost 4 games by a combined 16 points, so they were right there with the Packers in margin of defeat. Average margin of defeat is what I am going for. I realize there might be some 15-1 team that lost a game by 3 points, but I guess that's not really the same since the Packers had 6 losses. lol...Well you weren't clear on the rules of your little number manipulation game. You're the one who generalized it into the lowest margin of defeat ever. You should clarify what your parameters are.
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162 games vs 16 games. wouldn't that even further my point? it's intuitively obvious from even the most basic understanding of statistics that you're going to have a better picture of the truth from a sample of 162 than 16, but even then we realize the sample of 162 isn't ideal, because there's so much luck and chance involved in close wins, and that's precisely why we accept pythagorean record as an improvement upon old-fashioned W-L. to look at two teams and say "this one's better 'cause they won one more game" is so patently ludicrous. Similarly, it's patently ludicrous to use solely point differential to determine who's a good team and who's not. If my quick math is correct, GB's point differential between just Dallas, Minnesota (in Minny), SF and Buffalo is +111. The point differential in the other 12 games they played this season...+37. That's cherry picked of course, but it's simply to point out that they had a few huge blowouts against some bad teams...and the rest of their games were mostly close games. So that differential is misleading. San Diego has a +119 point differential and they didn't make the playoffs. How good do you think they are?
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they have the 2nd best point differential in all of football, despite a tough schedule (like the rest of the NFCN) Oh. Then the losses don't count. you're being purposefully dense. nowhere did i suggest that. why do we all freely accept pythagorean record for baseball as a much better indicator of the quality of a team's performance, but you're seemingly shrugging off point differential like it's [expletive]? 162 games vs 16 games.
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The Packers lost those 6 games by a combined 20 points. Has there been a team in history whose average margin of defeat was lower? Really? Is that a real question? I'll just give you some of the easy-math answers: 1984 49ers: 3 1998 Vikings: 3 1985 Bears: 14 2004 Steelers: 17 This year's Ravens lost 4 games by a combined 16 points, so they were right there with the Packers in margin of defeat.
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they have the 2nd best point differential in all of football, despite a tough schedule (like the rest of the NFCN) Oh. Then the losses don't count.
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Gordon Wittenmyer needs to get an apology from all the other reporters in town that essentially said he was full of it. -
Trib says that Grace is pretty much a long shot with his current commitments.
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Haha...fantastic.
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I'm starting to feel like the Eagles might win this weekend. The Packers are getting way too much love. PK calls them one of the best 6 seeds in history, which is kind of silly, considering that they finished 10-6 (one game worse than the 6 seed last year, Philadelphia), lost 3 of their last 6, can't run the football, aren't all that great at stopping the run, and haven't played a down yet in the playoffs. The Packers are a good team, but the national media are really willing to overlook their faults.
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Nobody mentioned Lovie...with good reason. When was the last time the Bears tried a surprise onside kick, or faked a punt/FG for that matter?
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Sparano really has to feel wanted.
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Bears vs. Seahawks, Sunday Jan 16 at noon
Banedon replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
Urlacher named NFC defensive player of the month. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/brian-urlacher-eric-weems-named-nfc-players-of-the-month/ -
Well there's likely a lockout before the draft anyway, so even if came out, the rookie pay scale could still hurt him, right? The lockout would start immediately after the draft, so the players would be selected but contracts wouldn't be negotiated until after the lockout ended is my understanding. If I'm right, then the rookie contracts would be subject to the new CBA. The lockout date I've heard is March 1. The draft is mid/late April, and thus, would likely be delayed until post-lockout, I'm presuming.
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What's the point of a clock then? Why have it timed at all? You could say the same thing about the old playoff overtime. I think I have actually...though I'm not about to go look it up.
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I don't know about that. There were rumors he'd stay for a while - before Carolina locked up the #1 pick. He's a bright kid (and clearly he values education a bit if he's going to Stanford) a year away from graduation. Huh...you and raw both have me incorrectly as the author of that post...lol.
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Gotcha...that makes sense.
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I had a similar thought. But Carolina is just as likely to be holding the #1 pick next season too.
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Re: Social forum master stickey
Banedon replied to Banedon's topic in North Side Baseball Issues & Suggestions
Ah yeah...I think that thread was created before Tim made some changes in association with the 312sports thing. I'm off to a meeting, but I'll try to get those fixed in the next day or two. -
Well there's likely a lockout before the draft anyway, so even if came out, the rookie pay scale could still hurt him, right?
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lol @ all the mock drafts.
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What's the point of a clock then? Why have it timed at all?
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And Sparano is still technically HC, right?
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It's presumeably a backup plan if Harbaugh goes to Miami, but...
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The commish on reseeding the playoffs...
