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Posted: **Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:50 pm**

WFT's field is a death trap:

Posted: **Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:57 am**

Leisher wrote: Mon Sep 06, 2021 12:43 pm ESPN simulated the season.

I don't buy it because the WTFers didn't win their division, but the Steelers' results were really accurate because they're so Tomlin.

!RmindMe 1/10/2022

ESPN: WTFers: 8-9; Steelers - 9-8

Well, they nailed one of those. And WTFers at 7-10 not far off. They kinda predicted that end of season slump. Whiff on the Lions' 7-10 vs 3-13-1. And the Brown's being 12-5, Colts 13-4.

Posted: **Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:59 am**

That's the same side of the field where we had season tickets, COINCIDENCE? Probably. For a couple of years, we were right on the visitor team tunnel, but never fell down.

Posted: **Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:02 am**

TheCatt wrote: Tue Aug 31, 2021 7:27 pm Panthers cut Joey Slye, pick up Ryan Santoso, who you've never heard of.

The dude is a K, right? He's 6'5" and 260 lbs. He also has a sweet stache.

Undrafted in 2018, keeps kicking around camps, and finally got signed. Has never made a regular season appearance.

!RmindMe 1/10/2022

Santoso got waived 2 weeks in. Zane Gonzalez was around most of the season, and was replaced by Lirim Hajrullahu when Zane got injured.

Posted: **Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:04 am**

Leisher wrote: Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:09 am Bill Barnwell has written a column the last few years where he uses numbers and history to predict the 5 teams that will decline. He's 16 of 20 on these predictions with three matching their previous record and one team beating their prior year's be a game.

Here are his five predictions for 2021:
Buffalo Bills (13-3)
KC Chiefs (14-2)
Cleveland Browns (11-5)
GB Packers (13-3)
Tennessee Titans (11-5)

Catt, insert the RmindMe tag here. (We need a button for that.)

!RmindMe 1/10/2022

Actuals:
Bill 11-6 (-2)
Chiefs 12-5 (-2)
Browns 8-9 (-3)
Packers 13-4 (even)
Titans 12-5 (+1)

Posted: **Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:07 am**

TheCatt wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 9:52 pm !RmindMe 1/9/2022

WTFers 9-8
Browns: 12-5
Steelers: 7-10... but I feel like they could squeeze out 8-9.
Panthers: 8-9... but that's the top end, imho. more likely to be 7-10 than 9-8

Schedules are out.

Vegas

Vegas: 8, 9.5, 8.5, 7.5 (teams in same order as up top)

Leisher:
WTFers 10-7
Browns 12-5
Steelers 9-8
Panthers 4-13

ESPN: 8, 10, 8, 8 - Suspiciously close to vegas' results.

WTFers 7
Browns 8
Steelers 9
Panthers 5

So I was 11 off.
Vegas 4.5 off
Leisher 8 off
ESPN: 7 off

Good job, Vegas.

Posted: **Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:09 am**

TheCatt wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:37 pm
Stranger wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:28 pm BROWNS WIN SUPER BOWL!
!RmindMe 2/14/2022

Browns: 8-9 to tie Ravens for last in the division.

Posted: **Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:13 am**

Leisher wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:24 am Meanwhile, Haskins, who actually participated in drills, is making his case as a prototypical QB.

TheCatt wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:41 am 538 Disagrees with you

Has the following ranking: (last # is their model's predicted probability that the QB will meet or exceed a career average of 7.1 yards per passing attempt) Their model's main knock on Haskins is how short his throws have been in college with almost the lowest avg depth of target in the field.

COLLEGE STATS
PLAYER CPOE YPA AVG. DEPTH OF TARGET TOTAL QBR PREDICTED PROB.†
Kyler Murray +9% 10.4 10.4 92 97%
Will Grier +6 9.0 10.2 78 90
Ryan Finley +4 7.6 8.5 76 78
Jordan Ta’amu +6 9.5 10.1 72 72
Dwayne Haskins +9 9.1 7.8 87 63
Brett Rypien +5 8.4 9.9 67 39
Jake Browning +3 8.3 8.8 73 38
Clayton Thorson 0 6.3 7.9 61 29
Trace McSorley +3 8.1 9.7 73 22
Daniel Jones -2 6.4 7.7 62 17
Gardner Minshew +2 7.1 6.8 70 4
Jarrett Stidham +3 8.5 8.3 69 3
Kyle Shurmur -3 7.0 9.0 59 1
Drew Lock -1 7.9 10.3 66 <1
Tyree Jackson -2 7.3 10.4 59 <1
Nick Fitzgerald -4 6.6 10.2 72 <1

!RmindMe 12/31/2021

Minshew has had a few moments. Jones has been a mediocre starter. Haskins is a backup, and only Murray has done well.

Posted: **Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:25 am**

Tomlin slept through Chargers-Raiders.

Honestly, I agree with his decision. Why bother getting off schedule for something you can't control? Wake up the next morning, see what happened, get ready to play the team you'll play.

Posted: **Wed Jan 12, 2022 12:49 pm**

TheCatt wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:57 am Whiff on the Lions' 7-10 vs 3-13-1.

This just made me realize the Lions didn't fire Campbell. Good on them. The guy started off as a giant walking cliche, but settled down and his shitty team played hard for him. If they get some talent in there, they could do something.

TheCatt wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:59 am we were right on the visitor team tunnel, but never fell down.

I'm guessing you never tried to reach out and congratulate the other team on their victory.

TheCatt wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:07 amLeisher 8 off

Fucking Browns killed me. that's what I get for having faith in that organization.

TheCatt wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:25 am Tomlin slept through Chargers-Raiders.

Honestly, I agree with his decision. Why bother getting off schedule for something you can't control? Wake up the next morning, see what happened, get ready to play the team you'll play.

I always tell my kids to only worry about the things you can control and not the things you can't.

This kind of feels like a shot at AB.

Posted: **Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:16 pm**

Leisher wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 12:49 pm I'm guessing you never tried to reach out and congratulate the other team on their victory.

My brother always gave me grief though, cuz I'd give them a polite clap. No reason to be an asshole to people.

Leisher wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 12:49 pm Fucking Browns killed me. that's what I get for having faith in that organization.

You and me both.

Posted: **Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:28 pm**

Catt, you might want to call Vegas because they have the GOAT coach as the biggest wild card dog EVAH.

Posted: **Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:34 pm**

Leisher wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:28 pm Catt, you might want to call Vegas because they have the GOAT coach as the biggest wild card dog EVAH.

Coach can't carry the whole team!

Posted: **Thu Jan 13, 2022 12:50 pm**

McDaniels was cheating in Denver in a very familiar way.

People can say whatever they want, but the Patriots 6 titles, Belicheck, and Brady are forever tainted by Spygate. A scandal isn't a minor issue when the controlling body, in this case the NFL, destroys all evidence and refuses to ever comment on the actual details of what was done wrong.

Posted: **Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:39 pm**

TheCatt wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:50 pm
TheCatt wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 10:15 am
Stranger wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:42 am Whoa, Dolphins fire Flores! thats unexpected. I'm hearing lots of talk that Jim Harbaugh is heading there.
That is unexpected, imho.

Raiders
Broncos
Jaguars
Bears
Vikings
Dolphins

Right?
And Giants.

And Texans. (Who's David Culley? Did not recognize his name at all)

Posted: **Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:50 pm**

TheCatt wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:39 pm Who's David Culley? Did not recognize his name at all

He used to be the HC of the Houston Texans.

Posted: **Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:18 am**

Flores told Tua some mean shit.

There is nothing wrong with this if he was just trying to fire Tua up. Brown, a QB coming into OSU next year, said his dad used to fire him up by telling him what QBs were outperforming him. He said it was constructive, not abusive and stoked his competitive fire.

Posted: **Sat Jan 15, 2022 5:58 pm**

Interesting. Cincy scored a TD on a Burrow pass to go up 19-6, but an erroneous whistle blown before the pass was completed, by rule, means the down should have been replayed. The refs allowed the TD and the Bengals are up 20-6. Let's see if it matters.

Posted: **Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:07 pm**

This flew onto the field during the game and Bill Burr's a bit angry. (He texted congrats to them a few minutes later.)

Posted: **Sun Jan 16, 2022 2:59 am**

This could hurt Jim Harbaugh's negotiations if he's trying to squeeze TTUN for more money.