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  1. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Bill O'Brien? He's gone.
  2. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    I probably should have put a space between the Father Time comment and then noting that the Rams beat Brady with Goff this year. I still think Brady probably has another year or two in him, although the falloff might be dramatic when it finally does happen.
  3. Merrith

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    When you say haven't run out of shit to do, do you just mean running more M+ or more PVP? At this point there are plenty who have seen all 4 campaigns to their completion, finished TC, hit "exhalted" in the Maw, etc.
  4. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    What goal posts? I joked that Father Time would catch up eventually. Oldest joke in the world it's literally undefeated. What are we even talking about?
  5. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Let me know when Brady is out there at age 60 :)
  6. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Father Time will eventually catch up. Also match ups are a thing, Goff led Rams beat Brady and Tampa this year.
  7. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Agree Stafford has potential to be good upgrade over Goff. Funny we had that Eli/Rivers/Big Ben/Ryan/Stafford discussion about who might get into the HoF...and now Stafford has a team that in theory, he can maybe get to a Super Bowl with in the next year or two.
  8. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    At this rate, Houston will be asking for four 1sts for Watson.
  9. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    It feels as all in on the next year or two as anyone can be.
  10. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    I think McVay thinks with better QB he can win a Super Bowl in the next year or two. They have the defense, they have good skill position guys. But clock is ticking with so few picks to reload.
  11. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Just read Rams won't have a 1st round pick from 2017 through 2023 after this deal.
  12. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    I did see some NFL exec claim the Stafford deal would be done before the Super Bowl...so someone knew what was up. Thank goodness the Football Team wasn't in this hard on Stafford. I know Watson will probably cost three 1sts plus, but I agree with you, if you're going this hard for Stafford...
  13. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Yeah, but for all the shit we talk about Goff, he's at least a starting caliber guy. They can let him tread water for them while they get ready to find their next guy, or maybe even trade him for another pick. Two 1sts and a 3rd plus a serviceable starting QB? Wtf.
  14. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Holy shit. Detroit made out like bandits to get that much.
  15. Merrith

    NHL 2021 Irregular Season and Plagueoffs

    Meanwhile the Rangers blew a lead against the Penguins to lose in OT, Flyers beat Isles in OT, and Buffalo beat the Devils in a shootout. The East is so stupid, 5 teams have 10+ points.
  16. Merrith

    NHL 2021 Irregular Season and Plagueoffs

    Welcome back, Ovi.
  17. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    No pretty sure that game was always ranked shitty because it was empty stats. I do agree the stat being proprietary is stupid, though.
  18. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    And yet, even looking at Lamar Jackson...last year's playoff loss to the Titans, in the end he had over 500 yards of offense, but the QBR pretty correctly rated his overall game shit with a 30.4. Not perfect by any stretch, but tries to put empty stats into context from what I've seen.
  19. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    It's not that they overvalue running so much, it's that they give a lot of credit to rushing first downs. Maybe too much credit. But they also distinguish between say a 5 yards run/pass on 2nd and 5 that gets you a first down and a 10 yard gain on 3rd and 18 where the D just played soft as...
  20. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    They might have found the glitch then. Most of those games at the top all make perfect sense. Not that I like being reminded of the night Vick absolutely destroyed the Washington Football team...but yeah.
  21. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Also weirdly, that isn't on this list... NFL All-Time Bests Total QBR | ESPN
  22. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Sounds like a glitch, although that is hilarious. Pretty much all of the time QBR matches the eye test for me on whether a QB actually played well or put up a lot of empty stats.
  23. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    I just prefer how QBR seems to not let garbage time stats in games fool it, the way passer rating can look great b/c someone got to throw against a prevent for a full quarter/half.
  24. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    QBR is the good one, you might be thinking of Passer Rating. Only brought up Brees b/c it's crazy how much his ability to throw the ball downfield died this past year or two. Meanwhile Brady has 8 seconds left against Green Bay in the 1st half and is dropping dimes for TD's still.
  25. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    860 yards passing, 7 TD's 3 Int in 3 games. Total QBR 79.1. He's been pretty good overall. I do think Tampa was a pretty good team overall, but he's clearly also been guy to get them over the hump, and watching him throw the ball compared to someone like Brees was like night and day. I'm...
  26. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    I mean, the game against Tampa can be viewed as a one off (they've also been the #1 D against the run 2 years in a row), as Jones was pretty great this season along with last year. But that only reinforces my point, if they're going to not want to pay Jones, but Rodgers thinks he has any real...
  27. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Obviously it takes a team, but we've also seen what a team even with great weapons can look like with an average QB and what the same/similar team looks like with another. Andy Reid knew what he was doing trading away Alex Smith to being the Pat Mahomes era. Smith had Tyreek and Kelce, hell...
  28. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    I mean, if your team is going to burn their 1st round pick (along with more draft capital since they traded up) on your potential replacement, versus maybe more receiving help or other areas they could have improved, why not ask for more cash? Not to mention drafting another RB when they had...
  29. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Buddy of mine constantly gets into these "if you had to win 1 game, are you picking Rice over Megatron or Moss at WR" stuff. Rice is like the reverse era argument, in that his numbers destroy everyone else's like Gretzky's due in hockey, and he had the disadvantage of playing in era where...
  30. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    I'm not sure if we're on the same page for what we're debating then. I don't think the debate between him and Montana is close at all anymore. I'm saying 6, 7 years ago whenever they beat Seattle for his 4th ring, I could understand if people still thought it was a debate. Just like if...
  31. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Well shit at this point it's not debatable. At that time 6, 7 years ago, the debate could have been had. Also Montana v. Brady number do get into the whole "eras" thing with how much passing numbers have exploded. Montana had 500+ attempts twice in his entire career, and only topped 400...
  32. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    When compared to Montana? The debate then was Montana was a perfect 4-0 in SB's, Brady won his first 3 but then lost 2 in a row to Eli fucking Manning, botching the perfect season with vintage Moss on his team in the process. Then his 4th ring was more "Seattle choked" rather than he won.
  33. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    I'm sure some would have, but it would still be an argument then, just like it was when Brady won his 4th against Seattle but had lost 2 to Eli and the Seattle one came after what most everyone thinks was a super terrible decision to not hand the ball off to Lynch for the easy TD. With 6...
  34. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    4 out of 7 would have gotten who to where? Rodgers to Goat status? I don't think that would put anyone else to Goat status when Montana went 4 for 4. It's the fact Brady has won 6, and been to 10 now that really put him over. That and 2 of his losses he handed his D a lead with under 5...
  35. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    The problem I have with what this says is "could have gotten these teams to a Super Bowl". "A" Super Bowl? Sure. 10 in 21 seasons? That's a tougher sell for me. I guarantee if Rodgers was in Brady's spot all these years he'd have more than 1 ring. I don't know if he'd have 6 with a shot at...
  36. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    No, it wouldn't be 20. Even the greats have down games, and the NBA example is different in the sense that they play best of 7's where better team is more likely to win than single elimination where crazy shit can just fuck your entire season. He also did play against other good/great teams...
  37. Merrith

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    This is true in a vacuum. When you do it over 20 years and multiple iterations of teammates even on the same team, then hop conferences and go to the Super Bowl again your first year in the NFC...you start to wonder if he was just the biggest part of the reason his teams went so much.
  38. Merrith

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    One thing I'm noticing, even as the OP Night Fae mission table...is how unbalanced the companions are. Some are just vastly more useful/powerful than others. I finally got my first "tank" companion for Night Fae from Renown this week, Qadarin or whatever, and his ability is only a 1 round...
  39. Merrith

    NHL 2021 Irregular Season and Plagueoffs

    @StoiCynic not a bad finish to your game.
  40. Merrith

    NHL 2021 Irregular Season and Plagueoffs

    And there it is, Caps at 13 points 5-0-3 through 8 games. Of course in the East, that doesn't get you much as Boston and Philly are both at 11 points and Boston has only played 7 games I believe.