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I had no idea Peyton ever missed the playoffs. And yeah, his winning percentage with good defense is nutty.

I could see an era based, Razor QB rankings-esque weighted metric as being a good idea for accounting for individual stats. Adds more work though, to already a big undertaking.

Many corps already do this, it is great incentive for performance. I think the board-room thing is pointless in today's business climate.

How about them Pads making moves? Don't think it is a terrible deal and I preferred Manny over Harper big time.

I still think if it is really that big of a problem, go to college rules.

I think we easily have the capability of coming up with solutions and there probably already are some, I just have a hard time seeing where you can make money doing it though. I kind of like the idea of a carbon tax, which is paid in credits to people who engineer ways to manage the chemistry of the atmosphere. I feel like NATO/EU countries could hopefully concoct an agreement to pool funds as well.

I realize you are probably just saying that to slight Curry but I hate how people are actually saying this...Like no duh, KD literally broke the league going to GS and without his presence we actually got good, competitive basketball. The series was really competitive with Klay, so its hard to even say that was the absolute difference, more so just the nail in the coffin. I thought the Raps looked to be the better team for the majority of the series.

So happy to see the Raps win. 100% well deserved. Of course, it is different if the Warriors are at full health, but they weren't and even then are still a top tier team. Hate to see Klay and KD go down right before free agency though. I think the Warriors sign both, assuming KD wants to return (I hope not), and hopefully can recover in time to make the playoffs. The Raptors are interesting, themselves. Kawhi and Gasol on the way out. Ujiri is getting interest from elsewhere. Talk of the Wizards offering ownership and $10m a year to be Pres of Ops. Can't say I blame them, I think Masai is the best GM in the league but ownership stake is an interesting ball to throw. Also, unsung, but I thought Ibaka was awesome in that series.

Cam is going to shoot up this list after next year, bet!

Been on a big Red Dead 2 kick lately

Obviously the health concerns are high. But I think only going up to 4th highest paid in the period before the new CBA might be a decent trade off given Wentz has proven to be a good QB when he does play.

Do you think the Cowboys offense played a big factor in "good defense" since they were a ball control, run heavy team? I was surprised to see Aikman 8th in defense, I was just old enough to catch his final years and you never really hear about them apart from Deion, so I never thought his defenses were great or anything.

Yeah, I play MTG, and I can't imagine playing under that much stress haha Really cool though. Glad you got to exact revenge on that dickhead in the second round. Look forward to seeing how you fare next go-round. Do you tend to change decks/theme often between tournies?

Fouts so low it, it hurts

I believe Gasol is on a player option, which doesn't ensure he re-signs. Kawhi is very much up in the air. He is a WC guy and the LA teams have $$$. I think he is likely leaivng, win or lose. Though, I will say this, Ujiri is the best GM in the game with what he has done in TOR, IMO. As far as this series goes, I think GS adjusts to mitigate Gasol from killing them, but with KD out, do they have an answer for Siakam? Also, they need to give Boogie more playing time.

Zack, I agree with you one thing: GoT will age well. Not a fan of how people (no one on here) act like this season ruins everything. The season was at least entertaining and the rest of the series is pretty great. My one counterpoint to you blaming the fans for not liking it because it didn't happen the way they wanted it to: I assume you at least saw the negative reaction to this past season, right? So is it not fair to say that you went in with tempered expectations? I could see that making it more palatable for someone binging it after the fact. Ending != bad Delivery of said ending = bad

Interesting. I think this would be a really cool stat to judge coaching staves over the long-term. Are they making half-time adjustments? Are they coming in unprepared? What are the long-term trends?

Rivers, Fouts, Brees? Does Unitas make the list, Razor? I assume he is out because of era or just not counted as a Chargers QB.. From a pure-rankings standpoint, Rivers is pretty low, in my opinion. But within these parameters it makes sense. There are a lot of excuses for why he is where is, most are probably valid. I think fans and analysts still recognize that Rivers, individually, is very good, with some thinking he is great. I'd say his position here tells a story of him just being 'Good.' I think there will be a ton of QBs ahead of him that, I think will have had the luxury of being on more stable teams. I think the key argument against Rivers being great, is that he just has not risen above the shit-storm that is the Chargers to get a ring. Usually a combination of fluke-shit, injuries, and poor coaching have usually come into play. Last year, I think most people would agree or thought, the Chargers were the most talented all-around team in the AFC. Yet, they still lost to the Pats.... and that is one of those games where a great QB can over-compensate for the terrible-coaching (my opinion, of course) and Rivers just didn't get it done.

I didn't really like a lot of the ending. As for the season, D&D were given bullet points and that is what this season delivered. Is it all bad? Hell no. It was just very flawed and fell on its own face and couldn't live up to standards (writing). It being so condensed is probably the main killer, as I think the main points aren't a terrible end game by any stretch.

Sorry thought it was for PEDs. I don't think the article I read explicitly said what it was.

I get it, Gase flamed out in Miami, and a first year coach was chosen over the GM but does anyone disagree with Gase's reported points against the GM? I agree with him 200%.

This is pretty disappointing to see from a guy like PP, who every one from the media, peers, fan respected. According to the rules, a six game suspension without appeal indicates that he knew what he was doing. That's got to be pretty damning on his legacy, imo. Also, compare this to Evans 2 Year ban in the NBA. Why is this not a thing? Especially in the concussion awareness era, you would think PED use would be heavily punished.

I think they have gotten enough shame from the widespread, highly vocalized displeasure and negative critiques of this season.

I don't see the negativity about the Cleganebowl? I thought it was a cool scene. I guess people wanted a 20 minute fight to the death or something.

I think the fact that he says "Dany is a strong character" after the episodes suggests this was definitely more of a calculation then a descent to madness anyways, right? There is logic to back that up if Dany came to the conclusion of "screw this place, the easiest path is to exert my power and take control with fear." Everyone she interacts with from Westeros either died, betrayed her, or acted against her (Cersei, Euron, Sansa).