NFL Off Topic

[N51_rob]

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So I guess this was the wrong thread to post this in^^^

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I would look into football outsiders maybe reach out to them specifically about what you are looking for via social media.

http://www.advancednflstats.com/

https://www.footballoutsiders.com

google: "advanced football metrics" as a start.

[mestevo]

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Troy Vincent replaces Ray Anderson as VP of Football Operations. This is the position where most/all fines are determined/recommended to Goodell among other things... vacated by Ray Anderson last year.

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[Jr.]

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Cam Newton having ankle surgery and will be out for 4 months. Looks like he'll be ready for the start of training camp but will miss early OTAs, which he'll need to get some chemistry built with the entirely new WR corp.

This is the worst off-season I can remember for Carolina.

[VTPack919]

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Cam Newton having ankle surgery and will be out for 4 months. Looks like he'll be ready for the start of training camp but will miss early OTAs, which he'll need to get some chemistry built with the entirely new WR corp.

This is the worst off-season I can remember for Carolina.

It's brutal... just brutal.

[dsallupinyaarea]

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Article on the difference in media tone of the Irsay DUI vs. any players DUI.

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/69571904/jim-irsay-dwi-arrest-checking-into-rehab-peter-king-columns

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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Saw this on SportsNation's Facebook account and thought it was pretty funny:

[jmood88]

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Article on the difference in media tone of the Irsay DUI vs. any players DUI.

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article...r-king-columns

Seeing that **** on twitter was extremely annoying. The double standard is ridiculous.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Seeing that **** on twitter was extremely annoying. The double standard is ridiculous.

A microcosm of our society.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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Article on the difference in media tone of the Irsay DUI vs. any players DUI.

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article...r-king-columns

It's really interesting. I wonder how much of it has to do simply with the fact that a lot of these writers are giving readers what they want when it comes to the players (basically meaning, "How does this impact my fantasy team/my favorite team?"), whereas Irsay's problem doesn't have an on-field effect at all, so therefore, they don't really have anything to write about besides the fact that Irsay had said that he'd been clean for 15 or 17 years or whatever, and was clearly in a very bad place the other night.

I understand the double standard with Aldon Smith and Irsay's situations since they both checked into rehab shortly thereafter and whatnot, but I don't think Irsay's situation is similar to guys like Braylon Edwards at all (granted I don't remember all the details about Edwards' case, but I thought that his DUI was shortly after the whole "punching LeBron's friend" thing, so the combination of all of this sort of pointed to Braylon just being an idiot, versus Braylon having an addiction problem).

I'm glad this writer at least acknowledged that difference in one of his last paragraphs, but I'm not sure that his statistic about 80 or 90 percent of people that get a DUI have an addiction problem means that people are being hypocrites in how they treat the different situations since the public knowledge is that Irsay had admitted to addiction problems in the past and had been fighting against it for 15+ years, while the players that have gotten caught, to my knowledge, haven't admitted such issues before the incident occurred.

Regardless, I personally feel sympathy for all of them. That doesn't mean that I'm excusing getting behind the wheel, but you can sympathize with someone that drank too much one time or has an addiction problem without excusing their actions that put others' lives at stake.

[TheMatrix31]

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How about "everyone who drives drunk is a ****ing moron and a piece of ****."

Period.

[dsallupinyaarea]

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How about "everyone who drives drunk is a ****ing moron and a piece of ****."

Period.

Well, obviously, that solves it.

[mestevo]

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Rules proposals via PFT.

Rule change proposals:

1. Move the kickoff to the 40-yard line.

2. Expand instant replay to include personal foul penalties.

3. Eliminate overtime in the preseason.

4. Extend the goal posts an additional five feet above the cross bar.

5. Move the line of scrimmage for one-point extra point kicks to the defensive team’s 25-yard line. Two-point conversion attempts would still be snapped from the 2-yard line.

6. Put six cameras on all boundary lines — sideline, goal line, end line, to guarantee coverage for replay reviews.

7. Permit a coach to challenge any official’s decision, except scoring plays which are automatically reviewed.

8. Protect players from getting the sides of their legs rolled up on — the rule already says a blocker can’t hit an opponent in the back of the legs, this proposal will add “or side” to the rule.

9. Allow the referee to consult with members of the NFL officiating department during replay reviews. The referee would be able to speak with the command center in New York to help in reviewing a play.

10. Re-organize the rules about what can be reviewed and what cannot be reviewed, including making the recovery of a loose ball in the field of play reviewable. (This is referred to as the NaVorro Bowman rule, after a controversial call in the NFC Championship Game.)

11. Don’t stop the clock on a sack.

12. Modify pass interference so that it can be called within one yard of the line of scrimmage.

13. Enforce defensive fouls behind the line of scrimmage from the previous spot, rather than from the end of the run or from the spot of the foul.

Bylaw proposals:

1. Raise the number of active players on game day from 46 to 49 for regular-season games played on a day other than Sunday or Monday, excluding Week One.

2. Raise the practice squad limit from eight players to 10 players.

3. Permit clubs to trade players prior to the start of the league year.

4. Eliminate the cut-down to 75 players during training camp and instead just have one cut-down from 90 players to 53 players.

5. Permit more than one player to return to the active list from injured reserve so that any player on injured reserve could return after six weeks.

6. Permit each club to time and test up to 10 draft-eligible players at its facility, and allow any club that wishes to attend timing and testing at another team’s facility.

7. Adjust the time of the roster reduction from 53 after the fourth preseason game from 6 p.m. Eastern to 4 p.m. Eastern. All teams would have to have their list of final cuts in by 4 p.m.

Resolution proposal:

1. Permit a home team with a retractable roof to open or close its roof at halftime, instead of having to determine at the start of the game whether it is open or closed.

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[ProfessaPackMan]

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Hit the nail on the ****ing head regarding the double standard that's out there.

We'll kill the players, even if it's their first time in trouble with the law or doing something like this and might even throw out that "Thug" word every now and then(depending on who it is). They can even admit they have a problem and want to get help and we'll still find some way to kill them.

But considering who we're talking about(The Media in this case)I shouldn't be surprised.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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A rich guy greasing the wheels of reporters to maintain a respectable public image despite personal turmoil? I'm shocked.

Spoiler

I know I'm missing an adjective or two, but TOS.

[TracerBullet]

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Kickoffs may be moved up to the 40.

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