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I'm using a simplified/modified Colley Matrix iteration process (https://www.colleyrankings.com/method.html)

To summarize, you take the win percentage of every team and correct it against the win percentage of their opponents. Then you have a new win percentage. And I repeat that process until the correction factor is below .001. Essentially this is what I would expect the win percentages to be if the teams played an average team every week.

2 starting QBs were lost in the most competitive division. That hurts. Ravens lost andrews as well last night, and he was one of Lamar's favorite end zone targets this year it looks like. It's a shame too because of how things were going. We were all hoping everyone would be fighting to the finish instead of limping to the finish.

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Just seeing Joe Burrow’s out for the year now and it’s been brutal. How many backup QBs have started games? Is it a NFL modern record?

Aaron Rodgers out for year Kirk Cousins out for year Daniel Jones out for year Deshaun Watson out for year Joe Burrow out for year

Not to mention Justin Fields, Matt Stafford, Kyler Murray, etc. who have been banged up

I have huge respect for Bill and his legacy as a coach, but am curious on everyone’s thoughts regarding what will happen next season. Speculation seems to be that the Chargers are a likely landing spot.

That being said, does the utter failure of Bill’s coaching tree and closest disciples warrant any concern regarding Bill’s ability to succeed in a new system?

Seeing how many years Patricia, McDaniels, and O’Brian spent with Bill, and how horribly implementing the “Patriot Way” resulted naturally is a cause for concern.

Bill’s results as a head coach are irrefutable and will likely stand the test of time. That being said, was it lighting in a bottle matching a great coach who implemented a system and culture that allowed the greatest QB of all time to thrive, or was Bill truly a football mastermind who could replicate the same success at another team?

Interestingly, I’d argue (minus Brady) this Chargers offense would easily be the most talented squad Bill has ever had top to bottom. How do you think this will play out?

Don't beat the 49ers. There's something spooky going down in the Golden State.

This doesn't include post season stats either.

Luck was sacked 11 times in his whole playoff career (8 games), Burrow has been sacked 29 times in the playoffs (7 games)

Ravens gotta pay the man, whatever it takes.

Source

Is he going to be the first Ohio State QB to succeed in the NFL

Andy Reid was the eagles head coach from 1999-2012. Philly won in 2001, 2005, and 2009. The next game would be in 2013 when Andy was the chiefs head coach. The chiefs won in 2013, 2017, 2021, and last years Super Bowl.

I'm sure this will be unpopular... But what does tackling QBs add to the game? The competition for defenses takes place at the line. If they get to the QB to tackle them... The competition is already over. The defensive player is going to win just about every time.

The reality is QBs skill sets require them to be like a Ferrari. While the people trying to tackle them are like monster trucks. QBs are fragile and modern defensive rushers are athletic freaks of nature.

QBs getting hurt all the time makes the sport less fun to watch for everyone. We all want our star QBs out there.

And besides all that... Efforts to make the sport safe for QBs make it to where rushers don't even know what is allowed or not allowed. And defenses get flags all the time for touching a QB wrong.

Why don't they just admit that the QB position us unique and attach flags to them? It would protect QBs and remove the ambiguity for defenses.

Thoughts?

I see Richardson often lumped in with Stroud as rookie QBs who were balling out.

I disagree. Richardson showed some high end talent, but his Rams game was very ugly passing wise. He had 4 completion thru 53 minutes of the game

• Richardson ranked 33rd in passing grade by PFF.
• He had the 4th worst on target throws.
• The Colts ran a very simple pass offense
• He had the lowest pass yards per game.

Now coming off a shoulder surgery, it just doesn't seem like he is going to succeed.

I know the second bye seems to be constantly attached with the soon-to-be-planned expansion to 18 games, but I don't see how the NFL can continue to trot out 2nd and 3rd string Quarterbacks and have this inferior product damage their brand. It's beyond time to add a second bye week, one for each half of the season.

It would also solve the issue of Thursday Night Football for weeks 4 through 18ish where each team playing could be coming off their bye, thus no more "short weeks".

The Panthers traded a 1sts, 2 2nds, DJ Moore, a swapped a 1st to get Bryce Young.

And Bryce Young has been a bottom 3 QB in the NFL. To give up that much for a guy means you expect him to be a day 1 difference maker

At this point, the only was I could see Bryce becoming an Alex Smith level QB is with 3 great WRs, a top running game and a innovative Offensive HC. And at that point, it bears asking why you traded up so much for a guy that dependent on his surroundings

The Panthers have bungled this completely. Blame Reich, Blame the WRs, Blame the O-line all you want.

At some point Bryce is gonna need to play better. Simple as that

• Dolphins- Jeff Wilson- 3 Million average per year.

• Cheifs- Clyde Edwards-Helaire- 2.7 million average per year

• Ravens- Gus Edwards- 3.3 million average per year

• Jaguars- Travis Etienne- 3.2 million average per year

• Eagles- D'Andre Swift- 2.2 Million average per year

• 49ers- CMC-16 million average per year

• Lions- David Montgomery- 6 million average per year

• Saints- Alvin Kamara- 15 million average per year

Next years RB FA market is looking wild and I am really curious to see who gets paid what Derrick Henry, Saquan Barkley, Austin Eckler, Josh Jacobs, and Tony Pollard are all hitting the market and looking to get paid. Does anyone get over 10 mil a year for more than a 3 year contract?

I know people will say "We don't know how Stroud does on Bears" but you could say that for anyone. The next guy Bears draft you could say "We don't know how Williams/Maye does on Bears"

Reasons for:

• Stroud has elevated mid term WRs and gets the ball out fast.
• He passes eye test and is MVP contender as a rookie
• He is on a mid team overall so its kinda comparable to Bears situation

Case against doing it

• You have 2 top 3 picks.
• I guess you got an answer on Fields (though I already had one on Fields before this season