>games traditionally lack the overall skill level, we've all seen it, some players just don't look as sharp
I think this is more from everyone getting a TNF game now and not just the best-rated teams. There are bad games going on Sunday at noon all the time, but nobody's paying attention because there's 5 other games going on. If the teams are good (higher skill, better disciplined) they're probably not playing on Sunday noon as often.
That's interesting for explaining a slightly lower difference, but I think the big takeaway is that they're roughly equal. The claim has been that short weeks clearly and obviously lead to more injuries, and it seems like this shows that's simply not the case.
Maybe it has a cumulative effect, like if teams played 7-8 games a year on short rest while others only played 1-2, but that doesn't happen, and there's no way to measure it because they've mostly balanced the Mon/Thurs games.
I generally think there's too many red/blue sports teams, but these go hard and manage to stand out from the crowd.
Your sample size will get (rightfully) dunked on, but there is a similar, more robust finding I saw a while back that said kickers make FGs to win at a less rate than just to tie. (Or something like that)
I think Dallas can be genuinely better than their record.
They are a top 3 team in the NFC, and they lost to the 2 teams better than them, and then shit the bed completely one week, idk.
It's funny how many people are clowning this, when 3rd and 4th down are regularly presented next to each other
I'm watching less because life is just busier. I might catch the whole Dallas game, but 0 chance I'm watching any other full games.
They're too damn long, and penalties are a small part of that, but it's also just inherent in the broadcast at this point.
Dak is unquestionably Miller Lite
Incredibly popular, but Dak is the most generic interview you will find. Dude is as coachspeak as it gets (which is not a bad quality when you're QB for the Cowboys.)
And (IMO) genuinely decent, but not the best beer ever.
I'm pretty sure this is a famously mid group of QBs you just detailed.
It's amazing to me that in my prime football-watching youth, we had like 3-4 clear HoF QBs in the league: Peyton, Brees, Brady, and then Rodgers.
After that though? Lots of debate.
Even among the current crop, who looks to be on that tier besides Mahomes'?
The year Romo was injured, Dallas lost a game against Arizona because of a missed XP...from the old distance. It has to be that guy.