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I dont listen to much sports media, but if sirius xm or espn are overrating it then that is their fault. It is still an impressive feat even though the team sucked. When a good player gets stuck on the jets, browns, raiders, or other bad team i generally don't hold it against the player. There is nothing they can do to turn the team around.

The browns this year faced the same number of pass attempts as giants in 2001. That is even though passing rate is up quite a bit over last 24 years and the fact that he got an extra game. The sack rate was better for Garrett than Strahan.

The browns are a dysfunctional franchise and having 1 elite player does not solve the problem. It is a team game and while usually the QB gets blamed, it looks like the DE is getting blamed here. Dillon Gabriel had 4.5 yards per attempt and 2 interceptions. It is amazing they had 13 points.

Garrett breaking the sack record is impressive because the Browns played from behind quite a bit and opposing teams didnt need to pass. Through week 17 they faced the 3rd lowest number of pass attempts in the league at 448 attempts. The jaguars and seahawks each had over 600 pass attempts against their defense. Imagine if he got another 150 chances to sack the QB.

It is concerning that he is given cognitive tests frequently. This is his 3rd test since he has taken office, which puts him on the every 6 month time table and not the once a year timetable. The major medical establishments, AAN, CDC, etc recommend yearly tests for healthy adults over 65, but more frequent testing when dementia is already suspected/diagnosed. This lets them monitor the dementia progression. What if we as a country elected 2 presidents in a row with dementia. I wonder why we arent doing better. My quotes got all messed up, maybe i need screened! For healthy adults: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190919093916.htm

Doing anything fun?

3 points away from being 4th in points, all i had to do was notice brock wright was on IR on thanksgiving day

I dislike the political divide in America and the media is to blame. There really isn't much difference between the left and the right. Both sides dislike 90% of the decisions that politicians make. The media just wants to perpetuate the one side verse the other side divide, because that is what draws views/clicks/likes. They go out of their way to make the other side appear as bad as possible, both sides do this, if you go to a primary left wing site like some sub-reddits you will see the same thing, but opposite as what is posted here, posters who hate conservatives, and find the most extreme examples to prove their point. People have taken rooting for their political party like they root for a sports team, they blindly cheer on their side no matter what. We need people on both sides to be more critical of their own party, to vote for politicians that want compromise, and to understand that the media has really shifted towards going for views/likes, rather than informing. This is especially true of social media like youtube, where how much they make is directly correlated with how many views they get. I hope this country does not get swayed too much by either political party and that over the next 30 years half of the time republicans will have control, and other half democrats, I also hope that we start voting in more moderate candidates on both sides, and that we avoid slimeballs like Newsom. None of what I want will happen though. Good day to you ed, take care of yourself.

I thought you used to make fun of the posters doing this, maybe i am misremembering. It has been a while. Last year of the league, is why i login daily. I keep waiting for Gypsy to change his mind and be a commish again next season. Oh well.

CDC website also says that vaccines can cause autism. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/about/autism.html

You alright ed? You didnt use to post this many political topics? I see there are a few from you today.

You have to think about why the rules are in place. The reason that cutdowns happen in dynasty leagues before the draft is because every year there is someone that is cut that someone else picks up. If cutdowns happened during the draft then there may be an owner, would draft a player at beginning of 4th round for example, however the team who cut them was mid 4th and cut just prior to their pick. Then someone in late 4th could draft that player without that first owner getting a shot at the player even though they had the earlier pick to draft them. This is why cutdowns is always roster size minus number of picks. The team's that have the largest number of picks are the teams that will most likely cut a player that someone else will draft because they have to make steeper cuts to their team.

1. If rules are worded poorly worded and go against the spirit of the rule, the rule should be reworded rather than enforced.

That is too bad. She lived in Houston area and we were both in the same dynasty league and in the middle of our rookie draft when Hurricane Harvey hit. Never communicated with her much beyond that, never even knew she was a her.