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Says the guy doing the exact same thing with the exact same option on the other side of the aisle.... don't worry, I know... it's (D)ifferent when you do it.

This is really entertaining... it's victimhood Left's vs victimhood Left's in a battle for the biggest victim. Who will win???? Oh, and how will it be the Republicans' fault?

We finally got rain last night... first time in like 3 weeks. Also, most came in a 10-minute down pour where a lot just washed away.

The MSM would.

I agree with this.

That's how I see it playing out. I think Hurts passing numbers go up and rushing go down. Obviously the fantasy aspect will suffer, but I don't think the NFL results will. I actually think they improve.

When I said 11, I meant of the 1-yard run variety... the "Brotherly Shove", as it were. I don't think those will happen with that frequency. I think his 1-yard and multi-yard rushing TD's drop... possibly in half, all totaled. I think he ends up with about 7 or 8. I'm certainly not saying you're wrong. If the Eagles keep running Hurts like they've been, it would be odd to me that their target OC hire would be a guy who's play calling history is to pass to RB's and downfield and avoid QB runs. I just wouldn't understand the hire, that's all.

I meant the players, not the fans.

Then the WNBA would've hated on her for not playing in the WNBA... instead of hating on her for actually playing in the WNBA.

I find it entertaining how you guys go from "It's not happening", to "ok, it's happening, but not as much as you think" to "O.M.G., you're so obsessed" while never realizing you were wrong the whole time. If not wrong, at least mislead.

The reasoning on my stance on the Eagles rushing and passing game is because they hired Kellen Moore. I don't think they brought in a gun slinger style OC to keep their QB running 150 times a season and not throwing to their back. Yes, I believe that Dak and Herbert are better thrower's that Hurts and Hurts a better runner than Dak and Herbert.... but I believe the Eagles' intent is to bring the gaps closer. That means, running, but less and throwing, but more. I think Job #1 for Moore, is to get Hurts to stop running when his top 2/3 reads aren't there and dump off more to his backs. The unstoppable play is a play that literally everyone can physically run. Hurts isn't anything special at QB on these plays... it's a 1-yard run after all. What the Eagles had that virtually no one else did, was an elite Hall of Fame Center. Yes, I think he was the reason that play was as successful as it was. Will they still run it? Sure, but I don't think it will be as often nor as successful and the result will be that Hurts is not getting 11 rushing TD's like last year. It'll definitely be interesting to see how they run their offense this year.

As a matter of fact, no I don't see a risk with Hurts stealing goal line carries for a couple of reasons. 1) I believe Kelce was the driving force of that success of the "Brotherly Shove", and I don't believe his replacement will be as good and 2) I believe the Eagle got Barkley to reduce the number of carries, especially the goal line carries, that Hurts has been getting. I think the Eagles will be looking to use Barkley's excellent pass catching skills as another way to reduce the number of carries that Hurts is taking. Why? Because Barkley, unlike Sanders, Gainwell, and Scott, is a 3-down back. When Sanders and Scott were in the game on first and second down, teams knew that the Eagles were likely to pass downfield or hand off. When Gainwell was on the field, they knew the Eagles were likely to pass the pass and not run. The net result was very few pass targets on 1st and 2nd downs to Sanders and Gainwell, and a lot Hurts rush attempts on 3rd downs. That scenario will no longer exist now that Barkley is back there. Swift was a 3-down back, but he's not as good as Barkley. Also, the Eagles offense wasn't quite as good last year as it was the year before. I think a good part of that is because of the OC, who is no longer there. Correct, I see injury as the only real risk, and it's a valid one. Nothing wrong with different perspectives. For me, if I took a WR in R1, I don't think I'd take Barkley as my RB1 in R2 because of the injury history. That said, if I took a RB in R1 and still loved the depth at WR going forward, I'd definitely take the shot at Barkley in R2.

Exactly, those guys were efficient because of the team they played on... and they still weren't as good as Barkley those years. Barkley averaged around 17 carries per game in NY, neither Sanders nor Swift did... Sanders had 15 and Swift 13. Remember, Boston Scott was on those teams, taking about 3+ carries a game from them and he's not there. Also, Kenneth Gainwell was good for that as well. Now, he's still there, but I don't think his role changes. I think the biggest difference will be that the Eagles (I believe), brought in Barkley so that they don't have to give Hurts 160 carries. Yeah, no kidding Barkley didn't run for 4.6 ypc, he played on a team that no one feared the pass nor could run block. Color me SHOCKED!! I think the only risk is injury, and I think that's valid. If someone feels he can get through, say 15 games and he does, they're going get a good return on investment.

The flaw in this point of view is that in 2021 and 2022, Evans had Gronk, Godwin and Brown on the team (2021), and a disgrace at OC (Leftwich), and a version of Brady that appeared less than interested (2022). In 2021, all 3 WR's were there the first 6 weeks, from Week 7 to 18, Evans posted 31.6, 12.8, BYE, 14.2, 20.3, 4.6, 16.9, 21.1, 2.4 (inj first q), DNP, 14.7, & 26.9. The only "dud" game he had was Week 12 (in which Gronk went 7 for 123 and Brady didn't have a very good game, only 25-34 for 226 yards). Of course, you're free to count an injury against him if you want. In 2022, Evans did have a number of "dud" games, but that's the only year you'll find where this happened. Like I said, that was with Leftwich, who was a nightmare and subsequently fired and Brady didn't seem interested. Last year, when there was only 1 good WR opposite him and a QB who made him the priority, he was a solid WR1. I don't expect that to change this year.

On a significantly inferior team, Barkley averaged 66 receptions, 1680 total yards, and 11 TDs per season. The guys you're giving me couldn't do that on a significantly inferior team. I don't care how old any of them are, Barkley is way more talented at this point in his career (and proved it), than those two. Now, like I said, I won't argue against a stance of "I don't believe he'll stay healthy", but if you're going to throw stats at me and try to tell me that Barkley won't be able to produce, well then I think you're just nuts. Funny thing that you're talking about Sanders in 2022 though. That same year, Barkley finished as RB5 that year. Barkley also finished 7 spots higher than Swift in 2023, and Barkley only played 14 games, not 16 like Swift.

Barkley is going from one of the worst offenses in terms of Line, QB, and WR in the NFL to one of the best. Barkley has an outside shot to be the RB1 this year if he stays healthy. If you think Barkley will get hurt and not play 17 games, then I won't disagree on the potential outcome of the season. That could happen. He may play only 10 games or less. However, if you think he could play this season fairly healthy and play 15+ games, he has the chance to put up monster numbers this year.

The problem with Tony Pollard wasn't Tony Pollard, it was a faction of the fantasy football world thinking that Tony Pollard was better than what he was. Pollard was an elite RB2 (on his team), that as the offshoot to Elliott, could be a really good fantasy RB. As a lead back in the NFL, however, he was not the same player. He needed to be the second fiddle to be the best fantasy producer that he could be. In 2022, he had 248.8 (8th overall), fantasy points and in 16 games, averaged 15.6 per game (9th overall). Last year, he totaled 222.6 (14th overall), points on 75 more touches. He was an RB1 when he was a backup, but an RB2 as a starter. If you go back to the links I showed where Tampa was 31st in Run Block Win Rate, the Cowboys were 7th, in 2022. Last year they were 4th, so with a better line and as a lead back, Pollard wasn't as good. He's best playing second fiddle.

Willing to bet that if all the Climate Change alarmists stopped flying all over the country all the time, the issue would go away. Why don't we start there and re-evaluate things then?

Agreed... which is why I said, either both are or both aren't. That being the case, I say the both are and neither belong. My assumption was that you don't think the 10 Commandments belong in school. Now, if that's not the case, my bad. But if it is, then either we both agree that they both don't belong or that your ok with hypocrisy or inconsistency, as long as it favors your beliefs.

See, that's weird. The tweet you posted implied that if one is "indoctrination", then so is the other one. If that's the case, then they either both go or they both stay.

Good, something we agree on. Both don't belong.

You're saying that "religion" and "Jesus Christ" aren't synonymous?

No, says the person with common sense... to the person without it.