Sgt Schultz

Anybody thinking they can find a study that will prove their point on this is running a fool's errand. There are studies all across the spectrum. If you look through the NIH data base, they have a study particular to knee injuries saying PCL injuries are about 3 times more likely to happen on artificial turf than on grass, but other knee injuries are the about the same regardless of surface. Then they have another story saying ACL injuries are more likely on artificial turf, but only for football players. The only consensus I could see among their studies seemed to be that soccer and baseball were relatively unaffected by the surface, but football was another matter. One study recommended that players wear non-cleated shoes. As for the slit film issue, the companies that sell artificial turf market it on the basis of increased durability vs. monofilm products (and they generally sell both). I guess it makes sense that if the fiber is more durable, it is going to have less give and grass-like qualities. You can see on this images that the slit film fiber is wider. As far as being cheaper to maintain, that is especially true if the artificial surface is not maintained properly. The NFL's Super Bowl groundskeeper, George Toma (from Kansas City) used to bring in crews to inspect an artificial surface on their hands and knees, looking for fibers that had fused together from the friction. That was a regular practice for his crew at Arrowhead (artificial surface until 1994), but apparently not done almost anywhere else. He said maintaining an artificial surface correctly was no cheaper or easier than grass, and perhaps the opposite was true. Any bets on whether that level of care is done on NFL fields today?

This! There are basically three kinds of backups. The most common is somebody who protects the football, is not likely to win many games on their own, but is also not going to lose games the rest of the team has worked hard to win. The second is the future starter who is not yet ready and is learning from the bench while the vet is starting. The third is the former starting vet who has been replaced by the guy who is no longer the "future" starter, and is either waiting to go elsewhere or finishing out his career. None of those describes PJ Walker. None of them describe Darnold, either.

The answer is obvious.....you know......a QB! Why do you ask? Your question is like asking somebody who is constantly complaining about almost anything what their end game is. They generally have no idea.

OK, amazingly my math was correct! I suspect I should drink to that.

Terrible injury for any athlete. Worse for somebody in a position that depends on speed. Hope he can recover and keep on keepin' on.

For those interested in the Mayfield snap count, I found this site: https://www.lineups.com/nfl/snap-counts/carolina-panthers-snap-counts 70% is the line where the draft pick we ship to Cleveland goes from a 5th rounder to a 4th. Mayfield also gets an additional $250k, but that is rather trivial. After last night he is at 54.12% of the snaps according to my whiz-bang math.

Make it a double, and keep them coming.

Last night was kinda like watching the football game in the movie M*A*S*H.

I was thinking the exact same thing. The logo was washed out because of the lack of contrast. The Falcons use a black logo on a black helmet, but outline it with white and silver so it stands out. I'm also not a fan of black helmets in the September sun when it is 85-degrees. There have been some studies on helmet color, most of the on motorcycle helmets, and the temperature difference inside the helmet is noticeable. In something like professional football, we want every advantage we can get.

Part of the improvement is increased chances since the CMC trade, part is the OL coming along and getting better almost weekly. I will say this about Foreman: he made some moves, mostly on interior runs, that had the Falcons' equipment manager collecting shoes off the field between plays that were left by defenders being juked out of them.

Yeah, saying Walker "led" the Panthers to a win is stretching it. Mostly, he didn't give the game away, but he tried. As has been talked about, he hit two defenders in the hands, one of which may have been returned for a TD had it been caught. His limit is the short passes they are running with him and hail Mary's/bombs, that even if they are picked should not result in points against us. That is why I have never thought he was viable backup, either.

Brown's development is not unusual for young lineman on both sides of the ball, and good players in general. Decent to good first year, the "sophomore slump," and then re-establishing themselves in the third year. The "sophomore slump" is not even necessarily their fault nor really a slump, just the upward curve of their performance slows down. Anybody tagging somebody a bust until we see them enter their third year, assuming they were not dog dung their first year, is just being reactionary. Patience, grasshopper. When you see a DL toss the guy trying to block him to the ground like a rag doll, that is a pretty good indicator.

Don't forget picking fourth and fifth round talent in the second round.....and sometimes trading up to do it.

Brown has become what we hoped he would. He looked like a grizzly bear out there. I guess it happened when they moved him to DE......at least that's what Amazon's graphic had him playing.

I agree. Under normal circumstances, I think the league would fight to keep their own internal investigations to themselves. But Danny Boy decided to play Wyatt Earp, so he gets what he gets.

That's the problem with reducing everything to numbers. With some exceptions, there are almost always factors in the situation being examined that are nearly completely random or arbitrary. Even the formulas that try to inject randomness or account for arbitrary decisions somewhere in the chain generally fail to reflect the reality. As the normal disclaimer goes, "all other things being equal." Yet, those addicted to data and numbers seem to forget that disclaimer, along with the fact that all other things are rarely equal.

I was not looking to move Burns either. But, everything is available......for the right price. IMO, the Rams offered the right price. And yes, the people who see the Rams putting up enough wins for the next couple of years to be drafting later than 20 are seeing a different Rams roster and cap situation than I am. They are more likely to be drafting in the early third in each round than the late third.

They'll be the best evah in '33. By '34, hey will all suck.

And don't forget one more assertion when they are picking Maye apart and wanting to draft that DE.....The 2024 QB class will be epic!

Not a problem, sir. Glad to do it.

That is one of the major reasons I was not in favor of dealing DJ away. I remember going into every draft with our first need being WR. It may be again at some point even with DJ, but in the "old days" we didn't even have one on the roster to point to.

i would have kept Moore, too, largely because I don't think the goal is to rip the thing down to the foundation and rebuild. I understood the point of those who would have jumped on it, since the Packers' draft position seems to climb by the week with no hope of falling. I was mildly against taking what I think was the initial offer on Burns, the firsts in 2024 and 2025. When the Rams added the 2023 second.......sold. I've seen people push back because they could be late round picks, but not the Rams team I've seen, with the cap situation they created going "all in" to win last year. Those picks are more likely to be top third in each round than bottom third.

I remember it more of Fields or Slater (once Sewell was off the board), but yeah. The number of people I remember wanting Parsons was a small minority.

That is my hurdle on figuring out what was Fitterer and what was The Process. That line is just unrecognizable until October 10. Even after October 10, we have no idea what role Tepper played in the decisions leading to the CMC deal or Burns non-deal. Organizationally, we are a mess.

Well, you know how people think: they have to have one person to blame. That's one reason why bureaucracies exist, to make it impossible to find out who is responsible for a decision. But, yeah, it is hard to buy into Fitterer sitting at his desk deciding to not take the Rams offer on his own. At some point someone has to make the final call, but if that person routinely talks to three others on all similar matters and those three all said it was a lousy idea, even if the person with that responsibility thought it was a fine idea, it is doubtful they would forge ahead on their own. Especially when one of those three who disagreed with their assessment signs their paychecks.