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He does when his first read is open. It's just that when his first read isn't open AND immediate pressure doesn't force him to instantly check down, that's when disaster strikes. Sam Darnold having to go through his progression is likely to yield a negative result. Unfortunately for him, NFL DCs excel at taking away your first option. That's why Darnold looks good in systems until DCs get a few games of film to study. Once they get a feel for Sam Darnold within an offensive system it's a wrap. They've got him.

Yeah, we know he's an extremely talented thrower of the football. That's how he keeps getting work. But if that was all that mattered when it came to playing QB Jamarcus Russell would be the GOAT.

Which causes Charlotte residents to beam with pride for a moment and contributes literally nothing else. Seems like a shitty investment of $600M if you ask me.

What is this "pull" though? I mean, let's be honest. Charlotte isn't a tourism destination. It's just not. It's not like someone is going to see a shot of the Charlotte skyline while watching a Panthers game and say, oh wow! What an amazing city! Let's go there for our next vacation. Funny thing that this "pull" isn't show in any actual economic studies. The most likely conclusion is that it simply doesn't exist.

Yes. All of this. Sold my house in the foothills of CO a little over two years ago. Moved back to western NC and bought a house 25 years newer (built in 2011 vs. 1986) that was 50% bigger (3000sqft vs 2000sqft) with 16x the acreage (12 acres vs. 3/4 acre) and we barely spent over half on the NC house that we sold the CO house for. The way real estate values have trended the CO property is still worth basically double the NC property but the CO market is cooling off quite a bit faster. The cost of living index vs. wages was fuged out there a decade ago. It's completely unmanageable at this point. Our household once was 50% above the median for our area and our purchase price was about 25% under the median home value for our area and I STILL felt borderline house poor.

From places where it's way more expensive. And they come with cash so they don't give a fug about interest rates.

I think a lot of economic theory is basically pseudoscience but it's not all that hard to do an economic study on things like this. Similar sized cities with and without NFL franchises. Before and afters with cities recently acquiring NFL franchises. Keep in mind, most economists are somewhere between extremely pro-business and completely pro-business so it goes against their basic instincts to argue against business investment. I've never seen a study that argues that public investment in sports stadiums is anything other than a giant negative.

Exposed. Go argue with the county commissioners in Cincinnati. Yes, we all know there is inflation. The numbers were solely to provide some basis for comparison.

Typical barely legible word salad from you when you try to present yourself as semi-intelligent. It's like a Kamala Harris speech rambling on about the passage of time. Cincinnati actually did some legwork on this. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wlwt.com/amp/article/cincinnati-bengals-paycor-stadium-deal-price-renovations/43636202 They found that the average cost of NFL stadium renovations $600-$850M. Their owner is saying a billion. So Tepper is basically asking for roughly 50-100% over average and 20% more than what the Bengals are quoting Cincinnati. Again, the number seems high. But there's pockets to line when you're fleecing municipalities.

Cool. Bring him in and let him compete.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2016/01/19/st-louis-rams-san-diego-chargers-economics Peter Von Allmen, president of the North American Association of Sports Economists: There is no proof that hosting an NFL franchise leads to a substantial positive economic impact. Victor Matheson, sports economist and professor at College of the Holy Cross: Generally the economics literature, people who have studied this who are not connected with the league, we can almost never find any tangible economic benefits with bringing an NFL team to town or with building new stadiums. Brad Humphreys, sports economist and professor at the University of West Virginia: There is no evidence in any peer-reviewed scholarly journal that a professional football team will generate any tangible positive economic impact on a city. There is no evidence that the departure of a football team ever harmed a city's economy.

Oh well. If it was my call I'd be like

The wealthy elite ALWAYS win in economic downturns. That's when they can further concentrate wealth and holding just now at a sweet discount! A David Tepper could lose 99.9% of his net worth and STILL be a multimillionaire.

Yeah. The number is still absurd for a renovation. And likely why it's being pushed for now. Get those numbers locked in before a likely recession drives down the ultimate cost and cash in on the good will of our shiny new #1 overall QB.

I don't see how they're gonna spend the equivalent of damn near top dollar for a modern new stadium and NOT put a dome over BOA. There's gonna be serious fat involved in the project to line the appropriate pockets, but damn... you're still going to have to do some MAJOR work to justify 10 figures of spending on paper.

Economic studies have shown that public spending on stadium projects is a terrible "investments" and essentially amounts to a handout to billionaires. Something feels extremely grifty about the numbers involved too. Jerryworld cost $1.4B to build in '04 and was considered wildly extravagant at the time. The Falcons' new stadium cost $1.6B. You're telling me you need $1.2B just to RENOVATE our current stadium? I call BULLSHIT.

As if there isn't more than enough evidence already to show that he's a mythical 30 foot anaconda?

Yeah, what intrigued me about Wilson was basically the polar opposite of Bryce Young. Wilson had that hose and the ability to throw ropes on the run. The guy had extremely intriguing arm talent.

Yeah, a good buddy of mine in HS was wild and crazy as hell but good as gold. Like a wild man who'd do anything on a dare but had a good heart. Anyway, I got a call when I was a sophomore in college that Danny had been in a car wreck. Well, no poo. That's like a weekly occurrence. No, this one's bad. He'd gone airborne and snapped a telephone pole on half basically with his skull. He survived but he just wasn't the same person. Probably cost him 30 IQ points and he had minimal control over his emotions. He had a hair trigger temper that just didn't exist prior to the accident. He didn't have a mean bone in his body before that. Take that and add millions of dollars and you get the current version of Antonio Brown.

I honestly can't remember any talk of him being crazy before that.

I want 10 wins. 10-7 with competent QB play from our rookie clearly shows me we're going the right direction.

Is it half the size of a normal one?

They're sweet as can be, but damn those heart issues. Hope yours live long and happy.

Is that a King Charles Spaniel?

I'm saying it validates what I always said about that class. It's a fairly standard QB class and everyone was acting like it was atrocious because it lacked guys who were viewed as elite top tier prospects. An atrocious class wouldn't have 3-4 guys expected to start in year two. That fanbase and locker room in DC will revolt if Brissett starts over Howell