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The PFF ratings is the basis for this.

 

Touché

 

So did they only use the single game PFF ratings and nothing else?

 

I think they used a dart board and happened to get both Foles games right

 

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2018/0...b-performance-of-2017-in-week-15-vs-steelers/

By the looks of it, this is purely based on PFF ratings. And looking at their reason for these rankings, completing the long ball is what constitutes a great QB performance. Honestly I feel Bradford's or Alex Smith's week one games were better than Wilson's Indy game or Ben's Packer game...Brady's week 15 belongs in the discussion, he was damn near perfect. Anytime a play was needed, he delivered on the road.

 

Agree about Bradford and Smith.
Brady against Pitt was nothing special. Looking at his week by week I have a hard time saying that’s even in his top 3 games last year, let alone the best performance of the season for anyone.


http://www.nfl.com/player/tombrady/2504211/gamelogs

 

I’d agree if it was based just on stats. And maybe because he was playing my favorite team I give him more credit given the scenario of the game, but that was billed as the game of the regular season and for the most part lived up to the hype. That go ahead TD drive on the road was pretty remarkable. And that was with Gronk dropping a TD and another deep completion taken away due to penalty. Like I said earlier, completing deep passes seems to be a big factor in how they were ranked...

 

Jets owner says they’ve pulled their offer to Ndamukong Suh

Free agent defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has lost what was reportedly his most lucrative contract offer.

Jets CEO Christopher Johnson said today that after he and General Manager Mike Maccagnan talked it over and decided to rescind the offer they had made to Suh.

“Our thinking just changed a bit,” Johnson told reporters today at the owners’ meeting.

Johnson didn’t give any further explanation of why the Jets would pull their offer. It could be that they didn’t think Suh was interested in playing for them for any reason other than the fact that they have a lot of cap space and can offer him a lot of money, and having him on the team only to cash a paycheck wouldn’t be the way to get the most out of Suh’s considerable talents. (PFT)

 

Report: Michael Bennett to turn himself in Monday

A warrant was issued for Michael Bennett’s arrest, but the Eagles defensive end has been out of the country.

His attorney, Rusty Hardin, told USA Today that Bennett plans to surrender Monday.

A Houston grand jury indicted Bennett on a felony charge of injury of the elderly, stemming from an incident at last year’s Super Bowl. The charge carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Hardin told USA Today he was “concerned about the rhetoric” conveyed by police after Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo criticized Bennett during a press conference Friday.

“My initial reaction is that everyone needs to calm down a little bit,” Hardin said. “He’s a professional football player who is very respected for his work on social issues. I’m going to take my time to find out what occurred.” (PFT)

 

Cowboys close to three offensive line deals



The Cowboys have long prioritized keeping their offensive line strong, and are close to a series of moves to bolster it.

Via David Moore of the Dallas Morning News, the Cowboys are close to a deal to bring back veteran backup Joe Looney, with a deal likely as soon as today.

Coupled with anticipated deals with Cameron Fleming and Marcus Martin, they’re clearly dealing in bulk.

Looney doesn’t start but he’s part of their jumbo package and offers depth at all three interior positions. Fleming, coming in from New England, projects as a swing tackle, who could start on the right side.

While not headline names of their own, adding competition could cause some shuffling up front for the Cowboys. If Fleming can handle the right tackle spot, they can move La'el Collins back into left guard. Or Martin (who started 14 games for the 49ers in 2015) could plug in there, to replace the departed Jonathan Cooper. (NBCSports)

 

National anthem will be topic at NFL owners meetings

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The national anthem is going to be a hot topic at the NFL owners meetings.

Just don't expect any far-ranging decisions to be made.

Judging by the comments Sunday from the Texans' Robert McNair and the Jets' Christopher Johnson, the debate among the 32 owners could be confrontational.

McNair, who last year made an analogy of inmates running the prison about players' demonstrations during the anthem, remains adamant that everyone should stand for the "The Star-Spangled Banner."

"Our playing field is not the place for political statements, not the place for religious statements," McNair said. "It's the place for football."

Johnson, acting owner of the Jets with his brother, Woody, serving as ambassador to the United Kingdom, took a far different tack.

"I have immense respect for the players and their efforts," Christopher Johnson said. "I think if other teams approached it like that, it would not be such a problem in the NFL.

"I can't speak to how other people run their teams, but I just think that trying to forcibly get the players to shut up is a fantastically bad idea."

While the social protests players made last season will be a topic here, reaching an agreement on language in the league's policy regarding behavior during the anthem is highly unlikely. Owners will meet again in May in Atlanta, and with so much other business to attend in the next three days, the anthem issue figures to extend until then.

"I don't know if it'll be a vote or just a new policy coming out," Giants owner John Mara said. "I think we can't go much beyond the May meeting before coming up with some sort of resolution to that."

McNair and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones are among the leaders of the move to ban any demonstrations during the anthem. McNair drew strong criticism from a variety of players after making his "inmates" comment last fall.

"We're going to deal with it in such a way, I think, that people will understand that we want everybody to respect our country, respect our flag," McNair said Sunday. "And our playing fields, that's not the place for political statements.

"Fans are upset about it. The fans are our customers. You can replace the owners and the league would survive. You can replace the players, although the game won't be as good. You can't replace the fans. If you don't have the fans, you're dead." (in part from; NFL.com)

 

If the league cracks down on “messages”, then they better talk about religious ones too. No more trinity after touchdowns. Buh-bye pointing to “heaven”. Adios kneeling/tebowing after a score. No more thanking g4wd at postgame pressers. Otherwise, it may be perceived as only “specific messages” are being banned.

 

There's a difference between a political statement and thanking your deity for scoring some points.

 

No there isn’t. It’s still a “personal message”. If the football players started flashing “west coast” or “WuTang”, the “other” fans would completely lose their shit. What’s the difference? Some people love 4ll4h or g4wd. Some people love Wu Tang. Why ban one message and not the others? Sounds prejudicial along racial lines to me.

Remember what Humpty-Hump said:
Do whatcha like!

 

Of course it does.

Meatballs is gonna meatball.

 

Of course it is because it is.

 

Stupid.

Just like everything else you post here.

 

Please, keep the politics in the political section.

Thank you.

 

Eagles and Seattle claim they didn't know anything about this incident. Rumors were the Eagles would cut Bennett now.

 

1 should be Brady's SB stats as his passing yards were a record. I said this after the SB, I was shocked there wasn't a SB MVP tie with Brady and Foles. Foles won the MVP bc his team won the game. Brady shattered the record and walks away with zilch. A losing player has won MVP before and he didn't shatter the passing mark to do it.
2-should be - Foles and the SB. Biggest game of his life and his career and he had a career game that was almost flawless. Considering his last few regular season games and vs Atlanta, this was surprising as all hell vs a Belichick led defense.