71 sats \ 25 replies \ @BlokchainB 9 Sep freebie \ on: Stacker Sports- Takeaways from NFL week 1 Stacker_Sports
Great week 1! Great to have football back. But one thing I miss is the overall toughness of the game. This roughing the passer calls are a bit meh. I know the sport is basically a television show now and QBs need protection but man seems like you can barely get a hit on them.
Also I noticed the overall QB play is kinda of terrible. No one seems to be making throws from the pocket and on time. The terrible numbers put up by the majority of quarterbacks is laughable. Got dudes like Watson and Cousins stealing money. Will Levis was terrible along with Bryce Young. It’s a shame these young players get zero time to develop and what it leads to is a waterdowned product.
Do you think the poor QB play is because starters don't really play in the preseason anymore and if they do it is only for a couple series?
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Honestly I think the new CBA and players having way less practice time. They don’t practice much in pads and two a days are now illegal I think. But the lack of practice time shows up in how the OL blocks. Growing up teams were still hyper competitive with an okay QB and a star RB. Now besides the 49ers a star running back can’t carry a team to the playoffs. The lack of time to practice has really hurt the middle class football team. It hollowed the league out. It’s feast or famine now.
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32 teams
14 make the playoffs
Kansas City has won 2 straight super bowls but the most valuable team financially is Dallas
The players want less practice time. Blame the players and antitrust laws
Middle class teams? 32 teams split television revenue unlike baseball and basketball.
Dan Rooney said free agency would bankrupt teams and the league, 1987. His premise was that player salaries would grow at the expense of teams. The fallacy of zero sum. The focus should be on growing the pie. Jerry Jones understands this better than anyone.
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Middle class as in chance to win the championship. Not from a revenue/valuation perspective
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There is more parity today than in previous years because of free agency, franchise tags and salary cap.
First year of free agency was 1993
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Hardly. The Free agency super teams all fail massively. Players benefit the most not teams. I can argue free agency stops teams from becoming completely dominant. All teams have holes.
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Therefore more parity
Instead of hollowing out the so called middle class teams, it does the opposite
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How many teams have a chance to win the Super Bowl?
14 teams make the playoffs but only 7 or less have a realistic shot at winning the Super Bowl
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7 or fewer have chance to win Super Bowl
7 teams are playoff bound but not contenders
18 teams have zero chance to win a championship because they don’t make the playoffs
Playoffs?
Jim Mora
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Even 7 might be a stretch.
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Name the 7.
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I have no idea except for the chiefs
I said 7 or fewer
7 or less