Kicking off the NBA Playoffs with anything other than a disgusting first-half under ✅ just wouldn't be right.
#LetsGetThisShmoney
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LeBron scores 15 vs. Celtics in Game 1, Cavs lose by 25.
LeBron scores 42 in Game 2, Cavs lose by 13.
So if LeBron could just muster 74 in Game 3, Cleveland can win by 1.
Hackett had 2 options:
1. Ask a guy who had already thrown for 340 yards to throw for 5 more.
2. Ask a guy whose career-long FG was 61 to make from 64.
He chose Option No. 2.
This will be hard to live down.
Derek Carr since entering the NFL:
-6.54 yards/attempt (33rd of 36, min. 800 att.)
-Avg. Total QBR rank: 25.3
Raiders have a great backup QB on the roster...His name's Derek Carr.
5 years ago, I was an accountant. I hated it.
Today, I’m a Sr. Editor at
@ActionNetworkHQ
& a co-host of
@ESPN
+'s “I’ll Take That Bet.”
Here's my story & what I learned along the way:
#Giants
CB Adoree Jackson over his last 9 games (338 coverage snaps, per
@PFF
):
32 targets
13 catches
97 yards
1 TD
1 INT
4 PBU
40.6% catch rate
3.0 yards per target
🔒🔒🔒
This "ask for a refund" epidemic that's hit sports betting is disgusting.
You shouldn't be betting over on a prop if you haven't baked in the risk of injury.
You shouldn't be betting a side if you haven't baked in the risk of them getting screwed by refs.
#Chiefs
RB Depth Chart
RB1: Never topped 73 touches in 5 seasons, already missed part of camp with an injury
RB2: Catch-averse grinder entering age-29 season on 4th team in 3 years
RB3: Darwin Thompson
AB in 2018:
TDs: 15 (led NFL)
Missed tackles forced: 14 (T-5th among WRs)
Drop rate: 1-of-105 catchable = 1.0% (T-4th among WRs)
Uncatchable passes: 59 (most in NFL )
Kelvin Benjamin: "If you would've put me with any other quarterback, let's be real, you know what I'm saying? Any other accurate quarterback..."
#Bills
: Too late! You said "any other quarterback" first. Now meet Josh Allen.
You've all been asking about it for a while now, so here it is...
-10k words
-96 blurbs
-The single most important type of research I do to prepare for the
#FantasyFootball
season.
NEW: 3 Key Playcalling Tendencies for All 32 NFL Teams
If you weren’t aware, some tweets I made about Alshon Jeffery drew the ire of
#Eagles
nation, and Mr. Frank responded with this article. He didn’t @ me, but he did embed all 3 of the tweets in question, so idk if he truly wants a response or just needed content, but here goes...
Excited to announce I’m joining
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jordan reed, greg olsen, jimmy graham, delanie walker, and tyler eifert all going outside te12
gonna piss ppl off when that guy who's hardly watched football since 2015 waits on te and wins their fantasy league
I get tired of people calling KD soft for leaving OKC for the Warriors.
Soft would be giving into the fear of backlash and staying put instead of doing what the fuck you wanna do.
#49ers
defense over the past 6 days
vs. Baker Mayfield
8/22, 100 yd (4.5)
0 TD, 2 INT
4 sacks, 1 fum L
vs. Jared Goff
13/24, 78 yd (3.3)
0 TD, 0 INT
4 sacks, 1 fum L
Arbitrage examples:
Matt Breida vs. Tevin Coleman
Speedy RB2s with similar touch projections (both carry- & target-wise) in offenses with above-average QBs, one molded by Kyle Shanahan and one currently coordinated by Shanahan
Coleman ADP ~RB30, Breida ~RB50
#Falcons
WR Julio Jones has put up 1,400+ receiving yards for 4 years in a row and counting.
Only one player in NFL history has more 1,400+ yard seasons in their *entire career* (Jerry Rice, 6).
Picks I hated:
CAR CB Jaycee Horn 1.08 - Sam Darnold doesn't warrant passing on QB.
DEN CB Patrick Surtain II 1.09 - Defense already elite. Lock + Bridgewater don't warrant passing on QB.
JAX RB Travis Etienne 1.25 - 1-15 team w/J-Rob & Hyde could do better than RB in Round 1
Released
#Bills
WRs Kelvin Benjamin and Andre Holmes were essentially the difference between "disaster" and "normal rookie" for Josh Allen passing:
To KB & Holmes:
18-of-43 (41.8%)
239 yds (5.56 YPA)
1 TD (2.3%)
To all others:
83-of-140 (59.2%)
954 yds (6.81 YPA)
4 TD (2.9%)
People be hating on unders, but you're literally winning your bet from the moment the game starts.
And if you made a good pick, you spend the entire game winning your bet.
Lamar Miller career high prior to joining
#Texans
:
15.9 touches/game
Miller in Year 1 w/Texans:
21.4 touches/game
Increase: 34%
Duke Johnson career high:
10.9 touches/game
34% increase = 13.9 touches/game
Duke averages 0.79 standard & 1.23 PPR points/touch.
He gon' eat
The reason I brought up what I did was to say: “Hey, this is interesting and surprising and thought provoking. Let’s talk about it.”
Our job isn’t to defend our favorite teams or players. It’s to inform and analyze and arrive at a greater understanding.
“It’s Kamara’s backfield now. This is his time. Latavius Murray will spell him when needed, but from all accounts, this won’t be a true platoon the way he and Ingram operated.” -
@JeffDuncan_
Teams are gaming the comp pick system. Letting FA walk & not getting greedy. Picks can be traded.
>PHI has 3 (3rd/4th/4th)
-Combined value=37th pick overall
>NE has 2 (3rd/3rd)
-Combined value=43rd pick
>SEA has 4 (3rd/4th/6th/6th)
-Combined value=54th pick
via
@nickkorte
Adrian Peterson has played for 3 teams and in 14 games since Jan. 1, 2016:
216 carries, 646 yards
2.99 yards per carry
7-of-14 games under 2.0 YPC
12-of-14 games under 4.0 YPC
13-of-14 games with 0 TD
One “high-risk” player I want everywhere this year is Will Fuller.
- Median % of routes run per team dropback in a game last season was 95%
-4.5 rec/g over last 2 years even w/ Hopkins there
-0.50 TDs/g since Watson was drafted
Fuller will go bezerk in his 11 healthy games
#Texans
can now go 4WR with Hopkins/Fuller/Stills/Coutee and have Duke Johnson motion in & out of backfield as movable chess piece.
Good luck stopping that.
Derek Carr since entering the NFL:
-6.54 yards/attempt (33rd of 36, min. 800 att.)
-Avg. Total QBR rank: 25.3
Raiders have a great backup QB on the roster...His name's Derek Carr.
With GB-BUF going under the closing total of 47, the under is now 29-8-1 (78.4%) in games with Ron Torbort as the referee since 2020, including a perfect 7-0 this season.
I’m all-in on Austin Ekeler: Round 1 value going in Round 2.
Knocks don’t hold weight:
Worried about role? Still got 233 carries + targets & finished as PPR RB4 last year with Gordon playing 12g.
Is one of few RBs to get promotion w/ LAC not drafting RB til’ Round 4 (cont...)
Perfect 5-0 and a Sunday Six Pack Sweep! ✅✅✅✅✅
22-8 (73%) on the season. 💰💰💰
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#Jaguars
rookie WR Laviska Shenault Jr. is multi-positional threat who is also a candidate for carries in JAC backfield.
He’s also reportedly pushing Westbrook/Conley for starting WR spot.
Could have Gibson-like role at some point. Major sleeper.
Demaryius Thomas: 31 y/o career red-zone struggler who hasn't topped 6 TDs since '14
Emmanuel Sanders: 31 y/o 180-pounder who topped 6 TDs once in career
Courtland Sutton: 6'3", 218-pound 2nd rounder who's been lighting up camp for team w/ not much at TE & opening at No. 3 WR:
Why you take stabs at high-upside backup RBs in fantasy even if you’re not using them as a “handcuff”:
-James Conner: Weekly RB1 indefinitely
-Matt Breida: NFL leader in rushing yards/game
-Latavius Murray: Projected RB1 in Week 3
-Corey Clement: Projected RB1/2 in Week 3
Hackett had 2 options:
1. Ask a guy who had already thrown for 340 yards to throw for 5 more.
2. Ask a guy whose career-long FG was 61 to make from 64.
He chose Option No. 2.
This will be hard to live down.
Over the past few weeks,
#Texans
have
Acquired one of the NFL's better deep threats (Stills) to pair with one of its best (Fuller)
Upgraded at LT (Tunsil) to give Watson time to let those routes develop
Got one of NFL's top checkdown options (Duke) for when he's under duress
The Oakland
#Raiders
have had more defensive coordinators (2) than interceptions (1) in 2017.
Worst interception-to-coordinator ratio of any defense in the NFL.
#Analytics