John
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Placing this here for no particular reason. I’m just a random dude from Iowa. Don’t mind me.
Jay C@Doscero20
Aiyuk: I value my sanity and happiness over millions of dollars and I’m not going to throw away my values at all costs. Take the money and let me walk. Them: He’s crazy the team paid him the money he should do anything they say and let them do whatever they want to him.
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@AntGullotta @grantcohn In the interest of agitation, Grant always leaves out important facts.
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@grantcohn BA doesn’t get to use his agent as an excuse when he supposedly thought he fired him in November and CHOSE not to hire another one. Maybe if he wasn’t a fuckin moron and hired a replacement agent, he would’ve advised BA better and told him SF wasn’t going to do that
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Clearly Aiyuk thought he was going to get released after June 1 — that’s why he’s been crashing out. It’s a shame he had the same agent as the general manager.
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I’m sure they’re going to arrest Obama’s elk any time now.
frances settle🗣@frances1509
@Acyn Most important question is, will Obama, and all his elk be arrested soon. We all know he was the head of the snake. It was a coup since 2016
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@SSHarmon79 @grantcohn Would his 12 year career matter if he had hit 400 HRs and had a career OPS of .950. I think not.
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@SSHarmon79 @grantcohn I'm not saying he should be in the HOF. I haven't really look at it, but the length of his career (12 years) shouldn't bar him from HOF automatically. Also, you are in no position to opine as to the severity of the pain he was suffering. You just don't know.
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If Buster Posey gets inducted into the Hall of Fame, he will be the first catcher who played fewer than 13 seasons to make it.
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@SSHarmon79 @grantcohn Careers get cut short for many reasons, including with respect to Buster and the effects of this previous hip and leg injuries.
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@BobbyZ13 @grantcohn Lemme add the clause “or were permanently and tragically disabled”.
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@gore32mia The last catcher who made the Hall of Fame with fewer than 15 years in the league retired in 1937.
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@SSHarmon79 @grantcohn Sandy Koufax and Roy Campanella are not legit HOFers?
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@grantcohn Longevity is a prerequisite for the Hall of Fame. Unless you die prematurely, a player with abbreviated “counting” numbers should fall short. Fans and “experts” who immediately claimed his shoo-in status were emotional bitches.
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@TheRealMcKoy85 @SprintRight0p87 I went down the rabbit hole on this one a little while ago. The BA contract was structured in such a way that could trade him after year 1 with limit cap consequences. Injury messed with the plan, but they built in protections from his behavior.
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@SprintRight0p87 He’s also partially responsible for the Brandon Aiyuk contract, so there’s that.
He’s not the one that gets to decide who to sign and who not to, but it’s his job to make the numbers make sense, and in that way, he shit the bed with the BA contract.
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I’m actually kind of intrigued by this. If he leaves, that would be the first time in many years that the Niners would have somebody different crunching the numbers for their contracts.
OurSF49ers@OurSf49ers
#49ers Paraag Marathe is reportedly one of 3 finalists to b come the next commissioner of the @MLS, per @Sportico Paraag is currently The President of 49ers Enterprises and Executive Vice President of Football Operations
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@richjmadrid_ Agreed. They are parts of the puzzle and based on such parts people acting reasonably can come to different conclusions. I was just trying to say that no one stat can completely and accurately measure performance.
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@BobbyZ13 They’re all tools to help fans piece the puzzle together no matter how imperfect or flawed but someone like Lombardi who can’t even tell why it’s not a team stat is not someone anyone should take seriously
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Notice how he doesn’t engage with the claim “EPA is a team stat” and just resorts to ad hominem attacks on it?
“EPA is a team stat” is actually a substantive point, not a naive one. EPA per dropback assigns full credit/blame to the QB for outcomes that are heavily shaped by pass protection, receiver separation and drops, play design, and opposing defense quality. That’s a legitimate stats-methodology critique, not a misunderstanding of football or statistics.
David Lombardi@LombardiHimself
I've heard "EPA is a team stat" so many times over the years. Every single time, it's an indicator that the person saying it: -Doesn't understand the nature of football -Doesn't understand statistics -Doesn't understand how to analyze with any sort of proper context
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@richjmadrid_ I believe that people engage the individual stats discussion just because they like to argue. I make my leaving arguing, but hate arguing about things that are irrelevant and stupid.
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@richjmadrid_ No stat can completely and accurately measure QB performance, nor is there a stat that can completely and accurately measure the performance of any other position. Performance of any player is dependent on the performance on those around him and scheme and opposition quality.
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@SulligentHUB @IemSparticus We are alike in so many ways. I too have a hard time staying silent when someone says something that they obviously haven't even really thought about.
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Whattt?? Average size for an NFL safety is 6'0 and 190-200 lbs. None of our safeties are sub 200 lbs.
Upton Stout is 5'9" and 180 lbs. He does not have NFL safety size. You really want him playing man on a TE in the NFL? His length becomes a problem as a help safety and durability would be an issue with the hits safeties have to make.
It's not because they don't think outside the box, it's because some ideas are outside the box for a very good reason.
Lobs@Lobs_All_Day
If I was 49ers DC I would have upton stout as my FS playing over 27. Lenoir would be my nickel and I would have an open competition for my outside corner opposite Renardo Green. They wont do this because they can't think outside of the box. Upton Stout would be a natural safety who can cover man to man which would give them a ton of versatility in the back end because neither one of their 2 safeties currently can cover man to man.
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@Doscero20 That is certainly a bold take. Bonds if 4th in career OPS among left handed hitters and Puljos is 23rd amoung right handed hitters.
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This picture is fire. The best right handed hitter all time next to the best left handed hitter all time. With the young fella that brought my love for the game back!!
Derrick Goold@dgoold
All eyes on Jordan Walker’s grandma as #HomeRunDerby champ sits between two members of the 700 homer club. #stlcards
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@SulligentHUB You are not the only one, Jonny, but I will never get put on a jury.
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Am i one of the only people that actually really want to be on a jury? The idea of analyzing what's happening, thinking critically, deep focus. Sounds like a good weekend away, to me. I was once supposed to be on a jury for a federal district court case but it was settled 2 days before the trial. I was so disappointed. My wife has been called for jury 3x.....
Alyce@Ninergirl99
My son received his first jury duty notice at 20 years old and I told him he probably wouldn’t be called. He’s jury foreman 😆😭😅
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@richjmadrid_ This subject drives me nuts. Allen's best years from a metrics point of view were the last 2, yet he didn't throw for over 4K yards or 30 TDs in either year, because Bills run game was significantly better. QB performance and team performance are interdependent!
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You’d think Allen has only played with Gabe Davis and Trent Sherfield his whole career the way some of these folks talk
jon@J0n_12
Josh Allen legit might be the only QB that can elevate dogshit rosters to perennial 12+ win teams. I don’t see another QB right now that can
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@JasonAponte2103 My apologies. Thought you had a teenage child. It's just a pet peeve of mine. I worked for my father and was required to do all the stuff he didn't want to pay union wages to have performed (cleaned toilets and a ceasepool). Loved my father, but hated working for him.
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@BobbyZ13 Well my kids are 9 and just over 1 but I’m just being funny. I definitely agree with you though.
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Neither of my kids have gotten a summer job. What’s wrong with this damn generation?
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@richjmadrid_ Same thing happened with Colin when Alex got hurt. It won't happen, but if it does, you move on from Brock.
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Hypothetically if Mac Jones came in and they won a SB, they would role with Mac and let Purdy walk or trade him. And why wouldn’t they, that’s essentially what they did when Purdy stepped in for Lance and Garoppolo where everyone argued Purdy should keep the job.
JakeTheSnake@TheRealMcKoy85
Hypothetical scenario: Brock Purdy goes down with an injury at some point during this season, and Mac Jones steps in and the 49ers win a Super Bowl. …. Do you let Jones walk in free agency in 2027?
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