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“When the president of the United States says, ‘This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated,’ it’s because him and his constituents, which — I don’t know how there are any if you watch any of his attempts at public speaking — but I guess he got 81 million votes,” the NFL star told ESPN before his season ended in a playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday.
“But when you say stuff like that, and then you have the CDC, which — how do you even trust them — but then they come out and talk about 75% of the COVID deaths have at least four comorbidities,” he continued. “And you still have this fake White House set saying that this is the pandemic of the unvaccinated. That’s not helping the conversation.”
“When the president of the United States says, ‘This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated,’ it’s because him and his constituents, which — I don’t know how there are any if you watch any of his attempts at public speaking — but I guess he got 81 million votes,” the NFL star told ESPN before his season ended in a playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday.
“But when you say stuff like that, and then you have the CDC, which — how do you even trust them — but then they come out and talk about 75% of the COVID deaths have at least four comorbidities,” he continued. “And you still have this fake White House set saying that this is the pandemic of the unvaccinated. That’s not helping the conversation.”
Just hitting all the MAGA gspots right there. Fuck that guy
I am in the business of saving lives.
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
Really funny given the pre-season scuttle was “Burrow is playing shitty cause he’s afraid his knee will explode again” and “Ja’marr Chase can’t catch a single pass, literally”
It's funny that both sides of the Sewell/Chase debate ended up being right. The Bengals line was trash and Sewell was great and would have helped, AND Chase was an amazing receiver and integral in getting them to the playoffs.
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zepherinRussian warship, go fuck yourselfRegistered Userregular
OT record for teams that win the toss is 10-1. Jesus christ.
They could just award the win to the team that wins the toss and it would be basically no different.
edit: this is post-season games since 2012
Oh, your defense has been running on empty for the last three possessions?
Well if they can't make a stop here you lose without getting a chance to respond, bye.
On the flip side KC (Andy Reid) introduced OT rules in 2020 that would allow both sides to get at least 1 possession, while the Bills (and almost everyone else voted against it. So it was tabled. So there is the irony.
Also even if both sides had a possession first, it wouldn't have changed the result. KC Scores, Buffs Score, KC boots a field goal or scores a touchdown.
OT record for teams that win the toss is 10-1. Jesus christ.
They could just award the win to the team that wins the toss and it would be basically no different.
edit: this is post-season games since 2012
Oh, your defense has been running on empty for the last three possessions?
Well if they can't make a stop here you lose without getting a chance to respond, bye.
On the flip side KC (Andy Reid) introduced OT rules in 2020 that would allow both sides to get at least 1 possession, while the Bills (and almost everyone else voted against it. So it was tabled. So there is the irony.
Also even if both sides had a possession first, it wouldn't have changed the result. KC Scores, Buffs Score, KC boots a field goal or scores a touchdown.
Except we don't know it would have followed that course and not had a pick on KC's second drive or just a stop.
OT record for teams that win the toss is 10-1. Jesus christ.
They could just award the win to the team that wins the toss and it would be basically no different.
edit: this is post-season games since 2012
Oh, your defense has been running on empty for the last three possessions?
Well if they can't make a stop here you lose without getting a chance to respond, bye.
On the flip side KC (Andy Reid) introduced OT rules in 2020 that would allow both sides to get at least 1 possession, while the Bills (and almost everyone else voted against it. So it was tabled. So there is the irony.
Also even if both sides had a possession first, it wouldn't have changed the result. KC Scores, Buffs Score, KC boots a field goal or scores a touchdown.
Except we don't know it would have followed that course and not had a pick on KC's second drive or just a stop.
Bills defense was exhausted. KC had a much fresher defense and they were exhausted. The what would have happened is just speculating. The bills had a chance to get a pick or a stop. And didn’t.
why in the world is it not just "get more points than the other team by a new time limit"
That used to be how it was, but in a playoff situation it would just keep going. I remember when they did double and triple overtimes, it didn’t happen very often. The stated reason for the overtime rules is player safety. Which is legitimate in that exhausted players get hurt easier, I don’t know if that’s the actual reason.
I suppose it’s still possible to double overtime if both teams have poor offenses.
OT record for teams that win the toss is 10-1. Jesus christ.
They could just award the win to the team that wins the toss and it would be basically no different.
edit: this is post-season games since 2012
Oh, your defense has been running on empty for the last three possessions?
Well if they can't make a stop here you lose without getting a chance to respond, bye.
On the flip side KC (Andy Reid) introduced OT rules in 2020 that would allow both sides to get at least 1 possession, while the Bills (and almost everyone else voted against it. So it was tabled. So there is the irony.
Also even if both sides had a possession first, it wouldn't have changed the result. KC Scores, Buffs Score, KC boots a field goal or scores a touchdown.
Except we don't know it would have followed that course and not had a pick on KC's second drive or just a stop.
Bills defense was exhausted. KC had a much fresher defense and they were exhausted. The what would have happened is just speculating. The bills had a chance to get a pick or a stop. And didn’t.
Whether it would have turned out the same doesn't stop it from being a shit way to determine a winner, nor does the fact that the Bills technically had a chance to get a stop. Sudden death sucks in the NFL, there's just no getting around that fact.
3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
Teams that win the coin flip are 10-1 in postseason overtime over the last decade, I think that's the only fact you need to show that the current overtime rules are basically just a matter of luck. Which is a crappy, unsatisfying way to determine a winner if two teams are so evenly matched they remained tied after four quarters.
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zepherinRussian warship, go fuck yourselfRegistered Userregular
Teams that win the coin flip are 10-1 in postseason overtime over the last decade, I think that's the only fact you need to show that the current overtime rules are basically just a matter of luck. Which is a crappy, unsatisfying way to determine a winner if two teams are so evenly matched they remained tied after four quarters.
Let’s widen the sample size from 11 which has a huge margin of error to 163 which is all regular season and playoff games. Which gives a 86-67-10 line.
So winning a coin toss means a 53% chance of winning 41% chance of losing and 6% chance of a tie.
Is that too much of an advantage of a coin flip? There is always going to be an advantage to the team that goes first.
That being said, I am all in favor of a full 10 minute overtime and if there is still a tie to point conversions until a team fails. But only because that seams more fair and is more exciting for the viewer.
Teams that win the coin flip are 10-1 in postseason overtime over the last decade, I think that's the only fact you need to show that the current overtime rules are basically just a matter of luck. Which is a crappy, unsatisfying way to determine a winner if two teams are so evenly matched they remained tied after four quarters.
If they’re evenly matched, surely a coin flip is among the fairest of ways to select a winner
The issue is the coin flip potentially allowing the inferior team a way to come away with a win….though if the superior team can’t win in regulation do we care that much?
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
Every football game is an n of 1 with completely different conditions based on who's playing so I don't know that the larger pool actually reduces statistical noise at all, it just introduces a bunch of games where a 4-12 team has a great day vs. an 11-5 team but then loses in OT to the 11-5 team who went second. Also, you can't have a tie in the postseason.
Sudden death just isn't an interesting or useful way to resolve these games. When you have something like Bills/Chiefs which is an amazing duel between two offenses, and then one of those offenses doesn't get a chance to take the field and respond to a score, that sucks for both the players and the viewers. Even shootouts, loathed as they are, are a better system for settling a tie because both teams get a chance to respond.
The NFL has the worst overtime rules of any professional sport. They make for a worse playing and viewing experience, and exist only because of broadcast obligations that incentivize the NFL to make sure the game doesn't run over its allotted time. There's a reason you play an entire four quarter football game and it's not just "first to score." Completely changing how the game works mechanically for overtime sucks shit.
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
Teams that win the coin flip are 10-1 in postseason overtime over the last decade, I think that's the only fact you need to show that the current overtime rules are basically just a matter of luck. Which is a crappy, unsatisfying way to determine a winner if two teams are so evenly matched they remained tied after four quarters.
If they’re evenly matched, surely a coin flip is among the fairest of ways to select a winner
The issue is the coin flip potentially allowing the inferior team a way to come away with a win….though if the superior team can’t win in regulation do we care that much?
Why throw out 60 minutes of gameplay and flip a coin? Why not just play another 15 minutes and see what it looks like then? Football is a turn based game. Sudden death in a turn based game means whoever goes first is at an incredible advantage. The team that receives in the first half very specifically doesn't receive in the second half to balance out that advantage of first possession. It makes perfect sense that overtime should have the same consideration.
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Oh, your defense has been running on empty for the last three possessions?
Well if they can't make a stop here you lose without getting a chance to respond, bye.
https://sports.yahoo.com/aaron-rodgers-rips-joe-biden-132210094.html
Thank goodness
We were really missing those dudes on Sunday
was he always this much of a fuckin' moron, or is it a recent development?
Just hitting all the MAGA gspots right there. Fuck that guy
He was probably always a moron but he didn't used to be vocal about it.
.Welcome back to the AINTS era part two NOLA. At least you had a title and nice little revealing with Brees and Payton.
Listen to me! A football player! Who has probably had multiple concussions and knows nothing about medicine or disease.
Why? Because I can throw a football 70 yards. Can anyone at the CDC do that?
Didn’t think so.
"But...Smart....From Cal....". Trying to silence me."
Damn, that’s real far.
Alexa, how do I remove mRNA from my blood?
I bet someone at the CDC has a cannon and can throw a ball 70 yards.
I worked with a project manager years ago who had a ring, I wouldn’t be surprised.
See Russell, JaMarcus.
I'd wager there's some strong dude that could hit 70 yards
Which is held by ... Eli Manning?
I would not have guessed that
No * needed either. Done in 16 regular season games. Burrow sat the last game of the season.
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Also even if both sides had a possession first, it wouldn't have changed the result. KC Scores, Buffs Score, KC boots a field goal or scores a touchdown.
Except we don't know it would have followed that course and not had a pick on KC's second drive or just a stop.
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Bills defense was exhausted. KC had a much fresher defense and they were exhausted. The what would have happened is just speculating. The bills had a chance to get a pick or a stop. And didn’t.
It surely has to do with television contracts. Need sudden death to free up 60 Minutes.
I suppose it’s still possible to double overtime if both teams have poor offenses.
This is just patently false
They care A SHITLOAD about player safety if they think it will impact their bottom line.
Why do you think the rules for protecting QBs get stricter every season.
QBs are the money makers
Whether it would have turned out the same doesn't stop it from being a shit way to determine a winner, nor does the fact that the Bills technically had a chance to get a stop. Sudden death sucks in the NFL, there's just no getting around that fact.
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Let’s widen the sample size from 11 which has a huge margin of error to 163 which is all regular season and playoff games. Which gives a 86-67-10 line.
So winning a coin toss means a 53% chance of winning 41% chance of losing and 6% chance of a tie.
Is that too much of an advantage of a coin flip? There is always going to be an advantage to the team that goes first.
That being said, I am all in favor of a full 10 minute overtime and if there is still a tie to point conversions until a team fails. But only because that seams more fair and is more exciting for the viewer.
If they’re evenly matched, surely a coin flip is among the fairest of ways to select a winner
The issue is the coin flip potentially allowing the inferior team a way to come away with a win….though if the superior team can’t win in regulation do we care that much?
Sudden death just isn't an interesting or useful way to resolve these games. When you have something like Bills/Chiefs which is an amazing duel between two offenses, and then one of those offenses doesn't get a chance to take the field and respond to a score, that sucks for both the players and the viewers. Even shootouts, loathed as they are, are a better system for settling a tie because both teams get a chance to respond.
The NFL has the worst overtime rules of any professional sport. They make for a worse playing and viewing experience, and exist only because of broadcast obligations that incentivize the NFL to make sure the game doesn't run over its allotted time. There's a reason you play an entire four quarter football game and it's not just "first to score." Completely changing how the game works mechanically for overtime sucks shit.
Why throw out 60 minutes of gameplay and flip a coin? Why not just play another 15 minutes and see what it looks like then? Football is a turn based game. Sudden death in a turn based game means whoever goes first is at an incredible advantage. The team that receives in the first half very specifically doesn't receive in the second half to balance out that advantage of first possession. It makes perfect sense that overtime should have the same consideration.