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That's all, I'm bored of this shitty dicotamy. They used to do this with Gronk and now it's Lelch. If they're having a good time in a concecial relationship get it. But I don't fucking care on 3rd and 8 in an unrelated game.

Herbert has played in 59 career games: 58 regular season games and 1 playoff game.

So in slightly more than 10% of his career games, the Chargers score 30 or more points and lose. Those specific games were:

• 10-4-2020 31-38 loss to TB
• 11-1-2020 30-31 loss to DEN
• 1-9-2022 32-35 loss to LV
• 1-14-2023 30-31 loss to JAX (playoff)
• 9-10-2023 34-36 loss to MIA
• 11-12-2023 38-41 loss to DET

This is obviously not accounting for defensive scores, short fields, etc. but is instead just a simple observation.

For comparison's sake, I looked at Tom Brady. He's played a long time, right? So surely he would have a bunch of these games, too.

Brady played in 383 career games: 335 regular season games and 48 playoff games. In those games, Brady's team scored 30+ points and lost just nine times, or just over 2%. Those specific games were:

• 1-21-2007 34-38 loss to IND (playoff)
• 11-15-2009 — 34-35 loss to IND
• 9-25-2011 — 31-34 loss to BUF
• 9-23-2012 — 30-31 loss to BAL
• 12-16-2012 — 34-41 loss to SF
• 10-1-2017 — 30-33 loss to CAR
• 2-4-2018 33-41 loss to PHI (playoff)
• 12-9-2018 — 33-34 loss to MIA
• 10-2-2022 — 31-41 loss to KC

I also quickly looked at some of the best current QBs just to get a sense of what Herbert's contemporaries experience:

• Joe Burrow has had 3 such games (all regular season, 2 in his abbreviated rookie year) of 58 games total, ~5%
• Josh Allen has had 4 such games (3 regular season, 1 in the famous KC playoff loss) of 94 games total, ~4%
• Tua Tagovailoa has never once scored 30 points and lost in 45 career games (though I don't think he started/finished all of them)
• Jalen Hurts has had 2 such games (1 regular season, 1 in last year's Super Bowl) of 58 games total, ~3.5%
• Patrick Mahomes has had 8 such games (7 regular season, 1 playoffs) of 103 games total, ~8%... these were pretty prevalent (relatively speaking) early in Mahomes career but are rarer over the last few years as KC's defense has really emerged
• Yesterday was Lamar Jackson's second-ever game scoring 30+ and losing out of 84 games he was involved, ~2% (though he didn't start in all of them)

In conclusion: Fire Brandon Staley

Also note: It's late and I'm just counting these on pro-football-reference; I may have messed up the count or the math!

Either ownership or somebody is forcing his hand in all of this, right? I liked him and I really don’t want him to actually turn out to be a dumbass in disguise.

Answered!

At what point can a scrambling quarterback no longer pass the ball forward to a teammate?

So I’m watching today and I can’t help but wonder why a flying knee to the head of a defender by a offensive player hurdling them to try and make a play isn’t considered to be a hit to the head of a defenseless player. They have no clue they’re going to get hurdled or the guy would get a helmet to his nuts instead of clearing them, and it’s totally the ball carrier making the decision they can clear them. So when they don’t and they knock a guy out why is it they get no penalties, yet if you hit a receiver in the head it’s 15 and maybe an ejection, without malicious intent these days even. When it comes to safety shouldn’t all players be equal?

Obviously that would be very unlikely, but it’s good to see the guy still has it.

The New Orleans Saints are currently in shambles. The QB play and the coaching are awful. They are old in the trenches. Carr will probably start the rest of the season. He gives them the best chance to eke out a win on top of shit of mountain and be bounced at home in the first round of the playoffs. Because that’s how far his terrible progressions and poor pocket presence can take them.

Would I rather just see Famous Jameis sling it til they go 6-11? And watch the Falcons or Bucs take the honors of a playoff stomping by the Cowboys off their hands? Probably not.

His personal cell # is out there. I sent him a text congratulating him on his career. Now I am paranoid as fuck that he is going to sue me.

Following games were all decided by a game winning field goal, I can not think of any other time it has happened this much on a single day.

bolded team being the winner.

Lions v Chargers

Commanders v Seahawks

Texans v Bengals

Browns v Ravens

Falcons v Cardinals

I see it literally everywhere.

https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/compare-zach-wilson-and-mac-jones-this-season

Mac has him beat in nearly every category, most of them by a big margin, and does it with perhaps the worst supporting cast in the league. By what metric is Wilson supposed to be better?

Edit: worse*, and yes, they both suck

Week 5 against Broncos: 5 field goals, 72 yard TD run (first play of drive), defensive TD

Week 6 against Eagles: 4 field goals, 8 yard TD run (first play of drive, also become right after huge defensive play late in game)

Week 7: bye

Week 8: 50 yard TD catch-and-run (first play of drive), 2 field goals

Week 9: 2 field goals

Week 10: 4 field goals

We haven’t had a long drive that has resulted in a touchdown in over 6 weeks.

Purdy threw for a career-high 143 yards when pressured, going 8-of-12 with 2 TDs on those passes. He has 8 TD and 1 Int when pressured in his career.

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Ive been unable to enjoy watching this season. I feel like there arent enough good teams, and having more games with more playoff teams makes it worst. I just feel like theres very few games on the schedule that are between 2 good teams. There is also a lack of predictability in games these days. It just feels like every game is kind of random. I feel like the rules hurt defenses so much that every other game feels like a random shoot out where either team can win.

Why aren’t Ray Guy winners (best collegiate punter) more successful in the NFL? Only 4 of the last 10 winners are still in the NFL. It would seem punting would be a skill that easily translates to the NFL. Thinking about it because Adam Korsak (22 winner) is lighting it up in the CFL without getting a sniff in the NFL.

We have these beautiful creatures prancing about, barely clothed, and the NFL thinks I'd rather see Aaron Rogers in his headset pacing the sidelines. WTF!

In other words, "This team has never had a season where they won this exact number of regular-season games":

AFC EAST

• Miami Dolphins: 0, 2, 13, 15+ ^5

• Buffalo Bills: 0, 14+

• New York Jets: 0, 13+

• New England Patriots: 0, 15, 17 ^4

AFC NORTH

• Baltimore Ravens: 0, 1, 2, 3, 15+ ^1

• Pittsburgh Steelers: 0, 16+

• Cleveland Browns: 13, 15+ ^2

• Cincinnati Bengals: 0, 1, 13+

AFC SOUTH

• Jacksonville Jaguars: 0, 13, 15+

• Houston Texans: 0, 1, 13+

• Indianapolis Colts: 15+

• Tennessee Titans: 0, 14+

AFC WEST

• Kansas City Chiefs: 0, 1, 15+

• Los Angeles Chargers: 0, 3, 15+

• Las Vegas Raiders: 0, 14+

• Denver Broncos: 0, 1, 15+

NFC EAST

• Philadelphia Eagles: 0, 15+

• Dallas Cowboys: 2, 14+

• Washington Commanders: 0, 13, 15+

• New York Giants: 0, 15+

NFC NORTH

• Detroit Lions: 13+

• Minnesota Vikings: 0, 1, 14, 16+

• Green Bay Packers: 0, 14, 16+

• Chicago Bears: 0, 2, 16+

NFC SOUTH

• New Orleans Saints: 0, 14+

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 1, 14+

• Atlanta Falcons: 0, 15+

• Carolina Panthers: 0, 3, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16+

NFC WEST

• San Francisco 49ers: 0, 1, 16

• Seattle Seahawks: 0, 1, 3, 14+

• Los Angeles Rams: 0, 15+

• Arizona Cardinals: 12, 14+

NOTES

1. The Baltimore Ravens are officially considered an expansion team that started in 1996, despite never having held an expansion draft. The records from 1995 and previously are claimed by the Cleveland Browns.

2. The Cleveland Browns claim the records and championships of the team that was located in Cleveland before 1995, despite all players and personnel relocating to Baltimore and calling themselves the Ravens. They officially went "on hiatus" for 3 years and resumed their records in 1999.

3. The NFL expanded from 14 games to 16 games in 1978. A Bye Week was not added until 1989.

4. No team has ever won 17 games, as the regular season was not expanded to 17 games until 2021.

5. The 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only team to ever go undefeated in the regular season and also win the Super Bowl.

In the giants vs cowboys, the giants went wild cat and put devito in motion. When he did he would also turn around run backwards and put his hands up as if he were asking for the ball. Is that not a false start? Or illegal shift at least?

I know that no one would have thought to ask him, but what a roller coaster… and the season is only half over.