‘09 with Brady, Moss, and Welker 6 losses.

We both know how facetious the argument is to use Belicheck’s transition year, in the pre-Brady era.

Patriots with Brady at QB - 12 wins per 16. Patriots without Brady at QB - 11 wins per 16.

So you mean until America is interested, you won’t be either. Thanks for coming to comment!

Fuck Deadspin for bringing this raging asshole back in front of me. He’s an absolute embarrassment to my town and team.

College coach pulls the rug out from under one of his players, high school coach is the bad guy for getting pissed about the shady recruiting tactics people take.

Former NFL coaches are definitely unqualified for college.

This isnt just like everyone else. Every single one of these people hired were more than qualified and proved to be worth far more than their son or student.

It’s tough to say though that you know of Lowe and Barnwell because of Simmons. Lowe wrote at Sports Illustrated, Barnwell at Football Outsiders before they went to Grantland. Sure, they were nobodies in the public eye, but in the sportswriting world, they were moving up. And with the quality of work they produced,…

Is this your first day at Deadspin? This site has spent years shitting on pretentious, arrogant assholes in the sports world.

Growing up, the course I caddied at had a U.S. Open Qualifier. I caddied for one of the best golfers at the club, a +1 handicap (that is, he gave a shot back to the course). They had especially tricked up the course for the qualifier, and the guy played about as well as he usually does, and still finished four over.

Looking at the attendance numbers for a World Series team, they dont want to watch baseball either way.

And the more who talk about this, the less who talk about Tillerson and the FHA rate cut, which is shitty for us.

The problem is that the similarity scores don’t do anything to compare across eras or enough with defensive value. Sheffield’s batting line is kind of similar to Mantle’s, but Mantle played in an era where the league average OPS was about 40 points lower. Mantle’s 172 OPS+ says that no, once we adjust for the…

Yes. Vizquel was below replacement level with the bat, while the guy who didn’t play the field was merely replacement level. Also, just the way the game works, elite hitters can add more runs than elite defenders can take away - pitchers getting strikeouts account for defensive value that fielders never get a chance…

Here’s some offensive numbers to try to sway you, Vizquel is 221 runs worse than Ozzie Smith by Rbat + Rbaser + Rdp, the batting and baserunning numbers that go into WAR. Even if you want to argue that the defensive metrics don’t do him justice, Vizquel wasn’t just an inferior offensive player to the juggernauts of…

Did you miss the “let Holmgren do whatever he wants” run in Cleveland?

The Browns continuously get candidates that are more or less qualified to get a shot at a NFL job every other year - the Niners may not get the pick of the litter, but the only thing holding them back from hiring a decent candidate is their own inability to judge a coaching candidate.

Way to completely miss the point. Go back to rooting for Haslam city-indebting device masquerading as a football team.

At least we’re in agreement that far too many words have been spilled on something so stupid. I know you think you are making brilliant points with each new keystroke, but, I’m sorry dude, you could have nailed this down in about 20 words long ago. Sorry for not being awed by your verbiage.