Do you realize that the Broncos have the 4th best pass defense in the league? I’m not sure “atrocious” means what you think it means.

I think the solution is to receive 1 foul shot and the ball. This removes Hack-a-Shaq for the same reason Harvey suggests, but ups the penalty for intentional fouling.

Historical data says that teams have a ~70% chance on 4th and 1 and ~70% of scoring a touchdown from 1st and goal from the 5 (However, 4 attempts instead of 3 may increase the odds to as much as 85%). As a result going for it gives you odds of .7 * .85 = 60% chance of scoring a go ahead touchdown.

His “top ten all time” statistics are mostly cumulative stats; the result of him playing more games than most people rather than being better. If you look at his non cumulative stats you see a lot of things like:

I like your analysis.

I feel like there are two other factors which frequently make it look like big money teams are better at developing prospects.

Useful article on this difference... https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/7/2/12087368/nba-free-agency-2016-money-nfl-stars-explainer-andrew-luck-mike-conley

A basketball team has 5-6 players that play the majority of the minutes so, if you add 1 all-star to your team, your team is 20% more all-star. By comparison a football team uses a minimum of 22, a baseball team has at least 14 (8 position, 5 starters, closer), and a hockey team’s starting 5 only play at most 1/3 of…

People only think of Ortiz as an all-time great (and better than Edgar) because he played in Boston (media center and a hitters park). For simple park neutral stats just look at their road stats...
Edgar: .312/.412/.514
Ortiz: .267/.359/.538

Edgar hit for a much higher average, much higher OBP, and was only a little…

Believe it or not, the Browns had a top 10 offense going into this game.

Agreed on 3/4

Once they got to 4th down the Giants should have gone for it. And here is why...

I was going to make the same comment. I grew up in Seattle and you could make some pretty amazing moves in puddles because the ball would just suddenly stop.

I never played catcher but the same advice was given to me about turning two at second. Don’t worry about a runner not sliding (and therefore being in the way of the throw), just throw it at his forehead. They will always get out of the way.

The thing about Hunger Games is that while you and your friends might not be talking about it, it got a lot of good publicity and word of mouth after it came out. If you don't like the story, that's fine, but the movie was a great adaption of the book and most people's complaints about the movie were really complaints…

rooting for Battlefield Earth vs. the Last Airbender here even if I can see the arguments for the others. However there is three things that really stand out about the Last Airbender to me.

The issue of the privileged elite is one of the big things, to me, that separates a lot of science fiction from fantasy. In science fiction, the "magic" is technology that everyone has access to. While in fantasy, usually only a small fraction of the population are magic users. Usually this issue is completely ignored…

Quick Fact Correction: Kepler is orbiting the Sun in an Earth trailing orbit not "orbiting in Earth's atmosphere."