See how dumb that sounds, kids?
Also, there is no accounting for who is at fault on an interception/incompletion.
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Also you can do no worse than throwing an interception every 10.526 attempts. Which is obviously possible to exceed. But doing so will not hurt your passer rating.
I could see this impacting some 3rd string QB who has bounced around with some but very little playing time who was interception-prone.
So I think that could potentially result in your career passer rating being lower than any subset.
True, but you could say that about a ton of stats across a lot of sports.
EXACTLY
It doesn’t make them meaningless.
I suppose that’s why you only have to complete 77.5% of your attempts to be considered perfect, rather than 100%.
Biggest flaw in passer rating, though, is that it fails to account for Butt Fumbles
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I don’t know where to put this, so it’s going to be here.
This is just dumbass journalism.
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Tigers-Guardians Playoff Series to Make Wild Bit of History
Story by Ryan Phillips
The Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians are about to make a shocking bit of history.
The two longtime foes were both founding members of the American League in 1901, and have shared a division since 1969. The Guardians and Tigers have played more than 2,300 times. Neither team has faced an opponent more often. Yet, somehow, they have never played each other in the postseason. That’s remarkable.
That will obviously change this weekend as the AL Central-winning Guardians will host the Tigers in the AL division series beginning on Saturday.
Cleveland won the season series between the two teams 7-6, but they haven’t played since July 25. The Tigers have been on a roll since, as they went 17-11 in August and 17-8 in September to snag the American League’s final wild card spot. They swept the AL West-winning Houston Astros in the wild card round and enter the ALDS against their longtime rivals on a roll.
The first ever postseason series between the franchises should be a fun one. It will open on Saturday in Cleveland at 1:08 p.m. ET.
Ryan Phillips is a senior writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
…and by “senior” I think they mean “high school senior”.
As I’m sure you know, the Guardians (fka Indians (fka Naps (fka Bronchos (fka Bluebirds (fka Lake Shores (fka Rustlers)))))) were a charter member, along with the Detroit Tigers, of the American League in 1901. (In 1901 they were the Bluebirds.)
Of course, in 1969, the leagues were split into east & west such that the best east team played the best west team. Both the “Guardians” and Tigers were were in the AL East from 1969 until 1994.
In 1994, of course, they were moved to the “AL Central”, so the only way they can make the playoffs is if at least one of them is a “wild card” team.
The whole premise of the article is ridiculous, and I’ve spent way too much time on this, but do you remember “The Game of Life” by Hasbro? Well, I picked up a “share the grief” card and am using it on you.
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So it’s been possible only since 1995 but never happened in 28 years. Eh, I guess that’s mildly interesting, but he certainly implies that they’ve gone 123 years without meeting up in the post season which is technically true but was impossible for 94 of those years.
Wonder which other intra-division teams have and have not met up. Who can forget the 2004 Red Sox coming back from a 3 game deficit to the Yankees and winning the ALCS? (And Curt Schilling’s bloody sock!)
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i believe 1st time Mets and Phillies in Playoffs
It’s the game clock that would keep running, not the play clock, romo.
My Uncle Milton always insisted that baseball should be played outdoors and not inside a domed stadium.
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Is that why he destroyed Tropicana Field?
Milton shreds roof of Tropicana Field, home of baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays
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He has some pretty deep seated beliefs. He was also a lupin gardener so he had deep seeded beliefs about them, too. And he worked with maritime reinsurers….
It looks like the roof was fabric, but Wikipedia says fiberglass. What a mess. Sad and I’m sure so many people’s homes were just destroyed.
CAR just had a TD taken off the board for having an OL report as eligible and covering him up on the line. Teams try to get cute by having OL report as eligible to make the D try to account for them, but I think the total yards/TD’s teams lose on illegal formations in these situations exceed the handful of times they succeed either by having the eligible guy catch the ball or tying up a defender.
And yet, going for it on 4th Down is considered toorisky a move. Or going for two P’sAT is considered too risky a move.
Coaches going for it on 4th down has changed a lot in recent years. Many are following the math now.
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And a lot still worry about their job security.
Many are following teh analytics say _____ and no one bothers to ask but why were those opportunities successful? If you’re going to take a chance, take a calculated chance that tries to optimize success, not just a chance because teh analytics spit out some number.
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Yes, obviously. The play is not a randomized occurrence like rolled dice. It still has to be chosen and executed successfully against a team that desperately wants it not to succeed. It is sports, not a casino.