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marklar said:
A radom question I've had for some time. What is the deal with teams having 20 different uniform combinations? Some way to peddle more merchandise? All other sports I've followed have two or max three, but NFL teams make a news article every week about which pants they will wear this week. I do not get it
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The NFL is actually far behind other sports when it comes to uniform combos. NBA has been hitting it heavy for years and the MLB has recently started to follow suit. NFL is clearly headed that way.
 
Simba said:
The NFL is actually far behind other sports when it comes to uniform combos. NBA has been hitting it heavy for years and the MLB has recently started to follow suit. NFL is clearly headed that way.
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ok, I don't follow any other US sports, so it is a national thing then. I still find it strange :)
 
Simba said:
The NFL is actually far behind other sports when it comes to uniform combos. NBA has been hitting it heavy for years and the MLB has recently started to follow suit. NFL is clearly headed that way.
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Regarding the NBA, it was the year that Nike became the producer of the jerseys over Adidas. The NBA stopped referring to jerseys as home and away. I think one of them is called the Association jersey and I forget the other one. Essentially, the NBA allowed all teams to wear whichever jersey they wanted. Like the Lakers for example. You rarely see them wear their away purples.

Now I know I went on a tangent that's somewhat related to your post and the NFL as a whole. I honestly don't know how the NFL follows suit. Do they introduce even more color combinations like what the NBA does every year?
 
JoeyFlex5 said:
Incredibly bold to call carries that never happened “arbitrary” when any of those carries could pop and make them, well… not arbitrary at all
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OK, but is that the only possible outcome? What if a bunch of them went for 2 yards and we punted? That's certainly a possibility is it not? An average is an average. It doesn't mean every carry will go for the average.

The arbitrary request was meant to be somewhat serious. If one carry isn't enough, what's "enough"? It's a quantity measurement after all.

If we're talking about something like a mode, which is how frequently something occurs, 56% of designed running plays went for 5 yards or less. So the most likely outcome in a run-heavy drive with 11 minutes left is you'll get one chunk run of 15-20 yards, and then you'll get a bunch of runs around 5 yards or less. Need 72 yards for a TD, so pretty much best case scenario is it'll take you 5-6 minutes to score a TD, and that's assuming you're highly efficient in the red zone, of which that hasn't been true barely ever. So realistically, 7-8 minutes to get a TD. If you even get one.

Of course then the question is... do we get the ball back? It would appear unlikely, given that once we turned it over, Browns were able to run 10 more plays and over 5 minutes off the clock, while barely moving the ball at all. Had the defense been able to make a stop at some point really, could have gotten the ball back with maybe 7 minutes left instead of 5, which gives you a shot at another possession.

Would also point out that as "dominant" as the running game was, the average run by either Dobbins or Edwards netted us about 1 additional yard per play than the average Huntley completion did (on a day where he was quite bad).
 
rmcjacket23 said:
OK, but is that the only possible outcome? What if a bunch of them went for 2 yards and we punted? That's certainly a possibility is it not? An average is an average. It doesn't mean every carry will go for the average.

The arbitrary request was meant to be somewhat serious. If one carry isn't enough, what's "enough"? It's a quantity measurement after all.

If we're talking about something like a mode, which is how frequently something occurs, 56% of designed running plays went for 5 yards or less. So the most likely outcome in a run-heavy drive with 11 minutes left is you'll get one chunk run of 15-20 yards, and then you'll get a bunch of runs around 5 yards or less. Need 72 yards for a TD, so pretty much best case scenario is it'll take you 5-6 minutes to score a TD, and that's assuming you're highly efficient in the red zone, of which that hasn't been true barely ever. So realistically, 7-8 minutes to get a TD. If you even get one.

Of course then the question is... do we get the ball back? It would appear unlikely, given that once we turned it over, Browns were able to run 10 more plays and over 5 minutes off the clock, while barely moving the ball at all. Had the defense been able to make a stop at some point really, could have gotten the ball back with maybe 7 minutes left instead of 5, which gives you a shot at another possession.

Would also point out that as "dominant" as the running game was, the average run by either Dobbins or Edwards netted us about 1 additional yard per play than the average Huntley completion did (on a day where he was quite bad).
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I think there is a 50% chance we lose against Atlanta. If Lamar continues to be sidelined against the Steelers, we face worse odds of winning. Even with Lamar in the final game against Cincy, we will remain the underdogs. So, long story short, we better fucking beat Atlanta on Sunday.
 
Ellicottraven said:
I think there is a 50% chance we lose against Atlanta. If Lamar continues to be sidelined against the Steelers, we face worse odds of winning. Even with Lamar in the final game against Cincy, we will remain the underdogs. So, long story short, we better fucking beat Atlanta on Sunday.
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If we somehow miss the playoffs then this whole damn franchise needs to be reset
 
I see Trace McSorley is starting for the Cards. Call me crazy, but I am still upset that he was poached off our PS, as I thought the kid was a decent baller.
 
Dom McRaven said:
Regarding the NBA, it was the year that Nike became the producer of the jerseys over Adidas. The NBA stopped referring to jerseys as home and away. I think one of them is called the Association jersey and I forget the other one. Essentially, the NBA allowed all teams to wear whichever jersey they wanted. Like the Lakers for example. You rarely see them wear their away purples.

Now I know I went on a tangent that's somewhat related to your post and the NFL as a whole. I honestly don't know how the NFL follows suit. Do they introduce even more color combinations like what the NBA does every year?
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Nike has the NBA and MLB and they've done the city edition jerseys for both now. Would imagine something similar is coming to the NFL in time. The alternate helmets and uniform combos that go with them is the test run for future things.
 
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