tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702621.post1016735154917033750..comments2023-07-08T19:45:01.781-12:00Comments on Thinking The Lions: If we had a rule that required you to know something before posting the answer, the Internet wouldn't exist. (Nonsportsmanlike Conduct)Brianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702621.post-23883406164614983162013-10-15T12:52:57.398-12:002013-10-15T12:52:57.398-12:00The best quarterbacks, in real life, are often not...The best quarterbacks, in real life, are often not the best in fantasy.<br /><br />But even if he got 5000 points a week, I'd refuse to put The Anointed One on my team. "Fantasy" football is only fun for me if I don't have to root for jerks.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702621.post-79848553627538482522013-10-14T06:26:32.690-12:002013-10-14T06:26:32.690-12:00Speaking of overpaying QBs, A-Rodg got destroyed b...Speaking of overpaying QBs, A-Rodg got destroyed by Nick Foles in my fantasy matchup yesterday.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702621.post-91239344176235156372013-10-14T01:46:13.077-12:002013-10-14T01:46:13.077-12:00PT: Apparently Thad Lewis did pretty well yesterda...PT: Apparently Thad Lewis did pretty well yesterday. Which means the Bills will now throw $25,000,000 at him, Jim Kelly will say how he earned that money, and he'll be playing for Tennessee in 2 years.<br /><br />Andrew: Silver has a good reputation but that article didn't live up to his background. If you're going to say you're basing your calculations on data, not opinions, you shouldn't be offering opinions and not data, especially when the point of the article is that nobody has any good data.<br /><br />Silver is running into a modified version of the Peter Principle: He's becoming so big that he feels he needs to opine on everything, and outgrowing his skills.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702621.post-16585825783914698382013-10-14T01:10:00.376-12:002013-10-14T01:10:00.376-12:00If I were a Bills fan I wouldn't be watching m...If I were a Bills fan I wouldn't be watching much football either. I mean when your quarterback options are Thad Lewis and Jeff Tuel it's going to be a pretty depressing season.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702621.post-54162712207159845522013-10-13T13:54:52.210-12:002013-10-13T13:54:52.210-12:00I'm not a big follower of Silver or anything, ...I'm not a big follower of Silver or anything, BUT he's a data miner and stuff he says is based on data and statistical models he makes based on the data. My wife does the same kind of stuff for the company that she works for, and she backs Silver (in general), so I'm mostly willing to trust him in what he says. He's usually not offering up opinions (unlike news people); he's offering predictions based on calculations of data.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.com