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Vick, McNabb, Youtube Today.

Barbados — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:13:29 -0000

Michael Vick (3:40 of video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvlp-sCVKSg

He sounds very humble, but also very coached in what to say. I would love to hear him speak spontaneously.

Donovan McNabb: (About 4 min of video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHPShY2r3jA

Donovan sounds very mature, very accepting and open. Way more mature than the historic Donovan.

Listen to the Vick video especially and tell me he doesn't sound like Robo-Vick.

McNabb sounds really gracious and mellow about the whole thing.

You be the judge.

Michael Vick (3:40 of video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvlp-sCVKSg

He sounds very humble, but also very coached in what to say. I would love to hear him speak spontaneously.

Donovan McNabb: (About 4 min of video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHPShY2r3jA

Donovan sounds very mature, very accepting and open. Way more mature than the historic Donovan.

Listen to the Vick video especially and tell me he doesn't sound like Robo-Vick.

McNabb sounds really gracious and mellow about the whole thing.

You be the judge.

Panthers jersey / Amtrak from Raleigh?

Barbados — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:41:12 -0000

Went to my in-laws this weekend in Smithfield NC. Went browsing at the outlet mall there, the Reebok store. Picked up a Jon Beason jersey for $41 and change plus tax. The adult size, the one that sells for $80 at the Panther's store. They also had a DeAngelo Williams, Steve Smith, and Peppers jerseys there. Plus a Michael Turner and a bunch more if that's your thing. Not advertising, just got a good deal.

What really floored me is they also had a Joe Theisman jersey there. Would get only if I could burn it or joke-gift it.

Now I gotta get some tix and make my way from Raleigh to get to a few games this year!! Has anybody from the Raleigh area taken the train to the games? How was it? I hate the drive.

I can't wait for football season...

What really floored me is they also had a Joe Theisman jersey there. Would get only if I could burn it or joke-gift it.

Now I gotta get some tix and make my way from Raleigh to get to a few games this year!! Has anybody from the Raleigh area taken the train to the games? How was it? I hate the drive.

I can't wait for football season...

Peppers versus some select DE's.

Barbados — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:04:24 -0000

Playing around in Excel, I took a few DE careers, then adjusted it to get the following table normalized for a 16-game season.

Here's what the scribble means:

Tackles mean total tackles, not solo. Interceptions, Forced Fumbles, Passes Deflected. Then I figured each one of those is a "Ball Hawk" - an interruption of some kind, a busted play by the DE. So I added 16-game INT's, FFum's, and PD's to get the "Ball Hawk" figure. So that:

INT+FFum+PD = Ball Hawk

I sorted highest to lowest on total tackles, because a tackle is involvement, getting to the ball. Peppers looks like middle-of the road top-tier until you add up the ball-hawk figure. Note that the taller DE's have more PD's and INT's. Freeney has a low PD figure, but is high on forced fumbles. A shorter guy will be closer to the running ball, a taller guy closer to the flying pass.

Just for fun I added a normalized 16-game Charles Johnson and Everette Brown's normalized numbers at Florida State. Enjoy.

By the way, Strahan set his 22.5-sack season record when he was 30. Peppers is 29 this year and turns 30 in January. Just data.

Per 16 Games
Careers/DE's	Gm	Tkls	Sack	Int	FFum	PD	Ball Hawk
Michael Strahan	16	67	11.1	0.32	1.9	2.9	5.1
Jason Taylor	16	62	10.9	0.63	3.6	7.8	12.0
Aaron Schobel	16	60	9.5	0.28	2.5	3.8	6.6
Jared Allen	16	60	12.1	0.21	3.4	5.9	9.5
John Abraham	16	55	12.4	0	4.6	1.8	6.4
Julius Peppers	16	53	11.0	0.62	3.9	6.4	10.9
Patrick Kearney	16	52	9.0	0.35	1.9	2.9	5.1
Simeon Rice	16	46	11.9	0.49	3.3	5.7	9.5
Javon Kearse	16	45	10.4	0.14	3.7	5.3	9.1
Dwight Freeney	16	41	12.8	0	6.4	1.8	8.2


Charles Johnson	16	33	8.0	0	1.3	9.3
E Brown-FSU	16	48	18.7

Playing around in Excel, I took a few DE careers, then adjusted it to get the following table normalized for a 16-game season.

Here's what the scribble means:

INT+FFum+PD = Ball Hawk

Just for fun I added a normalized 16-game Charles Johnson and Everette Brown's normalized numbers at Florida State. Enjoy.

By the way, Strahan set his 22.5-sack season record when he was 30. Peppers is 29 this year and turns 30 in January. Just data.

Per 16 Games
Careers/DE's	Gm	Tkls	Sack	Int	FFum	PD	Ball Hawk
Michael Strahan	16	67	11.1	0.32	1.9	2.9	5.1
Jason Taylor	16	62	10.9	0.63	3.6	7.8	12.0
Aaron Schobel	16	60	9.5	0.28	2.5	3.8	6.6
Jared Allen	16	60	12.1	0.21	3.4	5.9	9.5
John Abraham	16	55	12.4	0	4.6	1.8	6.4
Julius Peppers	16	53	11.0	0.62	3.9	6.4	10.9
Patrick Kearney	16	52	9.0	0.35	1.9	2.9	5.1
Simeon Rice	16	46	11.9	0.49	3.3	5.7	9.5
Javon Kearse	16	45	10.4	0.14	3.7	5.3	9.1
Dwight Freeney	16	41	12.8	0	6.4	1.8	8.2


Charles Johnson	16	33	8.0	0	1.3	9.3
E Brown-FSU	16	48	18.7