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Stephen Curry weighs in: https://twitter.com/StephenCurry30/status/569951482465923072

She and DeAngelo (and Keith Larson, for that matter) are fairly close. They all do a lot of work with cancer patients and the like.

Two pieces from the article: "We sat down and he told me 'The fact of the matter is we're going to have to release you'," Williams told Molly Grantham during a sit down conversation. "I said you know, 'Why?' and he said, 'because we don't run the ball enough. Just like you said back before the season started, we don't run the ball enough to keep you and both [Jonathan Stewart], so we're going to release you'." "I don't feel bitter at all. [stewart] had the hot hand at the end of the season. He's a great running back, obviously, uh, I don't feel bitter at all. It's a business," Williams said. "And that business comes back and reminds us year after year - whether it be Steve Smith, whether it be Jordan Gross, whether it be myself - it's going to happen to every guy in that locker room, so it doesn't bother me at all."

Best of luck DeAngelo. Hope you can find use on another team.

Think about it this way... If we had drafted him just a year earlier, we would have payed him a rookie contract of somewhere around 80-90 million overall. We had a bargain with him, he's played well, and now it's time to pay him.

The problem with that analogy is that, during the first nine games (the ones where he received 90% of his carries), he averaged 18 carries a game for 54 yards (3 yards per carry). Over that same period, DeShaun Foster averaged only 9 carries a game for 35 yards (3.9 yards per carry). His performance would be more akin to if we made Mike Tolbert our starting back and fed him the ball repeatedly despite getting no results (aside from gimmie goal-line touchdowns) and having a clearly superior back behind him. Anyway I was wrong to rank him on this list even as one season. I just thought this was a particularly bad season. I mean, averaging three yards per carry while starting more than half the season is really, really bad.

The injury did not impact his play or workload. Two of his three best games were 81 and 77 yard efforts to start the season. Davis did not get better throughout the season, as one would expect from one recovering from injury, but worse. Davis only had one game as starter over 5 yards per carry - week 1. In every single game after, he had 4 YPC or worse - normally between 2.5 and 3 yards per carry. Late in the season (the last four games, where he totaled around 60 yards) he was indeed hampered by injury, but he also lost workload due to DeShaun Foster being much, much better. Basically, injuries really had no statistical impact on his season.

Nope.

Only 2005 Stephen Davis.

Eh, he at least had that really good TD to David Gettis. I can't remember a single good play Jimmy Clausen had.

Lamar Smith could be fair enough, sure. It's just the YPC is so bad. 2005 Stephen Davis was not just a short-yardage back. He and DeShaun Foster were a tandem, yes, but Davis started 11 games out of 13 played, and averaged about 18 carries through the first 9 games. His carries did not drop below 10 until week 10 against Chicago, and even the two games where he and Foster both had 10 carries (Minnesota and Tampa), Davis either had more carries (Minnesota) or was by far the more effective back (Tampa, with a 2.4 YPC vs. Foster's 1.4). Foster did not become starter until Davis was injured. In regards to first downs, Davis had a 1st-down percentage of 17%. That's only marginally better than Foster and the lowest of his career. Hackett did indeed start two games - weeks 1 and 2. He sucked in both of them, hence why he is listed. Mare had a a full season to suck, but actually only directly influenced two games - the 29-34 loss to Chicago (where he missed two kicks) and the 21-24 loss to Minnesota (where he missed one kick). The other games he missed kicks in (Tennessee, Indianapolis, and Atlanta) finished with scores that could not have been influenced by a single kick. In Tennessee, we lost 3-30. In Indianapolis, we won 27-19. In Atlanta, we lost 23-31. In none of these would a field goal have really helped us (aside from Atlanta where it would have meant a TD would have won). Mare never missed field goals in consecutive games, and was also fairly consistent in kickoffs. Medlock, on the other hand, missed a field goal in three consecutive games (each game having only one attempt), and was abysmal in kickoffs even with them being at the 35. I think a full season of Medlock would have been worse than Mare. Ron Edwards barely played due to injury, and when he did I really don't think he was that useful.

Rod Smart never started a game so he doesn't count - same with Armanti Edwards. Also, as I recall Kendrick Vincent wasn't bad at all. He was a fairly good run blocker and from 2008-09 was the only stable piece on line that shuffled around like crazy.

In no particular order: QB - Jimmy Clausen (goes without saying) HB - Lamar Smith/2005 Stephen Davis (both averaged 3.5 YPC) WR - D.J. Hackett, Rae Carruth, Louis Murphy, Dwayne Jarrett LT/RT - Byron Bell DE - Jason Peters DT - Sione Fua, Ron Edwards K - Justin Medlock KR/PR - Joe Adams

So someone needs to be acquitted to not be suspended?

It's not a he said/she said to feminists. It's a 'she said/he lied', regardless of evidence.

The NFL is not an average workforce.

It is insane to think someone can miss 23 games and not even be convicted of anything.

Oh the butthurt from the white knights here will be so amazing if this happens.

Doesn't matter. She's a woman and they never lie about this sort of thing.

I'm down for a Ted Ginn reunion tour. Liked the guy while he was here, and was very disappointed we couldn't keep him. For what we'd use him for and his value to us, $2 million would be a great deal. We need that downfield speed, and that's something he offers.

Treating women decent is imperative. Defending the excess of feminism is not.

You wouldn't know it given women control 70% of household spending and make up 57% of college graduates, while comprising only 20% of suicides, 7% of workplace fatalities, 24% of homicide victims and 39% of homeless people. And despite initiating up to 90% of divorces, they get custody 90% of the time. Patriarchy seems to have done a pretty crappy job at it's job, huh?

How is feminism required to treat women like human beings? Oh wait, it isn't.

Opposing radical feminism is not the same as opposing women. Thanks for the concern though, White Knight.

Misogynsts at least usually don't try and promote idiotic laws