Hey You, You Don't Know Quarterbacking

[fieryprophet]

47 minutes ago, strato said:

I’d say it is easier than making anything off Spotify. They are thieves. 

I have never understood how the labels negotiated the kinds of deals they did for the paltry rates that Spotify pays until it became obvious that they were getting the lion's share of the revenue and the actual artists couldn't do anything about it.

[strato]

3 hours ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

We should have brought one in last season for no other reason than if we were to make a playoff run with an improved Bryce from last year, you dont throw that away with an ancient Andy Dalton who already showed he's not capable of more than taking snaps if Bryce were injured. 

He has yet to earn his job. I do t think he could have beat Andy out is a fair competition. Honestly not exaggerating.

They could in no way have someone with NFL QB skills showing him up to the team. 

[strato]

1 minute ago, fieryprophet said:

I have never understood how the labels negotiated the kinds of deals they did for the paltry rates that Spotify pays until it became obvious that they were getting the lion's share of the revenue and the actual artists couldn't do anything about it.

I see people with a million plays saying they get next to nothing off of them. 
The internet has in one way destroyed the gate keeping of the record industry and has allowed so many people to reach audiences, but we sort of needed that gatekeeping too. 
I want to say it is like college sports, the money makers subsidized a ton a great jazz artists and other fringe genres. 
 

Most musicians now are relegated to playing for their supper so to speak.  
Which, historically that is what it always was. I mean, you had patrons, you had the church and with paper and ink you had the start of publishing.
Audio recording technology spawned a bubble in time where they could get obscenely wealthy off publishing royalties and to a degree, album sales. 

It is going back to the old way it seems. But now, there are fewer and fewer musicians who can play an instrument and get a track down live in one take. It’s all synthetic. Boo. 

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6 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

The one firm conclusion I have come to this season isn't so much about Young, but Canales. From what I've seen over the past two years, I think his offseason preparation program sucks. The team comes into the season looking shoddy and unprepared...

But then things pick up a few weeks in

Maybe what he needs is a more experienced (and successful) past head coach on staff or consulting who can help him build a more effective offseason program combination of camp, OTAs, etc so we can leave the slow starts behind.

Here's hoping...

The CBA changes to offseason rules regarding live contact, practice time limits, etc. over the last decade cannot be overstated on its impact for younger players in particular. The players union is heavily weighted towards the interests of veteran players, who are concerned with staying healthy and on the field, compared to rookies and bubble players who need more development time and live-fire experience, but that has been bargained out over the years. Not saying that absolves Canales of this team's clear tendency to show up unprepared for the start of seasons but it does mean the entire coaching staff gets less to work with to mitigate it (which should have meant adjusting by more reps in the preseason for the starters at least.)

Edited 9 hours ago by fieryprophet

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45 minutes ago, fieryprophet said:

The CBA changes to offseason rules regarding live contact, practice time limits, etc. over the last decade cannot be overstated on its impact for younger players in particular. The players union is heavily weighted towards the interests of veteran players, who are concerned with staying healthy and on the field, compared to rookies and bubble players who need more development time and live-fire experience, but that has been bargained out over the years. Not saying that absolves Canales of this team's clear tendency to show up unprepared for the start of seasons but it does mean the entire coaching staff gets less to work with to mitigate it (which should have meant adjusting by more reps in the preseason for the starters at least.)

I am in agreement all the way with that. Combined with the NFL’s greed with the schedule - cutting the preseason - the quality of play over the first two to three weeks of the season has really fallen off. 
I wasn’t too worried because for one, everyone has to deal with it, and for other we aren’t competing for real yet so use the preseason to evaluate your depth and make the best roster decisions. 
The fans get lesser quality football, but the fans seem to always come last with the NFL.

[Shotgun]

7 hours ago, HeelsPanthersCanes said:

I love how the “OGs” boast of working at PFF means something (to him). 
 

I’ve been on this board for 20+ years, and it’s never not been a collection of dummies, smart asses, and whiny babies - including myself. But it’s good banter for the most part. 
 

If someone was truly a guru at football and was wasting their time spewing it here instead of turning it into millions of dollars running a team or coaching a position, that says more about them than any of the “idiots” on this board. 

I agree, It's weird how sensitive people are here. Its a fugging internet sports forum. There should be sh*t talking...lots of it. The huddle is pretty tame compared to my friends and I when we gets to talkin sports. Most of my friends are bitch ass eagles fans and they're always squawkin.