I Was Wrong When...

I thought picking up RG3's 5th year option was a sign he had secretly done something to impress the Redskins brass during some off season workouts we didn't hear about. Then I was listening to the talking heads saying he looked improved in practice. I was all expecting to see the new improved RG3. Then preseason games start and he looked like the same deer in the headlights he was last season.

Don't you mean that the team was wrong for picking up the option? I'm on your side here.


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.....I got excited when we drafted P. Thomas and B. Rambo.

Daseal and I both literally high-fived and did a shot of Fireball to these selections.

"How could Rambo fall that far?! DIVISION CHAMPS THIS YEAR!"

:doh:

Don't you mean that the team was wrong for picking up the option? I'm on your side here.


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Yes, but when they did I thought they saw something I didn't. At first I did a WTF are they thinking, then I thought maybe they know something I don't.
Like maybe RG3 had played the last two years with a brain tumor and had it
removed in the off season.

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Yes, but when they did I thought they saw something I didn't. At first I did a WTF are they thinking, then I thought maybe they know something I don't.
Like maybe RG3 had played the last two years with a brain tumor and had it
removed in the off season.

True, my point is simply that it wasn't unreasonable to think that they saw something in practice and training camp that perhaps the rest of us didn't see (obviously, there's a lot of things that folks outside of the coaching staff cannot see). I feel misled!

BTW, I was also wrong when I thought the tandem of Taylor and Landry would have us set at the safety positions for a decade. I've never been so unhappy about being wrong.

I was wrong when I said Fox News had been banned in Canada. God damn you JR!!!



I make very few football proclamations to be wrong on...lol

I was wrong when I said Fox News had been banned in Canada. God damn you JR!!!



I make very few football proclamations to be wrong on...lol

well played NC.........well played

I was wrong for ever thinking and promoting the thought that RG3 would turn it around with the burgundy and gold. We just gave up so much... And I wanted the world to eat theyre words.

I thought inflating a football was easy.

Ensuring properly inflated NFL footballs, in 23 simple steps - NFL Nation - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/178359/ensuring-properly-inflated-nfl-footballs-in-23-simple-steps)

I thought inflating a football was easy.

Ensuring properly inflated NFL footballs, in 23 simple steps - NFL Nation - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/178359/ensuring-properly-inflated-nfl-footballs-in-23-simple-steps)

Oddly, nothing address the temperature of the balls at the time of testing. The protocol may address it but the story makes no mention of it. Suppose team A brings a cold ball in at 12.5 PSI and team B brings their balls in warmer at 12.5 PSI. If the balls are checked quickly, team B will be playing with balls that do not meet the spec and team A will be. There's still an opportunity to play with the gray areas here. All 48 balls should be allowed time to normalize to a given temperature before testing.

F1 racing is having a similar conversation now as well. Teams at Monza were given a minimum tire pressure by Pirelli but F1 and Pirelli had a vague policy on when to test the pressures and at what temperature to do the test. F1 teams regularly use heat blankets to warm the tires prior to the race. The time that passes between removal of the heat blanket and testing could greatly affect the outcome of the pressure check.

Also, I have heard no mention of what gas should be used. Different gas ratios, air being approx 78% nitrogen, 21% Oxygen and 1% Argon and misc gasses. Different ratios will do different things in response to temperature changes. Also moisture content affects the same. If I want to have a ball that doesn't lose air pressure during the game, a la Aaron Rodgers, I might use a drier air with more nitrogen. If I want to still get lower pressures for a better grip and it's going to be a cold game, I might want moist air with more oxygen content.

The NFL has done little to address the reality of what's happening and honestly I don't think they understand basic, 10th grade chemistry. I promise I could, within those rules, get a ball that is softer during the game. There's just too many variables that haven't been addressed.

The truth is, it shouldn't even be a rule. If GB and NE are playing and Rodgers wants rock hard 14psi balls and Brady wants a softer 12psi ball, who is hurt by that? The on field product is going to be better and there is very little effect on the game itself. If it matters that much to everyone then the NFL should provide all balls, with the exact same dimensions and filled with the same gas and at the same pressure.