unBIASED

J-Rod speaks from emotion.  He gets caught up in the moment. He's that guy that would get back with their ex because she looks HOT now.

I'm more analytical. Numbers play a huge factor and small sample sizes just won't cut it. I'm the guy the realizes she does look hot but remembers that ex did set fire to the living room over a text message.

J-Rod has every right to feel the team that finished at the top of the mountain should have the highest grade but it's not a popularity contest. We leave that to the "Power Rankings". Power Rankings are the "right now" factors. The report card is the TOTAL look at how you did overall, not how you finished.

Case in point, this "issue" J-Rod has with my ranking the Giants a B- and why the team who won it all should be an A+. "It's not rocket science", he said.  It's not. It is however very simple math. Power Rankings tell us who is the best at the end. But the article was a report grading the season as a whole. Does he realize to be an A+ student you'd have to be A+ student ALL YEAR LONG?! The Giants were C students, with inexplicable losses to SEA, PHI and WAS (twice). Also scrapped by ARI and DAL. Cmon. This is simple.

How about a perspective not my own. How about from a site that J-Rod has often quoted material from and posted links to. The Bleacher Report. Here's their article on the final report card for the Giants. We gave a overall team grade, they broke down every position. But it's difficult to get a clear total average with letters (A, D-, B+, etc...) so let's associate numbers to them.

A+ = 12

A   = 11

A-  = 10

B+ = 9

B   = 8

B-  = 7

C+ = 6

C   = 5

C-  = 4

D+ = 3

D   = 2

D-  = 1

F    = 0

According to that article, the Giants finished with a total score of 84* (Ed's note: Their coaches grade was not taken into consideration as our grades here did not quantify a coaching impact). So 84 averaged out equals 9.33. Which falls where on the above scale? What? I didn't hear you? A+? No. B+, two points away from where I had them.  B students.

*That article was also gracious on the grades for defense, as well all know the Giants D for a large majority of the season was nowhere near playing like their playoff caliber style until Week 16.

-DM

Note: I have noooo idea why J-Rod felt he had to change all of his grades because I gave the Giants a lower grade. Makes no sense but that does sound like him...

UPDATED: Who's Next

The JRADM show needs to clarify a few minor details from the previous post:


It's a shame J-Rod has to resort to mis-leading stats in order to sway the readers view on this matchup. I, Da Man, have no "horse in this race" so here's the actual numbers.


1. The Giants Pass Def: The "unstoppable" "explosive" "juggernaut" pass D is ranked 29th out of 32 teams. But look at the last couple of games, the Giants look like they are running through offensive linemen!! Looks are deceiving so lets go inside the numbers. They are ranked 29th giving up 255.1 y/g. Maybe the D was much aligned in the early-middle part of the season. So how bout in the last 5 games? They've given up, 369, 321, 185, 258, 289 yards in the last 5. That's 284.4 y/g, 29 y/g higher!


Are they getting to the QBs of late? Sure, they got to Rex Grossman, Mark Sanchez and Tony Romo (with a swollen hand). Yes, they got to those guys. But whats the point of getting to the QB on 1st down only to give up a 30yd pass on 2nd?


On the flip side, Matt Ryan has thrown no INTs in his last 4, correct. But Ryan has also thrown for a shade under 300 yards in the last 5* (*Matt played very little in the 1st half as the Falcons went up 42-0, so the number reflect 4 of the last 5 games). So a QB coming in averaging just under 300yds against a team giving up just under 300 yds and a key matchup is the pass rush? Huh?


2. Juilo Jones: He wasn't mentioned as a key matchup. Why? Because J-Rod has no idea who he is.


Now, my personal take:


How can you vault your Def AND say it'll be a shootout in the same post?? SMH


-DM

Stripped Away

We're minutes away from kickoff of the Sunday Night Football game for 1st place in the NFC East. This has been called the "Game of the Week". Two powerhouses in the East. The Giants. The Cowboys.


But let's strip away the emotion of this being a hyped up game. Strip away the storied franchises. Strip away the supposed top QBs in the NFL, when both Eli and Romo have had their fair share of terrible plays and losses... THIS season. Strip away all that and what you get is two mediocre teams trying to make the playoffs. And as what, a 4th seed?? And possibly 5th??


No one expects either of these to make huge impacts in the playoffs, am I right? So it's a .500 team and a 7-5 team battling for 1st in subpar division (don't agree, look at the combined wins/losses in the East and compare it to CLEARLY subpar NFC West). Look for NO DEFENSE played tonight.


Yes, the Game of the Week.


-DM

Giants vs Cowboys

The way it should be.... Giants, Cowboys for NFC Supremacy . Here is what Romo will be doing after the Giants win and tie for first in the NFC East


.

Right. Wrong.

This will be real quick.


I was wrong. J-Rod was right. In a head-to-head matchup, the Giants would win both games against Dallas. The Giants will win the NFC East.


That is all.


-DM

The Hangover Pt 3

It's one of the worst feelings ever. Indulging on too much of a good thing then having to pay the price once we awake the next day. The groggy disoriented feeling like someone or something has knocked you around and left you in a complete disarray.

We general associate a hangover with alcohol but is it possible for it to occur outside the "nightlife"? Say to a sports team....?

Let me introduce to you the San Francisco 49ers.

"KAMAN, what the hell is this post about? WTF is Da Man talking about?!?"

Our top notch stats team here on the show provided me with a such a gem of a stats nugget it's almost too good to be true. Observe, The Hangover Effect...

The 49ers this season are on a unprecedented run considering for almost the last decade this team has been dormant laying waste in the awful NFC West.  While others saw dormant, I saw a rebuilding of young talent.  The 9ers do a couple of things well and it starts with DEFENSE. 1st in the NFL in opp rushing yards, 7th overall in defense. And on offense, 7th in rushing yds. Simply put, the 49ers get after the ball on D and pound you with the run on O (there's gotta be a pause somewhere in that statement).  We wear teams out with our big D (and there it is). Wear them out so much to the point that AFTER playing the 49ers, teams tend to "falter" for a bit.

"Preposterous!"

Let's go inside the numbers...  The 9ers are 9-2. Out of those 9 teams 8 of them "faltered"

W1 SEA - lost 3 of the next 5 gms (I get it, its the Seahawks. Next)

W3 PHI - lost 3 of the next 5 gms (waaaay before the "collapse" but they suck still right?**)

W4 TB - lost 4 of the next 5 gms (came in, 3-1)

W5 DET - lost 3 of the next 5 gms  (came in 5-0)

W6 CLE - lost 3 of the next 4 gms (came in .500 team)

W7 WAS - lost 2 of the next 3 gams (this beat beat the Giants, W1. Speaking of...)

W8 NYG - lost the next 2 games (came in 6-2. **AND lost to PHI??)

W9 ARI - only one game played so far (a W, but they do play DAL, SF respectively)

Only the Bengals posted a winning record in the next few games AFTER playing the 49ers.

But Da Man, what does it all mean??

Honestly, it all means nothing. LOL. It's just a fun stat. Unless.... you're a Giants fan. A closer look at the wins and losses of all the teams above, they all got a W in a least one of the 3 following games. The Giants already took an inexplicable loss to PHI and got ramnooddled (thanks Riley) by the Saints. And just whom do the G-Men play this weekend, the 11-0 Packers. So if it all holds true, the Giants will be giving the Pack their first loss of the season.

"Yea, no way. Not gonna happen. Have you SEEN the Giants pass rush??"

I have. And, LOCK IT IN folks the New York Football Giants will beat the Packers on Sunday.

-DM

More on this LOCK to come....

THIS IS OUR YEAR!!!! - G-Money (circa 1999 to Present day)

So here we are entering week 3 of the NFL season and my boy G-Money (Jets fan above) has yet again proclaimed the NY Jets NFL Super Bowl Champs. Now we can see why G$ is such a huge Rex Ryan fan.  I mean waaaaaaay before Rex was the head coach G$ has been predicting an inevitable super bowl title for as long I have known him. Now me being a NY Mets fan I can understand what its like to root for a team that will never..... EVER win a chip. You go through so many different stages as shown below:

Delusional:. We're gonna win it this year. THIS IS OUR YEAR!!!! BELIEVE IT!!!!

Followed by:


Anger:  "Fuck this team!! I am DONE!!! NEVER AGAIN!!!!" (See Greg tossing his Chad Pennington jersey onto the field in 2007)

Then:

Blame: "Why would they call a 5 yard route when they were on 3rd and 17?!?!? WTF was Rex Ryan thinking!??!?"

Soon after:

Acceptance: "We just wasnt good enough son. Thats all there is to it."

Finally we come full circle at the start of the following season:

Delusional:. We're gonna win it this year. THIS IS OUR YEAR!!!! BELIEVE IT!!!!

(All quotes above are directly from G$)

This has been Greg's cycle for the past 11 years. This has all happened before, and will happen again (BSG). Here is an excerpt of my e-mail convo with G$ just today.....

From: Rodriguez, Jose -
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:19 PM
To: Alford, Gregory
Cc: Ng, William
Subject: Picks

Make sure you make them.

FYI… Oakland will beat the Jets this week.

Comment as you see fit.

                                                                                                                                                  

From:Alford, Gregory 

Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:19 PM
To: Rodriguez, Jose
Cc: Ng, William
Subject: RE: Picks

I made my picks and the Jets will be 3-0 after Sunday. The Giants will lose as I took the Eagles.

                                                                                                                                                         

From: Alford, Gregory
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:24 PM
To: Rodriguez, Jose
Cc: Ng, William
Subject: RE: Picks

I’m sorry, but the Jets will win and cover, so my advice to you, is to take the Jets. Don’t care about Brady, by the time we meet him, we will be 5-0 and he will throw for less than 200 yards.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                        

From: Alford, Gregory
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:31 PM
To: Rodriguez, Jose
Cc: Ng, William
Subject: RE: Picks

Yeah, we got exposed and then we exposed them in the playoffs, when it counts. I’m sorry, where the Giants, oh yeah, they were on vacation.

                                                                                                                                                                 

From: Alford, Gregory
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:42 PM
To: Rodriguez, Jose
Cc: Ng, William
Subject: Re: Picks

You know you Giants fans kill me. You haven't even smelled the playoffs since then and you still living in the moment. At least we're in contention, and smell playoffs. Like the Mets, still talking about 86, lol.
                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

-J-Rod
Comment as you see fit.....


Had to add this final part from DS. Was pretty funny




From: Ng, William
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 2:58 PM
To: Alford, Gregory ; Rodriguez, Jose - Information Technology
Cc: 'ron.automatic

I think Eli wants to beat you with kisses. 

Small Package

The New York Football Giants played the St. Louis Rams last night in a subpar performance and win.  But the "G-Men" (G? -Men) as you know, don't care about wins, losses or performance [Ed note: see last week] but only about each others packages.  

Eli Manning after the game talking about Brandon Stokely's impact:

"uh he had a small package all of a sudden his package got a lot bigger in the middle of the game"

And J-Rod continues to wonder why I laugh at his Giants G-MEN everyweek. LMAO.


-DM