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After reading my offering, I'd have to rank myself somewhere between NFL expert and God, tbh.
1 being most important.
This is a good test to see how much football you know, imo.
1. Quarterback: it's crucial to have a playoff caliber QB at the helm, like a Tebow, Alex Smith or especially an Eli Manning.
2. GM/owner: gotta have the pieces to go around the Peyton Mannings, Alex Smiths and Chad Hennes of the world.
3. O-linemen: protecting your #1 guy like Manning, Alex, Tebow or Henne can mean the difference between a losing season and almost beating the eventual Super Bowl winner.
4. Punters/ kickers: conventional wisdom says that these guys are the least valuable, but anyone in the know knows how important it is to pin Alex Smith or Tim Tebow back as far as possible. Al Davis realized it's just as important to have a strong legged kicker like Sebastian Janiskowski. Even if he routinely shanks 50 yarders wide left, it's good to know you have a small chance when the game is on the line.
5. Linebackers: will Tebow run or throw it? A good linebacker will sniff it out.
6. D-line: can't let the Alex Smiths or Chad Hennes of the world pick you apart. Got to get pressure on them.
7. Secondaries: have to keep top receivers like Michael Crabtree or Wes Welker in check.
8. Running backs: important, but when your QB can tote the rock 20 times in a game, the value of the RB goes down.
9. Coach: you need good assistants, but guys like Barry Switzer and Jim Harbaugh proved you can get far without much experience.
10. Wide receivers/TEs: even though guys like Crabtree and Welker put on shows and made their QBs (Smith and Brady) look good, they are a dime a dozen.
After reading my offering, I'd have to rank myself somewhere between NFL expert and God, tbh.
How does a GM/owner/coach become an NFL position?
As far as i know, the reason why they are called position is because of how they line up and what they do on the field.
double post
Feel free to make your own thread with whatever criteria you want.
1. Quarterback
2. Offensive Line
3. Defensive Line
4. Secondary
5. Linebackers
6. Running Back
7. Wide Receiver
8. Special Teams
good assistant.
An NFL expert could tell me.....
First 1000 yard rusher from an HBCU school in the NFL?
Since you can't, you are not an expert.
Tell me expert who was the greatest NFLer from Blufton Coillege?
I agree with this...
1. Quarterback
2. Offensive Line
3. Defensive Line
4. Secondary
5. Linebackers
6. Running Back
7. Wide Receiver
8. tight end
9. special teams
Last edited by RaZon; 04-02-2012 at 11:23 PM.
1. QB
2. DE
3. OL
4. LB
5. RB
6. S
7. WR
8. CB
9. (Tie) K/P
A great runningback averages 4.5, a bad one 3.5. If you have a bad cornerback you are in deep trouble.
^ Agreed
A great RB is worthless behind a bad offensive line while an average RB can rush for over 1,200 yards behind a good offensive line.
You nailed it!
Look at what the Lions did when they had Barry Sanders? Yep...nothing. Who was the last "great" Patriots running back? The last "great" Packer running back?
Last edited by RaZon; 04-03-2012 at 12:28 AM.
thinking random bull trivia makes you an expert on anything
There's a difference between an expert analyst and a trivia geek. I think you're neither.
I agree if that's all you can do.
Well then you'd be wrong, as you will see. Trust me little fella nobody knows more about the who, what where and when pertaining to pro football than myself. That I can prove. The expert analyst will have to wait until the season starts and I'm kicking your ass in...pick um.
There's no way this guy is serious
I'm dead serious, and can prove it.
With what? Trivia about some random high school nobody gives a about
Who is talking high school?????? I'm an NFL historian, I start in 1920 when the Akron Pros went undefeated. I understand it's real important to discredit anyone who says they are anything on these forums. I'm cool with that just don't play that this time. I'm the real deal.With what? Trivia about some random high school nobody gives a about
Who was the very first NFL draft choice....well? Who were those sub10.10 NFL players...well? Who was that 1000 yard rusher with no college experience...well?
What city had three NFL teams in a season?
It's all about depth and knowing the league. A league that started in 1920.
Last edited by RaZon; 04-03-2012 at 11:05 AM.
Who cares would be the better question.
Bill Belichick probably doesn't know the answer to that question, by your logic he's less of an expert than you because he doesn't know as much about football in the 1920s.
I said I started in the 1920's because that's when the league started. Make it any decade, it doesn't matter.
We all know the X's and O's and what it takes to win in the NFL. really not all that complex. I did play the game. It's not voodoo magics. The team who wins the turnover battle and has the more physical big guys usually wins at all levels of football.
I find the game extremely interesting and have done the work spent the time.
He you are on a board talking the NFL, yet poke fun at anyone who knows the NFL....hahahaha!!!!!!!!
Last edited by RaZon; 04-03-2012 at 11:07 AM.
Important things to know when playing pick 'um, imo
You really aren't getting it are you? You might be cool with knowing..0..about the league and how it got where it is today, I'm not. I need it all, so I have it all.
Pick um is all about understanding the "spot" these teams are in that particular week. And how they do when in that particular "spot". How do they do in Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec? How do they do heading into a bye week, coming off a bye week. After a short week due to a Monday/Thursday game.
It's all starts however with ..home/road. Who can't win on the road, who doesn't lose at home?
As we know at the NFL level everyone can beat everyone else so why don't they? Many times it's scheduling dynamics. Hard to win back to back road games, hard to lose back to back home games. Flying from coast to coast...a biggie. A lot goes into picking winners, far beyond best record.
If we are talking beating the pointspread then we look at how these teams do in whatever role they are in that week. They will be one of four things...
home fav
home dog
road fav
road dog
Then we start looking for those games were one teams has all those trends/historical data favoring them in that particular beatting.."spot".
Yep, it's time consuming. If you aren't willing to spend the time you do not bet real$$$$$ or expect to beat a guy in pick um who does spend the time.
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