OT: The Pittsburgher Thread: Kansas City Swifts vs Philly Eagles

[JTG]

I'm desperately trying to rationalize the Steelers needing Ty Warren. I really do believe that is your Gronk 2.0. Bowers is a Tony Gonzalez. I think they are going to be the top TEs next year.

Doing some stats analysis from last season - Pat Freiermuth is an atrocious run blocker. Bottom 10 in the league.

The lesson that should be taken from the Eagles is that you build from inside out. Football is constantly evolving, but that's a constant.

The Eagles had an Aaron Donald quite literally fall in their laps. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. Pittsburgh sports in general needs one of those right now, but I think Hillbilly Prince got our last Golden Goose and he's going to totally FUBAR it.

 

[Peat]

I'm desperately trying to rationalize the Steelers needing Ty Warren. I really do believe that is your Gronk 2.0. Bowers is a Tony Gonzalez. I think they are going to be the top TEs next year.

Doing some stats analysis from last season - Pat Freiermuth is an atrocious run blocker. Bottom 10 in the league.

Where's that stat from? Not that I feel particularly skeptical.

I'll stick up a lot for Muth's season as a receiver which I think hasn't got the praise it deserves, but trying to play smashmouth football with a primary TE who is basically a receiver is a tough one. But I'll be surprised if Washington ever becomes a meaningful route runner. No complete TE is tough. They've got a lot of other needs and it feels like historically, projecting 1st round TEs is a shit show, but I'll buy the desire any day.

 

[OnMyOwn]

I feel like Warren is gonna go top 10-12.

 

[pistolpete11]

I get you. I think you might be looking too deep. Kendrick's a big big name. I cherish my ignorance of popular music by this point, but still know who he is. He's been a big big name for a long time.

And yeah, the NFL must have known that song was coming and okayed it. I doubt they'll mind being a talking point. But I doubt they went to him with that in mind. Just didn't care when he put it on the set list. Just a guess, but seems the most likely to me.

Yeah, Kendrick has 22 Grammy's (which is only a couple behind Jay-Z and Kanye for rappers despite not being out as long as those guys) and would be on a lot of people's shortlist for best rapper alive. So he's a mainstream critic darling and a fan favorite of one of the most popular music genres. Picking him for the half time show makes a ton of sense.

I'm sure they OK'ed all the stuff dissing Drake, but I actually think that's kinda cool. There has to be some restrictions, but like....you picked him to do the show. Let him do what he wants. I also find it kinda funny that Kendrick used the biggest stage to win a rap beef.

Having said that, I can't say I was that entertained during it. I like some rap music and I like Kendrick, but the Super Bowl half time isn't the time to listen to a dude spit bars. Frankly, I couldn't understand him well at the party I was at and I didn't pick up on a lot of the stuff that was supposed to be a diss.

Lastly in this post that ended up way longer than I intended, as a football fan I agree the half time show gets too much attention in general, but I think part of the reason it is getting a lot this year is because the game was such a dud. It always gets a lot by non-football fans, but what is there to really say about the game?