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[Gorgoroth 12,972]

1 hour ago, Macca said:

And we have joint winners in the post season tipping comp ... DemonDave & myself came from the clouds to achieve victory

Well done Dave and good tipping!  In my case ... a flukers chance!

More details later but here are the Final Tallies

Final Leaderboard - Post-season Tipping Comp

24 - DemonDave, Macca

23 - Gorgoroth

21 - Clintosaurus

20 - Go the Biff

19 - JV7

14 - layzie, Dee Zephyr

6 - titan_uranus

Gratz to you both!!!

[Gorgoroth 12,972]

@layzie

Agree on the D line, A’Shawn Robinson was massive bs the run. Massive. 
It was a weakness for us that got turned around as the season went and he and Gaines were the lynch pins. Yes, Miller meant those two could play more run stop and not have to push. But both were great especially across the whole play off run.

 I truly hope we Re-Sign Beckham, Miller also but I don’t think we will be able to afford Miller. 

[JV7 2,351]

Awesome stuff Gorg! Both teams winning their respective Premiership & Championships in the same season, what dreams are made of! 

[Macca 17,004]

Also reckon the MVP awarded for the season needs to include the most important games for the season - the playoffs

And there is a way to do it instead of just taking the lazy option of separating the seasons

All votes or points could be collated prior to the SB by a panel of 12 hand-picked experts and those 12 can then allocate extra votes (or points) once the SB is completed ... would take 10-15 ,minutes

If that was done then Kupp wins the MVP for the season (in my view) Or perhaps even Stafford (who was very good throughout the playoffs)

Rodgers was a worthy winner in the regular season but again, the playoffs need to be included in order to find the overall winner

[Gorgoroth 12,972]

34 minutes ago, Macca said:

Also reckon the MVP awarded for the season needs to include the most important games for the season - the playoffs

And there is a way to do it instead of just taking the lazy option of separating the seasons

All votes or points could be collated prior to the SB by a panel of 12 hand-picked experts and those 12 can then allocate extra votes (or points) once the SB is completed ... would take 10-15 ,minutes

If that was done then Kupp wins the MVP for the season (in my view) Or perhaps even Stafford (who was very good throughout the playoffs)

Rodgers was a worthy winner in the regular season but again, the playoffs need to be included in order to find the overall winner

It’s always hard. 
The biggest problem is the QB position is the most important. So will always get the nod. But teams plan more for Donald than any other player for us. 
Kupp was insanely good this year and would have been a worthy winner. Kupp was great with Goff, Goff less so without Kupp. Kupp was insane with Stafford, Stafford less so without Kupp. It’s all linked, without all parts neither are great. 

[Macca 17,004]

14 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

It’s always hard. 
The biggest problem is the QB position is the most important. So will always get the nod. But teams plan more for Donald than any other player for us. 
Kupp was insanely good this year and would have been a worthy winner. Kupp was great with Goff, Goff less so without Kupp. Kupp was insane with Stafford, Stafford less so without Kupp. It’s all linked, without all parts neither are great. 

Good points but the biggest problem is that they don't count the playoffs (the most important games)

[Gorgoroth 12,972]

3 hours ago, Macca said:

Good points but the biggest problem is that they don't count the playoffs (the most important games)

But neither do we with the Brownlow. 
TBH if Henry couldn’t win it last year. No non QB ever will again.

[Macca 17,004]

1 hour ago, Gorgoroth said:

But neither do we with the Brownlow. 
TBH if Henry couldn’t win it last year. No non QB ever will again.

I'm not too fussed if a QB wins it the majority of the time

But you make a good point re the Brownlow so I suppose the same sort of rules do apply.  

However,  I reckon Kupp was the best in the NFL this year!!

 

Edited February 16, 2022 by Macca

[Macca 17,004]

The post-season tipping comp has been decided and the winners are DemonDave (and myself)

Well played Dave and thanks to everyone for your participation.  Open to more suggestions but I reckon we've got the points system just about right.  Gives everyone a chance and the backmarkers are never really out of it ...  (cough)

Final Leaderboard - Post-season Tipping Comp

• 24 - DemonDave, Macca
• 23 - Gorgoroth
• 21 - Clintosaurus
• 20 - Go the Biff
• 19 - JV7
• 14 - layzie, Dee Zephyr
• 6 - titan_uranus

So here's your prize, Dave ... to the victor go the spoils!

 

The Tipping Comp Hall of Fame to follow!

[DemonDave 1,089]

Well done as well @Macca !

Congrats to the Rams, worthy winners.

And thanks for organising the tipping comp again Macca, it keeps me engaged in all the other games results beyond my own team.

Bring on the next season and SuperBowl LVII in Arizona

[Macca 17,004]

 

 

                                     Regular Season Tipping Competition

 

Year               Winner                           Silver                               Bronze

2021              Go the Biff                    Clintosaurus                   DemonDave

                                                               JV7                                   layzie

                                                                                                         Gorgoroth

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2020              titan_uranus                 Gorgoroth                       Go the Biff

                       Clintosaurus

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2019             JV7                                 Go the Biff                      Gorgoroth

                                                              Macca                              Dee Zephyr

                                                                                                        Clintosaurus

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2018              DeeSpencer                 Clintosaurus                   Gorgoroth

                                                              Dappa Dan                       Dee Zephyr

                                                                                                         Macca                        

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2017              Clintosaurus                 Go the Biff                      Dappa Dan

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2016              Gorgoroth                     cowboy_from_hell          Clintosaurus

                                                                                                         DeeSpencer

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2015              Gorgoroth                      cowboy_from_hell         Macca

                                                               JV7

                                                               DeeSpencer

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2014              Dappa Dan                     DeeSpencer                  Gorgoroth

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2013              cowboy_from_hell       pantaloons                    Gorgoroth

                       Strafford                         Macca

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                                       Post Season Tipping Competition

 

Year              Winner                           Silver                              Bronze

2021            DemonDave                Gorgoroth                        Clintosaurus

                     Macca   

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2020            Go the Biff                   Dee Zephyr                      Macca

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2019             DemonDave                Go the Biff                       Macca

                      Dee Zephyr                  Gorgoroth

                     JV7                  

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2018            Gorgoroth                      Go the Biff                      DeeSpencer

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2017             Macca                           Clintosaurus                    Go the Biff

                                                                                                        JV7

                                                                                                        Gorgoroth

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2016             Gorgoroth                      JV7                                  Clintosaurus

                      Macca  

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2015             JV7                                 cowboy_from_hell         Gorgoroth

                      Macca                                                                      DeeSpencer

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2014              JV7                                pantaloons                     Gorgoroth

                       Go the Biff                                                              Macca

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2013             titan_uranus                  DemonDave                   cowboy_from_hell

                                                                                                        Macca

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                                                            Overall Medal Tally

                                                       Gold        Silver     Bronze

                   Gorgoroth                     4              3             7  

                    JV7                               4              3             1

                   Macca                           4              2             6

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                   Go the Biff                    3              4             2

                   Clintosaurus                 2              3             4

                   DemonDave                  2             1              1

                   titan_uranus                  2              0             0

                   cowboy_from_hell       1              3             1

                   DeeSpencer                  1              2             3

                   Dee Zephyr                    1             1              2 

                   Dappa Dan                    1              1              1

                   Strafford                        1              0              0

                   pantaloons                    0              2              0

                   layzie                              0              0              1

Edited February 17, 2022 by Macca

[Gorgoroth 12,972]

Boom! Back on top baby!!! Triple crown for Kupp, triple crown for Gorgoroth!

[Macca 17,004]

58 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Boom! Back on top baby!!! Triple crown for Kupp, triple crown for Gorgoroth!

You've now won 14 'Virtual' medals ... Michael Phelps like!

It's quite amazing how the years have flown by.  And I believe the thread is the 2nd longest running on the site

[Gorgoroth 12,972]

1 hour ago, Macca said:

You've now won 14 'Virtual' medals ... Michael Phelps like!

It's quite amazing how the years have flown by.  And I believe the thread is the 2nd longest running on the site

So many thirds tho 😬

If OBJ doesn’t get hurt I might have got the margin right in the SB. Ahhhh what ifs… 🤣

[Gorgoroth 12,972]

What about crazy stat!

 

[Gorgoroth 12,972]

Wilson to Broncos, Wentz to Washington, Mack to the chargers.
Crazy times already. 

[Macca 17,004]

On 3/11/2022 at 9:44 PM, Gorgoroth said:

Wilson to Broncos, Wentz to Washington, Mack to the chargers.
Crazy times already. 

And it looks like Brady is playing on (according to his twitter account) 

[Gorgoroth 12,972]

26 minutes ago, Macca said:

And it looks like Brady is playing on (according to his twitter account) 

Well that will de value the 500k for the last TD ball he just sold.

[Gorgoroth 12,972]

Seriously think this is a mistake. He should have stayed retired. I reckon he declines this year.

[Macca 17,004]

21 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Seriously think this is a mistake. He should have stayed retired. I reckon he declines this year.

It's either/or with retirement in my view

Some don't ever want to quit so when that's the case, the mind is right at least

[Macca 17,004]

Will post up a few of the 'America's Game' Super Bowl doco's from time to time in the off-season but in the meantime, here's the Rams win in Super Bowl LVI - Mic'd up

Rams vs Bengals SB LVI Mic'd up (this link will take you to youtube)

[Gorgoroth 12,972]

Crazy days in the trade scenarios.

Von Miller 6yrs 120m

Adams leaves GB for the non play off team Las Vegas for less money than GB offered to play in the play offs.

Allen Robinson to the Rams, rumour is Robert Woods will be traded.

[Macca 17,004]

Davante is a big loss but does create a lot of salary cap relief & space ... 1st & 2nd round picks for Adams will probably be used on a couple of WR's anyway (effectively, on way less money)

And apparently, there is loads of college talent in the WR position in the upcoming draft

Still, he won't be easily replaced as the bloke is a star ... now he will be on the end of the Derek Carr passes so we'll see how that goes in that set up.  Reunited from Fresno State

Edited March 18, 2022 by Macca

[Gorgoroth 12,972]

Adam’s turned down more Money from GB to go to Vegas. Blows my mind.

Watson to Browns, 5 yrs 230m 100% guaranteed… still has 22 civil lawsuits against him… ahhhh the Browns make me laugh.

[Macca 17,004]

2 hours ago, Gorgoroth said:

Adam’s turned down more Money from GB to go to Vegas. Blows my mind.

Watson to Browns, 5 yrs 230m 100% guaranteed… still has 22 civil lawsuits against him… ahhhh the Browns make me laugh.

Green Bay were only going to pay him $22Million this year but the Raiders have given him $140Million over 5 years ... which makes him the highest paid WR (ever?)

He'd bought a house there a while back and I'd say the club knew he was going.  Hard to match that kind of money especially when Rodgers is already taking a big slice

Anyway, I'm of the opinion that Rodgers can always find his WR's ... our real issues and weaknesses aren't in that area