18 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said:

I knew that the Super Bowl clips would increase traffic. We don't get anything out of it other than exposure, but we're now more than half way to 20,000 views. Still have a LONG way to go though to be able to monetize, and with copyrighted stuff on there, that's an iffy proposition. But getting people over here, even just as guests, is a good thing. 

Maybe get someone to create a reaction and add it to the SB on loop. I'm always seeing reaction videos. Seems like it's a loophole or grey area for copyright stuff 

On 3/26/2025 at 4:25 PM, VaBeach_Eagle said:

Hypothetical sort of question...

Suppose you were to donate money to a website and your donation qualified you for a 'gift'. Which 'gift' would be better for you to receive. A series of Blu-Ray discs contained in disc cases,  or a large capacity thumb drive that contained all of the contents of the Blu Ray discs?

 

Another 'hypothetical' kind of question that I'm pondering. If one were to order blu ray discs, printer ink, paper and disk cases, which isn't all that cheap, how many of each would this hypothetical person need to order... hypothetically?

2 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Maybe get someone to create a reaction and add it to the SB on loop. I'm always seeing reaction videos. Seems like it's a loophole or grey area for copyright stuff 

Unfortunately, the copyrighted hours of viewing don't count toward monetization eligibility. So we've had almost 600 hours watched in the past week, but only 13 of those hours help us toward monetization. 

I've never been a fan of seeing players pushing a ball carrier forward, so I have very little to no attachment to the tush push play.  The play should be finished when the ball carrier's forward progress (and his progress alone) is stopped; not when the team finishes pushing him to the ground. 

The NFL has handled it very poorly, though.  All they needed to do is propose rescinding the rule change from 2005 which allowed ball carriers to be pushed forward.  If that had passed, then the tush push would have been eliminated organically.

Instead, they've created this nonsensical narrative that player safety is the driving force behind a needed change.  I've always said I have no issues getting rid of the tush push, but the bigger issue is the need to eliminate the OL from pushing any ball carrier forward in any instance.  If that becomes the rule change, then it's a proper step.  Just eliminating it in short yardage is the wrong remedy.    

9 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said:

Unfortunately, the copyrighted hours of viewing don't count toward monetization eligibility. So we've had almost 600 hours watched in the past week, but only 13 of those hours help us toward monetization. 

Which specific videos do help?

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

It speaks to expectations.  He hasn't lived up to expectations.  

"At that price" makes him roughly the 30th highest paid DT in the entire NFL... playing between 35-45% of the snaps.  Is that good ROI?  

If snaps are the standard ROI measurement, "No”.  

However, calculation of ROI in most Fortune 500 businesses is more complex than a single variable. 

In theory it doesn't make much sense Offense gets the benefit of forward progress but can still be pushed further meanwhile defense get nothing and are forced to hold the offense in place until the Refs finally blow a whistle which could take forever. So I'm fine with banning all pushing.

There's a lot of ways they could have spun banning the tush push but they went with the low hanging fruit of player safety and unaesthetically pleasing, both which make absolutely no sense. 

FWIW Goodell wanted to ban the Patriots in 2007. They won 3 more titles and went to 6 more SBs.

He can cry all he wants, 8 more owners are not going to listen to him. He's little more than their servant. His 10m a year is nothing to them.

He can cry about the tush push for the next 10 years 🎻

3 minutes ago, SkippyX said:

Which specific videos do help?

Any non-copyright claimed videos. So if we made EMB created videos, those would help. Or if they're from other copyright sort of sources but aren't claimed, those would help.

Getting monetized would be nice, especially if we would have A LOT of activity on our videos. But if I can post stuff that the NFL claims but allows us to post, that at least gets us 'out there' on YouTube where it could attract guests and potential members and if that's all we can do on YouTube, it's helpful. 

If I had the time and if I believed that anyone cared about what I had to say, and if I was up on every little detail, I'd make video.

But I really don't have the time and nobody really cares about what I have to say and I don't keep up on every little detail lol. 

@VaBeach_Eagle Reaction to Shango videos 🤣

10 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said:

Any non-copyright claimed videos. So if we made EMB created videos, those would help. Or if they're from other copyright sort of sources but aren't claimed, those would help.

Getting monetized would be nice, especially if we would have A LOT of activity on our videos. But if I can post stuff that the NFL claims but allows us to post, that at least gets us 'out there' on YouTube where it could attract guests and potential members and if that's all we can do on YouTube, it's helpful. 

If I had the time and if I believed that anyone cared about what I had to say, and if I was up on every little detail, I'd make video.

But I really don't have the time and nobody really cares about what I have to say and I don't keep up on every little detail lol. 

What about a video that's just slowly scrolling and going to the next page of a specific thread with some jingle or music that's not copyright?

Screen record scrolling the SB thread and pop the eagles chant on it or some audio that's not copyright. No idea how long it'll be but I assume long lol

15 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

What about a video that's just slowly scrolling and going to the next page of a specific thread with some jingle or music that's not copyright?

Screen record scrolling the SB thread and pop the eagles chant on it or some audio that's not copyright. No idea how long it'll be but I assume long lol

Those are fine, but those don't get watched. I tried having live chat videos during games but they weren't used. They're about 5 hours long, everyone could just set a browser to watch those, mute it, minimize it and just let it run. That would potentially help.

4 hours ago, mikemack8 said:

What the sigma? 

One standard deviation

2 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

It speaks to expectations.  He hasn't lived up to expectations.  

"At that price" makes him roughly the 30th highest paid DT in the entire NFL... playing between 35-45% of the snaps.  Is that good ROI?  

Good enough.

Especially if the scheme is what some of us suspect

One of the reasons the NFL changed the rule 20 years ago to allow pushing is it's hard to discern on downfield plays. Like say a RB has the ball and he's downfield and he gets caught by a defender or two and then the OL get into the scrum, then how do you not allow a live play to keep going if it's not a forward progress thing? So they just made it universal. Then the Eagles took advantage. I don't know how they'd outlaw pushing because there are little scrums in every game. Especially in short yardage and the goal line.

But let's be real that's not why some owners and Goodell are against it, they're just bitter. If Dallas was great at it, there is no chance Goodell at least would be against it.

Mike says what I feel and Lurie needs to fight on this. Too often is this franchise disrespected when the Cowboys never get other adversity thrown their way. You deserve respect and fight for it.

32 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

One of the reasons the NFL changed the rule 20 years ago to allow pushing is it's hard to discern on downfield plays. Like say a RB has the ball and he's downfield and he gets caught by a defender or two and then the OL get into the scrum, then how do you not allow a live play to keep going if it's not a forward progress thing? So they just made it universal. Then the Eagles took advantage. I don't know how they'd outlaw pushing because there are little scrums in every game. Especially in short yardage and the goal line.

But let's be real that's not why some owners and Goodell are against it, they're just bitter. If Dallas was great at it, there is no chance Goodell at least would be against it.

I don't actually think it would be that hard to say an OL can't push a player downfield. I don't remember that many times it would be tough to decide. Though honestly I feel like it should just be a dead play at the spot and not a penalty if they do re-instate that rule

20 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Mike says what I feel and Lurie needs to fight on this. Too often is this franchise disrespected when the Cowboys never get other adversity thrown their way. You deserve respect and fight for it.

Good teams are usually the ones who get penalized so I suppose that is some form of respect? 

Deflate gate would have never been a thing if it was a perennial crappy team who got called out in week 10. 

7 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

I don't actually think it would be that hard to say an OL can't push a player downfield. I don't remember that many times it would be tough to decide. Though honestly I feel like it should just be a dead play at the spot and not a penalty if they do re-instate that rule

Pushing and pulling near the end of a play, I think, is a legit injury concern. Prolongs the play too long. If they are concerned about injuries, it should go back to the pre-2005 with faster whistles. This would, unfortunately, eliminate the push as well.

Wonder if this means Mike Green is off their board, although those are just accusations.

But I do think this is a little shortsighted. 10 years ago is like the age of 11 for some of these prospects. You telling me someone who slapped a girl at 11 is off limits when they're 21? C'mon.

30 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Mike says what I feel and Lurie needs to fight on this. Too often is this franchise disrespected when the Cowboys never get other adversity thrown their way. You deserve respect and fight for it.

Yep. They can't fight RG openly, but they can use friendly podcasts and media sources to push back with an orchestrated PR campaign. Make them look absolutely ridiculous and hypocritical if they try to ban it.

4 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Wonder if this means Mike Green is off their board, although those are just accusations.

But I do think this is a little shortsighted. 10 years ago is like the age of 11 for some of these prospects. You telling me someone who slapped a girl at 11 is off limits when they're 21? C'mon.

Had a feeling this would strike Mike Green off our board. Certainly sounds like that's the case listening to Howie's strong words there. 

1 minute ago, mattwill said:

If snaps are the standard ROI measurement, "No”.  Calculation of ROI in most Fortune 500 businesses is more complex than a single variable. 

Don't obfuscate the discussion by bringing in Fortune 500 businesses.   Let's focus on the 29 DTs ahead of this projected salary and let me know what their snap counts and production are in comparison to Davis.   Analogies fall apart, and only work when you are comparing like things.  Fortune 500 doesn't equate to this discussion because this isn't a Profit-Loss table.  This isn't a "Fortune 500 business", this is an NFL Franchise working within the structures of a hard salary cap.  Please stick to that context if you are willing to answer the question.  Any other discussion point is tangential, at best, to the issue and not helpful or useful for determining Davis' actual value ON THE FIELD.

 

Closest to Davis' projected salary and some stats about them over the last three years:
Grady Jarrett - snaps: 76%, 62%, 67% - sacks: 6, 1.5, 2.5 - TFL: 12, 2, 9
Grover Stewart - snaps: 68%, 60%, 60% - sacks: 4, 0.5, 3.5 - TFL: 9, 5, 10
DJ Jones - snaps: 55%, 54%, 40% - sacks: 2, 2, 1 - TFL: 3, 5, 1

Davis - snaps: 26%, 45%, 37% - sacks: 0, 2.5, 1 - TFL: 1, 2, 3

I'd rank him as 4 out of 4 on this list.  And I don't see it as close.  DJ Jones is his closest comp of these 3.  But, 

An argument can be made that Davis' contributions will show up more in the LB stats than his personal stats... but until this past year... that wasn't strong in his favor either.   And given that this team was able to pick up Linval Joseph two years ago for just about $2M... and he gave them more than Davis, I don't see the need to spend big money on him.  And I'd qualify $12.9M for him for a single year as 'big money' compared to his contribution.

1 hour ago, Mike030270 said:

What about a video that's just slowly scrolling and going to the next page of a specific thread with some jingle or music that's not copyright?

Screen record scrolling the SB thread and pop the eagles chant on it or some audio that's not copyright. No idea how long it'll be but I assume long lol

Are you going to watch that?    

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Are you going to watch that?    

I can put anything up in a browser and let it run if its going to help cover expenses here.