When the Eagles picked James-Newby, my reaction was they just drafted Patrick Johnson’s replacement. This weekend Kempski did his comp for James- Newby article. The comp? Patrick Johnson. I don’t know whether I should be offended by the Beats reading the Blog and stealing from us or validated by Beats publishing our observations. Maybe they should monetize us for what they use.

7 hours ago, Joe Ball said:

Yep. Same thing at AT&T here in Dallas…Dallas Stadium is what they’ve named it for the WC. They covered the AT&T logo on the roof as well. It’s a FIFA corporate sponsorship thing. If the current stadium sponsor is not FIFA partner/sponsor they have temporarily renamed the stadiums.

Better than Gillette stadium where they have the sponsor on every seat in the stadium that they had to cover with tape

9 hours ago, BigEFly said:

When the Eagles picked James-Newby, my reaction was they just drafted Patrick Johnson’s replacement. This weekend Kempski did his comp for James- Newby article. The comp? Patrick Johnson. I don’t know whether I should be offended by the Beats reading the Blog and stealing from us or validated by Beats publishing our observations. Maybe they should monetize us for what they use.

Comparing an undersized underwhelming 7th round edge to a fresh undersized underwhelming 7th round edge is a comp that more than one person is going to realize.

FIFA are a wild organisation. They pimped themselves out to Russia and Qatar for the last 2 world cups - the last WC was a soulless corporate tournament mired in a massive bribery and bung plot - added more teams in this one, lowering the quality of the tournament significantly, raised ticket prices to laughable levels but then make someone spend hours and hours covering other sponsor logos.

9 hours ago, eagle45 said:

Comparing an undersized underwhelming 7th round edge to a fresh undersized underwhelming 7th round edge is a comp that more than one person is going to realize.

8 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

FIFA are a wild organisation. They pimped themselves out to Russia and Qatar for the last 2 world cups - the last WC was a soulless corporate tournament mired in a massive bribery and bung plot - added more teams in this one, lowering the quality of the tournament significantly, raised ticket prices to laughable levels but then make someone spend hours and hours covering other sponsor logos.

I don't know much about soccer, nor do I follow it, but I am enjoying America hosting the WC. As a casual observer, it's really noteworthy the impact the expansion has had on the tournament. Makes the group stage feel like preseason. It feels like the real tournament doesn't even begin until the knockout round. Some heartwarming ties, but who has been the best underdog in any match so far? My point is that we are 40 matches into the world cup and I'm not sure 2 good teams have actually played each other yet.

10 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I don't know much about soccer, nor do I follow it, but I am enjoying America hosting the WC. As a casual observer, it's really noteworthy the impact the expansion has had on the tournament. Makes the group stage feel like preseason. It feels like the real tournament doesn't even begin until the knockout round. Some heartwarming ties, but who has been the best underdog in any match so far? My point is that we are 40 matches into the world cup and I'm not sure 2 good teams have actually played each other yet.

Having the tournament in a country with a deep and wide sporting cultures has been a big plus. It looks to be fun for fans who are there.

Agree on quality. The best ranked game, I guess, was England vs Croatia. Did Curacao beat someone? I've seen bits of games where I look at the lack of basics and wonder how that team qualified and a team like Italy is at home - average by European standards but better than Haiti or Cape Verde.

12 hours ago, RememberTheKoy said:

"Since 2022" cuts of a large portion of the other QBs stats. You're even cutting into Hurts own stats to ignore his bad years in the beginning

Why do fans feel the need to cherry pick stats to make Hurts look better?

3 hours ago, UK Eagle said:

added more teams in this one, lowering the quality of the tournament significantly

Canada won a World Cup soccer match, 6-0. If that isn't a mic drop to prove your point .....

1 hour ago, Mike030270 said:

"Since 2022" cuts of a large portion of the other QBs stats. You're even cutting into Hurts own stats to ignore his bad years in the beginning

Why do fans feel the need to cherry pick stats to make Hurts look better?

So 4 yrs isn’t a decent sample size?

1 minute ago, DaBirds said:

So 4 yrs isn’t a decent sample size?

You're still ignoring his bad years for the sake of making him look better. It likely wouldn't even hurt his stats much anyway which is the strangest thing

And ignoring other QBs stats

3 hours ago, UK Eagle said:

FIFA are a wild organisation. They pimped themselves out to Russia and Qatar for the last 2 world cups - the last WC was a soulless corporate tournament mired in a massive bribery and bung plot - added more teams in this one, lowering the quality of the tournament significantly, raised ticket prices to laughable levels but then make someone spend hours and hours covering other sponsor logos.

Given the lull in the American sports schedule... I'm glad to watch something for free and in my time zone that is highly significant to the rest the world and relatively commercial free (comparatively). If the NFL could play games in 2hrs, the players could be adorned like NASCAR drivers for all I'd care.

I guess now that water breaks are being socialized, you'll have to look forward to that soon in regular play...

I genuinely can't think of any organization I disdain more, whose product I really enjoy than FIFA. The world cup is such an amazing event that brings the world together in way nothing else can, and yet it's run by comically corrupt narcissists. Like cartoon villain levels of scumbaggery. It's wild.

Been having a blast with the Scottish fans up here. Good bunch.

5 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

I genuinely can't think of any organization I disdain more, whose product I really enjoy than FIFA. The world cup is such an amazing event that brings the world together in way nothing else can, and yet it's run by comically corrupt narcissists. Like cartoon villain levels of scumbaggery. It's wild.

Been having a blast with the Scottish fans up here. Good bunch.

Sounds like the NCAA x1,000

I don’t really follow but it’s astounding that nowhere I look can I find a positive opinion regarding FIFA as an organization..what have they done ? Lol

17 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

Given the lull in the American sports schedule... I'm glad to watch something for free and in my time zone that is highly significant to the rest the world and relatively commercial free (comparatively). If the NFL could play games in 2hrs, the players could be adorned like NASCAR drivers for all I'd care.

I guess now that water breaks are being socialized, you'll have to look forward to that soon in regular play...

It may not have made the news out there, but there has been a lot of booing in stadiums about the water breaks and how badly timed they are . Knowing FIFA, they'd mute the crowd when it happened to make it appear ok, but its not been universally popular with the in stadia foks. At games I go to, the crowd would be as vocal about it.

5 minutes ago, St0nedsk8er said:

Sounds like the NCAA x1,000

I don’t really follow but it’s astounding that nowhere I look can I find a positive opinion regarding FIFA as an organization..what have they done ? Lol

Infantino somewhat cleaned FIFA up after taking over from Sepp Blatter, but they are still a less than honest broker. Just less obvious about the machinations of power. This is just one example of how bad they can be: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_corruption_and_bribery_related_to_the_2022_FIFA_World_Cup

1 hour ago, Mike030270 said:

"Since 2022" cuts of a large portion of the other QBs stats. You're even cutting into Hurts own stats to ignore his bad years in the beginning

Why do fans feel the need to cherry pick stats to make Hurts look better?

😂 you're right they only should have included his rookie year.. I could only dream to hate something as much as you hate Hurts.****

Eagles tied with Saints and Cowboys for latest start to TC

2 hours ago, Mike030270 said:

"Since 2022" cuts of a large portion of the other QBs stats. You're even cutting into Hurts own stats to ignore his bad years in the beginning

Why do fans feel the need to cherry pick stats to make Hurts look better?

He only left out 2021 as a full time starter. It's still a pretty good stat. Why are his good stats ignore or minimized? Best stats: since 2021 3rd in league with 56 wins. Plus 2 SBs.

The casuals who love Hurts dont realize how much that is an AJ Brown stat and how it will look different now that he doesnt have TWO WRs who are so elite at ball tracking and adjusting to underthrown balls and bringing down an unnecessarily contested catch at the other end of the Hurts rainbow.

The stat does not need to be minimized anyway. You can look at that stat and still easily take 8 of those 10 other QBs over Hurts.

2 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

The casuals who love Hurts dont realize how much that is an AJ Brown stat and how it will look different now that he doesnt have TWO WRs who are so elite at ball tracking and adjusting to underthrown balls and bringing down an unnecessarily contested catch at the other end of the Hurts rainbow.

The stat does not need to be minimized anyway. You can look at that stat and still easily take 8 of those 10 other QBs over Hurts.

You and mike need to get a room

5 minutes ago, justwinbaby said:

You and mike need to get a room

If there is a room for elite ball knowledge thats where I will be.

At the end of the day it’s way easier to do worse than Hurts then it is to go get better than Hurts and if you think it’s McKee I can’t take you seriously

2 hours ago, Mike030270 said:

"Since 2022" cuts of a large portion of the other QBs stats. You're even cutting into Hurts own stats to ignore his bad years in the beginning

Why do fans feel the need to cherry pick stats to make Hurts look better?

Why do "fans" feel the need to disparage every positive thing that's said about Hurts?