Powerthirst

Me-O Post Game Interview

for those who may have missed terrell owens' post-game interview, here is a video of the entire thing:

my favorite part occurs at 6:05

question: TO, is this the best relationship you've had with a quarterback? here?

me-o: i've always had good relationships with quarterbacks. i've always had that. i've always had my quarterbacks' backs regardless of whatever situation, whatever you may think. i know what type of person i am on the inside. it's you guys that are judging me from the outside by what went on and what happened. i know who i am.

i think deep down inside, he actually believes this.

More Reid as a Drafter

ok, so the debate has evolved from "reid is a bad drafter" as we discussed/debunked here, here, here, and here, to:

I am not down on Reid's drafting as much as I used to be, but his forte is definitely not Playmakers, especially offensively (outside Westbrook of course)

the original analysis showed andy reid drafts to be more than competitive against the teams originally identified to be very good at drafting, but this is a more specific concern so let's take a look at his playmaker drafting vs other top teams.

NOTE: there is some noise in this because position assignments were based on what the player played in college or how they were listed in the draft rather than where they ended up in the pros (e.g. shawn andrews and todd herremans are both classified as tackles)

Hit Percentage by Position (offense)

	Broncos	Eagles	Steelers	Ravens	Cowboys	Chargers	Patriots	Colts
QB	25.0%	33.3%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	20.0%	0.0%
RB	28.6%	20.0%	0.0%	40.0%	33.3%	25.0%	14.3%	66.7%
WR	0.0%	10.0%	22.2%	10.0%	0.0%	25.0%	16.7%	100.0%
TE	50.0%	33.3%	20.0%	25.0%	20.0%	0.0%	12.5%	50.0%
T	100.0%	50.0%	28.6%	66.7%	0.0%	37.5%	28.6%	0.0%
G	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	25.0%	25.0%	50.0%	33.3%
C	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	33.3%	100.0%	0.0%

Average Rating by Position (offense)

	Broncos	Eagles	Steelers	Ravens	Cowboys	Chargers	Patriots	Colts
QB	1.50	2.33	1.50	1.40	1.00	2.25	1.80	1.00
RB	2.14	1.80	1.50	2.20	2.00	2.25	1.57	2.67
WR	1.38	1.50	1.67	1.40	1.33	1.75	1.67	4.00
TE	2.25	2.00	1.60	1.75	1.80	1.67	1.38	2.00
T	3.00	2.33	1.71	2.33	1.25	2.00	1.71	1.00
G	1.00	1.17	2.00	2.00	1.50	1.75	2.50	1.67
C	1.75	1.00	1.00	2.20	1.50	1.67	3.00	1.00

the small sample sizes preclude a definitive conclusion, but they haven't fared all that well at some skill positions. the birds are competitive at QB, TE, and T, but RB, WR, G, and C not so hot. the birds fare significantly better on average rating than hit percent on offense, which is interesting, possibly indicating that they don't draft as many 1s as other teams but also don't draft as many 3s, 4s, and 5s.

Friday Links

- i've been looking for this for a couple of days and someone finally uploaded to youtube. 6'1" louis williams stuffs 6'11" mehmet okur as he's coming in on the break (especially impressive because williams has his back turned to okur until the last second) then runs down the court and skies for an alley oop slam. of the guys who are in the regular rotation (haven't seen much of thaddeus), louis williams has by far the most star potential.


- saw this on profootballtalk.com a few days ago. with their 8-8 finish, the birds locked up the 19th pick in the draft. i haven't seen it mentioned by the local media, but it's interesting to note that the eagles had the toughest schedule in the nfl this season based on opponent win percentage (.563).