all the years combine, they melt into a dream
Week 9!
I have a birthday coming up and I’m thinking about age.
The average age of every NFL player is 26 years, 4 months, 22 days. That translates to a birthdate of April 9, 1997.
The oldest player: Seattle Seahawks Offensive Tackle, Jason Peters (41 years).
Peters started his NFL career as an undrafted free agent in 2004 in Buffalo
This is his his 20th NFL season
He caught JP Losmans first career TD.
The youngest player: Arizona Cardinals Linebacker, BJ Ojulari (21 years.)
Ojulari's parents immigrated to the United States from Nigeria and his maternal grandfather was the Yoruba artist Twins Seven Seven
The name alludes to the fact that he was the only surviving child of seven sets of twins born to his mother. Nigeria has the world's highest twinning rate.
Let’s look at the oldest and youngest teams:
Five Oldest
Saints
Eagles
Broncos
49ers
Raiders
Five Youngest
Packers
Giants
Bears
Colts
Cardinals
The Packers are so young, in fact, that after the Packers released Pat O’Donnell, 31-year-old David Bakhtiari became the “youngest oldest player on an active NFL roster.”
The oldest player on the Packers offense today is Jon Runyan Jr. at 26 years old.
Albert Einstein's biggest achievements also came at 26. Within one year, not only did he come up with the special theory of relativity made famous by the E=mc2 equation, but he also explained the Brownian movement of molecules.
While Albert Einstein himself did not have a direct connection to football, there is a high school named after him, Albert Einstein High School, located in Kensington, Maryland, that has a varsity football team known as the Einstein Titans.
Arnold Ebiketie became the first Albert Einstein high school graduate ever selected by an NFL team.
Ebiketie did not play organized football until he was a sophomore in high school.
Numbers
28: The Pittsburgh Steelers are 28th in offensive YPG, 30th in defensive YPG, and have been outgained in every single game. They're 5-3.
5: The point differentials of the teams with 5+ wins this season: +86 +81 +78 +77 +67 +58 +52 +37 +35 +30 And then there are the Pittsburgh Steelers. -30.
4: After Thursday night, Kenny Pickett of the Steelers now has 4 career game-winning TD passes in the last 5 minutes of regulation with his team trailing. That's the most by any QB over his first 2 seasons in NFL history.
9 [TRIVIA]: With Cardinals’ QB Clayton Tune and Vikings’ QB Jaren Hall set to start Sunday, there will have been nine rookie quarterbacks who started a game through the first nine weeks of the season. The NFL record for a full season is nine. Can you name the other seven?
Quotes
“In ultimate success, you need to be able to run your system remotely … you don’t want your first reps running your system remotely to be the Super Bowl.”
McDaniel gave an illuminating answer as to why the Dolphins spent the entire week in Germany
“It’s the absolute glory hole.”
Jerry Jones describing on 105.3 The Fan what it’s like to win a title
"I haven't had a bratwurst. But I'm going to have one, though. Maybe two."
"No. We have a player on this team that's better than me. And means more to this team than me. And his name... is (fullback) Alec Ingold."
Tyreek Hill is asked about being in the MVP race
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Picks
Sunday, 11/05 @ 9:30am
Dolphins at Chiefs (-1.5)
The Chiefs have 56% of the bets and 78% of the money: +22% of the bets
Sunday, 11/05 @ 1pm
Bears (+9.5) at Saints
The Bears have 40% of the bets and 77% of the money: +37% differential
Cardinals (+12.5) at Browns
The Cardinals have 17% of the bets and 30% of the money: +13% differential
Commanders (+2.5) at Patriots (U41)
The Commanders have 45% of the bets and 47% of the money: +2% differential
Rams at Packers (U38)
The Under has 89% of the bets and 92% of the money: +3% differential
Sunday, 11/05 @ 4:05pm
Colts (-2.5) at Panthers (U44.5)
The Under has 41% of the bets and 59% of the money: +18% differential
Sunday, 11/05 @ 4:25pm
Cowboys at Eagles (-3) (O47)
Record
ATS: 19-22-1 (-2.73u)
O/U: 10-12 (-1.82u)
Highlights
Mike McDaniel is impressed with a reporter's football knowledge
The NFL fined Steelers OLB T.J. Watt $16,391 for this play where he contacted Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence. No penalty was called on the play.
As Pete Carroll noted, for some reason DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett switched jerseys today.
Comparing the plays when both Watts lost their helmets
