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Here is today's question.....sort of the finale of the "triple set"

Name the Top Ten in Browns history in TD receptions.

Answers:

1. Gary Collins  70

2. Dante Lavelli  62

3. Paul Warfield  52

4. Ray Renfro  50

5. Ozzie Newsome  47

6. Mac Speedie  33

7. Reggie Rucker  32

8. Braylon Edwards  28

9. Michael Jackson  28

10. Webster Slaughter  27

Is it just me or what,  as in my recollection I thought  Webster was a much better receiver than either Braylon or Jackson

Dave Logan is  11th with 24. 

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Here is today's  Trivia Question:    Pro-Football Reference has developed a metric called the Career Average, which is supposed to tell us how productive a player has been in a career or a season.   While it is obviously not conclusive of a player's "value"...it is something....and perhaps as good or better than any other metric that has been developed.  (If you have something else applicable, by all means, let us know).  Also note...this metric does not really measure much if any statistical measurement prior to 1960 

Today's question, simply:

Name the Top Ten All Time most productive players in their careers per this system.  (since 1960)

 

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On 7/22/2020 at 7:21 PM, Dutch Oven said:

Ozzie Newsome

 Paul Warfield

 Webster Slaughter

 Dante Lavelli

 Gary Collins

Dave Logan

Mac Speedie

Braylon Edwards

Reggie Langhorne

Kevin Johnson

 

 

For some reason I did not see this post...sorry.    Bold were correct.

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Yikes. We are supposed to figure out who the most productive players are by a value that most of us have never heard of?  Does this only apply to skill position players, or all players? 

I mean, shit, I'll throw up Tom Brady, Jerry Rice, Walter Payton and Rob Gronkowski. 

 

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9 minutes ago, Dutch Oven said:

Yikes. We are supposed to figure out who the most productive players are by a value that most of us have never heard of?  Does this only apply to skill position players, or all players? 

I mean, shit, I'll throw up Tom Brady, Jerry Rice, Walter Payton and Rob Gronkowski. 

 

You will have heard of ALL of the players,   if you are any kind of football fan.   Longevity helps in this stat.

Brady and Rice are correct.....but not Walter or Gronk.

I will give this hint:  It applies to all players and  5 of the top 10 are QBs.

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15 minutes ago, The Gipper said:

You will have heard of ALL of the players,   if you are any kind of football fan.   Longevity helps in this stat.

Brady and Rice are correct.....but not Walter or Gronk.

I will give this hint:  It applies to all players and  5 of the top 10 are QBs.

Hmmm... I'll try Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Joe Montana, Emmit Smith 

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14 hours ago, Dutch Oven said:

 Emmit Smith 

Bonus trivia....1990 draft... Whom was the AFCC team that Dallas traded up with for the Cowboys to draft Emmit Smith? 

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To throw in some defense.....Barry Sanders, Reggie White, Lawrence Taylor, Ronnie Lott, my old favorite Joe cool Montana......and the great Jim Brown.

You could probably start with 50 and whittle them down to 10.

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3 hours ago, mjp28 said:

To throw in some defense.....Barry Sanders, Reggie White, Lawrence Taylor, Ronnie Lott, my old favorite Joe cool Montana......and the great Jim Brown.

You could probably start with 50 and whittle them down to 10.

Only  Reggie White.     I know...tremendous names given that did not make it. 

Half of the Ten still not named. 

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9 hours ago, The Gipper said:

Only after you have given some answers to the original question. (but I recall that it was the Browns).

I gave up when LT does not make any list:P...but plug in Joe Namath..Terry BradShaw...Steve Young?  and...

NO! the AFCC Browns did not pass on Emmitt Smith in 1990... Emmitt got picked #17, and the browns got jumped at pick #18... than the Browns traded back too... 

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1 hour ago, mjp28 said:

Hmmmm the 5 quarterbacks Brady (given), Aikman, Staubach, Unitas, Starr??

Well.... already guesses that got some right  indicated that 3 of them were Brady, Peyton and Brees.  So, no, none you name other than Brady are correct. 

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1 hour ago, gumby73 said:

I gave up when LT does not make any list:P...but plug in Joe Namath..Terry BradShaw...Steve Young?  and...

NO  none right. 

NO! the AFCN Browns did not pass on Emmitt Smith in 1990... Emmitt got picked #17, and the browns got jumped at pick #18... than the Browns traded back too... 

Well....how about this answer:

NONE....because the AFCN did not exist in 1990.   It was still the AFC Central at that point.  And, if you do not want to acknowledge the truth of that answer...then I will say the Houston Oilers. 

 

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AFC Standings

 
 
Tm W L W-L% PF PA PD MoV SoS SRS OSRS DSRS
AFC East
Buffalo Bills* 13 3 .813 428 263 165 10.3 -1.7 8.6 5.7 2.9
Miami Dolphins+ 12 4 .750 336 242 94 5.9 -1.2 4.7 0.5 4.2
Indianapolis Colts 7 9 .438 281 353 -72 -4.5 0.6 -3.9 -2.7 -1.2
New York Jets 6 10 .375 295 345 -50 -3.1 -1.5 -4.6 -2.0 -2.6
New England Patriots 1 15 .063 181 446 -265 -16.6 2.0 -14.6 -7.5 -7.1
AFC Central
Cincinnati Bengals* 9 7 .563 360 352 8 0.5 -1.6 -1.1 1.9 -3.0
Houston Oilers+ 9 7 .563 405 307 98 6.1 -0.9 5.2 4.9 0.3
Pittsburgh Steelers 9 7 .563 292 240 52 3.3 -1.6 1.6 -3.4 5.0
Cleveland Browns 3 13 .188 228 462 -234 -14.6 1.7 -13.0 -5.2 -7.8
AFC West
Los Angeles Raiders* 12 4 .750 337 268 69 4.3 2.2 6.6 2.2 4.4
Kansas City Chiefs+ 11 5 .688 369 257 112 7.0 -0.3 6.7 2.7 4.1
Seattle Seahawks 9 7 .563 306 286 20 1.3 1.5 2.7 -0.5 3.3
San Diego Chargers 6 10 .375 315 281 34 2.1 0.2 2.3 -0.1 2.5
Denver Broncos 5 11 .313 331 374 -43 -2.7 1.9 -0.8 2.1 -2.9

 

 
Tm W L W-L% PF PA PD MoV SoS SRS OSRS DSRS
NFC East
New York Giants* 13 3 .813 335 211 124 7.8 -0.1 7.7 0.0 7.6
Philadelphia Eagles+ 10 6 .625 396 299 97 6.1 -0.5 5.6 4.5 1.1
Washington Redskins+ 10 6 .625 381 301 80 5.0 0.4 5.4 4.6 0.8
Dallas Cowboys 7 9 .438 244 308 -64 -4.0 0.3 -3.7 -4.8 1.1
Phoenix Cardinals 5 11 .313 268 396 -128 -8.0 1.3 -6.7 -1.9 -4.8
NFC Central
Chicago Bears* 11 5 .688 348 280 68 4.3 -0.8 3.4 0.1 3.3
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 10 .375 264 367 -103 -6.4 -0.7 -7.1 -4.0 -3.2
Detroit Lions 6 10 .375 373 413 -40 -2.5 0.9 -1.6 4.2 -5.9
Green Bay Packers 6 10 .375 271 347 -76 -4.8 0.6 -4.1 -3.7 -0.4
Minnesota Vikings 6 10 .375 351 326 25 1.6 0.9 2.4 2.6 -0.2
NFC West
San Francisco 49ers* 14 2 .875 353 239 114 7.1 -1.4 5.8 1.2 4.6
New Orleans Saints+ 8 8 .500 274 275 -1 -0.1 -1.2 -1.3 -4.7 3.4
Los Angeles Rams 5 11 .313 345 412 -67 -4.2 -0.1 -4.2 2.3 -6.5
Atlanta Falcons 5 11 .313 348 365 -17 -1.1 -1.1 -2.1 0.9 -3.1

 

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I stand divisional corrected your honor 🔨... and the team was Not* the Houston Oilers neither.... only leaving... Pittsburgh? or the Bengals? that traded out of the Emmitt Smith pick...   

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11 hours ago, The Gipper said:

Well.... already guesses that got some right  indicated that 3 of them were Brady, Peyton and Brees.  So, no, none you name other than Brady are correct. 

Geeeezzzzz H. Christ are they players that we actually saw on TV ?  :lol:

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11 hours ago, gumby73 said:

I stand divisional corrected your honor 🔨... and the team was Not* the Houston Oilers neither.... only leaving... Pittsburgh? or the Bengals? that traded out of the Emmitt Smith pick...   

So...I got the question right, eh?  NO team from the AFC North made that trade!:P

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2 hours ago, The Gipper said:

So...I got the question right, eh?  NO team from the AFC North made that trade!:P

Am honored to announce- 🔉nouce.. that The Pittsburgh Steelqueens 🔉queens..... were the AFC *Central team that gained a measly 3rd round pick, on passing up to Dallas for Emmitt Smith.. Sliding down only 4 picks from pick #17 :huh:  to pick #21..

Like myself, most forget that Dallas had traded Herschel Walker in Oct. of 1989...for a butt-load of picks from The Soda Vikings.. https://americanfootballdatabase.fandom.com/wiki/Herschel_Walker_trade    Browns draft Leroy Hoard in the second..Pukes get RB Barry 'bananas' Foster in the fifth...

Now back to our weekly... Get Stumped by Gipper! ;)...  

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On 7/26/2020 at 2:48 PM, The Gipper said:

Here is today's  Trivia Question:    Pro-Football Reference has developed a metric called the Career Average, which is supposed to tell us how productive a player has been in a career or a season.   While it is obviously not conclusive of a player's "value"...it is something....and perhaps as good or better than any other metric that has been developed.  (If you have something else applicable, by all means, let us know).  Also note...this metric does not really measure much if any statistical measurement prior to 1960 

Today's question, simply:

Name the Top Ten All Time most productive players in their careers per this system.  (since 1960)

 

Answers:

1. Tom Brady

2. Peyton Manning

3. Drew Brees

4. Brett Favre

5. Jerry Rice

6. Fran Tarkenton

7. Bruce Matthews

8. Rod Woodson

9. Reggie White

10. Bruce Smith

the next 5 in order are:  Ray Lewis,   Dan Marino, Phillip Rivers, John Elway, Paul Krause/Anthony Munoz tie. 

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/av_career.htm

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This CA metric is actually a fairly good predictor for who will make the HOF.    

The 5 guys who have the best CA, and who are/have been eligible for the HOF are:   Jim Marshall,  Ken Anderson,  Eric Allen,  Jim Tyrer, Lomas Brown.

As for these 4 my opinion is that Marshall, Anderson, and Allen have been overlooked, and should be in.    Jim Tyrer,  an OT for the Bears (from Ohio St.) back in the 60s and early 70s is likely not in because  he was the pre OJ  OJ.  Soon after his career ended he ended up killing his wife and then committing suicide (something the gutless OJ should have done).   Lomas Brown...IMO, is not worthy, primarily because he came here after really a fine career and played like a POS....he was just here for the money. 

That means that you should expect all of the following to make the HOF:

Brady

Peyton

Rivers

Ben R

Aaron Rodgers

Julius Peppers

Matt Ryan

Eli

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Just now, The Gipper said:

Sorry...I am talking Defensive Players.  

So none of mine are correct ?  :huh:

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