Player Comparison

This player comparison has been bubbling in my head for some time.

Player A: 39-27-0 rec / 68.2% Compl / 7.6 Y/A / 97.6 QB rating

Player B: 35-41-0 rec / 63% Compl / 7.5 Y/A / 90.3 QB rating

Player A was drafted 5th overall while Player B was the 2nd overall pick a few years earlier. Player B is now also a backup. In case you haven't figured it out yet Player A is Tua Tagovailoa while Player B is Marcus Mariota. If the Dolphins continue to lose would anyone be surprised if Miami uses next year's first pick on a QB?

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Not to take anything away from Marcus Mariota because he seems like a sincerely good guy but Tom Brady has been supporting both the Special Olympics and the Best Buddies charity for years with little or no fanfare... Cult of Inhibitions - band name or all-inclusive singles resort?... This is fantastic...  Yesterday was the anniversary of Robert E. Lee surrendering to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox in 1865.  One of the most important dates in US history goes by with little or no mention and we wonder why kids today seem so uninformed...  My whole childhood is a lie... Yearly reminder - there is no greater time-waster than reading mock draft articles. Nobody knows anything... Massive archive of 78 RPM records now free online...

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Cool? Gross? A sneeze captured at 1,000 frames per second

- Joe "Stringbean" McConaughy - the man who smashed the Appalachian Trail speed record. Impressive! BTW - FKT is "fastest known time" (had to look that up)

- The wisdom of Charlie Munger. You should bookmark this link and read it once a week - guaranteed to improve your existence!

- How can you not root for Marcus Mariota? As an aside - Oregon is just 1-9 as a double-digit favorite since Mariota left for the NFL. Oregon is a 14-point favorite vs Wyoming on Saturday.

- This is a problem

- The historic Cassini space probe "died" this morning. Here's an interesting article on the team whose job was to "kill" it.

- Heh heh

- Who knew? Louis CK has a new movie I Love You Daddy that could be considered a Woody Allen bio-pic