2024 NFL Challenge || Scores and lounge

[ponchi101]

Cowboys getting thumped at home. That was fun.
I think Prescott is a fine QB. He can play. But when will NFL owners, all of them billionaires, understand that paying these salaries is absurd? Prescott is good, but not $250 MM good.
As neither is Watson or Lawrence. They have to structure salaries based on performance. Otherwise, regression to the mean will always bite you.

[Fastbackss]

It's the elimination of the middle class - same as we are seeing in the other sports in the US.

This one is exacerbated by the salary cap structure which is why QB on rookie deal is so valuable. Not everyone is Brady or Mahomes and can carry team regardless of how few receiving assets.

[ptmcmahon]

It depends really on if that money could have spent elsewhere really. They don't mind dropping the $250 million.

In Dallas's case apparently it prevented them from chasing after Derrick Henry. Now that is when spending so much on one player will come back to bite you hard.

[ponchi101]

Was Kobe Bryant a better player than Tim Duncan? Yes. He was.
But they both have five rings because Tim negotiated his contracts to make sure he could keep Manu and Tony, while Kobe never negotiated to keep Pau or anybody else.
Agree with you.

[Omegadoom]

Do you get any bonus points, like in the Predictions contest, if you get a perfect score for a week?

[ponchi101]

Do you get any bonus points, like in the Predictions contest, if you get a perfect score for a week?

Anybody except you!!!
You are very close to that.

[ponchi101]

High scoring week and somebody (ahem) scored a perfect 133 points, the maximum possible score with 14 games being played:

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I believe that is the first time anybody has done, ever, and it is therefore the highest score ever. Congrats, Omegadoom, for that magnificent crystal ball of your! :
Patrick and Wolfy are tied at the top, with Omega on third place, just four meager points behind.
Let's see if the league remains predictable this week too.

ps: I am unable to FTP the full excel sheet up to the server. So, please check your scores individually and let me know if you see any errors.