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They had an incredible week. They currently shoot 73.3 percent from the FT line, which is slightly above average.

They don’t force many turnovers on defense (253rd nationally in turnover percentage), but every shot their opponent takes is challenged so that kind of offsets. They are also average in terms of the number of turnovers they have offensively, which can be cleaned up. Really strong peripheral numbers, but still early in the season.

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Don’t know what Brady’s supposed to do about a game like that

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As a Texans fan, Brady miscalled pieces of drives which hurt them. The Texans LB’s can’t defend in space, and the Bills attacked them on the entire first drive and at times during the last two drives by having motion that put a LB in coverage on the motion guy and making quick throws. They had a ton of success with that but didn’t do it for most of the middle portion of the game.

The 4th and 1 HB Draw was the wrong choice because of how the Texans dline was pushing back the oline and expecting run. They could have run play-action and designed a way to get Josh out of the pocket.

Brady is usually really solid, but made some weird decisions last night. The Texans defense is also very good. Both are true.

Know a guy who coached him when he was 10, was playing up with the 13U teams. Hope he makes it to campus because he’ll be a solid contributor.

Just because Van Buren is number two this year doesn’t mean he’s number one in the future. If Nuss goes down, you want to play someone who has college experience because this team is built to make a run in the playoffs. Van Buren has a higher floor than Hurley this year so it makes sense that he’s the number two. That can change in the spring and over next summer.

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THey had to stop halfway through because they ran out of money and if I remember right, the total bill to finish the stadium was over $200 million.

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This is inaccurate. They always planned for two phases in order to be able to play in the stadium this season. If they had done it all in one phase, it would have taken two full seasons. They got a $25M donation last week from another donor, and only $75M of this is needed since the remainder is funded by bonds from the city of Lawrence and the state.

Booth is a founder of one of the first ever index funds back in the 1970’s. He’s known for being a philanthropist: donated $300M to the University of Chicago in 2008, has an endowment fund for the New York Museum of Modern Art, $10M to the University of Texas in 2018. The guy has pledged to donate over half of his wealth before he passes, and this was essentially his final donation to Kansas. It was a one-time gift that KU can used for the immediate future instead of being stretched out in smaller amounts over 10 years.

Typically sits mid-90’s, but like another poster noted, his changeup is his go-to pitch. When he’s rolling, the changeup has a 7” drop vertically but breaks about 12-15” horizontally. It’s nasty.

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I don't think it was expected for him to go this high coming into his freshman year.

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He was a top-15 recruit and McDonald’s All-American. He might not have been projected as a lottery pick, but he considered a top 25 prospect before last season.

I really enjoyed it. Think they could have cut it down by a couple of episodes to help move it along a little easier, but overall not going to complain about a generally well-done show.

Get her a Kindle for Mother’s Day/her birthday and let her pick out books that sound good to her. There’s an app called Libby that lets you “rent” books from local libraries and is a good way for her to have a list of books waiting to be read.

I don’t come on the Saints board much, but want to give you what I’ve seen from Neal the last few as a Kansas fan:

He’s a smart, patient runner. Quick feet and finds ways to make guys miss in tight spaces near the line. Improved pass-catching and pass-protection over the last two years. Always falls forward and is rarely tackled for a loss. Was reliable in short-yardage and goal line situations. Leader on and off the field and represented the university well in every aspect.

Doesn’t have high end speed and makes guys miss more in tighter spaces than in the open field. He can get run down from behind if he finds himself in space, but is good and smart enough to find himself at the second level quite a bit. Rarely fumbles or makes poor decisions.

Overall, he’s a good player who should be able to carve out a spot on the roster and provide a solid, but not spectacular option at RB. Pretty excited that the Saints got him and that he’ll have a chance to impact a team next season.