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Ifeadi

Can we get the Bears to sign Ifeadi for $2.5M instead of Robert Quinn for $16M or whatever we are paying him...?
Ifeadi 26 pressures, 12 QB hurries, 11 knockdowns, 3.5 sacks, $2.5M cost next year
R Quinn 16 pressures, 8 QB hurries, 6 knockdowns, 2.0 sacks, $14.7M cost next year

Ifeadi didn't get many sacks last year but his peripheral pass rushing stats (ie the other ones listed above) were generally in the #25-40 range in the NFL last season, so hopefully he will recover next year to something closer to the 7 sacks he had in 2019 (or more!). I like his chances.
 
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Ifeadi 26 pressures, 12 QB hurries, 11 knockdowns, 3.5 sacks, $2.5M cost next year
R Quinn 16 pressures, 8 QB hurries, 6 knockdowns, 2.0 sacks, $14.7M cost next year

Ifeadi didn't get many sacks last year but his peripheral pass rushing stats (ie the other ones listed above) were generally in the #25-40 range in the NFL last season, so hopefully he will recover next year to something closer to the 7 sacks he had in 2019 (or more!). I like his chances.

don’t forget he was double-teamed on nearly every play given how horrible their line was (except for the few weeks with Yannick N)
 
Stats are for losers......

Correct. Hurries are a nice stat if you like stats, though. However, there is no stat that's as meaningful as the final score. I learned that lesson in Tucson in 1975.
 

Yup. And we kicked their ass in just about every statistical category. I've never seen a team kick ass at the LOS so thoroughly yet lose by such a huge score. Total domination except on the scoreboard. They scored on three '3rd and long' bombs, an 18 yard run after losing contain on a 3rd and 18, and an 80-yard fumble recovery. Pete Shaw's worst game. A screaming nightmare game for him. The Steelers Theo Bell burned him bad like ASU receivers burned Marquice Cole in 2005.

The most bizarre game I've ever seen. Our DC lost his mind from all the craziness and focused his attention on yelling at some guy holding a sound dish. The starting DT got kicked out of the game for punting some OT on the ground several times. And that's how I got into the game. I think I got a QB hurry, too!

Stats are for losers!
 
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Yup. And we kicked their ass in just about every statistical category. I've never seen a team kick ass at the LOS so thoroughly yet lose by such a huge score. Total domination except on the scoreboard. They scored on three '3rd and long' bombs, an 18 yard run after losing contain on a 3rd and 18, and an 80-yard fumble recovery. Pete Shaw's worst game. A screaming nightmare game for him. The Steelers Theo Bell burned him bad like ASU receivers burned Marquice Cole in 2005.

The most bizarre game I've ever seen. Our DC lost his mind from all the craziness and focused his attention on yelling at some guy holding a sound dish. The starting DT got kicked out of the game for punting some OT on the ground several times. And that's how I got into the game. I think I got a QB hurry, too!

Stats are for losers!

What stat do you think is most meaningfully correlated with the outcome of the game? In other words if your life depended on it and you had to guess the final score from one stat which one or two would you choose? Turnovers? Time of Possession? Rush Yards? Penalties? Sacks?
 
What stat do you think is most meaningfully correlated with the outcome of the game? In other words if your life depended on it and you had to guess the final score from one stat which one or two would you choose? Turnovers? Time of Possession? Rush Yards? Penalties? Sacks?

In a logical, orderly world, probably turnovers. In that game, we had large advantages in total yards, rush yards, and first downs. I don't recall penalties, but kicking an OT repeatedly with huge windup kicks isn't good. LOL! The DT was tall and lanky so the kicks were quite pronounced. The image is frozen in my mind. It meant I was about to see my first significant action at NU. I had dry-mouth and was winded from the heat and nerves just running onto the field, yet I calmed down and played well.

We were down 28-6 at the half, and I had no doubt that we would come back in the second half and win because we were dominating the LOS and running well, and our kicker was drilling his kicks, including the NU record from 54 yards. However, Pete Shaw kept biting on play-action looking for the big hit and continued getting burned by Theo Bell on those 3rd and longs. The story goes that the coach's wife spotted Shaw's biting on play-action in previous NU games and mentioned it to Coach Jim Young. Our DC had had enough and just went nuts on some poor sound mic guy. Players and coaches had to keep an eye on our DC so that he didn't totally lose it, while somebody else assumed playcalling duties.

By the way, Mike Hankwitz was coaching for Arizona that day. I'd love to talk to him about that crazy game. I've never seen a team dominate a game at the LOS yet lose by such a large score as we did on that night.

And that was just one game in that insanely frustrating season.
 
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Another strange thing about that game is that the visitor's locker room was underground. You walked up a stairway to get to the playing field. Somewhat CHUD-like.

"At Arizona, visitors descend into a hole that feels like a garbage chute, custom-built for the fans above to deposit whatever they have in their hands."

Locker rooms from hell
 
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What stat do you think is most meaningfully correlated with the outcome of the game? In other words if your life depended on it and you had to guess the final score from one stat which one or two would you choose? Turnovers? Time of Possession? Rush Yards? Penalties? Sacks?
For me, it is 3rd down percentage. Teams that can keep the chains moving win a lot of games.
 
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What stat do you think is most meaningfully correlated with the outcome of the game? In other words if your life depended on it and you had to guess the final score from one stat which one or two would you choose? Turnovers? Time of Possession? Rush Yards? Penalties? Sacks?
Touchdowns.
Other than touchdowns, no single stat is worth betting your life on. But for me, turnovers are pretty significant to the outcome of a game.
 
Here's what a Giants beat writer has to say about the Giants' signing....the bit about practice performance is surprising:

DE Ifeadi Odenigbo​

Height: 6-3 • Weight: 258
Age: 26 • Experience: 3 years
College: Northwestern • Draft: 2017 seventh round
2020 team: Vikings
2020 stats: 35 tackles, 3 TFL, 3.5 sacks
Contract: 1 year, $2.5 million

Scouting report: Odenigbo had a winding career with the Vikings after initially starting as a defensive tackle. A few stints on the practice squad followed as Odenigbo was moved back to his natural spot on the end. In his eyes, he’d always had the talent to produce on Sundays, but his practice performance didn’t match that of his teammates and was a reason he didn’t get regular playing time until 2019. But once he did that season, Odenigbo took full advantage. He was mostly a pass-rush specialist who entered the game on third down, but he made a big impact in those moments, notching seven sacks. In his first season as a starter in 2020, Odenigbo logged 3.5 sacks. It’s still a bit surprising that the Vikings didn’t tender Odenigbo, who was a restricted free agent at the start of the offseason.

 
Here's what a Giants beat writer has to say about the Giants' signing....the bit about practice performance is surprising:

DE Ifeadi Odenigbo​

Height: 6-3 • Weight: 258
Age: 26 • Experience: 3 years
College: Northwestern • Draft: 2017 seventh round
2020 team: Vikings
2020 stats: 35 tackles, 3 TFL, 3.5 sacks
Contract: 1 year, $2.5 million

Scouting report: Odenigbo had a winding career with the Vikings after initially starting as a defensive tackle. A few stints on the practice squad followed as Odenigbo was moved back to his natural spot on the end. In his eyes, he’d always had the talent to produce on Sundays, but his practice performance didn’t match that of his teammates and was a reason he didn’t get regular playing time until 2019. But once he did that season, Odenigbo took full advantage. He was mostly a pass-rush specialist who entered the game on third down, but he made a big impact in those moments, notching seven sacks. In his first season as a starter in 2020, Odenigbo logged 3.5 sacks. It’s still a bit surprising that the Vikings didn’t tender Odenigbo, who was a restricted free agent at the start of the offseason.


It sounds a lot like the feedback he got at NU
 
Here's what a Giants beat writer has to say about the Giants' signing....the bit about practice performance is surprising:

DE Ifeadi Odenigbo​

Height: 6-3 • Weight: 258
Age: 26 • Experience: 3 years
College: Northwestern • Draft: 2017 seventh round
2020 team: Vikings
2020 stats: 35 tackles, 3 TFL, 3.5 sacks
Contract: 1 year, $2.5 million

Scouting report: Odenigbo had a winding career with the Vikings after initially starting as a defensive tackle. A few stints on the practice squad followed as Odenigbo was moved back to his natural spot on the end. In his eyes, he’d always had the talent to produce on Sundays, but his practice performance didn’t match that of his teammates and was a reason he didn’t get regular playing time until 2019. But once he did that season, Odenigbo took full advantage. He was mostly a pass-rush specialist who entered the game on third down, but he made a big impact in those moments, notching seven sacks. In his first season as a starter in 2020, Odenigbo logged 3.5 sacks. It’s still a bit surprising that the Vikings didn’t tender Odenigbo, who was a restricted free agent at the start of the offseason.


Same reason he was never really a three-down DE at NU.
 
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