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@RWJ right now

https://www.draftsharks.com/injury-predictor/qb https://www.nfl.com/news/video-predicting-player-injury-with-the-digital-athlete NFL implements artificial intelligence for player health and safety The Digital Athlete is an AI tool that helps teams analyze thousands of data points from every play and hit, in a matter of minutes instead of days. The San Francisco 49ers will take on the Minnesota Vikings for Monday Night Football. But while fans cheer on their team from home or the stadium, artificial intelligence will be behind the scenes analyzing millions of data points on every play. It's all part of a new program called the Digital Athlete that the NFL has rolled out to help better understand injuries and make the game safer for players. We refer to a football field as the gridiron. It's a checkerboard of hash marks where teams battle as they throw themselves at one another in celebration of a violent sport. But while players are on the field exerting themselves, Ben Peterson sits comfortably in a chair, crunching numbers collected from that battlefield. "I probably start my day with a couple of graphs and end my day with a couple of graphs," he said. "And as long as everything goes well, I don't have to do any graphing in the middle of the day." Peterson is the vice president of health and performance for the San Francisco 49ers. His job is exactly what it sounds like: Keep players healthy and available. That means he spends the better part of his days staring at screens as he interprets data and uses those conclusions to guide training and rehab. "Most people would think if you interact with a lot of data, it kind of isolates you," Peterson said. "I think it's the opposite because it gives you a lot of things to talk about." This year, one of the things he can't stop talking about is his new assistant, the Digital Athlete. "What's really helped with that is you get off of trying to do the analysis and you can spend way more time with the player," Peterson said. "Or you can spend way more time talking to other people on the staff, right? You can spend more time communicating with the coaching staff." The Digital Athlete is a three-dimensional rendering of a player that the NFL created with Amazon Web Services. It takes any play, runs it at every angle and in any condition, millions of times, allowing people like Peterson to see the results so they can better guide player safety in practice and on game day. The technology began development in 2019. Last year, the NFL piloted its use with four teams during the season, and this year is the first time it's been available for the entire league to use. "When you think about it, a healthy roster is a healthy team. And in the longevity of a season, you need a healthy roster," said Jennifer Langton, vice president of health and safety innovation for the NFL. She says much of the innovation we've seen over the last few years — whether it be not allowing players to initiate hits with their helmets, trip, or launch at another player — have been made, in large part, because of the data gathered by the Digital Athlete. "There is a potential to revolutionize not just health and safety in the NFL, but also to address injury prevention and detection," Langton added. The information also seems to be helping. According to the NFL, concussions are down 25% since 2018, and Peterson says the 49ers have also seen fewer soft tissue injuries this year than they did at this point last season. "I definitely think it's good for the game," he said. "I'm always biased. I think more information is good. You just have to understand how to use it and action it."

Their QB coach Mark Brunell

Head Coach Candidate Profile: Mike MacDonald Disguise If there is a single word that best describes MacDonald’s defenses it’s disguise. Every defense in the NFL talks about wanting to disguise their intentions before the snap to avoid giving the offense any clues and to confuse the quarterback as much as possible post-snap. However, very few teams are as committed to, and as good at, disguising things as MacDonald and his Ravens unit.............................. Pressure packages Another key feature of MacDonald’s defenses are his pressure packages. The Ravens topped the sack charts and pressure rates this season yet lack elite talent up front that you would typically associate with teams that generate so much pressure. That means a lot of that pressure is coming from the scheme rather than the personnel. Just like how he disguises his coverages and pre-snap looks, MacDonald also does a great job disguising his pressure packages and on top of that, understands how exactly to attack different protection schemes to exploit their weaknesses......................

The whooping vs the Ravens makes me wonder, was it just a hickup ?

I like Ben Johnson a lot, but since defenses win championships McDonald could be the better choice.

Monday Night Miracle 2005

Imagine SB LVIII Lions vs Ravens !

I was responding to @RWJ "I wonder what's going on in Adam Peters and Harris's mind right now. LOL " I just being feeling the same lately thanks to MMc Link

Steelers figured out how to beat them, funny thing twice with the same score.

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It's too quiet here, let's spice up the discussion Slowik vs McDonald is going to be very interesting Edit : I'm pulling for Slowik eventhough defenses win championships

I do agree, It's a question of subtle balance between both type of players, and a difficult one for sure. You must be able to find the ones who will deserve their big pay check (few) and also find the ones who will outperform their contracts. I wish the very best to Peters and his crew.

I don't really care about "the best", I care more about the mindset, the fit in the system. The best players can easily become the busts (Norman opposed to Fletcher) and hit your salary cap. It's easy to spot them since most have inflated stats on contract years. I like the kind of incentive based contract signed by Mayfield, who is absolutely not the best but who's fitting well in Tampa ($600,000 for being in the top 10 and $250,000 per playoff game).

I want to believe that this new regime will make the proper choices, avoiding the money seekers which will underperform, the trademark of the ugly snyderism. I'm a fan of big incentive based contracts, and opposed to huge insane guarantees no matter the performance.

Here you go, his nickname is "Cheetah", in terms of speed he is compared to Tyreek Hill

So am I

I see what you mean