CommanderInTheRye

Wow, what a friggin debut! Is this really happening? Am I dreaming? If I am, I'm gonna stay asleep as long as I can.

The bygone "daze" and errors of a tragically misspent youth, that eventually resulted in the forthright upstanding and honorable man who humbly stands before you. 🤪

So does that mean another 6 to 9 months, beginning when he put on the boot? If so, this season may end up being the pro equivalent of a red shirt year.

I spent some time in Escondido, California. Weekends were "wasted" across the border at a bar called Adelita's that was famous for a lot of things-- none of which had much to do with drinking. On a few occasions the more adventurous of us, including sailors on leave from the naval base in San Diego, would be invited to go on an excursion to even more "interesting" and unique venues. I'm very familiar with the original donkey show.

Everything you said, as always, when it comes to the medical field, injuries, etc is true and accurate. Uhm, I just felt I needed to mention that my complete post was just a joke. Even the part about Keim saying the surgery went well was just part of the setup.

I've been to 3 county fairs, 5 rodeos, over a dozen rollercoaster and even seen a donkey show or three in my day, but I ain't ever laid eyes on anything as authentically rambunctiously entertaining as what them boys of ours done got themselves into today! Yee haw! Me thinks this Quinn guy might just be on to something. Part of me is so used to things falling bad in the worst way when it comes to this team that I want to hold on to my skepticism to protect myself but the bigger part of me is whispering... "release the birds... go ahead just let 'em fly watch 'em soar to the heavens and relish every damn moment of it..."

Nothing to worry about. Keim just reported that the doctor said the procedure went smoothly, and all indications are that Newton should be ready for the start of the season, or shortly thereafter. In fact, Newton was feeling so spry and energetic after the surgery that he went out on the town last night, and even decided to dance on his newly reconstructed "walking appendage"... Yep all those years of bad luck and voodoo curses on our draft picks are a thing of the past. .

Tge Extremeskins bylaws require that we all have to stake a training camp claim on a non-first round rookie as a potential breakout star. I was gonna hop on the Jer'Zhan "He Plays Nasty" Newton bandwagon, but it's filled to overflowing abd they wouldn't let me on board. So as of today I'm officially staking my claim, for this year's surprise breakout rookie star of training camp, on young Lucas Jebediah McCaffrey. Don't let me down kid!

I liked this cat within 5 seconds of hearing him talk for the first time and the more he talked the better I felt. As an original old school Beach boys fan-- he gives off "good vibrations"...

McCaffrey will look good coming out of the slot with 12. Jean-Baptiste with 90 has a strong looking number. Newton with 95 works too. At first glance nothing really looks wrong to me. Let's start hitting!

Tress Way has come full circle. A man's man. A consumate professional. A man with honor, dignity, and pride. A man of rare character, who in this decision, as in all others he has made during his illustrious career, always put the interests of the team, above his own. May Jayden one day prove himself to have been deserving of the gracious sacrifice of the man whose number he now wears proudly on his back. CITR XXXXXXX News | Washington Commanders - Commanders.com Tress Way explains why giving No. 5 jersey to Jayden Daniels was 'the right thing' May 09, 2024 at 07:44 PM Zach Selby Tress Way has been one of the Washington Commanders' most reliable players since he joined the team in 2014. He's a four-time captain, a two-time Pro Bowler and a fan favorite because of his personality and production. All of that was done while wearing No. 5. The Commanders are starting a new era and added a pivotal piece to their future by taking LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels with the No. 2 overall pick. He was one of the most dynamic players in college football last year, winning the Heisman Trophy for hitting career-highs in completion rate (72.2%), passing yards (3,812), passing touchdowns (40) and rushing yards (1,134). Daniels also happens to wear No. 5. Head coach Dan Quinn and general manager Adam Peters gave Way time to think about what to do with his jersey number, but with rookies reporting for minicamp and joint OTAs around the corner, a decision needed to be made. In the end, with a little negotiating between the two players, Way decided to pass the jersey number on to Daniels, meaning that he'll be sporting a different number for the first time in over a decade. Tress Way has been one of the Washington Commanders' most reliable players since he joined the team in 2014. He's a four-time captain, a two-time Pro Bowler and a fan favorite because of his personality and production. All of that was done while wearing No. 5. The Commanders are starting a new era and added a pivotal piece to their future by taking LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels with the No. 2 overall pick. He was one of the most dynamic players in college football last year, winning the Heisman Trophy for hitting career-highs in completion rate (72.2%), passing yards (3,812), passing touchdowns (40) and rushing yards (1,134). Daniels also happens to wear No. 5. Head coach Dan Quinn and general manager Adam Peters gave Way time to think about what to do with his jersey number, but with rookies reporting for minicamp and joint OTAs around the corner, a decision needed to be made. In the end, with a little negotiating between the two players, Way decided to pass the jersey number on to Daniels, meaning that he'll be sporting a different number for the first time in over a decade. Command Center | Exclusive Interview with Jayden Daniels "I just feel like there's just so much excitement around this organization, hands down the most I have ever seen," Way said on the most recent episode of Command Center. "All of the excitement [is] building and building and building. I just feel like this is...a very small part that I could do." Way has come full circle with passing on the jersey to Daniels since the rookie joined the team. He originally declined to give it away "right out the gate" because of the connection he had with the number. He felt wanted for the first time in his career when Washington picked him up off the waiver wire following his release from the Bears. The No. 5 felt right to Way from the moment he picked it, and since then he's been not just one of the better punters in the league but the most consistent player for Washington in the past 10 years with a touchback rate of 6.2%, an average of 46.9 yards per punt and 37.7% of his punts landing inside the 20-yard line. .

I expect a big exodus now that the draft has ended and the scout hiring/firing season has begun. With what our recent drafts have failed to produce, AP could do a clean sweep of everybody, and I wouldn't complain. In with the good air, out with the bad.

Smoot giving praise to the annointed one... Gg

"They're baaaack!" For such a fast runner Jayden sure walks awful slow. Hh Gg Vets moving fast...

Damn. Jayden knew not to say anything, but he didn’t want to make it seem like he was calling his boy a liar. He should have either said Malik was joking and laughed it off or said no comment. I know this is a technical violation of league policy. However, no money has been exchanged so they could say they called it off (even if they don't). I hope Goodell doesn't try to set an example for other players. --shrug-- P.S. I hate Florio. You know he was gleefully giddy when hr reported this.

Huge news on Cognilize! It looks like we are going to have a serious competitive advantage vs the vast majority of NFL teams with respect to the Cognilize VR system. In the Al Galdi interview below of Jack Marucci, LSU's brilliant director of performance innovation (I'd hire him if I were Josh Harris in a heartbeat), that @Llevronposted on another thread, it's revealed that Cognilize is tightly limiting the team's with access to their system. LSU was the first college program to utilize the system and there's one other unnamed college program that Marucci personally invited to use the system as well. That's it as far as college football teams are concerned. On the NFL side, Marucci said there were a couple of cutting edge unnamed teams that were involved with Cognilize last year, and they intend to keep it "close knit" to maintain a competitive advantage and provide an excellent customer experience (rapid programing turnaround time etc ). However, reading between the lines, it seems that Marucci was instrumental in seeing that the team that drafted Jayden also got access to Cognolize. Of course, that's us, but other than those unnamed NFL teams, and us, nobody else in the league is getting access to Cognilize-- at least in the near future. We have a huge competitive advantage right now. I hope we use it wisely. For convenience the Galdi podcast is posted below. The portion with Marucci begins around the 18:30 mark. All of it is fascinating imho. For those just interested in Marucci specifically discussing college and NFL access to Cognilize, that can be found around the 32:20 mark... https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Tp6IV4Yrd2bZyx0YOIKO7 .

Here's the full 8 minute interview with Coleman's college head coach...

Rather than grading our 2024 draft which at best would be just a wild guess, this guy goes back and grades our 2021 draft with the benefit of hindsight. Probably one of the worst NFL drafts in the last 10 years. No wonder AP and DQ are just tossing jokers out the back door. Can’t really argue with any of his grades. Guess who gets an F- Home Sports NFL Re-Grading Washington’s 2021 Draft by Ryan Cooley May 8, 2024 https://commanderswire.usatoday.com/lists/how-did-washington-commanders-2021-nfl-draft-class-grade/ MandeBy: Ryan Cooley *All stats/grades are via PFF I am sure everyone has seen about 50 different “grades” for the Washington Commanders 2024 draft. I am not a fan of grading drafts right out of the gate because no one has a clue how those picks will turn out. After last year’s drafts, I decided to go back and grade their one from 2020. I feel three years is a good timetable to see how an organization’s draft went. So, I am doing that again for the 2021 draft. Jamin Davis (round 1, pick 19): C- I could go with a lower grade here, but I think that would be a bit harsh on Jamin Davis. He has taken the steps on the field that you would want to see from a developmental LB. However, that doesn’t excuse taking a developmental LB 19th overall. The low grade is more of a reflection of the decision to take someone like Davis in the 1st round. Davis only started 11 games in college. Yes, you read that right. The last regime thought a LB with only 11 starts in college would come in and play at a high level in his first two years. As I mentioned, Davis has improved each year. He has taken strides when it comes to run defense. In his rookie year, he only managed a run defense grade of 48.6 (43rd) and a missed tackle rate of 14.3% (54th). In 2023, he posted a 76.1 (19th) run defense grade and only a missed tackle rate of 5.6% (4th). Sam Cosmi (round 2, pick 51): A Cosmi will likely go down as the best pick from the Rivera era. He spent his first two years at RT where he played well, but struggled with consistency and injuries. He took a big leap when he moved to RG in 2023. He had some ups and downs to start the year but played like a man possessed from week 11 on. In those 7 games, he managed both the highest pass-blocking grade (88.3) and the highest run-blocking grade (88.1) among all guards. I have the utmost confidence that he can be a top-five guard in the NFL if he can stay healthy. Benjamin St-Juste (round 3, pick 74): C St-Juste has had so many highs and lows in his first three seasons. In just 2023, he had three games with an 80+ grade. However, he also had three games with a grade of 45 or lower. Coming out of Minnesota, St-Juste’s physical tools (specifically his massive wingspan) were intriguing. Many believed he could be a high-end CB with enough reps and development. Unfortunately, he has not taken the steps everyone had hoped. There is a possibility with better coaching, he could improve in 2024. Dyami Brown (round 3, pick 82): F We see a ton of success from day two receivers, but not so much from Brown. Dyami was projected to be a 2nd rounder by some. He ended up falling to Washington at pick 82. Since then, he has only managed 476 yards and 3 TDs on 29 receptions in three seasons. I thought with Howell becoming the starter in 2023 that there was a possibility their connection from college could be revived. That obviously did not happen. John Bates (round 4, pick 124): D Bates looked like a solid pick after his rookie season. He posted an impressive 87.6 run-blocking grade (1st) in 2021. However, he has failed to recapture that dominance in the past two seasons, only managing a run-blocking grade of 65 and 60. Bates has had little impact in the passing game as well. He has failed to reach even 200 receiving yards in either of the past two seasons. With the signing of Ertz and the selection of Sinnott in round 2, there is a strong chance Bates won’t make the team in 2024. Darrick Forrest (round 5, pick 163): B Many loved the Forrest selection and viewed him as a steal in the 5th round. After impressing in his sophomore season, there were hopes he could the next step up. Unfortunately, he suffered a fractured shoulder in week 5 and missed the rest of the year. With so much turnover this offseason, his spot at FS is not guaranteed. However, I believe he will win the starting job. Camaron Cheeseman (round 6, pick 225): F- I’m aware there isn’t a grade lower than an F, but this pick was so bad that I had to slap on the minus. I honestly can’t think of a pick that better represents the last front office. Not only did they draft a long snapper, BUT THEY TRADED UP FOR ONE! Now if you think that is bad enough, it’s not, because that long snapper quite literally could not long snap. . To make matters worse, the very next pick was Trey Smith. Smith has been the Chiefs starting RG all three years and has yet to have a season with a blocking grade lower than 72. William Bradley-King (round7pick 240) :D It might be a harsh grade for someone taken 240th, but there were hopes that he could be a good depth piece for Washington. Instead, Bradley-King barely played for the burgundy and gold and was with the Patriots in 2023. In 2021, he was on the field for 59 snaps and posted a 40.4 overall grade. In 2022, he played even fewer snaps at 24 and only mustered a 33.7 grade. Shaka Toney (round 7, pick 246): F I initially liked the Toney pick and believed out of the two Edges taken in the 7th round, he had the most potential. Instead, he thought it would be a stupendous idea to bet on NFL games. This led to a year-long suspension. Shortly after being reinstated into the league, Adam Peters cut Toney from the team. I believe he has potential, but he will need a team to give him another chance. Dax Milne (round 7, pick 258): C+ Milne has not been a fan favorite, but I still think he has done well for being the 258th pick. On offense, he has barely played, only catching 15 balls in three seasons. He instead was the primary returner in 2022. This is where most of the negativity surrounding Milne has spawned. Fans got tired of seeing his fair catches with no explosive returns. Though, I believe Milne was much better than people gave him credit for. That being said, Crowder did very well with return duties in 2023 and I expect him to be the favorite going into 2024. Overall: D Sam Cosmi is the main reason this draft didn’t receive an F. He is the only player out of 10 picks who is a guaranteed starter in 2024. I believe Davis and Forrest are decent pieces, but they don’t move the needle enough. The last regime is gone, so I don’t want to harp on them too much. So, the only thing I will say is that I couldn’t be happier Adam Peters is in charge now. . .

Short vid on how LSU incorporated Cognilize VR training into regular practice sessions with Daniels... .

Here's the remainder of the article partially posted above... What’s next for Daniels? Before LSU’s matchup with Missouri Kelly approached Daniels on Faurot Field. Kelly thought he’d offer a few reminders for the day that would become part of the lore amid a historic season. Kelly mentioned to Daniels that he made sure he knew where the play clocks were. Without hesitation, Daniels swiveled around. “Coach, there’s one here,” he said, pointing. “And then there’s one here.” Kelly was aware of the technology but still wondered how Daniels had already been so on top of it. Kelly mentioned the moment later on to Marucci, who shared details about the in-stadium replica that included details like the location of the play clock. “You know,” Kelly said, “it all makes sense now.” The depth of what Krakau and Hartmann built out on a whim wowed many of LSU’s coaches. They knew Daniels had taken to the technology behind the scenes, and they trusted Marucci and Macaluso to fuse it into open pockets of the weekly schedule during the season. The coaches also heeded Kelly’s belief that a scientific approach is important to measuring and improving. That Daniels enjoyed the exercise only furthered the coaches’ willingness to do something non-traditional. “It kind of put him in a visualization,” Sloan said. “I think it’s just about making decisions. Make a decision. Make a decision. Make a decision. It was an opportunity to sit there and make a lot of decisions in a short amount of time, and you’re not sweating. It’s huge.” Before LSU’s final game against Texas A&M, Marucci met Daniels in one of the offices before a “Cognilize” session. “Look Jayden,” Marucci said, “You don’t have to make me feel better. I know you’ve done a lot with this. How much has this helped you with scanning the field? How much does this really impact the way you’re seeing it?” Marucci’s hope was that Daniels’ response would be at least 5 percent. If we can get 5 percent more for a quarterback out of this, he thought, we’re doing pretty good. Daniels pondered for a few seconds, then responded. “Seventy-five to 80 percent,” Daniels said. That level of praise already has Marucci, Krakau and Hartmann considering what’s next. They’ve discussed the possibility of creating a viewpoint for linebackers. They’ve talked about establishing exact biomechanical movements of players by motion-capturing LSU’s specific roster and using the data points from those motion captures within the technology. Krakau and Hartmann have started to pursue some of these possibilities. Sleep remains secondary. They do, however, have plans to stop their work for a brief time in the early Sunday morning hours in Giessen. A notable trophy presentation is scheduled in New York City. They will be watching nervously in support of a quarterback who made a massive leap, a quarterback who saw the vision for what they believed their product could provide. .

Absolutely amazing article on Daniels quantum leap last year after using the VR system. I know it's long but trust this old man-- it's really worth the effort. If nothing else just read the bolded parts lol. XXX The headsets crackled, and Brian Kelly’s voice sliced through the static. “We’re going for this,” he said. LSU faced a fourth-and-7 situation early in the second quarter of an early September game against Mississippi State. The Tigers already possessed a 10-point lead. This was not so much a dice roll for the head coach as it was a heat check. Keep the ball in Jayden Daniels’ hands, and allow the quarterback to blossom in an arena of clattering cowbells. Joe Sloan, LSU’s quarterbacks coach, listened to the play call from his seat in the press box, then leaned forward in his chair and focused on Daniels. From the shotgun, Daniels received the snap and shuffled backward a few steps. Sloan noticed Daniels’ eyes, first scanning the middle of the field, then moving swiftly to the right. As Mississippi State’s pass rushers besieged him, Daniels acted quickly and launched a deep ball down the right sideline. Sloan’s eyes followed the football, which dropped perfectly into the hands of wide receiver Malik Nabers at the front pylon for a touchdown. The sideline erupted. The fans at Davis Wade Stadium seemed shocked. Sloan high-fived his coaching counterparts, sat down in his seat, turned to one of LSU’s other staffers in the box and mouthed the word: “Whoa.” Few descriptors are more apt for what Daniels would ultimately accomplish in 2023. Among 131 FBS quarterbacks who have attempted 150 passes this season, Daniels leads in passing efficiency, yards per attempt, expected points added per dropback and completions of 20 yards or more, per TruMedia. He’s poised to set the single-season FBS record for passing efficiency, and, by the way, he leads all quarterbacks in rushing yards. Treating play in the Southeastern Conference like he’s on rookie mode in a video game is why Daniels is the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy, which will be presented Saturday night. “He’s always been a fine thrower,” Sloan said this week, “but he went from being an above-average high-level college thrower to the best passer in the country. It was really cool to watch.” Daniels’ development is not random nor difficult to spot for evaluators. Jack Marucci, LSU’s director of performance innovation, said an NFL staffer told him recently: “It looks like he’s throwing to a spot more.” Improved pass protection played a role in Daniels’ willingness to trust his progressions. So, too, did having potential first-rounders like Nabers and Brian Thomas Jr. at wide receiver. But there is another layer to his growth, one that involves an iPad, a virtual reality headset, and a platform built by two folks in Germany who had a vision for a better way to help athletes make split-second decisions. “Listening to him gives us a great feeling that this tool,” Marucci said, “is something that’s made him better.” A ‘flight simulator for quarterbacking’ In March, business partners Verena Krakau and Christian Hartmann flew from Giessen, Germany, located about an hour north of Frankfurt, to Baton Rouge, La. This was not the first time they’d been to the United States, nor the first time they’d shown their technology to high-level college football programs. In the year prior, they’d visited elite high schools on the West Coast. They’d also placed their technology in front of coaches and quarterbacks at the college and NFL level. Most of the time, the coaches and quarterbacks reacted similarly. They’d strap on the virtual reality headset and be transported into an on-field setting from the perspective of the quarterback. Players around them would not move robotically (a criticism of much VR tech) but realistically. Colors matched the real colors of a stadium. The action moved as fast as live football, if not faster, and simulated real action. Krakau and Hartmann sought feedback. Their company, Cognilize, was founded in 2019 and spawned with the idea that elite soccer players could increase reps without needing to be on a field with 21 other players. Hartmann, who coached youth teams for FC Giessen, did not think three or four practices a week were enough to maximize what a player could become. Studying the intricacies of neuroscience and biomechanics shaped his perspective: If he could not address improvement in regions of players’ brains, his coaching could only offer so much impact. Alongside Krakau, whom he’d known since high school, Hartmann pursued an answer to the following question: How could they present information to athletes’ brains that the brain would treat as if it is real practice? They settled on building an artificially intelligent platform that can be funneled to the athlete through a virtual reality headset. “It’s really about how we can control an environment to bring the athlete in the best practice situation possible,” Hartmann said. Krakau added: “We created everything with real biomechanics movements. It’s not just like Madden where people are moving around more robotically.” Both had taken to American football, and a deeper dive into the sport crystallized the complexity of playing quarterback. Playing the position requires the human being to make multiple tens of decisions in fewer than three seconds. Replicating that realistically without the physicality and strain was a gap they believed they could fill — in essence, a flight simulator for quarterbacking. Throughout 2021 and ‘22, Hartmann and Krakau connected with numerous coaches in America. One of them was Greg Studrawa, who coached the offensive line at LSU from 2007-13, and who informed Marucci about what he’d seen. Marucci invited them to LSU. Before he viewed a demo of their product, they relayed their backstory, mentioning neuroscience, decision-making processes and cognitive performance. Marucci marveled at their willingness to learn. Then he and others strapped on the headset and were thrust into the world they’d created. “I was actually blown away,” Mario Macaluso, an LSU analyst, said of the demo. When Sloan tried on the headset, he thought: This feels real. Like you’re inside of an amazing video game. He suggested some tweaks. What if they altered the splits between the linemen? What if they added the opposing teams’ stadiums? Krakau and Hartmann scribbled these suggestions on a whiteboard. At the end of their afternoon-long session, Marucci began to ask when Krakau and Hartmann planned to return to Giessen. “He was, like, ‘We don’t want you guys to leave,’” Macaluso said. “‘We wanted to help build out this product.’” This time, the LSU staffers’ reactions resulted in a full-on partnership. As coaches prepared for the season, Marucci and Macaluso essentially transformed their roles into the beta testers for a new player development tool. ‘Man, he looks different’: Programming plays to play clocks Daniels first used the technology in the leadup to LSU’s game at Mississippi State. He had been invited into the initial session and he’d told Marucci that he’d be willing to use Cognilize’s platform as a preparation device in addition to his weekly film study and walkthrough. Now, here he was, crouched down into a quarterback position with a headset wrapped around his face. In the months between their first meeting and this first session, Krakau and Hartmann worked with LSU to add thousands of details. LSU educated them on different coverages and sent them their plays, and Krakau and Hartmann adapted their product so that players moved fluidly the same way they would on the field. Macaluso recalled Krakau and Hartmann’s conversation informing him and Marucci that they hadn’t slept in 36 hours because they’d been working tirelessly on changes. “They would’ve spent every moment trying to get it up and running,” Marucci said. “It’s like anything. They have a love for it. When you have a passion for something, it makes the work that much more rewarding.” The result was this scene days before the matchup with Mississippi State: Daniels wearing the headset, and Macaluso holding an iPad. Macaluso pressed a specific play on the iPad, then said it aloud to Daniels: “Tree Right Hug Y Swift Iowa Cold Flash Z Stop.” Macaluso then selected a specific defense but did not inform Daniels of the defense he picked so he would have to react to coverage movement in real time. Daniels received the snap (virtually), and the technology forced him to read out the plan in 1.7 seconds — faster than game speed. The effect, tying back to Hartmann’s neuroscience study, is similar to a baseball player throwing a different-sized ball to train different movement patterns. Daniels went through this process for each play on LSU’s callsheet for that week and told Marucci and Macaluso that he enjoyed the process. That weekend, he converted the fourth-and-7 touchdown to Nabers and finished 30 of 34 for 361 yards and two touchdowns. After the game, one LSU staffer told Marucci: “Man, he looks different.” Marucci knows quarterback play is contingent on a boatload of factors, but Daniels visited him after the game and said: “I love this thing. I need to do more of it.” Marucci texted Daniels’ comments to Krakau and Hartmann, who watched the game in the evening in Giessen. “We went crazy,” Krakau said. “We never expected anything. We never thought he’d say something like our product made him better. We just thought that we could find a little way to contribute to everything this guy has to do playing quarterback.” Daniels ramped up his usage of the technology to three times a week as the 2023 season progressed. Each week, Macaluso sent Krakau and Hartmann the call sheet, numerical data and film examples of LSU’s concepts, as well as examples of that week’s defense. Krakau and Hartmann added in the different stadiums with details down to the black and gold at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri, to the exact spot where the play clock would be located so that Daniels would not have to acclimate himself to it for the first time when he arrived. Ahead of the Ole Miss matchup, Krakau and Hartmann added an option to change the Rebels’ jersey color to the four different combinations that Ole Miss would most likely use. Some weeks, Daniels would spot new intricacies randomly. Once, while trying to progress through a read, he blurted out: “Oh my! This dude at cornerback just pressed up to the receiver right there.” He, Macaluso and Marucci came to find out that in Hartmann’s spare time, when he was not implementing nearly 800 LSU offensive plays into the system, he was watching coaches’ clinics on YouTubes of defensive back fundamentals and adding them as random easter eggs that pop up the way different techniques would on Saturdays. “You need to understand what the quarterback is supposed to do (to make it realistic),” Hartmann said. “If you have the play, and the defense is running Cover 4, and the safety is in conflict, (how he moves) may be dependent on maybe the seam route or the dig route.” A few weeks ago, Marucci joked with Hartmann that he and Krakau had learned so much about football in less than a year that he could become the reverse Ted Lasso. <snip> --Got to head out now. If interested will post rest later. .

Check these links out if you haven't already. I'm still going through stuff. This is enthralling, cutting edge material. Harris's business is taking over companies on the verge of hitting the big time. Man if I were him I'd be all over this ****. This is not just the future of football-- it's the future of quite possibly every human endeavor. That may sound like hyperbole, but so was the computer when people first started talking about their future utility shortly after wwii. Great video here talking about Daniels using this revolutionary system...

Damn! I was hoping we were finally on the brink of discovering a practical working orgasmatron for the common man (and woman). lol Tt Born 20 years too late! .