OT: Ziggy Ansah, age controversy?
I have a solution. Let's very carefully cut his leg off, remove it and dry it, and then count the rings. We will then know his age to within a MOE of +/-2 years!
This is the first reasonable suggestion I've heard all day.
They're always just walking around the city, why not just strap them to a rickshaw?
Or, what if we turn the homeless into tires.
I am always a fan of more slow-moving wicker vehicles on our streets.
Soylent Green, the Charlton Heston movie, offered another solution for people as well.
Thanks, Professor.
No need to go throught he trouble, this method will not work. He plays for the Detroit Lions, therefore, he has no rings.
...who's a Lion. Lions have no rings.
Fletch is 6'5", 6'9" with the afro...
on the board.
if the Lions did all their homework and they felt assured that Ansah was the age he was claiming, that's all they can do. Either way, while this may seem like a thing, it's really not. 27 or 29 they aren't going to let him walk because of his age to let another team sign him.
It's not like he's 14 year old pitching to bunch of 11 and 12 year olds....
let him walk because of his age. 2 years is a ton in the NFL, and by next year it's the difference between being 28 (Still in prime) and 30 (Likely end of prime). Especially for a guy like Ansah who is going to ask for the big bucks, it would be a lot smarter not to offer a 30 year old with a history of nagging injuries a massive 4/5 year deal.
Definitely total snaps are the biggest factor.
Why do people think Marshawn Lynch is happy to come back? (though deep meaning also plays a part, particularly in pain tolerance and motivation i.e. "playing for your hometown") Lynch had a FULL YEAR of rest and recovery (there's a mental component as well), and now a lot of those nagging injuries that he played through are recuperated.
An age discrepancy has a much larger effect in the teenage, 13-19 range, because it signifies how far along someone is developmentally and great potential. There's much less of a difference between a 24 year old and and a 26 year old physically and mentally.
Don't get me wrong, if he's like 5-9 years older than yea that's harder to overcome, but, we'll see. Total wear and tear is tougher to overcome.
I'm worried that McCaffrey for instance might run into trouble with how much mileage is on him already, for instance, wish him luck though!
Why are the goals so freaking big? and who picked the music? aargh!
Already created my kid's HUDL page and she's learning the Cruyff turn next.
no joke, womens soccer is so much dirtier than mens soccer
used to ref high-school, and its a slugfest
everything is taken personal and those ladies want revenge
never doing that again
ever
There are far more countries in the world where your date of birth is also considered the first anniversary of your birth due to dating back to conception which, although 3 month off is still 9 months closer
No controversy.
It seems like the more relevant data point would be "years spent playing organized football", rather that absolute age. I can't imagine that, all else being equal, the physical condition of a 29 year-old man is materially different from that of a 27 year-old man, or for that matter a 34 year-old man and a 32 year-old man.
I've spent zero years playing organized football, and I'm confident that my 39 year old body could not handle it. It can't even handle a few hours of yard work without being sore.
If they are looking at a long term contract, I think there is a difference between 34 and 32 (the backside of the contract) regardless of football years. Stuff just starts breaking down.
Also, I'm pathetic and out of shape in case that wasn't clear.
A 30 year old signing a 5 year deal is tying up money ages 30-34, likely a lot of it that you can't recover in a bonus, or at minimum a cap hit you're going to take down the road.
A 28 year old signing a 5 year deal ties up money ages 28-32.
You're just getting better and more productive years, generally speaking. Of course, some of that might have to do with body use/abuse, as you point out, but unfortunately there's not enough data to suggest that a "less used" 34 year old is as good from a rest/recovery/performance standpoint in football as a "used" 32 or younger.
Just some interesting data - definitely not an exhaustive research component here:
According to Pro-Football Reference there are 24 DEs aged 31 or 32 right now in the NFL. Comparatively there are 26 DEs aged 33,34,35,36,or 27. After hitting age 33 the numbers take a drop off:
DE by Age:
31: 16
32: 8
33: 10
34: 5
35: 3
36: 4
37: 4
I've consulted Danny Almonte and Freddy Adu, and both assure me is 27 if not indeed 25....
He will be getting the hell out of Detroit after this season.
He will get franchised if he doesnt agree to an extension. His tender would be a good 10 million less than Suh's would have been. Lions aren't going to let him sign with another team.
after this season and the following season before letting him sign with another team. He'll be 29 by the time he'll hit open market as a URFA.