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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

2 years

In lieu of thoughts and prayers, send votes to politicians who refuse to take NRA money.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

Step 1: Pro Bowl selections get announced Step 2: People get mad about snubs Step 3: Everyone drops out Step 4: Josh Allen and Blake Bortles get added to the team as the 27th and 28th QBs Step 5: People get mad about terrible Pro Bowlers Step 6: No one watches the game

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Ryan McCrystal

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5 years

Doug Gottlieb is obviously trying to become another Skip Bayless. Having worked with both of them I can say there’s one big difference: Skip is an actor playing a jackass on tv, Doug is just being himself.

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Ryan McCrystal

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5 years

Can we take a moment to respect Mike Tomlin and the rest of the Steelers coaching staff? They dealt with this BS from Antonio Brown for years and mostly kept it in house. Then he shows up in Oakland and Gruden/Mayock can’t even control him for a couple months in the offseason.

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Ryan McCrystal

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5 months

If Florida State is so much worse without Jordan Travis, then why are they ranked 5th?? Drop them down to like 9th or something. If they're better than Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, then their undefeated record should put them in the playoffs.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

This should help put into perspective just how good the Browns run defense is... and also just how historically terrible Hue Jackson must be to allow a defense like this to go winless

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Ryan McCrystal

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9 years

Tony Dungy says he would sign Ray Rice... The same Tony Dungy that said he wouldn't want Michael Sam bc of the distraction he'd bring. smh

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Ryan McCrystal

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7 years

Can't believe there are people still on the NFL's side in this Ezekiel Elliott suspension.. it's just nuts. Literally all of the evidence on his side.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

7 years

John O'Korn flopping to try to draw a penalty after throwing a terrible interception is the most Michigan thing ever.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

3 years

Browns fans crushing Donovan Peoples-Jones should read the rule book. That was a brilliant play. Once touched by the kicking team, the offense gets the ball at that spot OR at the spot the ball gets returned to… there was zero risk.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

The most explosive passing offenses in college football features four powerhouses and.... Minnesota?

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

Here are all of Hakeem Butler's touchdowns from 2018

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

Up to her usual trash I see... Mary Kay Cabot wanted the Browns to draft Josh Allen because Baker Mayfield didn't stop to talk to her at the combine 🚮

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 months

Washington as the lowest ranked undefeated team despite having the best win, by the committee's own measurement, still makes absolutely no sense to me.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Mark Schlereth's ignorant comments about Baker Mayfield being a product of Oklahoma's screen game is a wonderful reminder of just how little some of these analysts actually watch the game they're paid to analyze

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Ryan McCrystal

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6 years

Hue Jackson watched Baker and Tyrod for the past 2 months and came to the conclusion that Tyrod was so much better that Baker didn’t even deserve snaps with the starters. This absurd fact can’t be repeated enough.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

1 year

Justin Herbert has been pressured in 2.5 seconds or less on 28% of his dropbacks, the league's highest rate per TruMedia.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

2 years

The Ravens defense allowed a TD on four consecutive drives in the 2nd half today for the first time in franchise history.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

3 months

Literally every single team has to win 4 straight games to win a national championship. Either you win your conference championship and then 3 playoff games OR... you lose your conference championship and then 4 playoff games OR... you don't play one, and then 4 playoffs games

Joe Pompliano

@JoePompliano

3 months

The new College Football Playoff will put the 4 highest ranked conference champions as seeds 1 through 4. That means that even if Notre Dame is the #1 ranked team in the country, they would get the #5 seed, requiring them to win 4 straight games to win a title. That's brutal.

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Ryan McCrystal

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1 year

Justin Fields had +8.01 EPA on dropbacks vs pressure yesterday, per TruMedia. No other QB had more than 2.7 (Dak Prescott)

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 months

Jayden Daniels has 20 TOUCHDOWNS on throws 20+ yards downfield Bo Nix has 17 COMPLETIONS on throws 20+ yards downfield. via @SportsInfo_SIS

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

7 years

Cowboys just took a knee *before* the anthem and got booed. Stop pretending your objections to these protests are about anything but racism.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

Terry McLaurin is the first Redskins rookie with 100 receiving yards in Week 1 in franchise history. Previous record was 97 by Charlie Brown in 1982

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

Browns remaining schedule: at Brandon Allen vs Josh Allen vs Mason Rudolph vs Ryan Fitzpatrick at Mason Rudolph vs Ryan Finley at Kyler Murray vs Lamar Jackson at Ryan Finley

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

Among WRs with at least 15 deep targets (20+ yds), John Ross saw the second highest uncatchable target rate (73.3%) according to @SportsInfo_SIS Maybe the Bengals should get a competent QB before giving up on Ross.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

7 years

This is exciting. Frantz looked like a future pro last year. Likely will become our first openly gay active NFL player

Bleacher Report

@BleacherReport

7 years

Kansas State OL Scott Frantz comes out as gay — "I want to reach out to the kids who are just like me"

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

2 years

Since the start of 2021, there have been only 2 games in which a team did not blitz, per TruMedia. Bills vs Rams last night Bills vs Chiefs, Wk 5 2021 Bills won both games by 39 combined points, with 9 combined sacks.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

Jason Witten talks like a 2nd grader practicing reading out loud.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Here are the debut passing charts for Mayfield, Rosen, Darnold and Allen.. completions are in green, incompletions are red. Intentional throw aways weren't charted... Mayfield was 3-6 on throws 20+ yards downfield, the other three were 2-8 combined

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

Urban Meyer said at some point Haskins has to become a more dangerous runner. Translation: ”my offense hasn’t evolved since 2003 and I don’t know how to coach a pocket passer.”

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Freddie Kitchens looks like an damn genius... In reality, he's just doing the things that we all knew the Browns should have been doing—running Chubb more, throwing to Duke more, etc. It's just that Hue and Haley were so incompetent that common sense now looks like brilliance.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Kobe had a 3 year stretch in the prime of his career where he couldn’t get out of the first round of the Western Conference.. but he thinks LeBron needs to figure out how to win? Kobe was great, but he couldnt sniff LeBron’s level of success when he wasn’t surrounded by All-Stars

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

So the Browns now rank 5th in the NFL in rushing yds/att and 1st in rush yds/att allowed.. I don't care how bad the passing game is on offense/defense, a competent coaching staff would be able to game plan around those strengths and win a couple games.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

It’s disappointing to see the national media discussing @bakermayfield ’s interview walk-out without explaining the context of who Tony Grossi is. Baker is not the first Browns player/coach to snap at Grossi and he won’t be the last. Grossi is a troll. No one respects him.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

1 year

@ClowESPN You could just submit a job application to Outkick or Fox. You didn't need to tweet this.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

1 year

A year ago Carson Strong opted out of Nevada’s bowl game. He went undrafted and he’s not on an NFL roster. High profile opt outs make a lot of sense but some of these guys are opting out of what would be the last game they’ll ever play. I just can’t wrap my mind around that.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

Among the top RBs in this draft class, only two averaged over 5 yards per carry and also converted at least 85% of their short yardage attempts (according to @SportsInfo_SIS ): Ohio State's @mikeweberjr Penn State's @BoobieMilesXXIV

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

4 years

Thanks Sashi

Bill Barnwell

@billbarnwell

4 years

Remember that the Browns got Nick Chubb with the draft pick they got from the Brock Osweiler trade.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

“Rosen was injury prone in So Cal so how can he possibly make it through the winters in Buffalo?” What the hell do you think a winter in Buffalo is like??? It’s just a little snow, it’s not a war zone.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

2 years

Who would've guessed the Falcons would have one of the most dominant offensive lines in the league? Despite running into stacked boxes at one of the highest rates, Falcons RBs lead the league in % of carries with 3+ yards before contact. ATL ranked 27th by that metric last yr

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

8 years

Here's how the NFC East finishes in four-way 6-10 tie, with Cowboys winning division (its scarily realistic)

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 months

RJ Oben might be the top pass-rusher in the transfer portal this year. Maybe he'll follow Mike Elko to A&M, but his dad (Roman Oben) played at Louisville and his brother (Andre) was recruited to Purdue by current Louisville HC Jeff Brohm...

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

If you want to know which NFL play callers know what they're doing and which ones are completely incompetent, I would argue there's no better chart to look at than this. Here's the rate at which each teams runs the ball on 2nd and 10:

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

2 years

Joe Burrow gets rid of the ball in under 3 seconds at the 6th highest rate in the league, per TruMedia Rams rank 26th in EPA/dropback allowed on dropbacks lasting < 3 seconds.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

You know what UCF fans should really be pissed off about? Not getting invited into a Power 5 conference. They’ve invested heavily in the athletics program over the last decade. UCF is more committed to being highly competitive than a lot of Power 5 schools

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

If you think Josh Rosen doesn't like football and will therefor be bad at football bc he has opinions about stuff other than football, then I can only assume you're also bad at your job bc you have opinions about Josh Rosen.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

2 years

Highest % of 3rd down pass attempts short of the sticks Lions, 63% Broncos, 59% Panthers, 54% Titans, 54% Raiders, 52% Giants, 50% League avg is 44.5% (via @SportsInfo_SIS )

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

1 year

We’re entering anonymous scout season, so here’s my annual reminder: Scout is an entry level job in the NFL, which means some of them are brilliant future GMs and some of them are completely clueless. It’s best to assume the latter if the quote catches you by surprise.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

7 years

I'm not gonna defend Zeke's character. I don't know him. And *maybe* he did this. But I will defend his right not to be publicly labeled a domestic abuser by the NFL based on zero evidence.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

The Browns offense is averaging a turnover or a penalty once every 7.5 plays, worst in the league. "You're either coaching it or allowing it to happen."

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Remember when Josh Gordon showed up late one day so John Dorsey decided to punish Baker Mayfield by trading his No. 1 WR for a 5th rounder?

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

UCF is already a strong program and they're likely to land in a Power 5 conference sooner or later. I think it's a very safe bet UCF goes to more New Years Six bowls in the next 10 years than Nebraska.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

4 years

Josh Rosen is younger than Joe Burrow

Rotoworld Football

@rotoworld_fb

4 years

Teams calling Dolphins about Josh Rosen

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

3 years

Colts brought 4 pass-rushers 82% of the time last year, 2nd highest rate in NFL. When Michigan brought 4 pass-rushers, Kwity Paye generated a 25% pressure rate, best in Big Ten 🔥🔥 via @football_sis

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Here are all the passing charts for Mayfield, Rosen Allen, Darnold through 2 preseason games... what stands out most to me is how few attempts Darnold has at intermediate/deep levels. He's living within 5 yds of the LOS

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Haven't started a full Josh Allen thread yet, so here it goes.. keeping all my Allen notes here the rest of the way..

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

What I like about the Vrabel hire for Tennessee: they're hiring him for his general coaching abilities, rather than his experience as a playcaller. It's never made sense to me why teams always hire HCs based on their play calling success, when most HCs don't call plays.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Myles Garrett set the Browns franchise record for sacks at the midway point of the season today

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Don’t embarrass yourself by saying 28-year-old Tyrod Taylor and his one-year contract locks the Browns into Saquon Barkley at No. 1

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

3 years

@minakimes Stats seem to support you. Obviously we know Manning lost the ability to throw deep but up to 20 yards he was still competent... Pretty clear difference btwn him and Ben in the 10-20 yard range (stats from @football_sis )

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

Baker Mayfield has the second highest passer rating in the red zone this year, just 0.1 points behind Brees.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

To me, that's on the coach. Thanks to the D, the Browns have been in a one-score game in the 4th quarter 9 times this season.. If you can't scrape together a single win in all those close games, that's a coaching problem.

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Ryan McCrystal

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5 years

If I were Sean McVay, I’d go get the worst coach I can find, bring him in as my OC, secretly not give him any responsibilities and then laugh when some idiot owner hires him as a head coach in 2020

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

7 years

. @Sabrina_Parr You can't be misquoted on the radio. It's literally your own voice saying those words.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

4 years

Mike Gundy is finished at OK State. Maybe not immediately, but young athletes are paying attention to social issues like never before and his outspoken far right views are the end of his recruiting power. If he isnt fired for this explicitly, his inability to recruit will end him

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

I've charted every throw from Baker Mayfield this season and I'm sold on him as a top-10 pick. Here's a thread of some plays I pulled out to highlight his strenghts

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

2 years

Baker Mayfield vs blitz today: 3-8, 38 yards, INT, sack, -3.7 EPA Stats via TruMedia

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Here's an updated top-12 mock draft with the current draft order

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

7 years

I don't even care that this was a parody account. I'm buying an RC Cola for the first time in 15 years next time I see one

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@AdamParkhomenko

7 years

The @OfficialRCCola twitter game level: woke

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Here are all of Bradley Chubb's sacks from 2017

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

18 days

Based on route-adjusted numbers, Kamari Lassiter's ball-hawk rate was 79% above expected last year, per @SportsInfo_SIS . I don't care what his 40 time was. You can't make that happen in the SEC if you're not a top-tier athlete.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

4 years

When this picture popped up on my timeline yesterday I thought it was some sort of Make-a-Wish thing.. only just realized it’s an *actual* 5-star RB who just looks like an 11-year old

Adam Friedman

@RivalsFriedman

4 years

BREAKING: No. 1 all-purpose back Will Shipley commits to #Clemson . "Clemson, in my mind, is no question the place that I need to be at." He goes in-depth on his decision and the pressures here:

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Ryan McCrystal

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7 years

Every witness. Every text message. All of it points to this woman trying to frame Ezekiel Elliott. Her own friends saying she asked them to lie.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

1 year

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Ryan McCrystal

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6 years

What I'll remember most about this Cavs season is @Cavsdan 's ego getting in the way of a contract extension for David Griffin, which led to Kyrie getting traded prematurely, which then led to Jeff Green, Jordan Clarkson and the corpse of JR Smith playing important playoff minutes

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

Through Week 8, the Browns were averaging 4.87 yards per play, the 4th worst rate in the NFL. Then they fired the Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum and....

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

1 year

I've seen basically zero talk about Dorian Thompson-Robinson this draft season, so I just wanted remind people he's out there. QBs with DTR's arm and athleticism always get drafted.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

So Vance Joseph has more confidence in his kicker to make this FG, his defense to get the ball back, his offense to get into FG range and his kicker to kick another FG... than he does in his offense to pick up one yard???

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Asking Norm Turner to coach Cam Newton and Christian McCaffrey is like asking your grandpa to teach you how to use your iPad. He may have been a mad typist on that old typewriter back in the day. Doesn't mean he knows a damn thing about today's gadgets.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

2 years

Panthers pursuit of Mayfield makes no sense at this point. If you’re done with Darnold, give Corral a shot and see what you’ve got. You’re bad either way. This is why lame duck coaches are dangerous.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

The Browns own the No. 1 pick in the best QB class since at least 2004, for the love of god why on earth would they sign Kirk Cousins, a 30 year old very average QB, when they FINALLY have a chance to draft the QB this franchise has needed for decades?

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Ryan McCrystal

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2 years

Russell Wilson has taken a sack on 16% of dropbacks vs the blitz this year. Among 239 qualified QB seasons since 2016, that ranks 236th (via @football_sis )

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Here are all of Arden Key's sacks from when he was fully healthy in 2016.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

7 years

In 2 drafts, the Browns front office has spent four top-75 picks on the front seven and now they have a top-10 run defense

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

7 months

Since some people are really fixated on sacks... Sam Howell has taken 20 sacks on plays lasting 3.5 seconds or longer, per TruMedia. Only 2 other QBs have taken 20 or more *total* sacks. There are no plays designed to require 3.5 seconds. All of those sacks are on Howell.

Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

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How bad is Sam Howell? He's been pressured in 2.5 sec or less on 19.6% of his dropbacks. The 5th LOWEST rate in the league. But he's taken a sack on 13.5% of his dropbacks, the 2nd HIGHEST rate. ℹ️TrueMedia

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Ryan McCrystal

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6 years

I've been staying quiet on the QB debates lately bc we've covered it all already.. but I just want to pose this question again: If Josh Rosen doesn't love football, how did he develop near-flawless mechanics by the age of 21?

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

T.J. Hockenson is the slowest tight end (4.70 40-yd dash) to be drafted inside the top 20 since Bubba Franks in 2000. Extremely rare to see a TE go this high who doesn't have rare speed for the position.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Random thought: why is Rosen's love of the game/desire to be great questioned but Darnold's isn't? Shouldn't we assume the guy who has near flawless mechanics/footwork has already put in years of hard work? And maybe the guy with sloppy technique has a questionable work ethic?

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

2 years

Reason to believe Burrow will get much better when Cincy invests in the o-line: Burrow faced pressure in less than 2.5 sec on 24.2% of his dropbacks, the 10th highest rate. But when he was kept clean for 2.5 sec (or got rid of the ball earlier, without pressure) he was ELITE

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Gordon and Coleman on the outside. Landry in the slot. Njoku at tight end. 👀 Josh Rosen’s gonna win rookie of the year in Cleveland.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

With Bill Polian in the news yet again for being an incompetent talent evaluator, keep in my mind he owes most of his NFL success to Peyton Manning-a player he wanted to trade away in 2004.

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Ryan McCrystal

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Ollie Gordon finished the year as the leading rushing in CFB. 2nd time in last 5 years OK State has produced the leading rusher (Chuba Hubbard in 2019). That's pretty crazy for a program that doesn't even lean on an ultra run-heavy offense.

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Ryan McCrystal

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6 years

I'm sure Scott Frost will get a nice raise by going to Nebraska, but are we sure that's an upgrade in program?

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

6 years

Every year around this time I mention how honest Nick Saban is about his players. When someone like Reuben Foster "falls" you know Saban's assessment is behind it. This is what Saban said about Foster after last year's draft:

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

15 years

Lions select Matthew Stafford... no shocker here, we've been suspecting it since January. Not a fan of the pick however. He'll be a bust

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

2 years

Here's how I've got this year's QB class stacked up compared to the 2021 class. Numbers don't necessarily correlate to round grade, but depending on the depth of the class, typically an 80+ puts you in or near the top 32 prospects. 100 would be a perfect score.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

When Marvin Lewis gets fired and Hue Jackson goes for his interview: "You saw what they did to us! I built that! I made Baker the man he is today!"

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

5 years

My running back hot takes for the day: It won’t be easy to replace 100% of Melvin Gordon’s production. It will be very easy to replace ~90% of his production at 1/5 the price tag.

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Ryan McCrystal

@Ryan_McCrystal

3 years

Lane Kiffin and Tennessee Fans

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Ryan McCrystal

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6 years

This is the perfect example of the type of gun laws we want. I have no interest in the government taking guns away from law abiding citizens. That sets a scary precedent. But like, can we at least make sure everyone who buys a gun goes through a background check first?

Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦

@cmclymer

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Under Florida law, Nicolas Cruz could purchase firearms in a private sale without any background check. He wouldn't have to register his weapons or have a license to own them. Those are the gun laws on the books in Florida. #Parkland

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Ryan McCrystal

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Per @SportsInfo_SIS , the Browns run into a box with 7+ defenders at the highest rate (77% of their rush att). That's usually a bad thing... but they're also averaging 5.0 yds/att into a stacked box, best rate in the league. Defenses know exactly what's coming and can't stop it

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