Welcome back to the Stats Lab. Probably doesn’t matter that much. But a coach being really good off a bye week? A team covering a lot as a road dog? Probably means they’re being consistently undervalued. League wide trends that hold steady across hundreds of matchups spanning years and years? So you have to look at every stat individually and decide if it matters. Below is my entire cheat sheet I used for Advisors this week....

Which Athlete Would Be The Best Gladiator? Welcome to VOLUME 155 of THE BRACKET. Kenjac is host alongside KBnoswag, Nick Turani, Tommy Smokes and Rudy.

Usually it’s a battle over who is 2nd behind Burrow but it is a debate nonetheless. I decided to take a look at the numbers. Here is the background. All the categories here are per game stats with everything averaged across their respective starts. So what does this say to you? To me, it says Burrow has performed the best followed by Herbert, then Tua, then Hurts. And how much have their respective teams done to help them?...

As an outsider, that’s truly all I really care about. You know, the one where KG apparently told Melo that his wife tasted like Honey Nut Cheerios. I mean, what a line. Was it just something that spun out of control once the internet got their hands on it? Does any of that even matter? OK, what a tremendous story. Post-retirement Iman Shumpert might be one of the best storytellers of our generation....

Sometimes it’s great to put things into perspective. The worst beat around. Good luck out there fellas.

The holiday season is, among other things, at time to be inspired. To be grateful to live in a land where even the most humble among us can achieve greatness. Take for example, this equipment manager of the U. of California Golden Bears. This guy is that one lone wolf. In fact, Cal did more than just give him the honor he truly deserves. They turned his crime busting into a pep rally....

There’s the outcome basically anyone and everyone predicted. It’s not exactly a secret that Kevin O’Connell loves him: Now Jones gets the dream life. We all know what the outcome is going to be here, right? Sam Darnold is banged up. It’s going to happen. That’s just where we are as a franchise.

Holy Shit!!! This is what I was promised this year and my god I love it. This man is 17 years old doing this in game 6. Imagine what he will be doing in March? It will be laughable. Keep doubting him like because he is just going to keep getting better. I need this moron Skip Bayless to also keep talking. Legit 2 minutes after this tweet Cooper did this dunk....

I am father to two young men. Which means that, according to how biology works, they were once teenage boys. It was during that time in my life I watched them earn their PhDs in Blowing Off Responsibilities. The one who’s second among all linemen in snaps. This guy: The person I’m not blaming for Michael Jordan’s failure is Michael Jordan. This past year, the most glaring need was tackle....

On today’s Pardon My Take… FRED SMOOT! How did he differentiate from so many other players in this category? Well, the speed was one thing. He dove into this topic on today’s show. Take a look… Before the play. There was never a time that Fred Smoot did not consider holding back verbally. And man, did it translate to a successful career. Good luck lining up on the other side of the line of scrimmage with Fred Smoot staring you down....

Mega episode for Thanksgiving week. We talk the Harbaugh Bowl and who can stop the Ravens(00:00:00-00:15:00). College Football talk after a crazy Saturday and we have our first completely unbiased Heisman discussion(00:15:00-00:35:55). We preview the Thanksgiving games(00:35:55-01:03:14) and do Hot Seat/Cool Throne(01:03:14-01:20:26).

These matters should clearly be handled by these individuals and not our criminal justice system. Lets take this silly, outdated statute off the books, once and for all. New Yorks adultery law advanced neither purpose, Lavine said in a statement Friday. What an incredible development. There’s a lot of things I don’t like about New York City. Sometimes I wonder if I’d be better off moving back to Ohio. Thank you, New York....

But I honestly feel I formed the greatest Thanksgiving table of all-time, regardless of the ground rules. Every Thanksgiving needs someone at the head of the table that’s going to take control. And can you even imagine what it would be like hearing John Madden talk about Baby Yo? Sofia is the literal and figurative hottest new character in the nerd world. Sure she put her whole family to sleep after a meal that had nothing to do with tryptophan....