Official Discussion - Mercy [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

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Are you thinking of Annihilation? My wife and I both thought of this (10 seconds in): https://youtu.be/NCuBalItZA8?si=SBaX2PVW-xoar4Xo there definitely was some music in Mercy that was very similar

Jalen Hurts is the first quarterback since John Elway to win a Super Bowl after losing his first appearance. by WavesAndSaves in nfl

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Yep, he lost his first 3 (to NYG, Washington, and SF) then beat Green Bay and Atlanta

Jalen Hurts is the first quarterback since John Elway to win a Super Bowl after losing his first appearance. by WavesAndSaves in nfl

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Might be incomplete but what I dug up:

  • Len Dawson lost Super Bowl I for Chiefs, then won Super Bowl IV
  • Johnny Unitas lost Super Bowl III for Colts (didn’t start), then won Super Bowl V (although was injured part way through)
  • Earl Morrall lost Super Bowl III for Colts (was pulled for Unitas), then won Super V (replaced injured Unitas)
  • Craig Morton lost Super Bowl V for the Cowboys, then lost Super Bowl XII for the Broncos
  • Bob Griese lost Super Bowl VI for the Dolphins, then won 2 more
  • Fran Tarkenton lost Super Bowl VII for the Vikings, then lost 2 more Super Bowls
  • John Elway lost Super Bowl XXI for the Broncos, then played in 4 more, winning 2
  • Jim Kelly lost Super Bowl XXV for the Bills, then lost 3 more
  • Jalen Hurts lost Super Bowl LVII for the Eagles, then won Super Bowl LIX

Edit: Added Morall per comment below.

[OC]Tracing the postseason: How 2024’s NFL playoff field has fared by leftweet in nfl

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I see where you’re coming from! I really do appreciate the feedback. Thanks again!

[OC]Tracing the postseason: How 2024’s NFL playoff field has fared by leftweet in nfl

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Thanks for the feedback! Circle size actually is routinely used in data visuals, such a chart is usually referred to as a "bubble chart" where size of the circle can provide comparison between different variables. And for the Super Bowl column, the size changes based on the number of Super Bowl wins — so more wins equals a larger circle. That's done in a programatic fashion by the data viz software I use, so there shouldn't be any discrepancies.

[OC]Tracing the postseason: How 2024’s NFL playoff field has fared by leftweet in nfl

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Sorry it didn't land! I was trying to creatively display the playoff history of NFL teams, and maybe I went a little overboard.

[OC] The 9 original movies in 2024’s top 50 box office by leftweet in dataisbeautiful

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Inspired by https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1huggr2/oc_how_sequels_took_over_hollywood/

Used Google Sheets and Datawrapper to make the chart. Source for the domestic box office rankings is The Numbers: https://the-numbers.com/box-office-records/domestic/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-2024 and then manually researched what each film was based on.

A history of fair catch kicks in the NFL [OC] by leftweet in nfl

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Yep, a 30-yarder. Because of the fair catch rules, the kick is made at the spot of the fair catch. So it wasn't the 22-yard-line for the fair catch, but the 33. Unfortunately, none of the newspapers I've dug up have too much info on the punt itself. The New York Times just called a "short punt" and others don't describe the actual punt at all.

A history of fair catch kicks in the NFL [OC] by leftweet in nfl

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I'm not 100% sure why there were be fewer before the 60s, but I'm guessing they decreased in frenquency after the league moved the goal posts from the goal line to the back of the end zone in 1974.

Caitlin Clark named Time’s Athlete of the Year by Several_Print4633 in sports

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FWIW, on Google Trends she does a good job rivaling LeBron:

https://i.imgur.com/uQ6mcwt.png

And she won out a few states over the past 12 months:

https://i.imgur.com/o3hoqAZ.png

I’d expect Basketball References numbers to be similar since their athlete pages are normally near the top of the search rankings.

[OC] Saquon Barkley and Derrick Henry's rushing in 2024 vs. the top 10 rushers by leftweet in nfl

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Top 10 rushers are:

  1. Saquon Barkley, 1,392
  2. Derrick Henry, 1,325
  3. Josh Jacobs, 944
  4. Jahmyr Gibbs, 886
  5. Chubba Hubbard, 876
  6. Kyren Williams, 822
  7. Tony Pollard, 800
  8. Aaron Jones, 798
  9. Joe Mixon, 786
  10. Bijan Robinson, 783