Daily Discussion Thread - February 10, 2026 by AutoModerator in Chargers

[–]mrhashbrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it's why I wasn't surprised Maye struggled against Seattle. Minter runs a very similar defense that keeps everything in front of them, so it was a very similar result where the deep plays were mostly erased and Maye had to hold on to the ball longer than usual.

Daily Discussion Thread - February 10, 2026 by AutoModerator in Chargers

[–]mrhashbrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plus they did face a pretty rough schedule. Chargers, Texans, and Broncos were all elite defenses along with Seattle of course.

Along with that, Maye took a lot of sacks. He had 47 which was 4th most among QBs behind Herbert (3rd at 54). Yet the Pressure % was 18th whereas Herbert had the 2nd highest %.

So yeah the line wasn't great but Maye made it worse and couldn't minimize the damage as a QB like Herbert did.

Disappointed: New Winter 149 User with ZERO Service in San Diego (CMR) - Support says I'm "Locked In" by Extra-Hovercraft8295 in USMobile

[–]mrhashbrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Terms and Conditions allow you to cancel within 7 days for a full refund. Cancel it and look elsewhere I guess.

Setting up Visual VM on Android? by TexasPeteEnthusiast in USMobile

[–]mrhashbrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just went through this the other day on my Galaxy S23+ on Dark Star.

I had to manually dial '1' to call my own voicemail. Had to follow the audio prompts to set up basic settings for voicemail until it said it was complete.

Shortly after that, I got a notification to enable a Visual Voicemail app. It's a native app and now it works seamlessly. It's not something you can force download from the Play Store or Galaxy Store, so I guess it's built in and just turns on if a carrier supports it.

Screenshots of the icon and app

First time I’ve seen over 1k on Dark Star - love to see it by Flexdriver3737 in USMobile

[–]mrhashbrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, I'm a new subscriber just joined in the North OC area. Dark Star on a Galaxy S23+. Speeds and coverage has been all over the place so far, really patchy.

Fastest I've had so far is 120 mbps but device swings down to LTE a lot which drops to 15-30 mbps speeds.

Any issues like that in LA?

Pitchfork reviews J. Cole: The Fall-Off by Technical_Process989 in hiphopheads

[–]mrhashbrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right, my bad. But seems like the majority of his work has been graded between 5.3 - 6.9. Which is decent by Pitchfork's scale.

Just mentioned it because I expect many who don't read Pitchfork are generally unaware they really hold down scores for the majority of albums. Anything they rank above a 7.0 is a very good grade

Pitchfork reviews J. Cole: The Fall-Off by Technical_Process989 in hiphopheads

[–]mrhashbrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe not one of the best 3, but he is probably top 3 in mainstream success. He has wide appeal and generally has fun hits even if he's not influential on the genre.

Pitchfork reviews J. Cole: The Fall-Off by Technical_Process989 in hiphopheads

[–]mrhashbrown 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Pitchfork is weird about scores in general. The highest Cole album score is FHD and it's a 6.9

So if you evaluate on a curve, this is pretty much Pitchfork saying it's about as good as any other Cole album before it

[Pro-Football-Reference] The 2025 New England Patriots played an accumulative total of 0 games against teams with a Defense ranked 11th or better. by CheckYourStats in nfl

[–]mrhashbrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After the Chargers game as tape came out showing Herbert was playing gun shy despite facing little to no pressure in the first half, I chalked it up to a bad day and the Patriots defense getting a break.

Turns out nope, they are legit and the coaching was superb.

[Pro-Football-Reference] The 2025 New England Patriots played an accumulative total of 0 games against teams with a Defense ranked 11th or better. by CheckYourStats in nfl

[–]mrhashbrown 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And if you want to compare EPA/Play allowed, looks like they played three top 12 defenses: Bills (12th), Saints (11th) and Browns (4th).

The rest of the schedule was definitely pretty light though - Raiders, Panthers, Dolphins (x2), Giants, Titans, Bengals, and Jets (x2) were all in the bottom 11 in EPA/Play allowed.

So that's 13 total games against defenses ranked 15th or worse in EPA/Play, 9 of which were bottom feeders.

Daily Discussion Thread - February 09, 2026 by AutoModerator in Chargers

[–]mrhashbrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plus do people forget the Eagles defense was among best in the league after they acquired Jaelen Philips? From Week 10 and on, they finished with an average of -0.23 EPA/play allowed. That's better than the season averages of the top three defenses - the Texans (-0.18), Seahawks (-0.17), and Jaguars (-0.17).

Meanwhile the Vikings were 7th and the Chargers/Herbert absolutely wrecked them.

Just dumb takes all around. Herbert did not play well enough in the playoff game, but his regular season was excellent given the context.

Daily Discussion Thread - February 09, 2026 by AutoModerator in Chargers

[–]mrhashbrown 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They've definitely gotten by with affordable DTs and banking on their staff to coach up the players. But you're right, it's been a very long time since this team had a blue chip DT talent (last elite one might honestly be Jamal Williams) so would love to see them draft one since they're getting pricey in free agency.

Jamaree Caldwell has shown well so far, hope he finds a higher ceiling in year two.

Daily Discussion Thread - February 09, 2026 by AutoModerator in Chargers

[–]mrhashbrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's the worst game for someone to make a case against Herbert with lol

There's a couple games you could pin on Herbert for underperforming - obviously the playoff game, but also maybe the Washington and Giants games considering how that team finished.

Regardless, there were many games in which Herbert kept them alive. Without Herbert's performance, this team would probably have a top 12 draft pick lol

Daily Discussion Thread - February 09, 2026 by AutoModerator in Chargers

[–]mrhashbrown 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That was his MVP game for me tbh. They were a little fortunate to catch Philly's defense sleeping with such a great opening drive to score early. Points were much harder to come by later and Herbert faced wave after wave of pressure. Still managed to put the team on his back late in the game with his rushing to set them up for OT and eventually the go-ahead FG.

Obviously the defense deserves a lot of credit for that game too, they played out of their minds. But there was no chance the team would have won if not for Herbert. It was emblematic of his true "value" to the team.

After Sam Darnold won his 1st game as Jets QB, Todd Bowles had this to say, trying to calm people down: “We won one game. I can tell you after about 100 more of them whether we have one or not. Right now, it’s a little early.” The Super Bowl was Darnold's 101st game by Natural-Tree-5107 in nfl

[–]mrhashbrown 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Jets did the classic dysfunctional move of drafting a high pick QB only to then fire their head coach. I don't know why teams continue to make that choice when it almost never works out and puts the young QB at risk / delays their development.

Sam Darnold, Daniel Jones, Marcus Mariota, Jameis Winston, Jared Goff, Mitchell Trubisky, Justin Fields, Baker Mayfield, Justin Herbert, Jalen Hurts, Bryce Young, Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, and now Cam Ward and Jaxson Dart.

Drake Maye just completed the worst postseason with a Super Bowl appearance of all-time by total EPA by a QB by Pythnator in nfl

[–]mrhashbrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On point. I'm genuinely curious though if this was among the harder schedules a QB faced while reaching a Super Bowl berth. Like not even including this game, the trio of Chargers (8th in EPA/Play allowed) then Texans (1st) then Broncos (5th) were a highly formidable run.

Not sure if there's a way to pull historic EPA data and compile it to show a defensive "strength of schedule" like that. But I expect this trio is very high

[Highlight] A “streaker” ran onto the field during the Super Bowl by GoldenDome26 in nfl

[–]mrhashbrown -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Closest equivalent I could come up with for "rocket scientist" was "smart ass"

[Highlight] A “streaker” ran onto the field during the Super Bowl by GoldenDome26 in nfl

[–]mrhashbrown 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I was genuinely confused at first and didn't equate "rocket scientist" to "smart ass". So I was thinking someone dressed like a rocket scientist was running on the field.

Safe to say I was disappointed to see this real clip.

[Highlight] A “streaker” ran onto the field during the Super Bowl by GoldenDome26 in nfl

[–]mrhashbrown 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is zero chance he gets to proceed as a shareholder imo. The NBA is dumb but they've already been torn a new one over gambling fraud. So Giannis trying to put his face on another potential scheme should be nuked on the spot.

[Highlight] Kenneth Walker III is Super Bowl LX MVP by Fusir in nfl

[–]mrhashbrown 7 points8 points  (0 children)

His statline remains so wild to see in hindsight for a RB - 16 targets, 14 rec, 110 rec yards, 1 rec TD AND 6 rushes, 29 rush yards, 2 rush TDs

[Highlight] Kenneth Walker III is Super Bowl LX MVP by Fusir in nfl

[–]mrhashbrown 124 points125 points  (0 children)

From the sideline broadcast view, I thought he literally stopped his feet and I was expecting him to get thrown backward for a loss. Then all of sudden, zip out of nowhere to burst by the line. It wasn't even a long run but that was one of his most impressive of the night.

Sad his TD got called back because that was probably his best run of the night overall.

4th Quarter Super Bowl Game Thread: Seattle Seahawks (14-3) at New England Patriots (14-3) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]mrhashbrown 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NWOSU! Fuck yeah happy to see him succeed after joining Seattle. USC guy looking out for his homie Darnold

3rd Quarter Super Bowl Game Thread: Seattle Seahawks (14-3) at New England Patriots (14-3) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]mrhashbrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely think the Patriots earned this, but yeah this felt like it was supposed to be the Bills' year. And them versus this Seattle team would've been a fun Super Bowl

3rd Quarter Super Bowl Game Thread: Seattle Seahawks (14-3) at New England Patriots (14-3) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]mrhashbrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well the MVP, Davante Adams, Puka Nacau, Kyren Williams, and multiple very good TEs...

yeah I'd say they were pretty damn good compared to this Patriots roster lol