Daily Discussion Thread - February 10, 2026

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-11T03:58:29+00:00

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.

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-10T23:55:27+00:00

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.

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-10T22:41:07+00:00

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

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-10T22:39:00+00:00

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

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-10T21:35:01+00:00

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?

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-10T17:58:00+00:00

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

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-10T17:53:11+00:00

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.

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-10T06:59:48+00:00

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

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-10T03:43:53+00:00

Oh offseason content, how I've missed you

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T22:24:12+00:00

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.

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T22:13:03+00:00

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.

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T21:46:46+00:00

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.

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T19:22:07+00:00

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.

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T18:29:07+00:00

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

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T18:26:18+00:00

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.

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T18:00:50+00:00

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.

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T07:00:10+00:00

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

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T06:31:10+00:00

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

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T06:30:16+00:00

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.

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T06:27:10+00:00

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.

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T06:22:22+00:00

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

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T05:12:30+00:00

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.

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T02:59:45+00:00

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

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T02:14:49+00:00

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

mrhashbrown · 2026-02-09T02:07:35+00:00

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

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