01-04-2019, 03:24 PM
(01-04-2019, 02:43 PM)redwood Wrote: I'm a tad puzzled. I was hip before there were hipsters, but what is an " NPC" and is it bad? Will antibiotics cure it?
Anyways, We KNOW there will be changes. We HOPE we will not have half our starters injured.
NPC stands for Non-playable Character. Someone who can't think for themselves and is coded to spout what he is told.
Dalton is bad. Newton is good.
Ask them why?
Stats and articles in which pundits an media has said so. Not because of any in depth analysis in which the accuracy of the 2 QBs are looked at.
You see, Newton's INC are not because his WRs aren't open or because they have dropped the ball. Most of his are because he is way off target. Sure he has been accurate and has made some great throws. Dalton has some inaccurate throws but most of his INCs are due to the WR not catching the pass. You will see the ball hit the WR in the hands and slip through.
Same thing with WRs. Unless a WR is a certain size and speed, there is a belief that he isn't a good WR. Then there are Chris Hogan, Wes Welker, Danny Amendola and Jordy Nelson type WRs that aren't those sizes and speeds and all they do is get open, catch passes and win Superbowls.
I remember one game last year where the announcers were breaking down Nick Foles. He had just thrown an INC, the announcer kept going on and on about how Foles needs to throw the ball better and be more accurate and that he will never be as good as Wentz because of missing those types of passes. I found this as odd since I had seen Wentz miss on that exact same throw earlier in the season but the announcer of that game said that the OLine needed to block better and give Wentz more time, and that the WR needs to be "at his spot" on time and to make that catch.
You see an NPC would think that Foles is terrible and that Wentz is great. The announcers told them to think that. However it is possible that they are both good QBs, not great, not terrible but good serviceable QBs that can win games. Foles has proven that he can actually win a SB, he needs the stars aligned, but he can win one when they do.
