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Matthew Praay retweeted
First Things First is basically the Fast and Furious of sports TV.
It started as an innocent banter show and then a few years later somehow there’s breakdancers, a barbershop quartet, medieval trumpeters, and half of the cast being wheeled up in hospital beds.
Matthew Praay retweeted
This is pure gold!
Abdul El-Sayed trolling Trump and JD Vance after winning Michigan’s Senate race:
“JD, habibi, there is this delicious irony in the fact that you’re constitutionally obligated to swear me in, in January.”
“Donald, look, I know you struggle with my name, so after JD swears me in, you can just go on and call me Senator.”
Is Charles “peanut” Tillman a Hall of Famer?
0%Yes, definitely.
0%Fringe guy.
0%Hall of very good.
0 votes • 2 days
NO WAY @3PointStansPod
Matthew Praay retweeted
Once Destiny got rid of the loop of “take gun from pvp into pve” and vise versa. The game was cooked.
Matthew Praay retweeted
2025 BEARS OFFENSE
Plays
🔸 11 Personnel: 569 (51.6%)
🔸 12 Personnel: 360 (32.6%)
🔸 13 Personnel: 94 (8.5%)
EPA/Play
🔸 11 Personnel: +0.05
🔸 12 Personnel: +0.08
🔸 13 Personnel: +0.32 😳
In the 2nd half of the season, 12 + 13 personnel accounted for 50% of the plays. So Ben kept ratcheting them up all season
➡️ BEN JOHNSON (says to Poles, probably)
‘Let’s select the best blocking TE in the draft for TE3, Sam Roush. He can catch passes too. We’ll have the best TE room in the NFL.
That’s a competitive advantage allowing us to lean even more into 12 & 13 personnel in 2026 to drive greater efficiency & break open more explosives. Especially since Loveland & Kmet will be in Y2 of this offense and Roush will be a big upgrade over Smythe, who was ranked 132 of 143 TEs, a very poor run blocker, and Caleb didn’t trust him enough to throw to him.
Plus, it also ensures we don’t have to dial back our playbook by half if Loveland or Kmet misses a game, like last year.’
➡️ SOME BEARS FANS
‘I can’t believe we drafted a (expletive) TE3!’
followed by
‘Let’s trade away Kmet’
➡️ ME
*deep sigh*
(cue Sylvester head slam into the pole lol)
➡️ Getting the most out of the infinitely high-ceiling Loveland doesn’t happen if he’s the only good TE in the room.
Having the best TE2 & TE3 will in a Ben Johnson offense.
Let’s trust that Ben — a Top 5 play caller who also was a TE coach along the way — knows exactly what he’s doing here.
➡️ And that high EPA/play in 13 personnel was *with* Smythe. Imagine how high it could go with the Roush upgrade. Most of the high EPA in 13 personnel was generated off of passing plays last season. More misdirection & bigger holes for Swift, Monangai and Zavion getting carries in 13 personnel could be dangerous this year too.
Plus on short yardage must-haves on 4th downs or goal-to-go, better talent at all 3 TE positions to run 13 personnel could lead to better conversion rates & more TDs.
➡️ Ben used 12 & 13 personnel among the Top 3 highest rates last season.
Who used them most? McVay.
Rams also had the #1 offense.
Gronkowski like in terms of sheer size and movement skills the difference is Rob had 34 inch arms, which explains most of the differences in their play
Sam Roush was drafted in round 3 with pick 69 in the 2026 draft class. He scored a 9.94 RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 10 out of 1471 TE from 1987 to 2026.
ras.football/ras-information…
I’ve been trying to explain this to people in this offensive scheme TE3 is not a depth position that is a value position TE4 and five are depth positions
Agree 💯. I’m enamored with him as a person and what his talent can do in this role.
TE3 isn’t a depth position. He will play on 30% of downs, plus special teams.
What an upgrade over Smythe who was ranked 133 of 142 TEs, with a PFF run block grade of 53.4
Roush is the best blocking TE in the draft. He will be light years better
13 personnel bully ball here we come.
Matthew Praay retweeted
Agree 💯. I’m enamored with him as a person and what his talent can do in this role.
TE3 isn’t a depth position. He will play on 30% of downs, plus special teams.
What an upgrade over Smythe who was ranked 133 of 142 TEs, with a PFF run block grade of 53.4
Roush is the best blocking TE in the draft. He will be light years better
13 personnel bully ball here we come.
Matthew Praay retweeted
“If you get through the line too easy, find the LOS because it’s probably a screen”
Matthew Praay retweeted
We know he doesn’t need it that’s why it’s so fucking annoying to watch him do it for 99% of his NBA games.
