Where do you rate?
I was sitting in my office the other day when an article from Yahoo news came across my feed. I know, I know, Yahoo news is probably the lowest of the low when it comes to reasonable information on the Internet. That didn't used to be the case, but now it would seem they are willing to allow any shill or "influencer" to infiltrate their ranks.
The good news is, I have started to see more cryptocurrency stories across my feed now that the ETFs have launched, so whatever that is worth I guess...
It's mostly mindless pop culture drivel that I read the Yahoo news feed for. It's not like I would go there for serious geo-political stuff. Oh, and the comments, some of those comments are just golden. Then again, some of the comments remind me why I have lost faith in humanity and just how far we are from ever living happily ever after.
The news story I wanted to talk about today was about sports though. Something light, not controversial at all right?
In anticipation of the next round of the NFL playoffs, someone at Yahoo sports felt it would be a good idea to rank the eight quarterbacks. Needless to say, whoever this Frank Schwab guy is, I disagree with him completely.
It's not that I am salty about the fact he ranked Jared Goff seven out of eight, I fully admit that Goff isn't the best quarterback in the league and he has had some truly abysmal games this season. I don't think I would rank him that close to the bottom though.
Then we have the fact that he ranked Mahomes as number 1. If you are going to not take into account the rest of the team and shove Goff all the way down to seven, there is zero chance Mahomes sits in the number 1 spot.
None.
Zero.
Nope.
Not even close!
Let's take a look at the rankings from this yahoo at Yahoo.
- Mayfield
- Goff
- Love
- Purdy
- Stroud
- Allen
- Jackson
- Mahomes
What kind of trash is that? I can't help but think some money exchanged hands in the writing of this article for Yahoo. Perhaps some State Farm vouchers or a free subscription to T-Mobile? Clearly some favors were exchanged for Mahomes to rank so highly given the pretty average performance they have had this year. Sure, they made it to the playoffs, but I'm not really sure that counts for much. I mean Green Bay and Tampa Bay are here with a record of 9 - 8.
For your viewing pleasure, I am going to give you my ranking of the eight quarterbacks playing in the playoffs this weekend.
- Mayfield - I don't think that needs much explanation
- Love - yes, he is on a hot streak right now, but streaks end and San Francisco is going to be a tough one for them.
- Stroud - He's a Rookie. He has to at least earn it first.
- Mahomes - Yep, I said it. He has been average at best this year. Heck, the Lions even dismantled them.
- Goff - I'm a realist. I don't think he is the best. It was actually a close call between him and Mahomes for 4 and 5.
- Allen - The Bills were looking really good last week. I liked a lot of what Allen was doing and that 52 yard touchdown run was so smooth. It's actually a close match between him and the number two guy for me.
- Purdy - San Francisco has impressed all season. Some people have some doubts about his talent, but I think the 49ers are building something good. 12 and 5 is a good example of that, just like the Lions.
- Jackson - I'm a little biased here because Jackson was my fantasy quarterback, but 13-4 kind of speaks for itself doesn't it? They have quietly dominated a lot of the season. I think a lot of people slept on them what with the flashiness of some of the other teams and their recent success to get to the playoffs in the first place.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
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