Skill Position Puns

Creed Humphrey in his rookie season has already signified himself as an elite NFL lineman.

He has 520 pass blocking snaps while allowing a single sack (Many believe that sack was more Mahomes drifting into the sack versus Creed actually giving it up).

He has 789 snaps so far this season with a single penalty called against him.

He is PFFs highest graded rookie by A LOT (90.9, next best is Mac Jones at 83.9)

He is the highest graded Center in the NFL currently at 90.9 and that grade also puts him as a top 5 overall graded lineman this season.

The only other rookie season on the OL that comes near what Humphrey is accomplishing is Ryan Clady's 2008 year at tackle where he allowed .5 sacks and had 3 total penalties in 16 games.

With 6 games to go in the year Humphrey is really putting himself in position to have not just a great seasonal rookie season but an NFL all-time great rookie season. Yet he's nowhere near any talk for ORoY and that's a shame that a guy doing something so great and rare isn't getting noticed for it.

https://twitter.com/parkerthune/status/1465106165088542733?s=21

https://twitter.com/scottpfeil/status/1465396547265433607?s=20

This is going to get real fucking messy.

I know it didn’t happen so it doesn’t matter, but as a Julio fan, a monstrous athlete with that beast mode attitude that Henry has kinda turns me on. Would his peak have been the best of any rb with back to back 2000 yard seasons?

There is a TLDR at the bottom since I think I got a bit wordy. I'm a 35 year old developer with ~12 years of professional experience in kind of a unique position. Early on in my career I did well enough that my responsibilities kept expanding to the point where I am one of two SMEs on a software product that is a crucial part of running a somewhat important government program. The company I originally worked for went under and over last 5 years the two companies who have subsequently gotten the maintenance contracts for the program have created positions for me and the other SME every time the contract is move. I could probably ride this project out for another 10 years or so if I chose to, based on the expected project lifespan.

The stress level of my job is extremely low, I'm expected to fix 1-2 issues a month and the average time per issue is probably a couple of days. I'm also full time WFH, reasonably highly paid for a non tech company job (165k salary w/ decent benefits), and management is extremely happy with my performance considering their rock bottom expectations. The biggest downside is that my skills are absolutely wasting away, it's a maintenance contract so there is no desire to overhaul things that generally work, and we are locked into 10 year old versions of java and c++ and we aren't really working with any technology thats newer than that.

I'm starting to get to a point where the lack of challenge and accomplishment is getting to me, but I also don't think my skills stack up favorably at all with respect to the current market. I had a brief period of unemployment during one of the contract transitions that I used to do some Coursera courses on unfamiliar technology (mostly getting an intro to AWS/GCP) and played with leet code, but the coursera courses were all extremely basic and grinding leetcode seems pointless for anything other than being able to regurgitate it in interviews. I don't have any particular affinity for any specific technologies, most of my experience is with c++/java/python, and I definitely prefer back end to front end, but I'm at a bit of a loss as to what technologies I should be targeting to brush up on and what resources I should be using.

TLDR: I've kind of wasted the last ~5 years of my 12 year career building no new useful skills. Early in my career I considered myself an above average programmer with good supplemental skills in design, requirements analysis, team leadership, etc, but I've now spent almost

Should have noted that I only have an AS & most CROs require undergraduate degree I’m also 53…

or could have a dance position if they were in a different group?

Hey all! I want to pursue a career in marketing but I’m bumping into the same obstacle all the time. Whatever cool job I find, they seem to require quite an extensive experience in graphic design.

My background:

• I’m 23 years old
• Two years ago, together with 2 other people, we founded an e-commerce company with a subscription model. With no prior experience whatsoever, I was responsible for marketing. We failed beautifully, but I learned a lot
• I’ve done an internship at a marketing agency and was responsible for influencer marketing, mainly researching potential influencers and communicating the needs of the clients to them
• Right now I am responsible for social media marketing in a small local business with the aim of getting people to call and buy a service
• I study psychology

As my university time is coming to an end this June, I really need to find a job that will allow me to get independent and pay my own bills, as I really don’t want my parents to worry.

So, is graphic design a skill that I should invest money and time in to get a better marketing position? If not necessarily, do you have any advice for me? I am really lost in regard to what next steps I should take, especially what to focus on in such a competitive market.

EDIT: I understand that for some people the answer is clearly “no”, but why would you downvote the question itself? 🤔

I came across this certificate and overall what UX is all about, and I have to say I am liking it very much, it's something that aligns with the things I like and hopefully it will continue to be like that. I am currently enrolled in the course and wanted to know if someone can talk from experience if this certificate was helpful in any way or where else can I direct my efforts?

It's really a goal of mine for this year to leave my customer service job, and hopefully it could be for an UX position, not because of the money, but for doing something that I am more passionate for.

Thank you and nice community. I'll stick around to learn more about everything UX!

Over-under 11.5? When listening to Bill talking NFL recently, I've noticed his remarks are ALWAYS around skill position players, probably guys he owns in the fantasy league he hasn't been kicked out of. Love ya Bill!

WR:

Retain Cooks, Collins and Amendola.

Sign a veteran WR to a mid-size deal ($4-8m annual with only 1 year guarantee) or a 'prove it' 1 year deal (potential options: DJ Chark, Jamison Crowder, Emmanual Sanders, Christian Kirk, Josh Reynolds, Cedric Wilson, Kalif Raymond, Michael gallup..etc). Ideally someone who's a little bigger (6'3+) to compliment Cooks and Amendola who are both slot sized

Draft a WR relatively early. We really need to get more young offensive talent into the pipeline and I want us to use an early round pick on a WR. If we get draft capital from Deshaun Watson, I'd like us to target a WR with our 2nd 1st or one of our 2nds. If we don't execute a trade before the draft, I'd want us to use a 3rd or 4th on a WR we like but prioritize other areas with first picks.

Brandin Cooks on his last year with the team still gives Mills a 'go-to guy' (and a dude we can look to trade before the deadline if we're not competitive). Nico Collins showed a lot of promise, but think it would be useful for us to use a modest amount of cap space on a quality vet alongside Cooks and for us to get another dude in the WR pipeline. Collins can be the 3 to start the year and grow into being a 1 or 2 if he maximizes his potential. Think we can get Mills weapons here relatively easily

RB:

Retain: Rex Burkhead

Sign a relatively cheap veteran ($4m a year max with only 1 year of cap hit) on a short term 'prove' it deal (some candidates: D'onta Foreman, Marlon Mack, Devonta Freeman, Sony Michel, Melvin Gordon, Malcolm Brown, Latavius Murray, Tevin Coleman..etc). Ideally a guy who's a little bigger to compliment Rex.

Draft a RB in the mid rounds (3-5) that we really like. We need a younger RB in our pipeline and ideally I'd like us to devote an early/mid round pick on a guy we feel can grow into becoming the starter by end of season.

I love what I've seen from Rex and think him and Mills vibe well, but he's never been a feature back for more than a few games in his career and we definitely can't assume he's going to produce like this in a starting role next year. I'm cool with him going into next year as the starter and love what I've seen from him the last 5 or so games, but we definitely need to get another veteran RB to compliment/compete with him and draft a guy to get a talented dude in our pipeline.

We know Caserio likes having 3-4 RBs on his roster so I expect us to bring in a few other vets as well to compete in training camp

TE:

Keep Brevin Jorda

Hey im 35, no IT certs, no coding knowledge, no deep linux knowledge. When i was young I studied business(which i dont wanna work in) with a minor in computer science and have computer science degree written on resume even tho i left in middle of studies. So far in my experience companies never checked and like my current job didn't matter as i learned almost everything on the job.

For the past 3 years been working as a field technician for windows bases music/video computers and POS systems making around 50k a year and about to quit for various reasons. Also been in other smaller pc build/repair jobs when was younger. Have strong knowledge and skill in windows, fixing/building computers, disc imaging, basic networking, POS systems including printers/credit card terminals, audio and video related work, remote support/help desk.

Dont mind remote jobs and no on-call is a must as thats whats been mostly killing me. Also im at an age and place in my life where i dont have time or patience to study courses/school. But like my current job where i learned almost everything on the job, i dont mind learning new things while working.

Besides help desk/customer support, what kind of IT jobs can i work in with my skill set/experience with no on-call?

The only person I can think of was Kenyan Drake around this time in 2019 when he was traded from miami to arizona and had a pretty good season ROS. He definitely was on waivers for the first half of that season before he was traded.. Just wondering out of all these names talked about (marlon mack, tua,Devante parker, slayton,engram, barkley etc.) how many are actually going to produce better fantasy performances on their new team, and worthy enough to pick up right now? More importantly though I guess is how many of these rumors actually end up coming to fruition. ..

I am a veterinary technician. I have a BS in chemistry that cost me $80k in student loans and has gotten me exactly zero jobs. (No one wants to hire just a chemistry undergrad, and I couldn't afford grad school even if my grades qualified me, which they didn't.) Graduated in 2008 at the height of the financial crisis. I flitted from job to job while battling crippling depression because I thought it was my fault that I could never land my dream job, or even a job in my field, due to my lack of experience and my mediocre academics. So I finally got some help from my parents to pursue another career in veterinary medicine. Again my grades prevented me from applying to vet school, but I completed a 2-year associate's degree and obtained my license as a veterinary technician. Nevermind the fact that it took me 5 years to do because I was working full-time as a vet assistant for $10/hr while I was in school, which was actually a requirement to remain enrolled in the distance learning program. Now 5 years later, 2 years as a specialized surgery technician doing the work of a nurse anesthetist, a nurse practitioner, a critical care nurse, a radiology tech, a physical therapist, and a family liaison - on multiple species - and the overtime and the on-call hours finally burned me out. I work at a "regular" vet now, and in the last 6 months I've increased their revenue by 60% while massively overhauling their entire work flow and cleaning/maintenance structure so that it actually meets some semblance of a standard of care established within the last 30 years.

I make $21.5k a year. I work for a corporation that caps raises at 4% per year. Yeah, I get to work with animals and do something I'm passionate about. But the skill set I have is easily on par (in terms of breadth of knowledge, not necessarily in terms of the research and technology, which is nowhere close) with human nurses that make $110k+. I'm not arguing that I should make that much - the education and experience and the stakes involved for human nurses are on another level. But the fact that I have "LVT" after my name raised my wages by $2 or $3 an hour. I'm a single woman with no children and I can barely keep up with monthly bills, much less save for retirement. I finally qualified for my company's 401(k) plan last month. Do you know what they offer? A whopping 25% matching, up to 4%... Like, for real!? I'm 36, I can't afford to live paycheck to paycheck anymore. My job is physically demanding and

Do you envision the supporting group as just players on the offensive side of the ball or are the defensive units side also a part of the supporting group of players?

What are a few of your key positions? Caliber of player talent maybe? Or do you stick to the books and stay within budget constraints at all cost?

We see this phrase used often in the league so this isn't solely a - what does DJ need to be a superstar - post and I'm honestly not sure I've even taken serious time to consider what makes up a 'supporting cast' of players for a quarterback like that.

Coming off a win so we don't have to talk about losing! 😌

Shout out to the real ones that still want more W's in the left column. Still in the hunt..

Go Big Blue!

I have no problem with everyone wanting data to be automated. But when the salary high is 60k and you are asking for 5 plus years of Python why wouldn’t I just apply for a software engineer position where I could make 120k.

Shit is absolutely backwards right now.

Job market is a mess.