Posts From Around SB Nation: 7/18-7/24

So in attempt two, I'm going to try and split the articles, with about half being about football in general and the other half being opinion pieces from around SBNation. Now a number of these, the first two, are more statistical and deal with football in general, so while they aren't as funny, they are well worth reading. The second two groups listed are either opinion based or are more fun posts, meant to entertain. So without further ado, we jump

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Where Arrowhead Pride Stands In the World at Arrowhead Pride

- This was one of my favorite articles among all SBN this past week for two reasons: the first is that is deals with sociology and group movements, one of my favorite things to study, and secondly shows in great detail the traffic that our divisions SBN sites receive. One thing that is kind of cool, is at the bottom of the page, all the way down, in the right corner is a little button that says sitemeter that does a similar thing, but this article is a great indepth look at the four blogs in our division. Take a look at the link near the bottom, but make sure to spend some time in this article. I can't recommend this article enough.

The Impact of 1st-Round Offensive Linemen I and Part II at Niners Nation:

- This is a great statistical analysis tied closely to how it relates to the actual game. The author does a fantastic job looking at the effect that lineman have on the game, especially those drafted in the 1st round of the draft. Well researched and with a lot of history behind his conclusions, what he says is pretty awesome stuff. While there is a third part to come, these first two are a great place to learn about how much 1st round linemen affect a team.

Matching Simpsons Characters with Redskins Players and Is Andy Reid to Blame for Donovan McNabb's Shortcomings? at Hogs Haven:

- The Simpsons related article is just funny, and I really got a kick out of it. While you might need to have some knowledge of the Redskins team and history, it is still quite fun. I would like to issue a challenge to a more talented writer then I to try and do something like that for our Broncos. The second article is a mock trial between JimmyK, a great writer over at Bleeding Green Nation and the author, Kevin Edwoldt, on whether or not Reid had some part in the struggles McNabb faced. Now if any of you have visted HH or BGN since the trade, you would know that members at both sites are pretty high strung about the McNabb topic, but this article is well written and takes a lighter side to how to come to a conclusion on this debate. A great article.

Why every NFL fan should oppose an 18-game season at Stampede Blue:

- Now Stampede Blue is one blog that is pretty torn among it's writers, main writer and members on how the blog should be run, and often there are flame wars in posting, articles and in the comments. But among this twisted crag that is Stampede Blue, I found a niche for myself. Now more then any article this is pure opinion, but being an anti-18 game season person, I found it to be quite nice, now there was almost immediately another post titled Why every NFL fan should be just fine with and 18-game season, which was followed by 18 game season - What we should do instead? Now out of these three articles you should be able to find someone who agrees with your views, but these three posts cover a wide topic, but out of the three, I chose the one I did because it was the more well written one, as well as it seemed more thought out.

And there you have it, my choice of posts from around SBN from last week. I hope to continue this as a weekly post. Any feedback would be nice, especially on the poll for those who want this to end, please state why in the comments section, thanks. Enjoy!