Awe: a blog about God, football and anything else.
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Make each day your masterpiece!
Jameis Winston of the NY Giants and Kyler Murray of the Minnesota Vikings have achieved a statistical aberration this season. They have both shown an increase in passer rating for four consecutive games. Granted they started off with low ratings which aids their acheivement. Nevertheless that is an unheard of feat in the Super Bowl…
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Out with the Old, In with the New? What Week 1 Metrics Say About a Potential NFL QB Shift
It was a wild opening week one in the NFL! Compared to how we left off in 2025 there was a dramatic shift in direction. A trio of the old guard maintained their status. The Paradigm Shifters of Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen and Brock Purdy continued their dominance in a metric combination that I will…
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Giants vs Cowboys: How different are they from the 2025 teams?
The New York Giants open against the Dallas Cowboys on September 13 at 8:20 PM on NBC. It is a Giants home game. Dallas has owned the Giants having won 9 of their 10 games going back to the 2021 season. However the sole Giants win in that timeframe was the last game played in…
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Fiery, Fearless, and Friendly: A History of Special Teams Aces and Kindred-Spirit Saints
The traits and characteristics that make great special teams players are also ones that make great saints. Both are fiery and passionate about their mission. They tend to be fearless in the threat of harm. They are friendly to teammates and people. Here is a timeline for the Super Bowl era of one great special…
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Analyzing the 2026 NFL Teams Elite Players Based on Consistent Ten AV Seasons
The number ten is associated with numerous systems, achievements, threhsolds and others in our world. In religion there are ten commandments, ten plagues on Egypt, ten Hail Marys in a decade of the Rosary, and the call to tithe or give a tenth of your earnings. Our metric system and counting systems are based on…
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Young Active Quarterbacks that led the league
Dan Marino in his second season led the league in twelve passing categories. That is roughly half of all passing categories recorded. He led in each of the golden colored categories shown. Player GS Season Age Team G GS Cmp Att Inc Cmp% Yds TD Int Pick6 TD% Int% Rate Sk Yds Sk% Y/A AY/A…
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Jaxson Dart, Six Yards and the Men in Between.
The Giants, with Jaxson Dart, achieved a 6.0+ Net Yards/Pass Attempt (NY/A) and Adjusted Net Yards/Pass Attempt (ANY/A) in 2025. They had not done that since Eli Manning was the quarterback in 2018. They were one of sixteen teams that achieved that in 2025. Eleven of those sixteen teams had a winning record. With adjusting…
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Meadowlands Metamorphosis: Is it time for a New York football peak?
Many things occur in cycles. This is evident in nature, planetary orbits, seasons and days. The phenomena also occurs in sports. Teams will excel, decline, rebuild and hopefully excel again. As a New Jerseyan, I took a look at the local NFL teams. The Giants and the Jets share a common cyclic pattern that if…
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This Tremendous Lover by Eugene Boylan – A Great Read!
This Tremendous Lover by Eugene Boylan captures the transcendentals – beauty, truth and goodness – of the Catholic religion. It presents an inspiring incentive and pathway to help one fully live out the promises of Christ. The feature image of the saints was chosen because their teachings and philosophies can be seen as an influence…
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Thoughts on the Feast Day of Saint Catherine of Siena
Do you talk to yourself in your mind going over whatever events have happened, are happening or will possibly happen? I have and do and believe this is a common thing that people do. But what if instead of talking to yourself why not talk to Jesus? Did He not say – I am with…
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The Rockne Blueprint: Turning Giants’ Draft Weaknesses into Strengths
“Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points”. – Knute Rockne The Giants draft is viewed as successful by the analysts. However the picks are not without their weaknesses. In the attitude of Knute Rockne lets take a look at these weaknesses and how they may be offest. Rd 1 Pick 5 Arvell…
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Where did They go in the Draft – Conclusion
Friday: Day 2 of the draft is in the books and I updated the the players I had written up and where they went in the draft. The only multiple team pick from the lists is the Falcolns with both their draft picks are prospects that made top bench press performers. Half of the league…