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  1. CubinNY
    Yes, if Trever Lawerence is in this draft he's #1. A lot also depends on who is at the top of the draft and what they need as evidenced by all this talk. I think the Bears should keep Fields but I also don't necessarily think they should trade the #1 pick. It depends on who they think their top target is and who is drafting at what spots who may also be targeting the same player. If they trade down just to get more picks and lose out on their target, well that doesn't seem to make sense to me. But like I said before they have many and varied needs so there may not be a top target, but a few of them. If so, it makes more sense to trade down. You kind of have to put trust in the management team here.
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    Faulty assumption. There is no indication that Young is going to be the #1, 2 or 10 pick. It's too early to tell. However, he's a better prospect than Fields ever was. He's a better passer, has more situational awareness, and makes better decisions than Fields did in college. I'm not an expert (obviously), but if Fields and Young were both in the draft, Young would likely get drafted before him. But then again, he probably would have been a 2nd string QB for OSU. Edit: That also does not necessarily mean that Young is going to be a better pro QB than Fields. According to whom? This is indicative of what people thought about Fields at the time of the draft where he was expected to go anywhere from 3 to 10 Sounds familiar? He's basically the same guy he was in college. Young, projected to go anywhere from 1 to 5
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    This is a lot of the reason why I don't get some in the media insistence that Young is a better prospect than Fields. Really? Because physically Fields >>> Young and it's not even that close, so, I guess the base of their argument is Young is better at the mental portion of the game. Which is questionable given Young has never played a down in the NFL. It's hard to generate a lot of hype for the upcoming draft if the no. 1 overall pick isn't better than a guy who fell outside the top 10 a couple years ago. Faulty assumption. There is no indication that Young is going to be the #1, 2 or 10 pick. It's too early to tell. However, he's a better prospect than Fields ever was. He's a better passer, has more situational awareness, and makes better decisions than Fields did in college. I'm not an expert (obviously), but if Fields and Young were both in the draft, Young would likely get drafted before him. But then again, he probably would have been a 2nd string QB for OSU. Edit: That also does not necessarily mean that Young is going to be a better pro QB than Fields.
  4. CubinNY
    It's more like a Venn diagram where they have overlapping skill sets, but not necessarily with all of them at the same spot. Same with each player's weak spots. But, I agree it just depends on what the team's front offices key on. Young has the highest "football IQ"/game awareness, but he's not the most gifted physically. If he were five inches taller there wouldn't be any question that he is the clear #1.
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    Yeah, that sucks. I was looking forward to seeing what Mervis could do in Chicago. I'm also not high on either Hosmer or Mancini.My bet is that Hosmer is gone bey the ASB. Maybe even by the end of spring training.
  6. CubinNY
    I’ll say one thing for ole Tommy Boy, he knows how to draw in the rubes. It’s much more cost effective to buy statues of former players that it is to get currently good ones. If Sammy ever decides to bend the knee he’ll get one too. In 10 year they’ll be a Rizzo, 5 years later a Javy.
  7. CubinNY
    Aside from the occasional hot take artist, I’m not seeing this at all. The general sentiment is that they have their quarterback and need to find a way to surround him with better weapons and a line all while restocking a pathetic defense. I have seen articles about how the Bears should draft Young and trade Fields. I think most of it is just sports writer bs and being overwhelmed with the idea of having the top pick; like the exuberance makes people stupid. I don't think anyone seriously thinks the Bears are going to move on from Fields. However, Young is a pretty special college QB. I am not 100% convinced that he's a pro QB. He'll have to have Drew Breese-like talent to make it. I don't think the risk of trading Fields is worth the reward. There are too many questions about all of the top QBs in the draft to take a chance that they'd be better.
  8. CubinNY
    Media in general, and particularly in sports media, nuanced reporting is difficult to do well. It's a bottom line type of reasoning that doesn't take into account context. Having said that, he really needs to improve his short and midrange passing accuracy if he has any chance at success. Maybe that is a function of all the stuff you mentioned and he will show he can do it. But he has to get better.
  9. CubinNY
    Need to change the title for the 2nd time. He's been offered almost a billion dollars in contracts, lol. This is a good deal for the Twins if he can stay healthy.
  10. CubinNY
    He plays really good defense too, correct?
  11. CubinNY
    They will want to jump the Texans and the Texans won't want teams to jump them. The teams will absolutely have to want a specific one. Between Young, Levis, Richardson, and Stroud I don't see a lot of separation. This isn't a Peyton Manning draft. I wish it was.
  12. CubinNY
    A lot of the jockeying will get done after the combine and when the teams have identified internal needs and external FA options in addition to the draft guys. I don't see any QB-needy teams near the top wanting to trade with the Bears for the #1 knowing that they are not going to draft a QB. The further down they go the less likely they get their #1 target. It should be interesting to see what happens, but I'd guess that if they do trade down it will be in the 6-10 range. The good thing for the Bears is that due to need they can draft any top position player at virtually any position on both offense and defense and still come out ahead drafting in that range.
  13. CubinNY
    In many respects, this offseason will be a final exam for Poles and his team of assistants and coaches. An opportunity like this does not happen very often. They have to bullseye every target and every decision. The first of which is deciding if Justin Fields is their QB. They've hedged to this point.
  14. CubinNY
    Yes, this team is built to be solidly mediocre at baseline. If they get some breakouts they can be a step above. If they get some flops, they have the ability to replace them. They’d have to have a lot of bad things to happen to be bad (low 70s win total). If you factor in the competition, it’s really hard to see a bad win total outcome. This is Ricketts dream team.
  15. CubinNY
    I wish I could be that optimistic. In that they weren’t supposed to win in 2015. The wild card was a surprise. I would say a wild card berth would be equally surprising this year. It will only be similar if Davis and PCA and Mervis all come up and are raking. And one of the young pitchers step up ala Jake.
  16. CubinNY
    Craziness. UMFan must be having kittens.
  17. CubinNY
    i think jed's wet dream is to compete with homegrown players and he's just buying time until 2024-25 when that's possible Yes, Tommy Boy picked the right guy to run his small market franchise. Problem is, they have too many good prospects and no great ones. I have high hopes for Alcantara though. He would be my only “untouchable”.
  18. CubinNY
    Michigan does not have a championship QB.
  19. CubinNY
    I'm not sure I follow your logic here. What does the size of their signing bonus have to do with anything? Dudes who get $10m bonuses can buy a home in whatever horsefeathers Texas/Florida suburb they grew up in and be set for life more or less, so less incentive to settle for security sake. Guys who get smaller bonuses burn through them and have motivation to accept smaller guarantees earlier. That makes a little more sense, but I still don’t buy it.
  20. CubinNY
    I'm not sure I follow your logic here. What does the size of their signing bonus have to do with anything?
  21. CubinNY
    Intelligence, foresight, imagination, creativity, and culture. Some things that Jed Hoyer and his team sorely lack.
  22. CubinNY
    Can’t see it being the Cubs. Too close to the LT now I think As has been mentioned a lot, I don’t think they’d be against going over the LT this year for the right guy/moves. With all the money falling off after the year they could easily reset next year while having room to add. The only reason not to be in on Correa would be if this medical issue is really that big of a worry, which don’t blame them, or if they truly think they can get Ohtani next year and will wait until then to go over the LT. Nobody has said they are adverse to going over the LT, they try and not be repeaters but I’d be surprised if they aren’t over the LT in the next 3 years. According to reports the Cubs never made him a formal offer so I don’t think they’re interested at all.
  23. CubinNY

    NFL Week 16

    CubinNY replied to raw's topic in Other Sports

    I know Rodgers is a first class A-hole, but man is he a great QB. I’d take him over Brady any day.
  24. CubinNY
    Cubs should get him.
  25. CubinNY
    I will cut you, sir! Zobrist is a player every other prospect gets compared to and no one’s been even kinda sorta close (like every soft tossing lefty in the 2000s was the next Glavine) Being like Zobrist and being Zobrist are not the same thing. He has more value due to his versatility probably until he hits arbitration or demonstrates he is unable to adjust at the plate. Also, not every other prospect gets compared to Zobrist.
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