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It's the second round.
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Phillies (Walker) vs Cubs (Rea): 4/25/25, 1:20pm
bukie replied to Brandon Glick's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Well, 4 games now, all wins outscoring their opponents by a combined 39-9 in those games. -
Sanders was basically the 40th best prospect on draft lists going into the draft, and any team taking him in the first round was going to be noted as a reach for a need position. The knock on Sanders is that he's not that great of an athlete, and the biggest positive on his draft sheet is that "he has the confidence of an NFL starter", which...feels kind of like a backhanded compliment?
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Doesn't seem like anyone is itching to get Sanders, he's not on anyone's top 10 available right now anyway, wouldn't be surprised to see him be a day 2 pick.
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Don't hate it, but not my first choice.
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Ok, Walker or Warren will be there at 10.
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Here is what I think right now, in order of confidence (most to least): 1. Ward will go #1 2. Hunter and Carter will go 2-3 in some order. 3. Jeanty is the 3rd best player in this draft, and he is option 1 if he makes it to 10. 4. If Jeanty is gone, as long as one of Graham, Walker, Campbell, Membou or Warren makes it to 10, the Bears will pick them. 5. If picks 4-9 are all those players, the Bears will trade down.
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Dodgers (TBD) vs Cubs (Boyd): 4/23/25, 6:00pm
bukie replied to Brandon Glick's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Even more absurd...Padres and Dodgers are 3-3 at home vs. the Cubs, and 19-0 otherwise. -
If one of Jeanty, Graham, Campbell or Warren is there at 10, I'd be ecstatic and hope the Bears take them. If not, then it gets interesting. However, that also means I hope Sanders goes top 10 in some panic move so those 4 real prospects slide a bit. EDIT: For example, this mock draft actually happening in the top 10 would frustrate the Bear fan in me: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6298225/2025/04/23/nfl-mock-draft-2025-shedeur-sanders/
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Dodgers (TBD) vs Cubs (Boyd): 4/23/25, 6:00pm
bukie replied to Brandon Glick's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Cubs have played the Dodgers, Padres, Diamondbacks, Rangers and A's. Those teams are 10-15 against the Cubs. They are 61-31 otherwise. -
The Cubs are currently way out in front of B-R's SRS rating system on teams:
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In the last 2 games the Cubs have played Arizona, they've allowed 18 runs in the 8th inning combined. And split those games.
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The strong close to the season (7 pts the last 4 games) means the Hawks finish with 61 points, which is still abysmally low, but better than finishing in the 50s which they did last season.
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4 games to go, Bulls effectively 2 games out of the 7-8 spot (win the tiebreaker vs Orlando, lose the tiebreaker vs Atlanta). So, really, they'll have to win out to get that spot (Orlando and Atlanta play each other twice, so if Bulls win out, their odds of getting in the 7-8 game is about 80%, one loss and it drops below 50%). So, tonight they play in Cleveland against a Cavs team that still hasn't quite clinched the 1 seed yet. If they can steal a win, they might actually play in the playoffs this season. If not, they'll likely repeat the performance from the past 3 years.
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They might actually climb into the 8 seed spot, 2 games back of Orlando but own the tiebreaker (they do not own the tiebreaker vs the Hawks).
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Top 25 on the seed list went 22-3, with one of the losses being a Memphis team so overseeded they were the Vegas underdog in their game against Colorado State, and that doesn't include a Gonzaga team everyone thought was heavily underseeded and won by 20.
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It's gotten to the point I almost feel compelled to root for Mexico.
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From The Athletic's top 150 free agent list:
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He's also just 25 and has the physical traits that Poles loves, so there's reason to think his best years are ahead of him. I like this better than spending, say, 18 million on Mack hoping he still has something in the tank.
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Live look at the Bears war room with regards to linemen:
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I do like that they've addressed line issues before the draft this year, so the draft strategy can migrate from "have to draft like 6 linemen in 7 picks to make anything work" to "just draft the best player available and try to get a major impact player at 10".
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On the men's side, the top 2 seeds got quintuple byes in the conference tournament and neither advanced to the final.
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Well, a tourney. Meanwhile Nebraska went from safely into the NCAA tourney to not qualifying for the B1G tourney in 5 games. Ouch.
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I'm encouraged that the front office was able to see that the interior O-line was a disaster and address it immediately this offseason. Less so that it took like 3 offseasons for this, but maybe they were enamored with the hope of Jenkins for too long, I dunno.
