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  1. mul21
    It was actually the exact same play the Commanders used to take the lead against them earlier this season when they played. But also to your point, the heavy package on the 2 point conversion was absolutely brilliant deployment of personnel. The Packers only had one DB in the game and he split out wide left to cover Smythe or Kmet and that left Loveland 1 on 1 with a special teamer who essentially played zero defensive snaps this season. Ben knew exactly the look he was going to get when he sent the heavy package in and they came out in the bunch formation to make sure it stayed that way before they motioned out to the spread formation they ran the play out of.
  2. mul21
    There in lies the problem. I'm pretty sure the way the rule is written, the only option is to call the flagrant on Wagler or leave it as is. There isn't a way to just change the call to a common foul on Wagler to make the most common sense ruling. They really need to look at the way that's administered because as you said, that was nearly a massive game changing moment and it shouldn't have been.
  3. mul21
    The level of awe from guys like Randy Moss, Teddy Bruschi, and Alex Smith on the pregame shows Sunday over that throw was crazy. It gets more amazing every time I watch it. Moving left, feet off the ground, Rome is like at the hash mark when he lets it go, and he drops it into the only spot it could go on a 4th down that probably ends the game if he misses. Absolutely incredible.
  4. mul21
    Bigger problem is being down another DB if he reinjures himself during the game. They're already thin.
  5. mul21
    Total dollars are likely to be half, not AAV.
  6. mul21
    If the wind does what they're saying it's going to, those will be even more of an adventure than usual.
  7. mul21
    Doing this on 67 pitches certainly doesn't seem like a guy who was pitching hurt to me. A little gassed, sure, but not injured in any way.
  8. mul21
    I'm looking at it like this: if you told me before the season the Bears went 11-6, won the division, beat the Packers once and were playing a home playoff game, I'd have been ecstatic at how well things went. Now, expectations have obviously risen with the success in season and another loss to the Packers would be excruciating. I'm not the least bit confident about them winning Saturday, but there's certainly enough things in their favor that they can pull it off. I'd honestly rather be playing almost anyone else to make a loss less painful.
  9. mul21
    Yeah, it kind of always felt like this was the path to getting a top end guy in the rotation and on offense just based on what the budget allegedly is. There isn't really a bat out there to be traded for who would fit the bill of what the team needs and I definitely wasn't expecting them to break the bank and get an FA for both.
  10. mul21
    Parkins was alluding to this a bit when he was on the Score today. Sounds like there was a decent amount of unrest and has been since midseason.
  11. mul21
    He's saying a 2025 pick that's already in the organization.
  12. mul21
    Which currently available FA SP would you rather have over Cabrera?
  13. mul21
    This trade is only about saving money but Cabrera is significantly more expensive than Caissie and will be for the entirety of his time with the Cubs and they're now more likely to spend on a bat since they got a pitcher for below Market value? How does that make any sense?
  14. mul21
    I think net you're probably ahead if for no other reason that you're getting Steele as an addition to the rotation at some point and he's likely to be better than the back end of the rotation was in 2025.
  15. mul21
    Maybe you should start reading threads before you get in such a hurry to comment. 🤷‍♂️
  16. mul21
    Bringing Tucker back now would make so much more sense than Bregman or Bichette. Unfortunately, I think that ship has sailed but I'd love for Jed to surprise me.
  17. mul21
    It's been very explicitly stated by more than one credible journalist that Caissie is the lead piece, so I'm not sure what you're going on about.
  18. mul21
    "John, you didn't have the best RB in the game on the field in multiple situations where running for a first down would have won the game for us. Bye."
  19. mul21
    The 4 highest paid players on that team were Lester, Heyward, Lackey, and Montero who were 4th, 19th, 9th, and 14th respectively in fWAR on that team. The point is that the roster will always need to be supplemented with good players who are expensive but you almost have to get great value from homegrown talent unless you're going to spend like the Dodgers or Mets, and even then, that doesn't always end well. How far did the Padres, Mets and Yankees get with Soto?
  20. mul21
    Without looking, who was the highest paid player on the 2016 team?
  21. mul21
    Why is Bichette allegedly replacing Nico and not Shaw? I thought the intent of the offseason was to add a reliable RH bat because the lineup is so LH heavy, especially when you factor in Mo and Caissie.
  22. mul21
    First down was a run play that Caleb checked out of based on what the defense did according to what Brady said on the broadcast and I tend to believe him on something like that. I didn't love the decision with the clock where it was and that's a ball Caleb will learn to put a little more touch on in the future, but I take solace in the fact that he saw the right thing and made the right play even if it didn't work out. That's likely a 10-12 yard gain and you're sitting at the 35 yard line with a first down at the 2 minute warning with all 3 TOs still in your pocket.
  23. mul21
    Because there's just no way to get even near the CBT for 2027 with all the money they have coming off the books. Therefore, it makes sense to spend the money now on a longer term deal, be over the first level of the CBT in 2026 and then you drop back under in 2027 so you're not a repeat offender.
  24. mul21
    Because he's a high school kid without a fully developed prefrontal cortex.
  25. mul21
    Matt Shaw should embrace actual Christianity if he's so dedicated to his beliefs instead of the fake bigoted version he's adopted. He's free to do and say what he wants, but the consequences of that are him being called hateful, racist and overall a piece of horsefeathers by those of us who actually have a moral compass.
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