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Chicago Bears Offseason Thread (the tank must payoff)
mul21 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
I keep going back and forth on whether to draft Andersen and increase the odds of having that one defensive player to build around. He could be that K Mack or Donald type player on defense who can take over which is hard to find defensively. I feel like have a bunch of good pass rushers is a reasonable solution and this team has so many holes that adding an extra first/early second round pick this year and next would be a much greater benefit than one great DE, even if that is a nice thing to have. If there weren't so many holes and a shortage of FAs to sign at some of the key spots I might feel differently, but it really is starting to feel like a lot of the impact is going to have to come through the draft. -
This seems like a weird move and even weirder timing unless something else is about to break we haven't heard about yet.
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Third time's the charm! Correa to the Twins (6/$200m)
mul21 replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
The Dodgers will always be hateable because their fans are such asshats. -
Sub zero temps and a foot of snow? Just genius scheduling to give the Bears a bunch of December home games NFL.
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Same thing killed one of my great uncles and my grandma had the same issue but it was corrected and she lived until she was 93. A shame it went undetected for him.
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Who cares what they pay him, it's not my money. And if this ownership group has any hope of placating the fan base and keeping them spending money on the team they damn well better keep spending money. As has been said, even if he puts up 4 WAR for the next 4 years, that's a nearly 4 WAR upgrade over the garbage they've had at 2B recently and that's nothing to sneeze at.
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I don't know a ton about the technicalities of the game any more, but by the eye test he's been far an away the MVP of the US team in my opinion. Just the sheer amount of activity is impressive and he's got such quick feet.
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What does this mean?
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I may be in the minority but I hated the Abreu idea. Too much money on a position that can be "fixed" much more cheaply when there are so many other obvious needs on the team and there's clearly a hard cap on what will be spent.
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I was impressed with Virginia though I have to say Illinois pretty much lost the game with poor shot selection and sloppiness (and free throws). A lot of hero ball and individual play in the last couple minutes really cost them. You could tell they were a team that hadn't played together much in contrast to the very disciplined UVA squad. I think that's all correctable stuff and something I feel like Underwood has done well in previous years, plus as the season rolls on they'll just naturally figure out who the go to guys are in those close and late situations. Overall very encouraging weekend for me from an Illini fan perspective.
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You should peruse this thread and see how the ability to hit velocity thing was kind of debunked after Keith Law said it. Some pretty impressive hitting on high heat, even from lefties.
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All of 'em except Marquez and Wick.
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I have no evidence either, but I think there's something to be said for this theory from a QB perspective. There's a reason guys like Brady and Rodgers have come back to win a million times. Yes, it's mostly because they're great QBs overall, but they also operate at a high level under pressure very frequently. The team as a whole, probably not really as big of a factor but I think it's a real thing for QBs.
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Yeah, I watched the JT O'Sullivan breakdown and he pointed out the Dolphins definitely clamped up the coverage after that first drive. He blamed lack of talent on the outside, but I honestly think it's tough in the NFL to get open just running straight against non-press coverage that you don't completely beat off the line. The Bears need to run rub routes and crossers to get guys open (everyone does) and it seems like there aren't enough of guys just beating their man. JT actually mentioned that on the incompletion to the outside. The TE rubbed the cover guy of the outside receiver and he came open on a crosser but Fields had decided pre snap to throw outside and didn't wait for it to come open. Would have been an easy completion for a 1st down if he saw it. They're doing those things and while the improvement has been exponential, he's definitely still a work in progress.
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That Georgia defense is for real. I think a lot of people doubted it after losing all those guys to the draft after last year but what they did to Tennessee Saturday is really impressive. Even the breakdowns on Gameday Saturday morning were doubting they could stop the TN offense.
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Chicago Bears Offseason Thread (the tank must payoff)
mul21 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
It doesn't really say that. It says the Steelers thought the Bears suck more than the Packers and their 2nd rounder would be a higher pick so they took that deal. May have been a mistake based on what we've seen the last few weeks. -
Chicago Bears Offseason Thread (the tank must payoff)
mul21 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
I 100% agree with this and am kind of amazed that even while they mention it being a factor, it's being almost completely discounted in grading the trade by the pundits. The lack of options in FA plus stealing a resource from the Packers makes the grade from me significantly higher than the deal would be in a vacuum. -
I think the bigger shock was the fact that he's just foregoing the $20 million he would have gotten from Colorado if he opted out. That money now goes to the Cards to pay the rest of his deal. He really only would have had to get a contract exactly like what he already has to increase his intake by $20 million. Just seems like an odd move for someone who clearly tried to max out what he was getting previously. Maybe he just likes being in the land of the unvaxxed and not getting a ration of horsefeathers for it too. I haven't seen anything indicating Arenado would've gotten more for opting out like that. He has 20 million in deferred 2021 salary he's owed, but that deferral isn't on top of his previous salaries, it's overdue salary from years already past. Is there another 20 million that Cot's doesn't seem to be referencing? Yeah, it's weird thing that Brett mentioned in his write up. There's a $20 million payment that the Rockies have to fork over. If he opts out, it goes to him, if he doesn't it, goes to the Cards to pay his salary. That's on top of the $20 million deferred from 21 and the $30 million deferred over the next 10 years that he gets later.
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I assume you're talking about Pujols and the bat? Based on what I read it was a player safety issue, not a competitive issue.
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I think the bigger shock was the fact that he's just foregoing the $20 million he would have gotten from Colorado if he opted out. That money now goes to the Cards to pay the rest of his deal. He really only would have had to get a contract exactly like what he already has to increase his intake by $20 million. Just seems like an odd move for someone who clearly tried to max out what he was getting previously. Maybe he just likes being in the land of the unvaxxed and not getting a ration of horsefeathers for it too.
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I feel like losing games 4-2 and 3-2 isn't some massive blow out that shows they aren't competitive. Game 2 was legit a difference of one bad pitch.
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I have a feeling this may be related to where the pressure is coming from. Comparatively, so much of his is coming from straight up the middle vs from the outside against other teams that I'd bet it has an impact on that number. Getting Mustipher the hell out of there as to be a top priority.
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I'm not sure he'd be what he is if they didn't. Washington fixed something when he was there.
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That looked to be above the belt too, not exactly a prime pitch for a guy with a slow bat to rope back up the middle.