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um... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7gkAXPa14 Sammie Hill should be a really good fit at NT, though

pretty uninspiring, but he's evidently also not an insurmountable obstacle to winning, so that's cool i guess

Really surprised he picked them over the lions. supposedly we were adamant about staying in a 4-3, and location was also an issue for Whisenhunt

my biggest main problem with the FO's performance so far* has been with their unflinchingly risk-averse nature; they were put in a situation where they pretty much inherited a expansion team, and still, with nothing at all to lose, they seemingly avoided any high-reward gambles at every turn- this is the exact opposite of how it should have been a team with zero expectations to contend (and little in the way of available funds) is in a perfect situation to make some of these moves: • sign Francisco Liriano (29) - all it took was 2/14, even before his contract had to be voided and renegotiated lower • sign Chris B. Young (30) - signed for 1/7 • trade for Peter Bourjos (26) - hard to think we couldn't top an offer of Freese, also he was considered expendable the previous offseason as well • trade for Dom Brown (25) - Phillies had publicly all but given up on him and were very interested in Soriano; i think money was a sticking point for us • sign Josh Johnson (29) - took 1/8, maybe perhaps a big player option entices him • trade for Brett Anderson (25) surely there are a few others (6/62 for Ryu?) i'm forgetting, but those are the misses that bother(ed) me the most: guys with prior history of high-level play and young enough that you can conceivably add them to your 'core' or build up considerable enough value to flip for something meaningful at the deadline...and the worst-case scenario is they crash and burn and put you closer toward the top-5 draft picks you not-so-secretly want to this day, Ian Stewart is still one of my favorite of their moves because they actually took a gamble on something meaningful: a 24-yo capable defensive 3B with 25 HR / 60 BB ability *i swear i was typing this up before TT's post, so you'll just have to deal with whatever redundancy

I just don't get it... even if you believe that Javy moves off of SS, does anybody think he won't be at least a solid 3B? An average (or slightly above average) defensive 3B that can hit .270 with 40 bombs and a solid OBP because he's being pitched around and can steal bases is, in my opinion, much more valuable than a SS who plays GG defense and hits .300 with 10-15 HRs with a solid OBP and steals some bases you may want to pump the brakes a little there with your expectations but it's worth mentioning that it's possible to hit 30 HRs and still not be hugely valuable; see: Trumbo, Mark

that's a really silly comparison, since Gomez can do and does do many things factored in WAR Almora is just physically incapable of; he'd retain more credibility if he just compared him to somebody like Austin Jackson (17 HR, .286 AVG, +0 UZR: 5 WAR 162-game pace the last 2 years)

that seems pretty high for Sparty, who loses their whole interior OL and most of their back 7 on defense

i wonder how much different our ranking would look if we had just won that stupid Charlotte game the other 3 losses were to the current #1, 7, 13 teams (the latter two being road tilts)

5Y/$28M granted it was 20 years ago, but still

Soler; considered him at #1

yeah, that's bogus; he pretty likely hurt it playing hockey

i still love the call though, it played out the most likely scenario and they basically just lose 30 yards of field position for a chance at 4 extra points

lol wtf

l-i-v-i-n

hard to get a closer, more uncontested look than the tip nebraska missed at the end. see, our pitiful execution there was actually in fact a sound strategy that obviously threw them off

ha cha cha cha that was stressful

he's gonna suckhttp://p.twimg.com/A4mHFRTCIAA6ZrT.jpg:thumb

PFF reviews the MNC game: https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2014/01/09/refo-auburn-vs-florida-state-bcs-championship/

Smart move and I'm very happy with his decision. Probably going to have their 3rd straight LT drafted in the top 5 next year. That's insane. all in the same recruiting class, too

this is the best day ever?

Houston Nutt had a 37-player signing class! http://www.trbimg.com/img-5112c8b4/turbine/chi-football-recruiting-treadwell-20130206-002/599/449x599

13. St. Louis Rams - Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson * Watkins certainly may go higher than this, but there aren’t teams that have a glaring need at receiver early in the draft. ...the Lions (at 10) have Kris Durham, i think, penciled in as #2 WR

Whiz did good things for Roethlisberger, Warner, Rivers, so hopefully he'd work similar magic on Stafford

did imb even fill out his team yet?

so then, no?