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  1. imb
    Maddux won't be a unanimous selection because of this guy http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/greg-maddux-won-t-unanimous-pick-hall-fame-165153925--mlb.html Ken Gurnick of MLB.com, who covers the Los Angeles Dodgers, voted only for Jack Morris.
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    why are we paying attention to this stuff? this is basically that dude's facebook wall, it's not like he's a paid columnist or something
  3. imb
    oh my god ahahahhahahhahahahhahahahha
  4. imb
    yeah but do you need to target a franchise qb to the extent of drafting teddy bridgewater 1.1? Look at all the QBs drafted in the top 5 the last 10 years 2003: Palmer 2004: Manning, Rivers 2005: Alex Smith 2006: Vince Young 2007: Jamarcus Russell 2008: Matt Ryan 2009: Stafford, Sanchez 2010: Bradford 2011: Cam 2012: Luck, RG3 2013: None. The only super bowl winner on that list has never been an elite guy in the nfl.
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    I've seen lots of "Bridgewater is the 9th best player in the draft but he's the top qb and houston needs a qb so he'll go no. 1" stuff, and it got me thinking. If you go back to the two Elway superbowls in 1998 and 1999... QBs who won the Superbowl 1st round, 1st pick (Elway 98, 99. Manning, 2007. Eli Manning, 2008, 2011.) 1st round, 6th pick (Dilfer, 2001.) 1st round, 11th pick (Roethlisberger, 2006. 2009.) 1st round, 18th pick (Joe Flacco, 2013.) 1st round, 24th pick (Aaron Rodgers, 2011.) 2nd round (Drew Brees, 2010) 6th round (Tom Brady, 2002, 2004, 2005) 9th round (Brad Johnson, 2003) Undrafted (Warner, 2000.) You've got three guys who've won superbowls (Elway, the Mannings) who were drafted with ELITE TOOLS 1.1 GRADE. And Eli hasn't ever reached that 1.1 potential (you could say the same for Dilfer at 1.6.) So aren't you better off just building up the rest of your team and trying to get lucky with a QB later on than trying to ram a square QB into a round hole?
  6. imb
    No way. His only exceptional skill are his legs and his elusiveness, and with his frame that is going to get him killed in the NFL. The only comparison of a running QB close to that size in the league is Vick, and he's never stayed healthy. Plus he's way too reckless with the ball and throws tons of 50/50 balls that Evans pulled down. I don't see it. one difference (in my book anyway.) vick was a runner. He took running back hits. Manziel is a scrambler, he doesn't really take hits. He's just elusive and is able to make something out of nothing. Obviously those 40 yard runs are not going to happen in the nfl, but his entire running style is built on avoiding defenders. I think he'll be ok with ducking down and letting a 40-yard college run turn into a 12-yard nfl run.
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    NFL Playoff stuff

    imb replied to imb's topic in Other Sports

    that would be a cool song for an entire stadium to sing together though
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    NFL Playoff stuff

    imb replied to imb's topic in Other Sports

    there fans wont support a gay qb!!!!!!!!
  9. imb
    http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/12/31/5260466/pft-commenters-2013-nfl-awards "In retrospect the Eagles handled this the Right Way and knew that the fastest way to not hating black people and wanting to beat them up when your drunk is through on-field production so they made Cooper the lynchpin of there offense no offense."
  10. imb
    just like kerry wood and mark prior
  11. imb
    because i paraphrased a stupid quote
  12. imb
    "that's slightly more pitches per start than (incredibly durable starter) and (other incredibly durable starter.)"
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    http://i42.tinypic.com/an0g74.gif
  14. imb
    "now that i finally settled on a new #rig tshirt design, i've got some time to look at this baseball reference page oh my god its full of stars"
  15. imb
    Kapler is going to be an awesome coach one day. I'm disappointed he was never considered for the Cubs job. considering our current coach attends press conferences in a wheel chair or whatever, i'd say there's still a chance
  16. imb
    im still shocked that gabe kapler isnt a dumbass meathead
  17. imb
    Teams can go over and offer slightly more to their own guys, but it's not enough to make a difference if the guy really wants to leave. Let them make the guy make a tough decision.
  18. imb
    Eliminate penalties for going over the cap to sign your own players. Allow teams to offer contracts to their own players (or even just one player every few years) that can relatively dwarf what other teams can offer on the free market. The secret isn't to destroy super teams, its to allow teams to create them naturally. If lebron or Chris Paul or Durant want to leave their teams, give them a reasonable reason not to. Is lebrom gonna take 5/85 or whatever from Miami if the cavs can offer him 5/125?
  19. imb
    ‏@PFTCommenter 3h only diffrence between orton and Big Ben is orton gets to drunk to get a boner IMO
  20. imb
    I'm shocked you guys won that game on the last drive. I remember looking at Cam's facial expressions on that drive and thinking how pissed I'd be if I was a Panthers fan because he looked either confused or looked flippant about the situation he was in. Guess I was wrong. the initial notice was a physical appearance black
  21. imb

    Castro

    imb replied to Tim's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Watch Pelotero, these assholes are shady as hell
  22. imb
    If Baez were to come up a few months into 2014 ... where would he play
  23. imb
    Would stroman be the shortest starting pitcher in the majors, assuming he makes it in a rotation
  24. imb
    suck a dick, bowden
  25. imb
    thats not irrational
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