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The hitting coach. Who “very rarely” brings out the lineup card and obviously went out there with a purpose.

Tanking is a much more prevalent and obvious thing now. Jed wants to lose games. Heyward makes that more likely. He’s fine with it.

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Good news: breaking the law is the new market inefficiency

The Bears had an OTA cancelled today for violating CBA agreement with full contact in earlier OTAs. Maybe a blip on the radar, but this is an inexperienced staff, with no person in charge of any area with experience in that role before, with the exception of the special teams coordinator. Probably a lot more growing pains we're going to have to deal with.

TT is against it

If counting on Nico to not miss games due to injury is part of your plan, you're doing it wrong.

Phillies Fire Girardi

Yup. They projected as a 75-80 win team, and the underlying #s (I.e. controlling for their horsefeathers 1-run game record) think that's exactly what they've been Shoot for mediocrity and terribleness is on the table. That's just part of putting together a baseball team.

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#ALLSeasonsMatter

If it was me attempting to comment on the theoretical motivations behind one person accusing another of rape I would not do it

it was a cool couple of days above the .400 level

I highly doubt that.

The lack of playmakers on defense and lack of even decent players on offense does keep the #1 pick on the table. I bet it won't happen. But I'd be shocked if they are drafting outside the top ten in 2023. And they are absolutely going to run run run manage the clock and hope to generate TOs. The only part of the offense that is remotely above average is the running back room. They have a little bit of depth and diversity there. They have one receiver who can easily be double teamed and shutdown with no other threats. Siemian had Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders, both coming off multiple 1,000 yard receiving seasons when he put up those numbers for a defending super bowl championship team. Fields is in the first year of a new system with a horrible supporting cast. It's not the same situation. I was thinking about who Siemian had on offense, did not take the time to look nevertheless, I do not think its beyond the realm of possibilities that Fields will improve. At the very least this coaching staff will make a better attempt at putting him in a position to succeed, this alone should make a positive difference. I am assuming Fields does improve, but improving on his rookie year doesn't necessarily translate to more than a handful of wins this season. If he eclipses 3,000 yards with 60% completion percentage and throws as many TDs as INTs while fumbling only 10 times with this supporting cast he will have shown marked improvement from last year and this team will still suck.

The lack of playmakers on defense and lack of even decent players on offense does keep the #1 pick on the table. I bet it won't happen. But I'd be shocked if they are drafting outside the top ten in 2023. And they are absolutely going to run run run manage the clock and hope to generate TOs. The only part of the offense that is remotely above average is the running back room. They have a little bit of depth and diversity there. They have one receiver who can easily be double teamed and shutdown with no other threats. Siemian had Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders, both coming off multiple 1,000 yard receiving seasons when he put up those numbers for a defending super bowl championship team. Fields is in the first year of a new system with a horrible supporting cast. It's not the same situation.

I think that's more or less the plan for 2021. Not that they won't try and develop Fields progressions and stuff, but I think they'll lean on a run game and hope to end up in positions where they're just playing from behind and have to throw.

They lost 9 of 10 in late April and are 4-6 in the last 10 in May and are somehow just one game under .500? That’s oddly impressive.

Gotta win 1 of next 2 to avoid going back under .400