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Okay, but why does he have to make an immediate impact in order to justify being drafted? It makes absolutely no sense to say unless you have an established receiving core you can't draft a WR and can only sign free agents.
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Considering the fact that he did play as a starter and enjoyed a fair amount of success would seem to contradict your theory. You mean before defenses had a chance to get some tape of him and realized he lacked any sort of poise in the pocket and made horrific decisions at an alarming rate? Yeah he was pretty effective then. That Rex is never going to come back. He's simply not good enough to be anything more than a stopgap solution on an NFL team. Yeah, I understand that Rex isn't coming back, but I was contradicting your comment that he had a total lack of ability to play as a starter, when it was very clear that he did have the ability to play as a starter because he did play as a starter for a fair amount of time and enjoyed a moderate level of success doing so.
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It certainly helps to have veteran WRs around the young guy, but I think some young WRs can have success without an established group around them. How established do you mean, also? Do you mean only the Colts and Patriots should draft receivers, or can the Titans (who have veterans, but aren't very strong at the position) draft one by your standards? If you mean a strong, quality group, then there's not that many teams like that and most of those don't need WRs. If you just mean solid veterans, then I tend to agree. A solid group of veterans who are capable of producing, and don't count on the new WR to make a serious impact. For example, if a team is strong and has a solid core of veterans (the Titans) and seems in need of only a WR, by all means draft one (yes, I know they have other holes after FA). But if you need an impact WR (like Seattle), it's better to go out on the market and pick up a good FA and draft a different player at a position that is more predictable. How in the world do you justify that theory? Arizona shouldn't have drafted Fitzgerald? Why can't a mediocre team draft a WR?
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Injuries really hurt him early in his career. And that's really what lessened the fans' patience. When he did finally play he showed more promise than any QB in Bears history, and was among the best in the league for a while in 06. Then he hit rock bottom so hard and so often. The combination of these things did Rex in with Chicago fans. I'd say his total lack of ability to play as a starter in the NFL probably did him in more. Considering the fact that he did play as a starter and enjoyed a fair amount of success would seem to contradict your theory.
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there was a woman on suze orman (i don't really watch her show, it was on at work and i was facing the tv as i worked) who was being interviewed. the audio wasn't on but according the captions they were putting on, she and her husband were out $5 million, she had to go back to work and they were living paycheck to paycheck. it certainly didn't sound like madoff only took a portion of their money. Okay, but where is the evidence that she's smart? She's talking to Suze Orman about her finances, which is a joke in and of itself. The only people her advice is good for is middle aged lesbians who already have a couple million in the bank and only want to keep it.
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That's true I guess, but Grossman leaving now is fairly anti-climactic.
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Being good with money is an acquired skill, and there's nothing about pro athletes that makes them more likely to have that skill than the general population. That's why so many of them end up legitimately broke. right but i didn't say anything about pro athletes. this also happened to a hell of a lot of successful business people, enterpreneurs, etc. a lot of smart people lost a ton of money because of the ponzi schemes too. The actual smart ones didn't lose it all though, they lost a portion of their money. And just because people made or had money (many via inheritance) doesn't mean they were smart. After all, the Bluth family wasn't completely unrealistic.
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The dude made millions playing football for several years, and played in the Super Bowl. I don't think there's much of anything sad about this story.
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But Fontenot was already there. It's the Miles bat that makes the team more LH. Miles replaced DeRosa on the roster. -
There's no way they try and play Fontenot fulltime, and that doesn't save them $5m, when they replaced him with Miles, who makes $5m over 2 years.
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I don't get why so many people think the best thing to do in a recession is to shame people into taking lower salaries. But Goodell should be taking a cut due to the NFL's decision to cut staff and tighten belts. BAseball has made a ton of money under selig's watch, and they've grown revenues exponentially. He deserves what he can get.
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Your Favorite Sweaty Closer has Retired
jersey cubs fan replied to E.J.'s topic in General Baseball Talk
I'll never forget running into his dad in line at Shea on opening day 2003. He was dressed in Cubs gear, and some Mets fan asked him if he came all the way out from Chicago for the game. He said, "No, I'm from Bayonne and my kid is on the Cubs." with the biggest smile in the world on his face. -
Being good with money is an acquired skill, and there's nothing about pro athletes that makes them more likely to have that skill than the general population. That's why so many of them end up legitimately broke. There's actually something about them that makes them far less likely to have that skill than the general population. exactly
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Cool. I'd say we'll probably look at something like that and rent a car. You have to rent a car in and around Phoenix. Everything is 45 minutes away, at least. I stayed in scottsdale as well. You should consider seeing them at hohokam as well as a road venue. Good idea- there's several teams working out in driving distance, right? Yes, and more than there were when I went in 2006. We also caught a Blackhawks/Coyotes game.
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4/15 - Bulls (41-40) vs. Toronto (32-49) - 7 pm, CSN
jersey cubs fan replied to David's topic in Other Sports
It's a metaphor. Insert large' date=' carnivorous animal here.[/quote'] The term is paper tiger. Piper Lion is a book written by George Plimpton when he dressed and practiced as a Detroit Lions player, and was an obvious play on the actual phrase, which I believe has ancient chinese roots or something. -
It would be interesting if it became popular. But I don't think it has at all. Perhaps in another 15 years, after a couple rivalries build and a few "classic" games are played, and remembered, it will become popular. But you'll need far more stars playing in the tourny and not skipping.
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What if Samardzija spends the year at AAA due to the big league staff being full, and dominates?
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If your assets are completely illiquid and you can't access any cash, broke is a perfectly suitable word.
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Cool. I'd say we'll probably look at something like that and rent a car. You have to rent a car in and around Phoenix. Everything is 45 minutes away, at least. I stayed in scottsdale as well. You should consider seeing them at hohokam as well as a road venue.
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Sullivan was far from the only one. But I think Hendry's words, that he traded DeRosa and then signed Miles so he could get more left handed is much more likely to be the answer.
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Why? DeRosa was the versatile veteran making a few million to play regularly at 2B and fill-in at multiple positions. But he only hit RH. Miles is the versatile veteran making millions, who replaced him. Miles was brought in to play many positions and bring "balance" to the lineup. They wanted to get more LH and he is the only guy on the roster brought in to replace a RH in order to accomplish that goal. There's no reason not to compare the two. I'm using a much simpler explanation. Miles was brought in as a sub middle IF who can play other positions in a pinch. That role for the past few years was Cedeno's and not DeRosa's. DeRosa was brought in to be the starting 2B and was versatile enough to play other positions in case of injuries. Therefore, Miles is replacing Cedeno. The simple explanation is DeRosa left and Miles replaced him. Cedeno averaged 150 PA a year under Piniella. Miles, as the only backup infielder, and very likely platoon option at 2B, is going to dwarf that number. There is no replacement for Cedeno, as of now.
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Re: Could we see a strike in '11?
jersey cubs fan replied to Jehrico's topic in General Baseball Talk
I wonder how much likability would factor into this. Bonds, Rodriguez,Sheffield and Giambi were all kind of hated already by a lot of casual fans. There steroid use just amplified it. If someone like Jeter or Pujols admitted use. I wonder what the reaction would be. I think Yankees fans would relish the opportunity to turn on Jeter, considering he "hasn't won a thing since Paulie and Bernie left", and there are lots of non-Yankees fans that would jump on that opportunity. -
Yes, but he's also repeatedly screwed up by overpaying for names. The fact that he might sign him makes me rethink my idea that the Bears should.
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True, but if a large part of it isn't signing bonus, then if you cut him you'll have a whole lot of dead salary sitting on your cap. Snyder can afford to give out massive signing bonuses, but if they don't here it could come back to bite them. It's the bonus that counts against the cap. If they cut him before the end of the contract, it's only the prorated portion of the signing bonus that is a cap hit (if I'm understanding correctly). Right, it's the opposite of Dew's concern. You'd prefer no signing bonus, then you can cut him at any time and it doesn't hurt your cap at all. But it's going to be a big one. And the team that signs him will structure it so that they can cut him after the 3rd or 4th year if they have to without killing themselves. Regardless, even if it does blow up, it's going to be a one year problem, the year they take the hit. You really shouldn't care if it's 7 or 8 years, what you should care about is the structure.
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Why are you so hung up on duration? This isn't baseball, if the guy falls apart, you cut him. You don't have to keep paying him if he's no longer worth the money.
