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Should we add "Former Player X wasn't interested in a no-show job, he wanted to get to work immediately on his first day and is determined to learn the ropes" to the list of spring training tropes?

I assume if you try to cut Steve Smith he will just shoot you.

Now don't waste money on a free agent backup RB when you can draft just as good ones late. yes please

Shocking

I guess you have to cover your bases but I can't imagine a team trading him. Maybe they are doing it to gauge interest in Peppers should they release him, gathering data used to determine what sort of paycut is justifiable.

Someone explain why the Bears would sign someone in the offseason and then a week later cut them....did they need his money for something? Did they find a TE they liked more on the FA market? Could be they voided his deal for some reason.

Mark Gonzales ‏@MDGonzales 24s Samardzija threw 43 of 64 pitches for strikes, 5 hits, 2 ER, 0 bb, 5 k's

Had to Google what you're talking about. At least that dog lived and is fine now, but that sucks. Eh, at least he abandoned the dog at a place perfectly suitable to take care of the dog. This pales in comparison to some things players have done.

He must really hate Martellus. I am most bummed that Seattle wasn't forced to stretch their cap.

Did that happen again? I thought I read a couple days ago about Jackson doing that in his previous start and annoying Renteria.

Brad Biggs ‏@BradBiggs 24s .@ProFootballTalk reports $28.5 mil over 4 years for Michael Bennett in SEA. Sources (not at Halas Hall) told me #Bears had more on table.

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 1m And now, as @ProFootballTalk reported, Seattle's deal with DE Michael Bennett is done. Expect it to be four years, about $34 million.

Are you suggesting he may have once been a larger man? What is your theory behind him shrinking?

Got to find some reason to justify the building costs.

Hmm...why not? If they cut him, he's not gonna sign somewhere for the same money anyway. Do you think he's just ready to go somewhere else? Tampa's nice this time of year. I know that some of the guys have some high loyalty to Lovie, but I never got that vibe from Peppers. Maybe it's there...I dunno. I don't think it has anything to do with a players' loyalty to Lovie, but rather Lovie's faith in his former players.

Hmm...why not? If they cut him, he's not gonna sign somewhere for the same money anyway. Do you think he's just ready to go somewhere else? Tampa's nice this time of year.

NFLN just had a bro to bro segment that consisted mostly of Martellus goofing around and Michael pretending he didn't know where he was going to sign. If they have a legit second end, I want to see what would happen if they kept Peppers.

You can't rank players if you don't watch all the games. That's just sports 101 right there.

Who is the best looper?

Was that him? I remember it being a cheap penalty, but not really a "bad" call. Sort of a letter/spirit of the law thing. I remember being impressed with Weems a few times and disappointed more than I expected from a supposed ST ace.

Weems did not impress me in the least. He's also got to be close to 30, is he still on the team? He's 29 and has one more year. I agree that he isn't a good returner anymore though I thought he was a good STer. Didn't he have a few bad penalties?

That is not a particularly good comparison. He's not a potential gold glove SS because he doesn't actually play shortstop. Calling somebody a potential .300 hitter isn't the same as calling them a career .300 hitter, it isn't really saying much of anything. Dusty Baker once called Bill Mueller a potential hitting champion and he was coming off a .268 AVG before coming to the Cubs. He won batting title with a .326 a few years later and that was 35 points above his career average. Villanueva hit .314 as a 19 year old and was hitting .285 in A+ before coming over in the trade. Jayson Werth is coming off back to back .300 seasons despite being a .271 hitter in the minors and spending most of his major league career closer to that level, including a .274 career mark. Andrew McCutheon hit .265 in AA and wasn't flirting and hit .259 the season before his first of back to back .300 seasons. Plenty of guys didn't hit .300 until they actually turned into a .300 hitter in the major leagues. He may never do it, but saying he has the potential to do it is not that egregious of a statement. Oh god you're right. I'm now sort of upset that that moron was vindicated on that. Never made that connection. I remember thinking it was an absurd call. The crazy thing is it happened in 2003, of all years for Dusty to look prescient.

Weems did not impress me in the least. He's also got to be close to 30, is he still on the team?