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  1. UMFan83
    The problem is our GM's idea of long range planning is to make all his biggest contracts backloaded so they fit into this year's budget.
  2. UMFan83
    I just don't want to be in a situation where our payroll can get to $140m one year, so our payroll is at 138 mil, then we need to aquire a SP at the deadline, so the payroll goes up to $145, then we need to resign our 3B, so now it's up to $150. And then all the sudden we are spending more than intended, and become the Florida Marlins for the next 3 years while we wait for our payroll to go down. I wouldnt mind a $120 million payroll if we knew with a contending team we could go up to $140. Or I guess the best solution is to hire a GM that can plan for stuff like this ahead of time so that we don't have to wait 3 years for all the big contracts to start coming off the books.
  3. UMFan83
    He's just trying to drum up fan interest for their remaining home games. All joking aside, if I was a lion player I would probably think that way too considering all the games they were close or leading late and blew.
  4. UMFan83
    Yeah whoops, I forgot about that.
  5. UMFan83
    I don't remember seeing Tommie. Olsen actually did a really good job blocking yesterday which is a stunner. There was one play that they pointed out of TV, but there were a couple more where he made a nice block either down field or in the backfield to extend plays. Hester was invisible in all fascets of the game yesterday. Knox didn't seem to get targeted a lot at all. If it wasn't for Bennett, the WRs would have graded really poorly yesterday. except for that punt he almost took back. [expletive] I forgot about that. Well...he got tripped up by the [expletive] punter for gods sake. Did you know that 65% of all tackles made by punters and kickers over the last 3 NFL seasons were made tackling Hester? OK I just made that up but still. :)
  6. UMFan83
    Honestly, I don't mind a 100-110 mil payroll. We don't need a $140+ million payroll to be good. a 110 million payroll if you are spending good money on scouting and drafting should be enough. We opened up the pursestrings to $140 million and look what it got us....4 more years of Soriano, 3 more years of Zambrano, another year of Fukudome and Silva (bradley). We're stuck in limbo because JH threw a bunch of money at players that turned out to be nowhere worth that money. Bottom line, 1) I don't trust Jim Hendry to spend our money wisely. 2) I don't trust Jim Henrdy to efficiently spend on a smaller payroll. 3) I do sort of trust Wilken to draft for us as long as he is getting a big market budget to use on scouting and drafting.
  7. UMFan83
    I don't remember seeing Tommie. Olsen actually did a really good job blocking yesterday which is a stunner. There was one play that they pointed out of TV, but there were a couple more where he made a nice block either down field or in the backfield to extend plays. Hester was invisible in all fascets of the game yesterday. Knox didn't seem to get targeted a lot at all. If it wasn't for Bennett, the WRs would have graded really poorly yesterday.
  8. UMFan83
    Just want to point out that the Hawks did outshoot them 32-18 in that Vancouver loss, despite losing 3-0. Bobby Lu was pretty good in the game. Most times you win that game. That said, they didn't win so I agree it counts again them.
  9. UMFan83
    You don't think it would have been all that bad if Jeter signed elsewhere? I think if there was some way they could have avoided spending that much money on Jeter without the public backlast they might have.
  10. UMFan83
    No doubt this is an important game, but in the grand scheme of things its probably the 3rd most important game left in the season, with the top 2 being @ GB and @ Min. That said, a win here would make me feel extremely secure about making the playoffs. I definitely think it will be a close game, but I don't know how I would pick it.
  11. UMFan83
    That's somewhat positive. I am hoping at worst it is a 2 week injury or something.
  12. UMFan83
    I like the Michigan-Miss St matchup. It will be nice to play on New Years again.
  13. UMFan83
    that's the reason why? I have no problem punting a game to the packers if its the last game of the year and we have locked up a bye. heck we did that in 2006. In 2005, we threw a game against the vikings.
  14. UMFan83
    Passer rating is for losers. It has its flaws no doubt. But its a mainstream statistics that will effect the level of respect Jay gets in the media.
  15. UMFan83
    btw, after today Jay's QB rating for the year is up to 92.8. That's 12th in the league, but he's starting to get bunched up with a lot of guys who are within 2 points of him. A good game next week could get him into the top 10.
  16. UMFan83
    I think we can beat them, but I don't know if we will. NE is definitely scary, but they are less scary than in years past. By that I mean they've looked beatable in several games this year. I definitely respect them though and recognize that they could easily whoop us.
  17. UMFan83
    I think it is a little of both. Jay is not a good decision maker when under pressure. And the sky is clearly not blue. Seriously get real. He makes bad decisions under pressure but he also makes terrific decisions under pressure as well. I wouldn't say he's elite in terms of making good decisions under pressure but he's not a poor decision maker. It's like you only recollect the times he made bad decisions in your mind as they are a lot more glaring than when he makes good decisions, which is all the time. Cutler has constantly been under pressure this entire year and he's responded with a pretty good season.
  18. UMFan83
    Yeah the Bears don't need to throw the deep ball a lot with their offense. They get big gains just as a part of the Martz style offense that gets the ball to receivers with room to run. How many times has a short slant route turned into a 35 yard gain.
  19. UMFan83
    The Nationals make no sense. They are about 2-3 years (if their rebuilding plan goes right) from needing to sign a big named FA as a final piece. Having a guy making $15+ million on a 90 loss team makes no sense. And he's not even a big name/draw that will put fans in the seats, like you would expect by signing this type of contract.
  20. UMFan83
    More like McDonough's mistakes. The story goes, Hendry wanted to offer 6 years, but McDonough told him to offer 8 years to seal the deal because he really wanted the Cubs to get a big name to help with the sale of the team.
  21. UMFan83
    I don't think 10-6 is going to be good enough for some team. There's a slight chance 11-5 might not be good enough which is just insane.
  22. UMFan83
    I agree, it was like a 7 yard penalty and it happened on 1st down. It's not like it was on 3rd down after a sack. Oh well let them frame the game however they want. We won and we're 9-3.
  23. UMFan83
    Crazy that the prevailing thought around football is that you don't replace your coach in season unless its absolutely necessary. And it was followed to the point where the Vikings and Cowboys finally pulled the trigger too late to save the season. The result? A combined 5-1 record with the new coaches in place, and the 1 loss probably should have been a win to the previous years SB champs.
  24. UMFan83
    Weird...so the trade fall apart, then the Cubs actually got back into the discussions and sorta made headway, but now Boston just sealed the deal and its over.
  25. UMFan83
    Damn that's not good. It's just not our season...
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