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  1. UMFan83
    I kind of had the same thought today too. Im not giving him a pass but I accept that this is how Poles chose to approach things and I'm giving him this season to get through all the tanking before I consider him a failure. But like has been pointed out many times before there is no reason for a rebuild to take more than 1-2 years in the NFL. I expect to start seeing some real success next year.
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    Realistic-ish scenario: Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama all win out with Georgia beating Tennessee and Alabama beating Georgia in the SEC title game. I'd think Alabama would get in since they'd be the SEC champs and then the committee probably goes Georgia over Tennessee due to H2H if they take two SEC teams but boy that seems harsh on Tennessee. I suppose it would depend on how the games play out. Like if Georgia beats Tennessee convincingly than you take Georgia for sure. But if Georgia beats Tennessee like Tennessee beat Alabama today, then it's tougher. Plus, you'll need to factor in a likely 11-1 Illinois team that would have victories over Michigan and Ohio State. Loss to Indiana = automatic elimination
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    A 5 seeded Wild Card team is going to have home field advantage in the NLCS
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    Will be interesting to see how they rank everyone tomorrow. Georgia and Ohio State will definitely be some combo of 1-2. Do you bring Tennessee ahead of Michigan and Clemson after beating Bama? Do you flip UM back to 4 after beating Penn State by 24, combined with a 6 point Clemson win? Of course because it’s SEC/Bama there’s always a chance they don’t drop all the way to 6 due to a 3 point road loss to a top 5 team. None of it ultimately matters but fun to speculate. Still another 2 weeks until the first CFP rankings come out
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    This game is absolutely ridiculous, surprised no one is talking about it.
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    I would love to be wrong but if Michigan's biggest test in the next 6 weeks is Illinois then there will be two B1G teams in the playoff. I think that’s only true if ND wins out and Michigan is the team that wins that game and the Big Ten. Big Ten appears to be down this year, Michigan played a really bad non-conference schedule as we all know so they have a hard argument as a 1 loss team that didn’t play in their conference title game. A 10-2 Notre Dame gives OSU a top 15 win and an argument, along with their dominance this year to make it.
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    I thought when Michigan blew that 13-0 lead in about 2 minutes of game time that would flip the momentum. But they were just too good on both sides of the ball to let Penn State do anything. Good W. Boy that Illini game gets more daunting every week
  8. UMFan83
    No one remind my wife that I'm available to do house projects. The bad part is this isn't like the latter Cutler years where I could just watch the first half and figure out if it was good Jay or bad Jay and then tune out and go rake if it was a bad Jay day. With Fields I'm invested in the process, good or bad, and will be back at it every Sunday unless he's hurt. If anything you can get stuff done in the first half and start watching in the 2nd half per the Fields splits I posted yesterday
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    actually here’s all the PFF grades
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    His average time to throw will be 5.5 seconds instead of 3.5 seconds.
  12. UMFan83
    Hope Cleveland can close this out in the bottom of the 10th to make this a series.
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    i think he was still pretty good last year, it was just a terrible overpay Yeah a pretty good but flawed player. Certainly not someone you want to commit to as the 4th highest paid defenseman in the league for the next 9 years with a full NTC.
  14. UMFan83
    I am assuming this is the wheel route you're referring to, the last play of the game. Fields said that Montgomery was his 5th read on the play and there's only like a 5% chance he gets to the point where he's looking his way. Here is a breakdown of the play with the person arguing Fields made the correct read and throw. Mooney ran a short route (should have been in the end zone not barely on there), and should have caught it. Fields recognized man to man isolated on the right side and threw it to a position where he had his hands on the ball at the goal line.
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    Hows the Blackhawks season going so far? Ask Patrick Kane
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    Zombie deadspin: https://deadspin.com/justin-fields-and-a-tale-of-two-halves-1849658066
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    It was brought up because a lot of people said the TE should have run the route harder. Even Fields (right before he said that he's an NFL QB and has to make that throw) said the TE could have run faster.
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    I've seen a lot of people blaming the TE on this throw, because he did lumber out of his break and was moving way too slow. Even "experts" are saying Fields threw it to a spot and the TE has to get there. And ya'll know I love Justin, but there's 0 way I'm buying that. All that may be 100% true. Fields may have thrown it to a spot that a slow TE stumbled slowly to try to get to, but that's a fast break slam dunk. It simply has to be complete, doesn't care how flashy the throw, give the guy a chance to catch it as easily as the throw was thrown. Even Fields mentioned that the TE could have run faster, which I thought was odd to say. I agree with you. If Kmet is running that route he gets to the ball (whether he catches it is another story...) but knowing a slow lumbering TE is running that route he has to make a better throw there.
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    This is almost certainly a whole bunch of nothing but The Dodgers and Cubs both prefer shorter term high AAV contacts and I have a feeling that's not what Judge wants.
  20. UMFan83
    Patrick and Mustipher with another pathetic pass blocking job tonight. Jones joins them as well.
  21. UMFan83
    Justin Fields by half this year: 1st half - 27-59 for 388 yards, 45.8 comp%, 6.6 Y/A, 0 TD, 3 INT, 15 sacks, 46.4 QB Rating 2nd half - 36-56 for 481 yards, 64.3 comp%, 8.6 Y/A, 4 TD, 2 INT, 8 sacks, 100.4 QB Rating What is the reason for these slow starts? Poor game week planning? Needs time to get into the rhythm of the game? I feel like 6 games is enough time that these splits are becoming meaningful.
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    Yikes. I mean I know some of the pressures are self inflicted but that’s terrible.
  23. UMFan83
    I’m not surprised a bunch of 4-7 round picks have not been able to step in and immediately fill key holes on a bad roster. Almost no other team in NFL history would start a 5th round rookie at LT. What do you expect? Gordon seems to have improved a bit since his disastrous first 2 games, you mentioned Brisker has been solid. Jones is a disaster but hasn’t proven or not proven he can be an NFL receiver yet as he’s missed so much time. I mean horsefeathers him for botching 2 critical punts that had a major effect in losses but he was drafted as a receiver too. No one forced him to go DB-DB-KR with his first three picks when he knew full well what the offense needed. The fact that he can't make the field as a receiver consistently on *this* roster is the most damning thing you could say about VJJ. I’m not arguing for the picks he made. I’m talking about being disappointed at the performance of late round draft picks thrown into key roles out of necessity
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    It’s crazy when you think about it. All these things had to happen to lose the game: -Throw an INT off a players helmet at the 5 yard line -Stopped short at the 1 inch line on 4th down -Muffed punt inside the Bears 10 yard line leading to the only Washington TD of the game -dropped pass in the end zone on 3rd and goal from the 5 -stopped short at the 1 inch line on 4th down If any of those 5 things go differently the Bears probably win
  25. UMFan83
    True enough but, once again, given the terrible lack roster management by Pace and the lack of resources just what could Poles have done? I'm not defending Poles but, people are talking as if he had a plethora of resources and moves available, he did not. Now, next season, a little bit different picture. His early draft results have been real bad... Even with Brisker. I’m not surprised a bunch of 4-7 round picks have not been able to step in and immediately fill key holes on a bad roster. Almost no other team in NFL history would start a 5th round rookie at LT. What do you expect? Gordon seems to have improved a bit since his disastrous first 2 games, you mentioned Brisker has been solid. Jones is a disaster but hasn’t proven or not proven he can be an NFL receiver yet as he’s missed so much time. I mean horsefeathers him for botching 2 critical punts that had a major effect in losses but he was drafted as a receiver too.
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