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It was clear to me from the coverage that Pip was criminally underpaid. I didn’t see any disagreement on the show, other than people saying the thought he was making a mistake signing his original contract for 7 years.
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This is a dumb interpretation of what was said. He was a top 10 pick and they release him because they felt the need to go into free agency to get an older guy to fill his spot. The pick is an absolute failure. If your first round pick isn't playing for you 5 years later, it's a huge failure that only an injury can excuse. This isn't the least bit controversial. It was a bad pick. It was just a joke.
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That's how I feel about it.
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LOL. Tim: you guys are too binary on picks success or failure. Goony: not a hall of famer, F.
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I mean, a big part of why I was OK with the Mack deal was because someone else scouted a great player for him. I had little confidence he would actually hit on those 1st rounders.
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You can still get plenty of oline help in the 6th and 7th Help me out on that one. What’s the likelihood of finding plenty of help this far in? I’m trying to see it with Pace. I really am. But his picks consistently leave me befuddled.
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Yea, he'd be a steal in the 5th. I'd put odds on Pace trying to move into the 4th. Next years 4th and one of the 6ths, something like that. Though trading activity seems down across the board this year too. If Pace moved up to take Fromm that would significantly improve my outlook.
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I’m looking at the past 3 drafts and I see last year was a total failure. Going back to 2017 I see 15 picks; Smith, Miller, and Jackson who I can honestly say are decent. Beyond that though? Who? 3 of 15 and we are supposed to give him the benefit of the doubt. And this feels like very familiar territory to me. They’ve made a couple picks and people are trying to see it, trying to find a way to believe these are finally the impact players they’ve been waiting for. You've graded a draft a total failure one year removed from said draft? Okay. Come on. Montgomery, Ridley, Shelley, Whyte, and Denmark. How does that get better with time? I guess if you really feel Montgomery still has something to offer above random replacement RB.
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Plus why would anyone give Pace’s draft picks the benefit of the doubt. Because one draft pick failure does not necessarily mean all other draft picks will be failures. GM's miss out on picks all of the time. There are plenty of draft picks starting for the Bears, so I don't know why we can't give the benefit of the doubt when they weren't "reaches". I guess I'm just not at the doom and gloom stage of my fandom. The defense is among the best in the league. A more capable QB with some added weapons on offense could make their 2020 look more like 2018 than 2019. I’m looking at the past 3 drafts and I see last year was a total failure. Going back to 2017 I see 15 picks; Smith, Miller, and Jackson who I can honestly say are decent. Beyond that though? Who? 3 of 15 and we are supposed to give him the benefit of the doubt. And this feels like very familiar territory to me. They’ve made a couple picks and people are trying to see it, trying to find a way to believe these are finally the impact players they’ve been waiting for.
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I do not believe that is close to being consensus. Plus why would anyone give Pace’s draft picks the benefit of the doubt.
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Fromm is still there? I’d take him.
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Is he any good? Never even heard of him.
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Lather, rinse, repeat... sigh
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I certainly understand it, but this is going to be really, really weird. Moreso than any other sport, college basketball feeds off the fans.So much so, I’m not sure I can take it seriously without them. BTW Big 10 tourney will also be fan-less
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No, not at all. Complete opposite actually. They let people play. That delay of game non penalty is how that is (not)called all the time. It drives me nuts every time I see it, but so be it. Hitting 0 on the play clock does not make it delay of game. Its delay of game when it hits zero on the play clock and the back judge blows his whistle. If the play gets off before he blows his whistle it is not a penalty A flag fest in the Super Bowl would have been net negative. I liked the way it played out.
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Oh no...
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I really like the matchup. Lots of possibilities. Good teams that thrive in different ways.
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Think it reduces their 2019 Super Bowl appearances to that of 2019 Bears - 0. Well, the game isn't over, so at the moment, the chance that the Pack makes the SB is INFINITELY better than that of the Bears. It’s just that we’ve seen actual good GB teams and this one doesn’t match up to those, really in any way except Rodgers. They scrapped by with a lot of riff raff which is cool, but this game was what they really were when matched up against quality. I’ll admit some jealousy because the Bears NEVER turn horsefeathers to gold like GB, but I’ve watched enough football and so have you. This wasn’t a good team. That’s not an insult, just being real.
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Not over yet
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The Packers are losing, like, every single matchup up & down the line on those runs.
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Your Mom could have been 8-8, but you don't see me bringing up her point differential. Seriously though, the Packers were clearly the 3rd best team in the NFC. I'm not surprised they are getting stomped by the 49ers, but the reason they went 13-3 is that they were better than most of the teams they played. 8-8 is stright non-sense and some kind of 1% low end of possible outcomes. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/2019.htm - all the numbers suggest an average team, they did get some fortunate bounces, hell, the Bears weren't all that far from sweeping them. Those are definitely 8-8 type numbers. In searching for how those numbers result in a 13-3 season, the TO +/- and the TDs stick out. They scored when they had the chance and didn’t make mistakes.
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It’s one of those games where you feel like even a 17-0 lead won’t kill the Pack if they get stops in the 2nd half and Rodgers gets hot. Yea, but 27-0? Lololol Uhhh, no. [emoji16]
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I’m not a believer in Jimmy G at QB. The 49ers are going to horsefeathers around and let Aaron Rodgers pull this game out of his ass, I’m afraid. It’s one of those games where you feel like even a 17-0 lead won’t kill the Pack if they get stops in the 2nd half and Rodgers gets hot.
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I don’t get the TEN defense strategy. It’s 100% sure they can’t stop KC dropping into coverage...
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Yeah, it will probably be closer than last time, but the 49ers are a much better team. Packers need Jimmy G to make some bad decisions/throws to win. That's not too far fetched, he's a tick or two better than Mitch and completely capable of Mitch level bad play. If the Niners get the ground game going the Packers are done. Yeah at least the niners haven’t lost their entire RB corps and overall aren’t a broke down mess like the hawks.
