David
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Maybe a thread title change at this point?
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I really don’t understand this sentiment, which is admittedly shared by many. This defense is incredibly mediocre. A 4-3 cover 2 defense without a legit 3 technique and no playmakers at any level is goi g to struggle. This would be like post Tommie Harris decline with no Urlacher or Tillman. There’s been quite a few out there who see this defense as a house of cards. I think there’s way more downside than upside. Definitely a chance for bottom 3rd of the league, and with an offense that will not sustain long drives, these guys will be dragging by mid season. The secondary is going to be a lot better. Mack only played in 7 games last year and Hicks played in 9. That's a loss but is being overstated as it relates to last year's defense. Eberflus's defenses have shown to perform better than their talent would imply (yes, I know that's very scientific). The "everyone hustle to the ball" thing is going to matter. I don't really care to put much effort into arguing about it, but if you want to wager on a top 10 DVOA finish, gentleman's or otherwise, I'd be happy to oblige :dontknow:
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I expect the defense to be better than last year. That list is horseshit. And they were 13th in DVOA last year. I expect them to be in the top 10 when all is said and done.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-17-22
David replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Are you implying something about his velo or something or just bad results? -
Put some respect on that man's name already Also, the non-call when Fields got hit after clearly sliding had me yelling at the TV
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So this showed up on my YouTube suggestions and I was a little surprised to see this pairing, given the rumors about how they felt about eachother as teammates. Then I opened it up and immediately they're talking about how Urlacher saw Jay at Mar-A-Lago and how much Urlacher loves Trump.
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A lot of positive talk about Braxton Jones in camp. If they really found a legit solid LT in the 5th round this year, that's just so massive for the outlook of the team. Obviously, take the talent evaluations from rando bloggers on Twitter with a grain of salt, but yeah.
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A better shot of that catch. Dude is legit.
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Pretty sweet catch
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-6-22
David replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Ben Brown is impressive -
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what is this from
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well, (aside from all of the bad moves those FOs made) part of that was that shawon dunston actually really sucked (i did not realize this at the time lol). like REALLY sucked. He was becoming a pretty consistent player until injuries eliminated what should have been his most productive years. He basically missed all of 92 and 93 and half of 94. consistently bad his two highest fWAR seasons were 1.5 and 1.8 (i doubt his bwar is much better). granted, the defensive value numbers on stuff from that long ago can be called into question.
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That surprised me as well. And then I thought, "maybe he was a really old rookie in 1989." But nope, he debuted at 25. We're just getting old. What an amazing rookie season he had. He was never quite able to reproduce those results, although he did have a bit of a renaissance in 93-94. Thinking of Dwight Smith made me pull up Jerome Walton's stats for reference and I was amazed by his stat lines from 94-98. It was a very limited sample size over those years, but he was consistently hitting around .300 with OPS in the 750-900 range. Why didn't he get more at bats during that timeframe? Does anyone know why he retired at 32? Don’t know, but the fact that Maddux, Walton, Dwight Smith, Grace, Mitch Williams and Dunston transitioned into one of the worst teams of the 90’s is pretty sad. Edit: and even Sandberg into the mid 90’s had he not quit for awhile. well, (aside from all of the bad moves those FOs made) part of that was that shawon dunston actually really sucked (i did not realize this at the time lol). like REALLY sucked.
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I mean, sure, but I’ll watch an NHL game over an NBA game 10 times out of 10. NBA basketball just doesn’t appeal to me anymore. good for you? lol as he comes in to derwood around in an nba thread
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yep. and the nhl will never not be the worst pro sports league.
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This speaks volumes about the absolute dumpster fire that is the modern NBA. The worst American professional sports league and it isn't even close. lmao what the horsefeathers kind of take is this
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because I didn't want to start a NFL offseason thread just for it either lol plus megathreads are evil i'm as anti-megathread as they come, but even I can't get behind a dedicated baker mayfield trade thread on nsbb also, "baker to the panthers?" in what world has he earned first-name-basis status?
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lol why do we have a thread for a crappy qb being traded
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-2-22
David replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
yeah i had the same thought when i watched it (also had the same thought from the earlier post that the triantos HR looked the same as last night's) -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-1-22
David replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
SHEESH. -
yeah, i'm getting the same impression. guess we'll see if anything more comes out about this. for now, i'm kinda starting to think the people who implied that something smelled off in the failed ogunjobi physical might be onto something. Wait, what? like, if it is the case that nothing awful happened to prompt this sudden firing and in the cutthroat manner it happened, i might be a bit more inclined to believe the speculation that was out there (and i think there was even a report of some close to him saying something to that effect) that the bears basically got cold feet or changed their minds and "found" an excuse to fail his physical (considering they already knew he was recovering from an injury). i don't think it's the case but then stuff like this makes me have doubt. i forget what the other thing that i saw reported at some point recently made me think something was a little off and that poles might just be a huge horsefeathers. in the end, it seems like there has to be some big bad thing that happened to justify firing that guy and in that manner (at this time of year. localized entirely within your kitchen). but it's also possible poles is a crazy horsefeathers i guess.
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People speculating that there had to be an incident, otherwise it’s a terrible look by Poles to do over phone while the guy is on vacation. I think a lot of what Poles has done so far, or rather not done, lends credence to the notion that he’s just an ahole who doesn’t care how this impacts somebody he didn’t hire. Or, put another way: yeah, i'm getting the same impression. guess we'll see if anything more comes out about this. for now, i'm kinda starting to think the people who implied that something smelled off in the failed ogunjobi physical might be onto something.
