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I think there's a non-zero chance he might be. And, if he's not, I don't necessarily think a rookie should just be thrown in, especially if it's a round 2 or later guy. You already qualified it with the worthless "non-zero" designation, why the need to go further with "might". You love to parse words so much. I think Glennon can be a competent starting QB and there's value in holding onto that long term. If we find a guy in the draft who we feel better about, then he's not. But I also think it's a reasonable possibility that Glennon plays well enough that we don't have to look elsewhere going forward. I think the term "long term solution" is kind of worthless. Unless you have one of a handful of elite guys, you're always in kind of "keep this guy around unless you happen upon someone better" mode. Yeah, I think it's conceivable Glennon is our starting QB for 5 years. I also think it's possible we draft someone and hand him the starting job after Glennon starts for 2 years. It all depends on just how well he plays. I'm not into pretending I can scout or predict those things. I'm just saying I think he's a good enough player that it's conceivable.
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The issue is, do you see him as your long term solution, and if not will Glennon starting prevent the Bears from acquiring and giving playing time to the guy you do see as long term (most likely via the draft)? I think there's a non-zero chance he might be. And, if he's not, I don't necessarily think a rookie should just be thrown in, especially if it's a round 2 or later guy.
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BN is good at aggregating things so I will let Brett handle it from here http://www.bleachernation.com/2017/03/08/so-much-cubs-fun-to-watch-30-teams-in-30-days/
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In 2013, Glennon only had Vincent Jackson as a threat to throw to since Mike Williams got hurt 3 games into taking over as a starter. After Jackson, it was a hot pile of garbage. That's not an endorsement, but it could help explain why he gave off such a "game manager" profile. Doug Martin was hurt, also. Yeah. My approval also hinges on what the contract is and with the talk of his market coming down, I'm encouraged. If it ends up being too much of our cap space, I reserve the right to change my mind.
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Top 108 Moments for the 2016 Cubs (Now complete!)
David replied to bukie's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I think i have to say game 6 nlcs was my best game ever attended even though i was at ws game 5. ws game 5 revived hope and was insanely intense. nlcs game 6 was a long party. -
yes so that they'd see the entire thread, rather than posting/embedding like 12 tweets Using URL tags will do what you want. thanks...i thought about that for about a half second but was too lazy to try it.
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so now we have a QB who can't move without a strong RT to protect him. A+ offseason so far, Pace and friends. Contrary to what many believe, the offensive line, as presently constructed, is far from terrible. It's pretty decent.
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I could not care less about this theory. If Pace gets the opportunity to move forward after his disappointing early results, he should do so only with the eye toward improvement, not appeasing idiots who can't stand Cutler and would be happy to suck w/o Cutler just as long as they do it w/o Cutler. Glennon is a plan designed for failure, but because you convince everybody a stopgap is a thing, then failure is accepted and he will not only live through that failure but also get to live through a prolonged development of the guy that replaces Glennon. Cutting Cutler and signing Glennon is a PR move, not a football one. It's a buffer that does nothing to make the team better. Jay's time has come and gone. He's also pretty injury prone at this point. Its conceivable Glennon IS a better QB in 2017 than Jay will be. Yeah, I think he probably is. Especially with Cutler's rotator cuff thing being a big question mark. It makes the one elite skill he has very questionable.
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I've talked myself into being OK with the Glennon thing. Highest PFF rated FA QB (other than Cousins), and I know that's damning with faint praise, but he's a competent player there. I liked him a couple years ago when he was starting for the Bucs, and then they had Winston fall in their laps.
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damn you brandon for fixing my intentionally broken link that i broke so it wouldn't embed and instead just be a link to the entire thread. (although yeah i probably could've just disabled bb code) Oh it was intentional? Yeah I did not get that. So you intended for people to have to copy and paste and then remove the space? That seems...inefficient. yes so that they'd see the entire thread, rather than posting/embedding like 12 tweets
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damn you brandon for fixing my intentionally broken link that i broke so it wouldn't embed and instead just be a link to the entire thread. (although yeah i probably could've just disabled bb code)
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this tweet thread is fun (and funny in some areas) htt ps://twitter.com/PoseidonsFist/status/839229347030532096
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[tweet]https://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/839231794629103616[/tweet]
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yeah, he's always been a little bit of a red ass. although less so than lackey and in a much more likable way. it's that same attitude that got us this: [tweet] [/tweet] [tweet] [/tweet]
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It goes the other way too. With every bad AB suddenly everyone becomes a swing doctor and tries to pick apart his failures. The only thing that bothers me are the people actively rooting for him to fail because they want to be proven right in their opposition to his acquisition. i'm more annoyed at the people who were either against his acquisition (or the cards fans who were like good riddens) acting vindicated like last year was anything like heyward has been the rest of his career. he was a 26 year old coming off a very good year who cratered out of nowhere.
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funny but #truefact heyward actually hit 11% fewer grounders last year than he did the year before with STL, and his LD% (lol LD%) was a little over a percent higher. 1.39 gb/fb ratio compared to 2.44 the year before. imagine seeing that many more ground balls from him than he already had despite him having basically put up an .800 ops that year.
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nah actual hard contact >> those seeing eye singles even if it is ST i can barely even picture heyward with anything resembling hard contact last year outside of his 7 dongs, of which i remember only 2 of them and i can only assume the other 5 were heavily wind blown popups
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heyward lined one hard in his first ab [tweet] [/tweet]
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I like Gold Gloves and I cannot lie: the Jason Heyward thread
David replied to NOLA's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I understand the sarcasm, but at some point don't we need to be concerned? I know ST stats don't really matter, but I am worried this new/old swing isn't the change we needed. I think they should've completely revamped his swing instead of getting him to return to his old swing circa 2012-13. I'm no swing mechanics expert, but I still don't like how he looks so far in the batter's box. The bat speed is fine, but his timing is still off. It is better than last year but... It's too early to tell. Changing mechanics is not going to be something that sees immediate results. The difficulty is trusting that it will get better and sticking with it until it clicks. I haven't seen any ST games. Is Heyward grounding out weakly to second base like he's Juan Pierre? Your timing is a little funny...and I actually almost reposted this in here in case people weren't venturing into the game threads, but he was 0 for the spring while looking pretty bad until he cranked a dong and lined an oppo double yesterday. http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/69972428/v1231836283/chclaa-heyward-rips-a-tworun-double-to-left/?query=cubs - Double http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/69972428/v1231724783/chclaa-heyward-opens-scoring-with-long-home-run/?query=cubs - Dong -
Top 108 Moments for the 2016 Cubs (Now complete!)
David replied to bukie's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
i feel like tony has gotten kershaw a few times now siegrist 2.0 -
basically, what i'm saying is, heyward has always looked ugly. last year def more out of whack and obviously results were awful, but scouts have been talking crap about his swing and overall mechanics forever. so hopefully he can go back to being good at the plate again despite looking goofy, instead of looking a little more goofy and being very bad like last year. edit - here he is with the goofy footwork again, taking james russell deep http://m.mlb.com/video/v32792295/chcatl-heyward-adds-insurance-with-tworun-homer/?query=jason+heyward+braves+cubs+home+run
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That home run swing was still....weird. He looked like he rolled by ankles on the swing. Maybe not as pronounced, but 2012 Heyward doesn't look that much different to me http://m.mlb.com/video/v24710295/atlmil-heyward-homers-into-the-second-deck-in-right/?query=jason+heyward+2012+home+run Again, tho, it's still my stance that none of us is qualified to comment on these things
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For those (like me) who missed it: http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/69972428/v1231836283/chclaa-heyward-rips-a-tworun-double-to-left/?query=cubs - Double http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/69972428/v1231724783/chclaa-heyward-opens-scoring-with-long-home-run/?query=cubs - Dong
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like a legit well hit one or a grounder that bounced over a corner IF and made it down the line Legit we'll hit line drive to LF, against a LHP too yayyyyyyyyyyyy :bow: :bow:
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Double with bases loaded like a legit well hit one or a grounder that bounced over a corner IF and made it down the line
