WrigleyField 22
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Everything posted by WrigleyField 22
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I mean sure, sign a 2017 Mike Glennon if you want? Anything up to like $24M (just below Jimmy G) is a basically a high variance questionable pool not dissimilar in nature to Fields, (although most stylistically different). All almost certainly with less upside than Fields. Some with, I guess, less downside? But not like crazy certain floors either.
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I don't think you can get equal or better for Fields salary. Now obviously there's the trade value you can get from Fields now verse less in a year (or nothing / maybe comp picks). But that can be weighted against the possibility he and his trade value improves or the fact you are keeping continuity over a comparable player. But that would take a bit more nuance than you like to treat Fields with.
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QB most likely. Although it also only takes one. Could be for an edge or maybe even a OT (if Poles feels Braxton is good enough for now whereas some other team is more desperate)
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Yea I don't disagree,it's mostly interesting in a case where it's a overwhelming trade down opportunity. But I don't think Poles sees it that way. I mean even last year people were screaming at him to take Carter, but he clearly had no interest and took the opportunity to take the actual guy he wanted who this time last year was like a consensus board third rounder. So who knows.
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Yea, 9 is gonna be such an interesting spot. A lot of mocks have all of Nabers/Odunnze/Bowers gone. I don't actually think that bears out as it's still very early. Though if all 3 of those guys were actually gone you have an interesting choice of one of the top 2 Tackles probably then being there. But those guys could also theoretically be gone too where it's 8 offensive players gone. But that happening means a third QB hasn't gone and you could very well have a prime trade down spot. Now that's all the January 29th fantasy stuff. This time last year, most media mocks had like half the top filled with guys who ended up going late first round. So it's all gonna change. But a trade down definitely wouldn't surprise me because it's Poles M.O. And UT could end up like the Pats last year who traded down and still got the pkayer many had as a top 10 pick most of the process and who fans were clamoring for.
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As a follow up to a post last week: There is zero chance that Chase Young is a Flus fit lol
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Nah, any rookie QB option other than Caleb or Maye and I'd just role with Fields for another year.
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We'll see where the market lands, but I have a suspicion there will be value DEs with less name recognition who will be available at a lower cost and comparable output (still young guys, but just ones without former #2 pick creds/cost) For example, this is the PFF write up for Dirance Armstrong who they estimate at 3/25.5 v 1/15.5 for Young Armstrong has been the unsung contributor on this loaded Cowboys defensive front, recording pressure rates above 11% in each of the last three seasons and an ability to line up all over the formation. Armstrong has played snaps inside the tackles, as a wide nine-technique primarily on the right side and as a standup player in the box spying on opposing quarterbacks or mugging the A-gap. Armstrong's long arm is a problem for blockers, and he quite literally has extremely long arms at 34.75 inches. He pairs that with good bend around the edge. He can get displaced in the run game but is a great asset getting after the quarterback. Sounds way more like a Poles/Flus guy than Young.
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We all know what that coded language means
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Stellar QB play makes winning immensely easier, especially over long time frames.
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I definitely wouldn't trash my current QB in an interview with like 9 prospective hires knowing I'm only hiring one.
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Better than 2023 Fields? I'd say it's very likely. Now how long it takes (are they bad rookies) or the extent Fields can improve more is a bit more open ended, but either Caleb or Maye should be looked at as very safe bets vis a vie their "floor" (even though I hate that term).
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My medical degree from Google search says the 5 year survival rate for metastatic prostate is 34%. I'm sure he'll have access to great care, and hopefully he can beat the odds, but it's advanced stage cancer. Prognosis can't be very good.
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Yea that really sucks.
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Plus if I read an opinion on here, I at least have the assurance the meathead is literate. No such guarantee if I listen to talk radio.
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Besides the brain rot, what's the risk?
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I prefer the written medium (here, Twitter) for that. Reading meatheads is fine. Actually listening?! Yuck.
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Sports talk radio exhausting?
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Saw a rumor that Waldron is another Trace Armstrong client so queue the conspiracy theories.
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36+40 are both pretty valuable. In the traditional method of a 1 round discount that's like saying 2 future FRP. Realistically you might not do the full 1 round discount on a team with a top 2 pick, but it's still very strong high end value. Maybe you can get another future pick or some pick wrangling to get a future FRP, but I'd be shocked if any team separates either Caleb or Maye that far above the other.
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So basically something between 36+40+67 (high) and 40+67+ 2025 day 3 (low) is an actual realistic 2 for 1 swap. And again, it's only realistically being done because you're planning to trade down again. Otherwise it's likely you can get a more enticing direct trade in the 3-6 range.
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In as exact terms as I can make it, the threshold to even begin discussions is the RG3 trade plus some. Dependent on how you value future picks that was roughly a 20% overpay on the JJ chart. So like a 25% overpay on the JJ chart gets me listening, but even then I might need to be more like 30%. I don't think you can drop down more than to 5 or 6 and make a realistic worthwhile trade too. Washington maybe is the one spot where you could take a "equal" trade if you're evals of Maye and Williams are pretty much the same. But I doubt any GM actually wants to leave that to chance rather than taking their top guy. I think they'd only trade down to 2 because they're out on both and likely would try to trade down again.
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Lol, Infante is just trolling with that trade you guys.
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So we've got interviews with Greg Roman (keep Justin Fields) and Kliff (draft Caleb!) It's smokescreen szn. I bet the real candidates were one of the initial ones like Kubiak or Waldron.
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White Sox Season in Jeopardy
WrigleyField 22 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in General Baseball Talk
Would make an awesome stadium site (and maybe Bears could move to Comiskey site) But it seems like the most un-Jerry like site ever. And Jerry also isn't gonna wanna put up any real money.
