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Why exactly would the Ravens not franchise or extend Lamar? Are they blowing it up? The only reason I could possibly see Baltimore not franchising Jackson is if his knee is way worse than has been reported. It is concerning that the “1-3 week sprain” has now gone into week 5 without Jackson even practicing.
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Less than a year after an extension. Bet he has some coaching offsets, so it will be interesting if he hits up the media gigs for a few years (could do ncaa as well as nfl) Saban will get someone to hire Bill O'Brien and then bring Kliff in as Bama OC. It might as well already be done. He majors in this (no pun intended). My first thought, too. It seems so set in stone that it may as well have already happened.
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This is the end: Vikings @ Bears 1/8 Noon Fox
champaignchris replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
So, who’s going to give the Bears the best package for that pick? -
What a dumpster fire. Since beating #2 Texas at MSG and looking like they were heading for a top 10 ranking, they’ve lost to Penn St by 15, Missouri by 22 and Northwestern by 13. Clark was supposed to be an elite pg recruit. He’s either been hurt or underperforming. The two big time transfers have both been underwhelming. Shannon has mostly played well but tends to disappear on the offensive side of the ball. Mayer has been an enigma, seemingly losing focus and falling asleep on both ends of the floor. Their best returner, Hawkins, looks like he’s forgotten how to play basketball, making bizarre shot and passing choices. No one seems to have any clue what they’re doing in the offensive side of the court. Underwood is screaming his lungs out, and outside looking in, it really looks like he’s lost the team.
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Not arguing any of the broader points in the article or your post, but it’s really weird the article says the Dodgers are “The closest thing baseball has to a dynasty these days,” when the Astros have gone to 4 of the last 6 World Series.
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Was just looking at our payroll, Spotrac and and Fangraphs shows Hendricks has a vesting option for next year for $16 mil. Anyone what know what that is as it’s not listed the benchmarks and if it’s easily attainable? If it looks like it’s pretty easy to hit there could maybe be a contract rework and add 1-2 years so save maybe $2-5 mil in LT money. Hendricks option vests with a Top 3 Cy Young finish. I’d love for that to happen, but clearly not likely.
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Third time's the charm! Correa to the Twins (6/$200m)
champaignchris replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
This is going to be fascinating to watch over the next decade. Are the Mets going to be paying a guy with a degenerative knee condition (or whatever it is) not to play baseball for a decade to the tune of $26 million a year? -
Get used to it! (False bravado is the only bravado we have.)
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Not college, but wasn't Sean Payton OC at Illinois? Per Wikipedia, he was QB coach in 1996 and then took the same position with the Eagles the next year.
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It shouldn’t be a big surprise given how bad the program has been over the last 30 years, but I’m having a really hard time thinking of any other former Illini assistants to eventually become head coaches. Ironically given Ryan Walters kicked off this discussion, the only other guy I can think of is his predecessor at Purdue who was QB coach at Illinois before becoming OC at UAB.
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I might be wrong here but I can't remember the last coordinator to become a HC from IL, especially a power 5. SSR already mentioned Locksley who eventually became HC at Maryland. He went OC Illinois > HC New Mexico (2-26) > OC Maryland > interim HC Maryland (1-5) > OC Alabama > HC Maryland (20-28, but 2 straight bowl appearances in a beast of a division). If I had to guess, I’d bet Maryland fans would have rather the school just skipped over the whole DJ Durkin, player dying in practice phase of the program’s history and just retained Locksley after 2015. The last coordinator at Illinois to go directly to be a HC at a Power 5 school was Lou Tepper who was promoted from DC at Illinois to HC when Mackovic left for Texas.
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Probably, but it would take like 4-6 signings/trade additions. Which are out there and also largely due to the division horsefeathering sucking. Right. If they did something like Turner, Segura, Narvaez, Smyly, Britton, they might be looking at 80-something wins assuming relatively good health.
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Correa to the Giants 13/350 (Deal Nixed Due to Medicals)
champaignchris replied to mias_tisg's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I watched a ton of Cubs games last year. I thought they were a more fun team to watch than the zombie version of the 2016 team they rolled out there for the 3 seasons after Theo proclaimed that the offense was broken. It'd sure be nice if Hoyer were to do something tot improve the team I watched last year. -
Anyone with Swanson contract predictions? Is there any reason he’d settle for something other than a little less than what Bogaerts got? Like, 9 years, $200 million. Any reason to believe the Cubs would be the one making that offer?
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Ryan Walters, Illinois DC, to be next Purdue head coach. He’s real young, but I think they got a really good one.
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What am I missing on the Brewers’ side of the Murphy transaction? They get William Contreras, a bullpen piece, and another prospect and all they had to give up was Esteury Ruiz? I see his ranking all over the map, but the consensus seems to be that he was about the Brewers’ 5th best prospect.
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Seems like a bunch of dumb horsefeathers all ping-ponging off of each other. we'll never get it, but i'd love to hear theo's candid thoughts on all this Didn’t he walk away from several million dollars on the last year of his contract? That in itself spoke pretty loudly.
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pulling the rug out from theo right before harper was so bad that it is in our GM's head several years later I can't really say I blame him. Although as was asked up thread, why did he even take the job if this were the case? I don't know what happened in October/November of 2018, but everything about this franchise seemed to change then. I'm sure it will someday make for a great book. Anyway, this has been a relentlessly fiscally conservative franchise ever since. But it's been penny smart, pound foolish the whole time.
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Over the contract, he’ll likely consistently hit around .260/.325/.450, 20 HRs, while playing a good to great shortstop. A nice player. Just not a very sexy one. He’d clearly make the team better, but as a capstone to a “big” offseason, it’s just not very exciting.
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Implicit in ownership’s “You can spend now,” leaks is that Hoyer wasn’t able to spend before. The Cubs aren’t going to find better bang for the pitching buck than the 2 years for $39 million left on Darvish’s contract on the open market now. Too bad Jed was forced to sell him for pennies on the dollar due to “Biblical losses.” See also the failure to pursue Harper in free agency after 2018. 9 years for $222 million looks pretty good today.
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After Louisville’s coach went to Cincinnati. Arguably both lateral moves, although I understand Brohm is all about going back to his Alma mater.
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Week 13: BEARS vs. Green Bay Packers @ 1 or something
champaignchris replied to raw's topic in Other Sports
He’s a free agent. They could franchise him, which would make him no longer inexpensive, and still leave them with no long-term solution and thus likely still wanting to draft a qb. Otherwise he hits the open market and who knows? -
Week 13: BEARS vs. Green Bay Packers @ 1 or something
champaignchris replied to raw's topic in Other Sports
Starting to look at draft scenarios. As the standings sit right now, the Bears would have #2, the Lions would have #3 and #13 and the Seahawks would have #4 and #16. Geno Smith is an UFA after this year and probably not a long term solution anyway. Goff has 2 years left on his contract, but I don’t think any of it is guaranteed, and he’s obviously not a long term solution. Both teams will likely be looking at QBs in the draft. So the Bears could be looking at a scenario where they could trade down to #3 or #4, pick up the extra pick, and still have the choice of the best non-qb option in the draft. -
Beat me by 2 minutes.
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