jb10194

There's still some really good, plug and play talent out there, but I don't know if many of those names will fall to 57. I'm thinking be aggressive and move up to get their guy, and then take BPA at 60. I just don't want them to get stuck with multiple developmental players with the holes they have while entering win-now mode.

He's leading the league with a 1,835 ERA+ lmao. Second place is 371.

If they land Blackwell, will there be a reason to even try to go a after a "pure" PG? At this point, it looks like Vaaks is that person since the freshman look to be more combo guards. I'm just not sure how many minutes would be left between Vaaks, Andrej, Mirkovic, Davis, and the twins if they land Blackwell, but a pure PG might not even fit their system.

Has there been any news on Ty Rodgers recently? I’m not sure we can expect anything from him at this point, but wondering how he fits if he can somehow get healthy.

It's kind of crazy looking at the box score against UConn back in November and seeing that Wagler and Mirkovic (32) combined for nearly as many minutes as Lee and Petrovic (29). I think that was the last game Lee and Petrovic saw significant minutes. On the other hand, Reed and Mullins combined for 25 minutes that game, so they weren't at full strength either. This Illini team is just so much different now than four months ago.

It's a weird thought, but I've been thinking about what this Illini team might have looked like pre-NIL when we used scholarship grids to predict future rosters. I know transfers would have still been likely (Skyy Clark), but I wonder how that theoretical lineup would have stacked up to the current roster. I think that would end up being something like Clark, Jayden Epps, Amani Hansberry, Gibbs-Lawhorn, and Morez Johnson added to Tomi, Wagler, and Mirkovic.

It's not the most inspiring name, but I wonder if they'd look at Kalif Raymond for a WR4/5 spot. He's had some success with Ben before, but he is past 30.

I’ve been comparing Hendrickson and Crosby with the thought that their salary would nearly net to zero with the loss of Dalman and DJ. Looking at option A and option B, I’m not sure option A makes the Bears a better team. A. Crosby with the loss of DJ, Dalman, and a first round (possibly two first round) picks. B. Hendrickson with the loss of DJ, Dalman, but with the picks. I hate it, but if I blink, I can see the DL being a strength if they can land Hendrickson and a solid DT in the draft. Booker would’ve been on pace for 7.5 sacks in 17 games, which is fine for a 3rd DE. Maybe Dayo will have a year 2 turnaround similar to Robert Quinn (we can only hope). I wonder if their backup is prioritizing a LB that is fast enough to cover the crossers that they had such as issue with last year.

Will he be worth his $/WAR though?

Mac Jones

I agree - that throw has been completely overlooked. I can think of at least four passes within the past few weeks that you could probably argue as his best throw. I'd probably rank them as: 1. The 4th down throw to Odunze 2. 4th down Fadeaway TD to Walker 3. Game Winner TD to Moore 4. Montana-like TD to Moore against the Browns.

I kind of wanted them to go for 2 when they scored to go down by 8 in the 4th, knowing that they would have to score a touchdown again. They had the momentum on offense, but chose to kick every time. This wasn't a team you wanted to give an extra chance to if you didn't have to. Spack has to be rethinking a lot of his decisions late in that game. Either way, what a Cinderella run. They'll probably never have the consistency of the Montana and Dakota schools, but it's been fun to see ISU pull off a few runs in the past decade or so.

Is Trapilo considered the starting LT moving forward? They're going up against Parsons - Garrett - Parsons the next three weeks. I imagine they'd look at attacking him or Benedet if he steps in, but it will be a good test to see if there's something there. Either way, it's looking like they have three legitimate tackle prospects under the age of 25.

People forget that Loveland is 2 years younger than Warren. When Warren was 21, he had 34 receptions for 422 yards in 13 games in college. Loveland will likely have better numbers than that this year, but in the NFL.

I thought the numbers looked a bit off - I assumed hockey-reference would be updated by 2 pm. Either way, the same four are the top 4 currently.