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It can be hard to finish, both because of the sheer richness and also because your straw starts clogging once the cake:shake ratio gets too high, but it's incredibly delicious.

I sort of agree with the premise but suggesting he has to be an all pro I think is a bit of an exaggeration. He needs to show legitimate improvement with continued flashes of stardom but if he has a perfectly average passing season with additional production with his legs that’s more than enough to keep him through his rookie contract with his 5th year option picked up IMO. The Bears have many holes to fill so having an average QB with upside on a rookie deal makes improving other areas easier. Yeah I think it really depends on exactly what we mean when we say things like "struggles" or "quality starter." Are we talking Trubisky in year 2 (or Tua this year)? A roughly average QB on the whole with some high highs and some low lows? I don't think the seat gets particularly hot under Fields. Maybe he gets some backhanded compliments from the coaching staff or whatever, but nothing serious, unless there's some big opportunity for bringing in a vet (e.g. Russell Wilson). If he's more like Sam Darnold or Dwayne Haskins in year 2? Yeah, I think we see this scenario play out. That said, I don't necessarily think it's wrong to happen. Josh Allen was terrible in year 2 and turned into a star, but who was the last guy to do it? Kirk Cousins maybe? (And he didn't get full playing time until the latter part of year 3 so it's not a great comp). Most QBs who outright suck in year two never don't suck. The exceptions are like once or twice a decade.

If he's asking for 350 in (presumably) a fairly straight up deal I'd think something in the high 2's with a great AAV and a player-friendly structure should get the job done. Unless he's dead set on getting more raw dollars than Lindor/Seager as a matter of pride (not unreasonable).

this scares me. was it Watson who wanted to hitch his ride to Flores or was it mutual? I dont want another HC who wants nothing to to with our young, in-house QB Yeah, it seems pretty clear the Dolphins are trying to nuke his rep because of the reaction to their firing him. But some of this bad stuff the past ~week is pretty compelling and scary, so I'm definitely nervous if we go with him

I know organizations are complex and we can't just ascribe an org's actions to every employee, but I do not love the Titans as an org to poach from. They've done some savvy things the last few years, but seems like most of their success comes from playing in a dumpster fire of a division. And unlike, say, the Browns it doesn't seem to me like they've had a great process and just lost some key dice rolls.

Yeah it seems to be a consistent enough theme that they're clearly making a concerted effort. On top of that too I assume that Kelly, if he doesn't get a full GM job here or elsewhere, seems likely to be the #2 in the new FO.

Do not like

Dunno the specifics of this proposal, but MLB owners could very easily continue manipulating service time and just dispense bonus draft picks when those guys place highly in the Rookie of the Year voting, which many of those prospects would obviously do The tweet says they have to play a full year AND place highly in awards voting. If that's accurate, I think this is uncharacteristically helpful solution from the owners. Tying it to awards voting is dumb but using the carrot instead of the stick for service time is smart. Maybe instead use counting stat milestones (e.g. 20 Home runs)?

Curious how bad the owners' proposal was. If it's merely bad I think it's just negotiating, if it's awful they're clearly dug in.

I'd lean no? Regular season he's a clear "Hall of Very Good" type, but his postseason record is incredible. 154 innings of a 2.54 ERA is nuts, and IMO is going to make him a very hard case.

Do we think a Daboll + Fangio combo is doable? Those two and Kwesi at GM is probably my dream for the moment.

The results haven't been there obviously, but I think what Cleveland's done the last few years has been mostly good process. (This guy was not around for the scorched earth tanking prior to the Mayfield era I believe)

It's these sorts of unforced errors that are why he had to go. I think he's a really good scout but just way too much of this horsefeathering nonsense.

Brown's an interesting candidate, but I'm definitely LOLing at pretending like Quenton Nelson was a savvy pick. He was the best O-line prospect in like a decade.

I agree on Pace. I think he'll get a role as like an AGM or Scouting Director or something like that, and probably be pretty successful. Nagy though? I think he's gonna have to drop down to college, and not a good one. Most failed head coaches were highly thought of coordinators, and can just slide back into that role. But after the last 2-3 years, who in their right mind would give Nagy an OC job?

WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Should I read anything into the Minnesota duo getting announced simultaneously and Nagy announced solo?

Night and day from this year. Barring some insanity this offseason that's an average at worst schedule. Based off of that schedule, put the O/U right now at 8.5. Yeah. So looking at this year's DVOA, assuming this week doesn't change results appreciably: - WAS, DET (X2), MIA, NYG, HOU, NYJ, ATL are all in the bottom 10 in the league - MIN (X2), PHI are in the 10-16 range, so on the good side of average - SF, GB (X2) are in 5-10 range - BUF, DAL, NE are all top 5 Packers, Vikings, and Dallas are in rough cap shape, and the Packers obviously have the Rodgers question. Like I could see Miami or San Fran improving substantially but collectively this already easy schedule has more downside than upside.

Night and day from this year. Barring some insanity this offseason that's an average at worst schedule.