Warpticon

My dream scenario is Bryant/Baez/Alcantara/Rizzo with Castro traded for something stupidly awesome. I prefer Bryant in the outfield and one of the other three 3B prospects ending up there, because why limit the number of positions filled by awesome prospects in fantasy land?

I'm rooting for the embarrassment of riches ending where Olt wins the MLB 3B job, Castro bounces back with a career year, and Alcantara/Baez/Villanueva all wreck AAA and beat down the door to the majors, just to see who ends up where.

Says OPRINCESSU WARPA. Whatever the hell that means. And you calling anybody weird is like a turd telling you your breath stinks.

now if you'll excuse me, i'm off to listen to some french rap. This is pretty much my point exactly. Why is this even a big deal?

y'all are weird.

45 degree boner for me Incidentally, according to the interwebs, it would take a 40-inch boner to make the average human man to pass out. Tanaka's got me at 35 right now, and the actual signing of him might get me the last five. I'll never understand white guys talking having boners to non-sexual things. http://i.imgur.com/nKvNkC3.gif

So I just spent like two hours playing on Rocksmith and almost immediately saw this post. It's a sign. Apparently he passed it on to these guys. What do you think of Rocksmith? Worth the money? Yep. See the video game thread for a more detailed rundown of my opinions.

So I just spent like two hours playing on Rocksmith and almost immediately saw this post. It's a sign. Apparently he passed it on to these guys.

Actually, like the last poll, this board software should close it at exactly 48 hours from creation. This would be 7:04 PM PST tomorrow. Unless the board's house burns down #FamilyComesFirst i was gonna say breakfast http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/news/51948/65b6f7c7.jpeg

I went Soler because I remembered how high I was on Soler until he got hurt, and I can't put Almora ahead of him due to injury, because, well. Most likely going Almora/Edwards/Alcantara/Pierce/Vogelwalk with the next 5 spots unless somebody persuades me otherwise.

She's a pretty minor star. She's like girl #6 in some girl group, hasn't recorded since 2007, and her biggest media exposure since then has been getting her MRS from Masahiro Tanaka University.

Gonna go out on a limb and say that a 30-year-old Japanese idol singer who doesn't even speak fluent English is in no position to make any kind of moves in America where there's like 0.0000001% demand for that kind of thing, much less demand a location for that specific purpose.

I would pick Bogaerts for the same reason I fell in love with Noah Syndergaard: names with unnecessary excess vowels.

Daytona http://i.imgur.com/tcOPUYi.png http://i.imgur.com/Z1355CG.png Just wanted to point out that Baez is so ridiculous that he apparently averages 163 games per 162 games.

Daytona http://i.imgur.com/tcOPUYi.png http://i.imgur.com/Z1355CG.png

I went Baez due to the age, position, level, and experience advantages.

You're conflating scrambling ability with pocket presence. They are not the same thing. Also, practical arm strength is less about how far you can throw it (because you're not going to be throwing the ball 50+ yards in the air very frequently anyway, and almost no QB in the league has a real problem with this) and more about how consistently you can deliver a ball with good velocity to all areas of the field and the effort involved in doing so. Manziel's isn't bad, but it isn't anything special. Note: it doesn't have to be special for him to be effective. Peyton Manning may have weakest arm in the league right now, and nobody will mistake him for ineffective. But it does raise the degree of difficulty.

It's a huge factor. SEC vs. Mountain West. I will repost this from the other thread: I'm pretty sure nobody in an NFL war room on draft day is gonna be whipping out a questionable infographic to make their decision, so I have no idea why you're reposting that. Manziel was a hell of a college football player, which may or may not lead to him being a good NFL football player. If it is, it won't be because he produced more college yards per game than a list of QBs who have mostly done nothing in the NFL. Competition level matters, but we're not talking about some Division III school here. Nobody slept on Kaepernick just because he went to Nevada, just like nobody is going to sleep on Bortles because he goes to UCF, just like nobody is going to sleep on Derek Carr because he goes to Fresno State.

Competition level was a factor, of course, but not as much as you seem to think it is.

Comparing him to Favre in play style makes sense. He's a gambler. Comparing their arm strengths is a joke. He doesn't have nearly the same arm talent. He's not good at sidestepping pressure, and he takes off running even when there is no actual pressure. He's a guy who's a nightmare to block for because you can't trust he'll be where he's supposed to be. Tape bears this out. What works against college defenses won't necessarily work against NFL defenses. People compare him to Russell Wilson, but Wilson was far more advanced at NFL level quarterbacking skills like reading defenses, going through progressions, footwork, and pocket awareness than Manziel is. (he also has a much better arm) It sounds to me like you watched a lot more of his freshman year than you did his sophomore year. I do not believe his arm compares to Favre, who had a [expletive] cannon, but Johnny's arm strength is definitely underrated by a lot of people IMO. He has a long way to go but he improved a LOT since the end of last season when it comes to reading defenses, going through progressions, footwork, and pocket awareness. It showed this year on the field. Now some people on here who either don't remember the truth or don't care to remember the truth like to infer that I said last year that Manziel would be a #1 overall pick someday. What I actually said was that it was stupid at that time to say he would never have a chance at being a #1 pick. Many people immediately wrote him off a 2nd-3rd round pick at best. I think he's probably a mid 1st round value but at this point I'll be surprised if he lasts much past the top 5 just based on what teams are drafting there. It wouldn't even shock me to see the Texans take him #1 overall though I don't think it will happen nor do I think he deserves to go there. I will be very interested to follow his NFL career and see how he does. He may be a complete bust but he may be a HOF'er. All I know is that if he's healthy I would never bet against him. I watched him with an eye for his NFL prospects a lot more in 2013 than I did in 2012, since he was going to actually be eligible. His pocket awareness is still poor. He just has the escapability and athleticism to get away with it at the college level. He holds on to the ball too long, and he takes off running when there's no actual pressure. When you compare him to other prospects, it's especially obvious. Watch some tape on Bridgewater, or especially Bortles, and tell me Manziel has good pocket awareness. They're a world apart. His footwork is better than it was, but it's still below standard. He frequently throws off his back foot when unnecessary, though that is at least in part to the fact that he is often running around when unnecessary. He's a deeply flawed prospect with some intriguing qualities, not unlike someone like Kaepernick was when he came out, also with a lot of the same concerns (spread offense QB with undetermined ability to go through progressions and read defenses since his system is built on quick reads and hot routes, rarely to never takes snaps under center, issues with footwork and delivery). Manziel doesn't have nearly the physical tools that Kaep does, though, and he was a second rounder who had to sit for a year.

The Yahoo contributor network, formerly, Associated Content, has been around for ages. I have a writers account there I don't use from 2009 or so.

McCarron as a second rounder would be a huge reach in my estimation. I think he can play at that level, but he won't be special, might not be a starter, and seems pretty maxed out. I'd definitely take Bridgewater, Carr, Bortles, Hundley, Smith, Manziel, Fales, Garrapolo, over him in a vacuum.

Comparing him to Favre in play style makes sense. He's a gambler. Comparing their arm strengths is a joke. He doesn't have nearly the same arm talent. He's not good at sidestepping pressure, and he takes off running even when there is no actual pressure. He's a guy who's a nightmare to block for because you can't trust he'll be where he's supposed to be. Tape bears this out. What works against college defenses won't necessarily work against NFL defenses. People compare him to Russell Wilson, but Wilson was far more advanced at NFL level quarterbacking skills like reading defenses, going through progressions, footwork, and pocket awareness than Manziel is. (he also has a much better arm)

This is so far from the truth it's not even funny. Manziel's pocket presence is atrocious, and his arm is average. that's just idiotic No, you just don't know what you're talking about. Pocket awareness is not the same thing as elusiveness. Being good at running way means you're good at running away, not that you have good pocket awareness. A lot of the pinches Manziel gets credit for evading were created by him. And comparing his arm strength to Favre torpedoes your credibility.

This is so far from the truth it's not even funny. Manziel's pocket presence is atrocious, and his arm is average.