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Aidan Hutchinson is left-handed. Wonder if the Bucs' line is prepared for that.
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Hackett wasn't really implementing LaFleur's system. And LaFleur wasn't even really implementing his own system fully. With Rodgers at QB, he did so many checks and audibles at the LOS (for good or bad) that it was really just a hybrid of LaFleur's offense, IMO. YOu could say AR was to Co-OC, Love, because of his lack of experience (compared to AR), mostly runs what LaFleur calls. And while not overly successful the first half of the season (for a variety of reasons), the offensive play-calling has been pretty amazing the past 10 weeks. LaFleur mentioned in his first season as HC that his offense would "scheme guys open". Yesterday's scheme was about as "open" as any player could be on a consistent basis.
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So, clearly, what he tells the media is exactly what his intentions are.
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I'd have been more impressed if he did it while strumming a guitar.
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Maybe he could do the Dex/ST arrival.
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Jerod Mayo new Head Coach of the Pats.
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Found on Twitter/X (don't know how to embed): Amicable parting with Bill Belichick marks another happy ending for Patriots owner Robert Kraft
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Don't know how often Dodgers/Friedman "win" trades, but they don't seem to lose too many (Yordano, possibly Cruz). I really like Ferris as an up-and-comer, but he's still a few years away as mentioned. And a lot can happen to change a prospect's value between A Ball and the Bigs. -
Counterpoint - Justin is a steele at any price.
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CLiff Kingsbury for OC, anyone?
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I see a team "trading up" to get him, which would probably be a mistake.
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And maybe the Marlins throw in cash. Half his salary saves the Marlins over $8 million. Or maybe they add Bell and his full contract to a Luzardo deal.
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Doug Peterson was NOT fired, but he fired basically his entire Defensive staff - the DC. DL coach, passing game coordinator/CBs, ILB coach, S coach, Sr Defensive advisor, among others. They lost 5 of their last 6 giving up an average of almost 30 points/game.
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Looks like Mike Vrabel is out in Tennessee.
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I get what you're saying because the draft is mostly an exercise in luck - misjudged ability/ceiling, injury, system, etc. At the end of the day, though, the top personnel person(s) have to make a decision. And I don't think you just assume, in the example above, that the three WRs projected to be top 10 picks are all the same., and any of the three fill the need the same way. If you believe one to be/not to be a standout, you may consider making the move. I'm not suggesting "trade-ups" are the way to go. As mentioned by someone else, ill-advised trade-ups are magnified. But there are plenty of instances where trade-ups were great moves.
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I don't know if it's as simple as this statement seems to make it. The "industry" consensus on similarly skilled players is very often wrong. It happens every year, especially in the top 10 to 20 picks. You'll have clusters of positional players rated the same and a few years into careers, you'll see huge differences in performance. Just because Mel Kiper thinks two or three WRs are all going to be stars doesn't make it so.
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So keep first overall and trade up for whichever of the three are preferred and available. Just seems like any commentary has been trading out of #1 instead of trading up from #9.
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Speculation about the Bears trading back from the #1 pick to #3 or #4 so they could grab MHJ. Any thought of them keeping the first pick and then trading up with AZ to the #4 spot for Harrison, Jr.? Give up next year's #1 (and maybe some other pick(s) and they get the two best players in this year's draft.
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These draft projections are mostly meaningless until the combine and/or individual workouts. There will be plenty of risers and fallers. The big name schools with the big time players get most of the glory, but then relative unknowns start popping out at the combine. Fun exercises, but mostly pointless.
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As a Packers fan, my hope would be that DC Joe Barry is not retained. Technically, it wouldn’t be a “firing” as his contract is up. I’m a bit worried that a couple of good defensive games the past two weeks gets him an extension.
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I don’t see a team giving up a 2 for Fields. He hasn’t been consistent enough, and he has only 1year remaining on his rookie contract. A team would be really rolling the dice IMO either trading a high Second for 1 year or giving an extension to an inconsistent unknown.
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Link to BleedCubbieBlue Al Yellon makes 5 BOLD predictions for 2024: 1. Adbert gets 40+ saves 2. Cubs ink Cody to 8 yr / $200 million 3. Justin Steele is NL Cy Young winner 4. Morel is adequate at 3rd and hits 40 HRS 5. Cubs win NL Central with 90+ wins What is least likely to happen? I'd go with Steele winning Cy Young.
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Yep, it's been a pretty Blue Christmas regarding free agency so far. Usually the beginning of free agency is The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Gonna just have to Believe something good will happen soon.
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Think this is a pretty good article ... ...regarding where the Cubs, and free agency as a whole, is right now. A few snippets: -1/3 of MLB teams have done nothing so far in free agency (to include the Yankees, Red, Sox, Jays, Mariners and Cubs) -only 3 of the Top 10 free agents are signed, and 16 of the Top 50; plenty of really good players to fill needs
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Jordan Love Redux Love and Rodgers after 14 games in their first season starting: Lifted from this site: Linky Love thru 14 games this year: 304-of-486 passing (62.6 percent), 3,368 yards, 25 touchdowns vs. 11 interceptions, 90.8 rating. Rodgers thru 14 games in 2008: 296-of-466 passing (63.5 percent), 3,470 yards, 23 touchdowns vs. 12 interceptions, 91.8 rating. I'm not suggesting he'll ever be anywhere close to AR as a player, but I think it was too early to "write him off" in the middle of his first season starting. And a lot of Packers and NFL fans did just that.
