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  1. TheLeviathan
    In lieu of an actual point I guess I would suggest another: 11. This list is not, in fact super mean, but fails to be witty, thought provoking, or relevant.
  2. TheLeviathan
    But here's the thing - Collins isn't asking for forgiveness (nor should he have to) - that's the "open" part I think you're missing. And I'm not defending Broussard's point - I think it's entirely idiotic - but I don't think it was offensive. Stupid, but not "off his rocker" - it's not an uncommon Christian belief unfortunately.
  3. TheLeviathan
    I think Broussard meant by "open rebellion" = "sin with no desire forgiveness" - that's how I read it. That is considerably different than what you are suggesting ben.
  4. TheLeviathan
    Yeah, I disagree with Broussard, but he said that about as non-offensively as he can. Unfortunately most all major religions are still about exclusion as opposed to inclusion.
  5. TheLeviathan
    Explain Broussard reference please? Good for him!
  6. TheLeviathan
    It'll be interesting to see what wins out: Does one of the worst rotation ERAs and a bottom half offense start dragging the record down or does continuing to win start to reflect in better team stats. Ultimately the bullpen is the difference maker so far, but those other elements have to get better. It is nice having close games to watch though, much more exciting.
  7. TheLeviathan
    We can only dream that Plouffe's future parallels A.J.'s. My odds on that are only slightly above 0%. Considering his "meh" defense and "meh" batting so far, it won't be hard to replace him if and when they choose to.
  8. TheLeviathan
    See, that doesn't make sense to me because guys who are 2-4 round picks aren't tying up your payroll. In fact, if they are playing and playing well they are a boon to your cap situation because they're dirt cheap. To me that deal had NOTHING to do with saving money and everything about going up to get a guy with high upside that you get locked up for 5 years of team control.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Not according to the Strib or some Gardy comments. If you were just sitting Plouffe for rest - you wouldn't have sat him against a lefty on Saturday.
  10. TheLeviathan
    That wasn't my intent. I was just speculating how we might ultimately evaluate this deal. Here's where we still have an issue - they are only saving 400k with this decision. You could argue about saving roster spots but money isn't the reason they did this, 400k isn't making or breaking any FA moves. Now drafting Locke to cut 2M in Kluwe? That I could grant you.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Given what has happened the last two days I'm not so sure. It's easy to say Plouffe will get time as they get sick of playing Carrol/Escobar but the truth is Plouffe is doing nothing that warrants keeping that job - upside or not.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Plouffe out again too. Methinks some of the aggressively optimistic predictions on him are going to fizzle. I always had major doubts about him staying as a regular, but it was more for his offense than his defense. Not that his offense has been much better.
  13. TheLeviathan
    I agree, I really hope we got ourselves a bigger, more durable Percy. I have trouble believing Patterson will be more physical (hell, I'm not sure there is any skill player in the league other than maybe AP and Lynch as physical as Harvin was) but I am really encouraged by getting him. My point was just that there were good players available at those picks at key positions of need. So the notion I've heard floating around that you agree with is what bothered me.
  14. TheLeviathan
    I tried OOTP solo and that's where the sheer overwhelming nature of OOTP turned me off. The user interface for that game was like a damn schematic to me at first and by the time I had it down some of the quirks of it just got annoying to me. It's one thing to make a game challenging to succeed at, it's another to make it mind numbing to even do menial tasks. I hear this was improved since I tried (3-4 years ago) so I might have to give it another crack.
  15. TheLeviathan
    No doubt it has more depth. I utilize mogul as an online interactive sim as opposed to single player. Single player mogul is a joke next to OOTP.
  16. TheLeviathan
    It's not revisionist - that's not the point. A lot of people are saying we dealt "depth" for a starter. No - we didn't. There were (and it didn't require a crystal ball to see it) going to be potential starters available at those picks. We dealt for upside, not "depth" for a starter. Now, in hindsight, we can see that there was more talent at those picks than we probably could have even expected. But all moves, in review, look back and use hindsight. That's how we evaluate "good job vs. bad job". At some point we will look back and evaluate the move based on how this player performs relative to what we gave up to get them. To further make that point - Troy Williamson sucked, but it hurt even more that he was all we had to show for dealing Randy Moss and he was the 7th overall pick (meaning there was basically an entire draft of other choices). Erasmus James sucked, hurts even more that A-Rodg was on the board. Like it or not, at some point we will look back with C-Pat and evaluate him in a similar way. Hopefully, it's all positive.
  17. TheLeviathan
    So they did it to balance 400k? Is that your argument? I appreciate getting that extra 5th year of control, I'm just saying that there were good players at positions of need at those subsequent picks, which is probably how this ultimately will be evaluated if Patterson never does quite grasp how to put all that talent to good use.
  18. TheLeviathan
    Doubt anyone was complaining today.
  19. TheLeviathan
    I'm a mogul player and actually run an online league if there is any interest. Three (real time) years and going strong! I liked OOTP, but just too involved for me to find time to invest in it.
  20. TheLeviathan
    They wouldn't need to pursue much more help at LB if they drafted Brown. You can't tell me those three guys are going to be THAT much more expensive than Urlacher or some other FA veteran that would need to be signed and be as good or better than Brown. Plus, Patterson's 2013 Cap hit is only 400,000 less than it would be for all three of the other slots combined - I think that whole line of argument is silly. (Estimates I've seen are 680k, 570k, 450k for the three slots we traded)
  21. TheLeviathan
    To me, we are going to look back and consider this: Would we have been better off with Cordarelle Patterson or Arthur Brown, Stedman Bailey, and someone like Barret Jones/Alex Okafor/Nassib. All of those guys would've been available at the picks we traded. I have to say, I'm unsure it was worth it - but I hope I'm wrong.
  22. TheLeviathan
    I for one am now officially done watching Florimon. The guy just does not look like a big league fielder. At any point he is going to have some bizarre mishap on something perfectly catchable. I'll take less flash (as RB correctly labeled) and range for some god damn consistency.
  23. TheLeviathan
    I'm just thrilled we didn't mortgage all that for Teo.....I think my brain would have exploded. Love the contract angle and the talent they added. That fourth rounder is going to be really interesting.
  24. TheLeviathan
    It was a steep price to pay but if you love the guy (and they must have) then I'm excited to see what he can do. I'm just glad it wasn't Teo!
  25. TheLeviathan
    5 out of 8, which is good, but definitely in the bottom chunk of the league in attempts against.
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