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Should the Twins Bring Back Josh Bell for 2027?
nicksaviking replied to Ray Stuedemann's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Right. When the team feels so strongly that they the need a free agent to provide veteran clubhouse presence, but won't pay for that presence to be a player who'd also bat in the middle of the order on a contending team, than you're shopping for a baby sitter and not a baseball player. -
Yeah, and it's Chicago, not a smaller, more polite market like Minnesota or Green Bay or Cleveland.
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Also, this is the first of a couple weak stretches in the schedule. New Orleans looks like they might be close to legit, but Miami, Tampa and Indianapolis can't get out of their own way. Most of these games should provide some wiggle room for Vikings offensive struggles. Hopefully they get in sync before they get to November when they face their toughest stretch.
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So Murray has cleared concussion protocol and it's already announced that he's starting against Tampa. Still a strong possibility that Murray is a disaster and the team has to go back to the lesser disaster of Wentz, but this is both good news, and a good move. It's good news because they have to at least try for the higher upside play, and it's a good move because I worried KOC would play games with this and be coy about who was going to start. I didn't want that; the QB1 should get all the work and all the attention all week long.
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I personally wouldn't give him a hard time, because most times athletes are crying on a cart, it's not from the pain, it's because everything they worked so hard for just went down the drain. And he certainly looked like a guy who thought his injury was significant. It does make me think that he must not have any experience with a significant injury though. Of course, everyone also saw Jayden Daniels gruesomely dislocate his elbow, and not only did he not immediately go down, he had the wherewithal to stay on his feet and try to throw the ball.
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Should the Twins Bring Back Josh Bell for 2027?
nicksaviking replied to Ray Stuedemann's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
He was a better hitter than I expected, and honestly, despite not liking the signing last offseason, he did endear himself to me; a great guy for sure. But he's still not a good fit for the roster. I just don't understand why this club always has to find their 'veteran clubhouse' presence on the lower tiers of free agency. Why don't the team's existing veterans fill this void? Why can't 25M free agents fill this void? -
It's crazy how coaches on the hot seat end up going conservative. They wouldn't be on the hot seat if what they'd been doing was working. How do you not get aggressive, even to the point of being over-aggressive, at least to show you are doing everything you can to win?
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That team is surely regretting not replacing Todd Bowles with Liam Coen two years ago. And I always hate saying that stuff when I know Bowles is the nicest human in the entire league.
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Daniels dislocates his elbow for the second year in a row. And Brady says S#!* live on TV.
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He had one bad pass early that should have been picked. I recall an inaccurate pass that Jefferson didn't catch, but normally does. Jefferson also dropped a TD that was a tough catch, but one he always makes. Also there was one scramble play where Wentz threw to an open area to the sidelines, but Addison bizarrely looked for it over his inside shoulder instead. And thinking of these, they all seemed to kill the drives. Oh, and Brandel's terrible snap over Wentz's head killed the second drive. Absolutely no special sauce from Wentz, but yeah, normally you worry about the turnovers due to trying to make hero plays. But the ball was wet all game, and Williams seemed to be more impacted by the rain than Wentz. So game-manager Wentz was probably the conservative and smart decision from KOC. So kudos to both for reigning in their worst impulses?
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Also, I'm not sure what insults my intelligence more, the disgusting political ads, or Burger King re-enacting a scene from Breaking Bad trying to convince me that they actually have chefs making fresh hand made chicken nuggets in the kitchen.
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It can't help that they haven't invested any draft picks into the offense to help Jayden Daniels, and then promoted a guy from within to be the OC. A guy with no play calling experience. I'm guessing Dan Quinn will be a hot commodity next year though. As some team's DC.
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I'm ready to see Murray get a real shot, hope he's ready to practice all week though. I don't want him starting if he doesn't work with the first team until Thursday.
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Also, where is this new look Mike McDaniel Chargers offense?
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I give it until halftime. But I hope I'm wrong. I like seeing an ineffective Denver offense.
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Even if it's a long yard and you hand it to the RB, you put in your jumbo package and line up under center. Lining up in shotgun pretending a pass was an option was never going to fool anyone. At least, not when you're the Jets and your QB is Geno Smith.
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They should have gone for it, but it was a terrible play call. Shotgun and a hand off with only five OL and TEs and WR trying to block front seven players?!?! Why didn't they just do a QB sneak at 90% success rate. Dumb team doing dumb things.
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The Bears offense looks scary. But last year Williams threw for only 403 yards and one TD in the two Vikings games combined. And the Vikings have won six straight in rivalry. If Flores and the defense can keep the Bears offense somewhat in check, and better yet, rattle Williams, a league-wide narrative that the Vikings and Flores have the Bears/Williams number is going to start popping up. And as Minnesota fans, those such narratives often end up turning into self fulfilling prophecies. Knock on wood the Vikings win and get in the head of every one in Chicago for future matchups.
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This would be my argument for putting him in the pen. Maybe he can cut it in the rotation, but a #4 starter ceiling is less valuable than a late-inning, soul-sucking reliever, and Matthews has that ceiling. Peak Bailey Ober was never more valuable than peak Jhoan Duran, Griffin Jax or Louie Varland.
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And Arte Moreno buys the Twins from the Pohlads?
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That's why this situation is more ideal than it typically is. They're paying two veteran QBs like 5M combined and neither are likely be (starting) here next year. If they pick the wrong vet, they go back to the other guy next game. Or even next half. Obviously you don't want to give away games, but it's not like it's the vet vs a young guy and you have to commit the rest of the season to one path. Just go with the hot hand. Atypical, but if they don't commit, they can use it to their advantage. To be clear, this situation is ideal only because we don't appear to have any one on the roster that's the long term answer. I absolutely want to find the long term answer before next season starts.
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Blackstack is a state treasure!
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I'd have the young guys do all the high leverage spots and hope it prepares them for next year, but giving Rogers some of those innings wouldn't make the top ten list of things I wish the Twins did differently this year, so have at it. But I'm less confident that this is the end of the line for Rogers. He's a well known commodity league-wide, and those types of relievers tend to stick around long after you'd expect them to. Particularly left handers; here's lookin at you, playoff-bound Caleb Thielbar. Using Fangraphs, it looks like there are 28 relievers 35-years or older who threw at least 30 innings this year. Seems there's always teams that like to look at the player's history and bet on a rebound.
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https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/minnesota-vikings/latest-kyler-murray-status-bears-concussion-protocol/ It sounds like Murray has a legit chance at playing this week. When was the last time a player, or at least a QB, has cleared the concussion protocol in less than a week? Frankly, I think it would be a terrible idea to give him the start. I'm good going back to Murray the following week, or the week after, but if Wentz is taking all the first team snaps, he HAS to start. They aren't playing the Dolphins, they are playing one of the best offenses in the league that also happens to be a division rival. They need to have their s*** together just to keep up. Caveat: if Murray is healthy and Wentz starts and struggles, switching to the mobile Murray mid-game could be a slick way to keep the Bears off balance. EDIT: OK, I see what I did there. Obviously game planning for Wentz and Murray are completely different. Murray likely has zero chance at playing this week and saying this is how KOC is trying to keep the Bears off balance.
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I presume we'll need this at some point.
