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Also, this is round 1 of Darth Vader vs Luke Skywalker. McVay is still supposed to win this one. Or should I do Rocky and Apollo Creed?
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I’m sure that wasted time out won’t come back to haunt them.
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If they did want to hurry, it should be a pass as an unscripted run without the QB having time to audible and make line checks seems like a high chance for a loss of yards.
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They seem to be running the ball away from Quesenberry’s side.
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Yeah, I saw him getting called for a hold on the special teams play that preceded the Darisaw injury.
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It did feel like a throw away play.
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They couldn’t have taken three knees there. LA still had their time outs and the Vikings didn’t have enough room.
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Well, it was a good run!
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So the Rams are brining back BOTH Kupp and Nacua but the Vikings don't get Hockenson back?!? Dang, that's a kick in the pants. Had you asked me on Monday, I would have thought it would have been the other way around.
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With relief pitchers the sample sizes are just too small. It's forever been the most unpredictable position on the baseball field. More than the other positions, I think successful relief work comes from routine, familiarity and comfort level, with the team, manager, coaches, stadium, catcher, culture, atmosphere, etc. Can't really analyze that and it could be why the relievers who came from the organization are doing fine and the ones that don't, aren't.
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Right, why have more than two teams then? The 52 best players on the planet all playing together. Sounds fun. They could call it something like The All Star Game..
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I like those names but I bet the team holds onto the pick. Maybe trade a late rounder for A'Shawn Robinson or someone like that.
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I could be reading it wrong (NFL contracts are so dang complicated) but it looks like Tennessee would take a 41M cap hit if they trade him. If so, that would be tough to talk them into eating that kind of money. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/29054/jeffery-simmons#:~:text=2023-2027 Rookie Extension,average annual salary of %2423%2C500%2C000.
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Should the Twins Sell High on José Miranda?
nicksaviking replied to Matthew Lenz's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I'm up for trades, but as far as the team's bats go, I'm not sure you can sell any at a high value right now outside of Wallner. Who I wouldn't trade. As for Miranda specifically, I might keep him. Seems to me that if there's one guy who might profile for a power increase due to a possible new approach with a new hitting coach, it would be him. -
I thought Tampa was an overlooked contender for the NFC championship coming into this year. Now I'm not sure they can hold on in their division with next to no wide receivers. Also, I'm a bit concerned about the Rams this week for the Vikings. That's a bad team, but McVay vs O'Connell has me a bit on edge.
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Or a long tenured non major market owner to rally the same-positioned owners (who are the vast majority) to tell the big market owners that parity is happening whether they like it or not. If only there was such an ownership group…..,,,
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Do you realize how much more 50% of the Yankees revenue is compared to 50% of the lower teams? But really, it hardly matters if the parity is real or artificial. Nothing will change until there are salary floors and caps. And that’s likely not happening until the lower tier clubs lose enough value to profit from flipping them and contraction is a threat to the MLBPA. Which probably isn’t far off considering the lower tier teams are making less and less from their local TV deals.
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I don’t disagree that they can win it, but I’d still put my money on KC, Baltimore and Buffalo ahead of them.
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https://www.visualcapitalist.com/u-s-sports-leagues-by-revenue/ Not going to work. 66% of the NFLs revenue is shared, 41% of the NBAs revenue is shared. The MLB share is 26%. Meanwhile local media makes up 23% of MLBs revenue. 23% of NY and LA media is exponentially greater than Minnesota. I'm fine blaming greedy owners, but even if the Twins floated a payroll with zero profit for the owners, they'll still be spending way less than the big market teams. And again, that local revenue is going to be less and less if the mid and small market teams can't keep fan attention due to being uncompetitive or in a market with demographics that can't or won't access the product.
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And it's not sustainable because those payrolls did not last, just like the Twins 2023 payroll didn't last. And even at those peaks, the top teams are still spending nearly 100M more than them. It's nearly impossible to build a year-in-year-out contender like the top teams do, You end up talking about 'windows' and wringing your hands about whether it's time to 'go for it'. If the Yankees and Dodgers can always go for it, the rest of the teams need to have that option too or this league is going to continue to circle the drain. This league is royally screwed up at the moment and this is the main culprit. And again, with the new lower paying TV deals, it's going to get worse and teams that can't scrap together a team that competes most years is going to have fans that lose interest and TV streamers who will lower what they'll pay to show their games.
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The lack of parity is going to get worse before it gets better based on these new, lower paying streaming deals. If the mid and small market teams continue to see the gap widen, the small and mid market teams are going to continue to generate less interest. Less interest will continue to generate less TV revenue and at some point, the value of those organizations is going to start to stagnate. If the value stagnates or drops, the owners won't be able to flip them for a profit and contraction will be back on the table. My hope is that if it gets bad enough, the owners and MLBPA will finally get together and fix it with revenue sharing on the level of every other pro sports league instead of letting MLB cannibalize itself and collapse.
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And someone in the AFC is probably going to lose ten games and make the playoffs. Crazy how the balance of power in this league can switch in a year. I still have my money on an AFC team winning it all though.
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Agree. I think the run blocking of the interior OL is the problem, but they've had two years to address that issue. The other issue I have with him is end of half time management. He needs to stop trying to run out the clock when they get near midfield when there's still ample time left. Every capable offense in the league can get into at least field goal position if there's a minute left on the clock. Until they hit the two minute warning, getting first downs and keeping possession needs to be the priority. Stick to what has worked all game long, don't do predictable handoffs trying to kill time until the two minute mark. Edit; I see the prior posts and realize paragraph two has been discussed.
