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  1. nicksaviking
    Right, the fear of the unknown should be greatly mitigated if the known doesn't provide much offense anyway.
  2. nicksaviking
    So he wants to be able to crowd the plate, doesn't want pitchers to throw inside and wants pitchers to hit again solely so there's a hostage situation. I don't want to see anyone get hurt and I'm up for any solutions, but his seem to be geared toward making it easier on him. How would he react if the solution was to move the batters box four inches further from the plate?
  3. nicksaviking
    Purdy is pretty good against pressure, mostly because he does a lot of quick release dump offs. It will be interesting to see if Flores backs off the blitzing. The positive thing is that the Jets have a similar defense, so they'll have a pretty solid idea of what didn't work and what did. Well, I'm not sure anything did work. But maybe Flores will have a better idea.
  4. nicksaviking
    That plan hasn't worked for this team in 33 years.
  5. nicksaviking
    I'm not doubting that the Twins can pull it together enough to the make the playoffs, but it's not the same situation as the Rangers. They went on a skid, but still had the best offense in the AL and they traded for Max Scherzer and Jordan Montgomery at the deadline. Like the Rangers, the Twins certainly could catch their balance before it's too late, but unlike the Rangers, the Twins didn't do anything to put themselves in position to win the race should they regain their form.
  6. nicksaviking
    It does seem the Vikings always end up on the bad luck side of the good QB draft years. 2020 was Burrow, Herbert, Tagovailoa and Love. Last year they probably chase Anthony Richardson if the season before they weren't unexpectedly 13-3. If they choose to keep Moss instead of Culpepper they probably draft Aaron Rodgers (and heck, there's a legit scenario the Vikings draft Rodgers AND Demarcus Ware instead of Troy Williamson and Erasmus James). And while Zimmer is completely wrong about the need for a top end QB, had he gotten his way and not signed Cousins in the first place, they probably draft Lamar Jackson. Who of course would have been wasted on Zimmer, as he'd spend most of his time getting screaming at for running all over the field instead of just handing it off to the RB.
  7. nicksaviking
    And as far as I can tell, half of the players don't hate their coaches. Well, except for Tua I guess.
  8. nicksaviking
    Time to update those predictions. Based on this weekend it's pretty clear: MIN 17-0, DET 11-6, CHI 4-12, GB 0-17.
  9. nicksaviking
    If the veterans like Correa have been become disgruntled, I doubt it's because of Baldelli, it's more likely because of ownership and what was viewed as broken promises to improve the team. Not that that's what's happening.
  10. nicksaviking
    I agree with all of it, though I'm curious to see if your last sentence holds true. I'm really curious to see if O'Connell can or will transition to a run heavy approach. Though, if Darnold pulls off a Baker Mayfield resurrection, I'm more than happy to never find out.
  11. nicksaviking
    They should be low for sure. It's just that I don't see any scary teams outside of San Francisco* and Detroit. The Giants are probably the only really crappy team, but none of the rest look like they'll be fighting for a playoff bye week. But I guess you never know. I guess I should do the NL North prediction since that's what this thread is about. I'll say DET 13-4, MIN 10-7 CHI 10-7 GB 8-9, mostly because I'll guess Love is out at least four weeks and if so, I think they start off 0-4. I've seen Malik Willis play, and it's not good. *Off topic, but SF is so dang old and their star players have so much injury history, they seem like one of those 'dynasty' teams that implodes instead of fading out. If they lose a couple of those stars to injury, I could see every team in their division having between 8-11 wins and SF missing out on the playoffs completely. I know I'm on an island with at least the last part of that take.
  12. nicksaviking
    Looking at the schedule, the experts seem to disagree with me on how many good teams the Vikings actually play. It looks like a couple of A listers but mostly a lot of mediocre teams. I think the defense is going to be really tough, not because they have 11 studs, but because they brought in a ton of pass rushers they'll be able to keep fresh and rotate in and out like the Jets and Eagles do. With Flores' track record, if this team doesn't lead the league in sacks, I bet they'll be close. Because of that, I don't think they'll really be out of any games. That said, I'm most definitely not a homer (huuuuuuuuuge fan though) but ugh, I think this team wins 10 games, maybe 11. I can't believe I just typed that. Not that I think they'll be an actual contender, but they could be similar to the 2017 and 2022 teams who's record wasn't an indicator of their talent.
  13. nicksaviking
    ************Moderator Note************** Criticize Baldelli (without name calling of course) but stop with the strawmen crap trying to paint other posters as 'apologists' or 'protectors'. Stick to the topic.
  14. nicksaviking
    Yeah, Zimmer's reluctance to spend big on a QB makes no sense. If I was a reporter, I'd ask him, "If your special ability is to elevate a defense, shouldn't you spend your free agent money on the position you DON'T have the skills to improve?"
  15. nicksaviking
    *******************Moderator Note********************* Ok, nice work everyone. Sometimes things suck, so I guess we should all act like children about it. I'll be locking the game thread. It might be a first. Anyone who feels like respecting each other like adults can participate again tomorrow.
  16. nicksaviking
    **************Moderator Note****************** Awful loss, everyone's pissed off, but stop demeaning and trashing other posters. And blame who you want in the organization but do it without the name calling.
  17. nicksaviking
    I don't care about losing Hall. I care what the desire to roster Rypien suggests. That being that they'll desperately chase mediocrity again at the expense of putting themselves in a better position next year. If Darnold gets injured or stinks, just accept your fate and take the silver lining of a top five pick.
  18. nicksaviking
    It's pretty much the whole reason they shortened it from 15 games to 10. Makes the decision that much easier.
  19. nicksaviking
    That's what players used to do. But they also used have an OPS .200 points under their norm while doing it. Playing injured is good for the pride but I think it's usually bad for the team.
  20. nicksaviking
    Well I laughed at your comment before even reading it. Which is pretty much my default reaction when reading something unflattering about Jerry Jones.
  21. nicksaviking
    I'd stopped reading before that. Yeah, another dumb comment. If he had any thoughts of being some beacon of enlightenment in a league who's stances on social issues are about 50 years out of date, he failed miserably.
  22. nicksaviking
    Reading the article, yeah, he's mostly right. On the other hand, he had no business making those broad generalizations about the players on his team. Zero chance all of them are homophobes yet all of them get thrown under the bus. Had he left the players out of it and only criticized Goodell, Jones and anyone else running the show it would have come off as more genuine.
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  24. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I like this game. His last hit was August 26th, the one before that was August 20th. Those are his only two hits since August 15th. Now, one could argue that in 8 of those games he's had one or fewer ABs. However, then I'd counter that only pleading insanity could find anyone not culpable for actually using him as a pinch hitter.
  25. nicksaviking
    Helman it is. Looks like the lefty aversion was too powerful to beat out the rookie aversion.
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