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Come on San Fran, this is disgusting.
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But this team needs more offense, they don't need a 4th outfielder. Any offensive additions should be noticeable upgrades because they can only add ONE guy at this point.
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Prefer not to answer. For what it's worth, the better player doesn't mean the most important player in this equation.
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Well I'd prefer not to, but I'm certainly less thrilled with the Vikings latest drafts than the Packers are with theirs.
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That does worry me long term. There's no determining a receiver hierarchy for them, as there appears to be four that could be the alpha in any given week. And then two tight ends to boot. If there isn't a clear receiver to claim most of the targets, they can probably use that against opponents with some clever game plans.
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So far with no trades of Kepler, Polanco, Vazquez, or any other offensive player, the Twins only have one semi-flexible spot on the offensive side of the 26-man roster to fill, that would be the Nick Gordon/Trevor Larnach/Jose Miranda/St. Paul Saint du jour player. But they need to upgrade the offense, it can't be Hicks or anyone else that's a blackhole with the bat. There's no more room for 'defensive specialists'.
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If Purdy hands this game to the Packers, he's going to be high on my list of players I resent.
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Regardless of how this starts, I think the 49ers D is going to make Love’s life miserable in the second half once they’ve got a good read on him.
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Agree with you, I’m a numbers guy, but this just has never seemed quantifiable. Which is frustrating as a fan who likes to speculate and prognosticate about future players.
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It’s not about the stats. Burrow looks to be elite and Stroud looks promising. Lawrence doesn’t look like it. Herbert does look like it, but elite QBs don’t play on continually losing teams, so I suspect something is missing. Between Herbert and Lawrance, Herbert seems more likely to get there. And I get the disconnect, and it's on me, I shouldn't be using the word "elite". Simply I want a maverick instead of a boy scout. A good one, not Jameis Winston. I see the maverick types as the top of the food chain, but acknowledge that doesn't necessarily mean they have stats any better than some of the other guys. And it's fair if others think the maverick type is over rated, that's just what I want. Or at least I want to give it a shot. We haven't had that kind of QB since Favre was here.
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I don’t get hung up on that. It’s all about the improvisation. Brady, Mahomes, Rodgers and Burrow will improvise a new play when they see the prescribed play won’t work against the defense. Jackson, Allen and Hurts can improvise with their legs, and do so regularly. The play calling coach is at a big disadvantage because the call the play before seeing the defense. A good QB still runs the play as designed with the prescribed audibles and reads, but they don’t change things on the fly like the elite guys do.
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Purdy might get there, he’s young, heck maybe he is already there. I presume he’s just out there as Shanahan’s puppet right now, but that could be wrong. Everyone forgets Brady was the ‘game manager’ type early in his career, he didn’t evolve into the take charge field general until several years in.
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Yes, billionaire's investments create so much revenue that the immediate interest return on them can be reinvested and make more than a millionaire's entire portfolio. That's why they almost always take the deals that pay off now instead of a bigger pay off in the future. Money RIGHT NOW is worth way more for them. -
No, they're stuck. He's plenty good enough, but I don't think he's good enough to put a team on his back. Just like the Cowboys and Prescott and the Vikings and the last half decade with Cousins. But at least the 49ers have a great defense. History has shown you can win with a good-not-elite QB if you have an elite defense.
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I’d put that more on Belichick actually. They have a lot of young and talented defensive players who might just need the right vision. They weren’t a good unit collectively, but I don’t see where the individual faults lie, LB and DB look more than solid, a stud edge rusher could put them over the top. As for the offense, if Robinson, Pitts and London had a real QB? Oof, that could be a dangerous group. Seems like it would look like the peak Lions or Vikings.
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49ers. For about a decade now too. And I think he Steelers could pull it off with a real QB.
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Yes, best for them, the billionaires as individuals, not one of their many individual investments which would be the team, and certainly not the sport itself. And they almost always take the money in hand now, which can be reinvested, instead of prospective money two decades from now, when most of them would be dead.
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Sorry, I agree with most of your points but not this one. The billionaires care more about immediate returns knowing the quick return will be money in their pockets that can be generating interest right away. Millionaires may have long term vision, but not Billionaires. If they did, they would have never accepted the broadcasting deals from a decade ago which is hurting the sport now but paid out immediately. And they wouldn’t constantly be trying to torpedo economic, climate and healthcare deals that hurt in the short term but would pay off in the long term.
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Joe Mauer Hall of Fame Vote Watch
nicksaviking replied to AlwaysinModeration's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
30:1? Even if you’re going strictly off of innings pitched, it’s like 3:1, 4:1 max. And relievers get in less than that already. -
That would be great assuming it was with a streamer that offered more than just baseball broadcasting. I have zero faith that they have enough foresight to do that though. If they planned on some MLBtv thing, they'll still lose all of their casual fans. Casual fans aren't paying for MLBtv when they're already paying for Amazon, Apple, Hulu, Netflix and Disney.
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I'm not in favor of Amazon's super capitalism and monopolistic agenda, but I don't see how they would "push viewers away". MLB has lost sooooo many viewers with the disastrous streaming situation of the past several years. Amazon Prime is already in more households than Bally, MLBtv and any other broadcaster, and certainly, it's almost certainly going to be much cheaper. a stand alone Bally subscription was unaffordable for most families used to watching Twins games. This will more likely than not bring more viewers in than past iterations.
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Right, if the Lions, Bucs or Packers win it all, I'll eat my words. I don't expect to.
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You have to win four games against the top teams in the league to win the Super Bowl. Where does average at best defense and good-not-great offense get you? Bounced in the first round, 2nd if you're lucky. You aren't an actual contender unless you have either an elite defense or an elite QB.
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I think the gloom and doom about a rebuild is overblown. If you draft well, spend your cap well and have the right coaches who can develop players while crafting a system suited to their skills, you can do it quickly, even in a single season. But you won't do it quickly by signing a 36-year-old QB to a 40M deal.
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Joe Mauer Hall of Fame Vote Watch
nicksaviking replied to AlwaysinModeration's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
I don't think you'll get much agreement that relievers and starters are the same players. Mariano Rivera wouldn't even be worthy in that case.
