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  1. nicksaviking
    If PFF graded Ingram strongly, that's a knock on PFF. Anyone who watched that game knows he wasn't good. I'm also not sure how much Davenport would help. It's not like he got the QB ever last year. How the heck does this team only have one sack outside of Danielle Hunter when it blitzes nearly every play?
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    Anthony Prato would make my list.
  3. nicksaviking
    Moving to the pen isn't an indictment on Maeda, he's just the most trustworthy option out there, and that's going to be a key position, probably even more key than the #3 starter. The Twins have had three managers this century all make the post season, and each of them has shown diminished nerves come October and have an itchy trigger finger when it comes to pulling starters early. He's almost certainly going to be needed and I think most would feel better about plugging him in for multiple innings in a critical game over Ryan and Ober. We don't know if the early pull will be game three; odds are it will be before then, regardless of how well Gray or Lopez did during the regular season.
  4. nicksaviking
    As opposed to the GMs who aren't interested in winning seasons? I don't think I follow, should the Twins be avoiding Boras clients just to spite him?
  5. nicksaviking
    Oh for sure. And if I had to think of a list of teams that would aggressively try to chase a QB mid-season, Pittsburg would be toward the bottom of that list. They tend to like to try to work around their problems instead of replacing them.
  6. nicksaviking
    I don't either, but watching the Steelers game last night, they'd be a Super Bowl favorite if they had Cousins. That defense is fantastic, Cousins wouldn't have to be the 'leader' type, just get the ball to all of their playmakers. Pickett isn't very good at that.
  7. nicksaviking
    It should be a quick rebuild just by the fact they already have Jefferson, Addison, Hockenson and the two starting tackles. Really just need to get that high draft pick to find the QB of the future and use the rookie contract savings to plug up the interior of the O Line. Obviously the defense is a mess, but plenty of teams are competitive while the defense is a work in progress. Like, say the 2022 Minnesota Vikings.
  8. nicksaviking
    Surely his mother would file a missing persons report long before then.
  9. nicksaviking
    I like Buxton, but they’ve been playing better since they freed up the DH spot. Here’s hoping for rest and recovery till the calendar turns.
  10. nicksaviking
    Soon. After we get robot umpires, surely robot third basemen will follow.
  11. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I mean I don't need my Vikings to all be growly, no-nonsense Bill Belichicks, but that dude sounded like he was itching to get back to his smoke filled bachelor pad, put on some Phish and play video games the rest of the day.
  12. nicksaviking
    Sounds like a pretty flakey dude. Based on that video, I'm not sure I'd take anything he says at face value.
  13. nicksaviking
    Absolutely a low risk or even no risk dice throw.
  14. nicksaviking
    Yeah, and it's not like the coaches should have had the only input, there was no front office saying 'doing X will result in more production based on the team/ballpark/defense/pitcher we're playing'. I mean, can you imagine an NFL team today saying, 'well playing like this worked for the 1960 Cleveland Browns, should work for us too'?
  15. nicksaviking
    He's got to be amongst the slowest backs in the league. He's not at all shifty either. It always seemed weird to me they had interest in re-signing him. Can't recall watching much of Akers, so I have no clue about how quick he is.
  16. nicksaviking
    Yeah, the swing held him back from the power. I suppose most of us thought it was there to stay in that one MVP season, but it was an outlier. Seems to me the contract complaints were from a small minority of fans, who just happened to be the loudest. Most fans were in favor of the deal or at minimum understood it was necessary. It would have never kept him out of the HOF, nor would it have damaged his reputation nationally, that was purely a midwestern passive-aggressive gripe every time he stepped to the plate. But back to the swing though, perhaps my memory is foggy, but I seem to recall that the biggest complaint, which wasn't addressed in the article, was that for how respected he was as a bat swinger, he didn't adjust his swing to keep up with the changing game. He still tried to hit through the shift instead of hitting around or as most wanted, over it. As talented as he was, I think most fans figured he could have adjusted as well or better than other hitters who thrived during that time. Either way, he's a HOFer.
  17. nicksaviking
    Sounds like Akers is bad in pass protection too. I don't know, I suppose this could be a really nice move considering I've never thought much of Mattison. But this is a pass heavy team, which it should be, and it seems like a similar situation as to where Akers was previously. Is he going to be a disruption and complain in Minnesota's locker room too? Though the guy's caught only 27 passes in three years and he wasn't targeted once in the one game he played this year. If this team is throwing 70% of the time, it's possible he only sees 10 snaps a game, in which case, if he doesn't do anything he may very well be cut in short order.
  18. nicksaviking
    I'll take the injured hitter over the injured pitcher just about every time.
  19. nicksaviking
    But before we point fingers at the Twins, the Astros too tried that trick with Correa and Buxton and also fell short.
  20. nicksaviking
    Nice series win. Nine games left against three of the worst teams in the league. Feeling good that the Twins aren't actually going to have the worst record of the AL playoff teams, let alone any playoff teams.
  21. nicksaviking
    Intentional walk = head scratching Unintentional walk = curse words
  22. nicksaviking
    Feels weird watching (and caring about) the AL West scores.
  23. nicksaviking
    I prefer none today.
  24. nicksaviking
    Probably because the team was short on left handed hitters.
  25. nicksaviking
    As well as they may pitch next year, I don't want Stewart, Paddock or any other rusty pitcher on the playoff roster. I'm torn on Ober. I've never cared for Keuchel, but his groundball tendencies or more importantly, his lack of HR tendencies this year, might be a better fit out of the pen in a playoff game. Though that may be a small sample size fluke, as over the past three years, Keuchel has been worse than Ober at giving up the long ball. I guess since I'm wishy-washy on that one I'd pick the guy who'll be in the organization for the foreseeable future.
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