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  1. nicksaviking
    Bad drop, then bad pass, then bad penalty. Despite what Greg Olson said, that was not a hold.
  2. nicksaviking
    This game sucks but might be a long term blessing. This is absolutely the matchup JJ should have avoided. And now there should be no question the Vikings should turn back to him. And it will feel like the ‘lost season’ needed to get JJ reps with lower pressure stakes.
  3. nicksaviking
    And that’s the only reason Falvey wouldn’t hire him. That’s exactly what he was aiming for with Rocco Baldelli.
  4. nicksaviking
    Also, why would the Phillies eat 18-19M of a 20M contract unless the twins were giving up a Jenkins caliber prospect?
  5. nicksaviking
    Can’t edit thread titles so let’s try again.
  6. nicksaviking
    I agree with the sentiment, but #1 kind of conflicts with #2-4. If the team is focused on developing a young, and most importantly to ownership, cheap core, they can't constantly be losing their jobs to Kody Clemens, Manny Margot and Mickey Gaspar because they don't figure it out right away. But I suspect your #2-4 were more aimed at the opposite approach Baldelli took; it was predetermined that journeymen vets would get all the playing time they could handle.
  7. nicksaviking
    I really don't want a familiar face coming in, that seems too comfortable for everyone involved. To start out, I want them to have NO comfort. And not just because I'm petty and jaded, but because I don't want anyone to know what to expect so they're constantly learning and adapting to changes whether they'd like to or not. But also because I'm petty and jaded.
  8. nicksaviking
    *****Moderator Note***** Somehow this thread has gone off the rails making posts personal. Enough of that, back to the topic at hand.
  9. nicksaviking
    I backed the McCarthy pick solely because I believe that KOC knows what to look for in a QB. But there may be a fatal flaw here that the Vikings should have seen coming. If you believe an inexperienced college QB needs more reps than he got in college to hit his potential, can you also believe in giving him those reps on a team that wants to contend? I don't think both things can be true and the Vikings should have seen what happened with Trey Lance in SF. He only got FOUR starts and all four seemed to be against Shanahan's will. To be clear, I liked McCarthy slightly better than Nix and much better than Penix, but I think there are scenarios where you can't pick the Lance/McCarthy types. Those guys have to go to teams that know they aren't going to compete but will let them get the reps they need to be ready when they do. But if actual game reps aren't required, and he can eventually get where he needs to be just by watching, then I guess there's no issue getting the developmental QB and contending. I'm skeptical though.
  10. nicksaviking
    Yeah, the OL is a good start. The offensive coaches though are really odd choices. QB coach Bo Hardegree looks like he got hired because he's an old buddy of Callahan; the offenses on his resume are all-time bad offenses. And what exactly did Mike McCoy do with Trevor Lawrence the past three seasons that screams, "Let's put him together with Cam Ward!!!!"?
  11. nicksaviking
    I'm not confused, we all agree that Sanders is likely a terrible NFL QB. I just disagree with the bar you have for Gabriel. Obviously, if you're a QB for the Browns your career is already starting in the toilet. But he has enough encouraging traits that he might be a perfectly acceptable QB down the road on an actual NFL team.
  12. nicksaviking
    I'm not saying Gabriel is good, but there are tons of bad QBs in the league right now, including Fields. And Flacco, Cam Ward, Bryce Young and Geno Smith. I'd start Gabriel over any of them and I'd start Sheduer Sanders over none of them. I'd cut him right now actually; he's doing nothing but causing distractions on an already dysfunctional team. He clearly doesn't have the make up to be an NFL QB. I'm not sure he has the make up for any job outside of Instagram Influencer.
  13. nicksaviking
    Yeah, so congrats to Cam Ward for being the next NFL QB who is going to be jerked around with new coaches and new offenses regularly early in his career. Here's a controversial take (well probably not here because no one cares about the Titans), but the Titans current QB coach, Bo Hardegree, is the one who was the QB coach for the bad versions of Derek Carr, Ryan Tannahill and Will Levis, while also working on offenses that oversaw the bad versions of Mac Jones and Sam Darnold early in their careers. Meanwhile Brian Callahan was the QB coach for Mattew Stafford in his prime and the OC for Joe Burrow while being an assistant on the Broncos when Peyton Manning was there. Background out of the way, if the Titans want a shot at salvaging Ward, they should have considered demoting Brian Callahan to QB coach, who at least has worked with elite QB talent before. It would have been awkward but could have perhaps been salvaged by promoting his dad to interim HC. His dad did coach a team to the Super Bowl after all, he's qualified for an interim job. I'd guess he won't take it now that his son was fired though.
  14. nicksaviking
    Has Gabriel been bad? He's a rookie. Through the same number of games, his numbers are way better than McCarthy's. And Gabriel has had to play against two good NFL defenses.
  15. nicksaviking
    The owners probably aren't going to propose a floor, even though they know they will need one within 90% of the cap, because they'll make the MLBPA demand it. Then the owners get to act like it's a concession they are making, instead of the logical companion to the cap they want.
  16. nicksaviking
    I would like to read an article about which Twins are more like bunnies and which ones are more like unicorns.
  17. nicksaviking
    I can't imagine they get a 2nd even if they eat the money. Cousins is better than Flacco, but his arm looked dead last year. Maybe it's recovered, but I'm not giving up a 2nd on that dice roll. And if they could get a 3rd, sure, as an outsider I'd say Atlanta should do that, but if I thought I had an actual legit team, I maybe rather have the best backup QB in the league instead of a 3rd. In any case, Atlanta did Cousins dirty. He's still getting paid, but he's lost all career momentum. Might have been over anyway, but decent chance he had another multi year contract coming to him.
  18. nicksaviking
    This is a bridge too far and feels like it's inviting a defense of the Pohlad's, which nobody wants to do. Yeah, the Pohlad's ransomed the Twins so we'd give them our free tax money, clearly prioritize their other businesses over the baseball team and are currently giving no damns about putting a product on the field the fans would want. Yet they still aren't anywhere close to Bob Nutting. The Twins tend to be somewhere like 14th to 21st in payroll just about every year. The Pirates are somewhere between 28th and 30th. The Pohlads would have to cut payroll another 30% and keep it that way for the next two decades to reach Pirate levels.
  19. nicksaviking
    I'm going to predict he's traded to a team lacking left handed outfielders in exchange for a similarly questionable arbitration relief pitcher. Let's go with the Angels and the Twins ask for Reid Detmers but accept Brock Burke.
  20. nicksaviking
    With how often they swap organizations, I'd guess teams find their impact negligible. If a 2M backup catcher actually is making a major difference, I'd have to think they'd be getting long term deals and for much more money.
  21. nicksaviking
    Yeah, Gabriel was probably an under-rated prospect. He played at major programs, threw for a ton of yards and TDs and can move. The odds are against him working out, but I don't think he was that much of a reach for Cleveland to draft in the 3rd round.
  22. nicksaviking
    Last reports I heard. ATL was demanding a 2nd round pick for Cousins.
  23. nicksaviking
    Which I'd be in favor of. Backup glove-only catchers tend to be available all year round.
  24. nicksaviking
    Cheap vet catcher is definitely the route they will (should) go, but I'll guess it's James McCann, Austin Barnes or Jacob Stallings. Mostly because I'm sure Derek Falvey will be keenly aware that signing Vazquez for 2M will only remind fans of how dumb it was for him to pay him 30M last time.
  25. nicksaviking
    I agree, Falvey was at minimum complicit. He's still here though, so here's his chance to show that he understands the problem and that he's willing to do something different. If he doesn't get it right, it's certainly his last chance.
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