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  1. nicksaviking
    Here's a link to a fan sight that would happily keep the status quo if their team finished no lower or no higher than .500 for 100 years straight: https://twinsdaily.com/
  2. nicksaviking
    Well written David, and spot on about people in this area feeling like asking for help is an unforgivable stain on their soul. It's not. Thanks for sharing and reminding everyone what's important, and of course, I'm very sorry to hear about your friend.
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    The Steelers definitely have shown in some instances you can have job security if you can manage to just be an average team and never a bad team. But I don't think the Yorks are anything like the Rooneys. Harbaugh got fired after a more impressive run than Shanahan just went through. This should be really interesting to watch unfold. Waaaaaaaay too early prediction, but I'm saying that Shanahan is coaching the Giants next year. And he's NOT going to want Jaxson Dart.
  4. nicksaviking
    This is the issue because I don't know that they actually whiffed on Lance so much as Shanahan won the battle with Lynch and got to ignore him almost completely. Credit to the organization as they sure make it all sound harmonious, but there had to have been some unreported tension with that decision, because Lance is the complete opposite of Shanahan's QB archetype. Next time they do draft a QB, it's almost certainly going to be Shanahan's choice.
  5. nicksaviking
    It's not ridiculous, and the 'know it when you see it' stuff is only because people used to struggle to articulate it. But it's obvious. The elite QBs can and will successfully improvise on a regular basis, either with their arm or their legs. Hurts obviously does the second very, very well. I'll say this for Purdy, maybe he can or would be a gunslinging, improvisational wizard, but it's clear that Shanahan wants nothing to do with that kind of QB. He wants a pocket-passing statue that will run the play and the prescribed audibles as called. It's possible that if Purdy had Andy Reid or Sean McDermott as a HC, he would have the freedom to take the reigns and steer the ship his way when he sees fit, but he doesn't so it's hard to say he's an elite QB.
  6. nicksaviking
    No, it's their heads.
  7. nicksaviking
    https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/caleb-williams-wanted-to-spurn-the-bears-join-the-vikings Change of pace from what we normally feel here in fly-over country.
  8. nicksaviking
    Yes, that makes things difficult I suspect.......
  9. nicksaviking
    I think instead that means the Wolves will take any attention from the Twins during two Twins games, not one. If the Pohlad's were smart (insert laugh track) they'd have a back-to-back double header like God intended and start at 11 AM and try to avoid fans leaving for Target Center next door.
  10. nicksaviking
    Cleveland and Pittsburgh were the primary road targets this year for my annual boys trip away game. I can't go international without brining the wife though, and it's probably too expensive for both of us to go right now. Also, no one really wants to see Americans traveling abroad right now, and for good reason. Pretty unwelcoming time to travel over seas.
  11. nicksaviking
    Demand to be traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
  12. nicksaviking
    Yeah, but remember when Archie Manning told the Chargers not to draft his son because they were a garbage franchise? It's going to get real awkward when he has to tell his former club the same thing for his grandson's sake.
  13. nicksaviking
    That situation has veteran QB written all over it. But Rodgers is t going there over Pittsburgh and Atlanta isn’t trading Cousins in the division. But a season long tank could be coming too.
  14. nicksaviking
    Yeah, such a stubborn franchise. They keep doubling down on playing football 'their way' with their idea of ball control and defense. Congratulations, you're never a bad team. But you will never be a meaningful contender again until you ditch that old school philosophy. Other teams learned a decade ago that the best ball control offenses don't come from high percentages of run plays, but high percentages of higher percentage pass plays.
  15. nicksaviking
    Yeah, the bullpen should be the only long term concern, but that's a really small sample size. And as a team they strike out 25% of the batters they face, so we're not talking about that many hard hit balls overall. Those percentages can wildly swing after only a couple of outings. As for Castro, he's the super utility player. I hope he hits, if he doesn't, well that kind of comes with the territory; this is his last year here anyway. And Bader? We're concerned that this new Bader isn't real and that he's going to regress to being exactly the kind of hitter we thought we were getting all along? How dare he!
  16. nicksaviking
    Well it's an Arthur Smith offense. If he had the 1998 Vikings WR corps, Moss gets about 100 targets and Carter and Reed are playing pinochle on the sideline while the team is constantly running two RB, two TE sets.
  17. nicksaviking
    Jerry Jones would love to bring that circus to Dallas; if only Dak wasn't still under contract. He'd let Rodgers and Mcafee stream some nutjob halftime show from the locker room.
  18. nicksaviking
    There are 100 slap hitting players who flamed out offensively because they can't barrel up the ball for every one Luis Arraez.
  19. nicksaviking
    I could see him waiting out an injury too. Which would let him skip training camp, which he'd absolutely avoid if at all possible.
  20. nicksaviking
    Mason Rudolph isn't good. But neither were Justin Fields, Russell Wilson or Kenny Pickett. That team always finds a way to win 9 games. Which, is way worse than winning 5 games in my book. I have no clue how they ever break that cycle without finding a good QB, and that's hard to do when you're always drafting 20th. Just let go of the .500 streak. It was impressive but largely meaningless. I'd want a reboot if I were a Steelers fan.
  21. nicksaviking
    That offense should be bad. But to be fair, it should (has) been bad for years. I'm also curious how Rodgers is supposed to work on the Steelers. Rodgers infamously runs plays that HE wants to run out on the field and then throws the OC under the bus when it doesn't work out. How is everyone going to handle it when Rodgers is throwing 65% of the downs even though everyone knows Arthur Smith is calling for a run on 65% of the downs?
  22. nicksaviking
    George Pickens to the Cowboys. So second banana to Ceedee Lamb. I don't see Pickens being happy there, and if he's not happy, he's going to make the Cowboys miserable. But if he makes a scene and the media constantly talk about what a disaster he is, it's a win for Jerry Jones, because he just wants people talking about his team.
  23. nicksaviking
    As good as he was, he's still a kicker. I'd guess he'd have to be unequivocally exonerated to get in. And that seems unlikely considering how many women are coming forward.
  24. nicksaviking
    No power, no speed, sketchy defense. With that profile, having success like Luis Arraez (who had a pretty low ceiling despite the fun batting average) is the exception, not the rule. A Willians Astudillo or Mickey Gasper is more likely. If this team isn't aiming higher than France or Amick, that probably means the Twins still have the same owners. And Amick is still in A ball, so we're probably talking about two years from now, which would be disappointing.
  25. nicksaviking
    Getting a cortisone shot and missing two months sounds more than just an ankle sprain..........
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