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I would enjoy that so much. I liked when he showed all the QBs that slid from his rankings over the years, and he's saying something like 'six of these 12 guys were all great!" And the most recent guy was Aaron Rodgers, and before that it was Brett Favre.
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When Deion goes on an accusatory, ill-informed, conspiracy-theory and largely unintelligible rant about his son sliding and how he's going to use his platform to make everyone's life miserable because of it, everyone is going to understand why no NFL coach wanted to touch Shedeur. "Oh, right, we probably didn't want that distraction on an NFL team......"
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What the heck, how many WR is TB going to run out on the field?!?!
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There goes Booker earlier than expected. Which, I mean, he's a stud Alabama guard with few things to nag about, so it probably should have been expected.
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Mel Kiper doesn't seem to be very tied into the pulse of the league any more. He's about three hours early talking about Shadeur Sanders, but that's all he's talking about.
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Right, and with a bunch of drunk, large, sweaty, loud 'sconies.
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Wow, this draft coverage is going to be intolerable.
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For sure, but it rarely happens. Except for Rodgers, for whom it happens all the time. My rhetoric was overly cautious, but it only ends up being a good look if the player actually turns out to be really good. McCarthy's pounding can't have any sway over the matter.
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Man, I'll be the bad guy here I guess? I have liked Booker, but if your QB is pounding the table to roster his HS buddy, eeesh, I'm not sure that's a good look, even if he's a good player. I know on the inside it's not the same, but from an outside perspective, that looks like full blown Aaron Rodgers. The bad kind of Aaron Rodgers. To clarify, I'm not saying McCarthy looks like Rodgers, I'm saying if the Vikings give him what he wants, it looks like they are enablers.
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-Egbuka does seem like the best Viking fit. He's a top college WR, but he has ALWAYS been the #2 at OSU. Not being the alpha is already in his wheelhouse. -Campbell is my guy, I'm glad to hear there's a legit shot! -Thank god they don't plan on drafting a CB high. They have had no skill at that, meanwhile they've been great at finding talent in free agency. Keep doing that. -I do like Booker. Surprised that (if?) Zabel is a smokescreen. This OL could use some versatility; do we even know if Darrisaw will be ready to start the season? -Yeah, as always. I'll wait to judge until we see who's on the board.
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I like the look of Emmanwori, (4.38 40?? how is he not a cornerback?!?) but I HATE the idea of drafting someone just to replace someone else. And with the guy he'd be replacing still here, I don't see him getting a ton of reps this year. The Vikings can wait on drafting another 1st round edge rusher until they start using the one they drafted last year. I could do DL. Grant and Harmon look talented, but I'd guess they'd still get the Dallas Turner treatment; they could be the next Chris Jones, but they're still going to defer to Harrison Phillips this year. IOL seems like the most likely to actually see some starts. If Zabel is as versatile as advertised, I like that idea, but Booker looks good too. I like either of their chances at taking Brandel's job more than I think a DL could take Phillips' job or Emmanwori could take a starting safety job. I also do like the idea of an interior LB who can cover, tackle and blitz, someone who could replace Pace who can't cover. I do like Jihad Campbell. That's probably one of the other spots a rookie could steal a job. None of the WRs are giving me warm fuzzies this year, but I could easily fall in love with TreVeyon Henderson if he's what it takes for this team to finally start using RB as a chaos maker in passing game like other modern offenses do.
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Pick 24 doesn't look like a QB trade up spot to me. I guess maybe if someone thinks the Rams will take one, but that team crushes it's picks, I don't see them sitting a QB for a year or two. I'd guess there will be a few guys we are all getting excited about that slide to the Vikings at 24, and if we fans are excited, there's like a GM or two that also are willing to trade up for those guys.
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Prior to last year I would have said 100% yes they'll trade down, but then last year they changed course and were aggressive. Now I'll say 60% trade down. I'll bet there are a couple of guys they like, who if they fall they won't pass up.
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White Sox (Martin) vs Twins (Ober): 4/22/25, 6:40pm
nicksaviking replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Archived Game Threads
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White Sox (Martin) vs Twins (Ober): 4/22/25, 6:40pm
nicksaviking replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Archived Game Threads
I'm really digging this new indestructible cyborg Buxton. Cybuxton? Byonic Cyborgxton? -
This team could have Atlanta's pitching staff from the 1990's, but there's no way new owners are going to hang on to Falvey if they aren't competitive. Honestly, there might be a stronger argument that having a really good rotation yet still having a really terrible team is evidence that the President of Baseball Operations ISN'T doing a good job.
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Keep their jobs with new ownership? Unless this team turns into a bona fide contender, I'd guess the new guys will want to show they're making changes, and getting new managers and GMs is way cheaper than new players. Under the Pohlads? No, I'm guessing both stay unless a sale is completely off the table. Falvey almost 100% stays. But I could see Falvey talking the Pohlads into firing Baldelli if Falvey thinks a spark might help save HIS job though. But no one ever disclosed Baldelli's contract extension. For all we know he was giving a 50-year deal with an option for a 51st.
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For sure. Falvey doesn't keep his job unless this team goes on some magical run. I'm just suggesting that if they replace Baldelli while Falvey rides out his remaining time on the gravy train, the difference between the Falvey/Baldelli and Falvey/New Manager dynamic may provide more detail into specifically what the team doesn't want when they start over.
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I'd do a complete overhaul as well, but I don't see more than the manager getting canned while ownership is in flux. But firing the manager while the GM/POBO is still here could provide some insight. Specifically, it may provide details into where the breakdown in development is coming from. Currently, we all see it's broken, but no one can exactly put their finger on why or how or where or when. Just replacing the manager might give a better idea where fault lies. Then when the GM/POBO gets replaced later, you can more directly avoid the same dynamic or Venn diagram overlap that you had before.
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"Why, then, are they so quick to point the finger toward the dugout when the players are the ones underachieving?" Because replacing one manager is easier than replacing 26 players? There shouldn't be a requirement to weigh the manager's good deeds vs bad. When the team has hit rock bottom and has lost all momentum, this is just what you do. The criticisms of Gardenhire and Molitor were fairly pedestrian, but the product on the field was extremely stale at the end of their runs; it was time to move on from them even if they were faultless. Same is true now. One of the best ways to spark a team is to fire the manager. Every sport, every league, every era. Doesn't always work, but that hardly matters when it's not working now.
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They should have forced harder!!!!! I'm guessing just two go, but I wouldn't be surprised if a third does. I also wouldn't be surprised if Dart (or maybe Howard or Shough who are getting a lot of late-fake hype right now) go before Sanders. I think every team other than the Cowboys see Deion Sanders attached to this kid and using his platform to throw shade at everything but his son when the team loses, as a very, very scary thing. And he's only ever been coached by his dad? Another very, very scary thing. No one's taking Milroe first round though. Anthony Richardson and Trey Lance have to have scarred teams off from trying that in round 1 again.
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The rotation has been the team's biggest strength for awhile now, so I'm not sure what there is to complain about in that regard. I want to clean house and Falvey hasn't done enough to adjust offensively since the league deadened the ball so he's out too, but I'm not going to mark down 'failure to build a rotation' during his exit interview.
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Who outside of the fans that weren't paying attention were vaunting the pitching pipeline? That was not the Cleveland model, not sure why anyone thought it would be the model here.
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Agreed, they hang on to just about everyone too long. Not just vets like Polanco and Kepler, but also young guys like Miranda and Julien. If they make the right read on Miranda, they can probably trade him nearly straight up for Luis Castillo instead of trading Steer plus others for Mahle. They are poor at evaluating their young talent, and poor at evaluating the decline of veterans. Also, Cleveland never had a pitching pipeline. The traded for just about every one of their good starting pitchers either when they were already top prospects in the high minors, or after they debuted at the MLB level. Last we did this exercise, I think I found Danny Salazar was their only home-grown arm of note while Falvey was there. And I'm fine with that strategy. Nothing is more finicky as a pitching 'prospect' in A ball. Trade for them when they are more of a sure thing. Worked with Joe Ryan.
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Willy's What If: the Twins never trade Johan Santana
nicksaviking commented on William Malone's blog entry in William Malone IV blogs about Twins
Smith would have had to sign him while Hunter was already in free agency, and after Hunter had already felt slapped in the face by the Twins. Ryan only offered him a 3 year 45M deal in August prior to him becoming a free agent, while the Angels gave him a 5 year 90M deal and reports were that the Rangers were offering something similar and both the White Sox and the KANSAS CITY ROYALS!!! were also pursing him. Yeah, the Pohlad's were tight with money, but it was Ryan who couldn't stomach giving out long term deals, which obviously was going to be an issue with the upcoming Joe Mauer situation. Yeah, I remember those Dodger rumors. That would have been quite the haul.
