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This is an old complaint that people won't drop for some reason. Three true outcome hitters hasn't been the Twins philosophy in two years. They were 9th in the league in K% last year. In fact, the Twins like clockwork seem to change their offensive philosophy every two or three years to adjust to present issues. It doesn't always work out, but they aren't rigidly stubborn about doing most things a specific way any longer. The one thing Jenkins MUST do is be able to hit left handed pitching, because the one thing we know the manager IS stubbornly rigid about is platooning young lefties. -
Moore has really spun some magic this year though. Saquon Barkley was a bum before he got to Philly, and Moore invented the tush push I believe. And all behind that god awful offensive line too. Jalen Hurts also very nearly threw for 3000 yards, which my 1958 Sports Almanac indicates would have been a record!
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Kliff Kingsbury is declining the Saints offer to interview for the HC job. So did Joe Brady, and Aaron Glenn declined to take the !Jets! job. Most probably wouldn't have pegged the Saints as the most un-wanted job, but I dig it. Screw the Saints.
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The Time for "Getting Creative" Is Upon Us
nicksaviking replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Unless the sale is closer than we think and Falvey is already taking orders from a new boss, please, please don't get creative. Just put on your seatbelt, brace for the turbulence, grab the barf bags and then put this thing down in one piece. 'Getting creative' seems like the fastest way to land in the ocean since we don't have the slightest idea which direction we are ultimately heading. -
It looks like Sneed and Burns both got the exclusive tag and then their teams traded them. This link explains the different tags and toward the bottom it shows who go the exclusive tags and who go the non-exclusive tags (just one guy, Kyle Duggar) https://operations.nfl.com/updates/the-players/2024-franchise-and-transition-players-named/ But that makes sense, because the Giants and the Titans were willing to pay Burns and Sneed the franchise tender amount, but in the end just negotiated a long term deal instead. So the Vikings might be able to find a trade partner who doesn't want to pay him 41M, but is willing to negotiate a long term deal, but will they be able to get Darnold to play ball? He probably shouldn't play ball and refuse to negotiate with the team of the Vikings choice, because if the Vikings are forced to let him walk free, he can negotiate with any team, picking his own destination and likely getting more money. I think the transition tag is the same thing as the non-exclusive tag.
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That would be great, but I'm pretty sure the team signing the non-exlcusive tagged player has to give up two 1st round picks. If a team is willing to give up two 1sts for Darnold the Vikings would be like Scrooge McDuck diving into their silo of coins. Ah, all the dreams we had prior to Week 18.......
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Not a bad defense. Which if legit would probably mean this person would come out and explain this. This is almost certainly a jaded voter who's pissed that HIS Mike Schmidt or Derek Jeter or Greg Maddox didn't get in unanimously so he damn well would make sure that Ichiro didn't.
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I can promise my computer has zero cookies for dry January. That was a very passive aggressive ad.
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Well, that comes with being a fan of Minnesota pro teams.
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Um, what is this targeted ad trying to say?
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But that means you'd have to trade the equivalent of that draft pick at minium to get him. I don't want to do that.
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Sorry, but where does he play? 1B? DH? For as fun as his singles are, his .739 OPS was worse than Miranda's .763 last year. Like today's game or not, Miranda is a better offensive option, and nobody on this board seems excited about him.
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I agree, but KC is now the most hated team in the league. I know everyone is talking about the games being rigged, but I'm not sure what motivation the NFL actually has in helping them win. EVERYONE wants Buffalo to win, and if everyone is tired of KC, Buffalo will draw better ratings.
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I don't think I want Arraez back though. I know the BA is nice, but it's really hallow; only singles and he's not even drawing many walks anymore. I'm not giving up extra for him.
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SD trades prospects, they don't trade FOR prospects. Also, the Twins weren't able to do anything to fill offensive holes this offseason, I don't see them trading more than two MLB-ready bats. I mentioned it in another thread, but if this thing is real, my guess is it's Vazquez and Duran. Duran is a really good reliever, but the Twins have to be a bit frustrated that they can ONLY use him in the 9th, even when using Jax in the 9th is preferable.
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Anybody but the Eagles. I know no one likes KC, but seems like just two years ago every one did. So I'm damn well not throwing away decades of despising Philly to flash-in-the-pan hate KC more.
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It's not about the stats, it's about the improvisation. And not just to the prescribed audibles and checked downs. Some of these elite guys do improvisation with their legs, some of them do it with the play calls and their arms. We can't 'know' but I'm quite confident Stafford could turn off his headset and run the offense and be productive. And maybe it's not all about the QB, but partly about the team, because Shanahan wouldn't want an improvisational QB even if Purdy could be one. Purdy does exactly what Shanahan wants him to do; it's his game plan or you're walking home. Could be the same with Williams, he did look like he went off script a lot, but it's the Bears, I'm not sure there actually was a script.
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Coming from Shanahan's system, I'm guessing Slowik is the type of coach who wants to feature the run game and requires the QB to fun his scheme exactly as he draws up. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but if I'm not, that sounds more like Goff than Mayfield who's way more of an off-script gunslinger.
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Well, I'm sure the Cowboy fans are is smiling tonight knowing Jerry just punched their ticket to a championship.
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Seems pretty surprising that the Texans are firing Bobby Slowik. He was supposed to be getting HC offers this year. I know Houston's offense took a step back, but it's still better than people expected it to be before Slowik took over. I wonder if something else is going on there, this was really late to fire a coordinator. Also, I wonder if Slowik will find his way over to Detroit.
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Right. It was a prefect pick. That team is a mess, he'll probably be there just long enough to clean everything up. Seems like a situation where he'll point the club in the right direction, maybe not get them quite to the top, but close enough where everyone will talk about the legacy he left behind. Or at least, I'm guessing that's the script Brady and company are currently writing.
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Good stuff! Funny how now two OCs have gotten jobs because they worked miracles with Baker Mayfield. Like wow, the guy picked at 1.01 can actually play football?!? Who would have figured! It must be the genius OCs who should immediately become head coaches!
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I like the new dysfunctional dynamic that's going on in Tennessee. Where the assistant GM somehow got the ear of the owner, got the GM fired, then got himself promoted OVER the GM position. The Titans are absolutely going to bungle the #1 pick.
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Yeah, he's a legacy coach (Schottenheimer), has been coaching in the league since !!!1997!!! and has never gotten a serious look before. There's a reason.
