nicksaviking
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So I've been critical of the interior OL, and I still am, but I think they need a coaching change. I don't know anything about (checking....) Chris Kuper but I think a lot of the issues is on him because these guys do not look prepared for situational blocking. Obviously the QB and OL are never going to pick up every blitz pre-snap, but why is it that every delayed blitz up the middle gets through? Why don't the guards or center ever shift off the guy they are blocking to slow down the guy running freely with momentum? You could see it yesterday, they were looking at the blitzer but chose to stick with the lineman they were already engaged with, even though that defender didn't have momentum building towards the QB. Additionally, our screen passes to the backs seem to never work, and at least yesterday I saw why. The Vikings had four OL out in space to block three defenders. However, none of them engaged until Aaron Jones was already wrapped up. They BEAT the defenders out there. Maybe they were all taught to be mindful of PI and not engage early, but they were not in position nor ready for the catch. Not a single one of the lineman were positioned between Jones and the defenders, and it didn't look like they had a plan for whom each of them should block.
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They cold be, but I think Lamar Jackson is capable of carrying a club in a way that Brock Purdy isn't.
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Let’s go Hoosiers!
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Does Michigan actually have a QB? Yet they’re going to win this game.
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So what happens then when Duran and Sands tell the Twins that they want to start again too? Honestly, I think this is foolish and opening up a can of worms that they're even allowing the optics of a pitcher calling his own shots. Just about every other reliever-turned-starter made the transition on another team. Likely because the former team knew it was a dangerous road to tread. -
Former Gopher Jacob Clark went to Missouri State where he's put up big numbers. Missouri State is moving up to FBS which will make them ineligible for the bowls and post season (I think), he could look to jump ship for his senior season. But maybe that's one of those situations where bridges were burned? This free-wheeling transfer stuff is so new that it's hard to get a good read on at the moment.
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Yeah, if it worked once, hard to see them not trying again.
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Yeah, and that includes several inexplicable losses. That team had no business losing to UNC, Rutgers or Michigan and Penn State had no businesses coming back and winning the game last week. Sounds like I'm complaining but I'm not; they keep their focus and Iowa is the only loss.
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But then there needs to be one with the first guy's over-confidence and the second guy's body to represent the Packer fans when they win.
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Seems like we've seen this plenty before where a team continually pulls wins from their butt. I don't think they usually win it all though. Not that I want the Eagles or Lions to win. So the Vikings have some work to do.
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You mean the Raiders bear’d that.
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I was going to say that it should be easier to do the research than the graphics. But nope, guess not, I made this one in two minutes:
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No idea. Based on the unjustified luck the Packers and Badgers have had for about three decades, and the laughably inflated egos the fans have grown because of it, I'm going to say, currently yes?
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I do like seeing Wisconsin as a really, really bad team. I'm not sure how that state ever got good football at all levels, but seems like the fans feel they deserve it but without any justification.
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Well, now I guess I have to hope they hire Josh McDaniels.
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Should the Twins Strike Early for a LHRP option?
nicksaviking replied to DocBauer's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Sure to Poche, no to Chaffin. Chaffin is unreliable year-to-year and has a serious walk issue the last two seasons; that doesn't tend to get better with age. But I really don't care about bullpen splits for lefties any longer. You bring one in to face a left handed hitter and you're almost guaranteeing yourself that he'll then have to face two right handed hitters. Or three or four if he can't get the first two out. -
One winning season for the Bears since 2012. Man, what a fun franchise! I know we've had several good-not-great HC that I was ready to move on from here in Minnesota, but I remember how much the fans HATED Lovie Smith at the end and it turns out he was the only passable coach they've had since Ditka was fired.
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And then his stubbornness in not taking responsibility for the fiasco.
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And while the offense has still been good, they no longer looked like the 1999 Rams the last couple of weeks.
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If I outlive my mom (doubtful) we won’t be doing traditional Thanksgiving. One of my three kids will eat turkey, but none of them will touch anything else without protest until the pie is served.
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That’s exactly what my neighbor did. It looked delicious. But of course his mother in law had to bring a turkey too.
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I don’t think it’s just the QB, it’s an overall soft team. They don’t even bother showing up when the QB is on the IR.
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Well, I guess we are all wrong, the Bears handled the clock correctly. Per Eberflus: https://www.si.com/nfl/matt-eberflus-doubles-down-on-bears-game-ending-clock-management-blunder-vs-lions Dang, I wish he wouldn’t say things that will get him fired, I was looking forward to continuing to see him messing up Williams for several years and then watching Williams leave the division.
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That incompetence was amazing. My jaw dropped lower with every second that ticked off the clock. I was convinced that they’d miss the kick, but the way they butchered the last 30 seconds will be way more memorable.
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Is Daboll bad coaching? He was hired because he turned the very raw Josh Allen into one of the best QBs in the league. Maybe that was a fluke, but Daboll arguably has a better resume than O’Connell, and the only reason he was brought to the Giants was because the idea was that if Daniel Jones had any chance at being saved, this was the guy to do it.
