RandyMarsh

The Rays are going to pick up Maton and he's going to make the All Star team.

I saw that and personally from the Royals perspective I wasn't that big of fan of it due to all the opt outs. They basically gave him opts out on every one of his would be FA deals so KC is taking on all the risk now without being able to reap any possible rewards if in 5 years Witt is viewed as a top 5 player and viewed as a guy that could get 400 million on the open market. Without the opt outs they would be reaping some rewards by getting him at "only" some 35 million a year but with them he will just opt out or re work the contract where he is paid his worth if he ends up being a top tier superstar. OTOH if he completely flames out and never hits his full potential then KC is on the hook for nearly 300 million dolllars.

Haha, he did say though that if it was an offense only list he would clearly make it but the fact that he doesn't seem to have a position and may be destined to DH is why he made the "just missed" list.

Yeah I could see the Tigers winning 90 games if everything goes right and they get lucky with things like 1 run games or runners on base/scoring position. OTOH I wouldn't be shocked if they lost 90 games if luck went south or they have some key injuries.

I think the Ragmow retirement talk stems from him talking about always being in pain and overall just how beat up he is. Then mentioned something along the lines of going to the Pro Bowl to "get away from things"(or something of that nature) gave people the thought that maybe he was doing some soul searching or something that may lead him to the conclusion that he is just tired of always being beat up and maybe it's time to hang things up.

It's one of the things that I'll believe when I see but Colin Cowherd is saying that Caleb Williams camp told him that they will not play for the Bears if they draft him. I believe Colin cause I think he has alot of USC connections but still skeptical that they will actually stick to that threat.

Should have the Marlboro logo.

We'll see as the process gets further along but there's always guys falling. Last year guys like Joey Porter, Cam Smith and Brian Branch were being thrown around for our 2nd pick most of the draft process and they all lasted to the 2nd round. I will say though obviously given how productive our first four picks were last year(well maybe not so much Campbell but I still have high hopes for him) it's hard to be too critical of Holmes but I'd feel alot better at this point if we would've taken a true CB instead of drafting Hooker or Martin. There were still some good ones available at those points last year.

Damn Carl Weathers died, only posting it here cause the last thing I saw of him was the Fan Duel commercial with Gronk during the Lions game last week and then commenting on how he gave me "Aaron Glenn vibes" with his gray facial hair.

Bucs Center Ryan Jensen just announced his retirement. Between him and the rumored Jason Kelce retirement lets hope they aren't giving Frank any ideas! Of course those guys are quite a bit older than Frank but given how beat up Frank always seems to be he may be thinking long and hard about stepping away from the game.

I doubt it, I mean Javy has been here two years now and Mayer hasnt even gotten to AAA yet. The timelines simply don't match up.

I'm always a bit weary of drafting guys early from smaller schools but watching film on him and I'm really liking that DB from Toledo Quinyon Mitchell. Outside of the aforementioned smaller school he seems to have all the boxes checked, good size, speed(apparently a verified 4.3 40) and the type of ball hawking skills you love to see from an early corner as he led the nation in pass break ups in 2022 and 23.

Jung probably wouldn't be called up till atleast July so we'll see how Keith looks at 2nd till then. If he looks like he can handle himself fine there then you may consider using Jung as a trade chip or see how he looks at third base. I noticed that he was playing some innings there in the AFL so maybe that's something the Tigers already have in mind. Worst case scenario you can always mix and match guys, I have found just like with pitching you can never have enough bats and good managers find a way to shoe horn them into the lineup nearly everyday.

From the stuff I read and the vids I have seen I feel fairly confident that Jung will be atleast steady at 2b. By that I mean he will make the plays he's supposed to and not embarrass us there. Keith Im not as confident in but I feel like he can be a similar type.

I don't put much stock in schedule strength at this point cause there are always teams that end up better or worse than they appear at this point. Also in regards to playing a 1st place schedule, well in most divisions there is little to no drop off from the 1st place team to the 2nd place team, they are almost always pretty interchangeable so there really isn't much difference in my eyes there. Also we played 9 road games this year and will only play 8 next year so that helps offset things too.

I will say the only thing I feel pretty confident about in regards to being tougher next year is if we do reach the divisional round again I do think you are likely to face a more talented and better team than the Bucs were. We did get fortunate in that regards cause usually by then you are facing 11+ win teams.

Yup, also I already have seen some people on twitter talk about how "progression isn't linear" and just cause the Lions have young players doesn't mean they are going to be better but then you will hear people say how it will be harder next year cause the Packers and Bears will be alot better cause of growth from their young players. So progression is guaranteed in some people's minds for Lions rivals but not in the case for the Lions.

It's not a given they will be back but it won't be any easier or harder to get there next year than it was this year. It's just a fallacy of a cliche to say it will be tougher the next time. Teams weren't overlooking the Lions this year, they were the most hyped non playoff team coming into the season hence them being on the opening night of the season. Teams knew they had to be up to play against them and gave them their best just like they will be next year too.

Yep I'm definitely not watching this one, it would've been hard regardless with the Lions losing but just the thought of the Kelce/Taylor crap along with hearing the Mahomes slobberfest by Tony Romo on commentary will just be too much for me to stomach.

Yeah I agree, you never know if you will get another chance like this to get to the Super Bowl but I do feel confident that this isn't just one of those one and done fluke years. The Lions should be in the thick of things in the coming years barring something unforeseen like Goff reverting to a pumpkin or the o line completely regressing.

Sutton's collapse down the stretch was certainly disappointing but I do wonder if the injury he reportedly had(can't remember what it was at the moment) effected him at all. It seemed to coincide with when it was reported that he may miss some time.

I blame myself for the Gibbs fumble, like clockwork the moment I point out how awesome a player is playing or is they immediately start to suck. After Gibbs TD I proclaimed he was "him" and after that he didn't do anything much and had the killer fumble.

He did but still for his career he is only like 70% from 40 plus which by kicking standards isn't very reliable. Teams are like 50% on 4th and shorts(the Lions even better) so he felt that the odds of converting were similar and he trusted his top 5 offense to be able over a bottom 5 kicker and guess what? The play was there, right in the receivers hands, Reynolds catches that pass at a much higher percentage than Badgley does making kicks from that distance.

I generally don't like rooting for the team that you lost to but definitely rooting for the 49ers to beat the Chiefs even though I likely won't be watching it.

I don't think he'll throw the kicker under the bus but like I said before I just don't think he has confidence in him outside of say 30 or 35 yards. That may or may not be fair to Badgley but I just think if we had a kicking game he had confidence in he would've kicked them.