RandyMarsh

I picked the Eagles even though it wouldn't surprise me if they won this week against the Bengals either.

If they get a top flight SS, solid starter and near full season of Tork(May call up) I think they need to shoot for being better than just .500. Last year their SS and 1B combined for just .4 wins. A top flight SS should give you 5 wins by himself and Tork should add 3 to 4 so you're talking potentially 9 wins just in those 2 guys. Factor in progressions from Manning, Skubal and Mize(numbers may be the same but he'll contribute 30-50 more innings) and that could be another 2 to 3 wins there. Sure there's probably going to be some regressions elsewhere to offset some of these gains but I'm thinking if they do make those additions the team's expectation will be closer to mid to upper 80s win total than .500.

I can't comment on the Minny game but as far as the Baltimore game that shouldnt be on Glenn. While I disagreed with not only bringing 3 the fact is we would've stopped them on that 4th and 19 if the one DB didnt blow his assignment. We can fault the coaches and playcalls all we want but some times you just have to blame the NFL player for not doing their job correctly which is what happened there. If we ran a different play and a different player blew an assignment it probably would've resulted in a 1st down as well.

Do the Phillies need a short term starter, that would be right up DD's alley coveting a pitcher with a short track record, bad peripherals but has been pitching recently to a solid era.

Not sure if Tork or Kriedler will get another at bat, if not Tork finishes 1-4(double) and a walk. Kriedler 1 for 3 with a walk. Not eye popping by any means but what was encouraging is that they combined for only 1 K(Kriedler). Considering the MLB quality stuff the competition had I think that is a positive thing.

Aside from getting rid of Shep what I wouldn't give to get rid of that stupid pick to stick game they play. If they want to do that privately or even just in the pre and post show fine go ahead since I rarely watch them anyway but I don't need to see and hear them talk about it throughout the game.

I'm not saying it's gonna happen but I think a Goldschmidt comp is something we could reasonably hope for or perhaps what Matt Olsen is currently doing. They are both pretty elite hitters that still provide a ton of value to their teams despite being a 1b. I think it would be unreasonable to expect a prime Cabrera or Pujols and put the chances of that happening extremely low especially Pujols who in his prime may be the greatest rh hitter of all time.

BTW Tork and Kriedler get to take on former top pitching prospect MacKenzie Gore today so it should be a good matchup.

You can't expect to fill every hole in one off season, hell its kinda unreasonable to expect to have a team without any holes period. Even playoff teams generally have some flaws somewhere. The goal should just be to get better every year, I know that sounds obvious but if you add a player or two this year to make you better and the same next year sooner or later youre going to have yourself a really good roster.

That sucks, was looking forward to seeing him crush AFL pitching too. Oh well after his first full professional season the rest is probably good for him.

People like to bring up him being down the positional spectrum but look around the league there aren't a whole lot of guys out there that can play plus defense at 1st like Tork reportedly does and put up great offensive numbers. I think as long as he can put up something around .900 OPS with solid defense he'll be a 5 win player with a likely high wpa due to his offense and that would more than justify that pick.

You would think Lawrence will get better as the year goes on so in turn so will the jags.

They had Campbell on the radio yesterday with Dan Miller and he said they would like Goff to take more shots down the field and just get bigger plays in general, he said the more plays you run on a drive the likelier you are to run one where you dont execute properly and something bad happens like a crucial sack, penalty or fumble. He blames that on for their issues turning long drives into TDs or even points in many cases. I know the receivers suck and they likely aren't going to come down with any 50/50 balls but you have to atleast try. There's a point where you can be too cautious with your throws and that's where Goff appears to be. Throwing interceptions 40 yards down the field arent the end of the world.

BTW ESPNs projected draft order based off of their FPI metric has us picking 2nd and the Rams picking 28th.

I think the Bills model is the best, yes Allen struggled the first couple years despite having a solid team around him but I think that was more due to him being a raw talent coming from a small college than anything. If we use that same blueprint but instead the qb we draft isnt as raw we may see immediate success much like LA has gotten with Herbert.

Yeah after thinking about it I agree its best to just wait atleast another season cause we're not gonna save much by extending him now vs. then. Certainly not enough to risk him turning into a pumpkin or suffering a serious injury.

Yes when Candy first got here he hit well and looked like a promising young player. In fact that offseason notorious Tigers hater Keith Law had him on his list for best players in the MLB under the age of 25 so he isn't entirely a late bloomer. He just had a couple years of bad baseball after his great start.

As Sagnam said you can't take a qb just to take one, also there is no hard and fast rule on when to take a QB. There are different scenarios all throughout the league that have proved to work but imo the worst way to go is drafting a qb when you still have a ton of holes all over the field.

I have no interest in taking any of the QBs with our first pick, take BPA with our 1st and WR with our second. 2023 looks to be shaping up much better for QBs with guys like Bryce Young, CJ Stroud and more. Since we're gonna suck next year too might as well wait and get a better guy while also building up the rest of the team first.

This may be the end of Jon Gruden period as far as any high profile job whether it be in coaching or announcing. I just can't see a team, program or network touching him after the things that he said, atleast any time soon. He'll be in his mid 60s before I think any major entity would even consider hiring him and by that point Gruden may not even want a gig.

Save for a terrible stretch in June where he also spent a week on the bereavement list(I'm gonna assume that isnt a coincidence and pretend that something else was on his mind which explains the struggles) he's been really good his last 200 games. I like to think that he will continue to be a low .800s OPS guy with solid defense for the next 3-5 years so Id be comfortable giving him something like 4/60 or 5/75. If he continues to play the next 2 seasons like he has in the last 200 games he willl certainly be able to get more than 15m a year on the open market but getting that long term security now may be worth it to him to potentially leave some money on the table.

Didn't see the game but it looks like the Lions the lost at the buzzer again. There has to be no bigger guarantee in all of sports than a kicker lining up for a game winning field goal against the Lions. The Goal post might as well be 2 miles wide cause either way you know it's going to be good.

Completely off topic from this but as a scout can you explain whats up with Mize's splitter? Like that graded as a 70 pitch when he was drafted now its non existent. How does something like that happen?

He isn't perfect by any means and I certainly wouldn't take him with our first pick but Desmond Ridder really intrigues me. He misses some throws some time but he is athletic as hell and has a hose for an arm. I wouldn't be opposed to taking him in the 2nd round if he is still there. Prescott, Cousins, Wilson, Derek Carr, Jalen Hurts and Jimmy G are examples of QBs taken outside the 1st in the past 10 years that have turned out solid and in the case of Wilson elite so its not impossible for a guy drafted there to succeed.

I have never met him in person at all but after the debate I talked about above he started "following me" and anytime I would post pics of my dog he would usually like it or comment on it. I always thought that was cool since I was this completely nobody and at first he was writing for a national publication and then was on a big league team.