RandyMarsh

Decker's potential decline is the one hangup for me about dealing potential 1sts for a pass rusher. I feel like we're gonna need a 1st to use on a potential replacement for him.

Montgomery had a bit of a rough game last week but appears to be back to his usual self just barreling through would be tacklers.

First time Cortes has pitched in over a month, poor guy talk about getting thrown straight into the fire.

Oops didn't catch the part about the runners moving up due to that catch. In that case it makes more sense.

Can't believe Boone walked to load the bases, I know it gave him a platoon advantage but not only did it make a single beat you more importantly it forces the pitcher to throw strikes. Cortes does not have the type of command to paint the corners so Freeman knew he was gonna be getting something good.

Walk off GS by Freeman, unbelievable!

Not saying it was the wrong decision but wild to see an IBB to get to a guy who posted a 223 OPS+, the greatest non Bonds season in nearly 70 years.

Cade's made some plays on offense but still just too many bad turnovers.

Turnovers killing the Pistons as is Jerome, to paraphrase Kelser "Jerome is looking like Lebron James out here."

I remember reading some of the articles about him when we acquired him and one(I think FG) said that his arm wasn't good and may prevent him from sticking at catcher so it's good to hear somebody not only say that it isn't bad but that it is good. Stating the obvious but if he can stick at catcher with his bat to ball skills he is going to be a stud.

Darrisaw is really really good, not quite Sewell level but he's pretty close. I believe some metrics like win rate may argue that he has been even better than him in pass protection since they both entered the league.

To quote Michael Scott, "Double Jeopardy we are fine."

One of the football accounts I follow on Twitter brought up a point about the Vikings defense. He said with gadgety type defenses that Flores uses that relies more on different blitz packages and less on actual talent tend to get worse as the season goes on when teams get more and more film on them and make the proper adjustments. Let's see if that plays out that way this year, judging by the last 2 weeks that could end up being the case.

Yeah the false start thing is especially annoying, like Greg Olsen said during the Lions game if the defenders just point at the o lineman he's confident the refs will throw the flag whether a guy moved or not. I mean it's hard to stay motionless in that position for several seconds, especially when you're 6'5 300+lbs so there needs to some leeway.

Haven't heard any updates on Darrisaw but he's the Vikings Sewell so if he has to miss some time that will be a big loss for them.

He could have a prescription but his levels were still too high ie he was overusing them.

Boyd would be good for the first 6-8 weeks of the season before he inevitably gets injured or turns into a pumpkin. Lucky for Cleveland his season didn't start till mid August this year so they got the good stuff out of him and didn't have to deal with the bad.

I think there could be something there with Darnold. He has the physical tools but it was always the mental aspect of things that hurt him in the NFL. Seeing how he started his career with the Jets and their horrible coaching staff and schemes he has some sorta excuse for those struggles. Maybe now that he has competent coaching and a good supporting staff the mental aspect of the game can catch up with his physical gifts.

The thing about Jamo is that even in games where he doesn't produce he makes such an impact on offense being nothing more than a decoy just because of his speed so it's going to be a big loss. Shouldn't be much of a problem against the Titans but against GB it could be the difference between winning and losing. Gonna need Raymond to step up and LaPorta to return to 2023 form.

I feel good about this game either way but I'd feel even better if I knew Levis was starting. BB and Kerby would have a field day with some of the dumb decisions and throws he makes.

Yeah I was gonna preface it with something about the competition getting worse but since I didn't pay much attention to other teams this off-season I wasn't sure if that would be needed. But after going and looking at other teams rosters and the fact this is supposed to be one of the stronger drafts in recent memory teams tanking is something I should have accounted for. I'm guessing that is a big reason for Hollinger getting that 28 number.

Teams have been willing to part with 3 1sts for a QB before but I don't think anything more than 2 has been done for a non qb in recent history so the Raiders may want more but history suggests that if the Lions were to offer 2 1sts and maybe another mid pick they wouldn't be able to get more elsewhere.

28 wins seems optimistic to me. I think a lot needs to go right for that to happen. My number would be more in the 22 to 24 range.

It's too bad the GB game isn't this week cause we may have been able to appeal the suspension which could've effectively delayed it a week but now even if they appealed it would be done by next week and he'd have to miss that game anyway.

Can't speak for hongbit but for me it's the "giving yourself up" like you are going out of bounds only to then turn up field. A defender in that situation is in a tricky situation, if Mahomes would have stepped out like he was acting to then he almost surely would've been called for a late hit so instead he slows up to avoid that only for the QB to then turn it up field.