buddha

yikes.

the storyline will be the chiefs. it doesnt really matter who they are playing. the st brown thing does add an extra wrinkle that they can play with, putting him on local tv and such.

the storyline will be the chiefs and st brown speaking german. the lions will not be a storyline. the lions need to actually win something and be good for a while for foreigners who dont religiously follow the nfl to know who they are. there will likely be more tom brady jerseys there than lions jerseys.

i think watson is going to be really good next year.

patbev signing with the bulls is perfect symmetry. the player i hate the most signing for the team i like the least. the only thing better was if the bulls signed westbrook and brought in steve kerr to coach.

as you say, i dont think they traded hock because they didnt like him or tight ends that can stretch the field, its that they didnt want to pay him after this season and he was valuable enough to get something back in trade. also, st brown's emergence sort of made hock expendable. they both operate in the same spaces. theyre also both going to have to get paid. so they traded one of them.

there's an argument that russ is the least valuable player in the league if you consider how much he dominates the ball.

he looks ready for a more ambassadorial role. like the ambassador to burger king.

leddy had a track record and has talent. same with bertuzzi. if they want to deal bert they'll be able to get something good for him.

miguel does....uh.....not look like he's in the "best shape of his life."

why would another team trade for our deadwood?

ok...

no one person is going to have that deep of a knowledge of the thousands of players in the minor leagues of baseball based on five or ten minutes of watching them play and a look at their box score stats. that's all keith law is. hey, its fun. i like to read about it, but im not going to get bent out of shape about it. one thing is for sure: the prior tigers regime was terrible at identifying and developing talent. as long as they were in charge the tigers were going nowhere. now we have a new regime and we have hope again.

williams is a bruising physical back. sanders is not. they are not like for like. sanders would be a swift replacement,not a williams replacement.

fyi, carter has some character red flags too...

rb is actually a need too! williams is a free agent and isnt getting any younger. swift will be a free agent after next year and isnt getting any healthier.

that's a bit premature, imo. they still have one of the worst defenses in the league. but they have a lot of young players, many of whom got better in the second half. hopefully it continues.

that was my thinking. bears trade down with indy thinking they can still get carter there. so if you want him, you'll have to trade up to 3 to jump the bears. bears would then take anderson. problem for the bears is that houston may not take a qb. they may take anderson or carter. indy may want to stay put too. if the bears want to trade down they may have to go to 7 or 9, which would put them too low for carter/anderson. so they may end up picking one of them at one.

imagine if bert, fabbri, and vrana were healthy and sober all year? also imagine if we played in the west. alas...

two first rounders for bert.

jinx

bert works the boards and sets up the goal.

tyler toffoli got a first, a fifth, a player and a prospect. i suspect bert would (or should) fetch something similar. maybe more than that.

i bet its higher than his production this year would warrant. he has a long track record of playing that way, in a way that should bode well for the playoffs. at least that's what ive heard repeatedly. im not as sure. yes, if he stays disciplined on offense and crashes the net it will be helpful. for sure. but weve seen so many times bertuzzi being undisciplined and turning the puck over. cant have that in the playoffs.

i take those things with a grain of salt. shanahan's offense with a running qb will be hard to stop. its already hard to stop.