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kinda weird that they started Eguakun two weeks in a row and then just let the Browns poach him today.

but he was really, really bad last week. Colon or Glasgow I guess will start at C.

3 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said:

BUTTS GETTING WARM

13. Dan Campbell, Lions, he is lucky he works for the team he does.

guys with too much noise in their stance need to calm it down, and guys who are too rigid need to be more dynamic

the "eff Ben Johnson" chants week 2 seemed unnecessary and did not help the season-long bad karma

My prediction: the first 3 plays on offense will be runs up the middle for 3, -1, and 2 yards.

"We're a running team first and I thought it was important to establish the run behind 3 rookies including a practice squad C, who I like to pretend are All-pros even though everyone knows they are not."

McGonigle is both a unicorn and a strawman. If he is ROY, and he certainly could be, that does not turn Wilmer Flores or Thayron Liranzo into better prospects. If you are all in on McGonigle (and you absolutely should be) that does not mean that the best bet is still predicting that most prospects will fall short of expectations.

And I am happy to put Max Clark into (almost) the same bucket as McGonigle, as he might provide average (above average?) hitting and above average (premium?) D at an up the middle position - but again Clark is both a strawman and a (lesser) unicorn.

For the below, so far we have 3 DFAs (or the equivalent) plus 3 releases looming. 2 average starters. 2 injured pitchers.

8 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

I don't want to see or hear it but I think Montgomery will be traded.

everything should be on the table

2025 draft could be solid

2024 is just really bad: traded up for Arnold, when early 2nd round guys are now better, healthier; drafted yet another injured player (Rakestraw) who (shocker!) has been injured for 2 years; traded up for Manu, LOL!; traded up for Vaki, LOL! which is indefensible when you already had Monty, Gibbs, Reynolds; Wingo is too small to do anything in their system; Mahogany, almost be default could be best pick.

most of us will be dead before the NFL sees another game like yesterday's: 3 yards passing and a double digit win

 The only other teams that have won games with fewer than 10 net passing yards over the past 40 years are the 1987 St. Louis Cardinals (4 yards) and the 2006 Houston Texans (minus-5 yards). It's even rarer to win by a double-digit margin, with the last victory for a team by at least 10 points with less than 5 net passing yards coming in 1974.

with the season on the line, Dan started and played Eguakun over Glasgow, who dressed for the game?

2 fumbles are the direct responsibility of Eguakun, 2 fumbles that I will say Glasgow would not have made

terrifying thought: they are trying to get Eguakun (next man up!) ready for his starting 2026 role

looks like they kept the wrong coach

if a team lead by Matt Patricia played like this, people would be calling for his immediate dismissal

Dan's built up a lot of goodwill and I am not calling for his head, but this was a gutless performance

hard to believe that this is all they have to offer in an elimination game

3 minutes ago, romad1 said:

It’s an undermanned team

an unmanned team that Dan Campbell is pretending is not a undermanned team

which is why he sticks with the same plays even though the personnel cannot competently run what he is calling

he refuses to adjust because he would rather lose his way, then win another way

Dan Campbell is a huge part of the problem right now

they get to spend Christmas in Utah?

one extreme is bring back Decker and Ragnow and keep it all the same for a year - Decker-Mahogany-Ragnow-Ratledge-Sewell

the other extreme is both go, Sewell slides to Goff's blind side, Ratledge moves to C, and Mahogany flips to RG, 100% turnover - Sewell-Frazier-Ratledge-Mahogany-Rookie

if Brad tells us he really likes Eguakun's and Manu's progress, I'm gonna lose it

Vecenie has his top 40 trade article out for The Athletic. He has Det as good fits for AD, Dosunmu, McCollum and Schroder.

I know there are a lot of opinions about him, and no idea what LAC are doing as their lottery pick goes to OKC, but John Collins could give the bench some scoring punch.

could audition him as a future replacement for Tobias (5 years younger)

not sure we need or want another Skubal article, but Cody dropped another one today, basically comparing Bets, Soto, and Pedro trades to Skubal's situation

this is a good quote

“In some ways,” Cubs executive Carter Hawkins recently said, “if you’re always on one of the particular sides of a deal like that — like the quote-unquote ‘Tucker side’ or the ‘prospect side’ — if you do that over and over and over again, it’s probably not good for your organizational health.

“If you’re never, ever taking on risk in terms of giving future talent away, you might miss the chance for some upside seasons. And vice versa — if you’re always just accumulating asset value, you never actually have that come to fruition.”

this team is really, really talented AND they have a QB, so the foundation is very strong. they just need to fix the OL, but even still they may lead the league in scoring with a crap OL! I think the D will take a while (2 seasons) to fix.

Brad failed to do job #1 as GM - build strong OL and DL

I see the Red Sox continue to acquire proven major league players, even though it may block prospects. if they keep this nonsense up, they might win the brutal AL East.

best case is Ragnow and Decker come back for a year as they give replacements some snaps as well

Decker/(future RT) - Mahogany/Frazier - Ragnow/(future C) - Ratledge/Frazier - Sewell

if Ragnow can see what we see - the SB is still a ways away - then maybe he does not come back

and if you want to see what the OL will look like without Decker, see yesterday's game when Glasgow was out

the reason they wanted to move Ratledge in training camp to C is they could see what was coming, but they did not have time to prepare him; you can always find a G (see: Mahogany, Frazier) but a real C is hard to find

they need to fix this

and carrying Manu for 3 years of ziltch is getting annoying

59 minutes ago, oblong said:

By cancelling it did they draw more attention to it? 

they are probably correct that they will pay no price for this

incredible power move by Weiss, a grifter who amassed fame, money and power by constantly saying she was cancelled (while working for the NYT, publishing books and creating her own media company) to make this hypocritical cancel culture move, and she will be rewarded for it probably. I see some other journalists (effing institutionalists) who ran cover for her when she was appointed (in part because she was a woman) are now silent.

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MAGA: yes! you have fallen in line, but tomorrow will be another test for your loyalty

Dems: that's awful but we cannot do anything about it because of norms

Other third of Americans: declines to look up from their phones to learn who the current VP is

when investigating the MAGA dude who shot that other MAGA dude, Patel would not leave the FBI jet until the FBI tactical jacket they found for him (size: Woman's Medium) was adorned with the super special Velcro patches that Patel saw the real agents were wearing

the injuries suck, but they are playing like crap in multiple phases - thanks 100% coaching failure

Holmes failed the GM's basic job of building winning teams - strong lines

they are pissing away so much talent