RatkoVarda

not sure why the Texans signed Danielle Hunter when they already had Will Anderson; why would any team want more than 1 guy who can get to the QB?

22 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Hopefully, they can keep their own stars in the future.

when is Skubal a free agent?

2 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

PS: I still think the Tigers should target Kyle Tucker.

Fits the "control the strike zone" mold.

Better fielding corner OF'er than we have on our roster.

Perfect veteran to match up when Clark eventually comes up...

Has some power to reach the RF seats (don't need 40-50 HR power IMO, I'll take the .380 OBP and the .960 OPS...).

And one of Greene (less likely) or Carpenter (most likely) can be traded for additional pitching. He (KC) of the .290 OBP last year, and .790 OPS and barely average fielding...).

Just my 2 cents.

Tucker would make every team better; it would be a 180 degree shift for Harris and Co to sign a FA to a 350M+ contract

19 hours ago, chasfh said:

That should spell the end of Matt Shaw in Chicago, although if the Cubs end up trading Nico Hoerner instead, they deserve to miss out on the playoffs next year.

Hoerner would be a fantastic fit. with Tucker moving on and Cassie traded, would the Cubs be interested in some LH power and trade 1 year of Hoerner for 3 years of Carpenter?

saves the Cubs, who are right at the CB tax level, about some money as well, about 9M.

2026 Tigers are better with Giolito or Bassitt than without, so I am all in on either

8 hours ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Scary stuff. How did we get here?

a black guy twice got elected POTUS

we probably could have predicted 32M as the ask as Soto has the largest pre-free agency salary ever of 31M. Boras and Skubal are both very interested in setting new price markers, first with the arbitration award, and then in free agency (for both years and total comp).

and there in no way an arbitrator decides Skubal is worth less than Price, so Skubal has already won

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