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  1. LouisEly
    Stephen A. Smith is priceless this morning on First Take. Hopefully you set the DVR. See if you can find a replay.
  2. LouisEly
    Once Chourio makes the ML roster (and I don't think that opening day is a given despite the contract) I think Yelich will be the primary DH. A defensive outfield of Chourio, Frelick, and Mitchell will be like having four OFs. There will be plenty of ABs available for Yelich, Frelick, Mitchell, and Chourio with Wiemer at AAA. Perkins is nothing more than a backup.
  3. LouisEly
    The Packers have more playoff wins at AT&T Stadium than the Cowboys do. (Not including a Super Bowl win.)
  4. LouisEly
    Northwestern beat Purdue a month ago. Give Northwestern some credit - they're good enough to beat a top-5 team (ranked #1 going into this week).
  5. LouisEly
    If Slaton would have kept his cool they would have been fine.
  6. LouisEly
    I"m not going to say anything... I'm not going to say anything... I'm not going to say anything...
  7. LouisEly
    It gave their opponents a better chance to get out of town safely instead of being stuck there.
  8. LouisEly
    FBTC down 6% today. Bitcoin down 8%.
  9. LouisEly
    Purdue lost to Nebraska. Kansas lost to UCF. Houston's the last remaining undefeated team and probably is going to be #1 next week. Wide open this year.
  10. LouisEly
    And the thing that people aren't talking about - tampering, and having to continually recruit your own players. If there's one person who has the clout to get everyone on the same page and establish some regulations (without getting sued for anti-competitive practices), it might be him. Hopefully that's his next venture.
  11. LouisEly
    What makes you believe that acquiring Sale - who hasn't pitched more than 103 innings in a season since 2019 and more than 160 innings in a season since 2017 - makes them bow out of acquiring Cease or Burnes? Add to Sale's injury history the fact that Smith-Shawver hasn't pitched 100 innings in a pro season yet, and the Braves still haven't acquired anyone who can reliably get them through October. Their problem isn't getting to October - it's getting through October.
  12. LouisEly
    Oh, I agree - an elite, All-Pro caliber LT is worth 19, 41, and a 3rd... ... assuming they actually develop into that elite, AP-caliber LT. But you have to account for risk. Maybe they can't stick at LT (McGlinchey, Conklin, Scherff, Gallery), maybe they get injured (Becton, Derek Sherrod), maybe they develop a medical condition (concussions, heart issue), maybe they can't adapt to the pro game (Joeckel, Jason Smith) or get in legal trouble and are out of the league in 4-5 years. In the event that they don't become that elite LT, three high picks were used to get a player who isn't worth three high picks. Trading more than two high picks for a player often doesn't work out.
  13. LouisEly
    By far the biggest offseason need is safety. The only guys under contract next year are Johnson and Zayne Anderson; everyone else is an unrestricted free agent. Given that they will be drafting no lower than #19, they're in a great spot to get either Cooper DeJean or Kamren Kinchens without reaching. Will probably have to move up from #41 to get Tyler Nubin, but with two picks in the 2nd and 3rd I think they are going to move up from #41 anyway. Moving up to get Alt or Fashanu will cost at least #19, #41, and a 3rd. Just too much. Quick, way-too-early guesses based just off of PFF rankings: #19: DeJean, Kinchens, McKinstry #41: Patrick Paul, Tyler Nubin, Byron Murphy #52: Powers-Johnson, Denzel Burke, Brenden Rice #83: Javon Bullard, Braden Fiske, Sedrick Van Pran #92: Khyree Jackson, Donovan Edwards, Jaden Hicks #120: Ray Davis, Kamal Hadden, Javon Foster Looks like Lazard getting benched at the end of the season might push his comp pick down to the 5th round,
  14. LouisEly
    Wow, they restocked that LB room quickly. I know they wanted to rotate their LBs in/out a lot more than they did. Going to be some competition in the ILB room. Guessing; 1st string: Jaheim Thomas, Tackett Curtis 2nd string: two of Jake Chaney/Sebastian Cheeks/Christian Alliegro (Alliegro may move to OLB) 3rd string: Bryan Sanborn, Tyler Jansey OLB: 1st string: Darryl Peterson, Aaron Witt 2nd string: John Pius, Jeff Pietrowski (or Alliegro) 3rd string: Leon Lowery, Lafaele/Heiberger I could see Witt putting on 15 lbs now that he's healthy and moving to DE, given the shortage there.
  15. LouisEly
    Washington had their chances. Penix missed several guys who were wide open for big gains. Looked like the Badgers defense forgetting to show up in the first quarter. The interception where the OL stepped on Penix's foot was bad luck and gave UM a short field. Gives credibility to Ohio State's claims of deserving to be in the playoffs, and hopefully helps dispel the notion that we should bow to the SEC for playoff selections.
  16. LouisEly
    Moving forward, can we please put all minor league deals even if they include a ML camp invite in the minor league section so we can avoid this kind of reaction to a minor league signing?
  17. LouisEly
    Doesn't matter, the Bears still suck.
  18. LouisEly
    Mark Brunell had a pretty nice career. According to Pro Football Reference, Corey Linsley is ahead of Jones as well.
  19. LouisEly
    Teams also hope that the free agents they sign live up to their past performance and hope that they don't get injured.
  20. LouisEly
    Maybe, just maybe, it's the impactful players who don't want to sign and not the Brewers because it's early January and the impactful players are trying to see if someone will give them more years/$$ than they're worth. Last I checked, your saviors Rhys Hoskins and Matt Chapman haven't signed with anyone.
  21. LouisEly
    But that's already factored into the price of Bitcoin and why the price has been driven up. And if the uptake of Bitcoin post-approval isn't what was anticipated into the speculation that has driven up Bitcoin price the last year, or if it isn't approved by the SEC, then Bitcoin price will drop like a rock. Point being, as Jim Cramer says, you only need to get rich once. Once you have your nest egg and can retire comfortably, there is no need to risk it.
  22. LouisEly
    Yes, I would feel comfortable investing with them because I've known them for 30 years and I know how they think. But they don't live anywhere near me and I have another family friend who is a financial advisor and my parents have referred so many people to him that he gives me free investment advice. I can't speak to company culture, but I'd ask any investment advisor why they went to work for EJ/Merrill Lynch/whoever as opposed to another firm and if they've worked for them their entire career.
  23. LouisEly
    I have some friends who work for Edward Jones. Things to ask them: What were your "biggest hits" in the last 3-5 years? Why did you like them? What were your "biggest misses" in the last 3-5 years? What were you wrong about? How do I access to my account to be able to see my holdings & transactions? (If they say you can't, run.) Make sure you get account-generated statements and research where your funds are held. Here's my retirement number. How do I get there from here? What are your fees? How are they paid? Give them half of your investments. Keep the other half and mirror their investments. I'm not a fan of turning everything over... my uncle got taken for almost everything after he sold his business. In fact, take your nest egg that you can't afford to lose and here are your investments: Large-cap value fund or S&P 500 fund: 30% Mid-cap value fund: 15% Small-cap value fund: 15% Real-estate fund/gold: 5% International fund: 5% Bonds: 30%
  24. LouisEly
    1) How about an example from baseball? B) Those teams/owners can do that because they get revenue sharing from big, national TV contracts. They can go over the cap because they are still turning a profit due to revenue sharing. Each NFL team gets $250M/year in revenue from the national TV contracts. Makes it easy to go "all-in".
  25. LouisEly
    So, the Brewers are not allowed to make any trades or sign anyone in the offseason until they sign a big-name free agent. Did I get that right?
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