Fear The Chorizo

I think it's because the Packers coverage unit bails out so far in soft man on those 3rd and longs that there's nobody for the first 5 yards to even try and make a tackle or get blocked.

Getting Campbell back would be nice, too....McDuffie does a good job of getting lost in the line of scrimmage

can they just line up and run off tackle behind Walker and Jenkins a time or two? Is that too much to ask to lean on the weak side of the Raider D line and pick up 4-6 yards on 1st down??

with MLF, it seems like there might be one good, somewhat innovative play that works, then after he sees that he instantly digs even deeper into the playbook feeling lucky and dials one up that even he didn't have at the top of the playsheet.

This needs to be a game the Packer defense dominates and generates a few turnovers

Yeah, I've seen more bad than good from him - I want Tom over at LT and then see if Walker or Nijman can play RT

Carlson making those training camp concerns about a FG kicker a distant memory to start the year.

I swear to God, if MLF has a sheet of plays to run when they're on the fringe of the red zone, he's got to burn it....that endaround/whatever it was to Watson just shot themselves right in the foot again.

Sounds like Aaron Jones is out again tonight🤬

The 49ers' roster has also been bolstered by getting extra draft picks after losing minority assistant coaches/front office people to other teams via a Rooney Rule update in 2020...I'm not sure I really like that formula but it is what it is. They get multiple years of compensatory 3rd and 5th round picks 2-3 years in a row for Saleh, Ryan, Carthon, and McDaniel leaving frisco. If the 49ers are going to win a Super Bowl, it should be this year - they're built for it right now assuming Purdy continues to be an effective distributor of the ball and they don't put too much on him. Not only does the salary gymnastics start hitting them this coming offseason, they're also going to be getting a little on the old side.

I've long thought the solution to this, which would put much more value on how a team performs over a 162-game marathon regular season, is to expand MLB to include 2 more teams (Nashville, Charlotte) shift both leagues to 4- four team divisions and then have those winners play best of 7 series in the divisional and LCS rounds. NL East - Mets, Phillies, nationals, Piraes NL South - Marlins, Braves. Cards. Nashville NL Central - Brewers, Cubs, Reds, Rockies NL West - Dodgers, Padres, Giants, Dbacks AL East - Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles, Blue Jays AL South - Rays, Charlotte, KC, Astros AL Central - Twins, Tigers, Cleveland, White Sox AL West - Rangers, Mariners, Angels, A's 3 wildcards on top of 3 division winners per league had made regular season success and playoff seeding meaningless with how random baseball in October can be.

I dunno - with MN's schedule, a 1-4 start, and now with Jefferson potentially missing some time with a hamstring injury I don't see that team finishing 0.500 this year

ah...forgot about that...thanks!

Dallas isn't winning the NFC east (still have lions, dolphins, bills, eagles twice, seahawks, LAR, and Chargers on their schedule), and I think the two wild cards in the NFC are very likely to be Seattle and the 2nd place NFC South or North team. I think they could squeak in the playoffs but I don't think they're very good, to be honest. Pittsburgh does suck but that division is always weird...assuming Cincy finally gets things together I don't think the Steelers have enough offense to be a legitimate playoff team. 49ers have an extended stretch of consistently tough opponents/environments over the next two months...If they are a total juggernaut they could actually do the Packers alot of favors in terms of keeping teams like the Vikings, Seahawks, and LAR down in the wildcard standings.

My point is, it's early - and they've played great against 5 teams so far this season that have a better chance at all missing the playoffs entirely than two of them making the postseason.

Still a looooong ways to go until winning time in the playoffs, and weaknesses show up in a big hurry with a few key injuries. Yes, the 49ers appear to be the best team in the NFC right now - but Philly and perhaps even Detroit probably could make solid cases to the otherwise. If the 49ers stay healthy on defense, Kittle stays healthy, and McCaffrey doesn't suffer his annual injury that causes him to be a shell of his healthy self for a few months, then I'd expect them to be the favorite to reach the Super Bowl. It's also tough to make out what the Cowboys actually are (3-1 with wins against both putrid NY teams and the lowly pats, with a loss to the Cards), and besides them the 49ers haven't exactly played anyone worth a darn yet this season.

Burnes won the Cy young in 2021, and has not been in the conversation for that award in either of the past two seasons because he hasn't been consistently dominant since. I think the Brewers will get a haul for him from somebody for 1 year of control for a really good starting pitcher...but Cy Burnes he is not anymore.

I don't think the Gophers are any good...but it's a blessing that Bucky doesn't have Michigan on their schedule until a potential big ten title game matchup. That team is crazy loaded, to the point they seem to sleepwalk through the game and still have backups playing in the 4th quarter each week.

Yes, he sucks at it...seems like it takes a full two seconds for the ball to get to the qb

Would be nice if the Badgers found a way to get receivers in their program that could catch the football...and a quarterback that had any sort of accuracy, too.

Regarding Polanco, isn't he a FA this offseason? NM...club options I see, but yeah those options may be pricey enough for the Twins to either try dealing him or just decline his option.

I really don't want this offseason to be focused on anything besides sorting out their longterm rotation options and accumulating potential impact talent with trades of Burnes, Adames, and even Devin Williams. Use 2024 as a legit retooling/rebuild season and open up as many MLB opportunities for their young players to sort things out in the OF and at corner IF positions. If Black can even be a hack defensively at 3rd, he should be their Opening Day 3B. If Black fails there defensively and winds up as a DH candidate, there are other 3B prospects recently drafted who may be fast risers through the system, too. Wilken should be viewed as a legit 1B option with his power, probably not ready right away next season but who knows? If none of the young OFs are dealt as part of any trades, Wiemer should start 2024 in AAA with Mitchell and Frelick the other OF starters opposite Yelich - then if Chourio hits the ground running in AAA he's up and Yelich becomes your fulltime DH for the rest of his contract. I think a healthy Mitchell over the course of a full MLB season will give you 25HR. Once (if) Wiemer figures things out at the plate he's your 4th OF with pop and premium OF defense. Plug Turang in at SS and let him mature at that spot on the cheap for a few seasons until sorting out if one of the other Brewers' SS working through the minors pushes him out of the organization or if that's a position to target via trade when the team is once again ready to contend. Yes, the Brewers need more pop in their lineup - but they've got to give homegrown youngsters MLB time to develop and see if they can find that with who they've already got in house. For a bridge, I like the idea of trying to keep Santana around, assuming (and hoping) guys like Canha and Tellez are gone. Also, find a 2B with at least a little pop in free agency/trade (Jorge Polanco from the Twins on a 2-3 yr deal sounds pretty good and likely pretty affordable). Specific to Devin W., they could get a haul for him with a trade this offseason but the Brewers may want to go into 2024 with him as their established closer - and if they aren't anywhere near contention they'd be able to get a haul for him at the July deadline, too.

Slow down a bit - Detroit figuring it out at this point means they're not a perennial NFL doormat. It's borderline impossible for NFL organizations to NOT be good for a 2-3 year window every so often based on the draft and scheduling systems put into place - but without a franchise-altering quarterback there's only so far you're going to go in terms of winning titles and maintaining consistent on-field success. Jared Goff is not that guy longterm for them, so they still have the most important position to figure out if they want to be serious about being among the NFL's perennial elites. The Bears are just a few seasons removed from being the perceived "best team in the NFC North, with the brightest future", and then their organization made a bunch of horrific personnel decisions and wound up right back down at the bottom of the heap in rapid fashion.

DH = Designated hitter - one who doesn't need to play the field and still gets to hit. This team could have used a Chris Carteresque guy capable of hitting 35+HR in a season hitting right handed everyday in the lineup to be their DH. I'm not saying Hiura is the second coming of Edgar or JD Martinez....but the Brewers' insistence on a MLB roster full of guys who can play defense at multiple positions without a position on their roster dedicated to an everyday DH weakens their offense as a whole, and leads to guys like Yelich and Contreras never actually getting days off and likely wearing down because they wind up DH-ing when they need a rest.

That might be what the Brewers were hoping to do...but Hiura may not have wanted any part whatsoever in that plan