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Hitting Cobb a lot was fine...because he was open and often made for big plays. But Cobb only caught half the balls thrown his way...early in the game he did make some big plays, but the 2nd half pass distribution was very frustrating... Rodgers threw at either Lazard or Cobb 11 times, going 4-11 for 49 yards. Rodgers threw at everyone else on their roster 4 times, going 3-4 for 26 yards. There was also an incomplete deep throw towards Dobbs that resulted in an illegal contact penalty. Part of this issue is the defense just not getting off the damn field from midway through the 2nd quarter until the end of the game whenever the Giants had the ball, really limiting GB's offensive possessions.

I posted something similar to this in the game thread...but what drives me nuts with Rodgers from time to time is him seemingly adjusting plays/using RPOs too often to try and force the ball to "his guys" in a way that makes the offense feel way too 1-dimensional and disjointed. Randall Cobb should never, ever get targeted 13 times in a game. That honestly feels like what Favre did towards the end of his tenure in GB with Donald Driver, while largely limiting targets to younger and more athletic receivers. Sure, rookie wideouts need time to develop trust with a veteran quarterback...but that quarterback has to give them opportunities to earn that trust. Amari Rodgers looks to be a bust, but then again the role he's likely best suited for has been taken by Cobb, which has neutered any opportunity for Amari to get offensive snaps. Cobb was targeted 13 times to the tune of 99 yards and 7 catches...roughly 8 yards a target with one catch netting 1/3 of that yardage. Lazard was targeted 8 times for just 4 catches and 35 yards...only 4.5 yards a target. There is zero downfield threat in the passing game right now because the players on the roster who could legitimately provide it are not being thrown the ball in those scenarios. Doubs is getting there, but Watson needs to be more involved than jet sweeps and flip passes while he's streaking across the formation in motion. Basically 40 passing plays and 20 rushing plays in Sunday's game, an unacceptable ratio when at one point the team was up 2 touchdowns and ran the ball just fine throughout when RB's actually were handed the ball.

2023 is 2 months away, so it'd be pretty nice having Keystone as an option to help with increased domestic demand right about now without leaning on OPEC, to be sure. And yes, oil companies cut production on their own when demand was intentionally squashed 2.5 years ago due to COVID, and many drilling operations actually went under because of it. In March of 2020 when domestic demand cratered, there was a proposal to buy and add almost 80 million barrels of oil to the strategic petroleum reserve to bring it to its storage capacity when oil was hovering around $35/barrel and the reserve had about 635 million barrels stored. That proposal was blocked by Congress stating it was a $3B bailout to oil and drilling companies. That amount of oil would cost about $7.5 billion to buy now and add to a reserve that's headed below 400 million barrels for the first time since 1984, if it hasn't already dropped below that point. Demand has been steadily growing since then, but domestic producers really haven't been able to react to it and frankly have zero incentive to do so. Oil and drilling companies have also been hamstrung in search of financing to conduct exploration or bring new wells online for the past 20 or so months.

Randall freaking Cobb cannot be targeted 13 times in the passing game when the rookie WRs get a total of 6 targets. Jones target 3 times. Much of the passing game problems look alot like 2019 Rodgers forcing throws into coverage to guys he "trusts" and not getting the ball to receivers who are actually getting open

Can't they at least try running the ball on 3rd and 4th downs to pick up a 1st down instead of throwing it into the d line?

Unacceptable loss

Not that Venezuela did anything to deserve getting sanctions lifted, but maybe it shaves 25 cents a gallon off at the pump for a few more weeks...SMH Also, Venezuela and Russia are among the heaviest polluters when extracting oil due to both poor system controls (venezuela) and having oil that is dirtier/nastier to refine (russia). Its just sad things have gotten to where they are when there is a much better option domestically.

So is the million or so barrels a day being siphoned out of the strategic petroleum reserve that kept prices from going much higher earlier this year - that looks to continue at least until early November when the election ends and the reserve is down to a pretty precarious level and is no longer an option to keep drawing from. This has been going on for ~6 months already, and there hasn't been anything proactive done to improve supply and prevent another price jump when it has to stop and the reserve actually needs to be replenished (putting even more strain on worldwide demand). Having OPEC state they are reducing the cap on their production is a shock to the market, maybe not immediately spiking oil prices everywhere but inevitably it will. Yesterday's announcement of pulling another 10 million barrels of oil from the reserve into November would put us right at November 10th or 11th on the calendar - ironic to nobody I would hope. The biggest problem with OPECs production cap is it's too low to satisfy global demand when non-member countries are not producing close to the levels they're capable of. Combine that with the fact the US currently has sanctions on several prominent members, any sort of OPEC-wide production cap decrease stings. It's more complex, because limited refining capacity is also a huge factor in this (countries could pump like crazy and refineries wouldn't come close to matching an increased output of finished petro products even if they wanted to). I don't think oil prices will go insanely high, because the global recession is going to do a decent job of squashing demand - which is a really sucky way for gas prices to stagnate between $4-$5 a gallon indefinitely.

The Fed is definitely going to have to rethink its rate hike if oil goes north of $110 a barrel. The only way it won't is if the global economy craters despite all the artificial propping up that is already happening. I saw where some European countries are printing out money to reimburse businesses who can't make enough money to survive selling the goods/services that have had price controls implemented to try and curb inflation on the consumer end. If what you mean is the Fed should increase the monthly rate hikes as oil starts inevitably surging this fall (at a time of year when it typically drops, by the way), than I'd agree with you. At some point there needs to be an acute correction in either domestic energy policy and refining capacity to dramatically increase supply, or significant rate hikes that dramatically drive down demand to get things back to a sustainable and less volatile point. Most likely both need to happen but unfortunately neither probably will anytime soon, making the problem bigger and more painful to dig out of whenever these changes finally do get implemented. It isn't just for gas and diesel to fuel vehicles and transport goods, btw...it's all the other goods and materials that require oil as a raw material to produce.

Agreed with just about everything you said - however I'm not sure Crosby can actually kick the ball out of the endzone at will anymore. If he could, then he would've been doing that the previous few years when kick coverage units were atrocious. Even back then teams were running out kicks 5 yards into the endzone because of how bad Packer coverage units were.

They've been solid, IMO...there has been a punt return here and there that goes off for a few too many yards and their return game still is nonexistent, but it's night and day different not having weekly implosions that were altering outcomes of games and enormous field position disadvantages compared to the previous couple years. Crosby only has a 31% touchback percentage on kickoffs so far in 2022 - far from elite in the NFL, but the special teams aces brought in really have shored up kickoff coverages to negate that weekness. Not great but at least average, which is a huge leap from recent special teams units.

I think with bass fishing tourney's, you almost have to go with weight because otherwise they'd be measuring by the millimeter - as bass get older, they stop growing lengthwise and just start filling out. I tend to agree on a walleye tourney format that it should be based on length - they fluctuate so much depending on time of year in terms of weight, and there's a big enough range of length as they age that a standard measurement system could be feasible. I like how alot of bass tourney's do it now, with getting a scale weight as soon as they get the fish off the hook, verified by an official, and right back into the water.

The other thing to consider - are we really that enthralled with hiring a DC who just let Illinois drop 34 on the Badgers become their head coach just because he's from WI and has put together some solid defenses that frankly padded their stats against teams hat are inept offensively in the Big Ten West? I think Leonard is the natural fit and frankly what makes the most sense is giving him a nice contract before this season ends to maintain continuity in the program - at least on the defensive side of the ball with personnel and recruiting....and rooting for him to succeed. That being said, I don't see how even the best case scenario of him succeeding suddenly elevates the Badger program nationally with skill position recruits they desperately need. One thing WI needs to understand is the haves and have-nots in college football now and even moreso moving forward are the programs that not only rake in $$, but the ones that spend it for coaches/facilities/recruiting....and programs that are set up to offer the best financial incentives for players looking to capitalize on their NIL. If they truly want to remain more than a Big Ten afterthought after the OSU, PSU, Mich, USC, UCLA in a few years, they need to budget and spend like those programs.

Not an excuse for it taking OT to beat a Pat's team on their 3rd string qb....but they have a damn good offensive line and it showed - Packer front 7 had their hands full against the run in the trenches. That plus the Packers basically playing no offense in the first quarter ( Doubs fumble on 2nd play limited their 1st halt time of possession) and that horrible pick 6 Rodgers threw at the end of the first half, it wound up being alot harder to win this game than it looked to be on paper. Winning ugly is better than losing pretty any day

An NFL team waiting on everyone being healthy for the playoffs to flip the switch is a team that winds up going home early.

So who else in the NFL is going to give Gary a run for DPOY?

What team does look like a contender that hasn't already laid an egg or had to win several games ugly? Stay healthy and stack wins while gaining some confidence offensively, and see how things look two months from now.

Hate that challenge...I actually think the play here is to punt and pin NE deep

Alot on Rodgers this game so far...made a few terrible reads and not hitting open receivers

Belicheck may not call a pass the rest of this game just to churn clock Score a couple tds and let the defense dominate

Early London game looking like the officials have the vikings in their confidence picks this week, but the saints still have a shot

Yep, now after a very uneven and old September with very sporadic at bats, hiura is the 2nd best hitter on the roster judging by OPS after Renfroe's recent surge

They got blown out at home against Illinois, thats really all that matters. If the Badgers were even the top 25 program weve grown accustomed to assuming is the baseline for the Badgers over the past 15 years all of the things you mentioned could've happened and they would've still won by at least two scores.

I think 2020 and 2019 were way up there based on badger standards, too...and yet here they are sitting 2-3 and looking like they'll be lucky to win 6 games.

Interesting....something like that would be a possibility if there were a significant generation source nearby that would be worth building a large battery storage facility. Might still be some limitations on access for equipment and how a battery storage facility would be constructed. Most of the current BESS units are built into shipping container-type enclosures for portability, but they weigh a ton and need some serious hoisting equipment during installation. Doesn't mean a BESS unit couldn't be built at the actual facility in a different configuration that fits the space though. Despite being naturally ventilated, I'd imagine it would still take a ton of engineering controls to make an underground mine space a practical site for battery storage due to the hazards they create when things go wrong or break down. Lithium battery fires are no joke, and a big issue with large scale battery facilities is having adequate fire protection measures and spacing for the battery units so that when a fire might start in one cell it wouldn't just wipe out the entire facility. That is much easier to do on a former farm field adjacent to a solar array and/or electrical substation, which is why we're seeing those facilities being constructed at those locations first. It takes tons of water to essentially block a lithium fire from spreading until the area currently burning runs out of fuel - all the while that fire is emitting some really nasty and toxic gases that can also turn into an explosion and/or inhalation hazard in enclosed spaces.