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Congratulations to your 2024 NL Central champions!
Fear The Chorizo replied to markedman5's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I still think the 2008 team was best positioned to win it all....until Sheets went down around this point of the regular season. Forcing CC to go on 3 days rest multiple times to ensure a WC berth torched their pitching, and if they would've had a healthy Sheets and better rested CC at the start of any series that team would've been a tough out. 2018 they were 1 game away from the WS, too. It's nice to try and make comparisons to multiple postseason ballclubs I watched instead of having to go back to 1982, when I was a toddler. Playoff baseball is so random, I'm happy they're in with key pieces performing well and give them a good chance of making a memorable run this October. Really wish we had the Yelich of the 1st couple months of this season healthy and in the middle of this lineup still, though. This Brewers team has a great mix of talent scattered all over its roster, does many things well, and can win games in so many ways. I do have much more confidence in their ability to plate enough runs against playoff pitching this year than other seasons where the pitching staff was the driver and if Yelich wasn't right we all knew runs were going to be tough to come by. -
One of the knocks on him even while he was mostly dominant in college was that he never really had to go through reads quickly and make the right decision on where to go with the football on time - he relied on talent and being able to make plays after the initial route trees broke down - often by his own intent by not throwing immediately to the open read, ala improvisation. Aaron Rodgers had a really good run of years in GB doing that once he was already on a HOF track and after knowing what everyone was doing on the field (both offensively and defensively) based on NFL experience. He also had to for a few years because his stable of receivers were brutal at getting open themselves with predictable playcalling and declining athleticism. Right now, Williams is still playing like he's at USC, without a full understanding of his own playbook, and no clue what defenses schemed to confuse and pressure him are doing. The Bears have done alot in terms of surrounding him with what seems to be a solid group of skill position players - but their O-line is still a question mark. Solidly agree that he's got the talent to turn into a great NFL quarterback, but the toughest part for him will be changing how he plays the game to fit into NFL competition. Otherwise, he's got alot of Ryan Leaf in him.
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I thought the switch to the 4-3 would lead to Quay being shifted to a Will LB position, which I think really suits his skillset...instead due to personnel limitations and lack of experience at that position, he's the primary MLB - which doesn't allow him to pick a lane and fly around - he's busy sifting through blocks and trying to make reads instead, making him passive at the point of attack all too often. I really do hope once Cooper is more comfortable in the MLB role, we'll see Walker on the outside more where his skillset and athleticism can shine.
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2024 MLB Miscellaneous News
Fear The Chorizo replied to sveumrules's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
they do - one of them is about to hit 50HR this year -
Agreed, and that sentiment doesn't even take into account the lack of EV comps to ICE vehicles manufactured for consumers in developing countries, where a Civic would be considered luxurious. Sure, people will continually say that "those more budget-friendly EV's will be here and to market soon"...without realizing the sheer scale of what they are assuming can readily happen actually is globally.
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Splitfinger fastballs probably are harder overall on the arm because of the tension pitchers need to put on the baseball with the fingers (and tendons going further into the forearm to the elbow) - traditional sliders are also hard on the elbow ("turn the door knob" sort of release action), but as Bauer indicates above grip adjustments can create an effective slider without so much torque on the elbow.
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That was how they had such a good 2022 regular season - we all knew they were frauds and were quickly bounced out of the playoffs at home against the Daniel Jones-led Giants that year. They are a team constantly in transition with a thin roster that's log in the tooth a key spots - a couple injuries to the wrong guys and they're going to get exposed.
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I think the Bryce Young situation has more to do with a college Heisman winner on a juggernaut college program being overrated heading into that draft, and a bad Panthers team made the wrong selection. There have been plenty of collegiate QBs with all the accolades get picked high and instantly flame out. It's too lucrative an opportunity to pass on being a professional football player that will be drafted in the top 5 to stay in college, no matter what the NIL money amounts to. Jordan Love (a late 1st round developmental pick) had a great half of one season 4 seasons into his pro career and is now generationally wealthy.
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Game 2: Colts @ Packers - Sunday, Sept 15th at 12PM
Fear The Chorizo replied to CheezWizHed's topic in Other Sports
absent the fumble by Jacobs going in to score a TD and a missed FG, yesterday was a great game for the Packers that could have easily been a curb-stomping compared to a game that hung in the balance to the last hail mary play. Asking for more out of Willis or a better overall gameplan (both offensively and defensively) is just getting greedy week 2 with a backup quarterback getting the home opener start. GB dominated the trenches a week after it felt like they were getting pushed around a bit too much - great bounceback team W. -
Monasterio is the guy who should be DFA'd
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Jackson Chourio Appreciation Thread
Fear The Chorizo replied to homer's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Youngest ever to have a 20/20 season in MLB....congrats Jackson! -
Week 1 loss looked ugly, yes - had GB offense turned one of those early red zone opportunities from Eagle turnovers into a TD, that game plays out differently and the Packers probably are 1-0. Love played poorly, to be frank - but so did the rest of the team....which is an annual week 1 frustration for Packer fans besides when they play the Bears. Packer defense was far from good, obviously...but it's easy to forget how stacked the Eagles' offense is. A healthy Barkley was dynamic, and I don't think there's a better WR duo in the league than Brown/Smith on the outside. Plus the Eagles still have a pretty good O line. I think that team wins their division rather comfortably this year, despite the annual Cowboy hype. Losing by 1 score, week 1 to a playoff team in flipping southern Brazil on a field that looked like it was 2 inches of fresh sod thrown on top of an ice rink isn't the end of the world.
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Meh...not making proclamations in week 1 in today's NFL. There will be another team or two that have something to say about that inevitability. NFL now is kind of a "Wake me up when it's november" to know who's good and who's healthy enough to make a run.
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Important to remember the last time the Packers played both of those teams, they were just as if not more physical than both of them.
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Naw...everyone in Jets land is getting fired later this year
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That's being generous, too
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Would be nice if Love could wind up with a 50 % completion percentage by the end of the night, tough...ish
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While true, I'm putting zero emphasis on tonight's game (good or bad) on what this team and what Love will be at the end if the season. September NFL regular season football is a horrible product with the changes to training camps and having 17 regular season games. This is like what the NFL hall of fame preseason games used to be like 15 years ago...and it's being played thousands of miles away from either of these teams' home stadiums on a garbage field.
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That declined extra point to run Jacobs I to a wall early this game while going for two instead would look pretty nice tacked onto that score right now...
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Holy moly the laundry in this game...even uglier that it's all justified flags, too
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That happens to alot of DBs...don't really love whatever this scheme/gameplan is against the skill position weapons the Eagles have. Looking like a track meet game now
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Yes, they shouldn't even be playing on this field. NFL should be ashamed of itself
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Nfl game on a middle school quality field
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No real preseason and 1st game traveling to a different hemisphere...yeah this is borderline unwatchable
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What is wrong with Aaron Ashby?
Fear The Chorizo replied to Mr Southpaw's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Woodruff, Ashby, Freddy, Rea, Hall.... Miz....Montas maybe? Tobias....Gasser 2nd half??? 2025 looking pretty exciting on the rotation side of things if you ask me.
