Fear The Chorizo

They are paying him $8m a year, not $5M. Honestly any mlb team can throw that much money at a manager - the fact nobody has come close to paying a manager that amount annually ever before tells me it's insane. It would be the equivalent of Ohtani signing a free agent deal for $90m a season for 10 years - completely out of bounds no matter how good they are.

Disagree - paying a manager basically double what the highest annual salary previously was for that position makes zero sense when said skipper hasn't gotten a team to a world series. CC is obviously the "it" manager right now - I just have a hard time understanding why that's the case outside of brewerland.

They don't really have money to burn though. They are obviously a big market club, but they just had about a $200m payroll roster that didn't make the playoffs, and right now they have more holes to fill than the Brewers do after both Stroman and Bellinger opted out. The move from their perspective just feels weird.

8 mil a season for a manager who hasn't won a playoff series in 6 seasons would be deemed an immense overpay by everyone here if it wasn't the former Brewers manager going to Chicago. I'll stick my neck out and say right now that the Cubs are going to regret throwing this kind of money to CC. I can't blame CC for taking that kind of $$ no matter what team is crazy enough to offer it. this 5 yr contract basically doubles his career earnings as a mlb player over 15 seasons - that's insanity for a manager contract.

I think that team should be the Brewers - Bauer has shown a willingness to go year to year or sign short term deals, betting on himself. Even if the Brewers are going through a bit of uncertainty with trading or retaining Burnes, and the Woodruff injury/arbitration situation, signing an arm like Bauer to the rotation at worst could set up for flipping him at the trade deadline and at best it would give the rotation a ~#2-3 caliber starter that can log a ton of innings for a team that wants to contend.

I think the Runyan benching that series had to do with him lining up offsides on that 4th and 1 attempt the drive prior - what was troubling to me is after the fact Rhyan came in and performed well that Runyan was back on the field later in the game. If you're going to finally start sending an accountability message for making those kind of mental mistakes, you shouldn't get your spot back on the field if the guy who subbed in for you performs well. We know what Runyan is...but there was a reason he was a 6th round pick a couple years ago - I think Rhyan needs to get on the field more. Jenkins has had an uneven, injury-filled 2023 - however, wondering if there is any thought to trying him back at LT and potentially inserting Rhyan next to him at LG?

The ridiculous thing is, after this W the Packers will be roughly 1 game back in the standings for a playoff berth in the NFC. They are peak NFL blob right now.

More of that, with an athletic TE streaking up the seam, please... been a dog of a season so far, but tough not to see glimmers amongst the dumpster fire, too.

thinking the ball knocked the wind out of him there...either that or Watson is out the next month after making a catch

silver lining, is injuries on the defensive side of the ball have forced a bunch of the young defensive players onto the field this game - and these are the type of offenses that give developing defensive players opportunities to build some confidence. Brooks, Van Ness, Valentine, Wooden are flashing today - yes it's against a bad team, but it's better than them not making plays. The youth on this roster needs to be on the field for the rest of this season for it to have any longterm value for future seasons. Dillon picked a terrible spot to bounce that 3rd and short run...it was blocked up and wide open on the left side and he went the opposite direction.

It's to the point where a Packer offensive series that doesn't end in a turnover is a win - even if it's a 3 and out.

agreed...terrible flag on Myers there Did Rhyan do anything to come back off the field after he subbed in for Runyan because Runyan couldn't line up onsides? Missed part of the 2nd quarter - I thought Rhyan started out pretty good there. It's insane how many bad things happen...can't event get a thought out without something else falling apart.

Trying to understand what Wicks was even attempting to do - why not turn around and get upfield instead of diving to get a 1st by 6 inches on 1st down when nobody's within 10 feet of you? Carl Brooks is having himself a game, btw

Defense isn't an issue with this year's Badger team that is undergoing a huge transition, no matter how much you have a crush on Leonard.

Dillon racked up a ton of yards in college because he was their offense - they lined up in run heavy formations with the QB under center and his job was to hand it to Dillon 35+ times a game that would wear down a collegiate front 7. I don't think there is any team in the NFL that runs that type of offense anymore given how hard it is to sustain that type of running game against defenses knowing it's coming. So instead, Dillon has been getting most of his carries out of pistol or shotgun formations and he's just not able to get the type of momentum headed towards the line of scrimmage that he did in college. He's a big back but not super tall, and he doesn't have the agility to make the first guy miss in the hole or be able to bounce it a little without losing all his speed and letting pursuit defenders bring him down. In short, his running style is not a good fit in today's NFL running game that is no longer built like the Jimmy Johnson Cowboys. Dillon was moderately effective early in his career when the Packers had a passing offense to be feared and defenses couldn't stack the box with even the standard 7 defenders - now defenses are basically daring the Packers to throw downfield by stacking boxes and playing safeties up, so there are very limited running lanes for any Packer back to exploit consistently...and that's even assuming the Oline isn't botching blocking assignments.

And that is one of the reasons the current Packer offensive roster is the lowest paid offense in the entire NFL in terms of actual salary paid out this season. There is still value in developing young players through a growing pain NFL season that was inevitable to happen - but you need to have the right coaching/development staff in place to make that worth the onfield growing pains. Jury is very much out in that regard when it comes to coaching/young player development in Green Bay right now. To me, the biggest disappointment on the offensive side of the ball is the O-line and terrible run game. Jones/Bakh/Jenkins injuries definitely doesn't help that, but their line had long been a unit of strength and depth - and now it just looks plain bad. A good amount of personnel turnover and what appears to be a lack of young player development Packer fans had grown accustomed to once Stenavich become OC the past few seasons are both to blame for this. Not having any semblance of a running game or competent Oline really puts a young quarterback on an island - couple that with young receivers who don't seem to know what routes to run half the time and an NFL offense winds up looking like what it has the past month or so in Green Bay.

While true, it's also a bad idea for any nfl team to pay pass catchers that kind of money longterm. Despite how good he is, i didn't want gb paying adams longterm a few offseasons ago, and was happy with the trade package they got for him. One way or the other we pretty much knew the math wasn't going to work out to keep both Rodgers and Adam's around together unless both were ok taking less than market value. Neither were, and Gute opted to extend a two-time league mvp instead of paying an elite wr a market setting contract that would then have led to Jordan love being his quarterback in 2022. If anything, Gute should have traded both before the 2022 season started, and he would have been equally roasted for taking that approach, too. I look at it as the previous Packer core missed its chance for a title in 2020-2021 seasons, and it didn't make sense to try and keep them all together beyond those seasons both financially and personnelwise.

They'll likely have a top 10 pick in round 1, 2nd round picks will be top 40 and top 50, 3rd round picks now likely top 70 and top 90. I get the 3rd round pick stigma, but those are also good ammo to move up in round 1 if there's someone you really like at the top of the draft after the 1st couple selections that's a franchise cornerstone. Thinking the best LT in next year's draft.

I mean...they are 6-2. At some point they should have a stretch of seasons where they aren't one of the worst teams in the NFL. Congrats to them for seeming to figure it out for the first time in just about ever.

I feel bad for Cousins...but not for the Vikings - that injury honestly puts them in a really weird situation for their season and for the longterm health of their franchise. Do they now try to resign Cousins for the next few seasons at going rate for veteran QBs knowing he'll be fortunate to start Week 1 2024 and be 36 coming off a ruptured achilles? When are they going to offer Jefferson a WR market-setting contract extension? Or do they look at the holes they have elsewhere on the roster along with guys getting long in the tooth and look to make a splashy trade or two before the deadline knowing this season is done for? It sucks now in Packerland, but at least they have a young quarterback they can continue evaluating over the next 1.5 years if they really want to under contract while making other longterm roster decisions that should set them up in better salary cap and talent positions.

I mean, Rodgers did ink a longterm extension on March 15th, likely giving the Packers an opportunity to make the offer they did to Adams for a new contract to finish his career in GB. There really isn't much more of a commitment both Rodgers and the Packers could have made at that moment that he'd be there the next few years if Adams opted to sign. Did he want a pinky swear or something? If there was any sort of story like that floating around, it would've likely been during the 2021 season when Adams may have been approached for an extension at that time.

MLF seemed like a good hire at the time, but he doesn't seem to build his supporting team well. I think MLF has done a poor job at building his second supporting team, particularly on offense, given the fact most of the key cogs in his initial supporting team left for promotions elsewhere a couple seasons ago. The internal promotions of guys from their lower roles into OC and other position grouping coaches seems to have largely been duds. I think his biggest weakness as a head coach has more to do with poor team discipline and a lack of accountability, and that really shows out with young players. MLF would have done himself a ton of favors by not botching the D Coordinator hire after Pettine was canned. Berry has been a failure despite almost all of GB's significant draft capital and free agent dollars dedicated towards it and it looks worse the longer he's around. That extended focus on improving defense is not the reason the offense is by far and away the league's lowest salaried side of the ball in the NFL after Adams and Rodgers have left. That being said, I think if this season totally goes off the rails and there's no signs of development/improvement, both Gute and MLF should be shown the door despite the fact Gute has been decent at drafting, and when he's got cap space to play with he has done well in free agency. Keep in mind, this team finished 8-9 with a healthy Rodgers as a starter last season, so the roster talent was already in severe decline due to bloated veteran salary cap #s and being forced to go young wherever they could. Being into the 2nd year of that youth movement, some growing pains are par for the course but significant regression during the course of this season leads to blaming a mix of both poor coaching/development and questioning whether the right young players are even in the building to begin with. If it stays really bad the rest of this season, you've got to take a long look at both Gute and MLF because they're the ones responsible for both who's in the building and how they're being developed.

Agreed that Misiorowski has a "sky's the limit" sort of ceiling if he can further improve his consistency with delivery and pitch command, and he stays healthy. He exceeded my expectations in that department during his 1st professional season for 2023, so 2024 could set up even better provided he has another productive offseason. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if he follows the path of Burnes/Woody and breaks into MLB next season out of the pen as a long man if it makes sense to his innings load (assuming he logs a good chunk of innings as a starter in AA/AAA to start next year). One thing with pitchers with that kind of stuff, and the Brewers have appeared to shift their philosophy to it, once their command is moderately MLB-ready you call them up and don't mess around worrying about service time concerns - use their bullets on a MLB mound

Bruce WIllis and Ben Affleck have already been up there doing it

Methinks the 49ers might have acted a bit too quickly jettisoning Lance and assuming Purdy is going to be great. San Fran about to lose their 3rd straight after they were labeled a juggernaut