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Other than the Godfather II and Titanic those are some very specific audiences that are being targeted. Lord of the Rings, Endgame and Avatar are all pushing the geek/nerd culture so they are willing to watch and stay for those movies. You could probably do an 8-hour movie on the Lord of the Rings and the people who are Lord of the Rings fans will go and watch it and probably won't complain about the length of the movie. I know of some people who watched all three in one sitting. The Taylor Swift concert movie is targeted at tween girls and soccer mom's. They would watch a whole concert movie if it were 4-5 hours long.

Wait I thought it was impossible to tell how a season will go? Not only do the Packers have to bypass the Bears, Cardinals and Panthers. They also have to bypass the Patriots and Giants. Far too many teams to bypass for the Packers and they just don't suck as much as those teams do. The Packers are stuck in the 6-11 to 8-9 win team area. Which puts them in the 5-12 pick range. It is going to be extremely hard to get into the top three picks for the Packers. Their schedule is not favorable for them to get into that range. The Bears actually have about the same schedule as the Packers and they maybe have 1 or 2 wins left in them. I said it before the Packers had about 4 wins in them yet. They got one of the wins I was thinking they would get against the Rams without their starting QB. The next 4 are probably loses for the Packers as these are all playoff teams bu then they have the Giants in Week 14, Panthers in Week 16 and the Bears in Week 18. There is also a maybe in there against the Buccaneers in Week 15. There are your 3 more wins to get what I predicted for the Packers even if they lose one of the games against the Giants, Panthers and Bears they have another maybe in the Buccaneers. That would put the Packers at 6-11 or 7-10 and probably puts them at the 8-10 draft pick range. The Panthers and Cardinals look like they are going to be 1-2 with the Patriots probably being the #3 pick team. The Patriots look like they have 3 winnable games. Only because it is hard to predict how a team will do playing over seas. The Colts could come out flat but even then they probably beat the Patriots. The Patriots only have two winnable games in the Giants and Broncos, though they did beat the Bills in week 7. The Cardinals even with Murray coming back are a dumpster fire. The Texans and Bears games are probably their only winnable games on their schedule. I wouldn't be surprised if they lose out or win three games. Even if they win three games that is a 4-13 season which I don't believe the Packers have any realistic chance in getting to. The most likely scenario would be the Packers finishing 6-11 on the season and getting the 7th or 8th pick in the draft. If the Packers want to trade up into the top 2 picks to get a QB they will need to either deal with the Bears, Patriots or Cardinals. All three of those teams could be looking at drafting a QB in the 1-3 slots. I don't think you could convince either of those three teams to trade their picks for anything short than a kings ransom. I am talking multiple first, second and third round picks. Probably at a minimum two first round picks, one second and two third round picks.

The name no one is talking about. Brent Suter! Convince him to retire and become a manager! This is half blue and not 100% serious.

With Yuni B as the pitching, hitting and bench coach!!!!!! WS here we come!!!!!

Hah I do the same!

The Cubs have done this twice now once to Sveum and now to Ross.

I think this is also telling where CC saw the Brewers going in the future. He can say it was about resetting the market but I think he sees that the Brewers will need to rebuild. I don’t think he wants to be part of a rebuild. Though choosing the Cubs is a bit confusing without them spending a ton this offseason on starters. I think this may signal a Burnes trade and refusing to tender a contract to Woodruff. This maybe a small reset this offseason for the Brewers. I wouldn’t rule out a Williams trade also.

I think it will be Villanueva. I believe they have been grooming him for awhile now. I wouldn’t mind Seitzer or DeRosa.

But Counsell was also taking the Mets job what happened there? Also Cohen will pay anything to get Counsell what happened with that?

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You still said the Mets were the only other option besides the Brewers and that Stearns was planning this since 2021! Plus Cohen would pay anything to get Counsell which also looks foolish right now. I also said if the Yankees job became available he would take the Yankees job. It never became available. But keep on believing your wild fantasy conspiracy theories.

So I was told that Counsell would be the Mets manager and no other team was a possibility. Looks like someone’s conspiracy theory was off again.

He is someone that I wanted the Bears to draft though I did have him mocked a few times to the Packers. He still needs to beef up a bit but that usually comes around year two. Van Ness was always going to be a project as he needs to be a lot stronger to be an every down edge in the NFL. The Packers should see him improve in year two like Brooks. He should be a bit bigger next year after going through an NFL conditioning program.

One thing I am not seeing discussed is the FA market which will have a big impact on Burnes value. I don't think the Brewers are going to get the offers that they will think is fair for Burnes. There are just a lot of quality FA pitchers available this off season. Burnes is also 3-years now removed from his CY Young season and he hasn't replicated or come close to that season since. I don't believe Burnes is viewed as an ace any more and more along the lines of a #1 or #2 type pitcher. If you think Burnes is going to get an ace pitcher type of return you are going to be very disappointed when you hear the names that will get thrown around for Burnes. Ultimately it will have to be someone who overpays maybe the Padres do this but I don't see any other team out there overpaying for Burnes and I definitely don't see the Dodgers overpaying for Burnes. I think someone like Busch will be the headliner in a Dodgers trade and then you are looking at Kopp, Wrobleski or Heubeck being the second piece and then someone like McLain, Casparius or Biddison being the third piece in a trade with the Dodgers. I just don't see the Dodgers giving up any of their close to ready pitching for Burnes and at best you are looking at Busch plus for Burnes if you are looking at the Dodgers. You would probably have to include Devin Williams to get one of their better prospects but why do that when you could get a better return from someone else for Devin alone.

The starting pitching FA market is actually rather strong this off season. You have the following players hitting FA. Stroman, Ryu, Perez, E. Rodriguez, Wood, Clevinger, Nola, Giolito, Gray, Snell, Severino, Montgomery, Odorizzi, Wacha, Flaherty, Miley, Maeda, Velasquez and Yamamoto. This is also not counting Ohtani who will miss all of the 2024 season and Kershaw who may miss half of the year. There is also Urias who has some serious legal issues to deal with. If Urias wouldn't be dealing with his issues and Ohtani was healthy this would have been the strongest pitching FA in a long time. There are a lot of options for #3-5 type starters. This is definitely a buyers market for these type of pitchers but still you are looking at something like $10-15m a year for some of these pitchers.

I hate Culvers it is the worst fast food and their custard sucks. What is worse is that some people I know here in Phoenix think it is the best thing from WI.

One of the few things I miss about WI is KOPPS and Woodmans. I only have Fry’s and Safeway near me and an extremely expensive organic grocery store.

The right guard looked offsides but I wasn’t really paying any attention and where I am watching we have the Bears on one side and the Packers on the other so could just be distortion from having the games split.

I still think it will be the Padres who will eventually pay for Burnes. I am not sold on the Dodgers actually paying what the Brewers will want in return for Burnes. If it is the Dodgers just be prepared to be disappointed as I don't believe the Dodgers will give up any of their top prospects in a trade for Burnes.

The second one was the right call to go for the 1st down. They had the correct play and a wide open receiver Locke just over threw the WR.

I wish this was the only issue with Giannis as he looks completely lost in pick and rolls. The Lopez turnover in the 4th is a key example of this. Giannis was supposed to roll towards the basket instead he looked lost and was standing at the top of the key. It is like he only knew how to do one play in the 4th and that was stand at the top of the key and drive at all of the defenders. Giannis is taking steps backwards offensively. I am not sure if it is just something mental or him not knowing how to run an effective pick and roll. I am hoping it is just something mental and he will get over it but if he continues to look lost with the pick and roll this team is not going to go very far. Giannis needs to learn how to roll and not stand at the top of the key. If he rolls in the 4th he has an easy bucket that Lopez would have been able to get him in a cut right down the lane. This feels like we are dealing with rookie Giannis right now.

Giannis regressing offensively. Wow is he bad in the pick and roll.

Not sure why everyone keeps on bringing up Lux. Is it because he is from WI? I don’t get the obsession over him. He is not that great of a player. If you are trading Burnes for Lux plus probably should just give them Peralta while we are at it.

Decision for the Mets job is supposedly coming to an end by next week. Quick edit the finalists for the Mets job are Counsell, Kotsay, Green and Mendoza. Also Cohen will be meeting with the finalists to talk financials.

All mocks have Williams and Maye going 1-2. It is possible that Harrison goes #2 but the Packers would have to be picking #3 if they are not they are not getting Maye or Williams. The two best players in the draft are Williams and Maye as this is a QB league. Harrison is a special talent but the NFL places so much value on QB's that I just don't see a team passing on either Williams or Maye with the #1 or #2 pick. Harrison will be the firs WR drafted but I don't believe he will go #2 unless the Bears are picking 1 and 2. The Cardinals also only have maybe one winnable game against the Texans or Bears. Everyone else they play are .500 or better. If you have watched any Cardinals games you should know they absolutely suck and probably shouldn't have won a game so far this year. The Packers have a far better team than the Cardinals. The Bears are playing their backup QB who didn't even get drafted. The Bears defense is still a patch work of bad even with Sweat added. If you think the Packers safeties suck just check the Bears safeties out. Also the Bears pass rush a wet blanket would get more sacks and QB pressures than this team. Only Moore and Mooney have really contributed offensively for the Bears. Kmet has been fine but the QB can't get to the second or third read before they are sacked or getting pressured. Fields may miss the rest of the season with his thumb injuries. Even with Love being as bad as he has he isn't as bad as the Bears backup QB. I just don't see the Packers losing out which is what they will have to do to get the #1 or #2 pick in the draft. It is just not happening. The #3 pick is also only about a 40% chance of happening. Just looking at the schedules I just don't see the other teams winning enough. The Cardinals probably only have one win on their schedule. The Packers are not going to finish 3-14 or 2-15 they just won't. They are not bad enough to finish like that as the other teams they are battling are far worse than they are. The Packers have at least two wins against the Bears and Panthers then they probably have another against the Giants. That is three wins right there and that takes them out of the top 3 picks and puts them at 4 or 5.