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Probably would have been the same outcome season wise. The playoffs are too much of a crap shoot so no idea beyond the season.

The Packers would have to win maybe one or two more games to have a chance at Maye. Right now it is Williams and Maye at 1 and 2. For the Packers to get the #1 pick they will have to lose the rest of their games and hope for the Cardinals and Panthers to win 2 more games. The most likely scenario for the Packers is a pick within the 4-6 range which means you are not getting Maye or Williams unless you trade up. As it stands right now the Bears have the #2 and 3 pick in the draft. The Bears have the Panthers and Cardinals on their schedule left and those are the only two winnable games for them. The Bears have Lions (2), Vikings, Browns, Cardinals, Panthers, Falcons, Packers and Saints left to play. That is at least 4 guaranteed losses with 3 maybe losses and 2 likely wins. The most likely scenario for the Bears is probably 3-6 for the rest of the season. That would put them at 5-12 but I think they only win 2 more games and go 4-13. I wouldn't be surprised if the Bears only win 1 or none the rest of the year. Fields will be out versus the Saints and it is looking like he will be out against the Panthers also. He may return against the Lions either in week 11 or week 14. He could also be out for the season. If Fields is out for the season I don't see the Bears winning more than 2 games and they probably only win one or none. The Packers have the Rams, Steelers, Chargers, Chiefs, Lions, Giants, Buccaneers, Panthers, Bears and Vikings. I think the likeliest scenario is the Packers going 4-6 to finish the season. That puts the Packers at 5-12 behind the Bears if the Bears win 3 games that is which I am not sure they will. At 5-12 you are probably looking at the #4-8 pick in the draft. I just don't see a scenario where the Packers will be able to get in the top 2 pick range. They would have to play worse than the Bears, Cardinals, Panthers, Patriots and Giants. I am not sure the Packers are going to be able to do that. The Cardinals have the toughest remaining schedule so they probably have the #1 pick all locked up right now. The Bears more than likely will have two picks in the 2-5 range.

Correct.

Nelson Cruz retires.

I am assuming this means Houser will be traded or won’t be offered arbitration.

All they get is a head start on negotiating a contract with him. They could franchise tag him also.

1 the challenge to win in Milwaukee or Cleveland would be far greater than in NY. 2 he already knows Arnold and gets along with him. So only a negative for Cleveland somewhat. 3 Cleveland has paid their managers well in the past. Unknown for the Brewers on money but they are not shy on spending and extending their budget.

It was supposed to be as high as $100mm but MLB said they could only take out $50mm to cover. It is in the article linked above if anyone is wondering where I am getting that from.

Maybe at the end of the season but not during. The owners don’t like to fire HC’s until the end of the season unless the HC does something morally wrong where they have no choice.

Right but still they have to bypass the Bears(Panthers) and Cardinals. Maybe they bypass one but all three that maybe tough. If Fields is out for much longer I don’t see the Bears winning many games. Right now Carolina is the only maybe on their schedule and a toss up with the Packers. Every other game looks to be a certain loss for them. Chiefs Rams and Chargers I believe are the only tough games for the Packers left other than the Lions? I think the Packers could pick as high as 3 but I am not sure they will be bad enough to be 1 or 2.

Arizona has a rather hard schedule with their remaining games. Which should put the Cardinals in the top 3. The Bears have an easy schedule but they are horrible and haven’t shown any improvement over last year. So Bears and Cardinals should be the 1-3 picks.

If he does he will need to trade with the Bears or Cardinals to do so unless one of them takes someone else with the 1-3 picks which is possible but not likely. The Bears are probably the only team that will trade out of their pick at least one of them. One will be used for a QB or a OT or maybe for a WR. I believe the Bears and Packers have traded in the past. I think it was a first round pick in the 70’s? So there is some history of that happening. Maybe Arizona trades out of the #1 pick but that would take at least the Packers first round pick in ‘24 and ‘25 to do so along with some other picks. Maybe the Packers trade for Murray instead????

No McDaniels would also be the DC. Who else could you get to orchestrate a defense than the brilliant offensive mind of McDaniels! You just can’t beat it!

McDaniels the next Packers HC!

LOL Vikings.

They needed a pass rusher but probably should have waited until FA.

Well Ken, thank you captain obvious……

I agree for the most part. Locke looks good and then looks bad at times. I think it is just a repetition issue right now. There are some things he needs to cleanup but that will come with time. Defensively against the pass they were great. Some of this was because of the opposing teams QB. They covered the #1 WR in all of college football exceptionally well. It was the running game where the Badgers defense didn’t do all that well against. Ohio State’s RB looked like an NFL RB. So I am not going to knock them all that much for giving up the yards they did. It is very difficult to shutdown both the run and pass when you have exceptional players at both spots. Ohio State’s TE also was a non factor all game another impressive feat by the defensive unit. Center is still an issue for the offensive line. A lot of poor snaps still. Though it seems there weren’t as many in this game. This was a good loss. They weren’t absolutely destroyed like usual in the first half and didn’t give up after the first half like in the past. Even though they were never in a position to win they still never gave up and tried to get back into the game. Hopefully this is something they can build on going forward.

I swore there was an article where Adams said he wanted a commitment from Rodgers that he would be there for the next few years but never got an answer.

The only other Big Ten team I will root for is Michigan State in basketball everyone else I don’t care about and will never root for them. Izzo is my favorite head coach in basketball and if they are not playing UW or Marquette I will root for them.

That still doesn’t mean all that much and doesn’t provide any information. It is basically just saying I heard something from someone who knows something and they said thing about things. That is the information that article provided. Basically it provided nothing of importance.

That was extremely hard to read and read as an opinion piece with very little actual information written.

That could work but I think you need to get closer to $20m. So maybe 2/$16-18m is probably closer. Even at 2/$13m you could pitch it as rehab for $1m and then $12m in year two which would be just over his arbitration estimate for '24. I think you need to get closer to $3m for year one and then something closer to $13-15m in year two. So a 2/$16m would work with $3m in year one and then $13m in year two.

Just remove the NL and AL from it and go with the best 16 teams. This would also require realignment and would probably need to come with expansion which looks like it is on track right now for 2028 or 2030. Add two more teams to the league and remove the NL and AL along with the divisions. Everyone plays everyone at least twice and you play your geographically located teams four times for two home and two away series. The top 16 teams advance to the playoffs for the WS and the bottom 16 teams play for the number one pick with reverse order standings 16th ranked team gets the number 1 seed etc... The number one pick tournament is a single game elimination and will be held at the following cities (Milwaukee, Houston, Phoenix, Las Vegas, LA, SD, Seattle, Miami, Toronto or Arlington) if they are not in the number one pick tournament. The top four teams get the top four picks in the draft with the winner getting the #1 pick. In the number one pick tournament teams can use anyone on their 40-man roster or minor league system and are limited to 30 players. Seeding for the WS is based on record only. The first two rounds are a 2-game series the lower seed needs to win 2-games to advance and the higher seed only needs to win one game all games are played at the higher seeds park. The final two rounds are 7-game series and follow the normal rules. So this year it would have looked like this: 1. Braves 2. Orioles 3. Dodgers 4. Rays 5. Brewers 6. Astros 7. Rangers 8. Phillies 9. Blue Jays 10. Mariners 11. Twins 12. Marlins 13. D'backs 14. Cubs 15-16. Padres/Yankees/Reds I think this allows the teams with the best records in the regular season to have an extreme advantage in the first two rounds while punishing the lower seeded teams. Also a Phillies Blue Jays series would have been an epic match up in the first round of the playoffs.