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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.

I think it is more that they need a pass rusher and currently have zero on their team. Young would make them better on the defensive side of things. But if they could get Young for a couple of 2nd or 3rd round picks it wouldn't be a bad idea to do it. If they have to give up any of their first round picks then yeah it is a stupid idea.

The second year could also be an option year based on a physical. The Brewers would just have to include a buyout if that were the case. The ceiling doesn't really need to be all that high for it to work in the Brewers favor. If Woodruff returns healthy and is able to pitch like he is able to $13-16m for one year is rather favorable for the Brewers considering what you would have to pay in FA for that.

Chase Young to Da Bears? https://sports.yahoo.com/rumor-chase-young-linked-bears-014530382.html I wouldn't give up more than a couple of 2nd round picks but knowing the Bears it will be one of their 1st round picks if not both.

That was a bad punt.

Do you go for two if you score a TD? Depending on the time left of course.

There are a lot of 5-Star QB recruits who become bad QB’s. Majority of his success is because of his WR’s. It is also not just one half he looked bad last week against PSU.

Locke is the better QB of bad QB’s.

He has poor mechanics and poor vision. I am not sure how he hasn’t been picked more.

Ohio State QB is bad. He wouldn’t even have all that good of stats if he didn’t have the receivers he has. Feels weird having the better QB.

I wonder how reliable space mining could be? I mean technologically we are almost there. No this is not science fiction there are actual companies out there doing the research and planning to test in space soon. https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/space-is-starting-to-look-like-the-better-mining-operation/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us If we plan to go fully EV and you don't want to stripe mine nearly the whole planet then you will need to mine in space. Asteroids make the least amount of sense to me but I don't believe the moon nor Mars have the mineral deposits we need for EV's. So as of right now unless there has been new information on mineral deposits on the moon or Mars. I would think a moon base would be needed first before we could even start mining asteroids unless the plan is to mine near Earth objects? I don't believe this would be a feasible investment now but maybe in the next 10-15 years?

I don’t believe Woodruff would want to go more than two years unless the Brewers did a long term contract like five or six years. Something around two years and $20mm sounds about right.

Houston should be next and maybe San Diego and don’t count out Toronto.

Now if we could only get Connaughton and Giannis to stop shooting bad 3's we will be set. Connaughton is still bad at help defense he leaves his man when there is no chance to help and it gets thrown in the corner where he left his assignment for an easy 3. The bad Bucks offense showed up in the game a lot. This is the give Giannis the ball and everyone else play statue offense. It doesn't work and hasn't worked. Giannis should not be on the floor if Dame/Middleton are not on the floor. The offense is just horrible when this happens. It is everyone standing around watching Giannis drive into 3-4 defenders and then Giannis taking a bad shot or losing his dribble while driving.

I agree. I still think something like 2-years $20mm should be good and just pay him the majority of the salary in '25 as a team option with a buyout. So in 2024 Woodruff would get paid $4-6mm and then in 2025 he would get the remaining or whatever the buyout would be.

Probably just extended looks on EBJ and Clarke. Didn't EBJ have an injury this year and missed some time?