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Couldn't script this.
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Bosnia has slipped into the most likely opponent spot for the USA. Qatar and Jordan also in there. They would be a heavy favorite and Belgium is likely to meet them after that. That would probably be their first game as an underdog, but a team they can beat behind a home crowd. If they got a win there, this would have to be seen as a hugely successful tournament. That is what I'd like to see happen, win one game they shouldn't. They'd probably meet their maker with one of the big boys in the quarters.
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Ideal outcome last night, they will now have essentially gotten Pulisic 3 weeks of rest.
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Every 3rd place team with 6 pts will advance.
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You'll have a decent idea after the opposing pools complete their 2nd run, it will be a 3rd place team from one of E, F, I or J. Most likely R32 opponent right now is Ivory Coast, but that's assuming the most likely outcomes. Others likely are Senegal or Algeria. The tough luck draw would be the Netherlands slipping into 3rd. If the US won that matchup, Belgium in Seattle for R16 looks likely. A geopolitically loaded game with Iran is also possible there.
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I'm completely out on trading any top guys in our pipeline for a rental 30 y/o pitcher off (minor) elbow surgery. We are 17 games over .500 in June. That just makes no sense to me and flies completely in the face of how we consistently get where we are. If I could magic wand anything, it would be a lock down closer. MeGill and Uribe are good players, but I really am shaky with either one closing out a 3-2 game in October.
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I'm expecting him to not play particularly well, go back down, and read a few posts that he may not be what we paid for.
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There's a lot of funny here. Amy playing the role of down-and-out working class Milwaukeean who's getting priced out of something is pretty LOL. I don't really feel too bad for her. I don't have a big issue with it. I usually sit in mid-range seats, I find most of the seats at AmFam solid, though. The Brewers are a great value for anyone willing to do a few things to save a few bucks. You don't have to buy beer and food, you don't have to buy a jersey, you don't even have to park on site if you don't want to. I can't fault them for doing new things to squeeze out what they can. I don't have any doubts they'll get enough corporate sponsors buying these seats. I think they'll be empty on weekdays, sure, but they'll force these companies to buy packages. I only hit a game or two per season anyway.
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Miz pitching twice in a 7-game series is the only thing that makes you think there's a real chance to beat the Dodgers. He's good enough to shut down any lineup and then it's just stealing 2 games. It makes somewhat plausible. -
Definitely didn't see this coming but probably should have.
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I wouldn't go higher than a 3 even if they were performing optimally because I don't think it's realistic for them to beat the Dodgers in a 7-game series. Shohei could blow out a knee and it's a blip on their radar. It's a league problem not a Brewers problem. I think they're one of the top 5 teams in baseball. There's just unfortunately a Great Rift Valley between 1 and everyone else. There is always the chance they get lucky at the right time, it's baseball after all, and any team is capable of losing 3 in a row at a bad time. It's just going to take a ton of luck for the talent LAD has acquired to go collectively cold at the right time.
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I absolutely love extending Watson. On the surface it looks risky for a guy that doesn't stay healthy, but his recent injuries have been more of the random variety than the ones that were really concerning. The repeated hamstring things seems to have been solved and that's the kind of injury that would give me pause. They would not be able to replace his skill set next offseason in FA or the draft. They absolutely need him as part of their offense. I was really hoping this would happen this season once they felt confident he was healthy. Even better they got it done now.
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Garrett is better than Parsons but also 3 years older which is not trivial. Both are gamechangers, but he really elevates LAR to be the preseason overwhelming SB favorite. Parsons would do the same, but they are different kinds of deals. A player of Parsons ability NEVER becomes available at the age he was.
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I think it's a pipe dream. OKC loses a Game 7 in what was most likely the de facto Finals. They are already "there." There's no reason to mortgage all the assets for Giannis when they can get the team incrementally better this summer without giving up anything. Giannis wants the ball in his hands, too. I'm not sure his ego could handle being in the room with SGA. I like Giannis and all, no issues with anything he's done or said, but he's not he same guy he was even 5 years ago as far as humility goes.
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If Spain wins their group and Argentina takes 2nd, they'll play each other in R32 in LA. R32 in KC almost definitely Brazil vs somebody and quite possibly the US.
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They have a different perspective. All that matters to most of them is production which turns into money. No player in the NBA who stands to lose anything is actively tanking while on the floor. They have too much to lose. They also nearly all overstate their own ability. By law, over half the league is an average or worse pro player. They aren't going to be able to acknowledge that tanking, i.e. letting them play more, is a problem. The only guys who would see it as a problem are the top tier guys who would be playing against soft competition or getting more rest - which again - I doubt they will complain about.
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I am super pumped. While I think we'll be a fairly poor host country, I expect a lot of issues to come out, for TV I could not ask for more. I expect very little out of the US. They just aren't very good. The ticket process has been a joke. I've heard hotels are vacant and I am expecting most of these games prices to plummet in the short time before kickoff. The huge headline games will stay where they are but this has been such a tragic disaster as far as what it could have been...but FIFA gonna FIFA. I had sights on attending, but I'm perfectly happy to sit back at home and enjoy on TV.
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TBH I think a lot of those losses are dead weight "names" that will be replaced by guys who are fine, we just don't know their names yet. Willis hurts, but no team in the league could have kept him or replaced the value he brought with a QB2. The only name on the list that is a tangible loss imo is Doubs. I've touted Wilson, but you can get a guy like that with roster cut downs. Doubs was consistent last year and became a safety net for Love. Lots of big catches in big moments. They didn't backfill the WR hole because they have invested in the position and need guys to step up. They didn't get much at all out of Reed or Golden so I consider those the backfills. Watson, Reed, Golden, Williams and Kraft is a very solid group, provided Watson doesn't get hurt because he covers a lot of warts.
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Brooks is fine, they've justified his spot on the team, but it doesn't change the fact that he isn't really a RB for the purposes of carrying the ball, which they are going to need now. Exactly what real purpose does Bo Melton serve on this team, other than pretending he's a 2-way player? I really can't believe he's more worth a roster spot than Wilson, or another RB of similar ability. I do get the rationale in keeping Lloyd around. But even if he recovers to have a great career, assuming Jacobs is out for a chunk or all of this year or forever, I don't think Lloyd will be thrown into that kind of workload this year anyway.
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If this it to be trusted, it really doesn't makes sense how they were approaching this year. Brooks is "not a threat with the ball" so the No. 2 job was Lloyd's to lose. That's perfectly fine for a 3rd round pick, just not one that literally can't play. There's no way he can tow a starter's load in this offense - at least not this year. The Packers have a pretty talented roster, but it is just so paper thin nearly across the board. I realize I'm just passing the time arguing about backups in May. But this is actually a problem on this roster IMO. Keeping guys like Brooks because they play ST on a very bad ST unit. Was he a more critical piece than Wilson? Really?
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Draft nobody and keep the solid backup RB you already had who signed a deal for peanuts. I'd cut my losses with Lloyd as he has a handful of touches through two years and retain Wilson, who has been a productive player for them, and runs more explosively than Jacobs. I didn't know this until now, but Lloyd also tore an ACL in 2020 and missed time in 2022 and 2023 with injuries. This guy should not be considered a real option as the starter. Idk how he's considered adequate as a backup when he hasn't played in the NFL at all. I can embrace keeping him with Jacobs on the roster, his role is small enough in that case to see if he can stay healthy and has anything to offer. In the current state, I would strongly prefer having Wilson over Lloyd. I would say that the Packers don't value RB that much and think they will be able to scoot by on whoever emerges from a camp battle. That might be true. But their recent spend at the position makes me think they do actually value it, and they should because they don't run block that well.
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Backup RB isn't a backup though, he plays a ton. It's probably the most important backup on a football team. Wilson touched the ball 140 times last season and 114 the year before and any backup is getting the ball a lot. Tyrod Taylor is fine at QB2. He's enough to not kill you and win a game or two because of a concussion. Any major injury to Love and their season is shot regardless. A backup LT might never play. There's still time for some UDFA to shine in camp and solve this issue, but it was really odd to me that they did nothing at that spot considering that Wilson was a good player for them and got a paltry one-year deal. And that was before anything happened to Jacobs. The signs were present last season that Jacobs was wearing out. I'm not positive he was, but there was more than enough alarm to think the position needed a shot in the arm. It was the one need I thought they ignored in the draft. Likely because Jacobs is durable.
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I think it's gotten kinda obvious Megill has taken the role back.
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Suck-it gesture followed by getting no-hit the next day is the next chapter in the Great Big Book of Wisconsin Sports
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If one of my 12Us did that, there would be a conversation and consequences. Guys in their 20s and 30s making 8 figures. Meh. How boring it is when nobody shows any emotion. I wouldn't call it mature, but simply what it is. An entertainer doing something dumb that made me laugh.
