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  1. OldSchoolSnapper
    I'm enjoying following the story of Quinn Meinerz. From Hartford Union and played for Whitewater. Went from nearly eating himself out of a career, having no tape because of Covid, and now some places have him as high as the 3rd round. He's been working out well for teams. Looks like a really strong, quick interior lineman. I would love to see the Packers get him as a project 6th or later.
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    I think they already said that it's all honor system to determine who can and can't get it.
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    I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Jordan Love never plays a snap as the starting QB for the Packers. Unless Rodgers gets hurt, then all bets are off.
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    It's hard to be excited about "signing" a guy already on your team especially when it's a position that has little or nothing to do with why you can't get over the hump. Everybody likes Aaron Jones. People would have been more excited about JJ Watt. It's just how it is.
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    Jones coming back is fine. I think some people thought they'd let him go, start Dillon, get cheap depth, and invest in the defense. I would have preferred that, but in the end, RB money doesn't buy a lot of defense anyway.
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    Skill positions just don't get signed after 30 to blockbuster deals though. The vast majority are done by then or playing for mediocre deals as more role type players. Only the very best of them play that long. You can play offensive line effectively into your mid 30s more often than skill positions, absolutely. But that's not the same as signing a C about to be 30 to be the highest paid C in the league. I think Linsley may do well for them, but it's just not a risk and not at a premium position I'd want the Packers to take. I think it's likely he's very good for about 3 years though.
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    I don't really love signing Jones but at 26 it's very different than if he were 28. They'll be done with him by 30 if not sooner and if he's like most RBs his career ends there. Linsley was an absolute no for me. You just don't sign OL hitting 30 to a new long-term deal. You're paying for what he's done, not what he will do, which is what I really prefer to get out of FA. I prefer deals such as the ones the Smiths got, where you identify a younger player who might be undervalued and maybe overpay him on the chance his best football is ahead of him. Linsley's best football isn't ahead of him.
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    I think there's a dangerous line regarding 'giving out information that was later proven incorrect'- this seems to imply malice or incompetence, when in reality, with a novel virus, things that are thought/assumed to be correct initially often prove themselves differently as time goes on and research is actually able to be conducted/completed. There's a huge distinction there that the general public doesn't seem to grasp, IMO. Fauci has admitted to knowingly lying on at least two topics. I understand why people might not trust someone that has lied to them repeatedly. That said, everyone should get vaccinated even if public health officials have done a terrible job with messaging. He jumped the shark for me when he was posing poolside for InStyle or whatever. I'll get the vaccine asap almost entirely because I know it's a matter of time before I have to get it to do something. And I assume it's a must for going overseas. I'm not really jazzed about what the 2nd shot does though and I don't have this burning desire to get it.
  9. OldSchoolSnapper
    Not signing Linsley is a good move.
  10. OldSchoolSnapper
    They were locking accounts in the 2018 playoffs for people who sold literally one ticket. People had to beg to have accounts unlocked. They do not like this. I think it's a stupid policy, but if they're going to do it, they should at least be transparent and not do this "gotcha" stuff. If you don't want people to do it, say it. Tell them they will lose privileges. I don't get the radio silence and then punishing people for something you didn't forbid.
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    I believe that occurred when selling via 3rd-party resellers. Forwarding tickets is acceptable. This was from an email I received from my ticket rep yesterday: “If you need to forward tickets to others you will do that in the app by sending it to another email address. The person receiving them must have the app downloaded on their phone and linked to whatever email address you sent it to.” Correct, on SH as I said. A private transaction and a fwd of tickets is fine. But I personally would not chance selling pre-sale purchased tickets on SH. I don't have a package, as a fan's choice 20 pack holder I opted to just play it month to month. Im also out of WI the first half of April so it was an easy call to just sit this out.
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    I don't think it means anything in regard to Dillon. There's plenty of opportunity in the offense for both to shine. Depth is always good. That said, I don't really like the move. I'd have rather invested elsewhere and gone with Dillon and some much cheaper, less flashy vet. But I could be underestimating the kind of dynamic player Jones is.
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    I wouldn't chance re-selling tickets. They've proven very competent at locking that down if you do so on SH. I'm sure you CAN sell them, and will have a rude awakening when you attempt to buy at next month's sale.
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    Wow, they cut Tim Boyle. That's shocking, considering Love couldn't outplay him!
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    I guess it's possible if not likely they realized this was the only way to do it that wasn't a logistics nightmare on their end. I think I'm likely to sit April out anyway.
  16. OldSchoolSnapper
    I don't think that's correct. They likely are assured opening day and there will be a pre-sale scramble for those scraps. I think this just gives those folks a chance to buy additional tickets.
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    Check your email.
  18. OldSchoolSnapper
    Guessing it comes with regular Friday email.
  19. OldSchoolSnapper
    100% agree. My wife and I have said this for years. I will say that night to night, I've had drastically different amounts of both though.
  20. OldSchoolSnapper
    Agree to disagree, then. I think people will adapt and either pay for food in the stadium, or eat before hand, and people who choose not to go to a game altogether as a result will be a significant minority IMO. I think you might be right actually. That's usually how these sorts of things happen. It's much easier to get people to go along with something "temporarily," then it's less of a big deal when the change is made permanent.
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    I dunno about needing to be frugal. I always crammed a bag full of granola bars and such because I simply didn't want to spend $30 to feed my kids every time I went to a game, which was often. If you go once or twice a year, yeah, maybe.
  22. OldSchoolSnapper
    It makes sense to do it now. They don't need any incentive for attendance as long as it's capped at 25%. The carry-in policy is a savvy way to get people who might not otherwise go, to hit up a game or two. Most games don't sell out. Even if in-gate spend for someone is 0 or $5, that's still a big win for the team if the alternative is an empty seat, which most nights in Milwaukee, there are some, or quite a few. It makes sense that they are doing nothing to incentivize attendance right now, while simultaneously maximizing profit from the folks that are coming. It's a much more palatable experience for a family of 4 of average means if they can bring a picnic lunch in.
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    They will face a tremendous backlash if that's permanent. Many people tailgate and wrap brats in foil before they head in. Nothing would surprise me anymore I guess, but they will tick off a lot of folks.
  24. OldSchoolSnapper
    That '12 Brewers offense was great and they swapped Fielder for A-Ram basically. They weren't even bad pitchers either. It was the bullpen that torpedo'd 2012. That team really sticks out to me over the past 20 years as one that really underachieved. I look at what they've done under Stearns and just think a team like that one would have been so much better.
  25. OldSchoolSnapper
    He's finding market inefficiency which changes year to year. One year it was the chance to have Grandal on a one-year deal, now it was buying DRS. It's a much better way to build a team than "I believe in the long ball so we will sign sluggers every year I am GM." Stearns doesn't have a philosophy on what baseball players are the best. He's in a situation where he can't build a roster the same way the richest teams in the league can. He has to beat them by thinking way outside the box and going at it in a way they aren't.
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