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  1. OldSchoolSnapper
    I knew someone would say that, but nope, it isn't the same. This year is a perfect example of how and why. Look at the version of the Dodgers that the Brewers went 6-0 against as opposed to the one that swept them. It is barely even the same team. The Brewers can't throw Peralta and Preister on the DL at their leisure for "rest" and come out on the other side with 95 wins. They have the luxury of half-arsing it to 94 wins, but for the Brewers to do that, they have to scratch for every win on the margins, which they've gotten exceptionally good at doing. You have been seeing this in the NBA for quite some time now, and the expanded playoff field is allowing that strategy into the MLB. The Dodgers going full throttle this season may have won 120 games and scored 1000 runs. Only kidding a little bit.
  2. OldSchoolSnapper
    Except it doesn't when the brand of the sport played in October is almost unrecognizable from April - July. It means you were 3rd in runs in the regular season and nothing more. Those run totals, over 162 games, are racked up against a billion situations where you're facing a pitcher who will never touch a baseball in a playoff series, batters that will not even be on a roster, spot starters, 15 games against the Pirates, etc. With 12 teams in the postseason it has officially become about getting there with any seed, and if that means you drop a bunch of games in June, so be it. I think the Dodgers have realized that 110 wins doesn't get them anywhere special. You have to do what you have to do to get through those 162 games, which favors the Brewers as they have mastered the art of winning those margin games. But when it comes to stacking the best lineup possible, I don't think we're on the level of teams like TOR, LAD, PHL, NYY. Doesn't mean we can't ever beat them, but they have better weapons.
  3. OldSchoolSnapper
    Yeah I don't put a whole lot of stock into runs scored as a measure of offense, it's not like football. When you play 162 games and manufacture runs the way the Brewers do, you are putting a ton of base runners on against the schlubs of the league. It's a totally different dynamic when you have to get actual hits against elite teams throwing their 4 best guys in a brief do or die series. Then it becomes talent on talent and there is no way looking at that lineup, that I can say we have more talented hitters than Toronto. It was apparent when the Brewers patience was neutralized just by Snell throwing strikes. Before the 6th he did the same thing to Toronto, but they started hitting him anyway. We were 3rd in RS in MLB. Does someone believe we had the 3rd best offense?
  4. OldSchoolSnapper
    Let's take a minute to ponder that Bo Bichette was tossed onto this roster at the last second and he would arguably be the best hitter in our lineup.
  5. OldSchoolSnapper
    Substantially more talented offense. Got shut down by Snell as well, but multiple times through the order and they caught on. There was also a perfect mix of attacking early in the count + discipline working counts. Only swung at the ones they could hit.
  6. OldSchoolSnapper
    Marshfield and UWM's own Daulton Varsho!
  7. OldSchoolSnapper
    Fortunately nobody has been that good.
  8. OldSchoolSnapper
    Annihilated Tampa in the trenches. That was a better game than we've had since we beat them.
  9. OldSchoolSnapper
    There are worse straws to draw in life than experimental D1 football coach making 7 figures for a couple years.
  10. OldSchoolSnapper
    There's no way that stuff like this isn't happening in every league under the sun with the widespread takeover of gambling that was just inexplicably greenlighted in the last few years. You went from leagues running straight-up anti-gambling ads during games to putting bookies inside of arenas. Insane
  11. OldSchoolSnapper
    Baseball is too random of a game for things to be this simple. It could happen, but so could a sweep the other way.
  12. OldSchoolSnapper
    The North is a 2-horse race. Minnesota doesn't have it this year, the Bears I think are a solid team capable of beating us once but I don't think they can win it outright. I think Detroit looks better than us, at a minimum they're far more explosive offensively right now...but obviously we beat them. We got very fortunate catching week 1. I don't feel super great about our odds beating them on the road on Thanksgiving.
  13. OldSchoolSnapper
    Funny to bring this up. I had the full 2010 NFC championship game on YouTube playing in the background today. There's a point in the game where the Bears are down 14-0 and drive to the Packers 31. The drive stalls and it's 4th and 6 or something. They punt the ball instead of attempting a 48 yarder. The punt sails a good 8 yards into the end zone. Netting them 11 yards of field position rather than going for it.
  14. OldSchoolSnapper
    Not from me and I think many others. Favre handled his exit so differently from Rodgers. He retired when he knew full well he wasn't done then tried to stick his nose back in when the club had moved on. Then made it his petulant mission to make sure he could beat the Packers somewhere. Rodgers had a replacement drafted before he was a back-to-back MVP and despite having every reason to be a jerk to the kid, became his best friend. It was clear when he left that it was best for everyone he did so. I just never had any animosity toward him like I did with Favre. I still hope the Packers win this weekend and obviously in a Super Bowl if they played each other...but unlike with Favre where I wanted nothing more than winning against him (the beatings in 2010 are great memories) seeing Rodgers win would be more like a silver lining of losing the Super Bowl...I still like him.
  15. OldSchoolSnapper
    Hey, at least it involves the "World." I'll do the same thing I did for the ALCS. Not pay attention until a clinch game.
  16. OldSchoolSnapper
    Call me petty but I am 100% in for Toronto solely because of the 2014 NFCG and the Fail Mary, the latter of which I attended and got harassed endlessly walking out of the stadium. Seattle can pound sand and go 300 years without one.
  17. OldSchoolSnapper
    Looking forward to the game but it lacks the animosity of Packers vs Favre. I'm still a fan of Aaron so I don't feel slighted if he plays really well and wins. I'd be happy for him. I will be hoping we get the victory, but hoping for an entertaining night.
  18. OldSchoolSnapper
    All our wins have been like this with the exception of the Lions. So was the loss and the tie. WAS we were in control the whole time but the outcome never should have been in any doubt the way it was. We haven't beaten a good team outside of Detroit Week 1. Fortunately there aren't style points and we are 4-1-1, but there's plenty to not like.
  19. OldSchoolSnapper
    We had the best O-line in the league and Ahman Green was averaging 6.5 YPC that game with 150+ yards. That's what made it so horrific. But Sherman was always a scaredy-cat.
  20. OldSchoolSnapper
    Online play required "Fair Play" settings turned on which forced you to kick FGs or Punts based on their formula that nobody quite knew. It might let you go for it and 4th and 1 from the 40, but on 4th and 12 you were only allowed to choose 'punt'. It was in the game from around 2001ish to whenever I stopped playing. You were almost always required to punt from your own side of the field unless it was the 4th with little time left. Edit: Debuted in '04, phased out by '10. So it isn't a thing anymore.
  21. OldSchoolSnapper
    I don't play Madden anymore and haven't for over a decade, but I can't help but wonder what all the changes on 4th down have done to "Fair Play" that used to force you to punt.
  22. OldSchoolSnapper
    I am assuming he would have nailed the FG and it still makes little sense to me to kick it. You are hoping for OT if he makes the kick, with an outlier chance you can win the game in regulation by getting the ball back with a 3 and out. You are essentially hoping for a likely < 50% at a win. You're putting everything on the defense, which has not played well, whether you make or miss the kick, too. Why are we paying this guy $220 million if we don't trust him to convert 4th and 2 against the Cardinals? The touchdown putting them up 4 was a HUGE advantage. Forcing AZ to have to go the length of the field. The only mistake I thought of watching it was that they scored too fast.
  23. OldSchoolSnapper
    It was 100% the right call even had we lost the game. No faith in that defense to prevent them from gaining the 5 yards that would have put them in FG range after we let them return the kick to the 50. The dumb call IMO was AZ going for it on 4th down QB sneak with a 3-pt lead. Dumb might be harsh as I think at least 1/3 of coaches do the same, but there are good teams who would take that chance to pin us deep and just not give up a TD.
  24. OldSchoolSnapper
    The manner in which you win really doesn't matter until about December 15 as frustrating as it is to watch. Especially when you are missing key guys. I'd like to think the offense will get it together if Reed and Watson and can stay on the field. I am concerned about coverage, both just looking bad and NEVER getting interceptions, and the interior of that OL, but at least the Packers have a track record of figuring that out as things move along. I think we can see why the Packers are not discussing a contract with Jenkins either. Still believe this can be a Super Bowl team, but they are not getting some cakewalk to the NFCCG like it was suggested after two games.
  25. OldSchoolSnapper
    We're headed to the Super Bowl!
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