OldSchoolSnapper
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I don't know why that disapproves it was political? Because he got a lot of votes? That's kinda the point. It was well known at the time White was retiring. I forgot about this, but he actually did, and skipped the entire 99 season. He was given DPOY as a lifetime achievement award. It was somewhat controversial at the time that he got DPOY, in large part because he was noticably slowing down in the second half of the year. I didn't slander the guy or suggest he was bad at the end. Quite the opposite.
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I remember the DPOY well and it was political. He had mulled retirement the year before and the writers handed him a lifetime achievement award. It was pretty much assured he was retiring, which I think he may have? But then changed his mind and went to CAR, I can't remember exactly. He was still really good, but he didn't even lead the league in sacks and still won the lion's share of votes, it wasn't very close. When the Packers signed him, he was the best DL in the history of football. So saying he diminished isn't the critique it sounds like. Just that by the time they won Super Bowls, he was closer to 2014 Julius Peppers than he was the best of all time.
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You could say this about literally any acquisition of a top-flight player is the point. We could do this or we could go get Derrek Sherrod and Justin Harrell the next 2 years. Or maybe we get Edgerrin Cooper or Jordy Nelson even. None of them would be the instant impact that Parsons is. Even if you hit, you're likely not getting anybody to make a difference until 2028 or something.
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I think this is a little romantic. White was a shell of the GOAT player he was by the time he was playing in Super Bowls. He was still a very good player, but they were 27-21 in his first three seasons and couldn't get out of the Divisional with the best version of Reggie. They started winning big because Brett Favre was winning MVPs and let's be real, the roster was loaded from top to bottom from 95-97. It's a closer comp to Julius Peppers, an acquisition made to get us over the hump - and it really should have without Bostick's intervention. Parsons is in his prime though, Peppers was in the twilight but still effective.
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I couldn't disagree more. Can't be any worse than David Bhaktiari. Those picks are, likely at best, outside of the top 20. Exchanging two of those for an elite finished product is a no-brainer. I'm pretty surprised this is all it took. I am not seeing the giant risk here, outside of the large contract, which is just a fact of life that happens all the time. Clark's deal was a risk. Love's deal was a risk. All those deals are "risks." The comp to FA isn't legit either, because every other team has a crack at him in FA. Doing it this way we set our own price for the extension. As far as the comps go to White, it's not the same. The Packers weren't good when they signed Reggie and they proceeded to go 9-7 for 3 straight years, which was a big deal at the time, but they were still quite a ways out from contending. Parsons is supposed to get this team over the finish line. With Russell Wilson, he was in his mid 30s and entering wash phase when he got to Denver. A player like Parsons virtually never becomes available at this stage of their career. I am not seeing any way it will be fair to criticize the Packers for making this deal. Even if he blows out his knee next week, it is quite literally what everyone has been clamoring for. There's not a chance they'd get anything this good with those picks.
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I'll be the first to say my knowledge of CFB is minimal, but the NIL sounds like a half-hearted excuse. UW has never really been recruiting blue chips in either major sport. They get them now and again, but they weren't getting guys who would have scored big NILs outside of a handful of kids. They did well on local kids, mostly linemen, and a pipeline of skill guys from NJ who were getting passed over by the top tier. NIL or not, there are plenty of excellent HS players who would play at Wisconsin. They either aren't getting the right kids anymore or don't know how to put them together, or some combination of both. The basketball program will power through probably because they simply don't need as many players and similarly, they've been doing it anyway with a core of unsexy guys. I don't know. Just seems like there is more to it than 'Poor UW, the NIL just isn't fair.' Seems like that's a pass they don't deserve.
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As a casual UW observer, the fall of this program and the speed of it is appalling.
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It's closer to Mack than Reggie. But the Packers are better than the Bears were when it happened.
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There really isn't an equivalent acquisition for the Packers I can think of, even though White and Woodson were both exceptional, they weren't in the career phase that Parsons is.
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This is why I'm not worried about the division. The Cubs have been completely blah against this supposed soft schedule since the ASB. The sample is big enough to know they will lose to these teams. They don't beat them consistently enough to pick up the ground unless we absolutely urinate ourselves and go like 7-21. It makes no sense but I am ok with our struggles. I had anxiety about staying hot all the way until October. Get the rough patch out now. -
Clark was good and I still think he was good. It really doesn't matter, I don't need to rationalize how good he wasn't. When you can get a generational player at the most or second-most important position in the league sent to a team that won 11 games you do it. When that player is 26 and possibly hasn't peaked, you do it before the other guy changes his mind.
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I'm sorry, but how could someone say they're not sold on Jacobs? Did you see the Packers offense last year?
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The Packers probably looked at Clark as the equivalent of an NBA salary dump. You make this trade 10/10 times if you think you're close to a title. This is exactly the talent they don't have this team.
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I'm absolutely stunned
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I always thought Art LaFleur could star in a biopic as Pat Murphy, but then I remember he died.
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I'd rather see Woodruff and it's not close.
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Isn't he essentially employed by the Brewers? He has always kinda been like that, nice guy though. Local media has always been pretty kind to the Brewers. Haudricourt, another nice guy, was an absolute shill for Yost.
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The last week has been that way even the ones we won. Things just look sloppy. They look tired.
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Professional athlete, literally the best in the world at what they do...worst guy on the bench is paid a king's ransom. Under scrutiny probably since they have been about 8 years old...but dropping a few games and being 6.5 up in the division has them shaken in the middle of a winnable game they trail 6-4? I don't buy it. I think we project our feelings onto what we "can just see."
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I guess that's why they bunted to get a RISP for Contreras.
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This staff is shot. We might as well have Jansen go 9 innings tomorrow to just save every arm we have.
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I don't get the 2-out bunting with a guy on first and a hitter with legit power at the plate.
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I used to think that. They have shown really no hesitation to throwing all sorts of goofy changes around.
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This is why I think we are inevitably headed to 7 innings.
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That wasn't Mysterio's finest hour, but if that throw is off line at all he's safe. It also actually looked like a good slide would have made it, he had a chance to get under that tag and just didn't come in smoothly at all. I am not sure 2nd was that much better than 1st at that point with Turang coming up.
