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    New Orleans Ditkas? 🤣
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    With Parsons out, I wonder if they will activate Cox or Collin Oliver? Cox has some wiggle to him and did well at the end of last season, but Oliver is an interesting guy and seems to have a bit of Parsons in him. Maybe we activate both and put Stackhouse on IR with an "injury".
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    In 10 years, football will look like Soccer leagues. Alabama will be promoted to the NFL and New Orleans will be required to go back to college.
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    Less than two weeks removed from the first Bears/Packer matchup and this game feels a lot different. Losing Parsons, Watson, Tom, and Williams (probably for the last 3) in the course of single game still stings. But thankfully, Love's deed to Chicago is still valid. Packers 48 - The Ditkas 3
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    As I said before I'm not necessarily on board with the trade because I was a Collins fan. I'm just trying to discern that the FO is doing with the trade. Obviously, they feel pretty high on Zerpa (at least higher than Collins) and wanted the flexibility. But can't really just this one trade in isolation either... got to see what the rest of the offseason brings.
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    I've seen Nix play two games: The Packer game and Oregon vs Wisconsin. Both games he looked very much the same... athletic, accurate, and making smart decisions. I know the rest of his stats don't seem to align with those two games, but I always wondered why he was ranked so low in that draft. Williams might have the higher ceiling, but Nix is the better QB right now. Nix might be the second-best QB in that draft ( and 6th drafted)
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    Dez Bryant and Calvin Johnson "catches" were correctly called by the refs... but they were following a dumb set of rules defining the "catch". That wasn't the refs' fault. Agreed. I see gambling ruining sports eventually. We already see negative side effects on individuals (either correctly or incorrectly being accused) and on games overall. To say there isn't anything going on with so much $$$ flying around is naive.
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    Sure, we should try to improve - especially at our weak spots. So, if we stayed with Collins, do you think he would improve from 2025? Personally, I expect his ceiling to be around a 750-800 OPS with good defense. But his floor is probably a 600-650 OPS. So a lot more potential to go down than up. It would seem that the Brewers agree with that... hence the trade. They basically took two players that they didn't put on the playoff roster and had no options and turned them into two very similar players with options. Not every move is an obvious upward improvement. Sometimes you move sideways so you can move up with other moves. Similar to last year's 3B... we had several different people on the roster as options and ultimately found the improvement from one of them. But not many people were thrilled about Durbin when we traded for him. Sometimes you just need several backup plans when you can't go pay for a sure-fire improvement. Conversely, how many people thought Hoskins was a great FA signing when we got him....and how many people think it was a good deal now?
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    I was just comparing Baddoo to Collins and there are a lot of similarities. I don't think it is much of a stretch to say swapping the two is a wash. Baddoo is a year younger and can play CF (30% of his MLB innings came there). Minor league numbers: Baddoo: 256/363/436/799 Collins: 266/380/422/803 Rookie MLB season: Baddoo (22yo): 259/330/436/766 Collins (27yo): 263/368/411/779 We can't ignore the poor years that Baddoo had with Detroit after his rookie year, but even when he wasn't hitting well, he put up positive bWAR in all but one season (2.1, 0.2, 0.7, -0.5, 0.2), so defense can't be too bad. Likewise, I wouldn't be surprised by some regression on Collins side also. I wouldn't say that I'm jumping up and down over this trade as I was a Collins fan. But it isn't like he was a future star for the team either. Past performance wise, swapping Collins for Baddoo and Mears for Zerpa ends up a pretty neutral swap. But looking forward, I'd say that we gained some upside in Zerpa or at least flexibility.
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    Yesterday couldn't have been more painful. Kraft gone for the season - mitigated by Watson and Reed's returns Wyatt gone for the season - didn't have a great fill-in, but used depth for run defense and LVN's return on pass rush. Parsons, Watson probably gone for the season or close. Tom and Williams gone for multiple weeks. That is going to be very difficult to overcome. Love is healthy and playing well. Jacobs is at 75%. Golden and Reed (missed the last two plays yesterday) are mostly healthy, but dinged. Our TEs can't stay on their feet when catching the ball. Our pass rush is going to be limited moving forward, our DBs can't cover for long periods. At least Walker and Cooper are healthy... Yesterday will be very hard to overcome.
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    Yes. Time to move on please.
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    He did show some signs (maybe injury related though?) of losing a bit of control. Maybe I'm channeling Turnbow/Axford vibes with Megill? But all it would take is for him to lose the curve control and he is a has-been. And as I said... you need to get something back meaningful. I'm fully expecting we are shoring up a position of weakness (i.e. SS) from a position of strength (BP). I just see Megill's value at a high point right now... but again we aren't just giving him away.
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    It is more than just going over 30. He just has the type of profile that doesn't age well. Triple digits (which is becoming less rare) is nice but he throws it very straight. Everything rests on landing the hammer curve. I just see his peak being pretty short. Then you have the pipeline of pitchers coming in (as well as the reclaims of other teams' pitchers). Plus, I don't mean trading him off for peanuts... you still need a meaningful return. With Abner able to step in as closer, he is a good resource to upgrade elsewhere.
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    I wonder if Zerpa might be considered SP depth, too?
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    I moved up to the Twin Cities for family reasons, but am considering moving back after retirement.
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    Land in Buffalo County is expensive (I lived there 12 years). BC is the #1 county in the US for Boone and Crocket rated bucks. I saw a 16+ point atypical buck on someone's tailgate at KwikTrip during one hunting season. 10 years ago (when I lived there) people would rent out their hunting land for $1000/week/person. But a very nice place to live. LaCrosse area too.
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    Good point... especially since Freddy himself wasn't high on Seattle's prospect list when we acquired him.
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    Doesn't matter whose idea it was. He leads the team and got a slap on the wrist for it. It wasn't rare in idea, but in substance it had them going out to hurt someone. Basically the same IMO as a TLR lead team throwing beanballs because someone lingered too long to watch a HR. Cheap crap derived from a low-life person.
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    There is only one retired former Packer that is currently at this playing weight/conditioning:😉
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    Chourio (and perhaps Made) is the only player that is "untouchable" on this team. But that doesn't mean it needs to be a firesale. Peralta has a lot of value as a starting pitcher and for his contract. We have every right to ask for a lot because he has every bit of value for our team also.
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    There is this new tool called "Google"...😛 It is the Packers' second game in Denver in the last three seasons (2023). The regular-season series between the Packers and Broncos is tied at 7-7-1. Green Bay has won four of the last six contests between the two clubs. The Packers are 1-7 at Denver, with their only victory coming in 2007.
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    Is it required to trade all three Antetokounmpos at once? 🤔 It would be a shame to break up the set...
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    This seems like a "water is wet" type article. Of course other teams are going to improve (on paper). That is what the offseason is for. Of course, the last couple of years had us predicted to be a 500 team and we ended up winning the division both years. So offseason hype rarely lives up to the reality of the season (especially for the Cubs 😉)
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    I've been a huge Megill fan over the last couple of years, but he is also the type of player that you trade away at a high point. Not saying he will go all Devon Williams next year, but when someone tips over the 30 yo mark and you have a good pipeline of players behind him, you need to leverage him into improvement elsewhere. No reason to give him away for peanuts, but if someone gives a good return, why wouldn't we listen?
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