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I use Waze on a daily basis as my commute can shift daily based on traffic and construction. Overall, I like it better than Google Maps. But it is HORRIBLE for finding a restaurant when you are on a trip. It will either find stuff behind you or at your destination. My Garmin 25 years ago knew how to find restaurants on my drive in front of me... I use Google Maps for that. Sadly, both are owned by Google, so I have no idea why they can't fix it. Try a shammy. I bought a sponge wrapped in a shammy cloth and wipe down my windshield dry. It gets rid of most things. I'm sure with window cleaner, it would do better. I get a few streaming platforms for free with my Tmobile plan, but I'll pay for NFL+. I can watch any game as soon as it is completed for $100/season. Wait another hour and I can watch a full game in 45 minutes with only seeing snap to tackle of each play. Or watch the full 22 view without announcers... Last Sunday, my family went to the Zoo in the afternoon. I came home and watched the Packers. I don't feel the need to watch it live anymore. Live life first!

I saw the 785 OPS and thought... Wow, he did a lot better than I remembered! Oh, it was 721...

I don't know...

17 min, but you get about 75% of all scoring plays: The Buck's team is interesting this year with the balance in scoring. Giannis is 30+ points and 5-6 other players run @ 10-15 points each. A pretty natural way to run with the hot hand. I would like to see Turner on the court more when Giannis is not, but that is challenging with Kuzma and Portis both playing in that Giannis-less space also. Turner ends up being another 3pt shooter which Giannis out there. Perhaps they can setup more plays for Turner to shake things up?

Playoff repeat but in Green Bay instead of Philly. Big questions include: Which Packer team is going to show up? The offense has been very inconsistent from week to week. The defense has been steadier, but still has its own challenges. Packers losing players - Kraft is the big one, but other injuries have popped up as Wooden, Golden, Hobbs (an actual improvement) and Banks (again) dropped out of the last game. Philly gaining players - Here comes the return of Jaire Alexander...but maybe that is a good thing? His coverage has been very Hobbs-like this year (when healthy). But Philly also picked up a CB and DE recently too. Here we go under the bright lights of Monday Night Football! (I still miss Hank Williams)

He hasn't been an All-Pro guard for a few years. He has been in decline... even at G. I thought the move the C would actually improve his value. But it didn't... No way we trade him. No one is taking him for a $20M+ salary next year. Josh Sitton is a pretty apt comparison. Losing Ben Sims is a nothing-burger. Sure, we need a TE now, but might as well go grab a PS player that might have more upside. Sims started out as below average and hasn't improved.

If people are ready to give up on Love, I'll say you've been too spoiled by our past QBs. He made a significant jump this year and you really need to see that. Not just the numbers, but in certain throws that he didn't make in years past. I've been one of his critics this year, but mainly pointing out things that hold him back from being a Tier 1 QB. Against the Steelers, he looked exactly what we expect from a Tier 1 QB. But then didn't yesterday (again failing to handle blitzes and making quick instinctual decisions). Dumping him now would be a bad idea. MLF has his weaknesses, but I'll still say many items you guys rail on him for fall in Love more than MLF. Play clock management, for example (not play calls when managing clock, but getting people lined up on time). Honestly, he reminds me of MM a bit... really good at somethings, but struggled at others. He is easily a top 10 coach in the league with only a few clearly ahead of him... again tier 2 and not quite tier 1. I don't think it will be easy to replace him...and very easy to get someone worse. Jenkins. Not enough people are talking about how poor Jenkins has been at center. Career path for him has been downward since his rookie year. Twice yesterday, he slid over for a double team and totally missed a blitzer right up the middle. He was so focused on the double team that he didn't even react to him running a couple feet from him. We'd be better off with Josh Myers back at center... (not to mention Jenkins over Banks at LG). D-Line was also horrid yesterday. Seemed like there were very few stops made by the DL and the LB were making initial contact 3-4 yards down field. Really need better depth there behind Wooden. As poorly as Young played yesterday, we should've won that easily... I've held my tongue on Banks and Hobbs...trying to be patient and give them time to get healthy and acclimated, but wow that FA class is looking REALLY bad. Banks is fine when he plays... but that "when" is rare. Dude is made of tissue paper. Hobbs... well, we couldn't even play him at slot CB and have him produce. I wasn't expecting a shutdown CB, but he is significantly lower than his Raider numbers too.

Looking at how Doc is using his PGs now, there would seem to be plenty of time for both Rollins and KPJ.... at the expense of Anthony. Even if KPJ gets the start, having Rollins off the bench and getting starter minutes is a real option. KPJ and Giannis worked really well together last year (though he and Rollins seem to have clicked too). Both players are still pretty young and developing, so playing the hot hand for the night isn't a terrible idea either. But long-term Rollin's 3pt shotting gives him a decent leg up on KPJ, IMO. Both PGs can take it to the rim, so that is a nice luxury to have when the offense stagnates.

Yeah, bringing in BP arms is pretty much a given. They do every year and they are never anyone people expect, so I don't bother. 😂 All my ideas are moderately expensive, but I wanted to start with the premise of what is even available. So many times people complain that "we need to go sign a 3B with GG defense and his 50 HRs", but that person doesn't exist... So I start with even who is available in FA that we could attempt to sign. If there isn't much... no sense complaining about the Brewers "digging through the trash heap" when that is all that is available. Like at SS. We know we aren't going to get Bichette. Second place is IKF and some utility SS that aren't any better than Ortiz. So we either live with Ortiz, move Turang over, or sign IKF...

I've not seen a game yet either, but reports are his defense has been excellent. Given how much Lopez has been a defensive liability for the last couple of years (i.e. drop defense on screens), even that upgrade is worth it. I'm sure it will take him a bit to get into an offensive flow with Giannis.

Bear FG nightmares... Crazy to think that the Vikings had Darnold and Jones on their roster last year: Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% 1D Succ% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds Sk% NY/A ANY/A 4QC GWD AV Awards Jones: 2025 28 IND NFL QB 8 8 7-1-0 173 243 71.2 2062 13 5.3 3 1.2 103 56.3 75 8.5 9.00 11.9 257.8 109.5 79.3 9 64 3.57 7.93 8.42 2 2 Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% 1D Succ% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds Sk% NY/A ANY/A 4QC GWD AV Awards Darnold: 2025 28 SEA NFL QB 7 7 5-2-0 131 192 68.2 1754 12 6.3 4 2.1 77 48.3 61 9.1 9.45 13.4 250.6 109.2 72.2 9 58 4.48 8.44 8.74 0 2

Yeah, just look back to Rodgers/Adams... There were games when they were unstoppable... but then run into a good playoff defense that triple covers Adams and what do we do? Would I turn down Chase or JJ on this team? No, but balance is needed

I mentioned this in the Game 7 thread, but I think Jacobs needs more outside runs. The defense has been crashing into the middle every time he gets the ball. The TD he broke out behind Watson was created because the outside containment was crashing to the OL. You can clearly see a difference on how the D plays the run when Wilson is in there. If they are less predictive with Jacob's runs, he will have more room to run.

Four games in seems a bit premature to call that... go look at KAT's stats from last night and see what Turner has brought so far (FYI, KAT averaged 25 pts/game vs the Bucks last year). Turner's D has shown up... I suspect his offense will take some time finding his spacing around Giannis.

Looks like Rollins heard your post and put up 25 pts for you. 😃 Porter and Giannis played really well together last year (to the point where I was advocating Giannis and Dame play as little as possible together). But I think Rollins has the most upside, IMO. I've been on his bandwagon for a couple of years. And since he is just 23, he still has some upside to go.

The Panthers are a surprising 4-4... but less surprising when you look behind the scenes (and who they beat) Bryant Young still looks like the same QB he has been the last couple of years; save for scoring a few more TDs. Low completion percentage, short throws, and an interception in over half the games played. Young didn't play last week and Andy Dalton is his backup. Probably more dangerous is their RB Dowdle who put up over 200 yards on the Dolphins. A league average defense per yards given up, but dead last in points. If the Packers get ahead early, this should be a cakewalk.

And most of the rookie WRs that exceed that number are on bad teams that have no other WR/TE options. Golden is on pace to hit 614 yards this year. Watson: 611 his rookie year - Rodger's last year Doubs: 425 - also Rodger's last year Reed: 793 yards - Love's first year and Watson only played 9 games that year.

The one to Kraft, the pass rush hit him, but it was certainly a dangerous throw. I blame him taking too long one the blitz more than the throw. To Watson, I wouldn't call 50/50. Watson was the only one that could even touch that ball, let alone catch it. Now, you are right that Love falling back and to his right... then throwing back left is generally dangerous. And if he had a bit more on the throw, Watson walks in for a TD.

There were three things I noticed as major shift from previous games and a fourth that continues on... This is the first time in a long time that the Packers made half-time improvements. Seems like most of the time, whatever they did going in, is what they did going out. They made some legit shifts One of those shifts was Love's response to the blitz. As good as Love is, he won't take the next step until he can appropriately handle the blitz. First half - seven-step drop, hope someone is open down the field 30 yards, throw short as you get hit (or a lame duck that Kraft turns into a miracle). Second half - short slants, crossers, or checkdowns. This was a MAJOR reason the offense turned it up. First half - 1 out of 6 on third down - blitzed every play. Love (and/or MLF as play caller) needs to bottle the second half response to blitzes. There was a LOT of Valentine out there. He wasn't perfect... in fact maybe only marginally better than Hobbs. And I don't recall seeing Hobbs in the slot either, so he was either injured or getting a wake up call. Special teams penalties. Seriously, just kneel already. A couple of other observations: Tucker Kraft! Jacobs needs to have more outside runs. I know it isn't his strength, but just about every game this season, people have clogged the middle to bottle him up. Certainly, the Steelers backed off the run when Wilson was in there, but he made a lot of hay outside too. Just mix it up! The TD bounce wasn't quite designed, but certainly worked because players were crashing to the middle. Welcome back Watson! Both on receiving and blocking! Nice to have a quiet day from TJ Watt. Rodgers (both before and after) was pretty mellow and careful with his words. Nice to have Wyatt back.

So only losing 21-7 vs 6th-rated Oregon has to be a win, right? Not sure if that should be "blue" or not...

I certainly won't defend Favre's actions on his exit. They were certainly those of a 2-year-old. I went from "let him play as long as he wants - he is a legend" to "I've had enough...moving on". But Rodgers wasn't exactly a choirboy when we drafted Love, nor when we drafted a bunch of new WR/TEs for him (i.e. refusal to do OTAs to get to know them)... Maybe more of a mutual parting, but if he had gone to the Vikings, it would've signaled a very similar reaction... just about as bad as CC going to the Cubs.

This statement really confuses me. Did we win 90 games this season? Check. 97 Did we have our pitchers on IL in the middle of the season? Let's see: Freddy - No Woodruff - Yes. Beginning of the year until July Miz - Yes Early Aug for 2 weeks Quint - Yes late Sept for 2 weeks Priester - No Megill - Yes Late Aug-Late Sept So I guess we did that too. There was a point where I felt like they were doing it deliberately to get people rest mid-season with whatever minimal injury they had. Too bad Uribe and Ashby didn't get that rest late in the season.

Rodger's schtick got really old those last couple of years. I was done when he refused to attend OTAs right after we drafted several new receivers (Watson/Doubs). The flip side is that we are seeing the team play a bit sloppy - which Rodgers wouldn't have put up with. Love does need a little of Rodger's fire. Favre was with the Vikings, so that was a whole different level of "in your face". Rodgers would've gotten the same if he signed there this offseason. I wonder if the Vikings are kicking themselves now... I would love to beat Rodgers on Sunday and in the Super Bowl. And will happily applaud his addition to the ring of honor. Valentine has nearly been as bad as Hobbs was Sunday. Hoping that was Hobbs' worst day. Also Hobbs+Valentine < Hobbs+Bullard. Brinson outsnapped Stackhouse the last two games and I think he has been a decent improvement. He gets some pressure against the pass and is no slouch against the run either. For a backup DT (and a rookie 6th rounder), I think he is solid. Give him a couple of years to work on technique and he might become a poor-man's Clark. Stackhouse actually improved last week too. Limiting him to short yardage helps.

I'm not trying to defend Chris, but I know that in my position as a people manager you need to try to spin bad news to sound as positive as possible. Perhaps they can't fire Fickle for financial reasons, so showing public support is one way to make good of a bad situation. Or perhaps he is doing some (attempted) PR work to calm down recruits. Or maybe it is all spin and they are interviewing in the background. Hard to know what is going on behind the scenes for these situations. Come on! As a US Citizen that likes sports, you MUST LOVE (American) FOOTBALL!!!! 😂