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  1. CheezWizHed
    But seriously... I grew up with real trees that we'd find on my parent's land. My wife and I only did artificial ones (she grew up in Iowa where trees are an invasive species) until a few years back when we bought one real tree. It was nice, but the clean-up was more a headache than the benefits. So we are back to artificial trees. We have a place under the stairs where we store it so we don't have to put it away totally (just cover it with sheets - minimal fluffing).
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    I took my family out into the wilderness to cut down a Christmas tree, but forgot the axe, so we just dug it up and brought it home. But keeping it hydrated was a chore. My uncle was smoking a cigar near it and the whole thing went up in smoke. Thankfully, I had an evergreen in the yard that served as an emergency standin. But when I did bring it in, a squirrel came with it and it chased the family around the house for a while (we all suffer from an odd fear of squirrels - sciurophobia ). But it is Christmas with the family that counts. 😉
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    Last year, I was ridiculed for making the comment that I'd take Love over Hurts. Hurts was playing better football at that time, but is a more of a system level QB. Hurts benefited from everyone bailing out to stop Barkley. This year their run game hasn't been as strong. Love has the higher ceiling and this year that is showing.
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    Next Bears matchup: Should Parson rush from the right side (defensive view point)? During the game, I was thinking that Parsons was too aggressive as Williams kept escaping from the hole he created on the right side and made some big throws late in the game. I was wondering if he should try to contain more... But today, I got to thinking...what if he rushed from the right side more? Williams kept escaping in the hole on the left side and being a right handed-QB, was able to make a few good plays. But if he is scrambling to Caleb's left (defense's right), he would have a much harder time throwing the ball. Keep Parsons' disrupting, but make it harder for Williams to pull up and pass.
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    Sorry, I wasn't trying to dispel anything you were saying. I was legit curious if they were using Wooden at the 3 technique (or DE) in short yardage... I was hoping you might've had a source (and/or too lazy to go look myself 😉).
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    The Broncos seem to be built in a similar fashion to the Packers: A strong defense with a complementary offense. Denver has scored 14 less points scored on offense (GB 10th, Denver 15th overall , but gave up 12 less points on defense (GB 4th, Denver 2nd). But for all the good reasons to beat Denver, Sean Payton still tops the list. Dude should've been banned for life.
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    What about short yardage situations? Any cases of Wooden playing 3 with another NT? Or Wooden at DE? I'm guessing one of the four NTs is going to leave the roster soon (Stackhouse?), but even having three NTs seems to indicate that Wooden might get flexed elsewhere in certain situations. Especially with Brooks being a poor run defender. Also Bohanna will probably change the depth chart (again) with a full week of practice.
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    For the first 8 (or so) games of the season, Love was electric against clean pockets are horrible otherwise (blitz or not). So the easy button was constant blitzing - I think both the Browns and Bengals did that heavily. Maybe Carolina too? Seems like he has turned a corner (at least the last few games) on that. Now, if you blitz and the OL picks it up so he has a clean pocket off the blitz? 🔥
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    The last few games has been very encouraging with Love vs the blitz. Early in the season, he was looking more like a deer in the headlights when blitzes came, but he is clearly adjusting to it now. The OL has certainly improved blitz pickup (thus making some blitzes a "clean pocket throw" with fewer defenders covering receivers), but I'm even more encouraged by the plays where Love has a free-runner and he knows exactly where to deliver the ball. One of the few intelligent additions Tom Brady had to the broadcast yesterday was when there was a LB blitz with a clear path to Love, yet he threw the ball right back into the vacated coverage spot to complete a pass to a TE. Love is clearly more decisive when blitzed (the second Watson TD was another example). He has a better feel for where it is coming from and where to attack it. That is often the difference between good and great QBs. I railed on it early in the season, so I have to point it out when he fixed it too.
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    Both of them were pretty clearly in the gray of "what is a catch?". William's fumble recovery was more surprising because no one was doubting the catch initially. Kind of stinks when they review something we didn't ask them to review... Musgrave... it seemed like while the ball was moving, he still had his hand under it... but clearly was not clear-cut catch. Nice play regardless. I was encouraged by Musgrave in this game. We need a TE to take up some of Kraft's pass catching responsibilities. Yeah, I'm here too. If anything MLF was running off while Johnson stood there. Neither looked like they wanted more than the formal handshake. Not everyone is or needs to be "buddies"... that doesn't mean there is disrespect there.
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    Funny thing is that I thought "now would be a great time for an INT", but then immediately doubted it... Nah, they will roll out Williams or run it up the gut... Why would they pass the ball???
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    Packers pick up NT Jordan Riley and claim NT Quinton Bohanna off waivers this week. I wonder if they are going to use Wooden more at Wyatt's DT position and want more backups at NT (especially in obvious run scenarios)? That would reserve Brooks for pass rush snaps and "hide" him more on rushing downs. Brinson has shown some glimmers of hope this year, too. But I can't see them carrying this many NTs on the team for long.
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    The more I think about this... I'm going to guess the Knicks game was the breaking point. Giannis was mugged all game while Brunson was getting every ticky-tack call. Especially the 3pt attempt with Giannis defending him; Brunson kicked out his foot, flopped on the floor and got the call. Bucks call for a review (where you clearly see Brunson kick his foot out into Giannis) and they "confirm" the call. There was your dagger. 😠
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    OKC has a lot of draft capitol... Oklahoma City Thunder Future Draft Picks - RealGM OKC also is under the first apron of the salary cap, so it would take less finagling to make that work. The Knicks aren't even $150k under the second apron.
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    I'm not a big conspiracy guy, but this doesn't feel quite right. All the love and commitment in the offseason when it would've been easy to trade him... and now 20 games in and we are talking about the future? Blah. Giannis seems to be down in his FA attempts while the league is giving him their best 90's Detroit bad-boys treatment. No love for Milwaukee. 😞
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    Agreed, I've been on the 2-year NIL deals for a while. The constant churn makes college sports feel more like pick-up games instead of team play.
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    That seems like quite a position change too. I realize the HS players are generally a bit fungible in their positions, but I wonder if he swapped because of the position change (i.e. we pushed him one way and he decided otherwise)?
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    but also worse...
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    Ugh... assuming. 😛 I remember when Clint Coulter was drafted. At 6'3", he was often said to be too tall for catcher. That is one position where being tall does make it difficult when being mobile in the crouch (and/or getting down low enough to paint a good zone). Oh, William Contreras and Will Smith (5'10") say hi. 😉
  20. CheezWizHed
    It would be silly to just move all three. For what purpose? That doesn't improve Ortiz by moving him to 3B. If Ortiz is in the lineup, I think you have to maximize his value by playing him at SS. If you move Turang to SS, it is with the purpose of removing Ortiz from the lineup. Now if you were to find a 2B and put Turang at SS, I wonder how hard it is on the players to put Turang at 2B for LHB and SS for RHB (i.e. put him in the position with the highest probability of having the ball hit at him)?
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    If you look at the size of the Packer center and guards from 5 years ago and compare to today, there is a clear shift to bigger and heavier IOL: 2020: Jenkins (311), Linsley (301), Patrick (313) 2025: Banks(325), Jenkins(311)/Rhyan(321), Morgan(311)/Belton(336)/Rhyan Pretty close to 10-20lbs heavier across the board. Especially if you consider Morgan a T playing out of position (which I do).
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    Rollins and KPJ are pretty close to untouchable, IMO. Not that they are all-world players, but they are young, cheap, improving, and good on offense and defense. GTJ and Green at the 2 is "ok", but could be improved. Both players at 3 gets overwhelmed by size. We do have a future first round pick to deal with... but more importantly, we have cap room to take on a salary dump (Bucks are 25th in the league right now). Cleveland is over both aprons. Timberwolves are over the first apron... Maybe one of the teams at the high end would want to move a bit lower? Not looking for the second coming of Khris, but a strong defender with a bit of size that isn't a total black hole on offense. As for the Wizards game... I think you need to ask Turner how the opposing C got 6 offensive rebounds while he only had 3 total rebounds. He has never been a big rebound guy, but he has to wake up and see that Sims is mainly getting playing time because he won't rebound. Of course, Justin Champagnie also grabbed 6 OREBs which goes to my point about our SFs being outsized. Maybe it is time for AJJ to get a chance?
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    Yes, it is looking that way now. I mistook Lloyd's and Cox's verbiage of "designated to return" for "activated"... and wondering why Reed wasn't. Wrong stage of the process. Looks like they will wait to see how he responds from a full week of practice and then activate him. Sounds like Golden might be back too. With Reed and Golden returning and Kraft injured, I wonder if we will try more 4-wide formations - Doubs, Reed, Golden, and Watson? That would be a very MM thing to do, but I've not seen that much with MLF. But it would certainly play to the strength of our personnel and allow us to attack the medium-middle portion of the field again.
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    I was hoping to see Reed activated for this game...
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