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Lovely start... 😤

"Clean hit"... thanks Tom. Helmet to helmet.

I think he is trying to start games better and not fall behind, but we normally start off pretty cold so having the ball first doesn't seem to help.

1) Because Walker got himself established at LT before Tom was ready. I doubt they wanted to risk messing things up by swapping them when they were doing fine. B) Agreed. However, Tom is a great RT, and I don't see any reason he wouldn't continue at LT. 4) Are you saying you'd rather pay Walker than Tom if you had to choose one?

I expect they will too, but Walker is mostly average at LT. If he wants to be paid a premium, you pay Tom first.

In years past, playing this Eagles team would be a nightmare with Barkley and Hurts running ability. With Cooper and our improved D this year, it doesn't feel so bad. If Walker comes back AND plays his best (as he was a couple games right before he was injured), that could be a big difference in dealing with those two. and I have to bring it up... 4th and 26!

To be fair... that was normally only enough time for Williams to run one play... I'm surprised he didn't huddle up to call the spike play.😏

Best case scenario is that he has a post-ST opt out (or very early in the season). If we have injuries out of ST (or really poor performance), we have a backup-backup plan. But he doesn't stay at AAA long and steal ABs from our younger players.

It is more important to me that he peaks at the playoffs. I think we have a team that can carry to the playoffs... let him start slow and max out at the end of the year.

Mitchell has that ceiling, but injuries are far too big a part of his career to see it realized. He reminds me a bit of Buxton in many ways. FYI, Bux has a max WAR of 4.9. Contreras and Chourio certainly could. I'd be disappointed if Chourio doesn't at some point. Turang and Frelick I really doubt. Especially Turang. I don't see his bat sustaining enough to manage it. Frelick possibly has more ceiling with BA and power as he matures a bit more. But 5 WAR is still a stretch to me. But your predictions were a fun read and a couple of very specific details made me chuckle. 😄

So I think I counted 55 WAR for the people you projected. If we assume 0 WAR for the rest (you didn't list any for BP, which is normally a positive for the Brewers), that would come to about 103 wins on the season. I think many of the 5-6 WAR players are probably more of 2-4 WAR players.

I'm just happy to see that this is the prevailing thought amongst BF posters and no one has mentioned "dumpster diving" in a while. 😂 Maybe we finally realize that not all moves have to be needle movers. And I think we can ALL agree that removing someone named "Molina" off the Brewer roster is a positive thing (no offense to Mason directly of course).

I hate to say it, but MN is healthy, well disciplined, and playing their best ball. Detroit is still dangerous, but very thin and banged up.

Misiorowski - I can see a mid-season BP stint - similar to Burnes/Woodruff. Quero - Initially, knock the rust off at AAA and be available if someone gets hurt. Wouldn't surprise me to see a late season call up with Contreras playing more DH and Quero/Haase doing the catching (assuming failures with other DH options here). Black - I'm not as hopeful as others. I'll guess he bounces back and forth a few times. Yoho - I think he will start at AAA, but be one of the early callups for the BP. Might be the most MLB ready of all the rookies we have. Connor Thomas - Sounds like he will take a Bryce Wilson role in the BP. Rule 5 pick that has the rules in his favor to stay at the MLB level. Gasser, Patrick, Henderson, Rodriguez - Will be the starter backup rotation. Gasser when healthy might have a chance at sticking in the starting lineup. Durbin - Depends on what else happens this year. If no more INF are acquired, he might get first shot at the starting lineup to show off their new sparkly acquisition. If not, he is probably competing with Monasterio and Dunn for the utility role. Which probably means a bunch of time at AAA. Boeve - could make a short stop at AAA if our 2B/3B options aren't doing well before coming to the MLB. But since he isn't on the 40-man, I'm guessing things have to go poorly before he is added this year.

Next you'll tell me that a 1/4 lb burger is smaller than a 1/3 lb burger! My 1 in 1000 was hyperbole.

Which is bigger at this point? Rodger's chip from being slighted by the 49ers during the draft or his desire to play for the hometown team? We all know the Rodger's ego part is going to be the biggest of all...

I don't seek Walker being nearly as expensive as Tom. If Walker did leave, moving Tom to LT should be an obvious move.

Yeah, I knew my 1 in 1000 was hyperbolic. 4 out of 100 still isn't great.

I was saying that I believe the Bears can beat anyone in the playoffs. It isn't about can they beat the teams, but how likely it will be. It might take the Bears 1000x before that 1 time occurs. Even if our odds are better, it is probably 1 in a 1000 that we beat all three consecutively to merely get to the SB.

The slot value of the pick was lost when he didn't sign. But since they saved money on other picks to sign Levonas to an over-slot value, all that over-slot money was available to sign other picks.

Sure, they can beat anyone they draw, but at what odds? The Bears can beat anyone they draw too. Without Alexander and Williams, our odds are pretty low, IMO. Especially when you have to string together three straight games of beating the odds just to get TO the Superbowl.

Yeah, I was just thinking about the narrative of "we don't need a #1 WR" and how that has played out this year. I'm scratching my head on what happened to Reed this year. He's been a ghost. Doubs is a good possession receiver but mostly a good #2. Watson made some nice strides this year and has become more than the deep threat, but injuries stall his progress. Wicks has some upside, but he hasn't made any moves toward improving this year at all. I've actually started wondering if we need a better WR coach or a WR vet to help teach the kids. Perhaps Davante would help in that role. Other team needs: CB: Probably only Valentine and Nixon survive this year. Alexander is trending badly and Stokes will probably look elsewhere. This might be a FA target, however. Or a FA/Draft double dip? C: Myers is probably gone and Monk hasn't been active at all. DE: This needs to be a FA. I can't imagine another #1 draft pick here. So much draft capitol wasted. DT: Clark has been better with his toe healed. Wyatt has been good at pass rush, but not run. Slaton has been ok against the run, but nothing otherwise. Brooks has flashes, but isn't a complete player. Wooden is JAG. Solid depth, but no playmakers here at all. T: Depends on Morgan. Is he a G/T or just a G? Need some depth here. Probably another G/T in the 4th round. Gutekunst gets flack for having draft errors (especially DEs in the 1st round). While that is true, there isn't anyone with a perfect draft record either. Where he has done better than TT is that he covers his draft errors with smart FA pickups. I'd expect to see two FAs at the CB, DE, or perhaps C positions.

I was at my in-laws so I ended up watching that whole game (I wouldn't bother at home). First game I've seen of Colorados', and they certainly weren't impressive. Lots of talk about Sanders being a top draft pick, but he looked massively confused out there. He is going to drop or need a lot of development to be ready to read NFL defenses if that one game is an indicator. Interestingly, the BYU coach said that they would put out coverages that he hasn't seen in previous games, too. Hunter looked much better at WR than DB, but pretty meh at both. Granted, a WR needs to have his QB help him to look good too. Pretty shocking to see two top 10 NFL picks (and one being the Heisman winner) do absolutely nothing out there.

I guess you'd question the 49ers also since they couldn't coach Campbell either? Or what about Z Smith? He hasn't lasted anywhere for very long (despite actually producing). Sometimes people just aren't team players. I tend to think some of this is a Joe Berry hangover too. But if Alexander doesn't play again this year, he shouldn't be back. He seems to have a low tolerance of "don't want to play against JJ or St. Brown and embarrass myself".

Love is still very young in his ability to read D, adjust, and make plays happen. He is a very good QB when things are there for him.... I don't see much in the way of adjustments, and he has very poor situational awareness. The result is very sporadic offense. Sometimes he plays like he is on fire, but when he is being challenged, he doesn't change coverages, look for a quick "out", or hurt the blitzer's area. Yes, with a very, very good defense, you can win a SB with him. But I think his chances are low until he can play "smarter" football. You are going to have games where everything goes your way (Dallas last year), but then you have other games where it goes badly and I don't see a QB that can "will" his way to a win. Hopefully he will get there, but until he does, I think he has a very low chance of being a SB winning QB. (Hopefully I'll eat those words).