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Never heard of it. Not that I need more social media outlets in my life...

Russell hit the transfer portal before the portal was cool! Might as well include him now since you will see far more of it (either that or never have another "Badger" QB...). I think Tolzien was highly underrated by fans. Not physically great at anything, but the whole was greater than the sum of the parts. Carved out a nice NFL career as a backup too.

So the Brewers would need to offer 7 years $159.99M to keep him? But what about the Twins? 🤔😂

He did say one of Pratt or Made. Whenever they are both at the MLB level, one will have to give or be traded...

Surefire loss seems a bit overstated for Detroit. Clearly underdogs, but still a winnable game. Detroit showed themselves to be more disciplined, but not more talented.

Depends on when he would retire or get cut. Spotract says it must be exercised prior to the 2025 season. So what I posted before would've been post that option. If they were to cut him after the Jets were eliminated (and before the 2025 season starts), His cap hit in 2025 doesn't look much different: I tend to trust Spotract to have those details managed. FYI, the Jets have less than $3M in cap space for 2024 if they were to try this. I suppose Rodgers might be nice and renegotiate to remove the option and then retire later... but I wouldn't hold my breath...

I suppose there might be some legal ramifications where a team can recoup money. I was merely stating that the salary cap rules treat it the same.

Got to kick the trash talking off a little early this week... Nice to have an extra "home game" each year! My favorite line from the Bears Preview article: P Tory Taylor: The rookie punter actually has more punting yards (2,153) than Caleb Williams has passing yards (1,785) in 2024.

Nope. Retiring is the same as being cut as far as cap hits go. The Jets have about $35.5M in cap space next year. In that: Davante is the highest cap hit at $38M but only $8.3M in dead cap if cut Rodgers is second at $23.5M ($49M dead cap) Allen Lazard is 5th at $13.2M ($6.5M dead cap) Backup QB Tyrod Taylor is 9th at $6.8M ($5.7M dead cap) So you could cut Rodgers and Lazard both (which is probably logical) and you'd still have about $17M of cap space to operate... Of course then Davante would want to be traded again...

I think some humbling was necessary for the guy... he was in a good situation with the Pack, but refused to work with new WRs.... and that seems to continue. Not big on schadenfreude, but it is a nice reminder that no matter how good you are, being a team player is still more important. I'm guessing the Jets would need to wait until post 6/1 to cut him:

This actually seems small to me. I would've expected more than that. 0.2/100 pitches equate roughly to 0.3 ERA improvement (100 pitches typically produces 6 IP). That could be just the impact of defense alone. So which is more impactful? Playing in front of a GG defense or the pitching lab?

And this post was my 10,000 BF post, earning me the "Loudmouth" badge. I guess it fits! 😂

Pains me to say it, but...

Yes, "typically" but every player is unique. There are small players that get off blocks and big players that get stuck on them. Size is only one element to someone's ability. That is why (despite his size), I said Walker is probably better behind a 2 gap D where he isn't taking on OL as much.

Yes, but that wasn't the point. The question was whether or not we could get insurance on it. If a company has a liability (even a short term one or low chance one), I believe it could be insured.

Don't confuse 3-4 vs 4-3 and 1-gap vs 2-gap. Fritz Shumur ran a 4-3 but played 2-gap* but our defense now is currently 1 gap*. I've seen different 3-4 systems that 1 or 2 gap*. *Primarily 1 gap or 2 gap. I know teams switch back and forth based on play, opponent, and situation, but most systems "major" in doing it one way and use the other way occasionally to surprise the offense.

I'm a little puzzled by P-Smith's exit. He hasn't been great this year... but neither have our backups. Enagbare probably steps into starting... but then we have Cox getting DE snaps as the 4th? Wooden? I do not understand the burning need to get rid of him...just impacting our depth. One injury and we are in trouble at DE.

I'm no expert, but the QO is a legally binding contract on the Brewers' part (i.e. they can't rescind it anymore) and I'd assume they could be insured for loss on it... though even if they can doesn't mean they do.

I've never seen anything concrete about insurance the club has for player injuries, but I'd assume they had some protection that way.

Nice to see Baker Mayfield rebound his career after getting out of purgat...er Cleveland.

Isn't your 1-gap/2-gap backwards? If DL plays 2-gap, they are meant to occupy the OL and react to the gap where the RB heads toward. One gap is attacking between the OL and focuses on penetration, but lets the OL decide if they need to block the DL or not. Being a LB, you want the DL to occupy the OL (2-gap) so you can fire through the gaps and make a play. So lighter LBs are typically used in 2 gap systems because they take on the OL less. Whenever you see Clark fire through the line and get 3 yards upfield towards the QB, but realize the RB went another way, the OL just let him fire through the gap so he could go block the LB. They rely on knowing the DL isn't going to get the RB because the play went a different way. One of the reasons Walker is struggling is because he is taking on so many OL this year and he clearly can't get off blocks.

Yes, we are still 6-3 and have half the season left. We can take a bye, heal, and refocus. Most teams have those stinkers where everything goes wrong... and it certainly felt like that yesterday. Love has an INT in every game he has played, so that really needs to be addressed. His aggressiveness needs a good dose of game reality. Brady actually pointed that out well in the game; when to take the shot, when to take the checkdown, when to throw it away and play field position game. Love just seems amped up to "11" on pass aggression... too many bad throws in traffic, too many deep throws to covered receivers (yes, some he connected on but still poor choice), just too sloppy in protecting the ball. We don't need Rodgers here, but we can't sustain the TOs he creates. Not sure what we do at MLB. You almost have to put Wilson back there and use Walker as OLB or backup/rotation. I think the defense suffers a bit with him as play caller too. Wilson might turn into a pumpkin, but at least you know. Play the hot hand. I think Barry's D suited Walker better though. He clearly doesn't get off OL blocks well. With the DL single-gapping, it allows more OL penetration to the LBs and Walker doesn't avoid it well. DL needs to fix their run D. Clark is doing his best disappearance act again and seems to have minimal impact. Slaton has one job: be a big man that is hard to move, but he plays like he is on ice skates most of the time. I guess we don't have anyone else big? OL needs to fix their stupid penalties. We shouldn't have a SINGLE false start while playing at home. We had a couple and were lucky we didn't get more as both Tom and Walker were jumping early almost every snap.

Do I understand the 2nd apron restrictions to mean that we can't do 1 for 2 trades? No 2 for 2 either? Teams above the second apron can't combine multiple players' salaries into trades.

Thanks for the FIP breakout. I looked at the overall numbers and knew his ERA was massively skewed... but I'm surprised his FIP was that consistent last year. But I totally agree that overall he has slightly below average performance the last two years. The surprise probably comes because he filled such a need at the time. We had injuries in '23 when we came out of nowhere. Then for a time in '24, he was pitching like an ace before falling off late. Expectations were low, production was better than expected, so perception is set with people. Then objective metrics like FIP and other peripherals (which you don't know unless you go look) show a different picture...

Not sure if Watson ran the wrong route, poor depth, or whatever, but I'm sure the rain was part of it. I don't care if it wasn't really hard or not, when you are looking up to find the ball and raindrops are hitting you in the face, that doesn't make it an easy thing. One reason I wasn't happy about all the 40 yard deep shots in the game... they are hard to complete normally and really hard in the wind and rain.