MrTPlush

Yah, I always thought the theory was one above home plate…probably shading towards left field side. I guess LF will see this one…and I guess RF can break their neck and look away from the action for it, but it really isn’t what was needed or wanted by fans. I guess I won’t complain too much…at least it is an upgrade out of the ownership groups pocket.

Losing the huge cringe advertisements…nice Putting the second scoreboard somewhere still horribly inconvenient for the OF attendees, kinda dumb.

I would agree...and still somewhat do but: The NFC is literal garbage at the QB position. It came down to Brock Purdy, Jared Goff, Jordan Love, and Baker Mayfield. That is pretty sad. If Mahomes, Allen, and Jackson were all in their conference I would be like yup...they just blew their chance. However, with the QB play on the NFC these days, it is anyone's for the taking. They really weren't that good though...and benefitted greatly playing the Vikings twice at the end of the year when Cousins wasn't on the field. Life isn't going to be as easy next year if Cousins returns, the Packers are stronger out of the gate., and they have the schedule of a divisional winner. They best keep drafting really well. They will have to waste a lot of cap space signing back their good but not great players (their WRs, guards, etc.) and they have some mega contracts close on the horizon. They probably have a few decent shots left before their cap situation really starts to weigh on them.

Well, I wish I didn't have to pay into a pension or into social security...but here we are. Gotta love mandatory programs to protect idiots from not saving at all.

Well, I never said their money is unlimited. Even in the hypothetical the $100mil disaster costed them $50mil in actuality. That is nothing to them. Us losing shared revenue? Yah, not good. Profitability in baseball really isn't in being competitive. The Dodgers would be infinitely way better off running a Brewers sized payroll. There is a reason the A's jog out a $45mil payroll. Bigger payroll doesn't really mean bigger profits. The ROI just isn't there.

That is assuming they reduce their payroll to match the reduction in revenue. The difference between the Brewers and Dodgers is the fact their payroll is nowhere near what they actually bring in revenue wise. The Brewers, like many small markets, have a payroll that leaves a lot less profit margin. The Dodgers could lose $100mil off their TV deal, run the same payroll, and probably still have crazy profits.

It would be pretty ideal if the option was around $20mil though. Then you can offer the QO with zero risk as the numbers would be nearly identical.

Why would it make it hard? That second year is nothing more than insurance for Hoskins if he comes back a disaster. Any resemblance of his old self and he will rip that up to go sign a 3-5 multi year deal. Though if he rips it up, I am pretty sure we can offer him a QO and get compensation. As long as there isn’t a handshake agreement to not do so…unless I am way behind on current QO rules or if they even exist still. Which is possible. Regardless, if you are a Brewers fan, you are definitely hoping this ends up a one year deal. If he doesn’t opt out, that is a pretty good sign he played terribly.

If Todd Helton gets in, just put in the PED guys too. Crazy

I believe he joins Jenkins, Fielder, and Sheets as the only players from the 2000s. This is the third year in a row someone has been inducted. Though it may be the last for quite awhile. I’m guessing the next guys to be added will be Burnes and Yelich. Hader also probably gets in someday too. Though I suppose Hoffman may have a chance before then if they get bored and want to vote someone in.

Yes, I guess I’m the sense why he is still available in general. I suppose I wasn’t thinking of it like that.

This is meaningless. We aren't trying to extend him, we would be trying to sign him in FA. You need to be the highest bidder regardless of whether his agent is Scott Boras or any other agent.

Meh, I don't mind if the Lions make it and win. Goff isn't that great and their team in general really isn't anything special. Their fans have been pretty humble the last few years, not really that obnoxious. Like someone else said, I don't think their franchise is on the up and a risk of dominating the division/conference. If they make the Super Bowl and lose...that may haunt them for decades. They give me 2015 Broncos, 2006 Bears, or 2002 Raiders vibes. The Broncos won it and haven't been anything since...the other two lost and it has haunted them since. Neither has managed to get back and really anywhere near the Super Bowl since. If they manage to make it...they better win. Goff isn't going to be leading them to constant conference championships to try and get back. On another note, the Chiefs are beyond lucky to not only have Mahomes...but have him in the generation they do. QB play has fallen off a cliff and the Chiefs have the one guy in the NFL that actually is a beast. Lamar Jackson and Brock Purdy are in the MVP talk these days...these dudes wouldn't have even been a blip on the radar 10 years ago. Can you imagine having a young prime Aaron Rodgers these days with a competent front office?

This seems hardly shocking at all. When have the Brewers ever gone after a major 1B? It isn't exactly an investment small markets go after. Not to mention he is going into his age 31 season after sitting on his couch all last year. I mean, honestly, hard pass.

Be careful what you wish for. The only thing that will keep the Brewers afloat is revenue sharing. The Dodger's RSN failing isn't good for the Brewers...it is just a domino effect downward. I can't imagine Amazon doesn't fight to keep the games on cable. An all-subscription approach would be a disaster. I am not sure I would call the RSN era a fail to the Brewers. They got hosed because their contract always lagged behind the big contracts...but it also was back when every cable/direct TV customer was helping you pay to watch them. The glaring issue with the subscription is the fact subscriptions are on a monthly basis. Therefor a fan can just watch April and September if they want. They can also watch in April/May, realize the team is trash, and cancel their subscription. It also allows people like me, to cancel after the season is over and not pay to watch NBA basketball I don't care about. If hard economic times come, you are canceling subscriptions. This is going to lead to a lot of uncertainty year to year how much Amazon can profit off things. Especially when you consider we are a small market and consistently competing is likely a blip, not a trend for us (at least in a macro picture). Thus, their payment to the Brewers is likely going to be quite conservative. An optimist would say, "Well maybe that will motivate teams like the Brewers to stay competitive so people keep their subscription!" I mean, maybe...but I am betting a team will be more profitable rebuilding than spending $30mil for Amazon to pay them $10mil more a year.

The answer to this question is really impossible to know. The direction of the team this year may have a lot or even everything to do with the answer. If the young guys really don't make some leaps and we start looking years off from competing, Contreras is definitely at risk of being traded if the return is big.

Do we actually know they won't show the stuff on cable? It would be a pretty big leap to go entirely onto Amazon. Demographics or not. They could easily keep it on cable and have the option of a subscription-based model through Amazon Prime. Then the dinosaurs get what they want and the younger generations get what they want. At that point the cost of Amazon Prime in itself is kind of meaningless as the demographic that doesn't have cable overwhelmingly has Amazon Prime already.

Jordan Love has got to hold some kind of record for game ending choke job INTs in a season. Nearly every time that dude had the ball in his hands and had to make things happen with his arm, he flat out reached to the bottom of the barrel to throw the worst pass imaginable. It’s like, 10 year old playing Madden type IQ. That being said his decision making in general improved a lot as the season went on. I won’t lose it over a few drives where he reverted back to max stupidity and had throws only a giraffe with elastic arms could catch. Is what it is. He got his year of development to get his feet wet. Time to find consistency, fend off the league figuring him out, and make better decisions at the end of games. Maybe he is the next Romo/Rivers/Predcott…time will tell. He does concern me a lot about never being able to be THAT guy…and instead just a solid pro bowl QB that can’t lead you anywhere

They just played two of the Top 3 offenses in football and they gave up an inflated 32 points to the Cowboys (honestly a solid performance) and 24 to the 49ers….on the road. Heck his dudes should have caught two INTs today. I don’t know…I get Barry has been the guy to blame for years…but this seems like an odd time to bang that drum.

Lmao, thanks for showing up when it mattered. What a joke.

Why are we not taking timeouts???

MLF should have called a timeout on that 3rd down. The play call was absolute garbage if they brought all that pressure they showed. That was a chance to about put the game away…and it was thrown away with a trash play that all Love could to do is chuck the ball and hope it didn’t get picked off.

This season is lost without prime Aaron Jones coming out of the woodwork.

First step, get a few first downs. A three and out here would be pretty depressing and just toss them the ball back at the 50. At least make their offense earn it.

Jordan Love absolutely crumbling.