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Gyorko found some of that Cardinals voodoo left over in his back pocket there.

Best Brewers AB of the night. Maybe by a mile.

Utter dominance from Hader. You love to see it.

[sarcasm]Maybe the problem is their girlfriends are only sixes[/sarcasm]:

I love it that Burnes looks like he’s been there before now when he has success. I don’t mean that in an old-school, put your head down and look like you’re filing taxes and not playing a game type attitude. I mean compared to what he was like early in the year last year, where he seemed to get way too amped after Ks, and I think he just didn’t have a sustainable mindset out there.

And just like that... ugh

Ben Gamel has your weak lineup right there.

Watching Knebel is like watching Jimmy Nelson. It’s just sad. Thankfully, no reason to think Knebel can’t regain much better form going forward, but it isn’t pretty right now.

Though they did say he threw 155 pitches once...in Japan...ten years ago.

You only need one WR if you play 2 TE and 2 backs all the time. This is probably what MLF wanted all along. And Gute gave it to him, good and hard. Can’t wait to see how this goes.

K, imma sign off now. Less than average speed. Not a great pass catcher. Not a lot of change of direction. Tons of mileage already. I’m going to need some more time away. Sports, why don’t we just take 2020 off and get back after it next year? It’s a plan.

I think nearly any time you take a 1st round talent in the first round, the appropriate fan response is probably to wait and see. I think Jordan Love is definitely a 1st round talent, so I’m waiting and seeing. It’s not like Rodgers was exactly setting the world on fire last year. And here’s the river card: if there’s no NFL season in 2020, all of a sudden, the biggest critique of this pick (“a contending team needs talent now to get over the hump”) loses over half its potency. Look at the state of the world right now. I’m not at all confident we do sports of just about any kind this year—maybe not even golf. In light of that possibility, I can dig this.

Let me preface this by saying I 100% agree with the NBA’s decision. If anything, it probably should have been the call even before a player tested positive, but I think everyone in America (and, it seems, in the western world as a whole) is operating from a playbook we are largely writing as we go, so I’m not going to fault them. With global, national, and regional trends what they are, and our nation’s intensive care unit capacity what it is, these calls have to be made now, and there’s no more time to delay. Every day lost drastically increases transmissions, especially in hot spots like the Bay Area, New York, LA, and DC. I won’t go into further detail, and I’m not an expert, and I’m not looking for a debate, I only mention these things to reiterate that I think to continue the season would be unconscionable. That being said, this is a sports site, and we’re fans, and so I’ll share here what my “fan side” thinks about how this affects the teams and fans I care about: this sucks. It’s another example, in a lifetime that feels pretty full of them, of how Milwaukee doesn’t get to have nice things. Best Bucks team possibly ever? A season with an in his prime, newly-minted Brewer for life, maybe future HOF Christian Yelich? Heck, even a Packers team coming off a huge reloading season that offered promise of better things to come, starting with the draft this Spring? Nah, fam, we’re going to get the worst disease pandemic in a century. I had to get that off my chest. Now I can carry on with the proper perspective, as there are so many things in this life that matter so much more than sports. I’m hoping for the best, preparing for the worst, and praying for all you and yours. Stay safe out there in this crazy world. And in the words of Davante Adams: wash your hands, wash your butts.

If they think that it’s the kind of injury that they can’t definitively call minor without getting him a visa and flying him back to the states, I’d say this isn’t just smoke. I’d love to be wrong, but I’ll be shocked if he’s ready for the start of the season. This has either surgery or lingering problem written all over it.

Well, that is probably the worst first half of football I’ve ever seen as a Packers fan. Really sucks it has to happen on this stage.

The 49ers have drafted higher and more skillfully and it really shows now. The late TT years have gutted this team, and we’re not all the way back yet. It’s tough to watch another Packer team be so clearly better than 80-90% of the league be equally clearly inferior than the top 10%. The more things change...

Clark made first contact above the knee. I don’t know if that matters, but it looked questionable to me. And no, I’m not biased at all.

I’m a bit surprised Greene is down, but I doubt he would have seen a ton of snaps anyway in his first game back. So much for him being the answer to Kittle.

I had the same thought as I watched Tennessee jump out in front; it’s completely irrational, but I know what you’re saying. Hard to imagine two huge upsets on championship Sunday. As far as matchups go, I hate the idea of facing Mahomes. He’s Wilson with younger legs, more weapons, and a better arm. Nightmare. I love the idea of facing Andy Reid, though. It’s also kind of overblown, but I get the feeling that Reid making a dumb decision at a critical moment is more likely than Vrabel. Just my gut, though.

That is double good news, has Greene been able to practice? He was playing pretty well before he got hurt. Greene has been practicing for the better part of two weeks. Seems to me to be a big ask to bring him in to likely have to cover Kittle, but we’ll see what the plan is soon. Can he be worse than our other options?

Sheesh, at least it's not the morning of the game like Bulaga last week but what do you do to replace a punter? Hopefully we won't need to punt I guess. They have an open roster spot, if I’m not mistaken. That could be by design, for a situation just like this.

Back and to the left, back and to the left. January is such a brutal month for baseball, we’ll do anything for news. One month until spring training!

I was shocked when I saw Sternberger’s snap counts yesterday. I’d have to go back and watch to see for myself, but I read a description of his blocking in this game to the effect that he was a willing, albeit not a dominating blocker. Maybe it’s simply a matter of him actually being a better run blocking TE than Graham and Tonyan (sad indictment of both of those guys, although not shocking in Graham’s case). Maybe they used Sternberger extensively as a fullback—though I don’t remember that, again I’d have to go watch. And maybe Sternberger has really improved in that area, which was a considerable weakness coming into the season. I know that’s a lot of maybes, but considering how much this offense is designed around disguise and subterfuge, I can’t help but think they’re putting things on film for the 49ers so our plays aren’t as recognizable pre-snap. And maybe this presages an imminent uptick in Sternberger’s usage as a receiver, which would be interesting. Just a few plays that look like he’s out there blocking like yesterday and then breaks into a route could lead to a few key gains. Never know, but it’s some fascinating chess.

Then we will have our battle in the shade.

I felt like the 2010 team was ahead of schedule and they’d have many more bites at the apple, but look how that turned out. Opportunity doesn’t wait for you to be ready, or for you to be a “complete team.” This may be the only championship game of the LaFleur era for all we know. I’m happy about this year, absolutely, but I’m going to be really bummed out with a loss next week. Time to go get it.