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This was the first year they could have cut Bakh and you'd have had to believe he had VERY little value to cut him with a 40M dead cap. The way he came back last year, there wasn't much reason to expect him to be worth...such a massive dead cap. Most of the new money was still GTD money, just paid out differently and I doubt they thought he was going to be less healthy. Even after a weird season in which he came back, played a couple games, missed a game, appendectomy and then finished the season playing every snap the last...what, 5 games? He's missed 6 games out of 20. That feels a bit premature. Jones missed 4 games each of his first two years.

Sveum...once you realize even somewhere in time doesn't believe what he's saying, he just can't admit he was wrong now/has been trolling, it all makes SOO much more sense! Earlier this year Uribe was an injury prone pitcher who couldn't throw strikes and we should trade Chourio while he still has some value. And we could do that. And get a helluva lot more than 10M a year for him. Hey, I'm sure we could trade Chourio for Khris Bryant and the Rox would absolutely pay every penny on his contract they were allowed to(we'd still have to pay the minimum). That's...kinda like a 4th OF/extra reliever, right?

Can you help me out here. If the Sounds are the 2nd half winner, why are they eliminated from the playoffs? Shouldn't they play Durham for a chance to play the PCL Champs? What am I missing here? I'm also trusting the Brewers on the Ashby thing, but I don't feel good about it. Seems like he rushed so he had a chance to be back for the playoffs. Once that was off the table, feels like he should have gone back to working on strengthening the shoulder and rehabbing. Just surgery in the same year he's back pitching is cause for concern for a guy I really thought could become if not an ace, a Freddy Peralta caliber pitcher who was a VERY good #3 and had stretches of throwing like a #1.

No need for a long breakdown. Saints Defense=Very good. The game likely comes down to how Bakhtiari, Jones, Watson and Jaire are able to play...or more importantly IF they'll be able to play. This will be Jordan Love's toughest match and biggest game so far. The KC Game he was unprepared and didn't get much prep time. The Philly game was nice, but down 2 scores vs a better team. Week 1-The Bears are terrible, Bakh and Jenkins played. Week 2-MLF again really protected him in both play calling and ATL's limited pass rush. Vs the Saints, Love is going to be under pressure by Cam Jordan(Again, especially without Bakh, but if he does play, Jordan still kicks inside and IF Royce Newman starts...I'm hopeful Sean Rhyan has beaten Newman out, either way, that's a big disadvantage). They've also got a very good secondary with Lattimore and Mathieu as well as an elite LBer in Davis. The Packers should be able to pressure the Saints as their OL has struggled this year. Olave has been targeted a lot, but a healthy Jaire should make up for that. Prediction a 23-16 type game as long as 2 of Bakhtiari and Jones/Watson play. Without all 3, it'll be Love's first chance to make a statement vs a good defense as the starting QB.

LOL...you prefer him to what? Jackson Chourio? Quero, Uribe? I'm not even going around round here because I know you don't believe what you're saying. I'm just gonna laugh at it! I prefer Andrew Monastario over Jackson Chourio, Jefferson Quero and Abner Uribe! I mean, the idea that ONE precludes the other is dumb enough, so the "preference," is totally irrelevant and you have to know that. No successful team has had success without a DSL team, without Baseball Acadamies in LA and the idea that you'd "rather" they spend 8-10M on a reliever or a 4th OFer kinda gets shot to hell when we've got a reliever throwing 102MPH sinkers and the #2 prospect in ALL of baseball. For the record, I prefer all forms of acquiring talent...I just realize the absolute worst value is spending ~10M a year on an aging FA rather than signing 30+ young LA prospects for half that price!

On a side note, both Alt and Black Fischer, the ND OTs look like NFL players. OSU moved Tuimoloau, a projected 1st round pick(probably in the way Kayshon Boutte was mocked in the top 15 a year ago at this time, but an NFL prospect nonetheless) from the right side lining up over Alt to the left side lining him up over Fischer. Two 5 star recruits...just saying, they'd both look very good in a different Green and Gold color scheme. Henderson, the back from OSU has incredible balance and is an outstanding receiver. Worth a 3rd...IMO.

In watching Prime, it's not hard to see how the two mesh together. I remember people hated Deion because of the high-stepping and that...competitive confidence, that's not mutually exclusive with being a nice person, with being down to Earth or willing to give people some time. I don't think one has to be a "phony," for those to co-exist.

Hey, not all of his signings were bad! Somon Torres is the reason they re-opened an academy in the DR and eventually ended up with Abner Uribe(who...I haven't gotten an answer on if he's worth the 85K they spent to sign him yet). I really just...don't believe he believes what he says at this point. No way he's looking at Uribe, Chourio, Quero, Lara and saying, "give me a Hunter Renfroe for one year instead!" I've yet to find a wall that's more entertaining. Also, Walls aren't as good at parody.

I was surprised he was just 21 years old. I wonder if there's any chance he'll be back next year. This is his 5 years, extra year due to covid, but unless the rules are different for graduate students, he could still RS this year and come back next year. Feels like his NFL aspirations would be much stronger coming off a full year being the #1 back in a system in which he is asked to catch the ball quite a bit. Otherwise he's going into the off-season coming off an injury and maybe trying to make a team as an UDFA? Whatever he does, I hope he gets to play Football again. That's an awful way to go out.

LOL...I think I get it now! The whole schtick. None of it can possibly be serious. The "Latin American signings aren't worth it, I'd take 8M on a veteran reliever, utility OFer instead, trading Chourio before he loses his value...SOOOO many comically ridiculous posts! Now feigning outrage at a position player pitching when every other team in the league would do the same thing! Well done! You've played the long game!

The Brewers were still among the league leaders and led the league a couple times in the late 70sand 80s. I think 1991 there was a big jump, then again with the Jays the next couple years where it went from like ~18-20M to ~40M to ~52M in a couple year period. Sal Bando and the jump in payroll really kinda coincided and...that was the last time the Brewers were a million or 3 from having the highest payroll...as I can remember it. I remember looking it up years ago, but don't remember exact specifics.

I get he didn't do anything "wrong," but I don't like the way some of the kids who bought in to Col when they were down were treated. 51 transfers is...excessive. But I get it's part of the rules. The overall recruiting is still a big question mark. If his son ends up being a 1st round pick and Hunter makes a real run at a Heisman, that will certainly help. Shedeur is looking like a real prospect at this point, he's the 44th overall prospect for this upcoming draft class(though Deion says neither nor Shilo are leaving this year). Shilo is a day 3 pick it sounds like. This next year though...Colorado might do even better in the transfer portal. They won't get 50 transfers, but I think they'll get a LOT of the better players. But he has gotten the #1 CB and 5 star recruits the last couple years in Hunter and McClain. Though for some reason, the later hasn't gotten on the field. There's still a huge gap between grabbing a couple 5 stars here and there because you're Deion and building a recruiting machine like UGA, Clemson, USC, 'Bama, FSU. I do kinda respect how Deion emphasizes the off field behavior. That'll likely be tested, but we've already seen examples of him not playing the best player because of off field situations.

That's what happens when you have guys like Joe Burrows 4th on the depth chart! I hate to sound like a broken record, bust just ONE more year the Bears need to convince themselves Fields is the answer. Such a big part of this is the teams drafting them. I think CJ Stroud has a chance to be a good QB, but he is in an absolute dumpster fire right now in Houston.

Look at next years bullpen at it sits now with nobody making a big leap and no signings and no additions from the Minor Leagues. Tell me where he slots in as a late inning reliever? He's behind Williams obviously. Payamps and Peguero seem obvious. Uribe and Megill? Absolutely. Unless one of them loses it. You still have Bryse Wilson who seems like a better value if you're going to use him exclusively in the pen. Now factor in the Brewers preternatural ability to find relievers from the scrap pile and somehow develop them into good to elite BP arms and...I'm not paying 6-7M to Houser to be a late inning reliever. A starter or swing man, that's his role. I want the 100MPH or Bugs Bunny type stuff in the late, high leverage situations. Uribe's 101 MPH sinker he threw a week or so ago is the nastiest pitch I've ever seen in my life. And he's behind Williams.

Yes. They've got a group trying to bring a team to Nashville and have been at this for years. There is a lot of money in Nashville. This was the proposed rendering of a 1.2B retractable roof stadium that was part of a much larger investment for the Nashville Stars. They were hoping to attract the Rays or the As. So I think the Brewers, had they not been able to come to an agreement, would have been a very real possibility.

Well...that and the 2023 version of Deion Sanders himself in Travis Hunter. But yeah, he intentionally ran off most of the kids telling them they weren't wanted at the program. Not something I find particularly impressive. His logic was 'if words run them off, they're not for us.' I don't know, still not sure what to make of him, but Hunter seems like a special talent.

Yeah, I hated that trade. Didn't love Tristan Peters for Rosenthal either. Olson probably isn't much more than a back of the rotation starter, but that's very valuable. On the bright side, it's also something we've been reasonably good at finding.

I don't want to get into the politics of all this, but I'm just thrilled that the Brewers are going to be here(most likely) through 2050. I think the idea that threats of moving were idle threats is...inaccurate. I think San Antonio would have loved to have had an MLB team, I think Nashville would have been the most likely being a larger market, a city that loves Baseball and one of the most affluent and fastest growing cities. I did not want to watch the Nashville Brewers AAA team in Milwaukee. I understand people who don't think this should be publicly funded, but I'm of the belief that this is important for the city and even more important to a city like Milwaukee than an area like Oakland where there are other entertainment options, another team in the Bay Area. I'm ALSO hoping that the rumor that the Brewers were withholding 30M a year from their revenue and investing that into potential upgrades for the stadium is true and that money can now go toward the payroll(I doubt that's the case, but who knows). The only way this could be better news is if you had someone with just stupid money like Elon Musk come in and buy the team and not worry about losing a measly 40-50M a year. Mr. Bezos...you want to give all your money away to charity? Well, I'm making a wish the Brewers can re-sign Burnes, Woody, Adames and then go out and add Ohtani and you wouldn't even notice a change in your bank account! Or Wisconsin's own Paul Menard! How cool would it be to have the new "Menard tax?" He's a baseball fan! I don't actually think Attanasio is going to sell because he invested in a Baseball team, but if he did? I mean, hell, I'd committed to only using Kohler toilets if they wanted to come in and spend as well! But the Brewers are safe it seems! Now...is it too much to tweak this so that the state will also be paying for Jackson Chourio's contract as well?

Got me as well. I had completely forgotten it was 15 days. Hopefully it's just a precautionary issue. Thank God Uribe and Megill have stepped up.

David Bakhtiari pushing back...pretty strongly on the "not playing due to turf," narrative. A couple thoughts; 1-Maybe DON'T get upset when your own Brother pushes the narrative. 2-Sounds like he's out this week, so clearly not about the turf. 3-It's becoming very clear that the Packers now just have to move on from Bakhtiari after this season. He was asked point blank if he planned on retiring and he said basically 'no, it's harder when you're still good. If he was playing poorly, that'd be one thing.' The 2022 draft appears to be a franchise altering draft with a starting LBer, DE, 2 WRers, guys like Enagbare who at the very least are exceptional #4 edge rushers, Toure, Walker who is likely starting. But 9 years after finding an All Pro LT, I think the Packers have found another one in Zach Tom. More than anything, decision to keep Bakhtiari next year or not is becoming easier and easier. I've seen way too many people say, "you can't keep him with a 40M dollar cap hit." The 40M isn't part of the equation when determining if you keep him or not. ~21M is already there...if he plays or not. So it's ~19M. Is he worth 19M next year. If he goes through camp, practices only on rare occasions, comes out, plays a game vs Chicago and looks great, but then can't play the following 2 weeks? There's your answer. Now maybe he plays the next 14 games, but I'm skeptical.

Well that's nice! You're SO bad at your job, you can't even be blamed for it😏 Life hacks! I've tried that with the wash...and then the Missus(not technically, but...basically) put a whole load of dry clean only shirts in the wash and she one upped me(problem is, I don't think she was trying to). Didn't even use delicate or the steam clean... Point to her!

Yeah...we're kinda in the weeds here. I like using the technique more than the position because...NT just means you're playing in the middle of an odd front whereas technique will tell you exactly where you played. When you play with 2 DL and he's lining up wide...or given the freedom to lineup wherever, he's now playing DE. That's why he's even when he was playing 50% snaps at NT, he was still playing so many at the 3 or DE. Because he stayed on the field so often on obvious passing downs. He did play much better. It was Bergeron's 2nd game, so it'll take a little while to figure out if he was the weak spot on that DL(I mean, he's bound to be the worst OL with Lindstrom, McGary and Matthews, but if he's a good OL or a poor one) but it was a situation where he had a pretty obvious advantage. I just think he had that playing against centers...or at least most of them. He's off the ball quicker as he's directly over the ball. The Center is a split second late coming up and it gave Clark a built in advantage and allowed him to use his versatility to kinda abuse them. Just the fact that you have a NT who can kick out and play DE on passing downs kinda tells you he's a unique DT. Clark's gonna have another change to match up vs the weaker OL in the Saints OL with Hurst and Ruiz both pretty poor OL(Penning also grades out very poorly). I expect him to have a big year. ANYWAY...I think the starters on the DL are pretty good and pretty much set up. My personal opinions aside on how they should move guys around, Clark, Slaton and Wyatt are 3 pretty damn solid. Brooks and Wooden....they are not gonna offer much vs the run at this point beyond effort. I love the way this team is built. With 3 picks in the first 2 rounds, I'd love to see another draft focused on OL/DL with their top 3 picks. Clark isn't going anywhere for the next 2 years and at that point he'll be in his 10th year. So this is the perfect year to look for a more typical DE. It's clear now Bakhtiari is done as the player we knew. He's still very much useful, but...that has to be addressed(their lucky they hit a grand slam on Tom which you seldom hear about when people complain about the Myers-Creed pick). But sticking with that, that UGA center looks like a great fit in this offensive scheme.

I mean...it's not like the NFL cares. They've already got that 115 Billion dollar TV deal over 10 years(maybe 11). Does seem stupid the networks would sign off on it. I HATE watching the Panthers this year. They are so trash and you just know both Chicago and AZ are going to be rewarded for kind punting on last years draft(though both did get elite OTs) and get multiple top 10 picks in one of the best drafts in a long time because Houston and Carolina are so awful.

I don't think this is like any team the Packers have had in recent history. They're so much bigger and more athletic...and younger, I don't really even see many similarities. Barry still makes some perplexing calls, but even at that, the only obvious one I can think of was having Savage about 15 yards off the ball on 3rd and 4 late when they had Robinson run a quick slant on Bijan. And even in that case, it was defensible as they had some pretty big mismatches on the perimeter. I do like that MLF is complaining and upset...misdirected as it may be as I have no doubt Barry will revert back to the Joe Barry we've always seen, but he played aggressively. But never since they've had Favre have the Packers had this type of youth, have they had this type of speed relative to the other team or have they had this type of size and physicality. Our best defensive team had Clay Matthews and Frank Zombo starting at OLBer in the 3-4. This team has Rashan Gary and Van Ness who are young and both ~6'5 275-285 compared to 6'2 245 and 6'3 250 for Matthews and Zombo. Then Preston Smith who's in the 270 range, Wyatt, Clark are more athletic and explosive. Quay and Campbell? I don't ever remember having two MLBers with that type of athletic ability. And then a secondary that's very young and has massive upside. That may be the most similar as you had Woodson and Collins. But this team is built differently than the last SB team and sooo much differently than the teams since 2011 when we had those two career ending injuries and we were just a physically slower and weaker team that relied upon Rodgers to win. I'm also excited about Love, but we have not seen nearly enough from him to say he's a high level QB. I think you can pretty safely say he can manage a game. We've seen him making some big time throws...but he hasn't been asked to do more than that. Even vs ATL, I don't think he struggled vs pressure so much there were just so few snaps he got. I mean, he had 10 plays in the 4th. 3 runs on one series. On another series, he threw two balls. One was a bad ball that could have been picked. The other Royce Newman just completely whiffed on a stunt. Just...completely left a good 4 yard area wide gap open that was his responsibility. But asking me to rank him after the Bears and Falcons fronts, I'd say he's proven he's in the Jimmy G type grouping(meaning you can win with him, but you're not winning BECAUSE of him at this point. And while I have a lot of confidence in him, he has NOT faced the types of defenses that you learn much from. Is he a Pro-Bowl QB? A top 10 QB? I genuinely don't know right now and I don't think we can until we get at least half way through the season and MLF loosens the reigns a bit(there may be a reason he's holding on so tight). Again, hope he is. I think he can be. But we're babying the hell out of him right now. Until that stops, we're not going to know. I desperately hope you two are right. Barry is just playing these guy straight up. There's so little for the QB to read. I'm thinking about that 5 wide on 3rd and 4 and Campbell was on Bijan and Savage is ~20 yards off the ball. You could not have made that an easier read. At least bring Savage up, play the robber and force them to make a read on the play. I also think our secondary is just going to get better as Stokes comes back, but more than that, when it dawns on him to give a few snaps to the guy actual members of the organization AND the media were saying was one of the best OVERALL players in camp, not just rookies in Valentine. I get he's a rookie, but we heard all about him...and then we saw him and he genuinely exceeded all expectations. I promise if he was a 1st or 2nd rd pick, he'd be getting Nixon's snaps or they'd be working on ways to get 4 CBs on the field with Savage. Ford or Valentine? Ford's a bigger hitter. He's no ta better tackler and he's certainty not better in coverage. My fear is this defense finished ranked ~7th or so and then the FO and MLF get to use that an excuse to keep him. Jim Leonhard would be one of the most creative DCs in the NFL right now, Quay walker would probably have 7-8 sacks this year and we'd be getting so much more pressure and free runners.

I'm a little skeptical of this. Not that he didn't have some swelling. I'd buy that. But there was already talk about him not playing on turf before the year started. I wouldn't say that if I was a credentialed journalist, but...I'm just skeptical. But I'd say that definitively answers the question on Bakhtiari. He's got to be replaced. The most likely scenario to me is Tom kicking over to LT and then depending on where we pick, a guy like Latham(a 5 star recruit with incredible potential) or Kinsley Suamatia, the 6'6 325 pound former 5 star recruit who went to Oregon who's an incredible athlete already. This is the year to need an OT like last year was the year to need a TE. There will be OTs dropping to the 2nd rd who'd normally have a 1st round grade on one. I'd even double up on the OL with the 1st 2 picks and grab Van Pran with the 2nd. Get the Center that specifically fits your scheme this time.