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Not feeling super confident about Colin Rea right now in a short stint out of the pen...and I think we're fresh enough we don't have to. But I do feel alright about Hall, so...others may disagree.

I trust Ashby just fine to start an inning, not with men on. Hall is likely ready to go a few innings after Myers. If we get 3-4 out of Tobias, play it by ear, but maybe 2 out of Hall depending on the situation. Then...just whoever. Koenig could go again, Megill, Williams. I think Mears will be a big part of this team next year, but I don't trust him right now. Whatever it takes.

No, I think it's the Phillies. We're the highest seed. I thought we could only play the Phils in the Division Rd?

Probably...I was just thinking Turang was having a historic start to the playoffs and maybe it's worth getting him atop the lineup setting the table for Jackson and company.

I forgot about Sal! LOL...but I think it's a given Perkins is in there and...you're not losing any defense and Mitchell doesn't play vs lefties, but he has hit them better. I'd just make Quintana throw a lot of pitches. We turn the table on Quintana tomorrow.

What's the lineup look like tomorrow? Do we hit Turang near the top of the lineup? Turang-2B Chourio-LF Contreras-C Adames-SS Mitchell-RF Sanchez-DH Hoskins-1B Ortiz-3B Perkins-CF I don't know, Chourio will probably hit leadoff vs the lefty and Perkins back in there hitting 2nd, but 5 for 8, 2-2 tonight. 3 doubles in the series. And Quintana is a guy who likes to pick around the edges... Who are we moving up, down, whatever?

Like the D-Backs? I feel like we hit about 8 balls with a 100MPH Exit Velo...and the DBacks had about 8 hits balls drop in or eek through the IF. Even the Mets seem to have had several seeing-eye singles.

I just didn't think he was going to hit a HR. I was confident Chourio could. Mitchell swings and misses and he just hadn't been great there in big spots...I wasn't predicting a HR in that spot from him.

2018...has to be.

Wow...I thought IF we could get through the 8th without giving up a run(which I didn't think we'd do with the leadoff walk) Chourio could tie it up. I would NOT have said Mitchell would give us the game-winning 2R shot!

No, he's been very good vs the run. He's struggled to get out of his own lane vs. running quarterbacks and they've picked up a lot of yards...A wide rush for example of jumping inside and someone like Fields gets outside. That's what they said 2 weeks in they'd been asking the DEs to work on. Doesn't explain the lack of pressures the last two weeks though. But he's been great at getting pressures and really good vs the run. I don't really know how well he's played the run this year aside from a couple plays he's looked good, but very little pass rush. His job vs both the run and the pass should be easier in a 4-3. Instead of being responsible for two gaps, he's responsible for one. I think he'll be fine, but he's not been the player we need thus far in '24.

The Lions have a ton of cap space this year and next. I don't know if they'll be willing to do it or if Adams will want to go there, but I think they could get it done. The Vikings would have to restructure, so it just wouldn't make sense.

Yeah...Gary wasn't always getting sacks, but he was getting pressures and he was stout vs the run. He's been very average this year(at best). I'd be fine with this production from Enagbare, not Gary. Clark has been bad as well. Curious why Wooden hasn't played, though I assume he'll be active this week. Wyatt has been so important, they'll need guys to step up.

Eh, if you're going to jump Boeve to the front of the line...out of necessity, why not just throw Black out there? At least early on, let Boeve get some PT in AAA. But that's a big jump. Or...perhaps you go back to Frelick. It was a bit weird how insistent Murphy was that we'd be surprised by how much Frelick would play in the IF, but them Mitchell gets hurt immediately, comes back, Yelich gets hurt. So I think they were serious about Frelick playing some IF. Add in the other internal options or external options who are cheap and I think that's the most likely outcome. Maybe someone like Jose Iglesias. He is coming off a 3 WAR season, so...probably unlikely, but he could play 2B or 3B. I've seen the arguments that it has to be a 3B because Ortiz is the future SS. I've stated why I don't agree it has to be, the argument being Ortiz has the stronger arm based on Baseball Savant, but go around and look at guys who've plays the left side and their velocity on throws vs when they play 2B. 2B the only time you're really putting everything on it is when you're fielding a ball on a Double Play or behind the bag. You never get to field a bullet behind the bag and step into it. Point is, I think Turang OR Ortiz would be great SS. So either position... I think if you trade Williams, you'll get prospects. -I don't think a Bitonti is going anywhere. There's a group that I think only gets traded for a star and he's at the bottom of that list(most of the top 10, Boeve/Black are more likely than Bitonti, Made, Letson, Yophery or guys like that). -I don't think you'll fit Goldy into the payroll even with Hoskins. He's the type who, if he's going to become a part-time player or rotate between 1B/DH and then maybe sitting, he'll be very selective. Skeptical Milwaukee would be on the list. Ideally, 1 year Moncada 10M with TO for 20M with 3M buyout? If there was a time to push that payroll up a bit, it'd be next year. It's on the Brewers to go out and give the Brewers a reason to with a good run here...hopefully generate a few million in additional revenue and give the owners a reason to believe they're one player away from...repeating perhaps?

This was the type of look I was...REALLY thinking(and remain hopeful) we'll see from Hafley. The Packers with Jaire and Valentine are clearly more talented on that side of the ball. But imagine putting Nixon, Quay, and Edggerin Cooper up on the LOS with Gary, Clark, Wyatt, and LVN? I am pretty happy with the style of defense we're playing, it's better than Barry's...but I'd like to crank that up a notch and hopefully Edge Cooper on 3rd down with Quay will allow us to do this more. He did dial up some really nice pressures. Nixon and Quay had easy sacks. That's just good scheming, but...a little more wouldn't make me upset!

No, I'm just going off what people are throwing out. When someone said 4th and 15, I was thinking you'd have to take the ball on your own...~20 or so to try it, otherwise, it's just too likely to be converted. I'd guess you'd convert 1/5 of them. But I don't know of any proposal, just picking up from what other people are throwing out. I wouldn't have it at the 50 though as I don't think that's punitive enough. To give the losing team that much bigger of a chance, I think it has to be back from your own 20. Yeah, I'm talking about the play where Wicks was one on one and they bring...I believe it was Harrison Smith on a blitz. I'm fine giving your guy a play on the ball there. Especially with no Safety help. If it's 1st down, I might prefer a back-shoulder, but I don't think that decision is an inherently bad one, and particularly not down...whatever it was, 21 at that point(or was it 28-14?). In any event, I haven't lost any confidence in Love or this team. I don't think they've had a great start...but I think they'll be fine. I'd put money on them beating the Rams next week. But, now you've lost to two teams you're going to be battling for position for in the NFC and more importantly a division game. In the larger picture though, Minnesota is a scary team. If they keep Florres(not sure if he'll get another HC'ing job with his lawsuit, but I'd definitely give him one if I was a team with a good QB) with Kevin O'Connell, they've got a great staff and that GM has really done a great job in a relatively short period of time. The North is turning into a very good division with the Lions, Vikings and then the Bears will really have trouble screwing this up and not at least becoming a competent organization.

Watson's was definitely a bad decision. Watson needs to be driving on that ball. The ball off his back foot in the endzone, again, the one I think of is the throw to Wicks. Wicks HAS to be aware there. That was either 3rd and long or 4th and long, I don't recall, but he knows there's a free runner coming up and you're just giving your guy a 50/50 ball and Wicks never saw it. So Watson was a poor decision, the pick to Wicks not bad IMO. The pick where it went off Kraft's hands and then hit Reed(IIRC, maybe Doubs) in the chest, looked like a poor route by one or the other(I'd guess Kraft's depth was off). Again, I'm not planting my Flag on this hill... that was just my impression overall. I obviously don't think his decision making was perfect, but there were so many balls that he needed to put on guys and he didn't put enough on them. Also, again, the drops. The whole, "who's our #1," seems to be definitively answered by Reed at this point. Good news(thus far) is it SOUNDS like Both Wyatt and Watson suffered sprained ankles. Wyatt frankly is the bigger concern for me. He's our best pass rusher as of now.

LOL...I think Dallas has to value him as a 1st to be honest. He's SO good...maybe you give up a 1st and ask for a 2nd back? I don't know, with the understanding this is clearly not going to happen...he's SO good and so reliable(him missing from 51 was a shock) I just can't see a 3rd being enough. SF used a 3rd on Moody and he's a nice kicker, but Aubrey has become the best kicker in the league. Some questions about how he plays in the NFCN, Lambeau, but...I think it'd be a 1st with us hopefully getting a pick back. That's his value, would I give that up for a kicker? That's tough. You think about who you could get in the 1st rd, a guy like Kenneth Grant or one of these CBs in a very deep class. I don't know, I hate that question because I've gone back and forth about 5 times just in my own head about it here!

You'd have to tell me which ones you're talking about. I just didn't see terrible decisions, I saw him coming up short on waay too many throws...but it's hard to see on the TV view. If it's a decision-making issue...which I'm skeptical of, it's a bigger issue. I'll wait and see what Andy Herman says. On another note, Riley Patterson is a FA kicker(I believe). Maybe he's worth looking at. Otherwise do you trade for a kicker? That seems silly AND I kinda reject the idea that the Kicker cost us this game. The Vikings are playing differently if the game is 28-13 and it appeared they took their foot off the gas a bit. It's possible they put another one on the board to make it 35-13. But it doesn't really matter, you can't keep taking easy points off the board. Obviously, in hindsight, Greg Joseph looks like the guy we should have kept, but we have to solve this issue.

Ok...so the attempt is from the 15 yard line and you just need to get into the endzone to get the ball back? Yeah, that's more interesting. Maybe split the difference and go 20, but sure, with the back of the endzone, that would help.

I heard him say that several times like...what the hell difference does it make!?! It's a turnover either way, NOT a Packers turnover...why are still on this? Also, how did the guys calling the game NOT know immediately that it wasn't a TD? I get if a casual or even a normal fan thinks that's a TD(it could have been had whoever it was let it roll) but if you call games, you should know, you cannot pick up a muffed punt and run with the ball! Is Crosby? Maybe you bring him in, put him on your PS and let him get back into shape...and I'm not against calling Carlson again, though my opinion of him kinda contradicts that. It felt like on shorter kicks, he would...basically the equivalent of getting the yips or short arming a throw. Where you struggle to throw it back to the pitcher, but you can throw a strike to the 2nd basemen. Carlson was better on longer kicks. But if you're going to bring someone else in to get them ready, someone like Crosby who's likely very reliable inside of 45-50 if he's in shape, he'd probably still be pressing and you're just swapping out one talented, strong leg who's struggling with the last one. I WOULD feel better with Crosby though.

That's too easy IMO. Gotta be at least a 4th and 25. It should be a low-percentage play IMO...

You think it's his decision-making that's bad? I haven't re-watched yet, but it appeared to me it was more of an accuracy issue. That throw to Wicks that was intercepted, that's not a bad decision at all in that spot. You have to trust your guy to go get it or break it up. The other picks were off-hands or short. Several passes were short and guys had to try and dive to get them. You still have drops by guys like Wicks. I'm hoping the rhythm they got into late in the game can fuel them, but I didn't see it as just bad decisions or poor reads but poor throws. I'm not taking a really strong position on that until(if) I actually watch it again, but it just seemed very similar to the Eagles game but vs a better defense frankly. Florres is running the scheme we want to see in GB. And now to your point about injuries in key spots, Jaire is a guy we cannot afford to lose. Not if we want to be a press man team. You've got Nixon matched up on Jefferson on a 3rd and 13 and he's just running a simple crosser. Valentine as well. We didn't take a CB. Mitchell in the 1st would have been great(I wanted an OT, not complaining about Morgan in the least, but the fact is, I didn't think Mitchell would be there after ~15). My overall opinion of this team has not changed. I think we're one of the most talented. You need more out of Love and then...we're just not getting pressure on the QB. The guy who's doing the most, Wyatt is banged up. But Clark, Gary, LVN, Smith...Enagbare had a great game last week but he's not a reliable pass rusher. That's a problem. I was happy to see more Cooper. He's a dude and I think he'll continue to make an impact.

This seems like such a weird comment when you look at the two physically. One is ~230, elite speed. The other, Jones is smaller, does not have elite speed...but they are similar. They both run hard, Jones runs harder than most backs his size(or than bigger backs) and they are both so patient and have such great vision. Not to re-litigate it...particularly as Jacobs has been what we've asked him to be, but man, I wish Jones was still here. He was on the end and I wish we'd have at least offered him a couple Million more, the same the Vikings did. That duo out of the backfield, now with Lloyd and Wilson would make a great backfield. That said, I co-sign the "hope you cough it up this week Aaron." I'd say "I'll always be a fan," but that's not true. I'll be a fan of you 15 games a year!

The Mets are the obvious answer, but beyond that, the Braves will have to go through a couple of their top pitchers. I'm alright with facing them, but they are very talented...even with a "down" year from some of their studs. Mets and then D-Backs in the 1st rd would be fine. After that, just getting out of the playoff "drought" which we measure very differently than we used to, I see the Phillies having the most obvious horses in their rotation, they've got a balanced lineup. The Dodgers have a ton of talented arms to throw at you and 3 just incredible franchise players, but...short series... it's so unpredictable. So I'd prefer the Padres over them next, but I don't really care. Weird things happen, it's about who's playing well, who's playing loose. I wouldn't be surprised to see Montas, Civale, Ashby and Hall giving you 3-4 great innings stretches. I'm limiting Freddy to 4-5 innings and letting him know that going in. Let him empty the tank a bit early this post-season...I like our staff, chances and how we're playing as a team.