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I think Gallo's 1B numbers are skewed a bit due to his early career, as I think he was better there in 2018. As you note, he's a plus OF guy. I'm really warming to this idea. Should be within the Brewers' salary confines, and shouldn't require a ton of prospect capital. He'd be a nice addition to the roster.

Packers are listed as a 4-point favorite this morning, somewhat surprisingly to me.

I was thinking about that as I want Bears eliminated before our game but yeah they would hold NFC record tiebreaker and would clinch with win next week. Tampa could lose out and complicate it though. Yeah, that’s the Bears’ best bet. But with Detroit and Atlanta, one Bucs win seems like a given....

If the Cards win today, the NFC playoff teams are mostly set, right? The Bears would need a ton of help to make it in....

I doubt that he’s really a 3B anymore, but he’s actually quite good in the OF and 1B defensively. Low average, high OBP, massive power.

I know there's the long-standing old tongue-in-cheek joke about going to the 'Salad Bowl' when referring to some of the lesser bowls and playing on the traditional bowl names, but this is about as close as it gets to that from a name standpoint.

Officially selected to the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. Because that’s actually a thing, apparently. Wake Forest from the ACC.

Sounds like Williams has a chance to go next Sunday, as his injury wasn’t serious.

"The timeline of Coan’s decision is not known at this time, but UW coach Paul Chryst said Coan wasn’t available to play against Iowa or Minnesota despite practicing and being suited up on the sideline."

Potrykus later confirmed that his earlier story was incorrect, and that he wasn't cleared (at least as of the Iowa game) FWIW: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2020/12/12/wisconsin-wants-another-football-game-despite-string-losses/3895025001/

All reports that I've seen say that he hasn't been cleared. Do you have something that says otherwise?

More thoughts than usual this morning: 1)Reposting: I'll take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day. In the end, the Packers beat Carolina by more than the Chiefs and Saints combined. 2)They clearly have a problem with letting the foot off the gas. You can afford to do that vs. a team like the Eagles or the Panthers, apparently, but not against a good team (cough.... Colts...). 3)I looked at Davante's stats, and he's having a crazy year despite missing those early games. If he had played all 16, he'd be on pace for one of the best WR seasons in team history. 4)The second half offensive game plan was weird to say the least. You have a lead, and stop running the ball almost entirely? Weird. Constantly throwing bubble screens with little effectiveness? Weird. I get wanting Davante with the ball in space, and he's great at making guys miss. But the Panthers tackle well, and did so yesterday. Just weird. That last third down, the Panthers literally knew what play was coming, it appeared. 5)Rough day for the o-line in pass pro. Clearly, the Packers feel that their best five linemen with Linsley out includes Wagner and not Runyan, which is fair. But I wonder if shifting Patrick from right to left is effecting his play as well. Turner seems to be one of the odd players where he plays better at tackle than guard. 6)Like it or not for those that want Pettine gone, the defense is playing much better. They really need a lot of credit for yesterday. The offense played terribly and kept the defense on the field the whole second half, and they did what they needed to. Oddly, I thought the 'new' aggressiveness hurt them yesterday. Carolina picked up the blitzes fairly well, and that often left Bridgewater with open guys and/or running lanes for himself to take off. I actually think the 'cover first' strategy might have worked better yesterday overall, but again, they weren't the reason the game was close. 7)How great is Mason Crosby? Such a great luxury to not really worry about FGs while watching other teams struggle to find a competent guy year after year. Scott had a nice day yesterday when he needed to- that last punt was great and necessary, especially considering how absurdly close it was to getting blocked. 8)Someone is going to give Kevin King a decent amount of money, and they're going to regret it almost immediately. He's an inconsistent corner when he's on the field as we saw yesterday. Add in the constant nagging injury concerns, and I truly hope it's not the Packers that give him that big contract. 8(B). For the record, I also think that whoever gives Jones his big contract will also regret it at some point, though I think it'll be a year or two before it gets to that point, but I digress. 9)The MVP debate: I want Rodgers to win it. Obviously. But, MVP vs. Super Bowl chances, you take the latter every time. If Mahomes throws five TDs today to put himself in the driver's seat for MVP, but it makes the Packers the huge favorites for the 1 seed, sign me up for that. 10)Z has quietly had a monster season in a lot of ways. I didn't realize his sack number until last week, and now he's at 11.5. What a fantastic signing. 11)Speaking of great signings from last year, how good has Amos been the past few weeks? There's a lot of thought about his contract going forward, but both he and Savage have really come on as the season has gone on. Add in Alexander, and you have really, really good secondary play right now. And their strong second-half of the season play certainly has contributed to the solidification of the defense.... 12)I think the Titans have the ability to embarrass us with the run like SF did last year. If they're smart (and they might be), they'll feed Henry and make us stop it, which we probably can't all day. If they use SF's formula, we lose. But, a good test and a game that makes you feel a heck of a lot better about this team if you find a way to win it.

Scott picked a good time to get off a great kick.

My guess is the main point behind the idea is that you're still on the before side of the 2 minute warning. So you want to score once before you have the free timeouts. I get that, but that would have been blown up completely by the Packers just returning the kick.

They clearly wanted the two minute warning as a second timeout. There’s a way that strategy works, but I still think it’s a bit out there.

Way, way too early for it. I get that 100% with a minute left.

That’s an interesting call with this much time left....

College football playoff semifinal moved to Dallas from the Rose Bowl.

The defense has been on the field the whole half. They have to be tired.

Holy crap offense. They had 5 three and outs as a defense ALL YEAR coming in and we’ve done it on three straight drives.

And an uuuuugly drop.

Ugly guard play tonight in pass protection.

Three nice DB plays in a row there...

I have literally never seen that happen before.

What was that call??