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  1. PeaveyFury
    It really is hard to believe he's still only 26. He DID perform much better with the bat in 2020, which is all the more frustrating that his defense simultaneously wasn't good in 2020 for no apparent reason.
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    As the reason for this is discrepancy likely obvious to both you and anyone residing in the state of Wisconsin and is inherently political, I'd remind people to tread carefully where politics are involved here.
  3. PeaveyFury
    Very good defender. Probably the compliment to Narvaez’s bat, if I had to bet and assuming he’s got a chance at the MLB roster. Not a good sign for Pina.
  4. PeaveyFury
    I don't view it any differently than the NFL's hundreds of existing examples of setting a set of rules they expect the players to follow and punishing them accordingly if they don't. It's really no different than the NFL saying that all jerseys need to be tucked in on the sideline (they do require this, actually) and levying a fine if you don't comply. You can debate the merits of the rules I suppose, but they have every right to enforce their own rules for COVID as they would with any other.
  5. PeaveyFury
    Wow, that one is VERY interesting. Both trades make a lot of sense, though I'm less sure the Dodgers one flies with them. But you've certainly infused a lot of young talent into the offensive side of the ball...
  6. PeaveyFury
    Guys, we literally had this exact discussion yesterday on the previous page of this thread. Most estimates suggest 20%-ish, which would be about 60 million. There's extreme variance by geographic location, though.
  7. PeaveyFury
    I think this is all very fair and accurate. An 18 week season with two byes made so much sense.
  8. PeaveyFury
    Sounds about right. Until yesterday, I had no recollection that not only was Austin the 8th overall pick of the 2013 draft, but that the Rams traded up from 16, giving up their 2nd and 7th to take him. Didn't come close to living up to that value for them.
  9. PeaveyFury
    It would be truly hilarious to watch the Yankees non-tender one of the best offensive catchers in the game at 28 years old due to financial constraints. Sanchez admittedly had a (very)bad year in 2020, but he's a 3-WAR catcher historically and in his physical prime. Trading for him as a rebound candidate may not be as appealing, but if the cost was just money rather than players too, it'd be hard not to have interest.
  10. PeaveyFury
    Aguilar is now two years removed from his first really productive season and is over 30. Other than the fact that he's a popular former Brewer, I don't know if he's worth devoting potentially limited financial resources to this offseason, unless he's interesting in coming back to Milwaukee at a discount.
  11. PeaveyFury
    I wouldn't automatically assume the latter. He could be suffering from the 'brain fog' that many have mentioned a lingering effect that wouldn't make him a danger to others but would potentially limit his ability to be on the field. Or something like that...
  12. PeaveyFury
    It's odd. Unfortunately, the most logical assumption is that he has it, and has some sort of complication or severe response.
  13. PeaveyFury
    Some very interesting potential names there, with the obvious caveat of what it would cost to sign them if non-tendered.
  14. PeaveyFury
    Very valid point. Perhaps, but probably no more so than the current fall season not counting as a year of eligibility. You'll still have those going pro who are able, but you'll have a huge amount of guys that hang around for the extra year and create a longer-term logjam much the same way. Based on nothing more than my own opinion and understanding of how the sports world works, I can say with the utmost confidence that there's almost a 0% chance that teams are letting fans in with the intention of losing money going forward as any kind of 'gesture'. They've almost certainly done a cost-benefit analysis to know exactly what they need to do, how they need to staff, and what their breakeven scenarios are. The Packers literally just told us that 500 fans was their test of their systems to determine whether their assumptions will work correctly. They're not doing that with the intention of keeping that number at 500, they're doing that with the intention of getting that much higher. Obviously it won't be 73,000 anytime soon, but I'd bet they're focused on 5-10k, and they know exactly how to do that and with the sole intention of making more money. As college stadiums are even more cavernous than a place like Lambeau (or at least the Power 5 ones are), I think it's even more realistic for colleges to have developed a functional plan to get some modest number of fans in during the spring, and I'm certain it would have made them more money overall.
  15. PeaveyFury
    I guess I disagree with most of this. I think you do have an opportunity in college to hone your game to not only potentially improve your draft position, but also to improve your chances of success. The learning curve in the NFL is increasingly short and in some cases deep. Too many guys struggle to catch on, and they're quickly disposed of. Yeah, the NFL does have better weight programs and such, but if you don't know the intricacies of how to play your position, you're going to be out of the league in two years like a lot of draft picks. Especially coming off this year, which was A)short, B)weird, and C)injury-plagued for a guy like Wildgoose, I think it's extraordinarily relevant to debate whether the correct choice is being made. And none of that is the question of motivating factors, which obviously plays a huge role in a lot of more-often-than-not poor decisions in declaring.
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    Yikes. Also not a fan.
  17. PeaveyFury
    I think 90% is high, but the percentage is certainly more than 0. Wildgoose's measurables are eerily similar to Nick Nelson's, but Wildgoose was faaaaaaaar less productive than Nelson in his brief time here. Nelson also declared (too) early, ended up being a 4th round pick, and is now out of the league just two years later.
  18. PeaveyFury
    Yeah, they certainly could be planning to use him. I guess that remains to be seen. He was indeed productive in his time in Philly, with 3 TFLs. I'd certainly support trying to find another warm body that can outproduce Lowry's horrendous season thus far, but that's setting the bar low.
  19. PeaveyFury
    We might be reading too much into the claim of Rush. It's very possible this is more of a 'gain intel on the upcoming opponent's defense' acquisition than 'expected to contribute.'
  20. PeaveyFury
    Sometimes the best deals are indeed the ones you don’t make, it seems....
  21. PeaveyFury
    1/3 seems high vs. some of the other estimates I've seen, which suggested closer to 1/5. Are there updated estimates/assumptions out there to suggest that higher number?
  22. PeaveyFury
    Well, that's a bit interesting. Was in LA with LaFleur, so the offensive learning curve might be shallower. He'd be a nice option as a returner as well assuming Ervin continues to be banged up. Silverstein confirms as well, so this legit. EDIT: I'd bet this is more due to the Ervin issue than anything, as it's been a few years since Austin has been a productive receiver. Nice history as a PR, though.
  23. PeaveyFury
    Has anyone seen a recent estimate of what percentage of the U.S. population would need to get the vaccine for effective herd immunity? Someplace in the past, I saw a 70% estimate for combined vaccinated + post-infection immune people, which I think (and I'm certainly not sure) is based on historical success rates for herd immunity vs. viruses in general. Not sure what the current estimate is for people with antibodies currently or what the necessary amount of vaccinated people would be as a result? A lot will depend on the length of post-infection natural immunity, which I think is still unknown, especially in contrast to the immunity from the vaccines, which is also unknown.
  24. PeaveyFury
    I believe the discussed plan was for a season to start the last week of February/first weekend of March, so they'd have been looking beyond a January start. I know there were numerous rumors regarding how the format would look, though. To your other point, I do think it's fair to assume that 100k fans in the stands in 2021 is an unrealistic assumption, at least based on what we know now. Still, the NFL is gradually allowing more fans in. The Big Ten would have had similar TV revenue, the same 8-game schedule, but the POSSIBILITY of having SOME number of fans in the stands come March/April, vs. the zero in-person revenue they have now. Add in the possibility that more high-risk staff and such could potentially be vaccinated by then, I do think there's a higher possibility that they'd have had a cleaner season in the spring than the disaster they're working through right now. But, your point regarding a September start is certainly a valid one. Whether there'd have been additional revenue in the spring rather than then won't be known until we reach March/April, I suppose.
  25. PeaveyFury
    The Big Ten made such a smart decision to delay the season until spring...until they reversed it because a couple of people complained. Now they will have a joke of a championship game that nobody is going to watch. I had the exact same thought this weekend. And that's not entirely with the benefit of hindsight- I've always thought that there was more of a chance of a normal-ish season in the spring with even the possibility of SOME fans. With an impending vaccine, they potentially flushed a lot of potential revenue down the toilet because they were concerned about losing revenue. Yech.
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