PeaveyFury

Same on my end. Error on my CPU, fine on my phone.

I’m 99% sure they’re planning on Jenkins replacing Linsley at center. Not sure if they’d plan for him to play tackle and have to sign a different center until Bakh is back?

Kirksey was as much of a lock as there possibly could be. Not shocked on Wagner, but did think there was a chance they'd keep him due to Bakh's injury.

With nearly zero fans in the stands, for the record. In the end, you can certainly state your opinion on whether it's necessary or not. But again, unless there's actual data to suggest that it does 'little to nothing', or that the benefit is "infinitesimally small" is merely opinion, not fact.

Or maybe it's not infinitesimally small?

Is there a study out there on that? Or just your opinion? Try doing the math behind it and then look at how AMFAM will create a vortex. You can put this into a model and use smoke as a guide to see how the air flow is impacted. For particle dispersion it doesn't matter if the roof is open or closed. The particles are going to disperse at the same rate. I would like to know how you think they would disperse differently with a roof open versus closed. So you've put it into a model? We'd love to see your work. In my mind, you're arguing the equivalent of 'inside your house is the same as outdoors as long as you have your windows open'. Which no one has claimed to be accurate or safe, to my knowledge. If you make a matter-of-fact statement like "The roof being open won't have any impact on particle dispersion or air flow.", please be expected to cite your sources or show your work. Absent that, "won't have any impact" is simply your opinion, not fact. Which is fine if that's the case, but it just should be presented as such, IMO.

Is there a study out there on that? Or just your opinion?

I assumed you meant on here. Otherwise, the pushing back is against what people somewhere are saying? As the comment was in reference to what a reporter was posting on Twitter, and a poster here indicating that he was blocked by the guy on Twitter. As such, part of my post in response to that was regarding discussions on Twitter. Fair enough, but I have. On Twitter, for example. Sure. But again, wasn't talking about you.

100% about air flow and particle dispersion.

Non existent where? Here? No one has suggested this here recently, though it has been suggested in the past. But it's literally all over twitter. I never referenced you in my post, either directly or indirectly. Not sure why you appear to have taken my post as some sort of commentary on what you specifically have said previously.

This. Not this. This is what fans want to believe.

I expect about 31 more 'Watt is seriously considering...' stories over the next month. Well, maybe 30. Sorry Jets.

Since yesterday I’ve been dreaming about a Watt-Clark-Short line, with Keke rotating in. Might be the best front we’d have had since White-Dotson-Brown-Jones.

A lot of people don't like season 2, fwiw. Mostly due to one of the characters. Just a heads-up, hang in there just in case you don't love season 2 quite as much. It took a whopping half an episode to figure out who you were referring to....

We've got about 3 parallel discussions going on regarding Shaw right now. Moving this to the Rumors forum until it's official.

Yep. Two low-cost, non-splashy moves that probably make the team better. I'm not expecting Shaw to remember how to hit like he did in 2017-18 at age 31, but it sure would be great if he could contribute power...

Man, if you could go back in time to hear all of the concerns about how bad Rodgers looked in preseason and in limited game action when Favre had to leave a couple of games early. Add in a 6-10 first season, and people thought then that we were 'headed back to the dark ages of Packer football' after Favre too....

Panthers are releasing Kawann Short. Short has basically missed the last two seasons with a torn rotator cuff, but he was considered one of the best d-linemen in the game prior to 2019. Seems like an interesting possible reclamation project, IMO....

I think this is true, though I think it's important to push back on both extreme viewpoints on this as I've done in this thread/discussions on their cap. It's irresponsible for journalists to say that the Packers are in some sort of devastatingly insurmountable cap mess, as Herman did over the weekend. That's blatantly false. Things looked much bleaker when they were looking at $176, but now that the expectations are for mid-$180s or up to $196m, the Packers have a workable situation. I get that writers can only write so many 'should the Packers sign JJ Watt?' articles right now, so I'm not surprised that some are choosing to make this a story to fill space... Still, the 'There are no problems, they can just kick the can down the road a few years' folks are equally wrong. The Packers' cap situation is probably the worst it's been in over 15 years (which is a testament to the skill of the Russ Balls of the world in and of itself). It's not Thompson having to move on from 3 All-Pro caliber players as he had to in 2005 level bad, but the Packers are almost certainly going to have to A)cut a couple of guys like Smith/Wagner that are productive players that are scheduled to start on week 1, and B)involuntarily let the bulk of their UFAs walk without much chance to retain them. That's something they really haven't had to do. But, as it has been clearly noted, they've got plenty of ability to both get under the cap and free up the ability to do a few things with the roster, and that's something that teams like New Orleans don't have the ability/flexibility to do. Add in the teams that have room but need to add a QB, and you end up with a lot of teams with issues.

I think you're reading too much into it, as it's nothing more than a virtually no-cost flier. May see something they feel they can work with him on or something. If he fails, meh.

I am sure he was talking about his ability to take walks. His OBP is almost .100 higher than his average. Pretty impressive if he could hit. Yep, that's what I was referring to. Serious OBP increase relative to BA, but his BA has been terrible.

27 years old, good OBP skills. Very little actual time in the majors (458 PAs over 5 years). Not great in the OF. Likely gave up very, very little I'd think.

A lot of people don't like season 2, fwiw. Mostly due to one of the characters. Just a heads-up, hang in there just in case you don't love season 2 quite as much. Interesting! Thanks for the heads-up.

Though possibly interesting to the Packers, I don't know if they'd want to use the post- June 1 designation on him, as I think the cap hit actually counts against the Packers' cap until June 1, though he's technically a FA. My understanding of the rules on that are rusty, though. They'd probably want the salary relief sooner than later, even if it's at the expense of $1.5 million. I suppose he could be used as cap room for the draft class, though...

I guess it depends on the definition of significance, as you'd get another $4.25 from a Wagner cut and $3.3 from Lowry. Not as big as the others, but not insignificant, but also just IMO. The only other really 'magic' thing they COULD do would be restructuring/extending Z, which would be substantial, and a lot of smaller stuff with guys like Amos and Turner could all add up to more room, but the big moves are the ones you noted. A 'soft cap' would certainly open up a bajillion more options for them, though...