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If Buxton was acquired I would really try hard to move Bradley. Yeah you're going go have to eat some of the deal. Maybe you could find a similar short term bad deal for a bounce back candidate at a position of greater need.

Why was pitcher wins EVER considered a measure of pitcher excellence? Surely we understood back in 1982 that a pitcher had no control over his run support, yes?

Ever? So the last Brewer Cy Young winner had an ERA over 3.30, a WHIP over 1.5, a FIP over 4, a 1.03 K to BB ratio, and less than 4 and a half Ks per 9. My how the game has changed.

Why is the 9M/1 WAR constantly used to justify contracts, but when it comes to a guy like Pina who has been a mainstay here and is almost certain to be worth more than 1 WAR over the next 2 years, we say, "Nah, can't spend 8M to keep him." ?

I'm surprised to see anyone have this take unless you're a Zach Wilson dynasty owner. Mike White seems like the kind of guy everyone would want to root for.

I mean if you're going to just pair off the best teams in the country, to me, you might as well just rank them by talent/recruiting class. At some point I think you have to mix in a performance reward too. I can see a 3 loss team maybe being "better" than a 0 loss team but I wouldn't give the playoff spot to the 3 loss team in this scenario.

Definitely count me in the "wrong about Joe Barry" crowd. These guys seem to have turned a corner.

I guess the "Aaron Rodgers Vengeance Tour" will have to start next week. Woof.

Of course King drops it.

Lazard has been absolutely terrible today.

2nd time this game that Lazard couldn't hang onto a big catch after taking a hit.

Didn't pay for it, but man, gotta fair catch that.

A 9 yard punt return has to rank in our top 10 special teams plays this year.

What is Crosby, like 60% this year?

I think they've been doing that for awhile where you'll see the occasional NFC game on CBS and the occasional AFC game on FOX.

Did the Jets just take a delay of game penalty on 4th and 1 to punt on the Bills 45 down 10-0 rather than just try to convert a 4th and 1 in opposing territory? Jets gonna Jet.

I could have covered up the poster name, just read the post, and I would have bet my house, car, and every last penny to my name on who the author was.

Man. How am I supposed to know which one to blame when the offense sucks?

This is a little misleading because Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have won like half of these games, so you're not really comparing apples to apples. Manning won two. A lot of these guys were just repeat winners with long careers in the league. 6 is still quite a few over time frame when you figure a lot of the veteran QBs that they're up against are generational HOF quarterbacks, Brees, Brady, Rodgers, Manning, Manning, etc. It's obviously a tremendous advantage to be able to save money at the most expensive position and invest elsewhere in the team, it would be illogical to say otherwise, regardless of the raw numbers of appearances by rookie QBs. And for the most part, NFL quarterbacks compete at this level much earlier in their career than years ago. Redshirting for 3 years like Rodgers did is almost unheard of now.

Not directly replying to you TPlush, but I'm using your comment here to make a point. It really bugged me that people were all up in arms about Love being drafted because "a team drafts a first round QB to start him". Yet, all draft profiles said that he had the skills but wasn't ready yet. Plus Rodgers didn't start - for three years (nor looked great initially). Mahommes didn't start his first year (and he was ready). Frankly, I was encouraged by the game, because I saw improvement right in the game. He still has work to do and things to learn. But he is already better than Hundley. And anyone remember Favre's early years when he was almost benched for Brunell? People keep talking about how the best way to win a SB is with a QB on his rookie contract, but the reason it doesn't happen often is that rookie QBs take time to develop. IMO drafting a "project" QB in the 1st round isn't really an efficient way of building a contender. Nothing wrong with sitting behind a guy for a year like Mahomes did but your biggest benefit of these young star QBs is getting them on a rookie contract. Maybe it worked a little better in the early Rodgers era but now you let a guy sit for 3 years and all of the sudden you've only got one year left of his rookie contract and its basically still an evaluation year. You're comparing Favre to modern rookie QBs when you're looking at two different eras 30 years apart (and Favre was quite good in his early years). Yes this current rookie class has been a big letdown but it doesn't always work that day. Mahomes, Wilson, Herbert, Watson, Murray, these guys were very good, very quickly. Mahomes and Wilson both won SBs on their rookie deals. As far as comparing Love to Hundley, well I should hope he's better than Hundley, a 5th round pick who was never expected to start in the NFL.

The Brewers did not offer Garcia a QO.

Losses by the Cowboys and Rams would help ease the sting of today. That bye in the NFC is still wide open for 3 or 4 teams. Arizona is not good enough to go 16-1.

I am on board with those who say you can't close the book on Love's career based on one game. That's fine. I can't understand those who say his performance wasn't that bad. I watched the entire game. I mean, he was really bad. He had one single drive where he looked good. That was it. His accuracy was abysmal otherwise, even on short throws. There were numerous instances of receivers/backs bailing him out of poor throws. Will he be better next week? Maybe. Will he even get a chance next week? Hopefully not.

I'm not saying it's impossible that he figures it out, I just feel a lot less confident about it than I did yesterday. And if I could get 3 or 4 more cracks with the guy that I know is an elite QB, even if I think he's an arrogant bag, I'll take it.

Maybe your expectations for backup QBs is too high? Heck, look across the field and Mahomes is an int away from having a worse stat line. What’s his excuse? I don't care about Mahomes' excuse. I am not a Chiefs fan. And indeed, Mahomes has not been good enough. Love's stat line is inconsequential to me today. It was plainly obvious from watching that he is either incapable at worst or simply not ready at best to be a successful starting professional quarterback.