adambr2

Well, it is the fourth inning. I expect it to happen next inning. The roster makeup of this team just screams for an unconventional pitching approach and yet we still try to pound a square peg into a round hole and go out and lose games in the 5th and 6th inning every night. We have an entire roster full of 3-4 inning pitchers.

Just a devastating way to end the 3rd. Had a chance to cut it to 2-3 twice and back to 8 instead. Middleton, Bledsoe and Brook are 10 for 33 from the field and 1 for 10 behind the arc. How this is not already a Heat blowout I really don't know.

Ugh that 3 from Hill would have been huge.

Middleton completely self-destructing and letting the game get away from the Bucks.

Sure would have been great to get that 3 before the half. Bledsoe still doesn't even have a point from the field.

Sure would have been great to get that 3 before the half. Bledsoe still doesn't even have a point from the field.

Bledsoe is friggin useless.

Bledsoe is friggin useless.

Just missing way too much shots. As well as they played in the first quarter this is going to get away from them if they don't start hitting some jumpers.

Just missing way too much shots. As well as they played in the first quarter this is going to get away from them if they don't start hitting some jumpers.

Got to get some shots to start falling again.

Got to get some shots to start falling again.

Giannis out for Game 5. Will be a small miracle to get to Game 6.

Giannis out for Game 5. Will be a small miracle to get to Game 6.

There are many more, and I'd argue much better ways to improve a team than simply through outside player acquisition. Isn't it entirely possible that the current personnel's 2nd year in the offensive scheme could very well lead to improvement? As for player acquisition, sometimes it's a case of the grass not always being greener. The team added a tailback and an H-back that fit the offensive scheme that Lafleur intends to run. They have Lazard back, who flashed as a rookie last year. They have St. Brown back, who flashed as a rookie in 2018. The stories about MVS improving may be smoke, but there may be something legit there, too. Adams didn't make the jump until his 3rd year after looking pretty terrible his 2nd year. But saying that an offense can't improve without adding different and/or new pieces is just not true. I mean, I totally get that they aren't really a talented enough team on paper to warrant a 13-3 record. But they did it, and that matters. This team is better talent-wise than a 7-win squad. St. Brown was a 6th round pick who caught 21 balls in 2018 for just over 300 yards. It's a stretch to call that flashing. I just don't see a lot of surrounding talent, Lazard was a nice surprise last year but reality is there are a million of these late round/undrafted guys that we see stories on, we talk them up, but the vast majority of them make little to no impact. That applied to Jarrett Boykin, Geronimo Allison, Jeff Janis, Jared Abbrederris..the list goes on and on. Late round success stories at WR aren't unheard of, but they're extremely rare because you basically have 32 GMs who all underestimated the talent. I would love a big year from MVS, ESB, or Lazard...but my expectations aren't high. It's tough to compare MVS to Adams who was a heralded 2nd round pick and always known to have the talent to excel at this level. I think there's a wide spectrum of possible outcomes for this team, from maybe 6 to 11 wins depending on the bounces of the ball. Last year we were on the extreme upper end of the spectrum.

There are many more, and I'd argue much better ways to improve a team than simply through outside player acquisition. Isn't it entirely possible that the current personnel's 2nd year in the offensive scheme could very well lead to improvement? As for player acquisition, sometimes it's a case of the grass not always being greener. The team added a tailback and an H-back that fit the offensive scheme that Lafleur intends to run. They have Lazard back, who flashed as a rookie last year. They have St. Brown back, who flashed as a rookie in 2018. The stories about MVS improving may be smoke, but there may be something legit there, too. Adams didn't make the jump until his 3rd year after looking pretty terrible his 2nd year. But saying that an offense can't improve without adding different and/or new pieces is just not true. I mean, I totally get that they aren't really a talented enough team on paper to warrant a 13-3 record. But they did it, and that matters. This team is better talent-wise than a 7-win squad. St. Brown was a 6th round pick who caught 21 balls in 2018 for just over 300 yards. It's a stretch to call that flashing. I just don't see a lot of surrounding talent, Lazard was a nice surprise last year but reality is there are a million of these late round/undrafted guys that we see stories on, we talk them up, but the vast majority of them make little to no impact. That applied to Jarrett Boykin, Geronimo Allison, Jeff Janis, Jared Abbrederris..the list goes on and on. Late round success stories at WR aren't unheard of, but they're extremely rare because you basically have 32 GMs who all underestimated the talent. I would love a big year from MVS, ESB, or Lazard...but my expectations aren't high. It's tough to compare MVS to Adams who was a heralded 2nd round pick and always known to have the talent to excel at this level. I think there's a wide spectrum of possible outcomes for this team, from maybe 6 to 11 wins depending on the bounces of the ball. Last year we were on the extreme upper end of the spectrum.

How does a team that didn't really lose anything of note personnel wise in the offseason (besides maybe Bulaga) take a 6-game swing record-wise? And who are you saying are the 3rd and 4th best options? Allison and Kumerow? Graham? Those guys are very, very replaceable. I mean, I understand the idea that last year's team perhaps outperformed its talent level, but 7-9? Really? Bulaga is potentially a pretty significant loss. I think 8-8 or 9-7, but a 6 win swing isn't out of the question. They took a 6 win swing last year. Are you really confident that the 2020 Packers are significantly more talented personnel wise than '17 and '18?

How does a team that didn't really lose anything of note personnel wise in the offseason (besides maybe Bulaga) take a 6-game swing record-wise? And who are you saying are the 3rd and 4th best options? Allison and Kumerow? Graham? Those guys are very, very replaceable. I mean, I understand the idea that last year's team perhaps outperformed its talent level, but 7-9? Really? Bulaga is potentially a pretty significant loss. I think 8-8 or 9-7, but a 6 win swing isn't out of the question. They took a 6 win swing last year. Are you really confident that the 2020 Packers are significantly more talented personnel wise than '17 and '18?

I'm not very high on this team as well. The 2020 draft is still an absolute beffudlement no matter how we try to spin it. They did nothing to improve for this year for a team that is already extremely likely to regress from the unit that got blown out twice by the 49ers. The only way I can see us seriously competing in the NFC is if the run defense improves drastically and Aaron Rodgers finds his old MVP form.

I'm not very high on this team as well. The 2020 draft is still an absolute beffudlement no matter how we try to spin it. They did nothing to improve for this year for a team that is already extremely likely to regress from the unit that got blown out twice by the 49ers. The only way I can see us seriously competing in the NFC is if the run defense improves drastically and Aaron Rodgers finds his old MVP form.

Wow, I didn't even realize that Clay Matthews didn't even make a roster.

Wow, I didn't even realize that Clay Matthews didn't even make a roster.

All is pretty quiet on the NFL COVID-19 front. Definitely appears that there will be a season and it will be on time, albeit maybe fanless.

All is pretty quiet on the NFL COVID-19 front. Definitely appears that there will be a season and it will be on time, albeit maybe fanless.

While this is good, the goalposts for the playoffs have been moved drastically this year, after already being moved closer twice previously in the last 25 years. That's my only issue comparing Stearns to previous regimes using playoffs as a bar. How about regular season wins as a bar? From 2017-19 the Brewers won 271 games, 2nd most in franchise history behind the 274 they won from 1978-80. Any comparison to our franchises history is a low bar as we have not been a historically successful franchise. I think a more relevant comparison would be how we have fared in comparison to comparable small markets. Which I would still think Stearns is at least on par with, if not better than most. If you're saying Stearns is a solid, above average GM I would agree. If you're saying the organization has better direction and leadership than it did from the early 90s to the mid 2000s, I would of course absolutely agree. I think some criticism of this past offseason is warranted. I think the current arrow direction of the franchise given the state of the farm system is in question.