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Anyone feel like covering Hunter Henry today or nah?

You just knew that the day we got Adams back would somehow be the day the offense goes back into lame stale mode again.

What an absolute gift. Have to cash it in.

The penalties are just killing us today.

Pretty hard to know when the team has given them 0 things to cheer about.

That's what happens when you get false starts and put yourself in 3rd and 10 instead of 3rd and 5.

3 false starts. Ridiculous. You guys are kind of defeating the purpose of the hard count.

Yeah solid win tonight. I was worried when Bledsoe and Middleton turned it over 4 times in about 90 seconds in the 4th but they came together nicely after that.

Not to pick on you, as I believe you know why this team is playing well and is among the class of the NFC, but this sort of statement drives me a little nuts. It's a "Packers Twitter" type statement ... a place that is populated with so many "Yeah, but" fans that are just so insufferable at times. the team wins, plays well, and yet all they want to focus on are the perceived negatives like "the tackling was bad" or "they threw all those balls to the RBS, therefore all the WRs are terrible". It's a bunch of broad negative generalizations that, while might have some truth to them, are being blown out of proportion. This team is 7-1 because they are playing well enough to be 7-1. They've beat a bunch of good teams because they are a good team. If they go 13-3, it's because they were good enough to go 13-3. This schedule is no Patriots-like slouch. Idk, sort of agree with it. This team feels a lot like the one in 2007 that was 13-3. That team was good, but it went 6-10 the next year after the QB transition. I had a feeling of "Are we really this good?" the entire season. Of course, a lot of the same guys won the Super Bowl a couple years later. So, I think the Packers are a good team, trending upward as a franchise, but I think this season has been a combination of that and getting lucky in a lot of very key moments, and playing a very favorable schedule that isn't exactly easy, but hasn't been hard, has been timed to their advantage as far as where and when they're playing certain teams. It's hard to pick out games on the schedule I expect them to lose. @Minnesota and @SF are the two, and of course there could be others, but not sure there's one more they really should lose. If they really start pounding teams, even crappy ones, down the stretch, then I'd buy in a bit more. A complete 38-7 drubbing would help with that a bit. But at this point there's no reason to think they can't at least be in the NFCCG this season. Still, that 2007 team was one play away from the Super Bowl and potentially a championship. I think their 7-1 record is legitimate enough, but they could be done in by a loaded NFC. San Francisco and New Orleans are at least equally as good, and Seattle, the Rams, and the Vikings are all right there. That's before you even get into the good but not great teams that could get hot and cause trouble like the Cowboys, Eagles, and Panthers. There's just a ton of competition in the NFC this year. I think to have a shot at a legitimate run, they need to win the division first and foremost and they need to earn a first round playoff bye.

Shaw is a bit of an unusual case because he did have two really solid seasons back to back. 2 seasons isn't super sustained but it isn't a blip on the radar either. That said, there were warning signs based on his history even during that time that his production probably wasnt sustainable. While it would be nearly impossible for his production to be as bad again as it was in 2019, I also doubt that we ever again see the 4 WAR player from 2017 and 2018 again. A Casey McGehee career trajectory going forward for him seems likeliest to me. If he can be an average starting 3rd baseman in 2020, that would be about the best I'd hope for.

So then just designate everyone on your roster as a pitcher if you don't want them to be subject to the rule. Just a million ways that this rule is ridiculous and I still don't see the problem that it is supposed to be solving.

As others have pointed out the position players pitching rules are just incredibly stupid. The definition they have used is just so rigid and ridiculous. By that definition, Ohtani is not a 2 way player. He did not pitch last year because of injury so he did hit the necessary 20 innings in 2019. So do you mean to tell me that when he's ready to pitch again, Ohtani doesn't qualify until the Angels somehow work 20 innings in during extras, 6 run leads, etc? Perhaps they should spend more than 5 minutes attempting to write this rule so they don't end up with a whole lot of embarrassing unintended consequences. Or, just don't write it at all. Position players pitching is so far down on the list of problems in MLB I can't believe they felt the need to address it. Any position player who isn't an actual 2 way player (Perez, Kratz) who ever pitches literally never enters in a situation that isn't a 6+ run lead or extra innings anyway, so what is the point of this?

https://www.brewcrewball.com/2019/10/31/20942218/milwaukee-brewers-yasmani-grandal-to-decline-mutual-option-will-be-pursued-by-cincinnati-reds This was never anything more than a formality, but there it is. It was a fun couple of hours when we thought this was a team option, though.

Can't have been anything more than a due diligence inquiry. Expensive, devalued position, and we're fine with Jones and Williams at the position. Doesn't make a lot of sense as a fit to me.

Seager, like Grandal and Yelich, would probably benefit greatly from playing half the time at Miller Park. It would be an excellent upgrade. To me the two issues are: 1. Cost to acquire (in terms of prospects). 2. Injury history (which always gets worse with the Crew). If he can be had for no more than Gray/Supak, I'd go for the deal. But if it goes higher, I'd rather send Arcia out there on Opening Day than to sell the farm for Seager. You'd be better off making the Dodgers no offer at all over insulting them with an offer of Gray+Supak for Seager.

Kind of crazy that the home team lost every single game this series.

Kendrick was always a useful player even early in his career. I guess maybe he didn't live up to everyone's expectations of being the #12 overall prospect in 2006 but he certainly didn't disappoint either.

If Hader isn't traded I'll be convinced doing it wasn't worth it for the Brewers, because woof, these bullpens. Yet the Nationals had one of the worst bullpens in baseball and just won the World Series. I think one thing we've learned in recent World Series' is that there's a lot of different ways to skin a cat. The Royals recently won with an elite bullpen and lackluster rotation. The Nationals were able to get around their bullpen problem in the playoffs by piggybacking their elite starters. I think probably the most important thing is to be really strong in one area and use that to your advantage like we did with our pen in the 2018 playoffs.

This happened last year also. Still an issue this year for whatever reason they haven't figured out how to put teams away when they have a big lead early. Didn't they start like 7-0 last year? Anyway, I hope it's just a blip on the radar and not a sign of things to come. Having a disappointing 50 win, 3-4 seed type team at this point in time could have huge consequences.

Pretty disappointed so far with the look of this team. Two large second half leads blown in 4 games.

A lot of times you'll get comp picks for these guys who leave. Makes it not really worth unloading guys for mid to late round picks unless you think you're getting back more than what you would otherwise.

Was it really a bad performance? I mean the spread was 5 so we did cover expectations on that end. I don't know who was thinking we were going to go into Arrowhead and blow the Chiefs out, even without Mahomes, but I sure wasn't. It was definitely a bad second quarter. But I thought Moore played well and the Chiefs came in with a good gameplan. Would still like to see much better defensive performances for sure.

Really surprised to the early line only favor the Packers by 3. Figured it would be at least 5 or 6.

Yeah Hader for Saeger is about right. I'd have a really hard time saying no. However if we signed Pomeranz, one other high end pen arm and got Knebel back that would make it much easier for me.

Should be a home game type environment.