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  1. Yeah, both losses were due to horrible TOs on potential game winning drives. 1 by a scrub STs that should have never been given reps over Woody Marks and 1 by our AP WR. This complete ass kicking had to be a very cathartic moment for this franchise to do what they have never done in Baltimore. Even with the missing talent on the sidelines, we whipped their asses from the opening kickoff and did it by featuring the rookie offensive draft class all fucking day. Credit the Caley and the OL coach they seem to have found something with this current group of five, hope they can stay healthy the rest of the season.
  2. Fixing the defense had little to do with Patterson and more to do with getting better players. Kwiatowski had plenty of skins on the wall to need Patterson. The problem with the defense is the giant hole Bo Bavis left in his room when he left and having to overspend on DT talent from the portal. Now, Flood has had 5 years and gotten almost every player he wanted and the OL looks completely lost. There were veterans in the portal available to replace the 4 starters that were lost. hell OSU lost just as much as we did and went to the portal and their OL is getting better as the season goes, ours has gotten much worse. It's been 5 years and the same simple stunts and simulated pressures confound this OL consistently. Of course, it also doesn't help that Sarkisian's system offers few quick throws and doesn't try to take advantage of the middle of the field with in breaking routes and slants unless it's a RPO.
  3. The way Stroud is distrubiting the ball right now, give him a chance.
  4. DFA and try to sign him to a pillow deal.
  5. Damn, Lux lolly gagging in a playoff game, lucky for the Reds the rook comes through.
  6. Man, Steven Adams is so easy to cheer for, just a great character. Also appreciate that he understands his role, accepts it, and excels at it.
  7. I don't think their injury situation on defense is going to allow them to junk up their defense without it being a disaster for them.
  8. I hope our defense gets the first crack at the field on Saturday,
  9. The last time a new coach's 1st commit was an Ogden, that coach went on a great run at Texas.
  10. No Espada hate has to do with his lack of doing anything outside the box to help the team score runs, his constant desire to put his thumb on the scales with the new lineup every night, and his horrible use of the bullpen that lead to multiple relievers being oversued and injured.
  11. Spotrac has him at $33M which is the most of all the FA pitchers. Just no way the Astros should do that.
  12. There is pretty decent market on starting pitchers after the big names like Sale, Framber, Giolito, Bassitt, and Cease come off the board. Guys that have had quality seasons in the past but have an injury, age, or poor performances Jordan Montgomery Frankie Montas Tyler Anderson Steven Matz Tyler Mahle Aaron Civale Martin Perez Jose Quintana All these guys project under $10M for next season. We really only have 1 guy in our rotation that we can count on in Hunter Brown. So I think you are going to need to sign at least 2 guys from the list of 2nd/3rd tier. I don't think Crane will spend for a true #2 guy. McCullers, Blubuagh, Javier, Arrighetti, France, and Ullola are all wild cards, but if healthy those guys are all capable of delivering 3-6 rotational results. Wesneski, Blanco, Walter, and Garcia are obviously out for most if not all the season.
  13. He's the best back on the roster right now. Real 3 down back that is not afraid to get physical on blitz pickup.
  14. Cole looks like he could be a strong side platoon guy in CF. His SSS in the majors was in line with his minor leauge splits, but they need to be active in the trade market for 2nd tier non-QO free agents to fill holes at 2B and CF.
  15. That has got to be close to targeting.
  16. 30 seconds. I'm not sure. Yep. 1000% It is the Penn State way.
  17. The shittiest Astros team in a decade. That is something to be proud of, maybe Crane can get him a trophy.
  18. Franklin calling a TO to set up a play that is likely going to be some stupid trick play.
  19. He got away with a samoan splash during the play, which after what happened to the HS kid, should probably be officiated harsher in football.
  20. Well, we flipped Tucker for Paredes and Smith. I think we did pretty well with that trade. The problem is letting our good players leave for nothing, and fucking ourselves by signing over the hill QO guys which would cancel out our compensation from losing our good players. He is terrible as an everyday player.
  21. Corners? Cole is the CF moving forward. The OF next year should be Alvarez, Cole, and Smith. Then you have Meyers and Santana in their true roles as defensive replacements and part time players. Pena(SS), Alvarez(LF), Paredes(2B), Correa(3B), Cole(CF). Altuve(DH), Walker(1B), Diaz(C), Smith(RF) should be your starting lineup and if healthy that lineup should play 90% of the games. Now if you want to dump Walker and move Paredes to 1B and go get another 2B, preferably one that bats LH, that would work as well.
  22. Espada's shitty management of this team in the 2nd half had a lot more to do with it than a scrub Rangers reliever.
  23. The streak is over.
  24. It really is hilarious how bad PSU plays in big games under Franklin.
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