1984Echoes

Here's an easy one... and sb wouldn't have the balls to admit it's true either: Our country, the good ol' USA... doesn't exist except France sent billions (just guessing in today's dollars) to us from 1776-1784, experienced officers (anyone know the name Lafayette?) and soldiers, and Naval Ships in which WE DON'T WIN the American Revolution without that support. Anyone opposed to supporting Ukraine lacks balls IMO.

I think the Beatles were the greatest: Pop band. Or top 40 or whatever you wanna call it. If they tried blues or psychedelia... it was still a pop song because of... The Beatles... and I'm OK with that. They had a much broader range than just "pop"... but I think all of their music gets pulled back into that genre simply because their popularity overrode whatever genre they were actually attempting to play. I can listen to "Something", "Yesterday", "Why Don't We Do it in the Road?", "Drive My Car", "We Can Work it Out", "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away", "Eleanor Rigby", "Rocky Raccoon", "Two of Us", "Get Back", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Ob-Li-Di, Ob-Li-Da", "A Day in the Life", "Tomorrow Never Knows".... And think what great Pop songs. And I've barely scratched the surface of the Beatles. I could quadruple that list without breaking a sweat. And it doesn't matter what genre they were supposed to be trying with any of those... they all end up as just great pop songs by the Beatles. And there's no one even close to them. The Beatles, IMO, are the greatest "Pop band", ever.

I would hope it's NOT Harrison as he didn't become effective until he was 28 or 29... He dominated for about 5+ years... but I'm hoping Anderson (I mean, if we draft him...) could give more than that...

No (haha, funny...). Not me. But I friggin' LOATHE Mike MF'ing Ditka. Hate him. It was probably also a Lions thing (Billy Sims and the Silver Rush couldn't get past him...); but it was definitely an "I hate this A-Hole" thing...

I would also look at Myles Murphy as a nice pass-rushing/ stout run defender combo bookend to Hutch at DE. But Carter is my #1 choice.

Playing the same position doesn't make two players a personality match. Again, Ditka was an A-Hole, DC is NOT. And I'll take Cowher's 15 years with the Steelers, 8 division champs, 10 postseasons, and winning Super Bowl 40, as well as his cheerleading persona and his underrated sideline smarts and a HOF resume as more akin to who I would like DC to resemble rather than: Dickhead Ditka. And it's not even close.

I want the inside pass rusher first. So that's Carter. Anderson could possibly be a Von Miller demon or something similar... But that inside dominance opens up everything/ everybody else to making defensive plays... including more Houston sacks (which he seems to be able to capably garner himself...).

I'm thinking more like Bill Cowher. Ditka was an A-Hole... Dan Campbell is not.

This.

They've been chasing Bakhmut for at least 6 weeks now = ZERO results. And it's all Prigozhin's Wagner Group too. Including all the prison-soldiers he desperately turned to that have turned into... nothing but untrained cannon fodder. This is egg on both Putin's AND Prigozhin's faces...

HAH!!! Great minds and all !!!

That's exactly what I am getting at...

You can even put that on a sliding scale: Probability of achieving 1 WAR = 75% = Tigers very comfortable offering at least $3 mill Probability of achieving 1-2 WAR = 50% = Tigers OK offering $5 mill Probability of achieving 2.5 or better WAR = 20% = Tigers uncomfortable going over a $5 mill offer due to a greater probability of player being unable to achieve. There is also downside risk, and also the possibility that even in a recovery there is no trade value for player at the deadline. Too much risk. Probability of achieving Less than 1 WAR including possible negative WAR = 40% = Cost of doing business. But cap offer at no higher than $5 mill. If the Tigers are doing this.. then I am very comfortable with their decision making so far...

But it's still an overpay, based on last year's numbers. I think the "market" may be a REASON there are overpays, but it doesn't negate the fact that an overpay is still an overpay. Hasn't everyone already agreed that the ridiculous contracts that Rotation Starters (and the SS signings too) this year are signing are all (mostly) overpays? Market value yes, but overpays nonetheless.

Eloquently stated and the "MAIN" reason I believe Harris moved on. Willing to take the risk he might get back on track at $5 mill but not willing to go above that.

Teams do this all the time. Teams are always taking risks on recovery projects, injury or otherwise. Two things: (1) We just gave Boyd $10 mill and he only pitched 13 innings last year. Please calculate the % overpay we just did on this deal, I'll be interested in that number. (2) Teams are NOT paying Candy based on 2022 numbers. (whether that was us or Washington). As Tenacious eludes to: He is being paid on the RISK that he can get back to 2021 numbers or something closely approximating that. You don't pay $5 mill for someone who gives you 0 or negative WAR. I contend that the MAIN reason Harris let Candy go non-tendered was that he didn't want to take the RISK that Candy could get back to 2021 numbers or not, at $7 mill (but would do so at $5 mill so I guess that is the other factor... call that "risk tolerance factor" ?), and instead decided he would take the RISK that he could fill that position using alternate methods and get the same expected production (2.5-ish WAR?) from other players, regardless of the cost. IE If they give $7 mill to Evan Longoria as a stopgap (who is 37 y.o. and has played about a half, or less, of the games in each of the past 2 years...) then Harris has simply decided that paying Longoria $7 mill instead of Candy $7 mill for 2023 is the better RISK.

Could be...

Why didn't they do that LAST week...?

The flipside is... The dice still could have been rolled that he would recover to a 3-ish WAR level (definitely risk there) and traded him before the deadline for something of value. That might be different (given our recent history...). This is where I was at... But now that he's gone... nothing I can do but move on. My preference was that he be tendered though. Too late. No crying over spilt milk...

Because that would be a "hidden" special teams Ace of Spades hidden up their sleeves...

I'm just now thinking in 20-20 hindsight... They HEAVILY overloaded the Left Side (Jets rightside) of the Line... Did they influence Zeurlein to avoid them and kick it too far to the inside left (Jets side) of the FG? Because, it started left, and straight, and kept going left until it missed to the left... NAW!!! I must be IMAGINING that...! RIGHT?!?! (to anyone in general...)

WHEW!!! What a MF'reakin' TOUGH WIN!!!

Okudah gives up 22 on a 3rd and 19. Not a #1 CB...

HAHAHA!!! Holy SHIT! Brock WRIGHT!

Not enough play-action when you know the defense is going to key on Jamaal...