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So now Tork's here to complicate things. I figured he'd have a big spring.

Genius's have their quirks you know

In theory he was a perfect fit here. That's why the Tigers went all in. But he's a pure pull hitter that took advantage of Houston's short porch and will do the same in Boston. Bregman doesn't have enormous power. Comerica would have frustrated him, anyway. In fact, he made the right choice.

They have to concentrate on getting pitchers here. Sluggers will rarely want to hit in Comerica unless its godly money. Sign Skubal

We did? I didn't know one person who thought we wouldn't win if not easily. Same for the Vegas guys. And pundits everywhere. I'm amused at all the condescending comments on these boards that casually say "oh, we knew it would happen with all these injuries"

Veryzer was panned by fans and writers and I believe even Kaline as an announcer for having a pot belly. Thing is he was highly prized when drafted and did well in the minors. Just couldn't hit like he showed in early career. Also mentioned Danny Meyer. There was a pitcher who I can't remember refused to go out to pitch unless they took out Meyer in right field because he was that bad. Leon Roberts had ONE half a good season and then washed up after traded to the Astros..

Goff in general is one of the best vs. blitzes. So is Arnold. They disguise their blitzes so well though. Should be an epic game.

Yet he's not even in the talks of MVP. There's about 5 qb's that are having epic seasons. Goff is another one.

Plus the Vikes D' is not your average dumpster of an NFL 40 point a week stinkiest. Lions will be blizted like crazy. And the Vikes have top tier coaching. Will be tuff to beat.

I remember Charley Batch for the Lions one year had the highest qbr for the season in one game and maybe all time at near 100%. He went like 13-16 for 180 yards! Just this week, Jackson for the Ravens had a 99+% qbr while going 15-18 for 260. On the other hand Joe Burrow went 39-49 for 415 and 5 td's and 0 int. yet his qbr was in the 70's. It's just a nerdy metric founded on the faults of the qb rating system.

What's logical and what will really happen are two different things. You sit people and get bounced and the coaching staff will have a hard time getting mentally prepared next week vs. the most important game of the season.

This game wasn't close. I don't care what the score was

You can't sit everybody and lose big. And then expect to come back the next week like it never happened. Dan ain't that type of coach, anyway. He wants to keep positive momentum going.

I'd like Bregman but if not..

I still don't want to give up on Torkelson. I could see him going somewhere else and hitting 40 dingers. Remember Carlos Pena. Same situation