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Post by jmei on Nov 10, 2023 21:14:58 GMT -5
Hauser is kind of useless if he’s not making shots.
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Post by jmei on Nov 9, 2023 13:12:28 GMT -5
It’s not that hard. The Patriots thought that the production that Uche provides over the rest of the season plus the odds of re-signing him after the season plus the odds of getting a comp pick if he leaves after the season, combined, was more valuable than a fifth round pick. Cool, we get it, you disagree, but it’s not rocket science to understand why they did what they did. They won't get a compensation pick if they make free agent signings and have some of the most cap space in the league next year. So, that part of the equation is out of the formula. Unless they feel like going status quo with this roster. It's highly unlikely they're getting anything for outgoing free agents. You speak too much in absolutes. Neither we nor they (nor anyone else) knows how the offseason will play out. There are scenarios where they don’t get any comp picks because they sign more eligible free agents than they give up, but there are also scenarios where they do end up with a comp pick because they don’t end up signing a lot of eligible free agents for whatever reason. It’s not 100% odds of a comp pick, but you have to plug some value there to account for that value.
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Post by jmei on Nov 9, 2023 11:21:57 GMT -5
It’s not that hard. The Patriots thought that the production that Uche provides over the rest of the season plus the odds of re-signing him after the season plus the odds of getting a comp pick if he leaves after the season, combined, was more valuable than a fifth round pick. Cool, we get it, you disagree, but it’s not rocket science to understand why they did what they did.
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Post by jmei on Nov 8, 2023 20:53:27 GMT -5
Why the hell is Brown bringing up the ball against press coverage?
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Post by jmei on Nov 8, 2023 20:49:09 GMT -5
Tatum out there with the bench and doesn’t get a shot for two and a half minutes.
Hauser and Pritchard do kind of suck defensively so when they aren’t making shots, they are negative players.
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Post by jmei on Nov 6, 2023 10:28:05 GMT -5
The thing is, once a season starts going south, some players and teams just pack it in. They stop putting in as much effort both on the practice field and in games. Will we see that here? They’re talented enough (even with the recent injuries) to win some of these remaining games, but only if they’re giving full effort.
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Post by jmei on Nov 5, 2023 16:05:49 GMT -5
…and a dropped pass game ending pick. That’s not really on Mac.
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Post by jmei on Nov 5, 2023 15:46:05 GMT -5
Kornet gets a lot of hate (in part because he’s a goofy white guy) but he’s a legitimate rotation player who adds value on both ends. Would prefer not to have to play him during the playoffs but he’s a valuable regular season player.
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Post by jmei on Nov 5, 2023 13:16:43 GMT -5
Mac Jones, with great protection, overthrows Thornton by 10 yards. You need your QB to be able to make that throw.
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Post by jmei on Nov 4, 2023 13:15:03 GMT -5
It also speaks to their spacing. Their top eight rotation players are above-average or better three point shooters. It’s a lot easier to post up when the floor is spread and they have no one to leave to double team.
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Post by jmei on Nov 2, 2023 4:32:00 GMT -5
I would have been OK trading Uche for a fifth, but holding onto him was OK as well. Doesn’t move the needle much either way.
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Post by jmei on Nov 1, 2023 12:39:17 GMT -5
No one was giving them a second or third round pick for anyone on the roster that was remotely tradeable. Trent Brown and Onwenu wouldn't be worth that? Aren't both guys playing well? I'd imagine this is the most plug and play position in football. Especially Onwenu given his age moving to a situation where the acquiring team plans to lock him up like what the Bears did for Sweat. Not saying Onwenu is as valuable, but a team like KC (example, don't know their line situation) their 2nd or 3rd rounder wouldn't be nearly as valuable as Chicago. Again, if they aren't here next year then any loss of value is a complete waste. No, I don't think either Brown or Onwenu would have clearly been worth a second or third round pick to another team given their contract and health statuses. I will also note that offensive line is not really that much of a plug-and-play position. It takes time to OLs to build chemistry and feel, and plugging folks in and out can harm overall OL play (as the Patriots have learned this year - all the moving parts makes them less than the sum of their parts).
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Post by jmei on Nov 1, 2023 11:36:39 GMT -5
No one was giving them a second or third round pick for anyone on the roster that was remotely tradeable.
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Post by jmei on Oct 31, 2023 11:06:57 GMT -5
They’re not going to get much for anyone they’d realistically want to trade. I’m not so jazzed about a late round pick that I’d give up anyone they have a legit shot at re-signing (like Uche).
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Post by jmei on Oct 31, 2023 9:43:11 GMT -5
Honestly not sure how I feel about this for the Sixers. Technically makes their team worse but trying to keep Harden would have raised its own challenges. Not sure who the Sixers try and trade for now (Pascal Siakam? Buddy Hield?) but I'm sure they'll be active in an effort to build a winning team around Embiid. Best case scenario for Boston is probably that they can't find a trade target this year and hold onto their assets for the summer, ending this season without the talent to really match up with Boston/Milwaukee.
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Post by jmei on Oct 31, 2023 5:53:09 GMT -5
I’m not too worried about the bench scoring. They have four starters who can average 20+ points a game (25+ in the case of Tatum and Brown), plus two other players who can give them decent point totals. They don’t need Pritchard or Hauser to be jacking up a lot of shots. Just spread the floor and play good defense.
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Post by jmei on Oct 30, 2023 13:49:14 GMT -5
Can someone help me out, as this is the second time in two weeks I think the announcers don't understand the rules for ineligible receiver downfield. But now I question if it's me. I thought if the ball was thrown to someone who is still behind the line of scrimmage (i.e. a screen pass), then a lineman can go down field before the ball is thrown. You can have an ineligible man downfield penalty on any forward pass. It’s just backwards passes where it’s OK to be downfield.
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Post by jmei on Oct 29, 2023 11:58:25 GMT -5
I linked two Baldinger clips from X & they are no longer there? Mod action? Magic? I think it’s an issue on your end. They are still showing up for me.
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Post by jmei on Oct 26, 2023 15:58:48 GMT -5
They're still going to be a team that shoots lots of threes. Hell, with Porzingis being able to shoot over most closeouts and Holiday being a better three-point shooter than Smart, they might shoot (and make) more threes on average than they did last year. That's not a bad thing if they can simultaneously tighten up other areas (such as forcing more turnovers or getting more offensive rebounds).
As an aside:
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Post by jmei on Oct 26, 2023 15:52:14 GMT -5
Eh, Onwenu was generally a pretty good guard as well and I think the jury is still out on whether he's a better RT or RG. It was really only the fact that their other RT options were almost unplayably bad that forced their hand into moving him to RT.
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Post by jmei on Oct 24, 2023 14:22:10 GMT -5
Couple random thoughts:
J.C. Jackson trade proving to be a good one so far. He's been their best CB and has been legitimately above average against some good opposing WRs. They still really lack depth but that should change when Jo. Jones gets healthy. They probably still need to restructure his contract ($14.4M cap hit next year is too much even for this version of Jackson) but he might stick around and is young enough (will be 29 next year) to be part of a good defensive core.
Their big offseason moves on offense (extending D. Parker, signing Smith-Schuster and Gesicki, what they did with the OL) have still stunk, but they have a nice little defensive core between Bentley, Duggar, Peppers, Wise, Barmore, Uche, White, etc. (not to mention Judon and Gonzalez). That unit remains too good for this team to really bottom out this season.
Locking in Onwenu at RT alone is worth whatever worse draft position they might be in. It's disappointing that it's taken so long to put him back there but better late than never. Ditto for more Bourne/Douglas and less Parker/Smith-Schuster.
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Post by jmei on Oct 22, 2023 20:27:38 GMT -5
They were never going to lose enough games to get a top 5 pick. Would much rather see them with a pulse and see if there are some pieces to potentially build around.
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Post by jmei on Oct 18, 2023 7:01:47 GMT -5
Oh OK, he only choked her and didn’t hit her with a closed fist. That totally changes the story. /s
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Post by jmei on Oct 14, 2023 7:42:03 GMT -5
Hauser is the kind of solid role player that every team needs, and with the new CBA, they won’t be able to sign those guys in free agency anymore. Makes sense to re-sign him at a decent number.
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Post by jmei on Oct 12, 2023 9:12:57 GMT -5
Mac and a bad OL are a toxic mix. Mac is especially bad when pressured - mix of inability to make plays outside the pocket, mediocre arm strength, bad footwork/mechanics and bad decision-making. Patriots receivers can't separate on the sidelines, so the book is out - flood the middle, get pressure, wait for Mac to make mistakes. The running game is an absolute zero and they get down early and have to throw to get back in the game. It's all worst case scenario for the offense so far. They're not actually that bad and can pull out of it if they can improve their OL from "worst in the league" to merely bad. Not sure that will happen, though.
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