Jake

They all said Rally Crede was silly too...

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 08:20 PM) Probably just to see Royce Clayton trying to impersonate Miguel Tejada. lol

League leaders in TWTW in the past couple days

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 09:35 PM) i hope he's still available when the Bears pick. but i bet he'll be gone. You'd sure think so, after all these teams have the night to rethink their plans

Will Barkley make it past Chiefs and Tennessee? Both teams that have an option at QB, but might find it worth using a 3rd round pick on someone they might view as a 1st round QB

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 09:12 PM) I'd groom him to be the starter in 2 years. Right -- if Jay wants to become Aaron Rodgers, we'll just turn Barkley into some picks.

I'm a fan of Cutler, but I'd love to have a backup worth getting excited. When have we ever had too many good QBs?

Broncos will be nuts to pass on Barkley IMO

Can we get Barkley somehow?

Sexy swing

Don't Stop Now Dunns!

Jesus, neither of those balls have been hit

Dunn looking like a different man for about 4 games now

Terrible play on the ball by Rios

Terrible play by Rios

I'm glad we got a MLB. We've run all kinds of guys out there opposite Briggs at OLB with no problem

Hawk has a player/coach mindset. Advanced stats don't always make it easier to coach a player, you can get important marginal gains with BS like increasing TWTW (btw, if you don't think an increase in TWTW doesn't have something to do with Rios's improvement, you're wrong). There are also mechanical/technical adjustments, improved training, etc. that won't be quantifiable or especially predictable. Sabermetrics are really good at explaining what has already happened. Sabermetrics can tell us that Adam Dunn was really valuable even though he struck out a lot and hit a lot of home runs. They may have told us he was trending towards more strikeouts. Unfortunately, Dunn's TWTW or something like that caused an amazingly precipitous downfall. Sabermetrics tell us that Gordon was probably unlucky last year and with neutral luck we should expect a somewhat better year this year. We'll see how accurate that is. There is absolutely a tremendous balance to be achieved between quantitative considerations and qualitative. We are certainly getting better at quantifying things, though.

lol @ Berman getting pissed about being put back on the air

Hypothetical: if Matt Barkley and Manti Te'o are available for the Bears in 2nd round, which do you pick?

Ha! Three picks and no Te'o for Vikes!

I'm thrilled that the NFL is working these activist causes into their broadcast, but they have done a very poor job of doing it with time efficiency. They constantly are doing things like speech AFTER the pick is in but BEFORE it is announced.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 25, 2013 -> 10:19 PM) Vikings trade into Patriots' slot. This might be Te'o time. Damn, gave up 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th. Big price

Vikings trade into Patriots' slot. This might be Te'o time.

I have a feeling this pick was made based on the assumption that Long will be our starting G. Nobody has seen much of him on tape, so I think it is fair to give our FO a little credit here. Since we invested a lot of money and high-ish pick in the TE position in the past calendar year, I guess we really weren't willing to add another TE. I don't think anyone blames them for passing on Te'o, either.

Long is insanely talented, but just doesn't have much track record. I think he'll start at guard this year and hopefully can transition to T at some point.