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Does the FO seriously think the 3 year crap will sit well with Boras? Why would Cespedes want to enter free agency at 33? It makes no sense for him to take a deal that's less than 4 years unless you're willing to pay him $30 million a year.

Rabbit's giving us some Bernie side-eye maybe?

QUOTE (shipps @ Jan 20, 2016 -> 10:43 AM) I don't think the Mets have the money to get it done. He is using the Mets and the Nationals to drive up the price for the Sox and maybe someone else comes into the fold last minute on a gut move to sign him. I feel like the Nationals are the biggest threat here. They probably have more money to spend than we do.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Jan 20, 2016 -> 10:00 AM) Mibelt Rodriguez ‏@MibeltRodriguez 3m3 minutes ago Update: #Mets, #Nationals and #WhiteSox are the finalists to signing OF Yoenis Cespedes. A decision is expected within next 24-48 hours. How credible is this guy? His Twitter looks somewhat legit given his # of followers, but has he actually broken any news before?

Ugh. I feel like we waited too long. Now that Cespedes is the only one left, his demands can only go up.

QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Jan 16, 2016 -> 10:52 PM) I truly believes that if Rodgers got to play with more skilled players, he would have won multiple SB's. The best receiver he's played with is probably Jordy Nelson, and best running back would be Lacy or Ryan Grant, and he never really had a pass catching tight end (it's partly the system he plays in), but gosh, that isn't an impressive list at all. Jermichael Finley?

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Jan 16, 2016 -> 10:49 PM) So, one of the rules of QB play is that you never throw across your body to the opposite side of the field, right? Isn't that what analysts say every time a QB throws an INT on a play like Palmer to Fitzgerald in OT? Oh, it was successful? Great play then! I always laugh at the inconsistency of the criticism by analysts. Successful result = good play. Unsuccessful result = bad play. Great ending. I'm a Bears fan. Respect/don't hate the Packers. I find it really hard to root against Rodgers, but I'm glad the Packers lost. Well I think it's ok when there's literally no one else on that side of the field. Edit: are you talking about the Palmer throw or Rodgers' throw?

So where does this rank among the greatest playoff games of all time? I know that most of this game wasn't all that interesting, but the last 2 minutes and OT were absolutely insane.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 16, 2016 -> 10:38 PM) That is pathetic by the Packers D after you tie it up on the hail mary. To be fair, they almost got to Palmer. The play more or less broke down since all the receivers were so far down the field along with the DBs. Palmer did an incredible job of extending the play.

Ball game!

Wow! What a run by Fitzgerald! This game is crazy.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 16, 2016 -> 10:33 PM) Two guys were there and lost the jump ball and Rodgers got rid of it early. I don't fault the call, I fault the dbs for not taking the ball like a mother. You cannot allow a WR to get that. There should be 3-4 guys swarming the receiver in that situation. Instead, there were only 2.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 16, 2016 -> 10:32 PM) So even the coin toss is controversial The fix is on!

I can't believe the Cardinals brought pressure on that play. I don't care if you're in dime or quarter. You have to play prevent there. There clearly weren't enough DBs back to cover that pass.

I can't believe that ball didn't hit the ground at all when he lost control of it. Crazy.

Wut? Jesus Christ!

lol wow Rodgers. They didn't even get set.

Holy s*** Jeff Janis.

Oof another possible PI call. If you're a Cardinals DB, you absolutely cannot start holding people on long passes like that.

Terrible clock management.

That was definitely a PI.

Wow, that's a ton of luck for the Cardinals on that drive. 2 first downs by a chainlink, Shields missing a pick 6, and Floyd catching a TD on a deflection.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 16, 2016 -> 04:16 PM) 3.5 fWAR the year before that and his strikeout rate and walk rate both improved in 2015 (he threw fewer innings which FG weights pretty heavily and his HR rate skyrocketed). I wouldn't have done it, if I were spending that money I'd have spent it earlier this offseason when there were better options, but there's some logic here. 5 WAR over the last 3 years in a good pitcher's park. You can maybe argue he's an average starter. I don't think $14 million/year is necessarily the issue, it's the fact that they gave him $70 million guaranteed.

lol 0.8 WAR last year and he gets $14 million a year for 5 years. This market...

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Jan 15, 2016 -> 12:25 AM) Talk about putting the team on your back. He probably should have scored a few more. There were a couple of fouls that didn't get called when he went to the rim and still got the bucket.