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Lucas really didn't know where they were going in Episodes IV-VI. That is why you have stuff like Leia and Luke kissing and while done well, the retcon of Vader being Luke's father. It is pretty well known that wasn't planned out. I enjoyed the sequel trilogy and was satisfied with the conclusion. It definitely could have been better though and I think Kennedy and the story group at Lucasfilm lack a great vision of where to take Star Wars which is why while I've enjoyed all of the movies so far the spinoffs were both play it safe and the trilogy lacked some cohesion. That is the main difference between Marvel and Lucasfilm post-Disney acquisition. Marvel has great leadership in Feige and Lucasfilm seems to be lacking there. Ultimately I'll always love the main saga but I'm also kind of glad it is over. Star Wars is way to expansive of a universe to keep focusing on one time period and one family. Hopefully now they can move on and create original stories with new characters set in that universe.

I haven't seen it yet but I'm honestly not sure that is possible.

It definitely was the right call. Fox got it wrong, ref got it right

By Mitch standards he wasn't bad yesterday. He isn't good at all but I agree that he was not the main problem with the offense yesterday. I think Nagy has been a complete disaster this year with his play calling. I think Mitch not being good drives a lot of that but it is inexcusable even with Mitch not being good for this offense to be no better than the Dolphins, Jets, etc. but here we are.

USA lost, Scott Brosius was horrible and not sure why the USA went with a 35 year old guy with mediocre at best stuff as their closer.

Rudolph isn't going to take legal action unless we find out he was injured by the hit to the head. Generally speaking people don't bring legal action when there are no damages and you were the one instigating the fight.

I don't get why no one talking on this is paying attention to the fact that while Garrett's hit was definitely late and somewhat dirty, Rudolph escalated things both times and turned the situation into a fight. If he doesn't try to rip off Garrett's helmet first things end there and then after Garrett ripped off his helmet off in response and a couple of Steelers' offensive linemen had already pulled Garrett away Rudolph goes after Garrett again. Rudolph was no angel. Garrett deserves the rest of the year suspension he is getting plus more but Rudolph played a huge role in that incident becoming what it was.

Yep, 3 good drives and the rest they picked up like 2 total first downs. And one of those drives needed a 4th down conversion in their own territory to extend it and the other was a 25 yard drive off a turnover. The offense is brutal. The Lions hadn't allowed less than 370 yards in a game this season before the Bears game. In fact, every QB who had faced the Lions this year threw for more yards than the Bears had total yards on Sunday. That was not an offensive performance that anyone should feel good about.

You can still use him even if you are losing. Not using your best pitcher in the game 7 of the World Series is fucking dumb. Even if he wasn’t ready to go in the 7th he should have had the 8th and 9th.

I can’t believe the Astros are going to go down without using Cole tonight. Just a tremendously awful job by Hinch tonight.

Wow that called third strike to Correa wasn’t even remotely close

Horrendous job managing this game by Hinch. If the Astros lose he is going to get roasted.

The Bears record is right where it should be. Were clearly outplayed by the Packers, Raiders, Broncos and Saints and clearly outplayed the Chargers, Vikings and Redskins. They lost one they should have won and won one they should have lost.

Agreed. This looks like a ton of fun. Hopefully they land the ending.

Especially since they were lucky to score on both those drives as Mitch threw multiple balls that easily could have been picked.

To be clear, Johnson and Vaughn are playing in the November Premier 12 event in which the USA can qualify for the Olympics. If the USA qualifies for the Olympics I'm guessing the team next summer will look very different from this one since you will have guys from this team playing in MLB at that time next year, guys knocking on the door who teams don't want to release to go play, guys who have had their play fall off that team USA won't want, etc.

This. Brady was really good from day 1 and in year 3 as you pointed out he led the NFL in TD passes despite honestly having really weak talent around him at that time. When he finally got weapons around him, the Patriots started changing up their offense and the rules changed his numbers exploded. Roethlisberger was pretty fantastic from Day 1. He was top 5 in quarterback rating in his first 2 years in the NFL (granted he wasn't asked to win games but he was very efficient right off of the bat). And Brees was terrific in his 3rd year as a starter (4th year in the league).

Horrible take. He hasn't been inconsistent at all. Top 6 in Cy Young voting every year between 2012-2018. His peripherals have been terrific every year of his career (and they are still really good this year).

No it doesn't

I hate this idea. I much prefer competitive balance to the European model where only a few teams in each league take all of the top talent and there is no chance for most teams to ever win a title. While there obviously cities and franchises with advantages here, it is nothing like you see in Europe.

Only one of the Heat picks is unprotected but I think but still an incredible haul especially since Shae Gilgeous Alexander was actually really solid last year and Gallinari could actually probably bring back value if they move him. Thunder should definitely look to move Russ and Adams and just go full rebuild mode while accumulating as much draft capital as possible.

It can (see Kawhi Leonard or Giannis) but it is obviously much less likely picking lower in the draft.

Lol at a Sox fan worrying about the secondary market being effected. Not really a thing and hasn't been for a long time.

Yep, you have a champion that won solely because of injuries and now two star players are going to miss all or at minimum most of next year as well. Good for the Raptors to take advantage but always sucks when a team wins a title that way. If there is a silver lining it is that next year might be about as an open of a race as we have had in a long time for the title with these injuries.

Also, it isn't like these things are necessarily happening in real time.