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Le Tigre

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  1. I dunno. He wants to throw—all the time. His HC wants to throw—all the time. Not really seeing a friendly meeting in the middle with the RB room.
  2. Not going to absolve the offensive line to be sure, but as I have mentioned ad nauseum, St. Joseph himself can factor into that sack count. He is not anywhere close to being the example of escape ability.
  3. Well, technically, the Dodgers and SD are tied for first in the majors after their brief 2-game set in Korea
  4. The Wild Card route is always iffy. Not only overall record factored in, but also season record vs other WC claimants. LA and ATL are likely (again) division winners. The Central is more dicey. The Wild Cards will come from teams good enough to win their divisions, but have LA and ATL in them (AZ and PHL). That leaves two spots for the likes of SF, NYM, CHC (or STL), and the Reds. There are also “rebound” teams such as MIA, SEA and SD. Getting off to a good start may be key. They start off with 3 vs PHL, 3 vs NYM, and end the month with 3 against SEA, 4 against PHL and 2 against SD. Gotta make hay against the WC contenders early, so as get the head-to-head lead down
  5. It is. But in the context of onside kick--and the kick team has to wait on their designated yard line until the ball is kicked--it renders the chances of a successful onside basically nil. And, if the kick doesn't make it to the 20, it's an auto placement on the 40 for the receiving team. I have been trying to get my head around just what the options are going to be for the kicking team--on any kicks. I suppose that one (besides booming it out of the back of the endzone) is to squib it just far enough to get past the 20--forcing a return. Maybe there is a metric for how many times returners might bobble a squib...dunno. This will be a challenge for someone like McPherson, who may or may not have accuracy skills to place things that exactly. Frankly, not certain who does. On to putt putt!
  6. They keep saying they “want more runbacks”, but with “less player injury”. 5 will get you 10 that, if teams have reliable distance kickers, they still bury the ball in the back of the endzone. That is, unless New York creates a last minute rule against it.
  7. Seeing anywhere from 1st to 3rd in NL Central. Consensus is—as it is everywhere-on pitching. Cubs and Cards in the mix too. Brewers nose-diving. Pirates are still shit
  8. It appears silent as to onside kicks. However, in reference to ANY kickoffs: Any kick that hits short of the landing zone – treated like kickoff out of bounds and ball spotted at B40 yard line; play would be blown dead as soon as kick lands short of the landing zone
  9. Holy cow! You mean there is actually MORE "Let's-Make-Professional-Football-As-Much-Like-The-Arena-League-As-We-Can" fun the NFL can think up??
  10. That is a nice illustration. The “no fair catch” is a bit disingenuous for “player safety”, as in the unlikely event a kick goes deep enough, and the coverage team flies like Flash down the field after release from the DMZ, the returner could still be blown up if he catches it. Looks like the kicking teams are going to have to decide whether to gamble on shorter kicks and risk getting the ball on the 40, or gamble they can blast the ball out of the endzone and keep it to the 30.
  11. So let me get this clearer: the kicking team can’t cross the DMZ—or even move—until the ball hits the ground or person in the No-Fly Zone. Can the return team move during this time? Figure anything in play will get at least to the 35-40. If I’m a ST coordinator, I just continue to bury the ball out of the endzone as they have been doing.
  12. This is more oddball than trying to sink a putt through the windmill at putt-putt. “”Landing zones”? “Set up zones”? https://operations.nfl.com/updates/football-ops/nfl-kickoff-rule-proposal/
  13. I suppose this rule will be as inconsistently called/non-called as the other erstwhile player safety rules. The one they are putting in also—the kickoff on the fly into the endzone rule—is even more egregious towards the continued bastardization of the once great National Football League. They were automatically putting the ball at the 25. Now, they are moving it to the 30 (thankfully changing their minds on putting it at the 35). The league wanted KO returns, then they didn’t want KO returns. But they do want more scoring. 5 extra yards doesn’t sound like much…but consider that, without having to do anymore than watch the ball sail out of the endzone, offenses get a 70-yard field. At a minimum, they have 30 yards in which to get into reasonable FG range. But, the NFL doesn’t want FG’s either, so will stay tuned for the next rule change granting offenses half the field.
  14. Their very earliest kits were eye-catching…as only the old AFL could be. Could not find a good original shot of their one disaster combo from 1960, but they redid them several years ago for a game: This one, from 1962 I believe, was cool:
  15. TJ Friedl broke his wrist. Edwin Arroyo had a season ending shoulder injury, but he was being optioned out anyway. Nick Lodolo will begin the season on the 15-day DL and Brandon Williamson has shoulder problems
  16. They took some serious injury hits this spring. One hopes they can backfill some stop-gaps until healthy.
  17. They want Arena League scoring numbers…they are getting it.
  18. A little better…although the 30 still makes it only a 70-yd field…and a team only has to realistically get to the opponent 40 for a FG. 30 yards is literally nothing to get in scoring range.
  19. You have a bit more positivity with Chuck Fizzle than I have. Get the first year thing, but—even when not injured—he was a mystery of where his route was, and dropped more than a couple when the ball was in his breadbasket or catchable. Not really seeing more than a kick returner tbh. Iosivas is sort of a Kelly Washington from my eyesight: maybe making rather great grab sometimes, maybe disappearing more. Teams can always have more than one slot guy. TB is aces here. Still wish they could get him back
  20. The collective brain power in that photo is also impressive. From Grandpa down to granddaughters, some pretty smart cookies.
  21. One of the nicest people I have met however. Amish and I had the pleasure of meeting her in 2010 on a Bengals road trip to Carolina.
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