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funeral home director lookin

A potential full-circle moment:

@MikeClayNFL Lots of carries for Zach Gentry ahead

Smith was extremely run heavy in 4 of his prior 5 seasons as a playcaller, but called a balanced offense in 1 season with Matt Ryan (Kyle Pitts' big rookie year). It will be interesting to see who the Steelers land on at QB. They need to aim higher than Pickett/Rudolph or it's going to be one of the league's run heaviest offenses.

This is going to make it very hard to get excited about George Pickens, Diontae Johnson, and Pat Freiermuth. I’ll be very curious to see where their ADPs land.

@barstoolsports Bucs fans waiting for that timeout

WHY Did Todd Bowles Refuse To Call A Timeout That Could Have Given The Bucs The Ball Back Down One Score With 30 Seconds Left? barstoolsports.com/blog/3500922/w…

@barstoolsports Bills mafia: we really need this buddy, do it for us Bass:

Game on the line: Tyler Bass:

@barstoolsports Taylor walking through the parking lot:

Challenge Accepted - Dion Dawkins Is Encouraging All Of Bills Mafia To Be Drunk By 4pm On Sunday, Wants Life To Be Hell For The Chiefs barstoolsports.com/blog/3500645/c…

@CubsZone @sahadevsharma I don’t want to be the wet blanket but what’s the difference in Busch’s season last year and mervis’ PCL season the year before he came up? Almost the same age too

“The expectation is that Busch will enter spring training as the team’s primary first baseman with a chance to move around the diamond,” per @sahadevsharma.

@BleacherNation I wish we could’ve differed them awesome prospects in 2039

This is one of the most outta nowhere trades for the Cubs in recent memory. I am just stunned right now. A little bit giddy, though.

@BleacherNation Jed making big offers

Just listened to the stream to confirm this and Bowden was unequivocal when he said this. That the Cubs have made "significant offers" to Cody Bellinger, Jordan Montgomery, Matt Chapman, and Rhys Hoskins. No confusion in the statement. Can probably play with the meaning of the words "significant" and "offer," because it'd surprise me A LOT to learn that the Cubs have huge offers out there and acceptable (as in, available to be accepted today) by all four of those players at this moment.

@BleacherNation Man, all the hemming and hawing breaking down the intricacies of our 3rd catcher options is sad. You’re prob.right about the how’s & why’s but damn that’s sad it’s come to this. It’s the same thing every year since we started this crap with Kris Bryant & the service time games

Salvage Job, All the Catchers and the Thoughts, Assad Honored, and Other Cubs Bullets bleachernation.com/cubs/2024/01/0…

@MLBFiles @Michael_Cerami @BleacherNation I will say I’m curious if he’s been given a hard budget by ownership and he’s just being used as an expensive meat shield for ownership not to take the heat for stinking the last few years? That would be a crappy job and I hope it pays well

Let's see if I can thread the needle to make this point without getting shredded by all kinds of different groups ... I see a lot of "JED SUCKS!' in the timeline every time a Cubs rumor or other-team signing comes out. I am also frustrated by the lack of movement this offseason thus far. Very frustrated. Increasingly concerned, even. But I do think it's worth keeping in mind that the Cubs under Hoyer built up one of the best 2/3 farm systems in baseball, developed a front office worthy of getting poached, decisively pounced on the best manager in baseball, and constructed a 2023 roster that wound up a lot better than many were predicting back in March. Is he perfect? Of course not. Those depth moves last year were a disaster. The desire to land a perfect deal sometimes stands in the way of getting an acceptable deal. So on and so forth. I'd imagine he would tell you he's got blind spots, like everyone does. On the balance, though, I think it's only fair to point out the good stuff FROM TIME TO TIME, even as we otherwise make our jokes about back-up catchers and grit our teeth about moves not made.

@Michael_Cerami @BleacherNation We dont even sell off well at the deadlines…. As far as the prospects go a blind squirrel…. This is a stupidly long rebuild for a team that should be reloading generally.

Agreed with all of the above. So this is more of an “and” than a “but” 2023 ended up exactly like a lot of us thought precisely because he came up just short last offseason. Maybe they “over achieved” or maybe he should have done better predicting that and filling out the roster.

@DailyLoud The bailiff protecting there

Man attacks Las Vegas judge at sentencing 👀

@BleacherNation I’m sure the revenue made will just go back into player development and free agent carryover pool…. That pool is soon approaching the size of the Atlantic Ocean at this point

There has been desire there for a little while, but hasn't got across the goal line, as it were. Just the fall Northwestern games for now.

What's the greatest "I'm dead and I know it" moment in movies?

@Michael_Cerami Cubs trying to grab every free agent they can

As a fan, you want to root for a team that either (A) spends a lot or (B) wins a lot. The Cubs are technically still neither. I believe Jed is attempting to go for "Option B," and has a good idea of how to do it. But he still has to prove it.

@BleacherNation I think it’s because he Snell doesn’t accept Schrute bucks as payment

It's funny how we never talk about Blake Snell as an option for the Cubs - it feels like people just have a sense that his deal is a landmine waiting to happen. Right or wrong, Cubs have never been mentioned in connection with him, and I don't expect them to be.

@BleacherNation Maybe we can get Mancini back

The Cubs reported interest in Matt Chapman has really only made sense to me in a world where his market just doesn’t develop, and you can get him on a deal that is too good to pass up.

@Silasmiller21 @BleacherNation Why did I think this offseason would be different?

All right, it's happening - the Juan Soto trade to the Yankees is going down: bleachernation.com/cubs/2023/12/0…

@BleacherNation Nothing is final until the fat lady sings or wetbutt says so

If Cubs draft someone in the Rule 5, some people on here will lose their minds. "DEY GET OHTANI BUT WE GET SLAPDICK MCRELIEF GUY HUH?" Not all dots have to be connected.