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When two of your best players are down in the first half, that tends to happen.

Jimmy G was a mid-season trade for the Niners in October 2017. The team won out after putting him at starter in week 13. It wasn't enough to save the season at all, but it was a solid turnaround.

I don’t mind. Bad takes happen all the time. At least I’m not making dumbass posts about teams I don’t like and trying to argue that certain teams making it is Actually Bad.

Brett Kollmann does an excellent analysis.

Rangers-Phillies would be fun, unless you are Gabe Kapler.

Skunk Baxter would never authorize a movie as disrespectful as Bohemian Rhapsody. I love that it's ok to dunk on that movie now, because it deserves it so much.

Hot take: seeding should be done by run differential, not wins. Run differential is a better indicator of what teams are better than others. It’s also why I maintain that the 1987 Twins were the worst team to win a WS.

Additionally: the Brewers were an NL Central team and the NL Central isn’t exactly an amazing division (correct me if I’m wrong). Also, the Dodgers haven’t been able to score runs/hit in the playoffs ever since 2021. It’s not the format’s fault, it’s the teams’ fault. The 2013-present Dodgers really are the ‘91-‘05 Braves reborn. Over a decade of making the playoffs and only one title (in a shortened season) to show for it.

It's giving me some Slate Blue vibes, which I can dig. Pairing it with the regular red and a gold/copper color could produce a good look. They could also emulate a terrible Avs third design.

That I could get behind. But as you said, it'd be a mess to implement and lead to some pretty serious long-term side effects throughout the sport. There's also the small part of the Red Sox doing the same thing in 2018, but they're not complained about because they started sucking after getting caught.

What punishment would you have proposed? Stripping wins and titles is NCAA garbage (nobody buys it) and the forcible breakup of the team would be a massive area for players' union complaints (at a time where labor tensions were nearing their lockout peak). If your answer was to ban the players from the sport? You've got yourself a threat to the anti-trust exemption.

It’s just a shame that the throwback won’t have relatively consistent stripe widths.

Denver vs. Kansas City Baltimore vs. Tennessee Washington vs. Atlanta Minnesota vs. Chicago Seattle vs. Cincinnati San Francisco vs. Cleveland Carolina vs. Miami Indianapolis vs. Jacksonville New Orleans vs. Houston New England vs. Las Vegas Arizona vs. LA Rams Philadelphia vs. NY Jets Detroit vs. Tampa Bay NY Giants vs. Buffalo Dallas vs. LA Chargers

Critical defensive injuries, stagnant offense, and the crippling realization that Bill needed Tom more than Tom needed Bill.

I tried to make that '98-'06 set work in modernity. I maintain that the "db" is way better than the snake swallowing the ball.

Other than a way to get RSS feeds to import into actual podcast apps and links to unlisted YouTube videos? No reason at all.

Giants wrap-up: Gabe Kapler’s laizze-faire approach blew up in his face, a lot of guys got hurt, and Joc Pederson approached “least favorite player ever” status. At least Brandon Crawford went out a Giant.

Chicago vs. Washington Jacksonville vs. Buffalo New Orleans vs. New England Tennessee vs. Indianapolis Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh Carolina vs. Detroit Houston vs. Atlanta NY Giants vs. Miami Cincinnati vs. Arizona Philadelphia vs. LA Rams NY Jets vs. Denver Kansas City vs. Minnesota Dallas vs. San Francisco Green Bay vs. Las Vegas

How to sum up the Patriots, post-Brady? Ambitious but rubbish on all levels.

Lowest bar in the NFL to clear, but they cleared it. Begrudgingly.

Believe me, it is! Both guys are playing their way out of a spot in Canton, especially Payton. He's exposed without Brees, much like how Russ got exposed without Carroll last year. Denver becoming a Nuggets-first town could happen if the Broncos keep blowing chunks this historically. It’s sad but funny.

Vance Joseph is now the problem and should have been fired minutes after the Miami game ended. I guess the tank is now on, to purge the mess?

I know where’s he going after he gets out!

Well, that’s what happens when you let the clubhouse descend into utter apathy.

That’s entirely fair, look at last year’s Vikings club. Is it ridiculous for me to say the same thing about the Niners? I’m just waiting for the other shoe to drop and for the injury bug to return.