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Expecting it? Yes done expecting it. I have some degree of optimism that he might get back to being a productive player but that is tempered by the uncertainty of his playing status wrt his DV charge.

I think it was moreso that he wasn't interested in playing on the biggest, most pressure packed stage. The $100M they still owe Stanton wasn't going to stop them with all of the money they stood to make if they signed him. In LA he gets a big market and a winning franchise with a bunch of stars in place to support him........but more importantly not anywhere near the scrutiny of playing in a big east coast market like New York, Boston or Philadelphia. The worst game of his entire career was his first outing in Yankee stadium: 2/3 IP, 2 H, 7 ER, 4 BB, 1 HBP, 1 K. He figuratively shat himself under that pressure(even though the crowd was practically there recruiting him LOL). He's never played in any big games in the USA so the question is whether he's going to produce in big situations.

Sasaki might have an out but it still would be in his best interest if his team just agreed to post him instead...........then he becomes a regular unrestricted free agent instead of entering MLB needing to build up service before UFA.........and the team at least gets the posting fee instead of nothing. I'm sure the Japanese don't want 21 year olds jumping to MLB after only 2-3 seasons of pro ball in Japan anymore than MLB would want their own young players getting free agency at that age.......so this is a conundrum for the league if he does have an out in there. Sasaki would probably get Yamamoto money in a posting situation.

The Bills need only to trail the Dolphins by 1 game going into the finale to win the division because they would hold the tie-breaker if they beat them the second time..........so Miami doesn't need to lose 2 games prior to the finale.

Didn't the Bills almost take the gas pipe in this "up 14 with 3 minutes left" situation against both NYG and Tampa this year? Surprised it's not been done since 2016.

So teams are now 1-767 in that situation. Hilarious Toney yesterday and then Bradley Chubb gifting the Titans a TD early.......nice weekend.

Also Yanks meeting with Yamamoto today. 25 year old potential ace likely to get $250M-$300M from either Dodgers, Mets or Yankees. There is also some rumor floating around that Roki Sasaki might have an out in his contract and that he could become available(without posting fee) to MLB teams in the next week or so. He's maybe the most hyped pitching prospect ever from Japan. He's going to be 22 and his fastball has topped out at 102 mph(see highlights below). That would be a situation like when Ohtani came over.........he is not eligible for veteran free agency........he can sign anywhere he pleases but will just get whatever international bonus pool money a team has to offer. He would eat up all of their bonus money like Dominguez/Arias/Mayea did so the continuation of that rumor has it that the Yanks have been telling the prospects that they had lined up in their latin american class to seek contracts elsewhere.

I wouldn't say it's luck........they got dominated in the 2020 AFCCG and I just think since then it's just always been a game the Bills are really up for and the Chiefs don't feel the same urgency. They've outplayed them in KC each time since that AFCCG, IMO. The divisional playoff loss was probably the most "luck" affected game because the Chiefs ended up getting 2 more possessions than the Bills in that game because they won both coin tosses and finished both halves with the ball.......2 more possessions is a pretty unusual situation to occur in a game.

4 straight at Allenhead in regular season tho.

Yankees and Dodgers have a trade brewing to help LA open up a couple 40 man roster spots for Shohei and Joe Kelly. Supposedly a 40 man roster pitcher and a 40 man roster prospect from the Dodgers for a non-40 man roster prospect from the Yankees. Specifics should be available in the morning. Update: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/yankees-dodgers-trade-teams-make-swap-to-shuffle-rosters-after-shohei-ohtani-juan-soto-deals-per-report/

Yeah the Chiefs are not playing good football. I expected the Bills to win this one and the spread was indicative that Vegas thought the Bills were playing better recently as well. Both the Bills and Chiefs should have addressed their WR positions better. Both units were bad today but the Chiefs made the big mistakes(which they have been doing all season).

Yeah it's gotten way out of hand........but they aren't calling that on anyone this season. As I've said to the Spencer Brown complainers on here........there are less good right tackles in the NFL then there are good players at any other offensive position........and the situation at LT isn't a lot better. They have basically decided to just let those guys line up in the backfield to keep QB's upright.

Correct. That pic is after the snap. Pre-snap Miller does not appear to be offside. But Jawaan Taylor and Miller move at EXACTLY at the same time PRIOR to the snap so it's at worst a wash.......if not a false start. If you are referring to Taylor being lined up illegally, yes he is too far off the line........but the officials aren't calling that at all this year.

That's what's so crazy about the gripe. It's clearly an indisputable and totally unnecessary mental error by a player on their team but Patrick thinks this falls under the whole "officiating sucks" narrative when it absolutely does not. It's egregious piling on of the officiating by a team that just isn't as good as it was in recent years and is having a hard time coming to grips with the smaller margins for error that come with not being so dominant.

Yeah but more like "they should have picked up the flag after the fact because that 12th guy on the field didn't impact the missed kick at all so the refs denied football fans a dramatic miss of a make-able kick to end a game".

Tough call from the angle and because Taylor was already moving at RT at the EXACT same moment.......so when the ball is snapped wrt Offside should be irrelevant. Taylor has gotten so bad at it that they could call it almost every down. He's just been a horror show of a UFA signing but I digress......... There are A LOT of these plays every game and they are all "moving" infractions against either the OL or DL and they clearly choose to avoid calling anything unless it's glaringly obvious. What happened with Toney was a stationary pre-snap foul........you can't just not call that.

It's a slippery slope, Patrick. You b!tch up a storm about the officiating the week before..........when every team is struggling with the same inconsistent officiating. Then the next week the officials who were always tipping you off about pre-snap penalties maybe decide to treat you like everyone else. The whole "we've never had an offensive Offside called against us" thing is just a crazy thing to hear. I can't tell if huge fines are coming to KC or the NFL tries to pretend they didn't hear it. The audacity is just that difficult to comprehend.

Are you asking if people can imagine sloppy Andy Reid coaching being blamed for blowing big games? Seriously? I mean that was what he was most known for almost 20 years.

KC fans about ready for the Chiefs to cut Hilarius Toney yet or is that on the refs too? No excuse ever to line up that close to the ball there.

Yeah hopefully he comes in much leaner and ready to get back to being a good defender and better base runner. I could see this trade being just a rental if he doesn't show a greater commitment to being great and have a better year than last year. He's gotten lazy and someone is going to have to give him a 13-15 year deal to lock him up, most likely. Really also depends on how their top prospect (Spencer Jones) and #2 prospect (Dominguez) and guys like Pereira and Ben Rice progress this season.

Probably Nestor Cortes and Jordan Montgomery...........also considered non-prospects who they developed into very good starters. Still can't believe they traded Montgomery for that POS Bader but that's the kind of arrogance they have with regard to mid-rotation arms. Their rationale has been that they know they aren't likely to get aces without high picks so they aspire to develop mid-rotation and high leverage bullpen type arms. Cortes was one of the best starters in MLB for a year and a half until his shoulder injury related to prep for the WBC. Their production is about numbers. They produce A LOT of major league arms without much investment in the draft or international money at all. Your Cardinals have benefitted from that in trades like Montgomery and Gallegos. The Yanks simply didn't have room for Gallegos because their bullpen is always loaded.

Yep and the party is at Urban's!

Yeah the NFL playoffs belong in late January thru the very end of February........that is a huge dead zone for sports viewing in the US. Going to 18 regular season games with 2 in-season byes does that. And teams that have to play an international game should always do it the week following a bye and get a home game the week after. This would allow stripper turned Instagram model baby momma's to get a trip to Europe out of the deal once-in-a-while. Agree on pushing the draft and free agency out a week or two. I'd like to see the scouting combine become a bigger pay-for-play event with bigger performance incentives event as well to get rid of the stupid pro-day BS from non-top-10 type prospects. But I don't think everyone agrees preseason games can go. The teams want them for evaluation and for the $..........we are forced to pay full price for those tickets as season ticket holders and they still get decent tv ratings so I don't see the owners giving those up. They are EASY money. The deal has been 20 games per season for like 60 years now. Their impact on player wear and tear is overrated and fringe roster players would suffer from lack of exposure if they were eliminated. Teams can still start camp in late July. That gives most players 5+ months to recuperate from the season which is plenty.

Point being that they were ALREADY giving home games away to spread interest internationally at the expense of a home game every season during that stretch.

They don't want to start on the holiday and summer ratings promise to be lower than fall ratings.........that's why the season starts the week after. The direction the league needs to move is toward March.