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  1. JimmyG

    Bevell \Cable vs today's performance

    This is because it doesn't matter who the coach is. You're always going to see the same problems and the same complaints. People think changing coaches magically fixes problems, but it never does. Every fanbase complains about the same things we do. By the end of the year people will be...
  2. JimmyG

    Horrible TD call cost Seahawks the game

    Even if, let's say, the refs got the call wrong (which I disagree with), this play occurred on 1st and goal from the 4-yard line. Do you really trust our defense to make a stand here? They moved the ball very well against us yesterday (6.5 yards per carry, 25 first downs, etc).
  3. JimmyG

    The young guys

    Agreed. Sometimes we as fans get irrationally excited about young players. Just because a player is young and athletic doesn't mean his ceiling is an elite player. Many young players have ceilings of being only decent players. There's value in that, but it's unlikely these guys will turn into...
  4. JimmyG

    A very good QB or a very good Defense?

    I think a more meaningful comparison would be comparing top 5 QB play to a top 5 defense. How do those numbers stack up? What percentage of the time that a team has a top 5 QB do they win the Super Bowl? What percentage of the time that a team has a top 5 defense win the Super Bowl...
  5. JimmyG

    Vikings got Sheldon

    That's fair, but, we cannot ignore that they have backed themselves into a corner now. Compensation picks come with asterisks -- non-trivial ones.
  6. JimmyG

    Vikings got Sheldon

    Okay, good point. I will concede Suh, but the point still stands.
  7. JimmyG

    Vikings got Sheldon

    No it didn't. Compensation picks are not a guarantee. If we sign someone of comparable salary (e.g. we are rumored to be interested in Suh), we do not get the compensation pick. More like "the possibility of a 3rd/4th round pick".
  8. JimmyG

    Jimmy Graham to sign with Packers

    This sucks. He was a force the second half of the season. I know his receiving numbers were down but he was a TD machine. Just an absolute monster in the Red Zone. I think letting him go was the right decision but we will miss his production. I think he will thrive in Green Bay.
  9. JimmyG

    Vikings got Sheldon

    Comp picks are fine, but fans exaggerate their value. First of all, they are at the very, very end of the round they are awarded in. Let's say it ends up being only a 4th round compensation pick (only 11 3rds were awarded last year so it's possible), it has very little value -- at that point...
  10. JimmyG

    Vikings got Sheldon

    Also, on this topic... ... every time we trade away a pick, there's always marginalizing of what we gave up. "Well, our first round pick is so late in the first, it's basically a second. When you think about that, it's not so bad." But then when we talk about compensation picks -- despite the...
  11. JimmyG

    Bennett + 7th traded to Eagles for 5th, WR Marcus Johnson

    I'm not sugarcoating anything. Anyone who thinks that we were getting anything of value for Bennett was delusional. Bennett didn't have a lot of value to begin with, and his value was hurt even more because of his off the field antics. I think JS has had some terrible trades but this one I...
  12. JimmyG

    Bennett + 7th traded to Eagles for 5th, WR Marcus Johnson

    In fairness, veteran players almost never bring in good trade hauls. Bennett is still a good player, but he was 33 and had off the field concerns. Remember when Anquan Boldin and a ridiculous playoffs en route to a SB, and then was traded for a 6th round pick the ensuing a couple months later?
  13. JimmyG

    XFL coming back in 2020

    What's gonna make this league succeed? Remember the United Football League (2009-2012)? Did anyone watch a single game of that? I didn't. Even when the XFL was first around, I think I only watched a few games. The only thing I could see is that since the league is becoming hyper-cautious with...
  14. JimmyG

    Rangers trade Russell Wilson rights to Yankees

    There's no way you can convince me the Yankees made this trade out of the blue. I guarantee you him and his agent made it happen. This is a non-story anyway. Wilson grew up a Yankees fan. I'm sure he'll show up to Spring Training, don the pinstripes for one day, maybe get one at-bat, play 2B...
  15. JimmyG

    Serious Question

    Agree with all of these, great point. Running plays always eat up clock. 30-40% of passing plays are going to result in incompletions, which stop the clock. You're not going to win the TOP if you abandon the run.
  16. JimmyG

    49ers Re-sign Garoppolo Highest Paid Player in NFL

    Look at the numbers before and after Garoppolo got there. It's staggering. Here's the link Popeye provided (https://s6.postimg.org/jjxo0mm8x/BJG.jpg). Look at his supporting cast. The receivers the 49ers were running out there the second half of the season were pathetic. Kendrick Bourne...
  17. JimmyG

    Austin Seferian-Jenkins says Marquise Lee should be Seahawk

    Jimmy Graham gave the same lip-service answers when we brought him here.
  18. JimmyG

    OC Candidates + Further Questions

    I think it's hilarious that people are throwing out Shula (hated by Panthers fans) and Sarkisian (Falcons took a huge step back this year, Falcons fans hate him as well). Mostly it just goes to show that virtually every offensive coordinator in the league is hated. Also, I think saying "Shula...
  19. JimmyG

    Hawks need to sign Graham

    We went from 26th in RZ efficiency last year to 13th this year. Graham was a big part of that. He will be missed, at least down in that area of the field.
  20. JimmyG

    If it's not Bevell

    People believe that Wilson is this transcendent, MVP-caliber talent, but then simultaneously think that him disappearing for entire halves of football is because of playcalling. I'm sorry, but that is asinine. People have conditioned themselves to reflexively spew out drivel excuses like "poor...

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