OT: Non-Hockey Sports Thread XII - Heeeeeeressss JJ! (Percy Harvin Edition)
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Sad People
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Saw someone else mention that JJ is tied with all other rookie QBs in TD passes through 2 weeks and JJ isnt playing this year.
TaLoN
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It's been like that even before the number of preseason games was reduced. Injury fears kept teams from playing their starters (star players at least) so that extra game was just another scrubs vs scrubs preseason game.
For me, it's seemed like the season didn't really start until week 4 or so. That's when the teams finally all seemed to be on the same page.
TaLoN
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Back when teams played 4-5 pre-season games, usually the 3rd game, the starters would play through the 1st series of the 3rd quarter. They'd sit the last every time., but usually only a game of rust in the regular season then, and things were good by week 2.
Kinda crazy how none of them have a touchdown pass. McCarthy would have assuredly had at least a few if he started weeks 1 and 2.
Well that was sooner than expected. Wonder if they hold him out till the vikings game.
This epic twins collapse is the most Minnesota thing that could happen. Although if this were the Wild they would squeak in backwards and then get brutally drubbed in the first round. At least we won’t have to watch the twins get crushed in the wild card round.
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MuckOG
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Yeah, that was kind of a weird contract he signed.
"Ohtani's contract calls for $2 million annual salaries and $68 million deferred each year without interest to be paid in $68 million installments between 2034 and 2043."
Contract should be illegal, but it’s the MLB. Big market teams get to do and spend whatever they want. One of the big reasons baseball has become a “watch only if the brewers make the playoffs” sort of sport for me.
$68M is over half of the twins total payroll. Almost 60% of the brewers total payroll.
Imagine if the leafs were able to defer $20-30M per year. Insanity.
LA wants their own version of Bobby Bonilla day? Ohtani is hedging his bets so that he won't gamble it all away and be broke after he retires?
Pay deferment isn't anything new (other than the crazy number). Griffey Jr is one of the highest paid Reds players this year due to his deferments.
The bigger problem with MLB for me is the teams that are putting a less than $20m team (26 man active roster) on the field. Overall the game is a much better product than where it was in the 90's. The steroids era (Sosa/Big Mac HR chase) saved baseball after the players strike.
There is a soft cap in MLB, but it's pretty toothless.
I thought they had a soft cap, where the team has to pay a penalty if they are over a certain number.
TaLoN
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Tax benefit for the player. Taxed only on $2m/yr split in California and wherever they play games on the road.
After retirement, taxes will be only paid to where the player lives in the end.
There is a soft cap, but it's rather toothless. It costs some extra money and eventually draft picks.
TaLoN
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Tennessee’s offense is horrible. 2 interceptions, 1 fumble and 8 sacks worth -56 yards.
Packers have tied their interception total from last year already. Joe Barry lol…
Packers have tied their interception total from last year already. Joe Barry lol…
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It’ll be interesting next week when they don’t face a bottom dweller team.
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I certainly didn't expect this defense to be this much of a buzzsaw.Such an implausible scenario.
Love will probably be back. Maybe?
