Friday Headlines: The MAC JONES Era BEGINS
Patriots pre season begins with all eyes on the QB position; a couple other Patriots thoughts; The Red Sox are on death’s doorstep; Charlie McAvoy’s pay day; plus Messi pulls a Lebron.
SHOW NOTES:
2 min Cold Open
Welcome
HEADLINES
1 min White Birch
20 min Patriots Pre Season Game 1 * #1 thing you are looking to see - Cam vs Mac - How much time does Cam get? 2 series'? - Are you interested in seeing if he has any improvement with a better supporting cast? - Are the Patriots looking to see if there is improvement or do they know what they have? Suck - How much time does Mac get against the 1's - Will that give us an insight into if this is a real competition? - If Mac comes in 1st quarter and plays against 1s and 2s what are they trying to get a real look for the season? - What's the worst thing Mac could do tonight to crush our hopes? - Mine is the moment looks too big and fast for him. * Defensively - Front 7. This is the biggest area of improvement. - How do they look against the run? Godcheux and Henry Anderson. Baremore. How do the young guys look? Who's their pass rushers? Uche, Wino, Baremore, Van Noy, Judon, Ronnie Perkins?
* Sneaky important - We have not heard much from the O- Line * This needs to be your best if not second best unit for this team to succeed. - David Andrews has some sound bites earlier in camp about them not being where he wanted them to be. - Is no news from the O-Line good news? * more sleepers - Running backs. No news out of camp about depth chart or usage. Other than the rookie still smoking weed.
* WRs - Will we be able to see a difference from last year? * What does N'Keal Harry have to do this season to earn our trust? - Does it matter? Do they need him? Agholor, Meyers, Bourne. Harry, Gunner, Zuber, Wilkerson. Still kinda woof.
* Hunter Henry won't see time until week 1 - Normally not a problem for Patriots. Big problem now. Need the reps. Good thing they have Jonnu.
*Nick Folk is in jeopardy - Quinn Nordin has the leg of a god apparently * gunna need it *Bubble watch - Assassi - Anfrernee Jennings - Will Sherman 6th Rnd pick OL
1min BAK 2 BASICS
7 min - Red Sox bust all their nuts on the Rays20 - 8. Eovaldi nice game 7 IP. 3 H. 1 ER 10 K 1 BB. - This is Eovaldi. * He gets shelled for a game or 2 but can come back and give you a
Josh Fleming - 3.1 IP 11 H 10 ER 3 K 4 BB - Sent to the slaughter
*One of those game you got on them early - Tells me nothing about this team
* BTW Phillips Valdez gave up 7 runs in the 9th.
- This team is clearly lacking confidence - A game like this can boost the moral in the club house. Lets see how they finish off the series.
* Chris Sale Saturday vs the Orioles - Expectations? * Garrett Richards to the bullpen
Boston starting pitchers have a 2.30 ERA (27 ⅓ innings, seven earned runs) in the past five games.
New rotation Chris Sale Eovaldi E-Rod Pivetta Houck* Lots of IFs. If Sale is 80% of Chris Sale If Eovaldi can limit the shit games If E-Rod can stay focused If Pivetta and Houck and be consistent quality start guys - but now your bullpen sucks * Ryan Brazier is in rehab stint - Shoot me in the face.
Some quote to really nail home how bad Chaim fucked the deadlineMass Live Bogaerts:“Help is on its way,” Red Sox’s Xander Bogaerts said. “We’ve also got some other guys also who have been on the (IL) who have playing good for us this year. Knowing that they are coming back soon, it’s fun.”
“Obviously we saw how Schwarber was right before he got hurt,” Bogaerts added. “He was just launching balls all over the place.”
7 min McAvoy expected to hit $10 million* Fluto reported
One by one, the flares went off. On July 17, Dallas extended Miro Heiskanen to an eight-year, $67.6 million deal. On July 23, Seth Jones signed an eight-year, $76 million contract with Chicago, his new club. A day later, Cale Makar agreed to a six-year, $54 million deal extension with Colorado. On July 28, New Jersey opened free agency by locking up ex-Bruins defenseman Dougie Hamilton to a seven-year, $63 million contract.
On July 29, Columbus sent the closest signal yet of the pending inbound arrival to Charlie McAvoy’s wallet: a six-year, $57.5 million extension for Zach Werenski.
McAvoy’s current deal will expire, however, at the same time Patrice Bergeron becomes unrestricted. In that way, the Bruins could be in a similar position of designating McAvoy as their primary core player.
With that in mind, McAvoy could break the $10 million annual threshold. Only two defensemen reside in such thin air: Erik Karlsson ($11.5 million AAV) and Drew Doughty ($11 million). Both the veterans, in hindsight, are being paid for past performance. Karlsson was 29 when he signed his deal. Doughty was 28.
The guess around the league is that by 2024-25, when escrow is capped at 6 percent, a post-pandemic economic recovery will have taken place. In theory, this would allow for an increase in the cap, and thereby a spike in player salaries.
So among agents and players, especially the superstars, the debate is as follows:
Lock in for long-term deals now?
Or pursue a short- to mid-term contract and jump back into the market when the spike occurs and teams have more money to spend?
* Will the Bruins pay McAvoy the $10 million per? 8 year $80 million.
- Should they?
* Would you entertain another bridge deal to get him to higher salary cap?
- I say no because even the bridge deal won't save enough cap space.
* Does Bergeron play ball and take a big hair cut?
- they still need to sign Pasta and have no real young cheap talent to rely on
1 min Messi signs with Paris Saint-Germain
- Ray explain. Isn't this some crazy super team? Did he pull a Lebron? Needs other superstars to win?
Is this a bitch move?
1 min * Field of Dreams Game tonight
Yankees vs. White Sox
* I wish I cared more about this.
1 min * Malice at the Palace doc
- Everyone is a bitch. Except Steven Jackson.
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The Simple Minds Sports Show