First, Mrs. Mayfield, we understand the pain that Baker is playing with and how he is gutting this out. We all appreciate that. However, Baker Mayfield is about the 16th best quarterback, talent-wise, when he is healthy and the system he is playing in makes him about the 8th most effective quarterback. These are not statistical facts, just my opinion. So, we all appreciate Baker for what he is: a complimentary piece that, if everything else we have clicks, he won't cause us to not make the Super Bowl (double negative intended). Otherwise, I think you should just sit back and enjoy the money he is making. It's about to end sooner than you think so I would be making sure I have an effective financial planner. Odell Beckham's father has it right. I don't know why but Baker is not getting him the ball and, frankly, it's starting to look like he isn't trying that hard. Papa Beckham is just saying what we have all thought for a while. So, there's that. I think part of the reason for not giving Beckham away is that it will become obvious once he goes somewhere else how bad his connection with Baker was. One last point here: growing up and watching professional football one thing has been clear to me. Wide receivers are mostly all pretty damn good. It's the quarterback who lets the world see how good they are. This is a prime example of where that doesn't happen and THAT is on the quarterback.
Second, it is amazing to me how nobody respects the Cavaliers. To me, they are one of the teams in the NBA that I would not want to play in the playoffs or in any one game. I know their guards are short and they don't really have much of a veteran presence but, man, their on-paper talent is not as overrated as people think they are. I am not a big pop culture guy but don't sleep on the Cavaliers. I think they will make some noise this year if they just keep their heads on straight.
Third, congrats to the Atlanta Braves. They sputtered all year but pulled it together at the end.
Fourth, the MLB off-season has begun. It's time to make some trades, Indains. The Nov. 19th roster crunch is coming and the Indians' prospects in winter ball are not making those roster decisions easier. Both Palacios and Tena were guys on the bubble of being rostered. Had they had a bad AFL the Indians could have applied some sort of convoluted logic to not roster them. However, they are both looking great both in the numbers and behind them (e.g., looking at Tena's exit velocities). Both these guys have to be considered top prospects, maybe top 10 in the Indians system and maybe nudging up to the top 100 in all of baseball. So, the FO of the Guardians (notice the mid-post change in name) needs to rethink the roster I proposed previously.
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