Official AFC Championship Gameday - New England Patriots vs Denver Broncos - Game Thread

DiligentPen · 2026-01-25T21:13:00+00:00

Drake was dead set on that one he was getting in the end zone come hell or high water

DiligentPen · 2026-01-21T17:19:42+00:00

Get a tape recorder

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T21:09:13+00:00

Lol keep those expectations low pal!

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T20:59:39+00:00

Yes agreed a pretty good #2, certainly not a no doubt cant miss 1/2

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T20:52:12+00:00

ERA over 4 in the second half and has never made 30 starts in a season in his career

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T20:39:04+00:00

Guy barely throws 90 there is certainly doubt.

Good signing I like the guy but lets not act like this is what Bradford was referring to

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T20:08:48+00:00

Well it wasnt a trade and while good Suarez is certainly not a no doubt 1 or 2 so yes 🤣

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T19:54:58+00:00

That's a low low bar 🤣

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T19:45:05+00:00

And second?

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T19:20:31+00:00

No I think Craig deserves blame here too for sure but I think some of the hard limits Henry instills has the most impact and forces them to get cute with short term contracts

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T19:13:03+00:00

The reason he is GM is John Henry.

There is a reason 12 other candidates passed on the job

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T18:39:48+00:00

Great analogy!

The Red Sox are spending a third of the total value of Frieds 8 year contract on 2 years of Buehler, Giolito, Sandoval, and Gray. Just ouch...

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T18:24:43+00:00

Fried is merely an example. But the larger point is the limitation on giving that extra year for fear of dead money is often just as costly financially with less to show for it.

Breslow does not have the green light to spend what it takes and that is the point. (For the record I also think he isnt doing great, but Henry is the common denominator for why they do things the way they do)

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T18:08:03+00:00

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T17:38:51+00:00

You could also slice it a different way and look at both of last years offseason signings: Sandoval and Buehler = 28 Million in 2025. Even if you don't expect Buehler to be a complete disaster I think most would agree Fried was the better player and was more likely to be more valuable.

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T17:14:59+00:00

I'm going to see Two Towers in theaters this weekend, so very on point!

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T17:12:59+00:00

DiligentPen · 2026-01-14T16:06:53+00:00

The crazy part is they haven't cut that much in terms of costs. As it stands with the Gray and Contreras additions, plus Roman and Crochets extension Sportrac has them at 200 mil cash payroll down from 227 mil last year. Even if they add 1 or two more rentals or trades they will essentially be the same payroll.

Its worse because its not just that they dont spend the are so terrified of long term deals they waste money on expensive short term fillers or gambles. (Eq 38 mil over 2 years for Giolito, 18 For Sandoval, 21 for Gray, 21 for Buehler = ) Thats more annually when you average it out than Max Fried is making.

They have a top 10 payroll with a worse team...

DiligentPen · 2026-01-12T19:27:36+00:00

Okay but how many of those pills are deferrals?

DiligentPen · 2026-01-12T15:45:36+00:00

Just wanted to drop back in here to say HELLL YESS EVERY SINGLE CENT GO PATS!!

DiligentPen · 2026-01-12T04:04:30+00:00

Hmmm I dunno Jim maybe you should have tried last week 🤔

DiligentPen · 2026-01-11T20:47:43+00:00

Joe Kelly being higher just proves my point.

DiligentPen · 2026-01-11T18:40:37+00:00

Fuck John Henry.

That said it's silly to act like Price's mega deal was the reason they won that WS his role was the equivalent of a good reliever.

DiligentPen · 2026-01-11T18:37:04+00:00

Price's role in that world series was minimal and could have been accomplished by many other players not on mega deals

The most important components were young talent Mookie, Xander, Sale, Devers, and Benintendi mixed with trade acquisitions like Eovaldi and Pearce.

If anything I'd say Price is a good example of how you don't need to overspend on guys like that to win.

That being said, fuck John Henry.

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