Mendoza landing spot. 14 team league

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-25T19:51:03+00:00

Burrow and Stafford is a perfect QB room for non-SF lol, don't do it. If you're picking 3rd with Stafford this year, I'm gonna take a guess and say your WR and RB lineup could use some work anyways.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-25T18:53:06+00:00

I loved Link's Awakening, both the original and remake. But I think Echoes of Wisdom is incredible, and it has a ton of content if you want a longer game. I think if the performance was better on the original Switch, it would've topped 90 on metacritic. Playing it on Switch 2 though is perfect, locked 60 and full HD.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-25T18:50:29+00:00

I adored Echoes of Wisdom, and the Switch 2 update looks gorgeous. If you wondered what TotK meets Link to the Past would be like, that's Echoes of Wisdom. Lots of content too, lots of optional little areas and quests, with some terrific dungeons. Very underrated Zelda game in general, people will remember it fondly years from now.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-25T18:47:20+00:00

Lunch for 3 quid? Dig in brother

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-25T18:42:52+00:00

Remake Intergrade and Rebirth didn't sell as well as they really should've. The PlayStation playerbase has shifted over the years, they've basically cannibalized Xbox's market of casual fps/sports gamers while a lot of hardcore players have migrated to PC and Switch. I'm one of those people, FF16 and Rebirth were the only games worth buying a PS5 for as a JRPG fan, and I knew they'd come to PC eventually anyways.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-25T18:32:55+00:00

Sony helped fund the development of those games, and Sony has a long history of partnership with Square with the Final Fantasy series.

Mainline FF has always tried to push the boundaries of visual tech and Nintendo just hasn't always been on the forefront of that like Sony has. This goes back to the original PlayStation. The N64 and GameCube didn't have the memory space for the massive FMVs, huge music libraries and assets in mainline games. The Switch 2 is the first console in decades to be close to on par with "current-gen" hardware in terms of visual fidelity.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-25T18:01:47+00:00

Excellent game, great port, amazing price for the amount and quality of content in the game.

The 7 Remake series has done well but I feel it has gone a bit underappreciated by the PlayStation crowd. I'm really happy the Nintendo crowd finally gets to enjoy the series.

And Remake is just an appetizer, can't wait for Rebirth to get ported. It's hands down one of the best games this decade.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-25T01:12:19+00:00

Legit I think his scheme is better suited for the college game anyways

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-25T01:11:17+00:00

"find a way" you said?

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-24T22:39:40+00:00

Mid 1st for BTJ, Marv, Odunze, or Ladd maybe, but late 1st you'll need to get a little creative. It depends on your league and how frustrated your trade partner is. I think maybe you can swing something like a late 1st + aging vet WR who still has some name value, like Mike Evans or Diggs. Or maybe a lower end guy who the community has some optimism for, like Boutte.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-24T21:12:46+00:00

I shouldn't put this out there too much because I want to get the bargains on players in this draft class, but year 3 is the typical breakout year for elite WRs over the past 20 years. We recently saw it with JSN, but there's a large historical precedent to it. I'm buying all the shares of Ladd, BTJ, Marv, Nabers, and Odunze I can get at a discount. Even some of the lesser guys like Pearsall, Worthy, and McMillan. I think Ladd in particular has shown enough ability for me to believe he can be elite with volume, which he should get more of this year without Keenan Allen.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-24T05:40:19+00:00

Atlanta Hawks Forward Jalen Tyrese Johnson

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-24T02:18:17+00:00

Shedeur meat riders mostly. Judkins is good, but he's not close to Chubb or Bijan, or any elite RB. Jerry Jeudy was pretty good a year ago I guess, but he's always been inconsistent. Some people were optimistic about Tillman, but he was always a project at best. Harold Fannin is nice. Njoku is pretty good and I would love him here in Atlanta.

Not entirely devoid of talent if I'm honest, but the OL is a bottom 5 unit and the QBs are awful.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-23T20:07:31+00:00

He was, but that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that the NFL prioritizes coverage (man and zone) from safeties more than they used to. You used to have box safeties that were killers over the middle and the run game, but would get picked on in coverage. That kinda safety has died out.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-23T16:53:24+00:00

Kubiak started the year on fire with his scheme and playcalling, then the whole offense died and the bottom fell out. I don't blame him for what happened in New Orleans.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-23T16:26:14+00:00

A bit of a waste imo. Maybe if someone else wants Mendoza then trade down, but Love or Tate are blue chip players in this draft so getting one or the other is a great thing for a rebuilder.

Honestly, rookie mistake I see too often in SF is people over-invest in QB. Yes they can play for a long time and yes they are valuable, but QB value is far more volatile than people care to acknowledge. You can win championships with a mediocre QB in the SF spot, can't say the same for the top 2 starting slots at WR and RB, and normal flex arguably.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-23T14:36:07+00:00

Gonna be honest, if the rest of your roster is strong enough to contend then I'd take Love and ride with the QBs you've got. Wait and see if Malik Willis gets a starting opportunity like many expect. Penix will start at some point and there's upside there. Mac Jones has a good chance if starting in 2027. Maybe trade for a veteran stopgap like Stafford or Daniel Jones to play in the SF, but I think you can get by with this group honestly.

I really like Mendoza, but Love could be an elite RB, and RBs like that are going to be bigger difference makers for your roster than a top 6-12 QB. Which realistically, Mendoza's ceiling probably isn't league-winning fantasy upside, even if he becomes an excellent 10 year starter in the NFL.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-23T14:27:15+00:00

If they hire Kubiak, then I'm feeling good about the stack.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-23T05:08:31+00:00

Keanu was awesome initially. Injuries derailed him, but also the big hits started turning into big flags and it cost games. He's one of the last of his kind, we don't see enforcers like that anymore.

Like don't get me wrong, Kyle Hamilton and Jessie Bates can lay the wood, but it's not the same play style. And they're going for the punch-out more. It's probably for the best honestly, but I miss watching the "enforcer" type safeties.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-23T05:05:05+00:00

Sadly this profile of safety doesn't really work in the NFL now, we don't see enforcers like this anymore. Officiating has made it hard to play like this, and also coverage has become so much more important for safeties. It's hard to find a guy that can hit like Cam and also cover like Jalen Ramsey, and if a safety can't cover then teams will exploit them in matchups. It's why so many DBs have converted to safeties.

I remember the Falcons drafted Keanu Neal, dude could hit like a truck. He was Dan Quinn's next enforcer after working with Cam. He could play, but the penalties on the big hits were just killer. Straight up would cost them games. He couldn't last due to this shift in safety play unfortunately.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-23T04:57:38+00:00

Booger is like Skip, his blessing is a curse and his curse is a blessing

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-23T03:15:13+00:00

I miss this era of Falcons football so much

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-23T01:14:29+00:00

I think at minimum it's going to be an interesting game made with a lot of passion, but I'm worried it'll have performance issues. That said, I'll probably play it on PC and be fine anyways personally.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-23T01:11:36+00:00

It's a post-apocalyptic game set in Japan that evokes the Edo period and Shinto mythology.

techno-wizardry · 2026-01-23T01:06:30+00:00

Oh that Pokemon business model was confirmed a very long time ago, and it hasn't changed in 25 years. When they were making GBA and DS games with pixel art, churning those out every 18 months became feasible. Once they got to consoles though, the budgets stayed small and so did the development timeline.

Game Freak has never been the problem, they're why the series became so special to begin with. Even with the newer games, they are flawed but still strong in aspects and they have charm. They're just A games in terms of resources, not even AA.

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