2022 Week 9 Pregame Discussion Thread

[ryan503]

Portaland Vs Punxsutawney

This game could get ugly quick, unless Portland figures out its offensive woahs!

[mike17]

We got healthy over the bye. That means SMD gets another dose of The Silver Hammer this week

[Ozias]

I was wondering what happened to Max.

Between him and RB Kinney, who I picked 8th in the draft, look like a couple of work horses that should be around for 8-10 years.

[Aston]

Don't forget about Roger Salinger! Beast.

[mike17]

I remember thinking that Salinger was the 2nd best back after Max. Looks like I was wrong though... Kinney is just a bit better.

[Aston]

Both are very good, but I think Sal will give Kinney a run for his money. He had a +5 camp, so the story isn't finished on him. It will make for a good competition to watch, between those two.

[Ozias]

I think Kinney will end up at 77/77 at the most....he may not even get that high, unless in the next TC he gets hit with VSOL.

He has already "reached" a 10 for position experience, even though he has some green left, so he should go up a little bit more.

[Aston]

What do you see Kinney as currently? I have him 68/72.

[Ozias]

My scout has him at 73/73.

My scout is G with RB's and VG with YT.

[Guest]

68/72 here, VG/VG


Scouts are so useless in this game...

[Aston]

I think it's not that they are useless, it's that they can't be taken really literally except at the extremes. The really really good, and the really bad. Kind of mirrors real life, where you have the broad strokes (player cards), the development history to guess where a player is headed, and the production (where you have to weigh against just being lucky, etc).

Enough noise that it's not easy to figure out, not enough that it's not worth trying to.

[mike17]

When the player is on your team the scout has a better chance of being right than if he's on another team.

So what ozias sees is probably closer to what his true rating is

[Guest]

True dat.