This was the wildest NBA season. There were questions about whether it came back too soon, and the rash of COVID-related postponements made the start of the season a bit rough.
The NFL offseason isn't a land of improvement for every team. While free agency and the draft tend to create optimism for even the most embattled fanbases, reality quickly returns alongside the sweltering heat of summer and training camps.
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Former Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf built a Hall of Fame career while believing in a simple premise at the game s most important position: A team should continually invest in quarterbacks.
Mark Brunell, Matt Hasselbeck, Aaron Brooks, Ty Detmer, Kurt Warner and Aaron Rodgers could be found behind Brett Favre at different stages during the quarterback s ironman streak. In fact, Wolf chose seven signal-callers between 1992 and 2000, with Favre in tow.
So, the idea of investing in quarterbacks is in the organization s DNA. How the team goes about its business is another matter altogether.
The Jay Barkers and Kyle Wachholtzs of the world weren t a threat to Favre. Wolf invested middle- or late-round picks in developmental options the team could work with and potentially trade if they showed promise which they did on a handful of occasions.
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Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell gave his assessment of an interference call that went against his team in the first inning of its 6-2 home loss to the Miami Marlins on Wednesday. It was a terrible call, Counsell said (h/t ESPN s Jesse Rogers) of umpire Marty Foster. I have no idea what Marty was trying to make up there (or) what he saw. It s even worse looking at the replay than I thought he might have seen. Bad call.
The play in question happened in the second inning.
Marlins second baseman Isan Diaz hit a slow roller down the first base line that Brewers pitcher Zach Godley fielded before tossing the ball to first baseman Dan Vogelbach for the apparent out.