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ORIGINAL: marty

Clearly, the critical element of your 3:00 a.m. scenario is your endlessly repeated claimed benefits of pairing two RBs that are the same age. Not sure why that is so important but it's obviously a product of your self-proclaimed "advanced thinking". Nonetheless, it didn't seem accurate. Sure enough, Mason and Hall are two years apart age wise. So, well... poof?

Anyway glad you think you are "usually ahead of the curve". And that your standard assortment of imagined/CYA disclaimers (bolded in your paragraph) help you justify that in your mind. It's also pretty cool you know who the playoff teams are!

And barring a severe injury to Mason, I'm happy to bet you the Vikings will not sign Hall in free agency. How much shall we bet? Is there a process where someone here can hold the funds? As long as Mason is healthy throughout, I'll give you until the last day of free agency. $1000? I'll give you 2:1 odds, i.e. I pay double if I lose

Hall and Mason are closer in age than Jones and Mason, thank you. It's not imagined that I am ahead of the curve, I just usually am. The non playoff teams are the ones trading players before the deadline, the potential playoff teams are the ones acquiring players, that should help you.

I would love to make a bet like that with you, but with the large pool of teams, would need much better than just 2:1 odds. Bill, I wouldn't trust you with making a bet like that, wouldn't trust you with anything financial, so don't bother.

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ORIGINAL: marty

Were you around when on separate occasions Marty posted for weeks that we sign David Boston and Bernardo Harris? I asked the moderators to build a separate thread for one or both of them because his zeal for them was nonstop. The moderators did, which meant the Vikings thread was finally clear of the his rabble.

Anyway, his Hall infatuation has a long ways to go before it meets the Harris/Boston thresholds. But free agency still looms....

My ideas aren't always good, I will admit that, and it's great that a simpleton like Bill can keep bringing up bad ideas. It's easier to not present any new ideas, stick with the obvious, and criticize anyone that has a new idea. But that is not my style, that is for simple minds like you Bill.

It's no infatuation with Hall, that is your colorful world, your made-up world. Hall was just a great idea of mine, that didn't come to fruition right now.

It is not me that keeps bringing up Hall, it's mostly Bill, and I am defending my strong position.

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ORIGINAL: marty

As I stated earlier, 2:1 odds is horrible considering there are 32 teams in the league, and besides that Bill, I wouldn't trust you with anything financial, and getting a 3rd party involved doesn't reduce your being untrustworthy.

This whole idea is your creation. I never said the Vikings are the most likely the team that will sign Breece Hall during FA, I was saying that the time to pair him with Mason was right now. If they deem Jones to be past his prime during the off-season, then they will no doubt be looking for a back that is similar to Hall.

Even the best backs in the league right now, many of them are banged up, there are no sure things. Many of the best teams in my fantasy football league are dealing with injuries to running backs, it's good to have a stash of RBs on your bench in FF.

I was asking about Jones, does he have his burst back ?