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Backup QBs don't really fit my whole talent wins out thing. They're "backup" for a reason. Talent wins out. I can't imagine Johnson goes for higher than a 3rd round pick. If the Bears think he is a good value who knows. I just don't know if he's too redundant with Cohen.

Those guys start a ton of games. Oh, wait.... I wonder if Duke Johnson could fit with the Bears or if he's too similar to Cohen.

What makes me chuckle is the people that thought the video was the reason Ray Rice didn't get signed thought Kareem Hunt also wouldn't get signed. Idiots. Lots of the same people that think kneeling is the whole reason Kap hasn't been signed. Idiots. Talent wins out. Always.

I wonder if Illinois would still have gone after Giorgi if they didn't miss on Castleton. That might end up being one of the most fortunate recruiting misses in Illinois history.

Would you be willing to wager on this? I mean, I love Ayo but he's a ball dominant guard that isn't a good shooter and isn't an above the rim athlete. His game doesn't translate quite yet

The fire Underwood group has gotten pretty quiet.

I think the Lakers are just posturing. I think they'll give the pelicans whatever they want by Thursday. They need to try to capitalize off of Lebron. Waiting to sign AD when Lebron is 36 could be pretty risky.

Coaching matters much more in football. They're just the perfect duo. I don't think they would have won more than 3 championships with any other coach/QBs in the same situation

Back in front? He's the best football coach ever and has been for a while. Saban is super impressive, but he gets to recruit players. Belichick has a salary cap to deal with. There's nobody in their right mind that thinks the Patriots had more talent than the rams and he still finds ways to win (Brady helps obviously, but still)

Yup. He said kopech isn't on the list in the interview.

There's definite improvement. The Illini finished last year 102nd in KenPom. This year, while their record is worse, they're at 78. All of the best players are freshmen and sophomores too. It almost looks like Indiana has quit on Miller. If you watch any Illinois games you definitely couldn't say the same thing.

He says as he awakens from his 30 year coma.

Maybe I was too drunk when I was watching, but from what I remember that interception Brady threw when Ford was in the neutral zone it hit off of Gronks hands. Not exactly his fault.

Yeah, I've been drinking a bit, but I'll play

I could meet in the north suburbs every once in a while if you want, but I was more so talking about playing online every now and then and I could give you a few pointers. We could play standard games every now and then online and I could just comment as we play. Different ideas to look for in certain positions and stuff.

Impressive, isn't it? These guys aren't exactly deep threats.

I think it's easier to get to that point in sharp openings. I started out with the french and semi slav as black and got super used to those positions. Now I play the Benko against d4 and can pretty much play different sicilians or my french because I'm so used to any closed positions that arise and I 'm used to open sicilian because I play it as white. I've known so many good tactical players in my life that were somehow lower rated than me. I think it's because they're just not used to playing positionally. If you're better tactically maybe practice positionally for a while so you know both. I could definitely help you with that too.

The game plan worked in the first half. Ball control and keep KC off the field. When that failed in the second half Brady just completely took over and made throw after throw. The guy had two white WRs and a HOF TE that is a glorified OL now. If you give him guys like Watkins and Hill I can't imagine what he could do.

I disagree with this. Pretty much goes against how I got good, so I might be biased.

Jesus. Lots of sharp stuff. Do you think you're better tactical than positional? Also, what Sicilian?

Mahomes is more physically talented and had a better year. Great young QB. I would bet anything that the chiefs win that game with brady at qb though.

What openings do you play? Just as white and then against e4 and d4. Just curious.

Did you end up playing?

I definitely agree that his in game stuff needs some work, but I'm not going to write him off overall just yet. This team was down 2 late with the ball against Gonzaga. I think he prepares them well in general. The players need to execute better and they really need to make open shots. In that terrible loss last week against FAU there were just so many open threes that were missed. It was hard to imagine it coming from a D1 team.