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Derek Carr wouldn't be a backup QB. I have long felt that Carr to the Bears would make a decent amount of sense. He's solid, maybe a bit more upside than downside to be honest (I think a change in scenery does him good) and it gives the Bears nice protection.

Some pretty exciting Bulls nuggets coming out today. One report from Kaplan indicating Bulls are ready to pay good money to a GM, with some believing Sam Presti would have a desire to leave OKC for the bigger stage of Chicago. Another report from KC Johnson indicating Bulls are interested in the Pacers GM (who has done a nice job in Indiana). Hopefully there is some smoke to this as these would be nice signs and really good outside hires, imo.

Caufield...how are you holding up?

And again...in Bulls news....Hutch out with shoulder injury (again). Dude starts to show some positive signs and is always hurt. Only good thing out of this season has been Lavine...so I'm now waiting for the next shoe to drop and it will be Lavine out for the year or something stupid.

I 100% believe this report. The hard part to me is how Gar is just getting reassigned. I could stomach things better if Gar was out and a new guy was in (even if it is still under Pax).

In other news, it sounds like Dunn's injury might be season ending.

Sorry to hear about your loss. Thoughts and prayers with you and your family.

They absolutely need to evaluate everything. That includes the front office who might be ignoring the fact that certain players are more prone to injuries.

On the bright side, Bulls might have Wendell and Otto Porter Jr back this week with Lauri just a bit behind.

You can’t say his job is done yet. If that was the case he might as well already be canned (and to be honest...it’s not the worst idea but I think they believe they need to give him the full year and I will at least admit injuries certainly didn’t help Boylen cards). His fate will be sealed pending the bulls playing real well down the stretch.

My presumption is Paxson is moving in to an advisor role, Forman is moving into a lower level role, and new blood will be brought in to run the show. Whether that is BJ Armstrong or someone outside, I don't know (but all reports have indicated Bulls aren't just looking within the family). I still wouldn't be shocked if Pax kept his title but they brought in a new person to run the show. That said, it seems as if Pax will be stepping aside or into a lesser role with a new president and GM. They can than do more evaluation on Gar and company, imo. I would love if they took a run at the Raptors president in a first power play with Michael Reinsdorf at the helm, but I doubt that will happen.

LOL.

Fantastic - Congrats!

Jack - I agree with everything said here. You are clearly very intelligent, but I think you need a paradigm shift in your mentality/perspective on certain things. Its amazing what the power of optimism and what a positive must/will do attitude can do. You say everyone would do it if things were that easy...but the reality is...many people don't. Combine smarts with the right attitude and you are already in the 90th percentile.

Jack - Normally when 9 out of 10 people are telling you one thing...you should probably listen. People can be wrong...but when you see everyone have a consistent view, its best to self reflect and think long and hard about what might be your perceived reality vs. actual reality.

The top teams get homefield in that first round, which is a pretty solid advantage (imo). Add in domino of teams being able to pick matchups and I think it is really exciting. I will say a 150 game season sounds better...but I can't have my cake and eat it two in this scenario. In total...this is a big improvement, imo.

Agreed - Plus, if you put aside more like 10-15% of your income towards retirement, someone who makes far less than the $500K you mentioned would be in a position where it would potentially be in there best interest to max out their 401K contribution.

In general, I'd tell someone (as long as they can afford it), contribute the maximum you can to maximize your tax benefit (at a minimum).

I agree with both these points. I'll double down that I love the idea of top seed picking who they want to play. Adds to the entire story, especially when a team picks someone who they think matches up better with them vs. the team with the worst record. That said, I know they won't reduce the # of games...so as a whole, I very much like everything MLB is proposing. Plus top team getting a bye and getting choice of its competitor helps create extra value / incentive to be the top dog.

There was one guy they were talking about who was playing in XFL but was going to be draft eligible, which I thought was interesting. A safety out of West Virginia or something.

I thought I saw some pretty nice plays, but also there was quite a bit of rust. But I chalk part of that up to the fact that there weren't a lot of practices/real training camps so guys are still figuring things out.

I enjoyed the enhanced media coverage. Was nice hearing more instant reaction from players, referees (including the mic'd up voice of the referee who was doing the actual review), as well as more audio from the OC's, etc. It might have been a bit gimmicky at times, but if done right, I could see all of those things showing up in more NFL broadcasts as a way to enhance the viewer experience. In general, I enjoyed the little bit of action I watched across a variety of the games. Whether I keep up with it or not will be hard to say, but they are broadcasting at the right time as there is a total lull in sports right now (especially for people like me who don't follow hockey and more so since my NBA team sucks).

Did anyone watch? What did everyone think?

Can’t wait until they make full blown changes. Injuries are part of the story but they have had way too many opportunities and Boylen has shown he isn’t a good coach.

I wanted porter but Wendell is a good player. White looks like a positionless player though and Lauri turned into a shit this year. Porter is the guy most screwed by Boylen system, IMO.