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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Nov 21, 2011 -> 07:44 AM) lol. Dramatic much? They weren't going to beat the Packers anyway. I don't know if I could say that. This team was playing as good as any team in the league. It has its flaws but it was playing at a high-level of football. When healthy and with Jay playing like he has been, this is the best Bears team I've ever seen (or at least right there with the most recent super-bowl team before Tommie got hurt).

QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 20, 2011 -> 06:35 PM) f*** the Soldier Field turf... Knox probably wouldn't have slipped if the turf didn't suck so bad. The field is in good shape right now. Knox slipped because he isn't a good route runner. The announcers were talking about it. He came out of his route wrong and fell as a result of it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 18, 2011 -> 09:15 AM) I'm iffy on this one. He does seem like he's got a decent shot at the big leagues, but I'd have to ask my scouts whether they thought he'd be too much of a drag on the roster having to keep him around the entire year next year. I think D2 is an excellent candidate to pick in the rule 5, because even if he doesn't hit well, he's supposedly a plus-defensive CF, which means that he can fill an almost daily role for someone coming in as a defensive replacement. He gives value to a team even if he doesn't hit. I completely agree. I'm surprised the Sox didn't add him to the 40 man roster. Terry Doyle is another surprise but I'm guessing that teams figure he isn't ready for the majors and they don't want to tie-up a roster spot on him just yet. But at a minimum Danks would be a nice 5th outfielder for an NL squad who could play plus defense, pinch run, etc.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 18, 2011 -> 09:02 AM) That defense has been formidable for so long it just seems like it always is going to be. The bigger difference though is between "Not liking" a guy and "Willing to give up 2 full drafts to replace a guy". They may not be thrilled with Flacco right now, but I don't think they're at the "desperate to replace him" point yet. If Indy waits a year and tries to move him in 2013, maybe then. They could spin Flacco elsewhere. I watch a lot of Ravens games and I'd be hard pressed to find many people who think Flacco can be an elite QB. He's borderline solid at this point. His mechanics are meh and his delivery is too slow and this is coming from a guy who liked him a lot out of college. I will also say that Baltimore did get rid of his favorite targets and that has hurt him.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 18, 2011 -> 08:16 AM) Wow, the Ravens bailing on Flacco would surprise me, even if it was for Manning. I really don't like Flacco. They have a small window left with that defense so I figure they might as well go for it.

That would be an epic hire for OSU, but I don't believe it.

QUOTE (hawksfan61 @ Nov 18, 2011 -> 07:25 AM) Exactly, and Brees was a HUGE risk at the time. He had major shoulder surgery in the offseason, in fact he was supposed to sign with the Dolphins that offseason but their doctors recommended against it. It definitely worked out for the Saints but you NEVER see top 10 QBs hit free agency unless there is some other underlying issue (injury, age, etc.). He also hit free agency because the Chargers didn't think he was good and had drafted Phillip Rivers. Next thing you know Brees blows up, gets hurt, and Rivers looks like a stud too. Basically put, Chargers had no choice but to move one elite QB (I'm convinced Rivers is hurt or something this year, he has been pretty damn elite for a couple years, imo, despite having a crappy defense around him).

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 18, 2011 -> 06:26 AM) Anyone else think that the Jets are #1 on the list of likely Peyton trade spots this offseason? I think the Jets and Ravens would be two teams ready to give up a lot to get Peyton.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 13, 2011 -> 04:39 PM) Bears have 4 straight against the AFC West coming up and then a game against Seattle. This is the easy part of the schedule. Another 4-1 record in the next 5 should get us into the playoffs. I wouldn't look past San Diego or Oakland. San Diego has enough talent to whoop anyone in any given weak and the Raiders are a very tough, physical football team. They are a solid squad that I expect to get better as Palmer jells a bit. Their rushing attack is fierce.

QUOTE (joeynach @ Nov 1, 2011 -> 12:35 PM) This is from southsidesox feature. For s tarter s , Manto i s no fan of on-ba s e percentage, partly becau s e he believe s it s empha s i s on wal k s doe s not ta k e into account that a ba s e-on-ball s i s not alway s a de s ired or productive re s ult. While di s mi s s ing run s created, Manto offered hi s own s tati s tical category: "run s produced" -- mea s ured by adding run s and RBI, s ubtracting home run s from that total and dividing that number by game s played. "Do we want Ja s on Bay wal k ing if a pitch i s an inch out s ide and there' s a man on third? I'm not s o s ure. There' s a time to wal k and a time to under s tand what' s going on." - Feb. 16, 2006 Seriously this is what he just promoted to hitting coach. Someone who after all the Moneyball, Saber, Theo, stuff he hired this dude who subscribes to 1960 baseball strategy. Doesnt believe in OBP and walks, are u kidding me. Get ready for the Corey Patterson approach to hitting on the southside friends, stay in attack made, always be ready to swing, make a lot of outs, and for god's sake dont walk (get on base). What a clown. I agree with that concept. In the right situation, it is important to actually be able to hit. An OBP that is heavily driven by walks vs. average is a potentially limited OBP since walks in certain situations are not as beneficial as a single for example. Now if he thinks overall obp is worthless, than thats a whole nother story.

QUOTE (shipps @ Nov 1, 2011 -> 06:38 AM) There are so many small eco friendly cars on the market now. 5-10 years ago a lot of us guys would not even think of buying a car as small as the Fiat, Leaf, and Volt. But now I think a lot of us guys look at those cars like they are pretty cool. Have any of you guys given into this trend or do you still drive your gas guzzling SUV'S and sports cars? It is pretty ridiculous to even think about buying a car with a Hemi engine or that has 14mpg this day and age no matter how cool the vehicle looks or sounds. I personally think you should be another liberty. It definitely fits with your more "feminine" side. In all seriousness, I'm a fan of gas mileage but I'm also a fan of what my vehicle can do for me and personally, I have no use for one of those fiats. I carry a lot of stuff in my car for work (normally paperwork, but regardless, I tend to have file cabinets locked in my trunk from time to time) so those small cars wouldn't really be an option. I also like a lot of sports that require me to transport my equipment and I need room for that. Basically put, those small cars are great if they fit into your lifestyle, but if they don't, there is nothing wrong with going another route. For example, the Civics get incredibly good mileage. Heck, most cards in the Accord/Camry class also get really good mileage, are safe, affordable, and provide you with plenty of room as well.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 1, 2011 -> 07:52 AM) There has to be something wrong with Rivers... his throwing motion is weird as s***. It always was though. So unless he's injured, the weird throwing motion isn't why he's struggling (he's excelled with it for years).

I still can't figure out how Iowa lost to Minnesota. Pathetic. Completely outplayed them and lost. Uggh.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 12:34 PM) I had something similar... My parents bought a house from a married couple. 7 years later, I had been dating this girl for about a year and one night "met" her godmother, who was the woman from the couple that sold us our house. Not incredibly unlikely, but in a city of a million people, pretty unlikely. My dad is a real estate agent and when we sold our house to move to another one, we sold it to this one couple. A few years later my dad sold the house we had moved into and ends up selling the house again to the same person (randomly they were looking to buy and followed us). My dad than moves to another place and than a few years later moves into a new home development and he's buying and the people who bought two houses end up buying the house next door to ours. And yes, my family moved a lot as a kid. However, all of the moves were within a couple miles of each other. Had we moved to a few seperate states and had this happen, I'd really be stunned.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 04:29 AM) He did post a .719 OPS this year though, which was 9 points lower than AJ and 31 points higher than AJ posted in 2010. If Flowers doesn't continue to improve, we'd have some serious blackholes in our lineup between Dunn and Flowers.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 27, 2011 -> 12:15 PM) Like who? Name a team. I think we have gone over the list before, and there are few, if any teams that could use him. The Angels had utter garbage at catcher and could use him. I know Angel fans hate him but he'd be an upgrade. But that doesn't mean there wouldn't be other options that are better.

He works his ass off. I just think his time had ended here. I am amazed at how so many people think he's awful and to blame whenever a player stinks. I got news for you, Rios sucks cause he sucks. Dunn sucked cause he sucks too. I am happy with a change though cause I do think the Sox needed to give the players a new voice to hear and hopefully the coaching changes will wake some guys up and help some guys out.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Oct 20, 2011 -> 10:23 AM) to me it does not pass the smell test Why Hoyer would leave to become theo's lackey says a-lot about him to me....why would the Padres let him leave is a bigger question. So Epstein benefits from 1 year worth of Agon? I don't buy this tampering argument.

No way Hoyer or Byrnes are going to go become Asst. GM's with the Cubs. I supposed if Epstein is going to be president it could work, but that is a lot of money that will be spent on front office people (possibly smart money though cause good baseball people in your front office are worth there weight in gold).

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 18, 2011 -> 12:07 PM) Yes. Just pointing out how truly insane of an overpay that was. I'd also say that Kolb doesn't look all that great either. I really was stunned. I thought Palmer would end up going for like a 3rd or 4th rounder.

Either I really dont' understand Palmer's hype or NFL players are a lot smarter than me. Seems like a lot of NFL players think Palmer is an elite QB. Maybe Cinncy just made him look terrible. He's clearly a major upgrade over what they had, but he also hasn't played (supposedly he's in great shape though) and needs to learn the offense. The price though was insane.

You might have sold me on getting an iphone 4s from Sprint. I'm due for an upgrade shortly and the mrs. just ordered hers.

I've bashed Ozzie a lot and I think its time to go, but I don't think there was anything wrong with what he said in that piece.

I wonder why the Bears are getting into London so late. Bucs arrived today.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 10:39 AM) Yesterday showed that as long as Cutler gets time the WR's are fine. Completely disagree with this.