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3rd down and 4 . Pass batted down. Punt. Facemask penalty on Bears on Velus Jones. 15 yards .NO gets the ball again in Bears territory.

Bagent will get another shot at it with plenty of time. Unfortunately they will have to go 98 yds to get a TD.

Yeah he was behind the receivers .

3rd and 10 Kmet catch for 11. Another INT for Bagent. Just couldn't find any open receivers for most of the downs. Had time just nothing there.

Bears stop NO on 4th and 1. NO couldve licked a FG and made the lead 10. Hope left ?

defensive holding on J. Jones give NO a 1st down on 3rd and 3. NO hasn't had a single penalty called on them all game.Bears 6th.

Blah. Bagent INT .NO starts on the Bears 38. Bears 3rd TO can't win that way. No takeaways.

Saints TD. Too easy 24-17.Bears conservative play deep in their own end led to that TD. Have to trust that Bagent could produce 1st downs like he has all game.

Bears went conservative team in their own end. 2 runs and a quick out to WR on 3rd down produces their 1st 3 and out of the day. NO starts in Bears territory.

Bears D bends but doesn't break. Forces a punt . Bears ball on their own 10 yd line. Can Bagent lead a long drive ?

Bagent coming right back down field. Now holding penalty , now false start Braxton Jones . But Foreman 23 yd run. 3rd and 7 Moore double teamed in the end zone almost makes a spectacular catch but couldn't hold on to it. Santos ties it with 31 yard FG. Bear down Bears defense !

NO 10 pts. off 2 turnovers. Bears 1 missed FG. Hurting themselves.

DJ Moore fumble a pass after Bears stopped NO on it's 1st possession of the 2nd half. Bears then stopped NO after the fumble . 3rd down Sweat forced a bad pass by getting his hand on Hill's shoulder. But NO 55 yd FG . 17-14 NO .

Bagent 10/13 140 yards. Leading Rusher with 6 rushes for 60 yards. Mooney had a nice half. 4/70 Kmet 3/27 2 TD Evans 1/17 Moore 2/34 Rushing: Foreman 10/43

Santos misses a 40 yd FG . His 1st miss of the season off the upright. Doink ! Looks like it'll be 14 -14 at halftime.

Bagent 7/9 129 yard 2 TDs 1 INT.

Well looks like this is will be quite the Bears game . Another Kmet TD after a Bagent 1st down run with great effort.

I tend to agree but JR is the key here which is why is tend to agree.

Great drive. Great TD catch by Kmet ! Awesome start.

You cant wait too long. I'm going under the impression that JR said he wants to compete ASAP so that would mean getting some quality this year. I don't don't believe JR as far as I can throw him but that's what I'm doing right now . You can't get everyone you want in 1 year but you can get some pieces.

I think you need to sign a guy like Bellinger . Yeah the contract maybe too long and too expensive but somehow the Sox need to re-establish that things are going to be different. Even if they won't be. 9 figures ,so over $100M ? Man I don't know about that. He got more than anyone thought he would last year and it turned up roses for him.But yeah it's possible 4 years $25M. Guess I'll have to take a look at the projections .

If Getz can't figure out that all middling vets do is waste a bunch of money and if he's depending on Grifol ,Salvy Perez and Whit Merrfield to raise the bar of competent play he's as clueless as the rest of them including the guy at the top of the totem pole, JR. They have so many holes I know some vets especially in the starting pitching staff have to be signed but as for the rest of the roster, I'd just hit the non tendered list and maybe make a play for Bellinger.

That's not marketing. it's saying goodbye and thanks for the memories. If there is any hope that they resign him for less they don't want to burn their bridges. It's just smart to do that. I don't think there's much of a chance they resign him but I suppose that depends on how long he remains unsigned and the market for him. He may be eating a lot of humble pie during his wait.

He WAS used in marketing campaigns. That's ancient history now. Why ? Because now his whole life is a mess. Won't be the 1st time someone marketed a good cool hip player whose world suddenly collapsed because he couldn't handle fame and it won't be the last. As a professional athlete your career is fleetingly short unless you keep your eyes on the brass ring. He isn't a movie star or musician alcoholic pill popper going through marriage after marriage and still able to get chance after chance because you go through rehab and straighten out everything. Young and old alike succumb to the pressures of fame. At this point I'd be happy to see him turn his life around. I certainly don't want to see him become a tragedy like we see so often in the music and movie industry. It was time to move on.

Why do people keep forgetting Lenyn Sosa ? Can't he play SS ? He'd hit more HR's than TA maybe field better too. I mean you can't really get worse production than TA gave the Sox last year. Or Sosa at 2nd base . Just because his initial try's at the bigs weren't instantly successful doesn't mean he's run out of chance. He's still one of the Sox best prospects. OK Sosa isn't in the top 30 prospects list anymore I suppose because he's had around 200 MLB AB's but as far as young players closest to making an impact next season he has to be close to the top of the list among position players. Ramos and Rodriquez got cups of coffee with the Sox but both have barely played at AAA. Montgomery has only had 131 AA and some AFL AB's. They aren't going to rush Montgomery. I'm not even sure he will start the year in AAA. Back to Birmingham seems more likely.