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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 06:53 PM) Last year Landon Cohen started for the bears(I still dont know who that guy is), and a career DE in Corey Wooten played inside because there was nobody else that could play the position competently. I get there are question marks, but this line is undoubtedly better than last season, both in skill and depth. I supposed there could be 3 season ending injuries to starters and another starter that pretty much missed the year due to recurring injury issues(paea), but at least there are players that were brought in because of their skill and not because they were the only guy out there. Hub has some very odd opinions the past few years, just like DA mentioned. Defensive end might be weak, but even there Austen Lane is better than most of the crap we had at DE last year. In DT, if rookies suck, Nate Collins has shown a lot already. I'm just not worried at all about the dline. The LBs on the other hand...mercy.

Eh, f*** that thread.

4th'ed.

It's not really a consistent position from me, but I'm secretly glad for these strikes. That is one specific region that has helped the US a lot in Iraq, been persecuted constantly. To watch by as they get slaughtered makes me sick. On the other hand...should the US be responsible for other regions safety?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 06:01 AM) And 42 was one of the better baseball movies of the last decade. A lot of people think Field of Dreams is too sentimental, but that bar was really set in that era with Major League, A League of their Own, Major League and Bull Durham, along with Eight Men Out. Bad News Bear and Bang the Drum Slowly from the 70's, along with The Natural. Other than Moneyball and The Rookie (yeah, I know, it's Disney), it's been a minefield of hits and misses, like any Costner attempt in recent years or Trouble With the Curve. Summer Catch, obviously.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 04:41 AM) Seth Lakso ‏@SethLakso Avi Garcia (1-for-4) took a pitch off his left index finger in his fourth AB. As of now the plan is still for him to start in RF tomorrow. Man, stop effing hitting him you AAA trash pitchers.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2...schedule-roster This made me feel somewhat better about receiver. I was surprised at the apprehension about the young CBs who have pretty good experience despite being sophomores. The LBs and Safeties though...still not my favorite.

I'm guessing by the time 8/16 rolls around my ticket value will have plummeted as the crowd does not want to watch the Plumlee bros bang against no name de silvas.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 6, 2014 -> 12:32 PM) Watched 42: The Jackie Robinson Story Really good. Alan Tudyk was insane as Ben Chapman. Man I thought that movie was terrible. I think both that and moneyball chose questionable focus points to end the movie on. The editing/script was just a mess.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 01:37 AM) But I'd prefer none of the above Yeah, the poor Cavs will have to suffer through a bad bench in order to have the greatest player in the league, a top ten player and an all star point guard. Sucks to be them. With as much depth as the bulls have they still have huge unprovens at the 2 and the 3 (and the 1).

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 12:05 AM) I wonder if you'd have said that was true if Haslam hadn't been hurt for a lot of that year. Haslam was probably better healthy, but at the time miller was horrendous, he's playing much better now. I'd take Waiters/Thompson/Verajao/Thompson over Chalmers/Haslem/Anthony/Miller in 11

I don't agree with people that this big 3 is better than the heat big 3, but is unfortunately deeper than the first year Miami had and Lebron is better than the first miami year.

Bosh took a big hit and took off on offense to play stellar d and do the little things to win. Consequently, they still went to finals 4 straight years with one of them dropping off.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Aug 7, 2014 -> 08:54 PM) That's pretty surprising. I guess people thought the Celtics could still beat them? Celts/Lakers were cream of the crop back the.n

QUOTE (Boogua @ Aug 7, 2014 -> 08:49 PM) Said the same stuff? I recall people like Jeff Van Gundy predicting them to break the wins records and everyone pretty much thinking they were a lock to win the finals until the season actually started and they started to look vulnerable. You had two superstars joining another superstar on a team that had made the playoffs the year before. This wasn't a normal thing. People are only reacting the way they are to the cavs because we have the Lebron, Wade, and Bosh experience to have a baseline to work with. Ha, well people on Soxtalk were saying the same stuff.

Eh, would prefer they suspend Broussard for writing "SOURCES" for PR releases. Lebatard is who he is. Nobody should be surprised.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 7, 2014 -> 09:01 PM) Kinda curious to see how the Bulls matchup with Waiters and Lebron when they're on the court.....Gotta have Butler or Snell on Lebron at least most of the time. Do they just let Waiters "get his" by putting DMD/MJD on him or go with a lot of Kirk or put Butler and Snell out there at the same time for the most part. I like Rose on Irving, Noah on Love, and Pau on Verajo. Um, yes, I would like a gameplan that puts pressure on Waiters to "get his" rather than pairing Mike Dunleavy on Lebron. I don't think anything of Waiters except it sucks now all he has to do is sit on the perimeter and rain 3s. He'll get paid after rookie contract doing that.

My only hope is Dion Waiters is a secret kryptonite to that team.

The cavs have a whole bunch of players who have never played elite TEAM basketball. The cavs were a mess but everyone liked their individual pieces. Love probably is close but again was never in that fully meshed team. I'm guessing Cavs will look very beatable in nov/dec and we'll all laugh and then they'll dominate late as Lebron pulls them up to the level. Then we will justify how Bulls grit will overcome and then get sadly beaten down as Kevin love throws a perfect full court outlet pass to a streaking Lebron for a windmill dunk and we'll say "Oh man won't Rose-Butler-Durant-Gasol-Noah be so SICK next year". This day sucks.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 7, 2014 -> 04:35 PM) No way. MAYBE the last year with Wade becoming old man Wade, but no way from 2010-2013 when Wade was at near-prime. People completely undervalue Bosh too. He's a damn good player who was forced into a really weird role for those Heat teams. Agreed, Bosh/Wade were better basketball players at doing the little things that help win. Their defense was stifling.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 7, 2014 -> 01:58 AM) Let's overreact to a 36 year old wing a bit more, eh? When they already have the greatest player in the world, a top ten player and an all star point guard, the ability to attract solid vets like Marion for less than market value are what will push CLE from great to finals contender. It's not an overreaction at all. Not only did the Bulls not land him, he went to their biggest competitor.

Marion to Cavs all but done. NBA, still good despite itself.

I hate watches on me, but I get one for business because it's a nice way to check time in a way that isn't rude "phone". And it seems less rude than a phone because it can't be misconstrued for checking email/notifications, which...seems to be defeated with a smartwatch.

That's to the extreme, but if he has Romo's ability to evade within the pocket, that extra time for an NFL receiver opens up a lot of windows. I think he'll love the CLE tight end, forgot his name/won't look it up. I'm a Manziel apologist after last year, but I hadn't realized until this offseason how much ESPN had blown up his off-field news items. It will be good to get football back and all that crap can turn off.

Really hoping Fulford can deliver Bryant to Missouri, but obviously it won't be a slam dunk. Lots of chatter that recent Gill-Caesar commit really means little for the rest. Fulford was only there a few years.