Balta1701

Just because your Sun-god has abandoned you

Help us Jeebus!

For how long though?

Doubt that'll happen. Others would just-restart it.

Bigtime anger.

You certain about that?

Well, it hasn't exactly been hard to convince this country to send money, no questions asked, to anything that calls itself a bank.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Dec 28, 2010 -> 11:49 AM) I think the Falcons, Bears, Eagles, and Saints will all be 12-4, how crazy is that!? You think the Falcons are going to lose to the Panthers at home? Yeah, that'd be absolutely nuts.

Unless I'm mistaken, you're a person, and I'm a bank. Which means you should be giving me money.

Silly Republican, obviously I think I'm a bank.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 28, 2010 -> 09:34 AM) True, but there is a big difference if the Eagles & Bears advance to the NFC Champ. game and the game is in Philly because they are the #1 seed despite the head-to-head loss. I have seen the same thing on several websites that the Bears need the Eagles to lose to gain the #1 seed. It doesn't make any sense as to why head-to-head matters for the #2 seed, but not the #1? That being said, none of this discussion really matters. The Falcons are not gonna lose to Carolina in the Georgia Dome. The answer is that the rules for a 3 way tie change from just a 2-way tie. Here's a summary chart.

Quit telling us how to do our jobs.

The reality for me is...when those 2 games against the Twins happened, at the end of both of them, I sat there and said "This is going to kill that team". The weird thing is though, I kept following the team and watching the team. Once the Twins caught us, passed us, and then Thome stuck in the dagger and twisted it, you just knew that the team was beaten, but I still kept watching up through the losing streak to start Sept. that officially eliminated us.

QUOTE (beck72 @ Dec 28, 2010 -> 08:37 AM) Isn't Tony Pena the guy most likely to take over for Peavy until he's ready? Esp, coming from Spring Training, Pena will be stretched out. He's not ideal. But then he'd go to the bullpen [hopefully] when Peavy is healthy. I think Sale probably will...but you're right on Pena being a possible 7th starter option.

Not our problem.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 28, 2010 -> 08:38 AM) So what's the flaw then, exactly? Paying for the expensive part while getting none of the benefits of the cheap part.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 27, 2010 -> 10:19 PM) Logan Mankins, Richard Seymour, Champ Bailey, Matt Light, Haloti Ngata would all greatly improve the Bears in one way or another. We've all accepted an O-Line upgrade as the obvious first option. Ngata is actually a FA?

Just consider yourself lucky to have not wasted the last month.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 27, 2010 -> 10:02 PM) Oh of course, it would not hurt. But there are too many other areas of improvement that are, at least IMO, more critical than the WR position. I still dunno. We both clearly agree OL is priority 1. After that...if I ask what move would make the biggest positive difference for the Bears...would getting a backup LB do it? Or an average D-Lineman? Or an average DB player? If I had to weight Vincent Jackson, by name, against unnamed possibly available player at any position other than OL, I don't know that there's anyone else obviously out there who would provide the Bears such a positive boost as Jackson. If you could cite me the identity of this year's version of Julius Peppers who happens to play at another position of need for the Bears, I might be more receptive. It really hurts the argument that I can hold up the actual ID of the top WR on the market and I can't compare it to the ID of a NT or a CB.

Hell no.

Fat Chance.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 27, 2010 -> 09:46 PM) I have enough confidence in Cutler's arm and Martz's system to think we can score plenty of points in this offense as long as Cutler has the time with this receiving corps. The last two weeks have been proof of this. Very true...but you and I both know that it would be more effective with a WR who could tear people apart on his own. Yeah, O-line is priority 1, but you've got to admit that a top tier WR would at least be useful. And no, Randy Moss is not that guy.

QUOTE (scenario @ Dec 27, 2010 -> 09:52 PM) Trade Floyd and we'd have the only all lefty rotation in baseball. Edwin Jackson?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 27, 2010 -> 09:40 PM) Yeah, we don't need that on our team. I wouldn't quite put Ocho or Marshall in with TO or Moss, but I smell what you're stepping in. Our receiving corps isn't the best in the league, and it would certainly help to have a true #1 guy (I mean the Jets had to wonder who to even really put Revis on this week), but I think there are just too many other areas to address on the OLine and with our aging defense to spend any major resource on a WR right now. We need two corners, a safety, and another linebacker, and you can never have too many d-lineman. I understand the argument that going after and signing Vincent Jackson would make this team a lot better by giving Cutler a legit #1 option, a threat that makes everyone better, etc, but yeah, I can't put that priority as higher than 2nd on the list. If the Bears are going to spend money this offseason and FA proceeds normally somehow, I think Mankins out of NE ought to be their #1 target, and they still ought to draft OL with their first pick.

Don't remind me.