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So ESPN has jumped right back on that Tebow wagon FULL STEAM AHEAD! Hey everyone, look at what this (maybe) third stringer did against guys who will be selling insurance in 2 weeks! A former Heisman scored a touchdown in meaningless preseason garbage time, LETS PUMP IT UP!!!

Go get em, Carlos

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 08:50 AM) Wouldn't a stress fracture have made it very hard to play hurt, and wouldn't that be the kind of thing that would heal very poorly if it weren't diagnosed? I believe so, which is why I think he hurt it in OTAs. All they were saying is that he was owning it when he was practicing.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 08:33 AM) If they knew it at the combine, I find it hard to believe that wouldn't have leaked out until now. But the Ryan Pace regime isn't off to a great start. Hopefully this won't do anything to set White back forever, but this is the Bears. If they knew at the combine, then he shouldnt have participated in any OTAs

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 07:49 AM) Isn't that what ongoing investigations will prove? How come people can never (either side of this argument) let the facts rise to the surface BEFORE commenting as if they know for sure? so what you are saying is that we should delete this thread

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 07:24 AM) McDonald or White? It seems to be a failure in free agent scouting, player character evaluation, and medical study of potential draft picks. What medical study could have predicted a stress fracture? Edit: i have read conflicting things. One is that he hurt himself in OTAs, and another that they knew in the combine. If they knew in the combine, then they were stupid to waste a year on a pick. If he hurt himself in OTAs, there isnt anything they could have looked at that would have tipped them off that a stress fracture was coming. He was healthy in college

@ChuckGarfien: Chris Sale in his career against the Cubs: 16 innings, 1 run, 3 walks, 25 strikeouts.

Sale is Dominate.

Rizzo hit himself there

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Aug 16, 2015 -> 02:34 PM) Would you really want him to be pulled in the 8th or 9th inning with a no-hitter going just because of a pitch count? Yes. I value health over a no hitter

Damn, Laroche has to hit because he is playing first base.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 16, 2015 -> 02:30 PM) We do know that Robin doesn't mind leaving him out there for a long time, though. 127 once, IIRC If Robin leaves him out there for 127 in this weather he should have his head examined

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 16, 2015 -> 02:27 PM) Sale's PC is getting too high for... you know. I remember Edwin Jackson threw 149 pitches for his when he was with Arizona. Unless he gets a few 3-7 pitch innings in there, "it which shall not be named" will not happen by only him

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 16, 2015 -> 08:38 AM) Making Sue Storm the adopted daughter of Dr. Storm...and changing the character of Johnny not only in terms of race but also temperament. He goes from Chris Evans/badass/chick magnet to more reminiscent of a less whiny Shia Lebouf. Chris Evans was anything but a bad ass in F4 1 and 2. I think you are having a case of revisionist criticism

Because someone had to make the thread

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 07:50 PM) No challenge? Seriously? It looked like he might have gotten the shin. Nothing definitive

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 07:49 PM) I have no idea how Flowers didn't beat him but he's safe. It looked like Flowers was in slow motion after he caught the ball

QUOTE (oldsox @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 07:48 AM) Reyes gets salary of Mid 20's for 2016-17. Per year. He actually gets more than Tulo the next 2 + seasons. Another testimonial to the intelligence of GM's across the board. I don't remember the name of the Mets GM who gave Reyes that deal. But now Reyes wants out of Colorado because he wants to play for a winner. Pretty sure the Marlins gave Reyes that deal

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 06:29 PM) I'm acting like Shea is at a new position where one of his major flaws can be covered up.. Jake is also right in his last post. You have acted like this each of the past three years with Shea. He comes into training camp with hype, then he plays

Thanks for nothing Jeff

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 06:21 PM) For the life of me I'll never understand how a pitcher can pump his fist like he just got the final out of the world series, but a bat flip and a slow trot after a home run means a batter "doesn't know how to play the game right". Man f*** baseball's unwritten rules. Ha! Ain't that the truth

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 05:42 PM) C'mon now, you know I'm not trying to say SMC is gonna be Urlacher. I'm just saying not being able to get off blocks isn't something that will automatically set you up for failure at ILB. If your front 3 and 2 OLBs are taking up the 5 OLinemen, which is key, he won't have to get off blocks more often than not. You are acting like we have never seen Shea before.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 03:12 PM) Know who else couldn't shed blocks????? Brian Urlacher. Yea, but every other one of Brians skills were so much better than McLellin. Be real SCS, Urlacher is one of the top players in Bears history, and was one of the best linebackers in the league for pretty much his entire career in the NFL. The only comparison McLellin has is he is white, blonde, and plays football

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 02:47 PM) At the very least, a good sign was that Sutton and Ferguson did not look like wasted talent in the 3-4 five tech. there were a few flashes. I still dont think McLellin is the guy, he just cant shed blocks, his tackles are usually after the damage is done. And Vereen, oh my god Vereen

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 02:21 PM) Well I for one don't think he did a very good job of living up to being an $18m guaranteed QB last year, so yea I do think that money held them back from spending on FAs. That said...you're not wrong on the 2nd part. His performance is not what we are discussing here, his contract is. Spending a lot of money on free agency means you arent drafting well, and that is what got the Bears where they are right now. Cutlers paycheck shouldnt have an impact on the quality of the team around him, If the bears had merely mediocre drafts going back to the Angelo era, they wouldnt be at such a talent deficit