Dick Allen

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 23, 2017 -> 01:12 PM) The other part of that quote leads me to believe that despite Bobby punching and injuring Niko the locker room is backing Portis. I'm not buying that. Every player I see asked about it said they were both at fault but the punch crossed the line. I think they are going to support Portis because he is still a teammate and they must to get passed it. But they all know what he did was not right, and I don't think some sort of popularity contest is going on either. I'm sure when Niko comes back, they will be saying how happy they are to have him back as well.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 23, 2017 -> 10:35 AM) So I'm not saying any of this means Trubisky will suck, but I keep seeing people say he looks good, blah blah blah. He's looked really really bad. He's a rookie, but you can see why the Bears were trying to be patient. The Bears certainly haven't "let him loose" and our receivers stink, etc, but he's been extremely indecisive with the football and taken a lot of "bad sacks". His receivers haven't helped him with some drops (I would have liked to see Cohen pick him up on that throw on the 1st drive of the game), but I don't even know what to think about our offense (other than the fact that despite tons of guys in the box, Howard is a beast). It looks historically inept. Again, not making any hottake on Trubisky but I certainly haven't seen a QB who has shown any ability to read defenses too well (as he has seemed extremely "tentative" out there). Inexperience is definitely showing. I hope we see some serious progress during the second half of the season. Defense was studly. Hampton and OB were ready to call Trubisky a bust, wondering why he hasn't "improved". He doesn't have receivers who can get open, and the line hasn't exactly given him all day to throw, and he needs some experience. Like you wrote, we are seeing why the Bears are being patient and didn't want to throw him to the wolves based on a couple of exhiibtion performances, which, at least one of them wouldn't have been so highly thought of except for some bad defense.

The Bears are boring without a doubt, but is it just me, or is the entire NFL getting pretty boring? Most games are pretty one-sided.

Deonte Thompson, 4 catches 107 yards in his Bills debut.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 23, 2017 -> 07:26 AM) Winning games in an absolutely unsustainable fashion isn't progress. So you see no progress in the Bears defense? Offense sucks and will suck the rest of the season, but since 1979, 7 times an NFL team has completed 4 or less passes in a game. They are 6-1 in those games.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 22, 2017 -> 07:48 PM) It's a weird combination of a rookie QB, zero wide receivers, and the most conservative coach in the league. Today was rough to watch, but they got the early lead and it worked out, no reason to force anything extra on Trubisky yet. But that is not gonna work next weekend in NOLA. I agree. It's as boring as can be, but it's a win. I would think if Fox was fired and replaced with Ron Rivera, most would be happy. I think if Cam Newton was the Bears QB, most would be happy. Yet the Bears beat them with pretty much zero offense. 3 first downs until garbage time.

QUOTE (Da_Goob @ Oct 22, 2017 -> 07:22 PM) How you can look at this team and not see progress over last year is beyond me. The Bears have no weapons on the outside. They got hurt. It sucks, but it is what it is. They're starting a rookie QB. They've had the lead the last two weeks so there was no reason for them to go air the ball out and risk turnovers when they didn't need to.They have already equaled their wins from last year where most people had the Bears penciled in at 0-7 or 1-6. Yes, the defense has been much better. Good enough to win some games. That is something you can hang your hat on. The offense is going to struggle. A rookie QB with 13 starts before this year since high school, with no receivers that require a double team isn't exactly a recipe to score many points. If they can get that side of the ball fixed, they will be a fun team to watch.

Kozlowski, Hampton and OB currently ripping Trubisky and the coaching staff. Another game you would have thought they lost by at least 40 listening to their show. Now they are complaining about "all the money " they gave to Rueben Randle and wondering why the Bears didn't play their regulars the 4th exhibition game. This stuff is hilarious.

There is a new report that later the same day Trump boasted about calling all the Gold Star families, and other Presidents did not, his staff contacted the Pentagon to get the names and family member numbers of those killed so he could contact some more that he had apparently "missed." They know he lies and lies and lies, but do nothing about it, but spin it, or act like it doesn't happen. I hope they all eventually pay for their actions or non actions.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Oct 21, 2017 -> 02:24 AM) Just get rid of him. Why? People said the same thing about Avi for years and Leury Garcia. If he can overcome his injuries, and that is a big if, he could be a pretty decent asset. It isn't like giving him a roster spot next year is going to cost the team a pennant. One good thing about rebuilding is it gives guys who were hurt or struggling who wouldn't normally get second or third chances, those chances. We have seen guys who went overseas and came back much different players because they had more chances. Odds are against it, but he doesn't cost much, there is plenty of room for him, and trying to trade him would get you nothing. Keep

I wouldn't be too worried about pop times. SB are becoming extinct. If he can frame, call a decent game and block pitches, with his walks and power, it will more than make up for a slow time to 2nd.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 05:47 PM) Listen, buddy, the White House made it very clear today that you can never question somebody who is a four star general, or used to be one anyway, even if they're blatantly lying. And I promise you there's not multiple Trump tweets doing exactly that in the past, either, because this White House would never just straight-up lie constantly. More seriously, I hope Kelly thinks it was worth it to drag his son's memory through the mud to defend Donald J. Trump. And they've now moved on to blaming the family of a fallen soldier for being offended by Trump's words. They dug up a few old tweets of Trumpripping 4 star Generals.

QUOTE (Quin @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 02:23 PM) In the basement of a pizza shop. You groupthinkers better be careful. One day one of these stories may be legit.

Fox News must be fearing something is near in the Russian investigation. They are now calling for the Hillary email "scandal" to be re-opened.

For something that wasn't a real catastrophe, over a million people still being without power in Puerto Rico seems a bit odd, since the Trump team response was 10 out of 10.

The other thing is, the more you pay to go to concerts, in theory, the less you have to spend on football games and baseball games, although it doesn't seem to be THAT big of a tax. But once they pass this tax, the next increased tax is for tickets to professional sporting events. The only benefit of this tax is more money to spend on absolutely nothing of consequence for Rahm, less money for everyone else.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 12:30 PM) Yikes. We're only two weeks away from Shameless returning. I hope it gets better. I thought last season sucked. It would be nice if they made a couple of the characters non losers.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 12:03 PM) http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/20/gold-sta...in-afghanistan/ Gold Star Widow of dead soldier releases video of her conversation with Trump. It seems like she is a black woman. I know people were saying Trump didn't call black families specifically. How amazing she is able to keep her composure though. Mother of 5. Seems like a tough lady. Since you brought up you believe she was a black woman, she is. Her husband was white.

You have to be lucky. Theo finished in second place for Anibel Sanchez and James Shields. They would still be looking for a championship had he been successful with those clowns. Sanchez was decent until the Cubs got good enough to contend, he has been awful since. Shields has been Shields.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 08:55 AM) So Lauri looked good, but last night I think I confronted for first time how bad our backcourt is at least until Lavine gets here. GarPax think Kris Dunn might even be better than Cam Payne.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 09:12 PM) Really? Where did you find this? I'm not sure if I can do that now. Post 5. 5 Fridays and a Thursday.

QUOTE (champagne030 @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 07:30 PM) Long time season ticket holders get the short stick. I have a full season so that stays the same, but my two other packages get the short stick. The weekday package get hosed the most....losing multiple prime games that go to the "Rivals". Weekend package now has 6 weekday games. Value package does look the best, but you lose all seniority privileges so you'll be sitting further back to change packages. Thanks Jerry That's part of it. The weekend package loses a lot of cheap Sunday games. I prefer day games. But it's still a bargain compared to other teams and if I don't like it, I can always say no. For the most part weekend attendance was pretty good this season. The only game that really shocked me was when they drew about 17k for the Buehrle bobblehead. They had some leftovers.

Trump denied saying the soldier knew what he was getting into to his widow. He had proof. Kelly confirmed Trump said it. Trump has the best words.

7 fewer games $15 less. 22% price increase per game for me.

QUOTE (champagne030 @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 03:07 PM) Just received noticed that season ticket packages are changing for 2018. I haven't see the games, but the two 27 game packages are gone. They'll still offer the weekend and weekday packages, but they'll be 20 games and they haven't released which 20 games. They are going to offer: 7 game package 2-40 game packages Full Season And the mentioned 2-20 game packages that will replace the old weekend/weekday packages. I am guessing pricing on the 20 game packages will be close to the same price we paid for 27.