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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 1, 2015 -> 03:23 PM) Mike Rosenberg @RosenbergMerc 3h3 hours ago NFL just finished a calendar month without any player arrests reported. That hadn't happened in more than 6 years. Its Goddell's iron fist I tell ya!

QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 1, 2015 -> 01:09 PM) whether it is fans or org, it will always be talked up. but to ss2k5 and kyyle23, many thanks for pointing out my mistake. i appreciate that. no offense intended If I had a nickel for every time I had to tell kyyle and ss2k5 "many thanks" I would be an extremely rich man.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 1, 2015 -> 10:42 AM) Shot twice with his own gun. They did say that there was signs of a struggle. Take it with a grain of salt at this point.

Balta, with all that being said it seems like it is pretty senseless to think there is going to be true advances from all that has been learned about Mars in recent years. There is not enough knowledge or funding that will actually change the way we live here or there from what we've learned. Its all been for s***s and giggles.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 03:18 PM) My guess is that the White Sox bring all four back next year (Eaton, Cabrera, Garcia, Thompson) and rotate them regularly based on who is hot and match ups, much like they have for the last couple of months. Thompson will play a lot early, but won't start. Eventually he will take a job from someone. It might even be that LaRoche is pushed out the door, and the DH becomes a part of that rotation so that Thompson play every day. What I don't see is the Sox dumping one of their current OFs (Cabrera, Eaton, Garcia). Totally agree. I think Hahn is going to want to scale back the big moving and shaking that he did last off season and be a little on the conservative side this off season.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 11:52 AM) why hasnt Pace traded or cut anyone yet today LOL Seriously why is there anyone left on the roster this afternoon?

God I hope he hits next year. I really want this dude to be star.

Something Mully brought up on the radio....Does Cook have an attitude problem? Why is he not a captain on that team? Aren't quarterback's pretty much always named a captain on their teams?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 04:51 PM) I will throwup if we use a top 2 or 3 pick on anything but QB. Anything other then that is a failure in my eyes. If we aren't taking QB, we need to move down. If they choose not to take a QB with a top two or three pick Pace will loose pretty much all his credibility with me. That quickly.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 04:41 PM) Still...it is something the last regime struggled to do. That is why this FO and coaching staff is sitting soooooooooo pretty. The past regime was soooooooooo historically awful and incompetent that it makes Pace and Fox look like f***ing studs when they wake up every morning and take a s***.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 04:31 PM) I applaud the Bears cutting bait on players that do not fit the system in a what is now a lost year. I hope more dead weight is shipped out. I like that they are cutting bait but I dont want to give them too much credit. Its not their guys they are cutting ties with. It is cutting ties with the mistakes of the old regime which is not that hard to do. I will have more respect when they identify guys that they drafted that aren't what they thought they might be. Even in a good draft you will have two or three that don't produce. The old regime would keep giving those players years and years of chances.

Jas, see Jenksismyb**** post above. He hit it right on the head. Those guys can have stretches of being flat out elite which Jay will never be able to do. Please dont get me wrong. I probably have exaggerated in how much focus should be put into finding a QB but not by much IMO. They need to fill a lot of holes but on Paces big board in his office I want to see finding a Quarterback number 1 and 2 on his to do lists. It has to be of more importance than any other position. I want finding that position to keep him up at night. I want him to rack his brain night and day to find one. LOL

QUOTE (The Gooch @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 03:53 PM) I want a Franchise QB desperately, I just don't think we should waste 2 early picks on a QB. Definitely 1, but not 2. Wouldn't mind a 2nd QB in the later rounds though. I am ok with this. I just wouldnt be mad if Pace was like f*** it...let me grab another quarterback in the second round. If he is decent you can flip it for some more picks anyways. We need lottery tickets folks!

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 03:38 PM) Joe Flacco and Eli Manning have 3 rings between them. I don't consider either to be elite QB's. In fact, I would argue Jay isn't much different then either of them. I have a very short list of QB's who win no matter what. That list is Peyton / Brady / Rodgers. Brees is on the outside looking in (as he's been a part of some stinkers). The other win no matter what. No one else belongs, imo. Cutler absolutely can win if you have a good team around you. He isn't going to carry you on his back the whole way though...only the other 3 guys can do that. Luck has technically done it every year of his career as well. Those two are above and beyond far better quarterbacks than Jay. What the hell is everyone else looking at? You may not have to have a top five QB to win a SB but you better be damn sure you have a guy that plays like one in the playoffs if he is average throughout the season. Can Cutler do that..ever? No.

QUOTE (The Gooch @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 03:21 PM) I can use the Bears to prove this statement wrong. They went to the Super Bowl with Grossman/Orton. While they did lose to a franchise QB, you can't say they weren't contenders. And that was Peyton Manning's only Super Bowl victory, the greatest quarterback of all time from a statistical perspective. This was a decade ago when the league was different. You arent allowed to play defense now as you were then. That team flew around hitting everyone violently. Sure we can cherry pick and find a couple years in the past twenty where a team with a average QB made it to the SB but I personally have seen enough around the league to know that has to be the primary focus of Pace going forward if the Bears are going to be a legitimate threat for the next decade.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 03:07 PM) It absolutely does matter. Eli Manning has as many rings as Peyton Manning and Aaron Rodgers combined. Did he not play like a beast in the playoffs for those SB runs? He played like a top of the line QB during those runs from what I remember. Having the team to surround the quarterback eventually does matter obviously. The point I am trying to make is finding their franchise QB should be their primary focus and nothing should slow that process down, not even trying to waste another third round pick on a safety that never amounts to anything.

QUOTE (The Gooch @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 01:44 PM) The need too much help elsewhere to justify taking two QB's early. Like...almost everywhere. Doesnt matter. No other position comes close to the importance of finding a Quarterback. Look around the league. If you don't have that position settled you aren't a real contender. Even if you have to throw away the next two damn years of football you have to find the quarterback in that process.

I would have no problem with the Bears taking two Quarterbacks in next years draft. With their first pick and even within the next few rounds (pick a round). They have to get the QB issue right before anything else even matters and it doesnt involve Jay.

I really dont see the reason why we still have Chris out there this time of year.

I think I typed up about three or four hypothetical responses to what has happened today and ultimately erased all of them because there is no point. One thing I am sure of is that there are multiple parties involved in this that are completely incompetent and/or completely negligent of handling such a serious matter like it is a moving violation and not a rape. From the accusers lawyer...to the police department....and any inner departmental processes they may have...to the Hawks handling of all this...its all pathetic and the one that benefits from all this mishandling is Kane.

When does Thursday night football start as regularly scheduled every week?

I still get the feeling no matter what the Hawks plan on trading him.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 15, 2015 -> 11:52 AM) This is one of the wilder stories I have heard in a long time. About the grammar police?

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 14, 2015 -> 04:04 PM) In March, I thought the scheme change meant the 2014 class was lost. Their attitude to take the coaching and adjust was a relief. I really think by end of year Sutton/Ferguson/Ratliff will be a hell of a line. I am slow to get too hyped over them. They were solid and should get better but damn we need some light your ass up type of playmakers on defense and I don't know if any of them can be that IMO...maybe Goodman.

I love that man.