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Nice win. Lots of effort and offensive boards.

Hinrich sucks.

Wow Robinson got destroyed by LeBron and no call. LeBron barely gets bumped on the other end and gets a foul call.

Nate Robinson's takin' over. Bulls with a 10 point lead.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 08:34 PM) Jake Long rated exactly in the middle of the pack among tackles, just one spot ahead of J'Marcus Webb. Every other year they've done these statistics though, he's been absolutely awesome and number 2 more than once. A downward trend, though. Ryan Clady is in the top 4, though. He was rated as terrible last year and good to very good every other year. I'll take whoever's cheaper.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 08:26 PM) Rated as 7th worst T in football among all of those that played in at least 25% of their team's snaps. 3rd worst in pass blocking. Kind of absurd that they rated his run blocking so positively but his pass blocking was SO bad that it undermined his positive entirely. When looking at our run game splits, we are positive when we run behind our RT (Carimi mostly), TE (they give Spaeth a very positive rating for blocking), and FB. LT was neutral, all 3 interiors very negative. This website rules and it is even more comforting to know that Emery sees this too. I'll post more interesting things as I find them for all to see. I'll take some requests too if you're curious. It's like hey, we finally have a stats-oriented GM! I'm probably gonna pay for the site next year to use it for fantasy football.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 05:33 PM) Bulls Signing Daequan Cook Marc SteinVerified ‏@ESPNSteinLine Mike Conley Sr., agent for Daequan Cook, makes it official and says Cook is indeed signing with Bulls now that he's cleared waivers as 5 PM Hey, we got ourselves a real 3 point shooter!

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 08:05 PM) On PFF's grading system, positive impacts are reflected in positive values and vice versa. A 0 would mean roughly average, neither a positive nor negative impact. For any statistic, +20 would be great and -20 would be just about the worst of the worst. Our linemen overall: Webb -0.8 Garza -5.6 Carimi -10.1 Louis -1.8 Rachal -12.1 Spencer -4.0 Scott -8.1 Brown -6.4 Edwin Williams -2.9 Pass Blocking: Webb +1.4 Garza +1.9 Carimi -17.4 Louis +5.7 Rachal -1.0 Spencer -9.2 Scott -7.3 Brown -2.7 Williams +1.1 Our team rating for pass blocking is -22.2, which is horrible. However, a huge portion of that negative rating is wrapped up in our right tackle, which is just crazy. You may have noticed that our blocking became less of a factor after Carimi's benching, and these stats may explain why. While things don't translate exactly from position to position (they said they are really working on this but it favors RBs a bit), Marshall led our team and was one of the highest in the league with an overall 21.3 rating. Carimi better have been playing on one leg, because that is inexcusable.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 05:39 PM) There is a huge market for 4.0-4.8" screens, which can all be acceptable form factors depending on the overall build of the phone. To pretend there is no market for smaller screens is ludicrous simply because a few OEM's have decided to jump the shark and go well into the 5.5" range. The iPhone 5 has sold an estimated 40+million devices at 4", while the Galaxy S3 has sold 20+ million 4.8" so lets not pretend 5"+ is the only market. There is no way the new Google Nexus is that big. I think I'm more in line with reality with it coming in around 4.5"-4.8". And I'm fine with the size of the S3 because it's external design makes up for it's larger screen (so it doesn't seem TOO large), but anything beyond that is simply too big. I don't care if Chinese OEMs are going after the small penis crowd, either. It doesn't interest me to have a 5+ inch phone. The US isn't their market for those phones, hence why they sell like s*** here. The Note, Note 2 and that new 5" 1080p HTC screen are simply too large...and I've used every one of them. I never said 5+ is the only market, but there will be one soon. Every year, Android phones get larger and larger screens. 3 years ago, it was 4 inches, 2 years ago it was 4.3. Then it was 4.5. Now it's 4.7-5. And this will keep going until users revolt, which they haven't yet since manufacturers have been able to fit these screens on devices while maintaining a similar form factor. You say 5+ inch phones have no place, but the Galaxy Note is a lot more popular than say, most Motorola or HTC phones. What I was saying is that your dream of a 4.5 inch Nexus device isn't going to happen and that is because of where the screen size trend is going. Google isn't going to downsize the screen size of their flagship phone while other devices have 5 inch 1080P screens with similar form factor. Could Google possibly make an array of Nexus phones with different sizes aimed at different markets? Perhaps and that rumor was thrown around this year, only to be proven false. And let's be frank here, there is no such thing as a 4-4.8 inch market for Android phones, it's more tiered than that. Most high-low-end Android phones end up with screens around 4 inches. The HTC One V, the Sony Xperia Sola, the Galaxy S III Mini, HTC One S, and older phones tend to be around this screen size. Then you have your mid-end phones at around 4.3 to 4.5 with the Galaxy S II, Droid RAZR, etc. All of the premium phones of the past year all have 4.7+ inch screens. HTC One X, Galaxy S III, Droid RAZR HD, Nexus 4, etc. Either they will stay at that size or they will go even higher and the trend from the past is that flagship phone screen size goes up. When will they stop? Who knows? The sales haven't really suffered with the increase.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 04:13 PM) that could be the difference between a critical third down or not. It's also like saying the difference between a .250 hitter and .300 hitter is one hit a week or something. That's not actually the case.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 03:53 PM) Until there is a docking solution for my car, stereo in my bathroom and alarm clock by my bed, yes. I'm sure in the next year it will shake out. I've started to move to bluetooth speakers like the Big Jambox for my living rooms but the docking station next to my bed is so incredibly convenient. Isn't Apple coming out with a $30 adapter?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 01:05 PM) Fans know far more about football than Terry Bradshaw or Boomer Esiason. Especially about what it takes to play QB. I thought all the national guys ripping Cutler for bad mechanics stopped when Trent Dilfer decided to stop being so anti-Cutler last year.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 08:29 AM) An iPhone Lover’s Confession: I Switched To the Nexus 4. Completely. That guy bought 8,000 songs off iTunes? Damn... Anyways, it seems like that guy should have jailbroken his iPhone if he wanted to set default apps so badly. But then again, something like that should be standard and mandatory in any OS. In fact, Microsoft is gonna pay a ton of money just because they didn't give users a choice of the default browser on Windows 7 in Europe.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 02:02 PM) The next Nexus phone will mark the first Android phone -- IF the hardware is good enough -- that I will buy. However, that IF is a big if. I do not want a 5" screen (4.5 would be perfect...I find anything larger than 4.5 obnoxious and too big for me...I'm a little guy). I want LTE, I want 32 gigs of on device storage (I don't really need more than that, so expanded storage doesn't matter to me, either). Also, I don't want the phone to feel like cheap plastic garbage, either. Make it nice. Please. You'll probably never buy an Android phone then. Just take a look at all these new phones they'll be coming out with at CES. Most of the big announcements are for phones with 5+ inch screens. That's where Android OEMs are headed, for better or worse. And I doubt Google will give the next Nexus a smaller screen than the Nexus 4 or the Galaxy Nexus. Although one thing I've noticed after using the Galaxy S III for the last few days is that my Galaxy Nexus feels small. It really doesn't have a 4.65 inch screen due to the navigation buttons. After you take the bottom of the screen out, you're really dealing with a 4.5 inch phone.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 01:39 PM) That seems like the smart plan. I'm hoping for a Nexus that runs on Sprint, vs switching. There is a Nexus for Sprint...the Galaxy Nexus, which is still a decent phone. As for the Nexus 4 or any future Nexus, I wouldn't get my hopes up. Google doesn't like dealing with all the politics involving LTE and spectrum bands.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 12:17 PM) The Tampa offense did have some moments this season...for about a 5-6 game stretch they were on quite a roll... Maybe zenryan knows a bit more about him...I know he is a Bucs fan. How 'bout that Doug Martin guy?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 06:09 AM) Ben Davis. Never Forget(part 2) Is there something I'm not aware of?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 11:15 AM) Show me where people put the blame on Cutler. If the offense sucks, it's not Cutler's fault, it's Lovie's fault. If Cutler throws a red zone INT, it's because the line sucks. Ultimately, nothing is ever his fault. When was the last time Cutler threw a red zone INT? 2009? You act like we're dealing with 2009 Cutler. We're not.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 10:29 AM) Rex Ryan has a tattoo of his wife wearing only a Mark Sanchez jersey So Mark Sanchez is staying in NY?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 10:25 AM) They are both guys who haven't lived up to the hype. Find the thread the day the Bears traded for Cutler. The results haven't been what a lot of people thought. And just like in Jay's mind and the Sherriff's mind, it's probably everyone else's fault but their's. What did people really expect? They traded for a guy coming off a year where he had a 86 QB rating. Cutler's QB rating as a Bears QB? 81.9 and that's with a really bad offensive line and a horrible receiving corps 3 of the last 4 years. But with the history of the Bears, anybody would have killed for a QB that can consistently put up a QB rating near 85. Because we've constantly dealt with worse. Outside of the bad games against GB the last three years, can you really say that Cutler's been awful? The Bears won at a .675 clip with him since 2010 and they were a wreck without him. That alone should tell you that he's doing something right.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 10:11 AM) It's official. Andy Reid in at HC in Kansas City and Scott Pioli is out as GM. As a Chiefs fan, I'm super pumped about this. Andy Reid was the scapegoat in Philly. He's a good coach. We have the #1 pick in the draft and despite many people's perceptions, we don't have a bad team. 5 Pro Bowlers plus 2 alternates proves that the talent is present. Can't wait for the draft in April Better use the pick on a QB.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 09:05 AM) I hadn't though of that. Very similar personalities. Physically talented QBs who can't seem to win enough. Instead of swithing teams so often, Cutler has switched offensive coordinators, he still has time though. So far, I think it is a good comparison. Cutler's won a lot more than George has. Other things of note: Cutler's more accurate, but tends to throw more picks.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 3, 2013 -> 08:50 AM) No, Ben Davis hasn't played since 2004 And he was awful when he played.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 3, 2013 -> 01:07 PM) So lets kick this thing off with a little rumor nugget about the upcoming Playstation console: http://kotaku.com/5972787/sony-patent-coul...ext-playstation So, two things I have read rumor wise about this console is 1: it will not be backwards compatible with PS3(and will force you to get those games on the PS Network) and 2: it will destroy the used game market with playstation. If this above patent comes to fruition, your game will only work with your console. No going to friends houses with your games, no renting. Your console, thats it. I hate Sony sometimes.

QUOTE (3E8 @ Jan 2, 2013 -> 10:43 AM) I really like Sale, but I would accept an offer for Stanton as quickly as I could. I would as well. I'm still uncertain as to how Sale's arm will hold up.