Bears game 2: Sunday, Sep 18 @ NO, noon on Fox

[imb]

Charlie Batch?

[Magnetic Curses]

Charlie Batch?

 

yeah, that would be the last one

[bukie]

Charlie Batch is the last one, yes.

 

What does this all mean? Well, it's national Jump to Conclusions week in the NFL, and even the worst draft busts in history can be good for one game. Not that it means a whole lot for Cam Newton at this point, since there are plenty of good QBs on the list too.

[Magnetic Curses]

Charlie Batch is the last one, yes.

 

What does this all mean? Well, it's national Jump to Conclusions week in the NFL, and even the worst draft busts in history can be good for one game. Not that it means a whole lot for Cam Newton at this point, since there are plenty of good QBs on the list too.

 

having cam is definitely a lot more exciting than having a guy who can literally do nothing except throw the ball to other team and fall down.

[UMFan83]

Charlie Batch is the last one, yes.

 

What does this all mean? Well, it's national Jump to Conclusions week in the NFL, and even the worst draft busts in history can be good for one game. Not that it means a whole lot for Cam Newton at this point, since there are plenty of good QBs on the list too.

 

I love that there is a moral to this trivia game. Fine work.

[jersey cubs fan]

Oh yeah, Culpepper has to be on there.

 

he didn't play as a rookie

 

Is there some designation I'm missing? You burn your rookie year in the NFL if you don't play?

 

Was this question actually asked?

[jersey cubs fan]

Why is this Cam Newton trivia in a thread about next week's Bears game?

[imb]

Oh yeah, Culpepper has to be on there.

 

he didn't play as a rookie

 

Is there some designation I'm missing? You burn your rookie year in the NFL if you don't play?

 

Was this question actually asked?

 

I guess I was looking at it in a baseball sense, where there's a qualification before you lose rookie eligibility.

[minnesotacubsfan]

CADIE MCNOWN! YEA BABY! him and Marcus Robinson, that was [expletive]. we should bring those guys back.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Oh yeah, Culpepper has to be on there.

 

he didn't play as a rookie

 

Is there some designation I'm missing? You burn your rookie year in the NFL if you don't play?

 

Was this question actually asked?

 

I guess I was looking at it in a baseball sense, where there's a qualification before you lose rookie eligibility.

 

must be the OK fan in you.

[SpongeWorthy]

CADIE MCNOWN! YEA BABY! him and Marcus Robinson, that was [expletive]. we should bring those guys back.

 

I remember my 13 year old self going through UMFanesque bouts of despair when MRob was snubbed for the 1999 pro bowl team.

[bukie]

Why is this Cam Newton trivia in a thread about next week's Bears game?

It was a Cade McNown trivia...

 

...actually, it probably should've been in the other NFL thread. Sorry.

[Banedon]

Police have charged a man with raping a woman in Brandon Meriweather's home in Foxboro. There are no charges against Meriweather.

 

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Man-charged-with-raping-woman-at-Brandon-Meriweathers-home.html

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Yet.

[minnesotacubsfan]

hmm..Belichick strikes again

[UMFan83]

Why are violent crimes always being committed in famous people's houses but the famous person is convinently never involved?

[UMFan83]

CADIE MCNOWN! YEA BABY! him and Marcus Robinson, that was [expletive]. we should bring those guys back.

 

I remember my 13 year old self going through UMFanesque bouts of despair when MRob was snubbed for the 1999 pro bowl team.

 

I thought he wasn't in the game because he had Phantom of the Opera tickets instead.

[Banedon]

Why are violent crimes always being committed in famous people's houses but the famous person is convinently never involved?

 

No personal experience or anything, but I'm guessing it's zuz they let friends hang out at their place while they are at practices/games/etc.

[UMFan83]

You were all waiting for this. ESPN's POWER RANKINGS ARE OUT!!!

 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings/_/year/2011/week/2

 

Rant contained in spoiler tags due to space considerations.

 

 

I'm very happy with the Bears placement

 

[Banedon]

You were all waiting for this. ESPN's POWER RANKINGS ARE OUT!!!

 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings/_/year/2011/week/2

 

Rant contained in spoiler tags due to space considerations.

 

 

I'm very happy with the Bears placement

 

Haha...yeah...most ranking have been pretty reasonable, though a few have overranked the the Chargers, imo. I've seen them as high as #3 in some rankings today. This looks pretty decent though.

[bukie]

You were all waiting for this. ESPN's POWER RANKINGS ARE OUT!!!

 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings/_/year/2011/week/2

 

Rant contained in spoiler tags due to space considerations.

 

 

I'm very happy with the Bears placement

Easy there, spaz.

[UMFan83]

You were all waiting for this. ESPN's POWER RANKINGS ARE OUT!!!

 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings/_/year/2011/week/2

 

Rant contained in spoiler tags due to space considerations.

 

 

I'm very happy with the Bears placement

Easy there, spaz.

 

Sorry, its been 9 months since I've been able to comment on these. I promise the rest of the rants will be much more restrained.

[bukie]

This week's FO AGS article is Bears over Falcons: http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6965723/nfl-atlanta-falcons-pick-right-where-left-last-season (insider only). Any Given Sunday is an article they write every week about the week's perceived biggest upset.

 

Highlights for those who don't have insider:

- Atlanta had more big plays than last year (5 plays of 20 yds or more), but didn't get many of those to translate to points.

- Atlanta's biggest new addition (Julio Jones) didn't do much to help until the game was already decided.

- Bears' offensive strategy was to spread targets out to all receivers, sacks and INTs be damned. All receivers had 4-6 targets each.

- Forte was doing his best Marshall Faulk impression.

- Henry Melton was awesome.

[jersey cubs fan]

I didn't realize espn had the bears at 13 going in. That seems fair. Peter King had 'em pretty high, which seemed odd to me, but not the first time he's done it.

[sneakypower]

This week's FO AGS article is Bears over Falcons: http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6965723/nfl-atlanta-falcons-pick-right-where-left-last-season (insider only). Any Given Sunday is an article they write every week about the week's perceived biggest upset.

 

Highlights for those who don't have insider:

- Atlanta had more big plays than last year (5 plays of 20 yds or more), but didn't get many of those to translate to points.

- Atlanta's biggest new addition (Julio Jones) didn't do much to help until the game was already decided.

- Bears' offensive strategy was to spread targets out to all receivers, sacks and INTs be damned. All receivers had 4-6 targets each.

- Forte was doing his best Marshall Faulk impression.

- Henry Melton was awesome.

huh. Salfino said basically the same thing, too

 

Matt Forte(notes) is a poor-man’s Marshall Faulk – nowhere near Faulk’s class as a runner but as a receiver he even can beat defensive backs one-on-one outsider the numbers, as Faulk could.