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**WARNING BILL SIMMONS RANT**

 

The Sports Guy has changed his opinion of the Bears roughly 15 times this year. First he picks the Bears to make the playoffs and talks up how the Bears were one of the top 3 teams in the conference and a sleeper Super Bowl pick before Cutler got hurt last year. Then he decides the Colts are the perfect team to beat the Bears in week 1. Then after the Bears blew them out and GB lost to SF, he excitedly picked the Bears to win in week 2, saying they might be ready to take over the north. The Bears looked terrible and lost, so he started asking questions in his podcast like 'are we sure the bears are good and not good-bad?'. The Bears blow out the Rams, Cowboys and Jags, and suddenly he's including the Bears amongst his elite teams in the league, talking about how the defense is one of the elite units in the NFL and called them a playoff lock and almost wanted to call the NFC North race over when the Bears were 4-1 and the Packers 2-3. Before the Detroit game he said something about how if the Bears were really a super bowl contender, they would take care of the Lions handily on MNF. OK the offense wasn't great, but I think anyone who watched that game would say the Bears took care of the Lions handily. Well that didn't sway Bill yet, since he was still high on the Bears going into the Carolina game. However, after that crap of a win, Bills tune has changed yet again, and he was saying things like 'i just dont know what to think of the Bears anymore, are they really all that great?' and now he is picking the Titans +3.5 over the Bears.

 

Nothing that I wrote above is really outrageous, but its extremely fickle and way too influenced by a single game here and there.

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In the first quarter this season, Cutler has been sacked eight times and thrown four intereptions. He has -404 DYAR in the first quarter, far and away the worst in football. Nobody else is even at -200. However, he's fourth in DYAR in the fourth quarter and overtime.

 

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/quick-reads/2012/week-8-quick-reads

I mean his first throw of this season was, after all, a pick six.

 

Its been rough for ol Jay in the first quarter.

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I can never catch Cutler's show on the radio. It makes me sad, sounds like they have a lot of fun.

 

Do a search for "jay cutler show podcast". It's usually up within 24hrs. This weeks is on there now.

 

Got it, thx. I never think about the podcast option. Just downloaded yesterday's.

 

Just listened to it, and man is Jay funny. I hope he doesn't just disappear after he retires. I'd love to see him on tv or hear him on the radio. Maybe on CSN postgame live at least? :)

 

Waddle: "I have another great question for you."

 

Jay: "And I have another vague answer for you."

 

 

LOL.

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**WARNING BILL SIMMONS RANT**

 

The Sports Guy has changed his opinion of the Bears roughly 15 times this year. First he picks the Bears to make the playoffs and talks up how the Bears were one of the top 3 teams in the conference and a sleeper Super Bowl pick before Cutler got hurt last year. Then he decides the Colts are the perfect team to beat the Bears in week 1. Then after the Bears blew them out and GB lost to SF, he excitedly picked the Bears to win in week 2, saying they might be ready to take over the north. The Bears looked terrible and lost, so he started asking questions in his podcast like 'are we sure the bears are good and not good-bad?'. The Bears blow out the Rams, Cowboys and Jags, and suddenly he's including the Bears amongst his elite teams in the league, talking about how the defense is one of the elite units in the NFL and called them a playoff lock and almost wanted to call the NFC North race over when the Bears were 4-1 and the Packers 2-3. Before the Detroit game he said something about how if the Bears were really a super bowl contender, they would take care of the Lions handily on MNF. OK the offense wasn't great, but I think anyone who watched that game would say the Bears took care of the Lions handily. Well that didn't sway Bill yet, since he was still high on the Bears going into the Carolina game. However, after that crap of a win, Bills tune has changed yet again, and he was saying things like 'i just dont know what to think of the Bears anymore, are they really all that great?' and now he is picking the Titans +3.5 over the Bears.

 

Nothing that I wrote above is really outrageous, but its extremely fickle and way too influenced by a single game here and there.

 

Did he make any comparisons between the Bears and "Homeland"?

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Inactives: Alshon Jeffery, Dane Sanzenbacher, Edwin Williams, Matt Toeaina, Brody Eldridge, Amobi Okoye, Cheta Ozougwu
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Inactives: Alshon Jeffery, Dane Sanzenbacher, Edwin Williams, Matt Toeaina, Brody Eldridge, Amobi Okoye, Cheta Ozougwu

I thought we generally played Toeaina against running teams.

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how the f did the bears get the ball, i stepped away from the computer for one minute after the first titans completion and when i come back it's third and nine for the bears
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how the f did the bears get the ball, i stepped away from the computer for one minute after the first titans completion and when i come back it's third and nine for the bears

 

peanut punched the ball out at the end of the first play.

 

haha, awesome. my lady was leaving to go to the gym so when i saw the completion i said UGH and stood up to say goodbye. and missed the coolest thing we do.

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