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That Bills/Ravens game was the best thing on tv in quite some time. Cam Ward is not garbage, even if the post was meant in jest. So many dropped balls. They should have won that game, IMO, and I picked Denver in my suicide pool this week. I hope Detroit falling on their faces without help was more about Ben Johnson's greatness than we realize. Fields looked really good. Glad to see it even though it's always fun watching the Jets flounder year after year. How does the Jets vaunted defense let an old cripple tear up their side of the field for an entire game? So glad football is back.

Bottom line, the truth will be in the results. The OLine is about as good as you can get it. 2 TE sets should create extra blocking while also creating dump pass options. I already noticed more plays designed to get the ball out of Caleb's hands quicker. There are better skill player options with the additions of Burden III, Loveland and Zaccheus to add to what they already had. And now a coach who clearly turned Goff into a good QB while also creating a top offense in the league. And this coach doesn't appear to be okay with nonsense. And he seemed to have enough info to want the job knowing Caleb would be his QB. I don't expect the offense to be 100% ready to go on day 1. They need reps together in a new system. Doesn't mean they can't persevere. Just don't get yourself embarrassed or play like idiots, because that's what Eberflus seemed to be okay with. If I had to guess, it's probably a bit of both. There's probably some truths in there, and it's probably also a hit piece. We are talking about a young kid getting a taste of entering the grownup stages of life where you may not be quite ready to do that yet, especially with million dollar checks pouring in. These guys have to mature in ways I certainly can't imagine. Same can be said about our military. Grow up now, kid! Peyton Manning sucked in his first season in the NFL. It's not the measuring stick, but it gives hope that once a QB is done with their growing pains, they will have the chance to become HOF level QB's. I don't even need HOF level. I just want a QB that maybe plays for the Bears for 10-12 happy years or so and takes us to the playoffs most of those years. What would Caleb like his legacy to be?

Are any of you reading beyond the paywall?

Somehow I always miss out on seeing these posts in time. PM me next year if you are in need of a manager. I generally suck at fantasy, so I'm an easy target. But I do enjoy playing. Part of the reason I have a wall of tv's in my basement. I'm in a couple of very competitive leagues with friends from around the country.

Not sure how Eberflus even got a job after last year's horsefeathers show. But, Mel Tucker got a job right away again back in the day, too. It's the good ole boy network. To be fair, Dallas got pressure, but Hurts danced his way around all of them. Probably wouldn't have gotten away with that much if they still had Parsons. Goedert isn't going to survive the season taking the hits he took last night after every catch. Curious to see how long Carter gets suspended for. Thought for sure the Eagles would end up losing after losing two players on the first play of the game.

No love for Frank Castillo. Thought he was going to be a world beater. Loved when Harry would try to pronounce Grudzielanek. Sounded like he had a mouth full of marbles.

I've grown tired of watching bats miss balls game after game after game. Doesn't matter who is throwing, they just can't make good contact. I watched until Kim hit the homer last night and knew that game was over at that point. I'll hope for playoff magic, but I'm not counting on them learning to make contact with the ball by then.

Are we going to be seeing a DE addition this week? The Bears just reworked Jaylon Johnson's contract to open up 8m in cap space for this year.

You are tougher than me. I turned it off after the first inning. Bases loaded with 1 out and no runs scored followed by a Devers HR is all it took for me to know what was going to happen in this game. There are plenty of reasons to hate Carson Kelly batting directly behind some of the better hitters in the line up. My biggest pet peeve about that is his ability to make two outs at a time so well. I'd rather he bat first than be in the position of doubling up one of Tucker or Seiya time and again. He's just not going to beat out a double play grounder. It's setting the lineup up for failure.

Need pressure on that rookie QB to force TO's.

DE/EDGE was one of the main missing pieces going into the offseason and they didn't draft one or trade for one, and the guys they did sign via FA weren't world beaters, that's for sure. Not sure if they like what they got or they find someone on the waiver wire. Very weird how it never seemed like a focus by management.

With Dennis Allen’s defensive scheme, pressure on the QB should take some pressure off the DBs. More INTs hopefully.

Only surprise I'm hoping for the roster cuts is for Jahdae Walker to make the team. If only because of the most awesome td celebration I've seen in a long time. This is assuming they go with 6 WR's and a battle between Scott, Alexander and Walker for that spot. Also, I could see all 8 rookie draft picks making the team, even if one will be on NFI list for the first 4 weeks, so that's fun. Not sure if it's a good thing if every draft pick makes the roster, but hey, nice draft.

This would only be the case if you didn't already have several streaming apps. It also doesn't take into account discount pricing for new/first time members. I got Sunday Ticket for free the first year it was on You Tube TV just for signing up for You Tube TV, which I was planning to do after I got my Starlink set up anyway. I also get a $100 discount on Sunday Ticket for renewing early, which is just automatic.

Blown away that this is the lineup they came up with for getaway day and a chance to take 4 out of 5 from the team they are looking up at. Where is the reward for a job well done where you maybe even consider moving a guy up in the lineup (batting McGuire 9th doesn't qualify) for performing so well? But hell nah, sit the bench kid, we got veterans that need to make some big outs.

And now I'm slowly starting to understand why they don't just use duct tape on a pitching shoulder/elbow.

Shaw and Busch don't even know who that guy is. Book it.

You can now add Caissie to that list. He hustled his ass off to score from 1st. Oh, and to the poster that said they thought Shaw was out at home, HELL NAH! I'm not even sure the catcher even applied a tag. Shaw came in wide and I think he crossed the plate before the catcher was even half way turned around to apply the tag. I've stayed out of the Tucker walking to first base/booing narrative, but I was mad as hell that he's clearly been pouting about his slump. He probably still would have been out on that grounder that got bobbled by the 1b the other day, but he was already headed towards the dugout on that play, so yeah, he deserves some pine time to get his head right. I'd use him as a pinch hitter in either of these next two games if there is some runners in scoring position, but that's about it.

Kittridge also destroyed Horton’s scoreless streak.

2 run leads feel like 10 run leads right now.

Completely Useless By August.

Yeah, preseason. But, it's nice to see plays work the way they are supposed to. It's exciting to think that the OLine reinforcements could protect Williams enough to connect with DJ, Odunze, Burden III, Zaccheus, Kmet, Loveland and Swift. It will be interesting to see how the RB room shakes out.

Colorado's roads might be the worst roads in the country. They certainly aren't spending the weed tax on infrastructure that is noticeable. At least Illinois has the state flower "road construction cone/barrel" set up on nearly every road.

Comedy gold.

I know I'm not going to be able to avoid purchasing the CHSN streaming app for the Blackhawks, so I'll probably tune into quite a few Bulls games, but it won't be fun.