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  1. BigbadB
    Agreed. You have Tyler Austin and Kevin Alcantara to figure out if you have something workable as bench/part time player bats, and if not you use Shaw a bit more and look for a suitable replacement at the deadline. I don't see a reason to go over for a bench bat. If Austin is a complete failure, try out Jonathan Long as your RH DH until the deadline. Bench has versatility, speed, power as is, so going over the LT for what might be a moderate improvement for a limited amount of at bats seems disastrous for the QO's.
  2. BigbadB
    Shaw was listed on a poster as a speaker at another one of their events they've done since, so I don't give him a break on this one.
  3. BigbadB
    My fault. I only get Marquee during regular season.
  4. BigbadB
    Designed running plays for Caleb is not in Ben's regular playbook. He's trying to protect his franchise. Jared Stidham is starting for Denver Sunday because of a designed QB running play. More and more QB's are missing games due to injury. A sneak, a naked bootleg or taking off in a wide open field with a slide is fine, but I just don't think you'll see many plays designed to move the ball down the field with Caleb's legs. There was one really genius play by Payton/Nix Saturday that I really liked and felt the Bears could have tried, and that was the 4th and 1 shotgun, audible to a regular snap at Center before the defense could adjust and then sneak it right up the middle. Nix raced up to the Center and the snap happened almost instantaneously and he plowed forward. That play went for 5 yards. Buffalo was all spread out on defense because of the shotgun formation. Just didn't like calling basically the same running play over and over against a defense that was scheming to stop that exact run. The Rams weakness was their defensive backs and the Bears kept trying to beat the DLine instead. The 4th and 1 where they passed it was a TD to DJ Moore. So, I was not digging the short and run decisions time and again.
  5. BigbadB
    Lots of highs and lows in that game. It was a lot of fun. Wished for a better outcome, but so happy with such a fun season and positivity about the QB situation going forward. Caleb is the guy and he will continue developing and improving.
  6. BigbadB
    Only checking in to wish everyone hopes of a Bears victory tonight.
  7. BigbadB
    I certainly felt that was a catch. As Soccer pointed out, NFL wants the play completed to the ground. If that ball comes free and hits the ground, it's incomplete. Thus, in this instance it simply passed to the defender for an INT. I was certainly surprised they didn't make an official review of it just to be sure. It almost seemed like a casual nothing burger, nothing to see here, move on type of response by the officiating crew. The PI's seem like good no calls in that crucial time of the game. At least one of them at the very least. However, someone screen shotted a blatant hold in the end zone which would have resulted in a safety for Denver that wasn't called. And I mean BLATANT. You can't rant about the PI's and ignore what should have been a holding call in the end zone. But, that's officiating in the 21st century.
  8. BigbadB
    I wouldn't call the guys on IR much better than the group you just labeled.
  9. BigbadB
    Just read that NBC will broadcast Jim Cornelison's National Anthem before the Bears/Rams game. Too lazy to link it.
  10. BigbadB
    I'd feel dirty cheering for a team that does what the Dodgers are doing. I wouldn't get satisfaction from watching the varsity baseball team at a high school competing against the junior varsity teams of half the teams and the little league teams of the others. Not sure how that's even fun, but whatever.
  11. BigbadB
    My best guess is Drew Lock. ETA: I was right, but I think I remember seeing him in that one blow out he played in.
  12. BigbadB
    According to Football-Reference, Braxton logged most of the snaps in weeks 1, 2 and 3 and less than half in week 4 and hasn't seen action since.
  13. BigbadB
    Bregman is a drop off from a healthy Tucker. However, Tucker wasn't healthy and the Cubs had Workman, Brujan, Nicky Lopez, Berti, Turner and Shaw at 3b last year.
  14. BigbadB
    It feels really weird that Passan points out how an infield of Chapman, Adames, Nico or Donovan and Devers would be one of the best in MLB, while also ignoring how an infield of Bregman, Swanson, Nico, Shaw and Busch would be one of the best in MLB.
  15. BigbadB
    So how does Dan Orlovsky feel about this game?
  16. BigbadB
    Yep. My Missouri friends all latched onto the Chiefs. My central Illinois friend decided to be a Lions fan. None are Rams fans. I had dozens of friends in San Diego. Only a couple kept their loyalty to the Chargers when they moved up the street.
  17. BigbadB
    I penciled in this one as a Bears loss to the Rams on my playoff bracket. But I so want to be wrong and ridiculed for ever doubting Ben Johnson. Oh, and go 9ers! Football is so horsefeathers fun right now. I actually typed horsefeathers because I couldn't decide which curse word fit best in that sentence.
  18. BigbadB
    I don't hate Collinsworth as much as the rest of the world, so I'm cool with that.
  19. BigbadB
    Sorry. I was trying to add to my previous comment and it posted before I could edit it. I meant to add that the likelihood of adding Gallen is practically nil, so I'm not sure why it's even being discussed. Taillon is in his contract year, so let's just hope we get contract year production and see where we are at the trade deadline.
  20. BigbadB
    We know. You've only mentioned this about 15 times in this thread in the last week.
  21. BigbadB
    Excellent point regarding who you pinch hit for. A dominant RH bench is fine in this instance.
  22. BigbadB
    I think the current roster is complete. If they do anything at this point, it would be a trade deadline move, and not a big one unless they felt comfortable enough to blow past the LT at that point.
  23. BigbadB
    Let's talk about Shaw, Ballesteros and Alcantara..... 1) Alcantara has no options remaining. Sending him down exposes him to waivers. Not happening. He's also the only current good defensive CF replacement if PCA were to miss time. Shaw might be okay there, but again, Alcantara can't be sent down. He's your 4th outfielder. Period. 2) Shaw is clearly the current utility de jour. He has the ability to play all over the field, and he might be the best utility infielder in MLB this year. 3) Ballesteros is the only current lefty bat of all possible bench/DH options. Could you sign a Tauchman or the like to allow Ballesteros to sit in AAA? Sure. Can they find a better bat than Ballesteros to be the lefty side of DH? Probably not. The question for me is, is there a future for Ballesteros behind the plate? If not, he's your DH platoon from the left side. He's also your first PH bat against RHP off the bench. So he's actually penciled in as a starter on my roster. 4) Tyler Austin is likely the 4th bench player, after winning the battle with Jonathan Long in ST. Likely winning it simply because Long has options and Austin was signed to be here. Barring bringing someone else in, I think the offensive roster is set with Jaguar, Shaw, MoBaller and Tyler Austin.
  24. BigbadB
    I had to stare at "incomplete" for awhile. Haven't heard that term for a missed field goal in a long time, but I think that was the standard term for a missed field goal many moons ago.
  25. BigbadB
    I thought Green Bay really blew it with the clock management. If Doubs just falls down on the catch, the clock becomes a huge factor the rest of the way.
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