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  1. BigbadB
    The good news is they do have a place to play until 2034. Seems they can build a stadium in 4 years. At least 4 more years of fun winter football. I'll take it.
  2. BigbadB
    Most of those trades involved decent players leaving and draft picks coming back. It's expected that they are worse now.
  3. BigbadB
    Not always. Stones, The Who, McCartney by himself, Tom Petty just to name a few old artists that performed. Mornin' Joe just laid it all out. It was a capitalist move by the NFL. They had games in Spain and Mexico this year. They want that Latino demographic to join in on the NFL fun. Bad Bunny is the #1 streamed artist in the world right now. Perfect time for him to do a show. I'm not a fan of Bad Bunny, but I rank his show among the best ever. I think the controversy this has stirred was necessary because we are possibly going to need to sink all the way to the bottom before this country can begin to heal. Might as well piss off the MAGA's to the point their heads explode.
  4. BigbadB
    While I agree, the problem was that Berti was NOT the final bench piece on last year's roster. They also had Gage Workman and Vidal Brujan on that same roster.
  5. BigbadB
    I never understood how the Vikings just let him walk after that historic season. My best friend is a Vikings fan, and his claim is they couldn't afford him due to the cap. My argument would be that you make room in the cap to afford him. The Chiefs haven't been able to afford Mahomes for the last 3+ years and he's still their QB.
  6. BigbadB
    Even funnier is apparently Trump posted on Truth Social that the Super Bowl halftime show was brutal, which means he watched it instead of the alternative show.
  7. BigbadB
    Still several hours of trade deadline left to fill out the roster.
  8. BigbadB
    My entire Facebook feed couldn't stop talking about Shadeur Sanders being a Pro Bowler. Weird. I haven't watched or cared about a Pro Bowl in at least 4 full decades. Why is this even news?
  9. BigbadB
    I don't really see a reason to give him reps at 1b. From what's been glossed so far, Busch has earned at bats from LHP going forward. Against a tough lefty, maybe you give him a day off to rest or be ready for late inning PH duties/defense when Riley gets a rare start. Long is just a phone call away if Busch has to miss some time.
  10. BigbadB
    Do you even watch the games?
  11. BigbadB
    A lot of that was Dusty's doing also. He loved batting crap hitters at the top of the order instead of OBP monsters. What was that old saying about Dusty not liking guys taking walks? Alex Gonzalez led the team in plate appearances in the 2 hole in 2003.
  12. BigbadB
    I don't think Hoerner in the final year of his deal is worth equal to what Tucker cost for his one year. But, I do believe that's what the Cubs should be asking for. Maybe more. If teams don't like it, they certainly don't have to make a deal.
  13. BigbadB
    Wow. The list of names here is amazing. So many forgotten "future heroes". I'd have to say most of my favorites have already been mentioned. I'm sure a few more will pop up that I've also completely forgotten about by now.
  14. BigbadB
    Yeah, I'm not understanding his post at all. I'm already super tired of the finger pointing for a team that preseason had next to no predictions of playing post season football. It's Ben Johnson's rookie year as a HC. It's Caleb's first year playing with an NFL caliber coaching staff. Dude is acting like the window just closed. It hasn't even been fully opened yet.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. BigbadB
    My fault. I only get Marquee during regular season.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. BigbadB
    Only checking in to wish everyone hopes of a Bears victory tonight.
  21. 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.
  22. BigbadB
    I wouldn't call the guys on IR much better than the group you just labeled.
  23. BigbadB
    Just read that NBC will broadcast Jim Cornelison's National Anthem before the Bears/Rams game. Too lazy to link it.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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