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I have an irrational hatred of Curt Schilling. I can never vote for him for anything.
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Week 16: Bears (8-6) @ Eagles (8-6) 7:30 PM NBC
rawaction replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Its my facebook cover photo. Fwiw, Earl Bennett has been an afterthought this year, but he actually has more catches than he did in either 2011 or 2012. Also a career high 4 TDs. -
Week 16: Bears (8-6) @ Eagles (8-6) 7:30 PM NBC
rawaction replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
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We've said national media gives him more crap than the local media and Dallas fans. Not that I'm in Dallas, but I'm not in Chicago either and it's pretty obvious to me that Cutler gets it worse than Romo. I can't imagine how someone can say this with a straight face. They are both unfairly criticized, but to say cutler gets it worse than Romo is hysterical. But Cutler gets it for no [expletive] reason. Romo has blown what, 3 games this year with late INTs? Cutler has never done that. Cutler gets [expletive] for getting hurt, his body language, and for throwing to Brandon Marshall too much. I've never heard one of my Cowboys fan friends say, "they need to get rid of Romo". I've never heard a Cowboys fan clamoring for someone else to be the starting QB in the Romo era. ***FYI, I'm talking about by their own fans. Romo vs. Cutler. ***
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We've said national media gives him more crap than the local media and Dallas fans. Not that I'm in Dallas, but I'm not in Chicago either and it's pretty obvious to me that Cutler gets it worse than Romo.
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CREAN AND CRIMSON! I don't know what to think at this point but my faith in Crean as a coach is wavering a bit. He can certainly recruit but man...I feel like he is rolling out his own version of Dusty's dugout dice when it comes to substitutions and game situations. In the 8 seasons between having Dwyane Wade and Cody Zeller, he won 1 NCAA tournament game. He's not an awful coach, but he's not great, either. In 3 of those years he had a team Wade could beat 1 on 5. Not really fair.
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Do you really want to change the entire defense just for a guy you don't even know can play? Granted some guys can fit in both 4-3 and 3-4 schemes, but there should never be a change with the primary reason of getting Shea McClellin more comfortable. That being said, the defense will be overhauled in the next 2 years regardless. So 3-4 could be the way they go without Shea in mind anyway.
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The Bears actually run less to the edge than I would like. The OL (especially Long) is good blocking on the move, and then the WRs, even Earl. I also wonder why the Bears don't switch up some things. I'd like to see the Jeffery reverse with Earl Bennett running with Marshall and Jeffery blocking. Or a WR screen to Jeffery with Marshall and Bennett blocking.
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I know 3-4 Cowboys fans personally. 1 didn't blame Romo at all. He said Jones, Garrett, the defense. Another did the same and doesn't think Cutler is anywhere near Romo's class at QB. The Twitter comments weren't really about Romo that I read either. 1 of my friends was really concerned about Romo, like if there is a mental reason why he throws INTs in close and late games. He didn't blame him as much as he blamed his psychology, which made no sense to me.
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But the point is that he never gets blamed for a team that continually underperforms overall. While most other QB's are lightning rods for criticism if the team underperforms. Actual stats be damned. I thought it was a decent throw, could have been 1 more step in front of the WR, but I don't know if I've ever seen a CB close on a ball as fast as Shields did there. Great DB play. Still, he should get blamed for checking down. Run the ball. It wasn't the 2nd quarter, it was the end of the game. Once you almost got sacked, eat the damn ball.
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It boils down to winning a super bowl or not. If you don't win a super bowl, you are going to take heat locally and nationally. The details may be different for each guy and how the haters justify their hate, but if you win that goes away (unless you are Eli and turn into Mark Sanchez). I'm sure that's true to some extent, but I don't even see that much hatred from the Cowboys fans on Romo. The few fans I know or comments I've seen on Twitter have been about the team being full of divas, Garrett being a terrible coach, and Jerry needing to let someone else be GM. Romo's not getting a pass, but he's also not getting a bunch of [expletive] either. Hell, I'm still seeing comments about Cutler getting lucky and still wanting McCown in there....after a win.
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People just don't like Jay. He got blamed for getting upset that his coach openly campaigned for Matt Cassel over him.....the season AFTER throwing for 4600 yards! He got [expletive] from around the league for sitting out a playoff game that he could not physically play anymore. Got blamed for "taking himself out", which is obviously was not his decision. Players don't take themselves out of games. People hate his body language, like it's the keyhole to seeing his terrible soul. Got a concussion after 9 first half sacks, and it's his fault for being injury prone. Roethlisberger rapes people has never played 16 games, yet he's still a [expletive] hero around here, despite not being the biggest reason his team won either ring. I honestly don't get it. From a Bears fan perspective, I think it's a lot of "hey he was supposed to be really good and lead us to Superbowls", but that can't be it. And I can't explain why other players, the media, and other teams fans hate him. He's good looking. Has a beautiful, semi-celebrity wife. Hell he's Tom Brady without the Uggs. I don't get it.
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There will be players available, but none of them will be available before March 15 (or whenever FA starts). I don't understand the point of everything if they are basically going to start over with a new QB next year. You're going to be teaching 2 new QBs the offense all over again. Sure everyone else on offense will know it, but the QB is what really matters. One of Cutler/McCown will be back. Odds are it's Cutler unless they know for a fact what salary McCown wants and he doesn't want to test the market.
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I saw on Twitter a link to an ESPN article that said, "Cutler's performance would look a lot different if Alshon Jeffery didn't prevent INT #3" I don't know what's the best/worst thing about that statement. A) The fact that the DB that could have intercepted it missed the ball. Jeffery at best, saved an incompletion. B) The fact that Jeffery has been on the highlights for a month straight making similar catches on the exact same double coverage jumpball throws by McCown C) The fact that there was a roughing the passer penalty on the play and the INT wouldn't have counted if it had been picked off. Man, [expletive] ESPN.
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Marshall- 6 catches, Jeffery- 5, M. Bennett- 6, E. Bennett- 4
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You kinda have to keep him, at least thru camp next year. He's shown flashes (Aaron Rodgers), and he's on his cheap rookie deal still. He's not an injury, lockerroom or effort problem (ala Webb, Carimi, others). I think best case is he's pushed down the depth chart. If you cut Peppers, going to need to bring in 2 DEs (along w/ re-signing Wootton) to push Shea down the depth chart. As the 4th DE, that gets 30-35% of the snaps, not a big deal. Actually, if you bring back Wootton, and bring in 2 DEs, he may be competing with Bass and Cornelius Washington for 1-2 final roster spots. He gets beat out, so be it. Those guys are cheaper anyway.
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How do you get a positive score for penalties?
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[expletive] Cowboys! I was down about 24 with about 3 minutes or so left in the Cowboys/Packers game. I have Romo, Murray, Dallas D (pickings really slim in our league and their special teams has been good). And I was playing against Eddie Lacy. Cowboys have the lead, should be running the clock out. 1 more 1st down and game over. But no, Romo audibles on 2nd and [expletive] 6, throws a pass that gets intercepted (-2) for me. GB gives the ball to Lacy who runs for about 20 yards, catches a pass, and scores the game-winning TD (11 points for him, and -3 for the Cowboys D for me). From down 24 to down 42. I had Le'Veon Bell last night, and Torrey Smith tonight, but I still need 19 from Torrey, instead of a very [expletive] manageable 3.
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No. Still would have the same # of losses.
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It's probably going to be Eagles/Cowboys. It's more likely that Bears/Packers means nothing than Eagles/Cowboys. If Detroit loses tomorrow though, that could change a lot, though I doubt the Cowboys lose to the Redskins (even though both teams are a mess and a joke), so Eagles/Cowboys I'd put at about 90% of happening Sunday night.
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If [expletive] Dallas had any [expletive] ability the Bears would be in the drivers seat. Lost games they had no [expletive] business losing to both Detroit and Green Bay.
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[expletive] the Cowboys. Went from down 26 with Leveon Bell and Torrey Smith left. To down 42 with Romo's 2 INTs taking 4 points away from me. And Lacy getting yards and a TD on the last drive where I also lost 3 because I have Dallas defense.
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Pretty crappy that the 2 WC teams will have to go on the road to worse teams in the 1st round. Especially since, the WC will be a warm weather/dome team that may have to go to the cold to play.
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My fantasy team appreciates it. Needed Romo to at least keep within reach of his points today. This is also why I say the Saints are beatable in the playoffs. Doesn't have their home crowd, but this game is also in a dome. Don't need bad weather to beat them, though a pass rush would help.