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  1. rawaction
    Losing Hilly sucks with Urlacher and Tinoisamoa's health history. Not too worried though. I'm assuming they'll re-sign Malast because he knows the system. If Roach is out this week and Urlacher or Pisa go down at some point, I'd imagine the Bears just play out the game in nickel, which they'll likely do a lot of anyway vs. Dallas' typical 3-wide offense. Would be nice if Roach got healthy really fast though. If Urlacher goes down long term, he's the only guy that can play the middle. I also like what I have seen from Iwuh at LB if the Bears have to use him at SLB for a short period of time.
  2. rawaction
    What a crappy week of football. Half the teams in the league threw for less than 200 yards. And of the 16 who passed for over 200, 4 of them threw multiple INTs. Very few entertaining games this weekend, and a lot of generally crappy play.
  3. rawaction
    Manumaleuna was the FB on 4th down. He had a great lead block, actually. It was just too bad he couldn't block the other 10, because there were at least 3 people who got through on that side. I also thought it might have been a hole for Forte to run up Manu's back on that play. Push the lead blocker and fall on his back.
  4. rawaction
    Agreed. Because it's totally impossible for them to even remotely improve over the next 4 months. And everyone else will obviously get better. Let's see. Teams on the Bears schedule who actually played worse games this week. Minnesota- play them twice Detroit- play them again Carolina- 3 INTs, 3 fumbles (2 lost), 4 sacks allowed Eagles (w/ Kolb who will start if he's healthy) Buffalo- Packers, Dolphins, Redskins, and Cowboys are debateable at best right now. Bears moved the ball much better than all of them, but turned it over.
  5. rawaction
    Speaking of penalties, as bad as the fumbles were....penalties really hurt the Bears. -Garza holding call takes away big 18-yard run from Cutler, which took the Bears from Detroit 28 (FG range) back to their own 44. Potentially took 3 points off the board. -Peppers hit to the head took the Lions out of a 4th and 2, and a 51 yard FG attempt to what eventually became a TD. Penalty added 4-7 points to Detroit. -Rashied Davis personal foul on a punt took the Bears from the Detroit 48 back to their own 31. Not including the play Forte fumbled on in the ensuing drive, the Bears moved the ball 36 yards (52 including Forte's yardage). Possibly took at least a FG off the board. -Urlacher late hit on the play Stafford got injured on. Took ball from Det 22 to Det 37. Bears moved the ball 24 yards before settling for a FG. Potentially could have been 4 more points. -Block below waist on punt. Moves ball from DET 46 to CHI 38. Bears got 24 yards before punting. Potentially a FG w/o penalty. Basically what I'm saying is the Bears were dangerously close to putting up 40 on them.
  6. rawaction
    HA. CBS Sportsline gives the Lions a C- grade for the game....and the Bears (who won the game and gained 300 more yards than the Lions)........get a D- The Bears moved the ball despite poor pass blocking, but committed four turnovers and three critical penalties. They outgained Detroit 464-110 yards until 1:32 remained, knocked out QB Matt Stafford and couldn't seize the lead for good until the final two minutes.
  7. rawaction
    Yeah, I'm torn between Moreno and Spiller too. I went with Spiller (so far) because he is 100% healthy, starting, and has played in the preseason. There are whispers that Moreno may be limited to a certain number of plays. Wells is looking like a game-time decision (did not practice yesterday) and is still Hightower's backup. I hope you suffered through that with me, buddy. #-o Yep. At least you didn't start Wells though.
  8. rawaction
    Additionally, I thought DJ Moore had a wonderful game at the nickel. But I don't think Detroit threw any balls in the middle of the field. The only time you saw the LBs and safeties in coverage was coming up to tackle the dump off to the RB. I don't know if it was playcalling or good coverage, but the safeties were not exposed as I feared. Also I think you take the lead on 4th down. There were only 9 minutes left in the game. I understand the Lions had done nothing on offense and there was a good chance if you give them the ball inside the 1, you get the ball back with another chance to take the lead with 1 first down due to field position. But because they couldn't move the ball, you take the lead and pin your ears back defensively, while giving your offense a chance to eat up the clock the next time they had the ball. The OL is scary. A lot of pressure got there when they had help from a RB and TE. There were a lot of 2 WR routes. At first I blamed Cutler for holding onto the ball for so long, but when you only have 2 options, it's got to be pretty tough to find one of them open.
  9. rawaction
    It's a pretty straight-forward rule. If you don't have possession through the entire completion when you go to the ground, it's not a catch. It's not a new rule and wasn't a terribly difficult call for the refs. The only question, as they said, was whether there was a second move. There clearly wasn't, so the call was upheld.
  10. rawaction
    It's a pretty straight-forward rule. If you don't have possession through the entire completion when you go to the ground, it's not a catch. It's not a new rule and wasn't a terribly difficult call for the refs. The only question, as they said, was whether there was a second move. There clearly wasn't, so the call was upheld.
  11. rawaction
    It's a pretty straight-forward rule. If you don't have possession through the entire completion when you go to the ground, it's not a catch. It's not a new rule and wasn't a terribly difficult call for the refs. The only question, as they said, was whether there was a second move. There clearly wasn't, so the call was upheld. Straight forward rule. Bad interpretation. That was TD.
  12. rawaction
    Bears outta be thanking whatever God(s) they pray too. That is a horrible rule.
  13. rawaction
    My opinion on the last 3 posts: - Smack: Start Stafford. Don't let being a Bears fan ruin a chance to win a game. You don't have to actively root for Stafford. Also don't base things on last year's stats, but this year's projections. Stafford has the more explosive offense and has shown explosiveness in the past, unlike Campbell. Stafford gives you a better chance to have a huge game, and if he does score less than Campbell, it won't be by a ton. -Shnsajax: According to depth charts: Bryant = 4th WR, Shipley = 4th WR, Tate = 3rd WR, Gresham = #1 TE. Go with Gresham. Even if your league counts return yards, Shipley is listed behind Pacman as a punt returner and behind Bernard Scott on kickoff returns. Bryant hasn't played a game yet. I wouldn't expect anything out of him. -Mike: I'd leave Floyd on the bench. Play matchups only if there is a huge advantage somewhere. Don't see one with Garcon to warrant benching him (and you should probably never bench Jennings or Crabtree). When in doubt, play in the order you drafted them, because after all you draft in order of best player to worst.
  14. rawaction
    I'm the same way Soul. Watched the great Lions/Browns game last year, but could not watch an entire Pirates/D'Backs game late in the season even if my life depended on it. It's so crazy with all the possibilities of this team. A lot of youth on offense. A lot of experience on defense. On one hand, Omiyale, Williams, Louis, Hester, Knox, Aromashodu, Forte, Cutler, and Olsen are all young key players on offense. But on the other hand, a bad year from any of them isn't out of the realm of possibility considering all but Louis, Knox and Aromashodu had bad years last year....and 2 of the 3 weren't highly drafted and don't have an outstanding past to fall back on. On one hand, Peppers, Urlacher, Tillman, Briggs, THarris, Tinoisamoa, and CHarris are all talented players who have had success and for the most part are the healthiest they've been in a couple years. But on the other hand, it's not out of the realm of possibility that 5 of them (minus Briggs and Peppers) could be looking for jobs 5 months from now. Need a lot of things to go right, with very litte going wrong, but it happens every year in the NFL.
  15. rawaction
    They'd probably get Johnson too in the 1st deal since he'd get no time behind Melo. I think this is a valid point. NBA trades aren't really done to get better immediately. If Denver loses Melo, they know they aren't going to win. Didn't win before him. So, yeah it would be very enticing to get younger and cheaper for them. Of course if the above is true, then Deng has no value to them. I still think it will take a 3rd team willing to take on Deng and give up an expiring deal.
  16. rawaction
    Yeah, I'm torn between Moreno and Spiller too. I went with Spiller (so far) because he is 100% healthy, starting, and has played in the preseason. There are whispers that Moreno may be limited to a certain number of plays. Wells is looking like a game-time decision (did not practice yesterday) and is still Hightower's backup.
  17. rawaction
    Should never completely reject the thought of acquiring one of the top 5-7 players in the game for any reason.
  18. rawaction
    Granted 4 good rebounders is better than 3, but Thomas, Boozer, and Gibson can all board. I can't see how those 3 would be significantly worse than Gibson, Noah, Miller/Tyrus. The defense would be much worse. But is that worth the huge improvement from Deng to Melo? Not concerned about Melo and Rose together either, Billups still got his numbers w/ Melo in Denver. Your concerns are very valid, though. But I look at Melo as a much better version of Deng, but also a player that would require offensive sets run for him more than Deng. Part of Denver's success was based on letting Melo do his thing and having guys like JR Smith to knock down shots while Nene and Martin crashed the boards. I'm very torn. I'd rather give up Boozer than Noah, as I think Noah is the perfect C for a team w/ Rose and Melo that would be lethal on the fastbreak. But obviously that can't/won't happen.
  19. rawaction
    Well, is that any worse than his 4th in 5 years? Because unless they plan on extending Lovie for 2012 and beyond, you are just going to be dealing with a new regime after next year. If the excuse is Lovie has a contract, it's quite customary for guys to be bought out of their last year. It's the multi years that are tough to swallow. Yeah, but if the labor situation isn't taken care of...do you fire Lovie and hire another coach and pay them both NOT to coach? If it is a case where the labor situation gets worked out and there is football next year, but the deal isn't met until spring, that's probably too late to get a new coach in there. The only reason I saw to bring Lovie back is if you were planning on him coaching out his contract. Sure if Lovie was fired before this season, you would still be paying the current coach and Lovie next year to not coach, but at least you would already have a staff in place for the future instead of 2 years with a lame duck coach/staff.
  20. rawaction
    He can't really believe this, can he? I do. A 9-7 non playoff season probably means they are back. An 8-8 season may save them, and 7-9 isn't even a guarantee overhaul. And Ted might not be the one making a decision anyway. Yeah, the time to fire him/them would have been after last year. But with Lovie having next year on his deal, Angelo having, I believe, 2 more years, and the pending NFL labor situation, you could see everyone brought back. Plus there's the Cutler factor. The Bears have never had a legit QB before, and do they really want their first franchise QB to have to learn his 4th offense in 4 years (3 in 3 w/ the Bears)? I'm pretty sure a new coach would want to bring in his own OC.
  21. rawaction
    First, I don't know how he doesn't have a position. Not that he's the prototype at SF, but he is definitely a SF. Secondly, Deng's injury issues have been overblown. The only year he's missed more than 20 games was 08-09. He played 70 last year. And only missed 4 games from 05-07. Melo hasn't been a picture of health the last few years either. So he's missed ~25% of the teams games the last 2 seasons and played hobbled down the stretch last year. The further he is away from those healthy seasons in '05-'07 the less they matter. Would any of you honestly do anything but laugh if a similar trade was offered to you as Denver GM? The trade in question and Deng's health are totally different issues. I wouldn't take the trade if I'm Denver, but I would be wrong to cite Deng's health as a primary reason for declining. And saying he missed 25% of the team's games the last 2 years is seriously skewing the data. He missed 40% 2 years ago, and less than 15% last year, while playing a career high in minutes per game.
  22. rawaction
    Dixon for the rushing yards.
  23. rawaction
    First, I don't know how he doesn't have a position. Not that he's the prototype at SF, but he is definitely a SF. Secondly, Deng's injury issues have been overblown. The only year he's missed more than 20 games was 08-09. He played 70 last year. And only missed 4 games from 05-07. Melo hasn't been a picture of health the last few years either.
  24. rawaction
    I'd probably start Best over Jamal Charles. Bears run D ain't that great, and they struggle with smaller speedy backs. Plus, don't know how KC will use Charles and Thomas Jones. And the Chargers could get up early, meaning more passing for KC, which would work in Charles' favor in a PPR. Either way, you have a lineup of Romo, Austin, A Johnson, V Davis, before your RBs....you can probably pick 3 names out of a hat and win a lot of games.
  25. rawaction
    I picked the Giants last place in the NFC East. That defense is not very good. 40 points allowed in 3 of the last 4 weeks, with only 2 sacks in those games. The only good game was against a Washington team that was injured and quit. The Jets could easily be one of the "all around difficult" games. I'm sure most fans and those around the league feel that way. I think the key is winning at home. A couple of very mediocre Bears teams the last 2 years, despite being only a .500 team, has gone 11-5 at home. And a couple of those games were really tough losses like TB early in 2008 and the GB and Philly games last year. Win 6 home games and they should be sitting pretty. Win 5 and they should have a shot to compete.
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