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Would love IU to beat Maryland and Purdue and face UK in the Music City Bowl.

The Bears are scoring 25 ppg with Cutler on the field (counting the Cards game as a 1/2). That would be just outside of the top 10 in the NFL, and the Bears have 0 points from defense and special teams TDs. I think the Bears very well put up some points, even against the Rams, now that the OL is somewhat stable and Alshon Jeffery is 100%.

Yep. Just like I figured. NFL purgatory again. Rams, Broncos, and Packers next 3, but then the Bears finish with 4 of 5 against teams they're at least as good as (Skins, Lions, Bucs, Niners). Could be an 8-8 season or if they get one of the next 3 or Minnesota later, 9-7, which still wouldn't be enough for a playoff spot....because the Bears have 0 NFC wins so far. I can't root against my team. And I'm very happy they won last night (went to bed at halftime). But the last 2 years, the Bears have seen Aaron Donald and Leonard Williams go in each of the picks before them. I think the difference between picking in the top 8 and picking between 9-14 is big this year.

Can only hope.....

Fox is terrible.

Why the hell are you calling a defensive timeout with 3 on the play clock?

Otherwise known as behaving like Philip Rivers.

That's how you playcall a [expletive] drive. You're 2-5. Who cares what happens or who's not on the field? Open it up.

Jeffery could have caught that. Gould should have made that.

Carey starting. Lol. What?

The Bears are probably going to win tonight because the Chargers are probably a little more injured than they are and just as bad at football. And also, because a loss puts the Bears in a tie for the 3rd worst record in the league and a really good draft spot.

I think Baez has more value to both teams than Castro. White Sox were tied for 4th fewest HRs in the majors last year. And they could really use some RH power to go along with Abreu. Mets didn't have any shortage of power this year, but they could definitely use some from the RH side next year as they'll probably lose Cespedes and have Duda, Granderson and Confronto as LH power. If Castro had any kind of advantage in OBP or defense, his ability to put the ball in play more might be more valuable. But if those teams are giving up Quintana or Matz, I'd guess they'd much rather get the RH power potential and better defense.

Not true.

Stop me if you've heard this before. IU sticks with good Big Ten team, but can't pull it out late.

I'd make that trade (don't think the Mets would) and go after Howie Kendrick. I'm not playing either LaStella or Coghlan (or Alcantara would be another bad option) at 2B on a good team.

Oh, I started my post intending to put Marshall's hit. And I forgot. I had a conversation on Twitter with Otis Wilson about that hit a few years ago, and he said it was one of the highlights of his entire career.

Most of the best ones have already been said. Paxson in 93 may be my favorite, but also Jordan over Ehlo, Jordan over Russell, Jordan dunk on Ewing and scream, Hester Superbowl opening kickoff, Sosa off of Urbina, Kerry Wood's last pitch in 20K game are all up there. But I gotta throw in a couple: Christian Watford Keith Smart shot Flutie Hail Mary And to give some love to Indiana high school basketball, my senior year Jaraan Cornell (future Purdue star) hit the game-winning shot as a Freshman to win the state championship (to beat Bryce Drew, who was on the winning end of a memorable shot in the NCAA tourney for Valpo). Cornell went to a rival HS of mine, but everyone in the city was rooting for them and I grew up with a few players on that team. I was at every game of their title run, and it was fun to watch.

I was actually going to propose Javy/Soler, Torres, Hendricks, McKinney, and Edwards for Fernandez and Ozuna.

True. And I forgot about Langford. He can be a star just by virtue of being a RB.

I said it just a few posts above but seriously, if Kevin White isn't a bust, I LOVE Pace's first draft. He really needs a star in this coming draft, either defensively or at LT. Last draft was nice, but White is the only one with a shot to be a star player and he's off to a bad start and hopefully will be playing 2nd fiddle to Jeffery his entire time here.

I want Carrasco. He's owed 19M over the next 3 years, followed by 18.5M in team options until 2020. He doesn't walk people, doesn't give up HRs, strikes out a lot. Biggest issue is 183 IP this year was a career high. IDK that Archer or Gray are realistic. If Fernandez is available (and you laid out good reasons he could be), then the Cubs 100% need to be in on that. I wouldn't trade both Soler and Javy, but one and a gang of prospects I'd definitely go for.

Not trading Javy and Soler for 1 pitcher. Not any single pitcher in baseball.

I like Span. But yeah, would definitely need a strong backup. He may not be healthy until March. Jackson, or finding a way to get Maybin would be really nice.

The Bears have Antone Smith, who also played for Atlanta. I don't know if he's "really fast" but I remember him getting a couple long TDs the last couple years. They also have KaDeem Carey, who was drafted last year, and I don't believe has seen the field at all this year. Really odd that they've risked losing guys before they got back to the practice squad, while keeping Carey who has 0 value.

I think there are 3 levels of the non-playoff teams draft spots this year. Top 7, 8-13, 14-20 If you pick in the top 7, you get one of the top 2 OTs (Ronnie Stanley, Laremy Tunsil), 1 of the top 2 DBs (Vernon Hargreaves, Jalen Ramsey), one of the top DL (Robert Nkemdiche, Joey Bosa), or the top LB (Jaylon Smith).....and I think these all happen to be the Bears top needs. 8 to 13, you're looking at a potential freak athlete but maybe with some scheme fit issues (this isn't taking just the Bears scheme into account). Myles Jack, Leonard Floyd, DeForest Buckner, or at least 1 of the top 3 QBs should be in play here (Goff, Lynch, and Cook). 14-20, I don't think the Bears have to worry about....but this is where I think you get the good 2nd tier group of the guys in the top 7. I really like CB Tre'Davious White, DL Jarran Reed, OT Jerald Hawkins, and LB Reggie Ragland. But yeah, I think the Bears need to come out of next offseason with potential building block playmakers at OT, CB, and OLB. I think they can get by if they are just solid at ILB, S, DL and other positions on the OL. I'd love to draft in the top 5 to hopefully get one of those OTs and then get the pass rusher on the board in the 2nd. I'd probably pay big money for a CB, which is one of my least favorite things to do (big money CBs don't typically work out), but the Bears are so bad elsewhere that they can't focus as much of the draft on the CB position as they really need.