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Tough luck.

Unfortunately, those dopes Haugh & Kaplan won't be affected by this.

I'll never understand why teams in hockey are so vague about injuries. This could be anything from a broken leg to an ACL injury.

Better defenses in Seattle and Detroit, and then having Drew Brees go off. This team is playing really well right now. As long as the defense remains adequate, I feel pretty confident about this team for the rest of the year.

He just needs to stop talking. Someone in his camp has to realize that he's continuing to dig himself into a hole every time he speaks to the public.

"Hot gaaaabage."

If LeBron was saying this [expletive], I can only imagine how everybody would be reacting.

So people are still harping on the regular season, even though the last several years have proven that the regular season doesn't mean [expletive]. Got it. None of this stuff matters right now. The biggest concern (and it has been for the last few years, obviously) is Rose's durability. How can anybody think that the guy won't get hurt in the playoffs when he can't play in two consecutive games without tweaking something? If by some act of god he is actually healthy when the playoffs start, they'll have a shot to come out of the East. If he's not, then they don't. Don't waste your energy freaking out about games that don't mean much of anything.

No there wouldn't. How do you justify that? I think the regular season this year has been much more interesting because of the playoff. An 8 team playoff wouldn't hurt that whatsoever.

It's a stretch to call him a star. And he was the only guy to trade and potentially get back a haul. The haul wasn't there, other teams knew the Hawks were against the cap. If Stan found a deal I'm sure he would have been gone. But that being said the cap crunch coming Im glad they kept Sharp for another Cup run. Probably wont make a serious run again until 2018. Probably won't make a serious run again until 2018, LOL. As long as they have Toews, Kane, Hossa (if he doesn't rapidly age), and Keith, they've got a chance every year.

Me too. I thought it was a nice change of pace from the usual crappy show that's on every morning.

That's how I interpreted that.

Can't wait for the jokes/memes/idiocy to come from others in regards to having a press conference at a bar.

I actually spent 20 minutes this morning trying to figure out if the Bears had any shot of making the playoffs at 9-7 (requiring a 6-2 finish). The answer is probably not, but we do have 2 feathers in our cap: 1) Hold the tiebreaker over San Francisco 2) Only 2 conference losses Basically the teams fighting for the 2 WC spots are East loser (between 6-1 Dallas and 5-2 Philly), North loser (between 6-2 Detroit and 5-3 GB), and West losers (Between 7-1 Arizona, 4-3 Seattle and 4-3 San Francisco) The only way I see a shot is if 1) Detroit has their annual second half collapse and is swept by Chicago, 2) San Francisco's year from hell continues and they finish 9-7, 3) Dallas comes back to earth starting tonight and loses to Chicago head to head 9 wins isn't making the playoffs in the NFC. Hell, 10 wins might not this year. I think Philly is the most likely team to collapse of the top teams right now. Foles has been pretty shaky all year. Run game inconsistent. They've scored a bunch of defensive TDs. I also wouldn't count on Detroit fading. 6-2 and they get Calvin back after the bye. Granted, they've been fortunate to have teams flat out collapse for them. But as of right now, the Bears are going to probably have to sweep them. I wouldn't be surprised if 1 9-win team gets in. Still a lot of football left. Arizona, Philadelphia and Detroit's schedules get pretty tough here the next month or so. You could be right but I think the only team that'll get in with 9 wins or fewer will be the South winner.

Eh, prior to Rodgers tweaking his hamstring, the Packers were going to take the lead midway through the third quarter. Obviously the defense was awful, and the offense struggled in the red zone, but the Packers looked far worse against Seattle and Detroit this year than they did for the better part of last night. Teams would be smart to just run the [expletive] out of the ball against the Packers. There's no legitimate nose tackle on the roster since Raji's been out and the inside linebackers are beyond terrible. I know Brees lit up the secondary last night, but Shields and Burnett were both out last night and both of them should be back after the bye week.

I actually spent 20 minutes this morning trying to figure out if the Bears had any shot of making the playoffs at 9-7 (requiring a 6-2 finish). The answer is probably not, but we do have 2 feathers in our cap: 1) Hold the tiebreaker over San Francisco 2) Only 2 conference losses Basically the teams fighting for the 2 WC spots are East loser (between 6-1 Dallas and 5-2 Philly), North loser (between 6-2 Detroit and 5-3 GB), and West losers (Between 7-1 Arizona, 4-3 Seattle and 4-3 San Francisco) The only way I see a shot is if 1) Detroit has their annual second half collapse and is swept by Chicago, 2) San Francisco's year from hell continues and they finish 9-7, 3) Dallas comes back to earth starting tonight and loses to Chicago head to head 9 wins isn't making the playoffs in the NFC. Hell, 10 wins might not this year.

I remember the days where I'd watch college football from 11-midnight on a Saturday and the NFL from noon-10:30 on a Sunday. Very rarely do I do that now. Outside of the Packers on Sunday's, I only watch bits and pieces of the other games during the other two blocks. And unless there's a big college football game like the ND-FSU game from last weekend, I can't stay committed to watching football for a full day. Getting old sucks.

lol, yeah, I'm sure that'll really make them struggle this year.

What the heck is fun about it? When I think homers I think Yankees and White Sox broadcasts and they are awful. There's nothing fun about an announcer that is detached from reality and incapable of providing rational and accurate descriptions of play. those things are a result of being dumb i want my local broadcasters celebrating good [expletive] and being as excited as me. that's fun. i also don't want them sounding excited when the other team does good stuff. that's annoying. My issue with the Bulls guys is that they seemingly disagree with every call against the Bulls and don't acknowledge when the other team has made a nice play. They shouldn't sound excited (I hate that) but they also need to call the damned game. To me, a "homer" announcer is one who can't give the other team credit and is insistent that the refs are out to get the home team. Get excited when the team wins? Get disappointed when the other team makes a great play? Please do. Yes.

What the heck is fun about it? When I think homers I think Yankees and White Sox broadcasts and they are awful. There's nothing fun about an announcer that is detached from reality and incapable of providing rational and accurate descriptions of play. Stacey King doesn't provide inaccurate analysis, and he's critical of Bulls players when they make mistakes. He's is over the top when something good happens. I have noticed that his criticism of Bulls players has actually grown the last couple of years, but he's still a tough watch for me.

It really depends on what you mean by homer. I always say a local team's announcers should be like the guy that if you got a group of fans together would be the most rational one. They are definitely rooting for the team and they focus most of their commentary on that team, but they recognize the opponents strengths and weaknesses and don't get too high or too low as the game continues. They get upset with the referees occasionally, but they're not going on and on about calls every other game. Their initial reaction to a call might be a little biased to the team, but on replay they try to look at it with objective eyes and admit when their team gets a break along when they get a bad call against them. There are a few announcers out there who act like the slightly drunk fan who refuse to give the opponents respect and tend to think that every 50/50 call has to go for them. From all I've heard, Heinsohn in Boston is a great example of this, although there are others. Some people might like that type of announcer, but I find it irritating to listen to even if you root for that team, and borderline unwatchable if you're neutral or rooting for the other team. That's boring IMO homerism is fun where hawk fails is in that he's a [expletive] idiot not that stacey is a rhodes scholar or something They're one in the same. King actually used to be a pretty good analyst, but now he's a caricature of himself.

Yeah he's the bad kind of homer for that very reason. King does the same [expletive], which is why he's so detestable. I'll never forget the first time the Bulls played the Bobcats after they traded Tyrus. He couldn't wait to rip him and he spent the majority of the game just destroying the dude. Yes, he sucked at basketball but he was bad with the Bulls too, yet King never called him out when he was with the Bulls. Funk did the same thing with Ben Gordon (and continues to do it) whenever Gordon can somehow get on the court for whatever bad team he's on now. If you like homer announcers, more power to you. Professionals are better -- Funk and King are just as detestable as Hawk is, as far as I'm concerned. I remember when King went on the Dan Patrick Show after Rose tore his ACL against the Sixers. He said that the Bulls would rebound and that the injury wasn't a huge deal because the Bulls had a lot of heart and that they'd still win the series. Whoops. He's the captain of basketball stupid in this town. Meatballs are going to eat that Jimmy Jordan crap up for the entire year and then some.

He had a live interview on NFL Network from his house with Steve Mariucci there earlier today. I doubt he really wanted to be there in person and I don't think it's all that unusual - especially since there was no guarantee Peyton would break it tonight. Yeah, it's not like he's been in hiding or anything like that. He's been on NFLN several times over the past year or so.

He's the absolute worst. Never have I despised one of my team's announcers more than I do with King.

It isn't. Aaron Rodgers won't make a handful of terrible throws to keep Carolina in the game as Andy Dalton did. It took a spectacular game from Cam to get the tie yesterday, and I can't believe GB's defense will play as poorly as Cincy's did, particularly against the read-option. They're awful against the read option Yeah. As soon as Miami started going with the read option, the Packers couldn't stop them on defense. It wasn't a coincidence that they started moving the ball once Lattimore was hurt and Brad Jones came in the game. I'm expecting a lot of points from both teams.