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  1. I do not think him is who you think him is.
  2. Thibs ball with offensive options is great. Bulls have 4 offensive options they didn't have last year, which makes it fun to watch.
  3. Yeesh. That escalated quickly.
  4. Honestly, I'm not sure there's a single player on the Braves I'd want for Castro.
  5. Six hours until the committee reveals what they think. Seven hours until the public decides that a 4 team playoff is dumb and a silent committee with no standards isn't a perfect way to decide playoff participants.
  6. Rutgers' first two B1G games are home vs Northwestern and Penn State. They win both of those games, and they probably finish 2-16.
  7. To be fair, Wisconsin hasn't started beating the Wisconsin-City schools by 80 each yet.
  8. B1G is 11 of the top 40. Crazy.
  9. It's okay, the Bears are primed for a 7-1 second half to make a run to the NFC North title.
  10. I don't think an 8-team playoff really dilutes the field all that much, especially with the stipulation that it includes the "Big 5" champions. So for this year, you'd be looking at: SEC champ (Georgia vs MSU/Bama/Ole Miss/Auburn winner) ACC champ (FSU) Pac-12 champ (Oregon) B1G champ (MSU/OSU) B12 champ (Baylor/TCU) and then 3 teams from among ND, the SEC runners up, and the runners up in the B1G and B12.
  11. This has not been anywhere near a middle of the pack defense. That is the crux of the issue. "Wildly inconsistent" is about the best thing that could be said about the defense. The offense hasn't been elite, but the defense hasn't given the offense even a modicum of a shot in 3 of the games, couldn't manage one timely stop against Buffalo, and couldn't keep the team within striking distance against Miami (both times the offense got a TD to get back into the game, the D promptly gave up monstrous, clock eating TD drives to kill the momentum). The offense hasn't been elite, but the defense hasn't been middle of the pack either. Injuries can be pointed to both as to the problems (O-line and WR on offense, secondary on defense), but the LB and S play has been the worst in the league, and without Fuller out there today the secondary had about as good a chance at stopping them as a team of high school kickers.
  12. With losses to the Jags and Bucs.
  13. Your point was ignorant if it ignores the contributions of the defense. That is the point.
  14. Having the worst pass defense (and near worst special teams) in the league will never get you to 5-3 or 6-2 even if you have a top 5 offense. It's just easier to blame the offense because that's the team's focus, but the reason they didn't make the postseason last year was the defense, and it's no better this year.
  15. If anything, the value of the front office and management in baseball is the most vastly undervalued commodity in the sport right now. It's really Moneyball in action.
  16. Good enough for 10th in the league in scoring...and now the defense...32nd in league in scoring. Cant be 10th per game. That's all that matters. No, I'm pretty sure the defense matters too...
  17. I mean, in an effort to gain depth, you traded QB and WR depth for the RBs of two of the four worst teams in the league, who likely won't be running much in games.
  18. Good enough for 10th in the league in scoring...and now the defense...32nd in league in scoring.
  19. @FO_ASchatz Brady 27-of-31 today, with three drops and one pass that was miscommunication. That's just... yeah. Bears secondary SUCKS.
  20. I've got to avoid Facebook for a while. Apparently this is all on Jay. Although if guarding TEs is jays responsibility it at least makes sense why they are so wide open.
  21. I think you gave up the best two players in a two for two deal.
  22. I'll take the under on two Maddons.
  23. They [expletive] won?!
  24. Well, at least that didn't end up affecting any team's special 2005 season in the long ru...EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE.
  25. Yes, I'm sure he's not married simply because he couldn't be tied down.
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