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Well he said he was going to retire with Dignity, so I can only assume one of the 11 starters on that club is named Dignity.

I don't want Adams. I know he's still really good. But how many more years does he have at an elite level? Maybe 2-3? I'd much rather have a younger WR who can ascend to that level (Higgins, Jeudy). I know this is blasphemous to say, but the Bears don't HAVE to make a fast difference for Fields. Get some guys that can block long enough to get the ball to guys he does have. We've been seen Claypool and we've barely seen him and Mooney together. We all agree both are decent players, while not #1s, they could always upgrade on the other guys getting a ton of reps (St. Brown, Pettis, Pringle) with cheaper FAs and/or a couple draft picks. If they still need a #1 WR next year, they can still draft a guy 2024. It would suck to wait that long, but that's kind of the bed they made with the Claypool trade. Obviously, you can jump start things if you have the ability, but this isn't a team that's making a Bengals or Eagles type leap next year. I think everyone sees what they did and think "why not us?" but they both had a history of successful draft picks leading up to their breakout years. And in the Eagles case, they were already a pretty decent team before this year. I know Adams is on the wrong side of 30 and might only have 2-3 more years of elite #1 level play, but the Bears are sorely lacking in that kind of player right now. Get that player while you have the buckets of cap space to use on him, draft or pick up a younger option you hope can develop into that kind of WR, and then when Adams is no longer that guy you have one in place, whether that's Claypool, a draft pick, or another outside option. I don't like the idea of trying to spend 3+ years developing into a contender in the modern NFL, with salary caps and non-guaranteed contracts designed for quick turnarounds, especially with Fields already developing into an elite level player and taking too much of the offensive burden himself already. Use the draft capital and salary capital you have this offseason, get 3-4 OL and 3-4 DL, use your existing DB corps, get an elite level skill player that is elite now, and roll into next year with a realistic shot at contending.

With the end of the Derek Carr era in Vegas, I'm a little intrigued in them as a Bears trade-down partner for the next draft, particularly if the Bears get the #1 pick. Particularly if they can trade down from 1 to wherever the Raiders end up (7-ish), get a couple additional picks and maybe try to fold in a Davante Adams that wouldn't be particularly interested in a rebuild in Vegas? Just spitballing, really. The Bears need to add skill to their skill positions, and I don't think the draft is the best way to get better there fast enough to make a difference for Fields.

Vikings going to be the first 14-3 team with a negative point differential.

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Looking forward to his press conference next week with the Cubs where he signs for 8 mil less.

Bears now 1-8 in 1 score games this season, they are the anti Vikings.

I don't think this is true, and a large portion of the US is heavily invested in the World Cup while the US is in it, and that portion only grows the deeper the team gets. It just hasn't been there for about 20 years since the US hasn't gotten past the round of 16. Hell, for the round of 16 game this cycle, we were at a bowling alley, and every TV had the Netherlands-US game on, and there were over 100 people there watching it.

Remember when Argentina inexplicably lost their opener to Saudi Arabia after they had 4 goals called for offsides?

Grant Wahl's wife on everything that's transpired, and what happened: [tweet] [/tweet]

30-28 Bears. Philly looks past the Bears the week after a bye and with a 2 game lead on the conference, lets up just enough offensively to give the Bears a huge lead, and despite their best efforts the Bears fail to let Philly all the way back.

He was definitely sick. Seems weird that he would just die during the middle of a match Plus his wife is one of the premier infectious disease experts in the world. If he was that sick, I am skeptical he would have gone to the match.

Cal tells Louisville to hold their beer, losing at home to a bad Eastern Washington team, leaving them just one game where they'll be favored the rest of the season.

Considering how little these guys have played together, I'm hoping that they continue to get better as the year goes. Based on how the schedule shakes out, it'll be a long time before they play a game they aren't favored in.

Green Bay picks up a win (a conference win!), leaving 3 teams winless: Louisville, California, and Central Connecticut. If it does get down to just Louisville and Cal, they should just schedule a neutral site shame game between the two just for kicks.

Down to 11 now. They're not favored in an individual game on KenPom until December 14th vs Western Kentucky, though in sum numbers say they win 1 of the next 4. Cal is in a similar position at 0-5 with their next favored game on Dec 7 against Eastern Washington Still following this, there are now only 4 teams that are winless on the year, and Louisville and Cal are two of them. One of the others (Green Bay) is favored in their next game this week, the other (Central Connecticut) is a 1-point dog in their game this week. Cal is favored over their opponent, Eastern Washington this week, but Louisville is still not favored in a game until late next week. Louisville plays their last buy games this week, and if they can't win either of those, they won't be favored in a single game the rest of the season.

It's amazing how close the US came to having none of England/France/Argentina/Spain/Belgium/Germany/Brazil/Portugal/Mexico/Denmark/Uruguay (the teams ranked ahead of the US at the time of the WC draw) on their half of the bracket.

Not one team won all 3 games in the group phase. Five teams advanced without a loss: Netherlands, Morocco, Croatia, England, and the US.

The last South Korea goal, Korean broadcast: [tweet]https://twitter.com/_shintak/status/1598720963537145857[/tweet]

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Even though this day is probably going to be slightly more boring than the rest, here are the scenarios: Group G: - Brazil is through, they win the group unless they lose vs Cameroon and blow a 3 goal differential to Switzerland - Switzerland is through with a win vs Serbia or a draw and Cameroon loss/draw vs Brazil - Cameroon is through with a win vs Brazil and a Switzerland-Serbia draw or Serbia win that doesn't make up a 1 goal differential. - Serbia is through with a win vs Switzerland and either a Cameroon loss/draw to Brazil or overcoming a 1 goal differential to Cameroon Group H: - Brazil Portugal is through, they win the group unless they lose vs Cameroon South Korea and blow a 3 goal differential to Switzerland Ghana - Switzerland Ghana is through with a win vs Serbia Uruguay or a draw and Cameroon South Korea loss/draw vs Brazil Portugal - Cameroon South Korea is through with a win vs Brazil Portugal and a Switzerland-Serbia Ghana-Uruguay draw or Serbia Uruguay win that doesn't make up a 1 goal differential. - Serbia Uruguay is through with a win vs Switzerland Ghana and either a Cameroon South Korea loss/draw to Brazil Portugal or overcoming a 1 goal differential to Cameroon South Korea

Someone who knows more than me tell me why this would or wouldn't work. I mean, if Sargent can't go, I'd rather put Weah at the 9 and Reyna on the right wing, but overall it's not a terrible plan, and Wright didn't show much in the time he had on the field.

Japan beats Spain and Germany to win their froup and will play Croatia. Spain finishes 2nd despite winning a game 7-0 and will play Morocco.

Costa Rica!