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  1. Sammy Sofa
    He still doesn't understand pooping.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    You're further along than me...even in resignation I'm hoping for Shields + McCarthy/Liriano Alright, I'm back in.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    One of my strangest childhood memories is from my final year in the Cub Scouts where every meeting would end up with everyone in the troop/group/whatever the [expletive] basically being forced to wrestle on the front lawn of the house that hosted the meetings while the parents just stood around and talked. There were only like 8 of us in the group, but 2 of the kids were, like, "LET'S WRESTLE!!!" every [expletive] time and somehow this ended up with us kicking the [expletive] out of each other with our parents watching when all I wanted to do was get home and get out of the stupid [expletive] uniform.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    You've now reached 3 anomalies and expanded your timeframe to over 20 years. Yeah, that's a pretty goofy tangent. That said, from our outsiders standpoint it's really looked like the Cubs were banking on him being THE signing. Obviously nothing has been inked yet, but it will be hugely disappointing if he ends up back with the Red Sox.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    I'd be very happy with a Mccarthy signing Me too. But they need more. Starting pitching is a key weakness for them.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    They just signed a manager for 5/25. Did people forget this or something? Also next year's SP FA crop is better than this years. So sign good pitchers this year AND next year. The Maddon signing is awesome, but the dual fronts thing being a reality at some point would be pretty great, too. Some good big signings, trades...SOMETHING.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    you have an interesting idea of fun. I'd rather the Bears win than lose. I want you to have this. While enjoying a huge turkey leg in one hand and a flagon of mead in the other. only if i can have a wrestling match with my brother afterwards In the front yard, in your tighty-whities, and then someone chases you off with a hose, just like that Jackass episode.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    you have an interesting idea of fun. I'd rather the Bears win than lose. I want you to have this. While enjoying a huge turkey leg in one hand and a flagon of mead in the other.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    And it's not like they have been forced to release good players they wanted to keep or were unable to get outside help. The Bears aren't getting enough positive production from the past 4-5 drafts and their coaching staff is bad. Yup. Cutler's contract has become to new Soriano's contract for frothing at the mouth meatballs.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    The email hack is an interesting angle and I dunno how they're doing it but I am pretty sure I hate them. Until they break something positive for the Cubs PTR sez: http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0404/chi_u_tom-ricketts1_mb_600x400.jpg
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, his contract is ultimately constructed just fine. They can cut their losses if need be soon enough because of it. I think people are just hung up on how much he's making this year in particular.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    They are rich in falsehoods.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    PTR is banking on luring guys in with his songs about the Big Rock Candy Mountain. PROVE ME WRONG, YOU TED CRUZ-LOOKING SCHMUCK. Prove me wrong...
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Oh my God, let's talk about Pearl Jam again. That's somehow less depressing than how this is trending.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    I wonder how much of it is on the OL. It seems to have regressed pretty badly, largely due to injuries. It's not just impacted the passing game, but it seems like the run has been spottier, too. I don't know how valid FO's offensive line rankings are but they have the Bears at 10th best run blocking line and 13th best pass blocking line. But I think the only criteria they use for pass blocking is adjusted sack rate which seems really simplified. Last year they were 20th in run blocking and 5th in pass blocking according to their system. I have always felt like Cutler goes into a shell when he gets too much pressure in a game where he gets rid of it quickly regardless of whether there is pressure on that play, or if there is pressure goes into a shell and gets sacked when maybe he could have scrambled. He could have just permanently snapped into that mode because a lot of times it seems like he's checking down too early in a play. Just my observation. You could very well be right. There's so many things that seem wrong with these guys.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    I wonder how much of it is on the OL. It seems to have regressed pretty badly, largely due to injuries. It's not just impacted the passing game, but it seems like the run has been spottier, too.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, the amount of times I keep hearing about people thinking it was stupid the Bears didn't franchise him is frustrating. That just wouldn't have worked.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Agreed, especially on the bold parts. He's talented enough where he's still good, but something is off.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Right. The offensive approach has been baffling to me this year because it seems like Trestman is keeping them away from Cutler's strongest abilities far too often and instead sticking to a much more conservative offense, and they've paid the price for it. It seems like they essentially just want to plant him in the pocket and play a midfield game most of the time. Cutler is talented enough that his numbers still look good, but there's been a dearth of the big wow moments that he's capable of and that we've seemingly seen more of in the past. I don't know if Trestman just doesn't trust him or what, but he seems reined him and it has resulted in, like you said, some very disjointed results.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    I've had him as my #1 priority all offseason. But I'm fully aware of the risks and odds of getting 6-7 good years from him. Who is banking on getting 6-7 good years out of him? I figured it was assumed by all that the Cubs would be eating cash at the end.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    Does Tim not want to sign Lester?
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Right, which is why it's frustrating even when the end result is awesome. It's great that Jay has the comeback numbers that he does.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    It feels like he's having the safest year of his career, which isn't necessarily the best thing when you're capable of being the awesome gunslinger type and when you're on a team that's apparently as flawed as the Bears are this year. I'm not blaming him for where they so as much as hoping he emerges as the one that can carry them to better things. Granted, maybe I missed something amazing in those Falcons and Vikings wins, but that's still just two games. And the 49er's game is simultaneously what I want to see and not want to see. Carrying the team back and being the dagger? Awesome. Sucking for at least half of the game? Not awesome. That one would probably feel a lot better if this season didn't have him disappearing for too much of the game too often and it not ending up like that one did.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, this. He's not the disaster his haters think he is, but he also hasn't been as awesome as frequently as he has in seasons past. Falling in the middle most of the time isn't enough with this team.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Cutler's awesomely shrugged off shitty coaching in the past to get things done. I miss that Cutler.
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