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Only things I've ever seen at Soldier Field were the Pink Floyd and Grateful Dead shows I saw a PF show there (the sky was purple after a storm blue through - I swear), and I saw the last Dead show, which was terrible.

Whether you have a guy on a short leash or not, I don't see any benefit in "making it clear" to the player. I do. Demp admitted he was unprepared at times and also not in the best shape. When you tell a guy he's on a short leash you're saying he better do his best to bring his A game from day 1. That may be a unneccessary message for some players, but I think Demp could use it. I doubt it would do any good. He also said he struggled because he was trying to be too perfect and wasn't just throwing strikes. That kind of decree could only serve to make a guy try and make those same mistakes.

Hey Bruce - if you are willing to give us some interesting insight, who were some of the worst when going through tough times? Who were some of the nicest players to deal with, and who were some of the toughtest? I understand if you don't want to touch that, but it would be real interesting to know from a fan's perspective. Dempster always has been one of the best, if not the best. Murton was fine, and I never had one problem with Jacque Jones, although he could get a little defensive. He usually had a smile. Barrett is terrific, and Derrek Lee is the same win or lose _ quiet but very gracious. Zambrano has been good to deal with. The most impressive thing I ever saw with him was when he volunteered to serve as interpreter for Juan Mateo. I remember when Carlos could barely speak English. He did a great job as interpreter, and I told him so. I wasn't a big Phil Nevin fan. He always carried the "I'm a jock and you're not" persona. Some of that rubbed off on Ohman, who can be very engaging at times. Prior and Wood seemed to go into shells a little bit. I suppose you can't blame them for not wanting to talk about injuries every day. Over the years, I've gotten on really well with most of the guys. Who was the guy who threw a ball by some media members' head? Stynes? What about the former media relations person? I was listening to the score the day they said she was leaving, and Boers/Bernstein were going off on her talking about how everybody in the media felt she treated them like crap.

Because it was nothing more than nice, and the Bears felt he wouldn't be worth what Seattle invested after the injury. He really hasn't been the same since his promising 3rd/4th years in the league, with the Bears. The only thing that would make you question it now is how bad David Terrel ended up. He was drafted right after Engram left.

PSU does better with non-skill positions. O-Line, full back, special teams, etc. Every week in our local paper they show a listing of ex-PSU players and what they did that week in the NFL. Sadly, there are only about a dozen right now, with Johnson, Gould and Drummond doing the best week to week I'm stilll bitter about the Michael Haynes pick. :lol: How about Curtis Enis and Bobby Engram? :shock: I never had a problem with Engram. He was what he was.

Whether you have a guy on a short leash or not, I don't see any benefit in "making it clear" to the player.

But Bruce, if he sometimes found himself not as prepared as he should be, he's no better than that good-for-nothing Paris Hilton wannabe Rex Grossman. :jocolor: I was a little confused by this paragraph: “Somebody said, ‘Oh, they’re going to be kind of rough on you at the convention,’ and I said, ‘Why?’æ” Dempster said. “I’m ready. I said, ‘If there’s any animosity toward me, I’ll change all that in the first couple weeks of the season.’ Was he saying he couldn't understand why a fan would be hard on him? I do get a little bit of a sense that Dempster was walking the tight line between showing optimism about next season and potentially blaming negative fan attitudes for any lack of success. Coming off the Dusty Baker era, maybe I'm too sensitive to anything that resembles the us vs the world, excuse laden environment around the Cubs. I do like Dempster and I'm fine with him as closer. I'm not particularly happy they are contractually obligated to pay him for 2 more seasons though, as the less than elite relievers can fall apart rather quickly. But the Cubs are going to win or lose with their lineup and rotation.

Hey Dusty! Think that could of been the problem? If a pitcher doesn't pitch for a while, he's not going to be as sharp as he normally is! I believe that is especially true for a guy with control problems. Dempster isn't great, but he can be an effective closer this year if he's used regularly and brought in with nobody on. I wouldn't trust him as the guy to get an out in a tight situation with men on, he's just not that dominant. That is the job for Howry, Wuertz and possibly Wood. Given Dempster a 1-run lead to start the 9th and he'll protect a lot of them.

Goony, where did you find this? What airline/agency website? orbitz

Well, this isn't baseball. A baseball player who has a physical ailment will probably have worse numbers. It's not the same in football. You can rack up a lot of tackles as a MLB even if you lose a step. Besides, tackle totals are practically meaningless, as they aren't an official stat.

An average of 105 yards per game since coming back from his injury is nothing to laugh at. If that was his average, maybe you'd have a point, but it's not. Besides, he's only rushed for that much twice in the 8 games since he's been back, and he's averaged just 3.69 yards per attempt. You confused me by this... perhaps I miss calc'd ? As Soul mentioned, those numbers are elevated due to his 200+ against GB and SD. That being said, he isn't the RB he was last year and Hasselbeck is an average QB right now. I have a gut feeling the Bears will win and could win big, However... IF, and it is a BIG if, Hasselbeck finds his stuff, that opens up Alexander to have a nice game. Just a thought.... 778 yards in 8 games comes to 97.25. Remove his high game and his low game and you get 90. And the point still stands, he's averaged only 3.69 yards per attempt, which is not "running strong".

Yeah, the Giants are going to care about a positive amphetamine test after keeping Barry on the club for years after knowing what a roid cheat he is. A little late for SF to start taking the high ground on Barry. I'm not so sure it's a matter of them taking the high ground. Rather, since they know 1 more positive test means 25 game suspension (or is it 20), they might be negotiating some verbage that protects them from that situation. Also, knowing that he might have to play it safe and not take the same things he had to take to be good in the first place, they might be trying to protect themselves from a completey disastrous Bonds season.

He was the GM, and was involved in Phoenix getting a team, but I don't think he was a major money man.

Was that the all time single season tackle record, or career? If it's career, it doesn't say a thing about being fully recovered. And leading the team in tackles doesn't either. Your linebackers will always lead the team in tackles. If you play most of the season at LB, you stand a great chance of leading the team in tackles. Neither of those stats proves a guy is fully recovered. career. But his season totals were: 116 tackles 69 solo 10 TFL 3 sacks That's as MLB Last year (when "healthy") he was an OLB and posted 118 tackles 64 solo 14 TFL 4 sacks In 2005, he was the first junior team captain for PSU since 1968 2005 All-American, Butkus and Bednarik Award Winner 2006 All-American and Bednarkik Award Winner (2nd ever to win twice) So yeah, that's him. Yeah, I know who he is, but none of that says he's fully recovered. MLB rack up the most tackles simply by their position, most of the time. I'm not sure anybody is saying he was bad, just not as good as they were hoping/expecting. A great player can lose a step and still dominate the level he's already dominated, in this case, college. But if you've lost something, people will rightfully increase their doubts about your ability to dominate the next level. Besides, just because he's not in the top 25 doesn't mean he's not regarded highly. He could be 26 on the list. Or he could be 40, that's still somebody you would expect to make an impact in his rookie year, in other words, somebody Mel would still respect highly as a football player.

Alexander would have to start running strong before he can continue running strong. An average of 105 yards per game since coming back from his injury is nothing to laugh at. If that was his average, maybe you'd have a point, but it's not. Besides, he's only rushed for that much twice in the 8 games since he's been back, and he's averaged just 3.69 yards per attempt.

Colangelo sold out of the DBacks. He was only the head of a group that owned the DBacks, not the sole owner. I'm not sure he has the personal financial wealth to buy the club on his own. I think he would once again have to head up a group, and those are the ownership groups that tend to be the least stable.

Not true. I like boobs but I don't like Stephen A. Smith.

I get a similar feeling. I believe the defense is going to run wild.

Was that the all time single season tackle record, or career? If it's career, it doesn't say a thing about being fully recovered. And leading the team in tackles doesn't either. Your linebackers will always lead the team in tackles. If you play most of the season at LB, you stand a great chance of leading the team in tackles. Neither of those stats proves a guy is fully recovered.

That's funny considering LT has played 5 of his 97 career games in a dome. And I don't even understand the hash marks comment. Gale Sayers= Joe Morgan. With hash marks wider apart, the ball can be spotted closer to one sideline or the other, effectively reducing the ability to run to the short side of the field. Narrower hash marks makes for better opportunities to go to either side, without the sideline being the defense's friend. But everytime I hear Sayers talk I think less and less of him.

Alexander would have to start running strong before he can continue running strong.

That Blanco kid is clutch.

I'm holding out hope that Jim is holding out for something of quality for Jones, even though I've got the same fear as you.

Holy crap, $78 round trip flights from Newark to Chicago. I need to go.

Hardly http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/features/writers/expert/picks What is encouraging is that accuscore.com ran the simualation of this game 10,000 times and the Bears won an outstounding 78% of the time. That's talking about the spread. I'm talking about everybody picking the winner, and they all seem to be picking the Bears.