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  1. Banedon
    The Bears were ranked 14th defensively (by ypg) in 2003, Jauron's last year. They weren't great, but it's not like they were terrible. It was only 2001 when everyone was comparing THAT team's defense to the 85 team, the way everybody does when the defense does well. When Lovie started, he brought Ron Rivera in...they played great D until he left, and Babich was installed. If you want to dole out credit, I think Rivera should probably get first dibs. Lovie might have brought him in, but he also pushed him out. The thought with briniging in Marinielli is that that scheme was the problem more than the players. And given the contracts that Angelo doled out in the offseason, I think you have to think that way if you're the Bears, unless you want to start eating some big dough, and taking some cap hits.
  2. Banedon
    http://operawiki.info/OperaAdblock
  3. Banedon
    Same here. I have Opera as well, and I don't mind it, I just have a habit of clicking that firefox icon that's tough to break. So much memory usage.
  4. Banedon
    4/52, but yeah, that sounds right. Who else has really signed anywhere? Wood....um..... Furcal, 3/33...but Dempster still has that beat. is that a done deal? I wasn't sure. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081219&content_id=3723909&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la&partnerId=rss_la
  5. Banedon
    4/52, but yeah, that sounds right. Who else has really signed anywhere? Wood....um..... Furcal, 3/33...but Dempster still has that beat.
  6. Banedon
    I think they are trying to sign every player in MLB. The title and subject of one of my favorite Onion articles of all time... Yankees Ensure 2003 Pennant by Signing Every Player in Baseball - NEW YORK—With a week to go before pitchers and catchers report for spring training, the New York Yankees shored up their pitching, hitting, and defense Monday by signing every player in professional baseball. "It's an honor to be part of this team," said catcher Benito Santiago, picked up from the San Francisco Giants as insurance in case catchers Jorge Posada, Ivan Rodriguez, and Mike Piazza all go down with injuries. "It's a surprise, certainly, but I'd be crazy to turn down the opportunity to play on what is, by default, the greatest team in baseball." The mass signing, extravagant even by Yankees standards, caused the Bronx Bombers' payroll to skyrocket from a former league high of $149 million to $5.6 billion." http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27656 Ha...I mentioned this one in the Texiera thread...thanks for posting it.
  7. Banedon
    They have the Onion blocked at work, but this reminds me of the old headline that was something like "Yankee's sign every player in MLB"
  8. Banedon
    Really? He's made great strides in his first year actually receiving. He looks like he could be a good #2 receiver real soon. I think he's greatly improved his route running. I just question his hands.
  9. Banedon
    1 of those was whistled behind his head while he was running fast in the opposite direction and another hit his hands only after he had to stop running and wait for the ball, giving the defenders time to also get their hands on the ball. If you expect Hester to be a jump ball phenom like Moss and Burress, you are being unrealistic. Hester is the type of receiver a QB has to lead or hit in stride. He's the only Bears receiver capable of getting consistent seperation, not counting the tight ends. Olsen didn't have problems with Orton's passes because they were lobbed into the flat. That type of pass does not require a ton of accuracy, they are easy to make, and easy to catch. Do you remember a time when Hester made a semi-difficult catch? I'm not asking for him to make catches like the one handed blind catch that Booker made earlier this year, but the one that Orton shorted was still right in his hands, even though he had to slow up and turn around. If he's going to be a WR, I just want to see him make some medium difficulty catches. Yes, he's made a few because Orton rarely hits him in stride. He's an inexperienced developing WR. His lack of fancy catches is much less of a problem than the QB's lack of an ability to throw him a good ball. I'm not giving Orton a pass by any means, but I'm not giving Hester one either. He has yet to show me that he can be much more than a very "meh" WR.
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    1 of those was whistled behind his head while he was running fast in the opposite direction and another hit his hands only after he had to stop running and wait for the ball, giving the defenders time to also get their hands on the ball. If you expect Hester to be a jump ball phenom like Moss and Burress, you are being unrealistic. Hester is the type of receiver a QB has to lead or hit in stride. He's the only Bears receiver capable of getting consistent seperation, not counting the tight ends. Olsen didn't have problems with Orton's passes because they were lobbed into the flat. That type of pass does not require a ton of accuracy, they are easy to make, and easy to catch. Do you remember a time when Hester made a semi-difficult catch? I'm not asking for him to make catches like the one handed blind catch that Booker made earlier this year, but the one that Orton shorted was still right in his hands, even though he had to slow up and turn around. If he's going to be a WR, I just want to see him make some medium difficulty catches.
  11. Banedon
    Lucky, lucky, lucky. We had no business winning that game. Complete robbery. Flames24rulz is right about Orton, at least in the last few games. He's been bad. Although whoever was criticizing him for not throwing a catchable ball to Hester just wasn't watching the same game. Hester had 2-3 passes hit him in both hands, and with no defenders helping things out, Hester couldn't reel the ball in. Any #1 or #2 receiver should be able to pull in those catches. Greg Olsen sure didn't have any issues with Orton's passes. Olsen is really turning into a stud receiving TE.
  12. Banedon
    I haven't listened to Mike Murphy much recently, but this would motivate me to call during his "tool of the week" segment... http://blogs.suntimes.com/bears/2008/12/exbears_wr_wade_bears_will_def.html
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    http://www.robotsnob.com/pictures/wall_e_eve.jpg Oops...that's Eve...not Eva...:)
  14. Banedon
    I was going to skip this thrad, but the caps drew me in. I can't tell you how glad I am that it did.
  15. Banedon
    How about some wild theorizing? Hendry thinks he'll still get Peavy (and Bradley), and thinks Pie will be in that deal, so he needed Gathright for pinch running, double switches, etc.
  16. Banedon
    Actually, I think it'd been split into 3 threads...2 in transactions, and the Dunn one in Baseball Discussions. I merged the two here, and I think we should be all set now.
  17. Banedon
    If he's the last bench guy, and we pay him a mil or less, then big whoop.
  18. Banedon
    How do you know? Just because you aren't hearng rumors doesn't mean he's not getting a lot of interest. Again, why are you acting like you know this? You have no idea what is going on. Just to back this up: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2008/12/03/theres-plenty-of-interest-in-adam-dunn/ I, too, doubt that any of those clubs are worried about losing a draft pick to sign Dunn. You know, because he wasn't offered arbitration. Yeah...I posted it to show the level of interest, but he didn't exactly show his breadth of knowledge there, did he? Actually, he did. That was his point. From earlier in the article: He was showing that there was so much interest in Dunn and especially interest from certain teams that the interest would not just go away if the Diamondbacks had offered him arbitration. Basically, there was no risk of him accepting arbitration, so it was silly for Arizona to not offer it. Gotcha. I skimmed to the part I was looking for...and out of context it didn't really hold up.
  19. Banedon
    How do you know? Just because you aren't hearng rumors doesn't mean he's not getting a lot of interest. Again, why are you acting like you know this? You have no idea what is going on. Just to back this up: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2008/12/03/theres-plenty-of-interest-in-adam-dunn/ I, too, doubt that any of those clubs are worried about losing a draft pick to sign Dunn. You know, because he wasn't offered arbitration. Yeah...I posted it to show the level of interest, but he didn't exactly show his breadth of knowledge there, did he?
  20. Banedon
    How do you know? Just because you aren't hearng rumors doesn't mean he's not getting a lot of interest. Again, why are you acting like you know this? You have no idea what is going on. Just to back this up: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2008/12/03/theres-plenty-of-interest-in-adam-dunn/
  21. Banedon
    Didn't happen. You lose.
  22. Banedon
    You Californians have a different interpretation of what a "driving rain storm" is than I do....
  23. Banedon
    The Saints are not the only team that is kicking themselves over missing out on Forte.
  24. Banedon
    I only saw the highlights, but that actually looked like a nice touch pass by Maynard. I agree that it was a poor decision, but it's failure sure wasn't because of Maynard failing to execute.
  25. Banedon
    Even if he stays healthy this year, I think any team that signs him is going to have all kinds of performance clauses in whatever contract he signs....Games played specifically...just based on previous history, and the extra rest that he requires. If the Cubs can get him to agree to a clause like that, I'd have no problems with signing him to a decent deal.
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