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  1. BigSlick
    Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Its amazing that the Bears still would have won while playing one of the absolute worst games I've seen them play since 2004 (that was a season full of awful, awful terrible play) if one of a few fluke plays that rarely ever occur didn't happen. If : A ridiculously lucky and insane hail mary didn't get caught, if Dwayne Bowe doesn't catch his own fumble miraculously, if Roy Williams doesn't lollypop a ball into someone elses hands, if Matt Forte doesn't go out early. Despite the fact that Caleb Hanie played one of the worst games by a QB in Bears uniform since that aforementioned 2004 season, and that the offensive line regressed heavily in pass protection, the Bears still probably win if one of those things does/doesn't occur.
  2. BigSlick
    Thats a cool thing! Can't wait for the rushed/insane free agency period.
  3. BigSlick
    Nothing I've seen from Palmer suggests he will shoot it out with anyone I know he's had some 'good' games but he is just gearing to throw some picks, you can see it in his eyes.
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    DONT DO THIS
  5. BigSlick
    Pretty unfortunate waking up to this news, but I'm not as devastated as I thought I'd be. I dunno...maybe just because knowing a wild card was the best we could do, I was gearing up for us to lose it in dramatic fashion too, a la the 2004 Cubs. They were playing really well, Cutler was having his best season as a Bear, so its really unfortunate. It'll be interesting to see if Hanie can offer us anything, he can move around there, had a good arm, and has been in the system forever now, but super unlucky to have to go vs. a resurgent Raiders road game. I felt pretty confident with Cutler against them, now we're gonna need a strong game from everyone else.
  6. BigSlick
    Hey remember when the park district and the Bears decided to stay with the crappy grass field instead of field turf because of injury issues? Well Knox slipping on the poor footing led to the interception which led to our QB breaking his thumb and being out for the season, so, good job Chicago park district. I always knew he was going to get a severe injury with the Bears, I just always figured it would occur in the pocket.
  7. BigSlick
    despite the fact that rivers has the ugliest release in football, he's still a really really good quarterback with 2 super dangerous weapons. Especially when you don't get his jersey too dirty and Vincent Jackson is interested in playing football and running free, yeah they can rack up the points. Mostly I was disappointed in the pass rush, playing the high single safety, you're gonna have some open plays downfield, its just gonna happen. Everything else was the goods, and teams really need to stop kicking to Hester.
  8. BigSlick
    It's really nice that Martz finally said 'eff it, I'm gonna let Cutler do what Cutler does' Also, he abandoned the run when it wasn't working, which is good. He showed a lot of flexibility when it was needed. Defense was rough though, its gonna happen from time to time.
  9. BigSlick
    Jerseys are jerseys. They are ugly, but whatever.
  10. BigSlick
    I missed the play when Suh tried (and almost successfully) to rip Cutler's head off and I'm done defending him. He is getting too damn ridiculous and blatant with his excessive violence. And that didn't get a flag either. Ugh. Now I feel more in line with everyone else saying how justified the Bears were in going after Lions players.
  11. BigSlick
    Yeah I believe Wild Cards are locked in at 5th or 6th seeds, thats why the Saints had to travel to Seattle last year even though they were a 7-9 team. edit: damn, beaten twice.
  12. BigSlick
    Oh [expletive] I missed this. Damn. He had been playing pretty well. You guys said Carimi had a set back? I was going to say move Lewis back inside and bring Carimi to right tackle...crap we are in for some shitty linemen aren't we.
  13. BigSlick
    Well that was fun, though the chippiness boiled over into a brawl, but I just kept wishing that no one would seriously get hurt. (Peppers looked gimpy again, despite playing really well, and Hester went out again, but I doubt its serious) Its one of those few blowouts where you didn't really learn much about the Bears, because the Lions were in full meltdown mode. The Bears didn't need to do anything on offense, and thank god they didn't need to. In fact the offensive line didn't play very well, Cutler was a bit inaccurate, and the receivers failed to make plays again. Oh well, again it didn't really matter. I'm sure Lovie was glad the defense made up for its lack of turnovers with, what 6, today? That was cathartic.
  14. BigSlick
    The Blue on Blue reminds me too much of the Grossman years so I want it banished The white on whites are good Also, for whatever reason both of the monocolor schemes make fat people look extra fat
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    I miss John Tait
  16. BigSlick
    We always appear to play poorly in the orange jerseys EXCEPT that one game against the Niners when Vasher took back the field goal try 109 yards, and even then we didn't play well and the it was one of the weirdest games ever with the insane wind.
  17. BigSlick
    I know seriously. I'm upset that we still have to play this game before we get to the soft underbelly of the AFC West. Every other team in the NFC North has gotten a chance to feast on them except us. (So odd that we get all 4 in a row like that) Another must win, gosh, I don't feel as doomed as I did before the Eagles game which means I'm priming myself up for more disappointment, weeeeee
  18. BigSlick
    Also, has Hester actually regressed as a receiver? I haven't seen someone with such bad hands actually line up at the spot in an NFL game like this. He's now had 1-2 awful, inexcusable drops the last four or five games.
  19. BigSlick
    that ruled, I was 99% sure they were gonna lose when they went down 24-17, but Cutler willed them to victory. Its probably the best the O-Line has looked since...well, 2006 maybe?
  20. BigSlick
    I would probably take the corpse of Nate Burleson over some of the players we have at wide receiver. Dane Sanzenbacher, your high energy and effort aside, I'm looking at you. Now Bernard Berrian on the other hand? Not so much. He and Ben Gordon's career have pretty much the exact same arc too, its eery.
  21. BigSlick
    About halfway through the 3rd quarter I thought to myself "well this is nice, a relaxing win just like last week" nope, shouldn't have thought that. Cutler had a pretty poor game, even considering how few favors Martz and his O-line was giving him. Forte had a very strong game, again. Roy Williams..hm. Hester also was pretty damn stupid here and there, catching punts when he shouldn't have and not waving for a fair catch when he should have. Probably cost us ~50 yards of field position on the day.
  22. BigSlick
    hey guys I think I might get back into caring about baseball again
  23. BigSlick
    even with my meager expectations the Bears managed to underachieve, embarrass themselves, and look utterly dysfunctional. And the O-line wasn't even that bad for the most part! Incredible. I'm gonna listen to Doug and OB for more schadenfreude
  24. BigSlick
    Thats what makes it all the more painful, they lose one of the best QBs of all time, and then install...apparently one of the next best QBs of all time. Are you kidding? Can the football gods throw us a bone here? No? Not in 100 years? Yeah I've been avoiding this forum for a while because that loss was painful on a one-game-this-sucks level and a bubble bursting level. This team is just not much better than last years, which got a handful of breaks, and this team has a much, much harder schedule. Also whatever pixie dust we got to avoid injuries has left and been replaced with magical PAIN DUST
  25. BigSlick
    I think he is, but he's gonna need a few more pro bowls (may not get that) and a bit more hype in his later career. I don't think the rest of the county hears as much about Urlacher after his first few years where he came out and was instantly one of the best linebackers in the league. He's had a quiet last 5 or so years since his DPOY. A Superbowl victory will help his case, certainly. :-"
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