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  1. BigSlick
    Until this year when he got ruled out because of the neck injury putting Peyton's Colts in the playoffs was a safer bet than US Treasury Bonds
  2. BigSlick
    lol
  3. BigSlick
    You rule. That game ruled, damnit, I'm starting to feel better about this season. Cutler looked really good. The O-line was bad, (the tackles/tight ends especially) but not bad enough to truly hurt Cutler. The defense played well, and most impressively and importantly the defensive line played really well. Damnit. Now if you can take 1 of the next 2, you are off to a very good start to the season. Damnit. Don't make this 2002 all over again and have a strong start after a good, but luck-aided season and then collapse. Do not do this to me.
  4. BigSlick
    1 of 3 would leave me extremely happy, honestly. The start of this season blows.
  5. BigSlick
    I'm really glad this wasn't a meaningful game because the fact that the Bears 'lost' would have infuriated me. Strange to see the Bears 1st team offense move at will. Still clean up those Special Teams things please.
  6. BigSlick
    We always go back to Grossman-chat I want people to go back and watch highlights of Grossman's 2006 season. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_B_yKbNSX0 (skip the first minute of some weird dude talking) Look at the pocket he has (at least at the beginning of the season, take notice of the opponents he has success against, Lions, Giants, Bills..) Look at how well the Offensive Line pass protected, I have to almost double take when I see this because I feel like after the past 3 years I've never seen someone in a Bears uniform able to actually block a dude. Grossman just bombs it out with that pocket, in fact if you're an NFL quality Quarterback you'd bomb it out too. Its not that difficult to find a guy who can sling the ball around without any pressure. Also you can already tell his footwork is abominable, but thats not gonna hurt him until later, when the pass blocking completely falls apart. Many have already turned on Jay, too. Much of that is dumb, unsophisticated "I'm frustrated at my team and I want to be mad at the guy who personifies the offense" complaining.
  7. BigSlick
    Wade's pretty good at blowing smoke up Chicago's collective asses, I listened to some of the interview when it aired, whatever. Like a lot of people have been saying, we may be seeing him in his decline phase anyway, so continue to be a smug dude, we'll see what happens in the next 5-6 years.
  8. BigSlick
    Yeah, but you're a Packers fan. With the Cubs flaming out (that was obvious) and the Bears (probably) going to have a more disappointing season, I need some bright spot in my sports life, and basketball is a great way to supply that when you have a good team. Oh and I'm an Illini fan. :lol:
  9. BigSlick
    Yeah I dunno whats funny, this was probably a more encouraging game for the Bears than the Bills preseason game (the one they won) O-line looked almost looked like it was composed of professional football players
  10. BigSlick
    Honestly, I'm more worried about the interior line. Theres things you can do to mitigate problems at the tackle positions, keep a Tight End in (and it seems like their mantra with the tight ends this year is basically block first) but problems inside ? You're screwed. And if Chris Williams keeps getting shoved to the ground and Garza and Spencer can't handle it, pretty much kiss any hopes of even a mediocre offense goodbye.
  11. BigSlick
    I'm still flabbergasted that the team can have so much cap room and Angelo basically completely neglects the offensive line. Is it pride? You can't watch last night's game and believe that that can work.
  12. BigSlick
    Gillick coming on board or not (and I don't think he will) doesn't mean its ok that Hendry keeps a job, no matter how nominal it is. I know its been said, and its just as tired now as it was then, but I am very close to being done with this franchise. Especially if the Ricketts family remains as ownership for a long period of time. In a very short amount of time they've lost my vote of confidence.
  13. BigSlick
    no you idiots, you need to give uggla another chance to keep his streak alive
  14. BigSlick
    I think with this, officially, the 2011 Cubs have become more embarrassing, pathetic and boring than the 2006 Cubs. One may ask, "How can a team with so many spectacular failures and humiliations be boring?" Well, one can stand only so many toothless claims from Zambrano before it becomes passé.
  15. BigSlick
    I've become single-minded. I almost don't care at all about getting a depth chart of linebackers, or how our safeties are going to look, or who's going to play wide receiver. There remains only one thing I care about. Fix the damn o-line. It screams out to me. How could it not? It was the main weakness of the team for the past 2 seasons. It cost game after game, and still its there. It is a specter hanging over this team, yet the people (the man? Martz has said publicly he'd like more bodies in camp) continues to ignore it. We have money. We have cap space. It boggles the mind. Just sign someone that can play. Anyone that can play guard at a professional level. I have seen nothing that guarantees that Chris Williams can do that. Why not? You have the money, the worst thing that happens is the guy rides the bench and is good depth. Or is it pride? Is it admitting that your 1st round pick can't play Tackle, can't play Guard, and can't really do much of anything for you? Why play with fire again, Angelo?
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    With this much money left there is no excuse for them not to get a high-profile Guard. They need to get one for any guarantee of success on the offensive line, even if its just for depth alone.
  17. BigSlick
    Sounds like Angelo is done looking for free agent Offensive Lineman. Forget everything I said before, this is an utter failure of a GM. He needs to sign an interior starting quality player to go along with this Spencer guy or the line will be an unmitigated disaster.
  18. BigSlick
    The Bears need to shake their typical conservative ways (although they show flashes of courage here and there, the Cutler trade, the Peppers signing) and go after another couple big name players. Braylon Edwards would be nice. And while I'm confident they will sign another interior lineman of notoriety, he should be like, good, and not a retread.
  19. BigSlick
    Welp, I knew they didn't have much room to make many moves, and really couldn't net much in return, but making a move or two at least tells your fanbase you're motivated to do something about the team. Retaining Hendry for 2011 to end up firing him in the winter (if thats what they intend on doing) is a perfectly wasteful and "Cubbish" move. Fiscally irresponsible (while purporting to save money) in a vain attempt to uphold the status quo, while subverting any attempt to create a future.
  20. BigSlick
    I hope so too, the Cubs have done a brilliant job of eroding my interest in the team. Please do something.
  21. BigSlick
    Does anybody know what he means by that exactly? It sounds like the avg payroll of all 32 teams has to be 99% of the cap, not every single team has to be at 99%. So there are teams that will be spending less than the 99%. At least that's how I'm reading it. Maybe someone here can explain it better??? The new CBA also allows for some over the cap spending, by borrowing from next years salary cap. So you can actually be ~6 million over and still be ok under the new rules. The salary floor is also gonna drop down, and it will be an average of a few years, so it may be: You have to pay 87% of the cap from 2014-2017. So you could in one of those individual years be below that, as long as the average is above it.
  22. BigSlick
    That seems like an awful lot of money for a dude that barely plays Alright so we're basically bracing for Olin to sign and another interior linemen to sign and we're basically done with all 'big' moves of note right?
  23. BigSlick
    The Bears are absolutely going to bring in another lineman along with Olin (assuming he signs, and I'm pretty sure he will) so anyone worried about it should calm a little down. I highly doubt they go after any wide receiver of any notoriety after the Roy Williams signing, however. This front office doesn't roll like that.
  24. BigSlick
    Heck, with the way things are going, Derrick might have a chance to play with him before the NBA gets back together
  25. BigSlick
    I don't especially like the idea of trading away Olsen (especially because it seems like a philosophical move on Martz's behalf, and how long does he plan on being here? And how effective is he really as an Offensive Coordinator anymore anyway?) but getting a 3rd round pick for him is about right, maybe more than we should have expected. Oh well, get a receiver and a guard and a couple more pieces and lets see how this season plays out.
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