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  1. BigSlick
    Sure there is, we could suffer more catastrophic and potentially career or life altering injuries!
  2. BigSlick
    It is kind of unfair to Hanie, but the way the season has gone I would love to see him shot out of an airlock
  3. BigSlick
    Its kind of a shame (if true) that Howard would pass up the chance to play with Rose and dominate throughout his prime just because he doesn't like the cold. It's probably moot because we can't offer as much as other teams can to the Magic anyway. Regardless if we get something like Crawford/Rip whatever, we'll be much improved anyway. And its almost impossible for Boozer to not have a stronger year next year.
  4. BigSlick
    I gotta say the last 3 weeks have been like 3 evenly distributed punches to the gut, and I really have gone from feeling "Oh hey cool, a Bears game I can look forward to" to somewhere around the worst feelings I have in sports. Thanks Injury Gods, and of course, the Bears. I have almost no desire to watch this game, for I know the pain I will receive. I am compelled to, however.
  5. BigSlick
    Well I wont rag on the defense really, they played a strong game overall that basically shut down an (admittedly terrible) offense for most of 4 quarters, basically gave up just a long field goal drive (that was admittedly, again, almost a backbreaker) and stifled them for the rest of the game, for the most part. Coulda caught a couple interceptions here and there, but what can you do? I'm surprised no one has mentioned the almost magically magnetic Dwayne Bowe fumble that returned right into his hands after popping in the air among 3 Bears
  6. BigSlick
    This needs to be reiterated. The lack of depth has really destroyed us this year, not just at QB. Damage all across the OLine is a normal thing to expect on a football team, except last year, when we had almost no injuries at all. Two white safeties on the same field is inexcusable by the way, and should be a fire-able offense for a GM. Really, that back up O line guys can't really be expected to perform all that well, especially when there's multiple back ups playing at the same time replacing #1 draft picks. And the safeties really weren't bad at all, but that probably has something to do with playing against Palko. The safeties played well, but I can and will make fun of white defensive backs, and Lovie's odd attraction to them as much as I can.
  7. BigSlick
    This needs to be reiterated. The lack of depth has really destroyed us this year, not just at QB. Damage all across the OLine is a normal thing to expect on a football team, except last year, when we had almost no injuries at all. Two white safeties on the same field is inexcusable by the way, and should be a fire-able offense for a GM.
  8. 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.
  9. BigSlick
    Thats a cool thing! Can't wait for the rushed/insane free agency period.
  10. 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.
  11. BigSlick
    DONT DO THIS
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. BigSlick
    Jerseys are jerseys. They are ugly, but whatever.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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
  22. BigSlick
    I miss John Tait
  23. 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.
  24. 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
  25. 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.
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