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  1. BigSlick
    i dunno guys, maybe i should feel nervous about this, but i really like our defense against tyler thigpen, if we don't get a couple picks, i'd be pretty shocked and its strength vs. strength here, they like to run the ball, we are good at stopping the run. as long as our o-line doesn't lose their minds again, i think we should control this game and win it, maybe not easily, but definitely take it in control. of course the bears are great at letting me down once i have confidence in them
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    kinda sucks they throw us to the wolves immediately on a road trip and have us go to san antonio tomorrow, thats a bummer, you'd think on a long road trip like this they wouldn't give us back-to-backs. oh well, glad we could grit this one out does anyone else find themselves in physical pain when (and it seems way too often, though i understand we can't work these guys to death) neither rose or noah are on the court? when the lineup was brewer-watson-asik-gibson-korver (if i remember correctly) we went into a tailspin and completely lost control of the game in the 3rd brewer and watson are just brutal to watch, and asik is a pleasant surprise, bizarrely. derrick rose is an absolute monster. this team is gonna get really interesting to watch with boozer.
  3. BigSlick
    i'd like to say i have confidence in my team against a thigpen-led dolphins squad (especially with how well we defend the run, and how much they depend on it) but i know theres nothing stopping this team from losing to anybody, especially on short rest if we get the effort and quality of play we got today from our team, we should blow them out, however
  4. BigSlick
    Moore's got Vasher syndrome, don't worry it wears off after a couple years. The only thing we got going for us against Miami is we play the run real well and they may have to play Tyler Thigpen so theres that
  5. BigSlick
    Fumble was on him, then it was a tipped ball at the line and two guys falling down. Would they just switch to field turf already? Every year that's the worst surface in the league. and why should they? hester looked comfortable and explosive on it and everyone else looked crappy, sounds like a good homefield advantage to me
  6. BigSlick
    well that was a satisfying way to ship favre off of soldier field for the last time. getting their was sometimes maddening (we're horrible again in the red zone) but at least we pulled it off and the defense is getting more and more confidence every game. cutler had a very good game aside from the completely inexplicable pass in the end of the end zone which really could have cost us. some drops and slips by the recievers were out of his control, but he moved well in the pocket, his arm looked fresh as hell and he was making good decisions. having lance back and healthy makes this defense a lot better, don't try and fool yourselves into thinking that urlacher is the real difference maker out there, he's certainly helped us by being healthy, but he's not the player he once was. also one more thing: the reffing was extraordinarily biased against the bears. there were plenty of holds that they never threw on the vikings o-line (some particularly bad holds on idonije and peppers) but were oh so excited to throw against us, especially some really ticky tack [expletive]. at least they never threw one on a hester return. thank god hester is back to being the difference maker he once was, as well.
  7. BigSlick
    the bears are a mess but its still weird to see a 5-3 team as an underdog to a 3-5 team when they are at home. whatever, i dont disagree with vegas' call. its weird because i cant even really imagine our team taking it, well maybe on some ridiculous crap like the green bay game, but i cant conceive of a situation where we win this game straight up, the o line is too bad, cutler isn't dependable enough, theres no running game, the defense has quarters an halves where they completely disappear.. and yet the vikings are a fair bit mess too. favre has perhaps torched my soul so badly and so frequently that even the spectre of a hobbled injured shell of a qb he still makes me super pissed off, that and then best running back in the league. i really wish the cardinals beat them last week. i really wish favre would st phone it in, hang it up and tarvaris jackson was playing. oh well. get out there and play some football boys, this may as well be your season.
  8. BigSlick
    beating the Seahawks in those hideous limegreen uniforms was also one of the few highlights from last year i hope we do it again heres an image a friend of mine made after that game in 2006 when Tillman really messed up coverage (the receiver dropped the ball anyway) http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v62/69/118/1949429/n1949429_34800795_9735.jpg
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    the bears o-line situation is a complete comedy of errors. no where else in the league would Garza have a starting job locked down solid for like 6 years now, but maybe we've finally ousted him from his comfy spot by putting our supposed franchise LT at guard =D> honestly if this makeshift new-starter-every-week o-line can just buy my [expletive] team 3-4 seconds of protection we'll be fine, if Cutler doesn't start playing deers-in-the-headlights like he did all concussed in New York also don't run sweeps or even attempt to run the ball in short yardage situations
  10. BigSlick
    I wouldn't complain about Boise, Oregon, OSU 1-2-3. Boise has the best resume so far, but I don't really have a problem with OSU first. I dunno about that, Boise's 'quality' win doesn't look any better than OSU's defeat of Miami and its a toss up between Oregon and OSU there (and i hate to go and look at last years scores but OSU did go to Pac10 territory and beat them soundly last year) btw theres an excellent article by Joe Posnanski about BCS and all that, and he's a great sports blogger in general: http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2010/10/death-to-bcs-eulogy.html
  11. BigSlick
    Just as long it doesn't come down to Week 17 at Lambeau. I'm pretty sure there's no way we win that game if it's for the division. but...they've done that before, heck they clinched the division against the Packers at Lambeau with Grossman at QB in 2005!
  12. BigSlick
    hey now pump the breaks we wont beat MSU Sure, it's an awful big if. i fondly remember watching Illinois - MSU my freshman year, very hungover, first year of the Zook era and we won on a last second FG, our first conference win in like 2 years
  13. BigSlick
    hey now pump the breaks we wont beat MSU
  14. BigSlick
    in that situation what do you gain by playing grossman? i think the correct move is to bench him there in the improbable circumstance he gives you negative points like that of course im not blaming you for starting him, who would have thought he'd have -7 points lol
  15. BigSlick
    i will never ever feel pity for packers fans especially since they had one of the best, if not the best QB of all time and then when he left *TA-DA* their next QB in waiting is amazing too, how come you don't have to wallow in 20 years of horrible QB play like we have before you get another inevitable hall of famer
  16. BigSlick
    I think preseason rankings are stupid and only by virtue of that does OSU have the number 1 spot, but I'm still curious to hear who you think should be #1, Oregon? I also think its stupid that Alabama dropped 7 spots after a loss like that.
  17. BigSlick
    i get the feeling things just got completely out of control vs. New York. I have a sneaking suspicion that Cutler sustained the concussion much earlier than they let on...he just was too deers-in-the-headlights during that game, accepting sack after sack. This is in no way an endorsement of the offensive line play, but Cutler completely crumpled and couldn't handle his position after the first drive or so. its not like the run game did anything in that game either, what an abortion
  18. BigSlick
    i'm really not that mad at Martz, he has to call a few pass plays and play action passes to keep them keyed off the run completely, its entirely on Collins to at the very least throw the ball out of bounds and not turn it over. i guess in a roundabout way its Martz's fault for not benching Collins earlier but the playcalling i didn't really have a problem with. Even the stupid toss/sweep plays we run a few times a game sort of worked this game, although i hope i never see them again.
  19. BigSlick
    i remember that henry burris game and he wasn't throwing the ball anywhere near people. he was the worst bears qb of all-time. i like to think chad hutchinson is the worst because he went and had a 0.0 rating in a preseason game and then got benched for a rookie that was drafted in the 4th round
  20. BigSlick
    best part of the bolded ones: we won those games, football rules
  21. BigSlick
    i thought it was at seattle, my bad
  22. BigSlick
    The playoffs are a good prospect. I think teams that start 3-0 have a 75% chance of getting in. The chances have to be a little better one you go 4-1. those are great numbers in a vacuum until you consider this is an actual living, breathing football team that we've seen play and we also know the schedule coming up! the team has been fun (at times) to watch and they have won some ridiculous games but they've basically played only one complete game so far (dallas). i like the o-line play after the changes, and hopefully cutler gets back to form when he comes back, other than that i almost feel like we should be dogs against seattle next week, or maybe like, even money or something. i can't shake the feeling that we'll never get all phases of the game playing well together, like once we get the passing/offense back together we'll lose someone important on defense to injury (briggs!?) and we'll be bad again in some phase of the game, that may be preposterous bears-fueled pessimism though
  23. BigSlick
    I don't get it. Alex Gordon has been absolutely terrible in the majors and is now on the wrong side of 25 (27 on opening day). Why other than his draft status should the cubs even look at this guy? he was pretty good when he came back after being transitioned to the outfield, has all the talent in the world and sustainted some pretty unlucky injuries and bad managing I'd definitely start him over Overbay...Colvin eh i dunno maybe
  24. BigSlick
    game at seattle is gonna mean a lot, hope cutler can play well again, the defense continues to impress and the run game continues to build on this success still think playoffs are a dim prospect
  25. BigSlick
    not much left on the schedule is a cakewalk
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