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  1. BigSlick
    Steelers have taken the lead on a safety! For the first and hopefully only time in my life, I’m rooting for Aaron Rodgers. Deliver us a playoff bid buddy!
  2. BigSlick
    I really do hope this signals at least a period of parity with the Packers. Let this finally be a rivalry and not a decades-long one-sided humiliation ritual. I mean, I hate to say it, but out of these two games the Packers looked like the more talented team. They withstood catastrophic injuries and managed to stand tall and not just be competitive but have leads, control the football, and give our offense fits. We were inches away from losing this game at home while they were down their best offensive and defensive players. And yet, the Bears prevailed. And the Bears now have a near certain grasp of the division. And we’re the younger, hungrier team with the younger, hungrier coach and QB. to be here, a year ahead of schedule. It feels good. I’m not even worried about sustainability. Sure crazy things can happen, look at Washington, but I feel very confident we have years and years and sustained success ahead of us.
  3. BigSlick
    I don’t hate him with a burning passion like I might for other guys with a case of the drops, but man… he really has a knack for dropping crucial passes doesn’t he
  4. BigSlick
    This link has the final 30 minutes or so of the radio call synced with the game. Very fun.
  5. BigSlick
    Good. Let them hate. He’ll continue stacking dubs
  6. BigSlick
    I have had this uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach seeing breaks go the Bears way, particularly against Green Bay. It doesn’t feel right. These things never go our way, aside from flukey years like 2001. And they never happen against Green Bay. I have seen some iteration of this game play out 37 times over the last 25 years and it always ends with Chris Conte falling down or Jay Cutler being injured or Aaron Rodgers deciding he doesn’t want to trail anymore and just win the game. it still feels so weird to win these games. And of course they’re getting some luck, but also, they should get some luck. Last year wasn’t just bad coaching, the Bears also had some of the most abysmal luck I’ve ever seen in a single season. I didn’t expect karma to swing back so soon, but god damn. I’m happy for it.
  7. BigSlick
    Caleb Williams is Him.
  8. BigSlick
    Go the Bears. Death to the Packers.
  9. BigSlick
    I'm never going to get over the fact that the SF "renovations" reduced capacity and gave the Bears the smallest stadium in the league in the biggest single market in the country How... how does something like that happen
  10. BigSlick
    I believe the lease at Soldier Field is up in 2033. They could renew it of course, but that does give you some idea of an immediate deadline. I listened to that "expert" on 670 and he sounded like a complete Owner partisan, and was laying all the blame on the state. I... just don't buy it. I really don't. The situation can be extremely tough for the McCaskeys, I think it is, but that's not the state's fault. And the McCaskeys have handled it in a very boneheaded way, alternating between crying poor and making threats of leaving. They aren't going to horsefeathers Gary. I don't think there's anyway they go to Indiana. They already have the land in Arlington Heights. It's not ideal, but it's pretty horsefeathers good location for a stadium, especially for the people who are actually shelling out big bucks for season tickets. They need to figure out a way to get more money to build the stadium. It's probably not gonna come from the state. It shouldn't come from the state.
  11. BigSlick
    We’ve virtually been without Rome for 3-4 weeks now and we’ve been ok, but losing Burden really sucks. He’s really developing a great chemistry with Caleb. I suppose all things considered I’d take this situation if it means no Micah Parsons, but I ain’t happy about it. Run the ball early, run the ball often, throw to Colston Loveland.
  12. BigSlick
    God DAMN it
  13. BigSlick
    I really think there’s 0% chance the Bears move to Indiana
  14. BigSlick
    Yeah from what I’ve read this is the rare case where the owners simply don’t have the money to build the stadium, it’s not simply just greed, it’s plan facts. The only way Bears ownership could get financing to build the stadium on their own would require them to leverage more of their ownership of the team (because they are so cash-poor) and I may be wrong, but the NFL puts limits of how much an ownership can do that. Of course, one solution would be for the McCaskeys to sell the team already, but I don’t think that’s in the cards. all that being said, I don’t want a penny of public money going to a new Bears stadium. Always a boondoggle, it never pays off for the taxpayer.
  15. BigSlick
    It is pretty baffling that this isn't getting done. Everyone knows that they're going to end up in Arlington Heights. They own the property already. They've cut deals with the AH local government. You're not getting more money from the State. Give up already. Every year you delay is another year where they don't have a stadium and you're spending millions on real estate taxes with nothing to pay for it. Soldier Field has a capacity of like 58,000 and they're missing out on tons of missing revenue because it's so goddamn small and worse for everyone: the team is getting good and will probably stay good for at least the next few years. Will we get a stadium by 2030? It's looking dicey.
  16. BigSlick
    I really hope that we don't have to go into this game with Devin Duvernay being our #3 receiver. That would suck. And I'd totally take a flyer on Judon for like, the practice squad. See what that dude can do, or have anything left in the tank. Joe Tryon-Shoyinka has actually provided some value for us. Sometimes a change of scenery does a lot for a MF.
  17. BigSlick
    This is actually a very easy debate to settle: Caleb Williams 4.77% sack rate is 9th best in the league. He went from the worst QB in taking sacks to being in the top 10. He turned his biggest weakness last year into a strength.
  18. BigSlick
    I feel like I'm losing my mind because this should have been done like 2 months ago What is it with Washington and going out of their way to destroy their young, mobile QBs
  19. BigSlick
    The more I think about the more I like Caleb's throw to DJ in the end zone. Yeah, sure, it's a bit of a risky ball, but also, it's a dagger if it hits, and the way the game is called and played these days, lots of good things can happen. If anything, he's been a little *too* reticent to pull the trigger on risky balls when he's got some absolute studs at WR. Throw it up !
  20. BigSlick
    The fact that the Bears are still 1.5 dogs, at home, after a dominant win, after Green Bay loses their best defensive player and perhaps their best receiver, and after they lost to lose their position of 1st place in the North... both annoys me but also I imagine provides a little boost of motivation for this group. Beat Green Bay, dudes. Just beat them, please. Any way you can.
  21. BigSlick
    Not that I want to rely on that, it’s nice to know that no matter what, the Bears will have something to play for in week 18 ideally it’s playoff positioning
  22. BigSlick
    The Bryce Young Panthers are so funny. They're going to win their division, almost by default, and they may convince their really dumb owner to extend a guy who really isn't a starting QB in the NFL. Also theyre in a brutal dogfight with the absolutely terrible New Orleans Saints.
  23. BigSlick
    Things tentatively looking good for my spite picks
  24. BigSlick
    Broncos, Rams, please give us 15 minutes of good football thank you
  25. BigSlick
    Go the horsefeathers Broncos and Rams mf’er
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