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  1. jersey cubs fan
    fat people are a tough sell in Hollywood.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Unless I was the owner and my ex-wife was about to take every last dime, I would do it too. I would probably do it regardless of my financial future.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    The quick pass and draw play strategy was kind of crazy yesterday how often they relied on it.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Because after the season somebody listed him as 19? You connected the dots in expert fashion. Are there things that you don't take very seriously? And with the latest list, add a #12 to that, sucka I don't take top 20 prospect lists very seriously.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    I just don't want to be in a situation where our payroll can get to $140m one year, so our payroll is at 138 mil, then we need to aquire a SP at the deadline, so the payroll goes up to $145, then we need to resign our 3B, so now it's up to $150. And then all the sudden we are spending more than intended, and become the Florida Marlins for the next 3 years while we wait for our payroll to go down. I wouldnt mind a $120 million payroll if we knew with a contending team we could go up to $140. Or I guess the best solution is to hire a GM that can plan for stuff like this ahead of time so that we don't have to wait 3 years for all the big contracts to start coming off the books. There's no reason why a reasonable budget and long range planning can't solve that situation without having to dip down to $110m, ever.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    24 attempts in the game after Washington, not 20. They had 13 in the Washington game, so they almost doubled that. Still fewer than opening day. How is that evidence of a change that Lovie's wings created?
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Not on a national stage, I don't think. I thought of the same thing when I heard Collinsworth and Michaels calling hiim "Ben" time and time again last night. For some reason I can picture Gruden and Jaws saying "Jay" constantly. Actually, Gruden would be saying, "This guy, Jay Cutler".
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Just because spending more does not guarantee success does not mean spending less is a better way to go.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    20 runs the game immediately following the supposed butterfly game, how is that a change? 20 and 22 the last two games, how is that any different from how they started the season?
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Not because Lovie Smith chose not to flap his butterfly wings on a challenge against Washington. They've talked about balance all year. They got a little better running the last 2-3 games
  11. jersey cubs fan
    He ran in the first three games until he got a concussion. Hmmm...true enough. It must just be the high number of sacks that makes it seems like he was more stationary. It's not like he stopped getting sacked. 4 in back to back games.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    I have a major issue with that. First, there's no reason why it should drop that far. Second, that will result in a very painful couple of seasons and no ability to go out of the system to get impact players for at least a few years.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    He ran in the first three games until he got a concussion.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    I think .6 ypc is fairly significant in terms of the success of those runs. You are talking about only a handful of runs though so differences in average can vary, and the success of the runs isn't really meaningful when attempting to say he's doing something differently.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    I thought he had 2. Plus he boomed one after being backed up in his own goal line.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think it is. Martz has been adjusting all season long. They didn't run before because they couldn't. They've gotten a little better, to the point where guys are actually breaking long ones on occasion. They ran a lot in Carolina because they had to, and because they could. It's not like they came out against Buffalo and ran all day long. Cutler had more passing attempts against the Bills and Vikings than he did against Dallas and the Packers. Forte ran just 13 and 14 times the last two games. Taylor is just 6 and 9. I just don't see any reason to point to a stupid loss against the Redskins as the reason for more success now. It just doesn't hold up at all. Again, agree to disagree. None of what we're arguing can be proven, thus it's merely a matter of opinion. You are the one attempting to prove the butterfly effect happened and that Lovie Smith screwing up the Redskins game was a godsend. It's on you to prove your myth, not me.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    I know Bill Simmons doesn't think he deserves that status.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    It's not like they were middle of the road last year. Without significant improvements I do not see how they will be able to sell this team as even an outside hope for contention. Fans know what happened in 2005/2006. Back to back horrible seasons are hardly an afterthought. People who try and scalp tickets have taken a hit. They can't be getting the same level of that type of buyer this February. People bought tickets in the 2000's because the team sold a lot of hope based on some aggressive aquisitions and some success. Plus you had a better economy and stronger secondary market that helped sell tickets every February. I don't expect them to do it. But it would still be a smart business move to start selling some realistic hope for the future. As it stands, nobody is excited about 2011 and there is nothing to anticipate for 2012/2013 except for current players leaving.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think it is. Martz has been adjusting all season long. They didn't run before because they couldn't. They've gotten a little better, to the point where guys are actually breaking long ones on occasion. They ran a lot in Carolina because they had to, and because they could. It's not like they came out against Buffalo and ran all day long. Cutler had more passing attempts against the Bills and Vikings than he did against Dallas and the Packers. Forte ran just 13 and 14 times the last two games. Taylor is just 6 and 9. I just don't see any reason to point to a stupid loss against the Redskins as the reason for more success now. It just doesn't hold up at all.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Cutler moved around a fair amount before, so I'm not sure how. I think two things have happened, the line stabilized a little bit and Cutler regained his faculties. I think Martz has been a solid coordinator all year. They did some things yesterday that they did in the Dallas game. They've gotten better the longer in the system, as you would expect. The Washington game didn't change them. Lovie royally F'd up that game and Cutler was forced into trying to do too much late to make up for his head coach's incompetency. If any game had a lingering effect on the season it's the Giants game, since that may have cost them both Seattle and Washington as Cutler recovered from a hangover.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5887316
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not acting like he never ran before. He's simply running more now. The stats don't lie. And I have a theory about the Washington game, as I think the butterfly effect applies in sports. You can't just go back and say we should have won that game and without considering the implications it may have had on the following games. Whether it would have been a different mindset or whatever, we'll never know. Thus we cannot assume the same outcomes. It is a ridiculous theory. We can assume they would have won if Lovie challenged the play. There is no reason not to. It's ridiculous to try and excuse a horrible coaching decision by pretending the butterfly excuse made it happen. Cutler ran 5 times twice in the three games before the Giants molested his skull. He's run 5 times three times in the seven games since the incident. He's always been a moderate scrambler. This year he's operating with probably the worst line he's ever had and if he has been running more, it is because of that, and not because of a butterfly in the Redskins game.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    http://deadspin.com/5707351/the-nfls-helmet+to+helmet-rules-are-absolutely-pointless I disagree with this guy's take on the Heath Miller hit. Yes, it should have been flagged under the way things are being called now. But it was bang bang, and not unique in the defenseless receiver thing. It probably could have and should have been avoided, but I've seen worse examples. The refs should have thrown a flag, but they can't catch them all. There is nothing wrong with fining guys with these hits and trying to step up the effort to prevent them. You cannot expect players to adjust immediately and stop with their head hunting poor tackling technique styles overnight. You are going to have situations where a hit is not called on the field. That doesn't mean you should stop trying to enforce the rule.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    And doesn't it seem a little more likely that he's just back to doing what he was doing before after taking some time to recover from the Giants manhandling for a few weeks? The Washington game didn't change how Cutler played.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    That isn't the first time that Lovie has supposedly blown up at the defense.
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