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King is right on here. I've heard this type of whining by Philly for a while now and it's completely bogus. Big Ben takes many more uncalled questionable hits. Vick runs all around and doesn't slide, that is why he is taking some hits that most QBs don't take.

None of those UConn victories you listed seem impressive to me.

Speaking of Petey: I think there is plenty of doubt.

Yeah, it's not a must win. But I do think they need to get to 11, and if they lose this one, the Jets game becomes a must win since it's the last home game and the two divisional matchups are road games they will likely be underdogs in.

I can't imagine the signing of Jayson Werth would excite any fan base. The most interesting thing about Jayson Werth is how he spells his name. Yeah, that is a terrible way to excite a fan base.

walk where? he wanted more than 3 years, $45 million. who was going to give him that? I do not understand it but Yankees fans were nearly unanimous in their "give him what he wants" stance against the Yankees and for Jeter. It's crazy. But NY probably felt it had to pay more than they wanted just to satisfy the fans. It's not like it negatively affects their budget.

A rare CBS game for the Bears as New England comes into town 6 days after a big division matchup with the J E T S. Patriots were 2.5 point favorites in this somewhere but the game is off the board until MNF ends. Everybody in the race won except for Tampa, and they could still easily finish 10-6. I don't know where all the tie breakers currently lie, but I just hope the Bears can win 2 more. I think both of the AFC East matchups remaining are winnable games. The Patriots do not have a defense. I think Belichik can come up with a scheme to offset the Bears success with that quick passing game they utilized so well against Detroit. But Chicago should still be able to put points on the board. The big concern is this passing defense vs Tom Brady. If Chicago comes out with the same defensive effort they had in the first half against Detroit, Brady is going to slice and dice his way to easy victory. The Bears can't count on New England coughing up the ball, as they only have 9 giveaways this season. They are going to have to tackle, hit and take the ball themselves if they want it. The Patriots do not have a greatest show on turf thing going on. They are only above average in both passing yards and rushing. But they score early and often. It's going to be tough. And like many other games this year, a loss wouldn't be unexpected or necessarily devastating. But with half the NFC seemingly looking for their 9th or 10th win this weekend, Chicago could really use another win to stay ahead of the pack.

How is the story of this game that blatant unnecesary roughness penalty. It barely meant anything but was clearly a foul.

everything you say is idiotic. You don't know a damn thing about football.

You cant compare lucky breaks and incompetent coaching decisions costing a game.

The point remains that the Bears lose in Week 1 if not for that rule technicality. As for today, when you're losing for the first 75% of the 2nd half and then take the lead, to me that counts as scoring at the end of the game. It wasn't the very end, but Detroit played well enough to win. And yet bears were in control except for last 60 seconds of first half.

I can read. Bears scored with lots of time left. Not end of game..

Bears didn't score at end of lions game. They got lucky first time vs Detroit but outplayed them. And the Washington non challenge remains inexcusable.

Lucky win. Need 2 more this year to make playoffs. Hope jets beat up brady tonight. That passing game is going to dismantle bears defense.

Nice to see crappy defense return.

Why? Sell me on it...because based on the numbers he doesn't look like a particularly good player. Decent power but no patience, he's been a negative with the glove in all 3 seasons he's been on the Rangers, and negative offensive numers 2 of the 3 years. He spent most of the year in the minors this year and didn't make the postseason roster for them this year. And now he's gonna the starting 1B for the Cubs? First, I'm not sure he will be the starting 1B. Secondly, what's not to like about trading for a player with some potential at a position of need for a player who's ceiling is 2nd-string catcher. If he was acquired I think it would be near certainty he would start. Nothing wrong with trading a catching prospect for him. But if he's a starter that sucks.

I'm thinking the winner of jets/pats has about an 80% chance of winning division.

Carlos Pena and Nick Johnson are both very likely to sign much, much cheaper deals - perhaps 1 year and less than $8-10 mil for both of them. For guys who very realistically could exceed Dunn's value, those would be very good deals. You are funny. Yeah, going by those silly little statistics is pretty funny, isn't it. I should just go by preconceived notions and reputation I guess. 8-10 for those guys is a horrible idea. And you whine about Dunn's consistency. Seriously you make no sense.

This is what I don't get. We are stuck in a horrible position. Our major league team could possibly contend this year, but not the way they are built. And it's not like we are built for a breakout season in 2-3 years when all of our prospects are ready. So why save money unless we are planning more along the lines for 4-5 years from now? I don't see why this team can't have a breakout season within 3 years from now. We'll still have Marshall, Marmol (possibly), Soto and Castro (should be peaking or about to), Wells and Cashner on the ML team. A large number of our top prospects should be coming up or established in the majors by then as well. If we aren't a good to very good team by 2013 then more mistakes have been made personnel wise and/or a decent number of key prospects have flamed out. A catcher and a shortstop. No first baseman in site. You don't win with that second rate offense unless you have elite pitching. And the Cubs aren't close to having elite pitching.

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Carlos Pena and Nick Johnson are both very likely to sign much, much cheaper deals - perhaps 1 year and less than $8-10 mil for both of them. For guys who very realistically could exceed Dunn's value, those would be very good deals. You are funny.

Oh and even though it shouldn't need to be reiterated: It is really stupid to not sign a free agent because you think you might be able to sign a better one a year later. You don't assume you will ever have access to them. And they should have drafted Teixeira.

The good thing is the cubs are loaded with impact bats in the minors. Hell that vitters guy might OPS 750 one day.

This team will have problems contending for the playoffs because there's not enough talent and too many injury questions on this team, not just because a couple of guys are overpaid. Signing Adam Dunn alone isn't enough to change that and there just aren't enough good options out there to fix this team this year. Now maybe we invest $56 million into a 31 year old player, win 83 games and miss the playoffs by 2 games. And that's the best year we get out of that 31 year old player. Conversely, we potentially can spend $10 mil to fill first base and win 81 games. How is that 31 year old player a good investment for this team? You can make that crybaby scenario with any signing. The point is you try to win. You don't concede a season. Your nonsense about 31 year olds is crazy. I hate old players, but lower 30's are only scary for guy who already suck, catchers and middle infielders.

Unless the Cubs were the Yankees there is no justification for thinking one second that they can just decide a year out they want a guy and go get him. You play the cards you are dealt, you don't pretend you know what the hands are going to look like in a year. And Ricketts better not be playing a part in any of that decision making.