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  1. jersey cubs fan
    It's something that really good special teams players would know to do. The Bears have had a lot of turnover there, and the problem was they had a former starting RB making that play.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Why would the first guy knock it back in to down it? It was going out of bounds at the 2? It was pretty obvious that both thought it was a live ball and were trying to score with it. I personally think the ruling should be, if not a live ball, the ball is downed at the exact spot the first defensive player touches it. It's stupid that it counts as a touchback when the team honestly thought it was a live ball and was attempting to score. It's stupid that you think that. Who cares what they honestly thought? The ball isn't downed when you touch it, you have to stop the ball. It counts as a touchback because they took the ball into the end zone, and it should count that way. Down the ball at the 1, it's either Bears ball at the 1 or Packers ball at the 1. The stupid thing is assuming it touched the playerl when nobody on the field made any sort of motion indicating that it did touch the player.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think so. If the ball was obviously going to go out at about the 2-yard line, why would the guy knock it back in unless he thought it was a live ball? I think they all thought it was. So what was Jones to do? Unless there was an official making some sort of signal that he could look back and see to indicate the ball didn't touch the punt receiver, he was in a catch-22. It was not a catch 22. You down it at the one. If it did touch the guy, worst thing is Bears ball on the Packers 1. The ball wasn't obviously going out on the 2. It was going toward the corner. It could have hit the pylon but the first man down tapped it backward to prevent that from happening. If an official thought it was a fumble he would have thrown the blue bag and that would have been in front of the players faces.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    None of the angles showed anything. It was a bad challenge by Lovie because there was no way you were ever going to find conclusive visual evidence to overturn, and they had the entire commercial break to figure that out. Add that to the horrible use of of timeout the rest of the game and the absurd decision to punt in field goal territory and that ridiculous offensive strategy and this was one of the worse coached games they've had all year. Lovie is a good coach for getting the most out of guys, but he's a very disappointing gameday coach.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    1 of those was whistled behind his head while he was running fast in the opposite direction and another hit his hands only after he had to stop running and wait for the ball, giving the defenders time to also get their hands on the ball. If you expect Hester to be a jump ball phenom like Moss and Burress, you are being unrealistic. Hester is the type of receiver a QB has to lead or hit in stride. He's the only Bears receiver capable of getting consistent seperation, not counting the tight ends. Olsen didn't have problems with Orton's passes because they were lobbed into the flat. That type of pass does not require a ton of accuracy, they are easy to make, and easy to catch. Do you remember a time when Hester made a semi-difficult catch? I'm not asking for him to make catches like the one handed blind catch that Booker made earlier this year, but the one that Orton shorted was still right in his hands, even though he had to slow up and turn around. If he's going to be a WR, I just want to see him make some medium difficulty catches. Yes, he's made a few because Orton rarely hits him in stride. He's an inexperienced developing WR. His lack of fancy catches is much less of a problem than the QB's lack of an ability to throw him a good ball.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    On Rodgers and Orton: Look at the difference in time they had to make their throws. When Rodgers was pressured by the occasional Manning blitz, he didn't look good. But on most throws he was able to drop back, set his feet, look around, wait for a receiver to come open and then throw. Orton was take 3-4 steps and throw or else you are dead because John Freaking Saint Clair is still the starting left tackle and you are lucky you weren't dead before the game started. The defense played well at times, but the 4-man line continued to be incompetent when rushing the passer. On one big play Alex Brown was playing pattycake with the tackle 8 yards away from Rodgers and the other end, I wasn't able to tell, got close to the sideline than the backfield. Davis was benched officially, and Bennet was the official third receiver. I don't think that ball hit the return man and I don't believe how stupid Kevin Jones was for running it into the end zone. The first guy was knocking it back to down it and Jones gives them the ball on the 20. The NFL has to have HD cameras set up on both sides of each goal line and a movable one at each first down marker.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    I agree. They played awful for most of the game until Forte was finally able to get it going. And Orton is unbelievably bad. This is way worse than Grossman ever was. At least when Grossman was bad it was because he was trying to make plays. The INTs by Orton last night were things a high school QB should know not to do. I'll admit, I've never been an Orton fan. But he's not going to take this team anywhere and I hope they don't sign him for next year. Disagree. When Grossman was at his worst he made last night's Orton look like a solid QB. At least when Orton is bad he still makes the occasional pass and doesn't completely crap the bed and give it all away. He's still been awful recently. The only reason Orton's picks didn't completely "give it all away" last night was because the Packers were pretty inept in their own right. Those throws were inexcusable. Well that and they were "relatively safe" picks, in that they were right over the middle in front of a crowd. Grossman just lobbed the ball into the flat no matter who was around when things got tough. Grossman at his worst is much worse than Orton has been. If bad Rex was playing last night, the team never would have had a chance to comeback.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    I agree. They played awful for most of the game until Forte was finally able to get it going. And Orton is unbelievably bad. This is way worse than Grossman ever was. At least when Grossman was bad it was because he was trying to make plays. The INTs by Orton last night were things a high school QB should know not to do. I'll admit, I've never been an Orton fan. But he's not going to take this team anywhere and I hope they don't sign him for next year. Disagree. When Grossman was at his worst he made last night's Orton look like a solid QB. At least when Orton is bad he still makes the occasional pass and doesn't completely crap the bed and give it all away. He's still been awful recently.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    1 of those was whistled behind his head while he was running fast in the opposite direction and another hit his hands only after he had to stop running and wait for the ball, giving the defenders time to also get their hands on the ball. If you expect Hester to be a jump ball phenom like Moss and Burress, you are being unrealistic. Hester is the type of receiver a QB has to lead or hit in stride. He's the only Bears receiver capable of getting consistent seperation, not counting the tight ends. Olsen didn't have problems with Orton's passes because they were lobbed into the flat. That type of pass does not require a ton of accuracy, they are easy to make, and easy to catch.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    The one thing working in the Bears favor is that NY has a bye week and thus doesnt' have to worry as much about resting guys for the first round.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    I believe the 12 playoff teams get the last 12 picks and then it's record. Bukie, I wouldn't be surprised with just about any outcome, from a blowout loss to a blowout win and everything in between. This team has been horribly unpredictable and inconsistent.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Bears need to win out to make the playoffs. If the Vikings lose, the Bears win the NFC North, and are the 3 seed, and would host Dallas, Tampa, Philly, or Minnesota. If the Vikings win, but the Cowboys and Bucs lose, the Bears get the 6 seed and play at Minnesota. It sounds to me like a lot of the media, and probably many fans, are assuming 10 wins, which tells me they are probably going to lose tonight.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    My first thought was simply that Boston was calling Boras's bluff. He's notorious for getting the big money owners to bid against themselves. If they are saying Washington is offering X, we'd like you to match, why not back out?
  14. jersey cubs fan
    I think that's an incredibly inacurrate way to describe the Mets. They scored the 2nd most runs in the NL last year and their starters had the 5th best ERA. The bullpen was clearly a huge problem. They aren't just stars and scrubs.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think Theriot is going to maintain his RC single excellence much longer.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Dempster. Not sure why you "guess" Theriot had a career year, but he did. I don't think everybody had career years, but most guys performed at or above expectations. That's the rare part.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    You say this as if it would be really easy. You can't just get rid of guaranteed contracts. Peavy is the guy who costs the most and could most easily be traded without needing to eat money. He might decide to take his lumps, but he doesn't sound like the type of guy who would be happy losing millions.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Except they aren't trading him for %&its and giggles, they can't afford to pay him. They won't be able to hold him hostage much past the time paychecks start going out. That might not be true any longer. I don't know if it's official at this point, but it sounds like Moores has caved and is putting the team up for sale. That's what I heard, but is that going to be resolved in three months? The only way he sells quickly is if he takes a lowball offer.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    He was already out the door. Which is the same place Myers punched his wife, correct?
  20. jersey cubs fan
    It's not just "words". There's been a series of very poor behavior, including confrontations with fans. They didn't throw him out for having a potty mouth, they are blackballing him because he's a complete douchebag in every respect.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Except they aren't trading him for %&its and giggles, they can't afford to pay him. They won't be able to hold him hostage much past the time paychecks start going out.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    If he does something entertaining three times a year it would be a miracle. A little chest shove after the whistle is not exactly hard to come by. Avery is a mysoginistic douchebag of the highest order.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    I didn't notice the falling before, that's not good for Giles.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    I don't see much wrong with people saying "very close" and then having it off the table. These things can get very close before falling apart. My problem is when they talk of things being done and then they fall apart.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Could you imagine if that fell all the way back and crushed the guy?
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