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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Completely disagree. The odds that he will have any sort of prolonged success as an amazing returner are extremely low. I think he's lost that step he had and he's not going to get it back. But he's shown enough in his 1.5 as a receiver to make me believe he can keep getting better, and he's going to have much more of an impact there than at returner. I just don't think he has the hands to be a good/great receiver. He might have lost a step, but that could have to do with his hip injury early in the season. I'm hopeful it returns. But even if it does, I don't see that making him some great receiver. In any case, I fear we've seen the best of Hester already... Regardless, he's not going to help the team more as strictly a returner. That's done. He's not a #1, but he could be a tremendous weapon if the Bears actually had a good WR on the other side, and an offensive line that could block for more than 2 seconds.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    The Bears are who we thought they were. The offensive line is still a significant weakness. John St. Clair has to be replaced asap. Williams better be the man, and they still need to draft line early next year. The defense has clearly taken a significant step back from 2005/2006, and they probably need some sort of stud drafted in the first next year to think they can improve it.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Completely disagree. The odds that he will have any sort of prolonged success as an amazing returner are extremely low. I think he's lost that step he had and he's not going to get it back. But he's shown enough in his 1.5 as a receiver to make me believe he can keep getting better, and he's going to have much more of an impact there than at returner.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I'm still highly skeptical that this ever happens.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    No they haven't. They may act like they knew exactly what would happen after the fact, but every single one of the ones I've heard talk about this has sounded extremely confused why this is taking so long. It's an odd story that should not be dragging on this long.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    If Hendry let Wood go in order to avoid insulting him, he's a bigger idiot than anybody every claimed he was. Come on, don't nitpick the choice of words. Hendry knows/thinks Wood was going to get a long term deal, and since they weren't going to give him a long term deal, they aren't pursuing him, a fan favorite coming off a great year. With that level of certainty in Hendry's mind, I find it hard to believe he avoids offering arbitration on the chance Wood needs to come back to the Cubs for a one year deal breaking a hypothetical budget he's under. I don't see how that is nitpicking.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    If Hendry let Wood go in order to avoid insulting him, he's a bigger idiot than anybody every claimed he was.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    I think the third game should be guaranteed to be an AFC/NFC matchup, and in the event that Detroit or Dallas sucks, the networks will have an opportunity to move Detroit/Dallas to NFL Network for the other game. They can rotate every year for priority. The AFC/NFC matchup won't really matter to the equation. Networks are determined by the road team, so every year Detroit and Dallas either host an AFC or NFC team, putting them on CBS or Fox. If the third game is AFC @ NFC, and a crappy Detroit team is hosting an NFC team, that's a Fox matchup. So you will have to throw out the AFC/NFC broadcasting rules if you want that flexibility. But I doubt the NFL has any interest in devaluing their own network's game.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Now that they'd added a third game, I don't see much of a need to axe Detroit. But maybe they can change it up and rotate Detroit/Dallas every other year.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Actually, now that I think about it, one of my friends hates him and wants him gone at any cost. The other guy has a soft spot for him and while he thinks the team has to trade him, he's of the belief that he's extremely valuable and doesn't want him traded for anything less than top notch blue chip players.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    are you upset ball state is not going to a bcs bowl? if i were you i'd be happy. Several million dollars plus that huge exposure would do a lot more for Ball State's football program than any win in a lesser bowl game. They could really use the money up there. Plus, there are probably 3 other teams who are no better than they are in the BCS (Oregon State, ACC Winner, Big East winner) so if they somehow got matched up with one of the last two they'd have a pretty good shot of winning that game. Let's just put it this way. Ball State can go to the Motor City Bowl and play bad teams a lot. There aren't a lot of chances to get the huge exposure of a BCS bowl. Even if the worst case scenario happened and they simply got destroyed, it would still be better for their program than the alternative. I doubt the difference in exposure is all that meaningful. And don't they have to split that money?
  12. jersey cubs fan
    I think he's more strange and creapy than buffoonish.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Hub Arkush is a buffoon. Their hearing was last Thursday. Every NFL "insider" was saying going into it that no one would be suspended before Week 14 because it's a unique case. I mean every Glazer, Mortenson, Clayton, King was saying this last week. It shouldn't be a surprise. Hub is just an idiot. Did he ask why the 3 players from the Saints haven't been suspended yet? Their appeal hearing was before the Williams'. It sounds like there's a decent chance they may all be let off the hook because there were some major discrepancies. The hearing lasted 12 hours and they had multiple doctors and trainers testify. The banned substance wasn't included as an ingredients and wasn't on the hotline that players are supposed to consult with. How is he a buffoon for saying it has been unusually long? It has been long. It's been far too long.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    There's no such thing.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    They probably don't get attached to their best or even average players because they will likely be gone sooner than later. That leaves Jack Wilson to love. He was the face of the franchise. And I don't just mean that in an ugly face = ugly franchise sense. He was the guy in all those commercials on FSN Pittsburgh a few years back.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    If Wood accepts and brings him much closer to that budget, he couldn't afford any of those players, which would be the problem. No necessarily, it just means he might have to trade Marquis to pay for Wood's contract. If he does have a firm budget, I still can't see how they're looking at Peavy, Abreu, or Ibanez regardless of Wood's situation. A) You can't just decide to trade Marquis. Odds are you'll have to pick up a huge chunk of his salary. B) If he's got, let's say, $12-14m left, he can look at any of those guys. But if Wood accepts he can't. I really don't understand why you are having trouble understanding the limitations of a budget.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    I will never understand that organization or fan base's infatuation with that guy. I have a couple friends who are Pirates fans, and they'll bitch and moan about the team, but don't have any complaints about Jack Wilson. He's had just 2 acceptable big league seasons, is over 30 and ugly as sin. I don't see the attraction.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    If Wood accepts and brings him much closer to that budget, he couldn't afford any of those players, which would be the problem.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    He should be fired for being cautious with a firm budget?
  20. jersey cubs fan
    I wouldn't be surprised, only depressed. Can someone tell me please: Why would the Cubs be disincented to offer arby? Is the thinking that Wood isn't worth the likely arb-awarded $? Yes, if they chose not to offer it would be so they don't have to pay him. There's no legit reason for them to consider the option, but the fact that they so aggressively pushed him out the door makes me wonder.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    So anyway, the Bears don't play New Orleans for 16 days, they have Minnesota in 5 days and the result will be far more important than the Saints game.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Who says 32?
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Accuweather's extended forecast for early that week is highs in the 20's and lows in the teens. For a night game, that won't be pleasant. But I don't think it will be cold enough to impact the game in a huge way. Any precision passing offense is going to be affected by that type of cold, especially an offense that plays half it's games in domes and 2 more in Florida and Carolina. Obviously I hope so. But on the other hand, Brees played at Purdue. This won't be his first experience in cold weather. And Purdue never played in December. He played in the fall.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Accuweather's extended forecast for early that week is highs in the 20's and lows in the teens. For a night game, that won't be pleasant. But I don't think it will be cold enough to impact the game in a huge way. Any precision passing offense is going to be affected by that type of cold, especially an offense that plays half it's games in domes and 2 more in Florida and Carolina.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Accuweather's extended forecast for early that week is highs in the 20's and lows in the teens.
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