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  1. jersey cubs fan
    misspelled sit move him to fullback, or something else that begins with F and ends in K with a U somewhere. no idea
  2. jersey cubs fan
    This is from the game thread and I don't want to mess with that one but I have to ask, what does this mean? People don't shoplift from Macy's?
  3. jersey cubs fan
    my only real chance to see a game live is at citi field so I will pick them
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not sure what flaws you think they covered up but I know from past discussions you vastly overate how they performed last year. They sucked. They just did it in a non-embarrassing fashion. Now they have a worse offense and their best lineman probably shouldn't be playing due to injury.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Oh come on. Play calling gets far more attention than it deserves. The Bears had a much better RB last year who was a big part of passing game and a much better tight end combination than the garbage they have now. There's very little skill position talent on this team. The offense is a hope Alshon gets a jump ball situation. The supposedly tough running block has been garbage, the RB does nothing and Kevin White apparently never stepped foot in a film room in 2 years as a professional. The problem is a talent issue first and foremost. It doesn't help that the OC is nothing special, but it's not like last year's offense was any good. They were one of the worst passing teams in the league but with the ability to run. Now they aren't any better through the air and arguably worse, but can't run.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    10x worse if it's a hot chick you're there to hook up with worse? that just means she's dfa
  7. jersey cubs fan
    That is a blatant attempt to monetize the gag gift economy. I applaud the effort.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    yes
  9. jersey cubs fan
    My guess is it may be difficult to control and be effective just dialing it up 1-3 times a game, and the increased risk of doing so at all is not worth the incremental gain of using it 1-3 times. Or at least that is how he and his people view the risk.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    It benefits him by not going under the knife.
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  12. jersey cubs fan
    On one hand you say you get it but then on the other hand you explain that you don't. If he's saving his arm by not going as hard with the slider because the division has been wrapped up from the start then he's not going to break it out in "big moments" because there are no actual big moments in the regular season. That would be the entire point of the theory. I'm not sure I buy it. I think it may be more likely that he dialed it back to save his career and his one shot at a real pay day. He may be comfortable dialing it up in 1 or 2 playoff starts and then going back into 2017 with the same approach as 2016 which was to be be very good instead of amazing. His resume of 4 years of very good to historically good will make for a much more compelling negotiating stance than 2+ years of amazing and surgery.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    [tweet]https://twitter.com/506sports/status/778609416329367552[/tweet]
  14. jersey cubs fan
    I feel like Jay as a "media show" was much bigger a few years ago. Entering into what is now a market value deal (below market if you count guaranteed money) and without the franchise package, it wouldn't be a big deal. Going on the "Jay of last year" qualifier, did he blow up the news feed at all? Nobody is worried about the media aspect, they won't be trading much for an old banged up qb making $16m. Over half the teams have guys making more already. The shitty teams will draft their own. This isn't Sam Bradford, who was 6 years younger and half the cost. You need to find a unique situation to be able to trade him, good teams just missing a qb aren't that common.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    Emery had 3 years and Trestman had 2 and it was the right move to fire them. Without Cutler and Alshon, what would you expect from this team next year? Emery and Trestman were clearly never qualified for their respective jobs. Emery was a S&C coach for 50 years at a nonentity school. Trestman was in Canada. Pace at least has the resume of somebody who can do his job and does not appear to be doing as poorly as Emery did. There's at least a reason to consider keeping him around and part of that is that Emery did such a terrible job. I think Pace was hired with the knowledge and understanding that he had a lot of work to do, his focus would be on the future but he'd give it the old college try in the interim while they still had Cutler. That was the reason for Fox. Maybe squeak out a 10 win season somewhere in the first two seasons but he's not going to be held accountable for a disaster. Also I'm not so sure Cutler is gone after this year. His cap hit is $16m which is more than reasonable for a veteran QB, which are typically running in the 18m-22m range right now.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    No. But I would like to see some emphasis w/amateur scouting from the GM. It's why I like Highsmith from GBP. I assumed Pace would come in and do some patchwork for two years and maybe sneak a 10-6 team as I thought that would be his and Fox's strengths. Instead, Pace has been bad both in FA and the draft so far, leading them to a likely complete rebuild (which is rare in the NFL). If Pace and Fox failed at what I thought their strength was, I can't trust with building thru the draft. But Fox isn't here for the long haul, Pace probably is. I'm not sure what you mean about "emphasis w/amateur scouting", but he did hire a longtime Ravens scout as his director of college scouting and that guy left after one year.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    isn't that just the status quo in the NFL? No. I don't think so. Hatley inherited Wanny, Angelo inherited Jauron, Emery inherited Lovie. This is the 1st time since 92', the GM picked the coach at the start. That's a flawed system to me. Not even the Browns have that odd track record. Hatley wasn't GM. The situations you cite do not indicate a situation where the coach has more power than the GM. All those guys replaced the one they inherited. Pace hired Fox and will probably get a chance to hire the next coach. I do not understand what your point is here. NFL coaches who win will gain power over the GM. Fox isn't lording over Halas Hall. He's a short-term head coach and everybody knows it.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    makes perfect sense why his wife is so happy with an arrangement that keeps him out of the house
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Not sure how that's the issue right now. Head coaches always win the power struggle if they win. Fox hasn't won and he's hardly dictating decisions right now.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    More or less, but with Angelo he was typically drafting 18-22, while Pace has had a 7 and a 9. And Angelo's issue was more about finding an offensive coach for Lovie (and not stupidly drafting a good tight end in the firm before trading that tight end away for pennies on the dollar when a new OC decided not to use him). Angelo's team got really talented really quickly and I maintained that from top to bottom the 2006/07 Bears were the most talented team in the league. His first two drafts weren't great, but he started with the 29th selection and got Colombo who was worthy of the selection but suffered a devastating injury after the fact. Haynes was a bust but he got Tillman, Briggs and Alex Brown in the second year and followed that up with Tommie, Tank, Vasher and Berrian. So, yeah it's probably best to have Pace maintain stability and try and grow this thing, but the fact that he hired a stable/safe coach and still managed to field a 10 loss team and what looks to potentially be a 10 or more loss team in his second year is a really bad sign. He probably does get another coaching hire before he's gone.
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  22. jersey cubs fan
    Why not?
  23. jersey cubs fan
    No, I don't really think it was bad luck. And I don't really agree that the problem is a lack of organization philosophy. It seems fairly obvious they were going for a younger, faster defense and counting on a solid run game with the occasional deep threat, a standard play not to lose mentality. the problem is talent at key positions. The offensive tackles suck, the defense cannot rush the passer. Pace, whose history is in scouting guys already in the NFL, has not been a good drafter, and frankly I have no reason to believe he was capable of making a better hire than Fox. He looked for stability.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    nobody fought, mcphee confronted Cutler after the pick, while wearing street clothes since he can't participate.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    like decatur?
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