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  1. jersey cubs fan
    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20131119/worst-positions/ Len Kasper tweeted a link to this Verducci column, noting that he really liked the Billy Beane quote: This sort of thing is why the 2008 Cubs were so good. They didn't have much in the way of superstars performing above and beyond, but they had no weak links. The problem with so many other Hendry era Cubs teams is they had several black hole positions that weighed heavily on the team. The current team is filled with even fewer high end performers but with just as many black hole types. OPS+ isn't the best way to go about judging the weakest links, but it gives you a pretty good indication where the weaknesses lie.
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    You should probably consider growing thicker skin on the matter and not worry so much about what you perceive as everybody mocking your team.
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    That report was exactly what started the discussion about his injury on the Jay Cutler Show yesterday. Cutler immediately dismissed it and started all that negative talk. But then again Jay was very non-committal about playing in the Lions game the week leading up to it, but yesterday on the show he pretty much implied that he knew he was going to be back for that game during the bye week. The only conclusion is the organization is pushing Jay to come back, knowing he isn't ready, so he will look bad and it will help justify not bringing him back. You really think they're trying to put themselves in a position to lose games so they don't have to bring back Cutler (who they don't have to bring back anyways)? No, but that wasn't at all implied in the joke either. The point was if he isn't healthy enough to return, and the Bears know he isn't healthy enough to return, the conspiracy theorist view would be they are leaking that "they expect him to return on 12/1", knowing full well he won't be able to return on 12/1, therefore painting him in a bad light.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    That report was exactly what started the discussion about his injury on the Jay Cutler Show yesterday. Cutler immediately dismissed it and started all that negative talk. But then again Jay was very non-committal about playing in the Lions game the week leading up to it, but yesterday on the show he pretty much implied that he knew he was going to be back for that game during the bye week. The only conclusion is the organization is pushing Jay to come back, knowing he isn't ready, so he will look bad and it will help justify not bringing him back.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think anybody was heaping praise on it.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Not sure what is so impossible about fielding a squad that is older than it was the previous year.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    He's not if you don't have to trade cheap good cheap prospects for him.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    They typically would have announced already and other teams (most?) already have announced. Maybe it's an issue with the new stadium. The A's say they are at the Cubs in a SS game March 4, but it is their only road game at the Cubs this spring. The White Sox site also only has them going to Mesa once, on the 27th.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Anyone able to find video of this? Power was knocked out yesterday and I have yet to see this in any highlight reel from the game. http://www.chicagobears.com/multimedia/videos/Highlights-Ravens-Bears/8d905335-2d65-45bd-8371-7533b81676f6 The Bears website has a field level view about 1:50 into this highlight package.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    You said it was a Chicago specific thing. Chicago first and more specifically Bears. It just isn't true. Hell, there were Denver fans who hated Cutler when he was only 25.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Looks like I transposed a 7-5 season with a 5-7 season. They lost 8 games in Fry's last season, 10 in Ferentz first and 9 in his 2nd. They averaged 8 per season in whatever 4 year grouping you want to include around those seasons. And they lost a hell of a lot more pre-Fry. In an era where the balance of power has shifted dramatically away from all Big Ten teams this stretch should not be viewed as inappropriately bad. It is standard operating procedure for Iowa.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    This is not at all unique to Chicago. And as for Rose, you are talking about a guy who was medically cleared to play who decided he didn't want to play. That's a whole 'nother level that will rile up any fan base.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    I don't see what Chicago has to do with it. It is universal that large portions of a fan base will both be hung up on predetermined storylines about a player, and will blame the QB disproportionately for all struggles prior to winning a super bowl. The backup QB is the most popular player on a team is a saying that has held true for decades, by all fan bases. You and I have talked about this before, IIRC. Chicago fans eat their own; they gobble up any idiot narrative our idiot media wants to assemble and would never change their minds. If Cutler took them to a Superbowl they'd still bitch about him. If he just took them and did not win? Probably. Just like Grossman, or just like Philly did with McNabb, or just like just about any fan base would do with a 30 year old QB who has not yet won them a Super Bowl. There are Steelers fans who kind of hate Big Ben right now and lots of NY people wanting to dump Manning. Unless you are among the best of the best and can back it up with the stats, you are going to run afoul with fan bases across the league. It is not a Chicago thing.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/196qlm0ydq6a8gif/ku-medium.gif Qatar's vagina stadium
  15. jersey cubs fan
    I don't see what Chicago has to do with it. It is universal that large portions of a fan base will both be hung up on predetermined storylines about a player, and will blame the QB disproportionately for all struggles prior to winning a super bowl. The backup QB is the most popular player on a team is a saying that has held true for decades, by all fan bases.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    That is a strangely worded nugget.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Look like he did on that seam pass to Bennett. That was a rocket I didn't think he was capable of. I didn't consider it a rocket. Pretty nice pass that was harder than his typical deliveries, but nothing huge. It looked really good coming out of his hand but toward the end it was just sort of hanging up there by the time it reached Bennett.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    I knew early-to-mid 30's but was not positive he was 34 until looking it up.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    After this year Ferentz will likely have averaged 6-7 losses per year for 4 years. Iowa could do better than that, and probably would if they hadn't given Ferentz the worst buyout in sports. You believe Iowa has averaged 6-7 losses per year because of a buyout? Being relevant on a national basis 1-2 times per decade is pretty much all Iowa can hope for, and they have gotten that out of Ferentz. They average 6.25 losses per year for a 4-year stretch in the mid 2000s. They averaged 8 losses per year during the period they moved from Hayden Fry to Ferentz. They averaged 7.8 losses during the 70s. Iowa cannot reasonably expect to do better than what they've done with Ferentz.
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  21. jersey cubs fan
    You don't think so? 1700 pro touches, more than another 900 in college. He's right there with Ray Rice, and just about exactly where Shaun Alexander did when he fell apart.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, that was really impressive. For some reason he also looked "bigger" to me on the field. Maybe Baltimore has some smaller offensive players (not just Ray Rice), or maybe he was just making more of an impact. The third option is that I was sitting closer to the TV.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    It's always that bad when they stupidly take the tarp off to play a game during what they know will be a huge storm. Had they just delayed the start and kept it covered until the worst passed they would have been fine. Don't think they could keep the tarp out no matter what during a tornado warning. They could have kept it on longer than they did and kept the players off until the storm passed. Instead they started it "on time" knowing there would be a delay. That led to pregame and 1st quarter activities ripping up the field and an impossible condition to return to.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    It's always that bad when they stupidly take the tarp off to play a game during what they know will be a huge storm. Had they just delayed the start and kept it covered until the worst passed they would have been fine.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Wait... really? On the road, our D is running on fumes (something like eight injuries assuming Shea doesn't play), and and playing an offense that came up huge in their last outing.. It's also probably worth noting that the Bears are 2-8 against the line this year. People have been losing money on the Bears, which erodes the support they get and skews the line away from them.
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