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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Someone explain this to me like I'm a 5 year old. Why would it be a problem that Ricketts is paying for it without city funding? It's not a problem as much as it is a restart in the negotiations. The Cubs wanted to do X and have the government contribute Y to the process. Now they want to do X + Z and have the government contribute 0 to the process. The Cubs want more now in exchange for no financial assistance.
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    I'm not intentionally trying to be ridiculous, I'm simply pointing out the flaws that come with trying to evaluate QBs based on how much their team wins. They play a significant role, but just because a team won a lot of games, went deep in the playoffs and maybe even won a Super Bowl, it doesn't automatically make their QB a great (or even good) player. Nobody is trying to evaluate a QB based on how much their team wins, except for you.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not intentionally trying to be ridiculous, I'm simply pointing out the flaws that come with trying to evaluate QBs based on how much their team wins. They play a significant role, but just because a team won a lot of games, went deep in the playoffs and maybe even won a Super Bowl, it doesn't automatically make their QB a great (or even good) player. It makes them worth a lot of money, especially if they are a free agent immediately following a Super Bowl win. I'm sorry if you don't understand that. I do understand that his demands went up after the Super Bowl win and somebody would have paid that. But that doesn't make it the right decision for the Ravens to make. So your stance remains they should have let him walk and traded for Colt McCoy.
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  5. jersey cubs fan
    No. As long as I've followed, it's been the Thursday after big league opening day. The past few years, though, MLB opened the season earlier in the weekend (I remember because it screwed up the first week of fantasy baseball). So the Thursday was close to a week after opening day. Really? I always remember the season opening on Sunday Night Baseball. Except for the international (Japan) games.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    I doubt it. The presence of a QB like Flacco will allow the team to at least remain decent in the coming years, and the fact that this is the NFL and not MLB means they can just release him years before it actually expires if they want to.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    This isn't baseball. You can't judge individual stats alone because guys aren't facing one on one battles with the same competition as the rest of the league. Dew thinks quarterbacks are like starting pitchers.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Now you are just being an idiot for the sake of being an idiot.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Alex Smith played at a very high level in the playoffs. Mark Sanchez did as well. Should the Chiefs and Jets make them two of the highest paid QBs in the NFL too? Or do only Super Bowl rings matter when evaluating QBs? I really don't understand how you determine which QBs are good and which aren't since it's apparently not based on statistics over the course of a career. Alex Smith and Mark Sanchez suck. Flacco does not. You've make it clear you don't understand how to determine a good QB.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    That is asinine. You have some sort of weird hangup about Flacco.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    that mets game was cold. as soon as the sun went away it was brutal
  12. jersey cubs fan
    That is not the only real argument you can make. I think you really need to rethink the way you define average. The thing you are ignoring is there has been an explosion of offense the past 20 years. A so-called "average" starting QB today is not an historically average QB. In 1992 you had 8 teams attempt 500 passes, in 2012 you had 23. The average went up by 75 attempts. The average yardage went up by 700 passing yards and 5 touchdowns. The average completion percentage has gone up. The problem is you are treating quarterbacks like pitchers and football like baseball. There isn't a farm system with guy ready to come up tomorrow. There isn't a rotation and the possibility of replacing one guy by sliding everybody else up. There is one primary QB, and his backups. There's 100 or so QBs around the NFL at any given time and maybe 15-20 you'd actually want leading your team. That group of 15-20 aren't average. They are all well above average. They are all quite good. Baltimore took a chance with Flacco by letting him reach free agency. Had he struggled this year he wouldn't have done well in his contract. He essentially got a bonus for winning a super bowl but that is the cost of doing business. It's a gamble most teams would be more than happy to make. They aren't just paying him whatever he wanted. They are paying him what they have to pay him to keep him.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    beat 'em with harmony
  14. jersey cubs fan
    They don't win them on their own is the point. You have to have a good team around that QB and by severely overpaying an average QB, you hurt your chances of building a good team around him. In your theoretical world where only one team is "overpaying an average QB" and everybody else has a more cost efficient situation at QB and the rest of the team, that would be true. But in the real world, you're wrong. Everybody with a QB is paying that QB. SF and SEA get to pay their QBs relative peanuts in the meantime but that won't last.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    It's still over a week away, but I wanted an excuse to post this: http://deadspin.com/bubba-watson-has-a-hovercraft-golf-cart-465618284 Bubba Watson Has A Hovercraft Golf Cart
  16. jersey cubs fan
    is Fluker not an option? Trufant, Eifert, Patterson
  17. jersey cubs fan
    They have got to get better with no outs and runners on second and third, though. Did you see that stat where the Cubs only scored 65 percent of the time last season in that situation? And then they follow that by not scoring in that situation. I have no huge expectations this season, but if the Cubs want to win a few more games, it would be nice to see that stat get into MLB average territory. You can't really "get better" with no outs and runners on second and third. As Kyle pointed out, it would help if you didn't have incompetent hitters at the plate in those situations.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Giants select Ogletree
  19. jersey cubs fan
    What's your solution dew? Let them walk and trade for Colt McCoy? You aren't making any sense.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    It has to be Feldman. A RHP with an F or P to start his name
  21. jersey cubs fan
    If you believe other reports, it was substantial, and Samardzija turned them down. He's going to be expensive. I thought I remember some quotes from him saying he's more than happy to wait. And he should be. He's been making 2-3m per year for multiple years now. It's not like this is his first chance to make some real money. As long as he hasn't been an idiot he should be set from a "nobody in his family will go hungry" standpoint. He can afford to wait for big one.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    True, but that reinforces my point that QBs don't win or lose Super Bowls. Teams do and by paying average to below average QBs top dollar, you're making your team worse. If you're trying to call Flacco below average you're sounding very uninformed. If you have a QB play well in a winning SB season and hit free agency, you can let him walk and then reset your organization and try to find another very difficult to find QB. Or you can pay him. This isn't baseball. These guys aren't replacable parts. There aren't 75 quality QBs around the league and dozens in the minors waiting to take the place of other guys. You have won, you have to pay him or you will lose him and be screwed. There are maybe 80-100 NFL QBs out there. 7 or 8 get drafted every year. In any one season maybe 25 of them are acceptable for their position while less then that actually do much of anything to help you win. Your definition of average is stupid and your thoughts on paying QBs are absurd.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    I vaguely remember him being here for like a week or something.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    I'd rather have Haren
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Chris Kuc ‏@ChrisKuc 2m #Blackhawks give up fourth-round draft pick for Michal Handzus, according to @TSNBobMcKenzie. 4th round pick for a 4th line center I guess.
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