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  1. jersey cubs fan
    It does when the question I was responding to was: You can change the wording to justify your hope in the guys' future, but what matters is the draft was poor. It doesn't take 5 years to figure that out. This isn't baseball. I've loved Emery's approach to the veterans, trading for Marshall, signing guys that needed to be signed, not caving on Urlacher's cost, etc. I applaud his willingness to make a change from Lovie despite a relatively successful season. But he had a bad first draft.
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    I don't know who that is, but it looks like NFL.com has him as a tackle http://www.nfl.com/player/stevemaneri/2508014/profile converted last year
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    That doesn't mean he won't be a valuable football player and doesn't have upside, which is what I was responding to. You can go ahead and call that pick a bust after one (missed) season, but with that combination of speed and size/strength, I am not willing to. You can also not like McClellin picked where he was, but that's, again, not what I responding to. He definitely has long term upside. And saying that if Rodriguez is a tight end they don't have to sign Bennett is incredibly silly, especially when the other TEs on the roster were pure garbage. The draft is about getting value at the spot of the selection. A guy who hasn't played football in a year shouldn't have been drafted where Hardin was drafted and the fact that he already missed a year just cements the fact it was an awful pick. It does not matter if a guy maintains upside in the future. Anybody who hasn't retired and is relatively young theoretically has upside. That doesn't mean you can draft them wherever you want.
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    Zach Zaidman ‏@ZachZaidman 21m #Bears announce they've agreed to terms with tight end Steve Maneri on a two-year contract.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Since he really is a witch it's worth it.
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    He was an obvious pick, not a good one. Teixeira was the pick they should have made that year. Hands down, no questions asked. If he was drafted as a 1B, I couldn't disagree with you more. If there was a thought he could stick at 3B or in the OF, I might agree with that. Top flight arms are so hard to find (and keep healthy) that when you have an opportunity like Prior, with his perfect mechanics and great stuff, I just don't think you can chance passing it up. You can build a solid offense without a super elite bat, but it's tough to win big without that TOR arm. They don't stay healthy, he didn't have perfect mechanics. If you could guarantee they'd both have full careers you take the pitcher. But that guarantee doesn't exist. You take the pitcher, I'll take the bat, and you will lose most of the time I will win most of the time and that is all that matters in baseball.
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    I've always wondered about that one. If you don't immediately comply with their instructions is that resisting arrest?
  8. jersey cubs fan
    McClellin? Hardin didn't even play, so I'm not sure how you can know what you have with him. Alshon, as you mentioned. And Evan Rodriguez did whatever he was asked to do well. Now they just need to ask him to do more things involving catching passes. Hardin never should have been picked where he was, he hasn't played football in 2 years. This isn't baseball. McClellin was a bad pick, Hardin was awful. Rodriguez was pointless. He's a GD fullback. If he's a tight end they don't have to go out this year and blow a wad on a free agent. The draft was bad and Emery ran it.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not seriously trying to argue in favor of Rosemont as a location for the Cubs, but why would it make it worse if you have 4-5x as many people to potentially frequent the establishments we're talking about? If you have an area around the stadium that you want people to enjoy before and after games, to draw in extra revenue, you have to be in the city. You are not going to get people to drive to a Mundelein an hour+ before the game, spend $30 on nonsense, go to the game, and then spend another hour plus after the game. A suburban stadium would only be a park, game and leave situation.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    No, people travel from suburbs into cities. For 8 Sundays a year you could get people to travel out to another suburb. But this isn't football. It's 81 days a year and a fanbase accustomed to attending the game in the city. It will be much harder to get them to go to some suburb 81 times a year to watch this team.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    A park and a parking lot Depends on how they do the parking. If they were to build parking garages instead of an open parking lot, I would think they'd have room to build a few businesses. Maybe I'm overestimating the possibilities. Edit: Just an example, the Twins new Target Field is built on an 8 acre plot. Why couldn't the Cubs do something similar? It's a baseball team, they aren't going to be building an amusement park and car wash.
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    The Bears hired 8 scouts last year, and promoted others to new positions. Sure, he can say they still have many of the same scouts, but they also have a lot of new voices, and it was a significant change to the organization last year. I disagree it is "effectively the same scouts in place" as they have had all along. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-05/sports/chi-bears-add-scouts-expand-personnel-department-20120605_1_area-scout-national-scouts-kevin-turks It is the same scouts that did so poorly in last year's draft.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    I don't buy this theory of "changing identity" at all. Brian Urlacher has nothing to do with the quality of the offense. His presence wouldn't have prevented them from getting better and his absence won't facilitate that improvement.
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    I find it hard to believe the Cubs would move, but having the leverage can't hurt. That said, think of what the Cubs could do with 25 acres. They could build a whole lot more than a ballpark. A park and a parking lot
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    What?? Since he's not very good at being a defensive end, might as well get something out of this draft pick. Why not move him to corner? Because that would be dumb since he couldn't physically handle the position.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    What?? Since he's not very good at being a defensive end, might as well get something out of this draft pick. Did you forget the word "if"?
  17. jersey cubs fan
    If I wasn't convinced the emery/trestman era will end in disaster sooner rather than later I'd be completely on board with letting urlacher go. $2m was the price to hold steady at.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    bears and urlacher parting ways. bummer, but probably the right football/salary cap decision.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    He was an obvious pick, not a good one. Teixeira was the pick they should have made that year. Hands down, no questions asked. Do you like Bryant over Appel this year? I know very little about this year's draft. I take the can't miss college bat over the can't miss college arm every time though.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    is truffle out of contact in the outback or something? and no steelers takers?
  21. jersey cubs fan
    He was an obvious pick, not a good one. Teixeira was the pick they should have made that year. Hands down, no questions asked.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think you understand the rule. Walter stiff armed quite a bit. He also used huge shoulder pads and led with those shoulders very often, but I don't recall him leading with the helmet much. Unfortunately the NFL spent years allowing lots of players to play recklessly and younger players saw that, and kept doing it more and more, which makes it difficult to get rid of that stuff by rules now.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    There is something dirty and dangerous about leading with the crown of your helmet. If you get clotheslined or speared the other team will be penalized. There's no rule about spearing unless you lead with your helmet, is there? Also, if it's dirty to drop your pads when contact is about to be made, then pretty much every ballcarrier in NFL history has been dirty pretty consistently. You are pointlessly talking about dropping your pads when this is not at all what is being described.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    He said "he could", so there's leeway.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    There is something dirty and dangerous about leading with the crown of your helmet. If you get clotheslined or speared the other team will be penalized.
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