Derwood
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I'm less annoyed by what they gave up to move up, and more concerned about if Trubisky is a "franchise" QB to begin with. Any QB is a gamble, but Trubisky wasn't even a consensus first QB off the board, much less an Andrew Luck-esque "next big thing". mainly because some people don't know that deshaun watson will never throw accurately enough to be all that good. He was good enough to beat Ohio State (handily) and Alabama last year in the playoffs, but I guess we'll see
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Almost all draft related rage is people reacting negatively to deviations from the "established" predicted draft order. I personally love all of the post draft hot takes because literally no one has any idea of how the players in the draft will turn out. Independent of how Trubisky turns out, the trade up seems kind of stupid to me. But marginally stupid as they didn't trade mortgage the future for it. The gave up a 3rd (2017), a 4th (2017), and a 3rd (2018). In the second round, they dropped 9 spots and picked up a 4th (2017), a 6th (2017), and a 4th (2018). While these two moves should probably be evaluated independently, it seems to me the dropped when they felt like they could still get their guy and jumped up when they weren't sure if they could get their guy. It's not completely a wash, but it softens the blow for sure. "The Bears have potentially drafted something they never had before - a franchise quarterback!" "Yeah, but couldn't they have drafted him more economically?" I'm less annoyed by what they gave up to move up, and more concerned about if Trubisky is a "franchise" QB to begin with. Any QB is a gamble, but Trubisky wasn't even a consensus first QB off the board, much less an Andrew Luck-esque "next big thing".
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How are the dumb voters going to justify giving someone else the gold glove this season?
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He hasn't played a snap of meaningful football yet. You get nothing
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Glennon is truly one of the most bafflingly short-sighted signings in Bears history Uh, no? And I hate him but this is just a really strange statement. Nothing baffling or short sighted about it. That much money for a QB who sucks and when you were going to draft a QB anyways is baffling and shortsighted.
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Yeah I see all the articles saying how well Glennon played. It looked to me that he played OK but was again completely outplayed by Trubiaky. The clock issues and fumbled snap aside. There is a huge gap in talent and ability. Glennon is truly one of the most bafflingly short-sighted signings in Bears history
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Make him Donkey Teeth's personal catcher -
My apologies.....you guys clearly made the better choice in watching this instead of Donkey Teeth
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well that's simply not true
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Wait, are you guys seriously watching Bears preseason football instead of the Cubs? Please tell me you're at least flipping
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This Chevy commercial they play during EVERY SINGLE commercial break on MLB.TV would be a lot more accurate if one of the Ford Truck dudes whipped it out and pissed on the Chevy truck after the big reveal
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I am a fan of the Happ interview meme in the dugout
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Baez just missed two hangers. Pitcher got lucky
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Recent history shows the NFL is more likely to make hitting more punitive (while increasing the body armor) than it would be to remove body armor and hope the players avoid their own injuries They can try that all they want; it won't work and won't stave off the inevitable. If you take away the helmets, some nut job like Vontaze Burfict will kill someone on the field and then the NFL would be screwed
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Prince Fielder got $24M to not play this year, and has another $72M coming over the next three seasons And he is still more valuable than Pujols, who has between -1 and -2 WAR by both B-R and Fangraphs. I know it's been brought up before but man we dodged a bullet in 2011. Indeed we did
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He has 17 for August, 2 shy of the record for most HR in August, and 3 shy of Sammy's record of 20 in any month
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But never in a million years would the NFL go with LESS head protection, even if it fundamentally changed the game for the better They're going to have to do something drastic to change the game. There's no way around it. Recent history shows the NFL is more likely to make hitting more punitive (while increasing the body armor) than it would be to remove body armor and hope the players avoid their own injuries
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Get rid of helmets. Seriously. Play with rugby-style padding, and they'd learn quickly that an improper tackle is bad news for everyone involved. Still a lot of contact, but full-on head-first bone-crunching tackles would be a thing of the past almost immediately. But never in a million years would the NFL go with LESS head protection, even if it fundamentally changed the game for the better
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Julian Edelman blew his knee out. I'm sure the Patriots will find some unknown Division 3 player to show up and be an all pro
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Prince Fielder got $24M to not play this year, and has another $72M coming over the next three seasons
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If you drew a Venn diagram of Trump's base and Cardinal fans, would you even need two circles?
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ESPN's box score is jacked up. It says Zobrist is 0 for 15
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brawl/slapfight video: [tweet] [/tweet] There were some weird camera angles in that TV feed
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This is the most excited I've been for a Penn State season for years.
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We've got this, ninnies
