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  1. minnesotacubsfan
    you'd have to be all in on the idea that Poles can make this happen and Fields is putting up numbers, meaning its more a matter of XP than FG. I mean...that could happen
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    It's an off-season that will either make a legend of Poles or knock his career to smithereens, but here we are and he got us here.
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    didnt old Comiskey have some kind of area in left field that was open to the public w/o tickets? A friend of mine who is a WS fan claims there was way back in the day, and he seems to think it was nearly at field level eta: the Picnic area, and it appears to actually be right field:
  4. minnesotacubsfan
    I dont have an issue with the players stealing signs during play, or coaches/managers clueing in players in the dugout or via a 1st or 3rd base coach, but when you've got organizational dudes using a camera in the outfield, sending in signals to some dude who's banging on a tub I feel like you crossed a line. Plus horsefeathers Houston
  5. minnesotacubsfan
    I think it’s shameful to tank professional sports seasons and that’s all Chicago teams do now. Every other big city team/organization manages to take a year or two step back before rebounding. Chicago has embraced the tank and should be embarrassed, but aren’t. Wait, are you saying no other "big city" team has ever tanked? In any sport? I think that's a bit hyperbolic. I dont think he's saying that, I think he's saying that no other "big city" has seen their teams embrace the tank across sports (baseball, football, basketball, hockey etc) quite like Chicago has in the last 20 years or so
  6. minnesotacubsfan
    yea, I was coming here to post the Stroud snippet. pretty telling that Field's former teammates are basically telling Poles to give him a supporting cast
  7. minnesotacubsfan
    I think it’s shameful to tank professional sports seasons and that’s all Chicago teams do now. Every other big city team/organization manages to take a year or two step back before rebounding. Chicago has embraced the tank and should be embarrassed, but aren’t. its become so endemic to Chicago sports that even Tim is trying by jettisoning nsbb!
  8. minnesotacubsfan
    That doesn't really explain why he was amazing, exploded his kneecap, then immediately stopped being amazing. the signstealinggate Houston happened in between as well - meaning yelich probably realized the gig was up
  9. minnesotacubsfan
    Kancey ran a 4.67! he basically is Donald
  10. minnesotacubsfan
    I'd say they are reaches at #4. I'd hope to heaven Anderson was still there, there aren't any others that excite me at #4. Better to go down further and get more picks
  11. minnesotacubsfan
    Wow, what a nightmare
  12. minnesotacubsfan
    There are 3 tiers of 2nd contracts for RBs. The elite tier is 15-16M/year = McCaffery, Elliott, Kamara The 2nd tier is 12-12.6M/year = Aaron Jones, Henry, Mixon, Chubb Then the 3rd tier is all the way down at 7-8M/year = Conner, Fournette, Ekeler Now there's a guy in each tier that probably shouldn't be their (Elliott down 1, Henry and Ekeler up 1), but I think Montgomery would rightly value himself in that 2nd tier. Maybe he's not on Derrick Henry's level, but he's clearly better than Fournette and James Conner. And Barkley obviously belongs in that elite tier. So, you're talking about 12M for Montgomery vs. 15M for Barkley. Barkley is worth that difference. Now to be fair, Montgomery may not get 12M on the open market as all those guys re-signed to avoid hitting the market, so there may not be an open market to pay a guy that much. But that's besides the point for the Bears who would be paying for him NOT to hit the market. I guess there's a scenario where he hits the market, realizes he's not valued in that 2nd tier and signs back with the Bears for like 7-8M/year, but that's risky for the Bears to let him hit the market. And still, if the Bears miss out on Barkley, they could go much cheaper than 7-8M for a backup RB and give the reins to Herbert. Sign Barkley
  13. minnesotacubsfan
    Give it like 20 years like the rest of us So, you. Are you in the TC? Was. Left mpls 14 years ago at the trough of the housing bubble. I'm an architect, hooked up with a firm near Seattle. Been here since But, I'm a golden gopher, undergrad and grad
  14. minnesotacubsfan
    does this mean we can finally ban tim
  15. minnesotacubsfan
    Give it like 20 years like the rest of us
  16. minnesotacubsfan
    We already have that Second compromise: so how about all of that with twice as much traffic? What are you thinking, internet porn?
  17. minnesotacubsfan
    Compromise: we'll create a site no one likes. We already have that
  18. minnesotacubsfan
    Kane drove the price down by saying he'd only go to NYR (or implying that), but in general he's also no spring chicken. His production outside the last few games has been pedestrian
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  20. minnesotacubsfan
    Eh, he's not Phil Emery.......yet
  21. minnesotacubsfan
    yea, I feel like if it was real Poles would have pulled the trigger on it by now and it would be all over the sports pages
  22. minnesotacubsfan
    In the replies, be says his source is "HH" which assume is Halas Hall Idk, I think I'd start calling Poles "King Poles" if it does happen
  23. minnesotacubsfan
    No idea if this is reliable or just some twitter dude, but this would be a nice trade
  24. minnesotacubsfan
    i take pride in being trolled by imb....its like he has nothing better to do lol
  25. minnesotacubsfan
    yea, I mean justin fields was also thought about as being a pocket passer .... but he ALSO had amazing physical traits: https://thedraftnetwork.com/2021-nfl-draft-scouting-report-qb-justin-fields/ Kyle, I feel like you want to be right about something no one else was right about. I think it would give you a sense of accomplishment, a feeling of mental superiority. That's cool I guess...you be you as they say....but also accept that you really don't know much nah man he's just super pedantic because of the way his brain is wired. i get it. i'm not as bad, but i get it. it sucks even more IRL because I often find that i can't have a conversation without arguing if i don't agree (assuming it's something i care/know about), and a lot of people don't respond great to that. ah..the disagreeable esoteric. I hadn't considered that
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