Careless

Umpires and their ilk... wow. such incompetence.

Yeah, and at this time last year the Bears were going 16-0 as the greatest team ever. And in week 3 (I think) they discovered that if you had a decent fron 7, you could blitz rex to make him the worst quarterback in the league. I don't think anyone's making a similar discovery about Brady any time soon. Thank you for helping to prove my point. NFL coaches will figure weaknesses out. It's week 2 -- way, way, WAY too early to proclaim any team great. That said, even as a Colt fan, I do think the Patriots are the best team and Super Bowl favorites. So you're comparing the bears using an unknown quarterback to the Patriots returning one of the best few teams in the league plus a bunch of star players? that seems preposterous. Wow. Nowhere did say any such thing. The comparison is simply between what perception was after two weeks the past two years -- and last year it was way off. I'm saying calling any team great after two weeks is premature. Who's better between Grossman-Brady and Bears-Patriots is really irrelevant here. you said "nfl coaches willfigure out weaknesses" Well, why did they do it almost instantly against the bears yet have taken years to do it against the Pats? You didn't make a comparison, you made a statement about the ability of NFL coaches.

Fixed via wishful thinking

I think people are still having a hard time adjusting to the fact that Piniella doesn't really care about who is a proven veteran and who isn't. If this was Dusty Baker's team, yes, it'd be Blanco and Blanco would be playing as often as Soto is right now. But, it's Soto who's getting the AB's and he will be on the playoff roster if the Cubs get the chance to fill one out. In fact, the case can be made that Soto should be starting right now given that Kendall is 8-50 in September and Soto is 11-19. Not saying this means Soto wont be on a playoff roster if we make it, but its clear today was just an offday for Kendall and nothing more. Yup, that was Piniella's quote before the game. The only thing I can find after the game is this little comment by Muskat: I think Piniella is coming around on Soto, I just wish he'd go a little faster on it. One thing that I am happy about is that Piniella seems to really like Soto, which spells good things for his PT in 2008. I doubt he'll ever get to do more than split time in 2007, but I do hope it gets to that point. Even Baker would be coming around to Soto at this point. Kendal has been an ok offensive catcher and an abysmal defensive catcher with the Cubs. He started out hot and is getting worse at the plate. Soto has been better than him hitting and catching. It's not close.

Yeah, and at this time last year the Bears were going 16-0 as the greatest team ever. And in week 3 (I think) they discovered that if you had a decent fron 7, you could blitz rex to make him the worst quarterback in the league. I don't think anyone's making a similar discovery about Brady any time soon. Thank you for helping to prove my point. NFL coaches will figure weaknesses out. It's week 2 -- way, way, WAY too early to proclaim any team great. That said, even as a Colt fan, I do think the Patriots are the best team and Super Bowl favorites. So you're comparing the bears using an unknown quarterback to the Patriots returning one of the best few teams in the league plus a bunch of star players? that seems preposterous.

You could always pull out a SB tape and watch him coach his team to a win of Super Bowl XI. :D Hopefully he was slightly less senile then

Yeah, and at this time last year the Bears were going 16-0 as the greatest team ever. And in week 3 (I think) they discovered that if you had a decent fron 7, you could blitz rex to make him the worst quarterback in the league. I don't think anyone's making a similar discovery about Brady any time soon.

madden says he has no idea what the cornerback was looking at on the Moss TD after talking about the safety blowing the doubleteam and the fact that the cornerback was looking at the safety. i'd love to see him try to coach a team.

NBC digging out Athenaeum for cutting to commercial music is maybe the most esoteric selection I've heard from them, but they're on a mid 90s kick tonight, it seems

If the patriots could run the ball, they'd be the best football team ever.

yeah, that was impressive

Devin hester is still ridiculous

crap

I never cared much for women who I knew could kick my ass. Please. I'd let her lick my ass anytime. fixed drunk much?

I never cared much for women who I knew could kick my ass. be less of a pansy?

Kind of weird that Nike broke out the last of the mohicans theme for a commercial now.

what's a prefessional? It's what a player is before he's ready to play in the majors. Obviously a joke playing on Kendal's age. (note: I'm joking)

bratwurst hating fool!

Well duh. You are watching, aren't you? Turn it off quick. Nah, I'm flipping between Southern Cal/Nebraska, Arkansas/Bama, and BC/GTech. USC/Nebraska is not disappointing so far. What is happening? 14-10 USC. Go huskers, i guess, purely in the interest of an upset Also, why does it sound like the announcer is talking into a tin can on a string?

so why is weurtz terrible these days?

you don't often see a line of 2.2 IP, 0ER, no injury from a starter

it's the rare accidental bunt!

yeah, that was a huge risk going there with a hit to center. learn to throw, jones

I really would like to see an objective analysis of a season's blown calls and the consequences. We'd need fans of every team here to contribute, though.

god, kendall