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    I have seen a lot worse parodies....
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    [expletive]
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    Ironically, that's the same number of times he went to class in Memphis too. *rimshot*
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    Rose out again tonight. In his 7 year career he's only played in Memphis twice.
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    Someone that should find a realtor in the Des Moines area
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    Slow on the draw today Banedon
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    @Ken_Rosenthal: Source: #Cubs claim OF Shane Peterson from #Athletics.
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    Looking at the NL so far this offseason: Padres - Better Dodgers - Better Giants - Worse/Same Rockies/Diamondbacks - doesn't matter Cardinals - Better Cubs - Better Reds - Same Pirates - Same Brewers - Same Braves - Worse Mets - Same Nats - Same Marlins - Better Phillies - doesn't matter If you assume (big assumption in December) the Dodgers, Cardinals and Nats are favorites for the divisions, that leaves the Padres, Cubs, Pirates, Marlins and Giants fighting for WCs. Maybe the Brewers, Reds and Mets with an outside shot. I guess if I wasn't a homer, the Cubs might be closer to that outside shot group. Just thinking outloud, I expect to be challenged on half of this.
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    Chicago media has been awesomely brutal towards the Bears
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    Noah had surgery during the offseason, and the thought was that he'd be ok for the season, but it was acknowledged that it's still a problem, and he's going to be having to fight it all season. Apparently there's swelling after games...it's going to be a rough season for him. EDIT: All that said, Thibs says they're more worried about his ankle right now than his knee. I think it was Cowley who in the preseason said his knee was bone on bone and would be a problem the rest of this season if not his career. Cowley is kind of a hack so I didn't really believe that, and I probably still don't but it's definitely something I keep coming back to when I see Noah struggle. If last year was peak Noah, it sucks that it had to come in a meaningless season. Edit: This was from a RealGM thread in October: http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1352130
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    RIP to the end of Derrick Rose's consecutive games streak at 12. Even Iron Men succumb to humanity eventually.
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    Come on, don't have revisionist history. Lovie is not an elite coach but he's not bad. He provided stability and leadership* and his players seemed to always play hard for him and loved playing for him. There were no instances of inmates running the asylum in Lovie's tenure, there were no situations where a live ball lay on the ground while his players were walking off the field, there were no situations where one of his assistants bad mouthed a player to the media anonymously and then allowed that coach to stay on. Did Lovie have significant flaws? Yes, definitely. Did he deserve to move on after 2012? Yeah, probably. But I don't think its fair to say he's not a good coach. *Although its clear that the Bears had strong leadership on both offense and defense in the form of Kreutz and Urlacher which certainly helped him maintain control in the locker room.
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    I can't believe Clausen is starting for us....the only QB that Todd Collins was able to beat in a Bears uniform. Clausen finished with a 29.7 rating in that game, Collins 6.3
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    What is everyone's favorite Trestman cliche? *.....and that starts with me *We had a great week of practice *Any explanation of anything that involves the word "process" Any others?
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    LOL Cutty is the Aaron Rodgers of press conferences
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    I think whether Cutler wanted to take the high road or not, he knew that this was the best way to go about it, considering how the media is spewing venom at Emery and Trestman. Now Cutler is made into a sympathetic figure instead of the surley guy he's normally portrayed as.
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    Again, things just keep getting crazier.
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    Jesus. Every decision they make is worse than the last
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    He's looked worse at times this year, but not at all times. I think last game was clearly his worst and I believe that was a throw in the towel game in response to the coaching debacle. It's disappointing and partially justifies the complaints about his attitude, but not the norm. This is pure speculation and probably not true, but I read someone suggest that Cutler is being benched for insubordination (among other things). Why? Remember midway through the 4th with the Bears down 24-8, still only down 2 scores the Bears started out a drive with back to back runs, confusing everyone. Did Trestman throw in the towel? The (unfounded) speculation is that Cutler, in an F you response to the Kromer situation actually checked in to running plays 2 times in a row.
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    Why didn't Trestman announce the change during his P.C? Unless the call to bench Cutler came straight from the top?? I don't know...there are so many unanswered questions about this team, particularly the last 2 weeks. I wish someone could get to the bottom of everything and write a book someday.
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    Ben Finfer is steaming mad
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    Best of Reddit:
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    But even then, there was no guarantee Rodgers was going to turn into anything. He sat on the bench for 3 years while Favre rapidly deteriorated before he got his shot. Tom Brady was a 6th round pick, and had to wait for Bledsoe to get hurt before he was forced into action. For every Rodgers there's 10 Grossmans out there who get picked in the first round and crap out. I might be wrong but I don't think there is any talent evaluator out there that is significantly better than the others at recognizing franchise QB talent beyond the obvious guys which are few and far between and almost always number 1 picks.
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    Get lucky is right. I feel like finding a legit franchise QB is a complete and utter crapshoot. Even if you draft a close to sure thing like Manning or Luck, you have to be fortunate enough to be the worst team in football in a year they are available. So yeah this is what we might be back to...the crapshoot search for our franchise QB.
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