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  1. UMFan83
    Some terrible shoot out attempts for both sides
  2. UMFan83
    According to this article, don't be so quick to pencil Briggs into the starting lineup Sunday:
  3. UMFan83
    Nice....if they lose and we win, they almost certainly don't bring him back for week 17 (bc they'll be eliminated)
  4. UMFan83
    6 of them pick our nightmare scenarios of the Eagles, Packers and Lions all winning this week. Although I guess if we lose and the Lions win, the Packers game is meaningless to us.
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    It doesn't make any sense though. Maybe you could say that last year or the year before, but unlike the previous years, part of the core is going to be a FA and looking for a raise. The team is already well over the luxury tax and stands to become repeaters and face a much stiffer penalty if they are over the tax next year. They cannot and will not be able to bring back the core next year. There is no way JR is going to see all the injuries that destroyed every key player on this team the last 3 years, see how much money he spent for said team, and then be ok with raising the payroll significantly (because of Deng raise and repeater tax increase) to bring back the same team. Even if they amnesty Boozer and replace him with Mirotic and draft picks, it's just not going to happen. So either this report is true and GarPax is a complete moron or this is just a leak from the Bulls FO to prevent destroying whats left of the Bulls psyche and to not appear desperate while finding a taker for Deng.
  6. UMFan83
    idiotic if true
  7. UMFan83
    If they continue to win 1 of every 5 it could be. They are only 1.5 games out of the bottom 3. Yeah at this point I could easily see it happening. When we are consistently outclassed by terrible teams at home and then basically toyed with against good teams on the road, its hard to imagine many victories. To add to that the injury prone core is just about hitting their maximum injury potential with Butler, Deng, Hinrich and Rose all banged up (I'm sure Noah is playing with some sort of injury as well - he always is).
  8. UMFan83
    On a recent Simmons podcast, his guest (Cousin Sal Iacono) said the NFL had phased them out, but I have no idea why. It flies in the face of the NFL's mission to run every single day of the sports year. I've read that the Saturday games were not good for ratings so they got phased out. I would guess that NFL games got ratings no matter when they are played, especially when there are 9-11 games being played at noon on Sunday.
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    I don't think we'll hear anything definite until tomorrow
  11. UMFan83
    I'm still not sure how many snaps we can even expect Briggs to play after not playing for over 2 months. Maybe half the snaps? Philly's offense is obviously very fast paced and will leave little time for a possibly under conditioned athlete to rest.
  12. UMFan83
    Yeah, I think the most likely scenario is that the Eagles have nothing to play for and the Bears do. I am assuming the Cowboys will manage to beat the Redskins, and I think the Lions will beat the Giants and Packers beat the Steelers, meaning the Bears would need to beat Philly to continue to control their own destiny in Week 17.
  13. UMFan83
    Bring back Saturday games dammit. We don't need 9 games on Sunday at noon. And next week I think there's going to be 11 because there's no Thursday or Monday games.
  14. UMFan83
    Good point about the tie. However unlikely that is, I think that plus the obvious seeding implications with the Eagles, would give Trestman enough motivation to play to win this weekend
  15. UMFan83
    Not sure if he said anything on the show but he did practice today but was limited. Conditioning is obviously the concern because he hasnt played in over 2 months and is playing an extremely uptempo offense. Also this from Trestman: A Lions loss and Packers win would make the result of the Eagles game meaningless (except for potential seeding)
  16. UMFan83
    Overall, though, I think they've been inflated by having 3 or 4 absolute beatdowns they've been on the wrong side of (Nashville, Colorado, Toronto). They didn't have many (any?) of those last year The Hawks only had 2 losses by more than 2 goals all season (playoffs included). Those were the first regulation loss of the season against Colorado (6-2) and Game 2 against Detroit (4-1)
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    and for Bears The gist I got from that is that its more likely Flynn starts Sunday not Rodgers. Wouldnt he be taking first team reps if he was aiming to start? That's why he said it's great news for the Bears. I read that wrong, my bad. Lets hope the Packers lose and the Bears win this weekend so we don't have to worry about Rodgers at Soldier Field for a spot in the playoffs.
  18. UMFan83
    and for Bears The gist I got from that is that its more likely Flynn starts Sunday not Rodgers. Wouldnt he be taking first team reps if he was aiming to start?
  19. UMFan83
    [expletive] that's spot on. I'm not really anti-Derrick Rose or anything Bernstein addresses several issues that bother me. And I didn't realize the rift between BJ and Pax for some reason. I've been saying this for a couple years, but I think there's a pretty decent chance Derrick is gone in a couple of years, whether its because he leaves on his own, or never recovers fully from his injuries and is let go.
  20. UMFan83
    From the strange but true file: The Bears are 0-5 when Alshon Jeffery has 100 yards receiving, 8-1 when he is held under 100 yards.
  21. UMFan83
    Hawks finally have the best goal differential in hockey and are now 7 points clear of the Blues in their division (although the Blues somehow have 4 games in hand and could pass the Hawks in points if they went 4-0-0). The damn Ducks keep winning though so the Hawks are only 2 points up on them for most points in the league (and Ducks have a game in hand)
  22. UMFan83
    agreed
  23. UMFan83
    Out of curiosity, a few years ago the prevailing thought seemed to be that relievers are inconsistent year to year and it wasn't the best use of resources on the FA market. Now it seems to be applauded. Was there a change in philosophy or was the Cubs bullpen so bad the last few years that this is now a prudent way to improve the club?
  24. UMFan83
    Changing the subject....oof Alshon. http://deadspin.com/dan-patrick-soldiers-through-a-brutal-interview-with-al-1485019687
  25. UMFan83
    I think there's a scenario where the Lions aren't eliminated but the Bears-Packers game has guaranteed implications Week 16: Bears lose Lions win Packers win Packers 8-6-1 Lions 8-7 Bears 8-7 Setting up the following scenario: Lions clinch with a win and Packers loss Bears clinch with a win and Lions loss Packers clinch with a win So even if the Lions win, it would be a guaranteed win or go home scenario for the Packers. So would NBC take that over a Cowboys-Eagles game where the winner goes to the playoffs and the loser goes home? It's unclear from that tidbit. I'd think they would go for the NFC East game, but who knows. I agree it's unlikely they chose Bengals-Ravens, but if there's a scenario where Bengals-Ravens can affect the following teams playoff chances in terms of seeding, byes and even making the playoffs: Colts, Patriots, Bengals, Ravens, Dolphins, they might opt for that to draw more viewers in.
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