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I say trade Noah too. I have a major man crush on him but he can't stay healthy and even with his contract he probably gets us the most in return out of any asset. I'm all for replacing the entire core sans Butler and whats left of Rose. Build around: Butler Mirotic Charlotte pick (hoping we get it this year) Bulls 1st (should be around 15-20) Return for Noah Return for Deng Rose There is a crapload of unknowns there, but I think the Bulls would be in a position with the right amount of luck (mostly whether Mirotic turns out and whether we can get a minor star from one of the 1sts this year) to have a solid team again and hopefully one thats not injury prone besides Rose. I'm not sure it's worth trading Noah given his unique skill set and the general fact that most NBA trades seem lopsided in favor of the team getting the veteran talent. You pretty much have to trade Deng because he won't return next year. Unless the Bulls hit a home run on one of those picks or Mirotic, that's not a good core. That's the point, I'm high on Mirotic. It's a bit of a gamble but this is the deepest draft in years and GarPax has shown to be more than capable of finding talent in the draft. Plus depending on the contacts you get back for Deng/Noah/Gibson, you would probably have financial flexibility to acquire a star player to go along with that core. Oh we could keep plugging Noah in there praying that he isn't limited for the playoffs (which I think he has been 4 of the last 5 years). Noah for a contract matching expiring and a mid 1st rounder would be good enough for me. I think a top 15 pick in this draft is like a top 7-8 pick in most drafts.

I say trade Noah too. I have a major man crush on him but he can't stay healthy and even with his contract he probably gets us the most in return out of any asset. I'm all for replacing the entire core sans Butler and whats left of Rose. Build around: Butler Mirotic Charlotte pick (hoping we get it this year) Bulls 1st (should be around 15-20) Return for Noah Return for Deng Rose There is a crapload of unknowns there, but I think the Bulls would be in a position with the right amount of luck (mostly whether Mirotic turns out and whether we can get a minor star from one of the 1sts this year) to have a solid team again and hopefully one thats not injury prone besides Rose.

If the East didn't blow I'd say who knows if the Bulls even make the playoffs Admirable that the Bulls were able to claw together 45 wins without Rose last year but to do it again with even less offensive talent might be tough for this team to do.

Lions 6-5 Bears 6-5 Packers 5-5-1 I'm gonna guess they finish Packers 9-6-1 (4-1 rest of way) Bears 9-7 (3-2) Lions 8-8 (2-3) Just for maximum pain

76 yard FG attempt FTW?

should have taken the tie, the vikings actually have a shot even if its extremely unlikely

Dammit I'm just praying he throws a pick here. It would be the greatest thing that ever happened to me or anyone i know

At this point with 1st and 25 with 24 seconds left, the Packers should just take a knee and take the tie. Taking the chance of throwing a Pick 6 isnt work it here

How many times since the new overtime rules took place has a team scored on their opening drive and not won the game? Can anyone remember it happening?

makes sense. I'm certainly not taking a knee here but a tie is definitely an advantageous result here.

I don't know whats more painful, the [expletive] the Bulls have dealt with the last few years with having a team that's (arguably) talented enough to win it all and have it destroyed every season with injuries, or the pain of watching a big market baseball team run in place while payroll decreases and the projected year of contention remains 2-3 years off all while basically fading into irrelevance in their city.

im lucky because I'm a fan of the fringe team (hawks) and a fan of michigan basketball so I saw one team win it all and one team lose in the championship game (which I'm fine with, wasn't that painful). All the rest of the teams in this city can [expletive] themselves.

Puts the Packers a half game behind us with Rodgers coming back. It's not good, but I guess its marginally better than a win. With 3:49 left the chances of the Vikings winning this are small

I root for turkey. EDIT: Serious note, if the Packers lose today and win Thursday, it puts divisional tiebreakers back in the Bears' favor So for a 3 way tie that would be a good thing, but the Packers at 6-6 with Rodgers back and a game left against the Bears is a bit scary.

If GB somehow lost this game, who do would we root for on thanksgiving, the Lions or the Packers? I've spent the last 5 minutes thinking about it. Probably the Packers but it's not clear cut.

Yeah the Dolphins Martin/Incognito saga sure was fun as is Loria and the Florida Panthers.

Paea, Melton, and Briggs for being injured and forcing them to play 4th and 5th string guys a lot. Add Collins and DJ Williams to that, plus a tip of the cap to Tillman being out

nevermind, Packers have to settle for a FG, Vikings are still alive somehow

Bears with another conference loss are going to have a really tough time winning tiebreakers for a WC spot

And there's McCown's first turnover

They're on DT #8, LB #6 and the safeties are awful. It's been blowing up since week 1. Yeah the defense may or may not be "done" but seriously they have practice squad guys starting for them

Packers about to win. Flynn saved their season

And hester takes one out from 9.5 yards deep in the end zone, is tackled at the 9 and almost loses the ball to the Rams. Good stuff.

disagree, again my decision is based on the decisions the bears have made this year and their inability to score from 1 yard out for the last decade or so, but several times this year. I understand the numbers favor going for it, and normally I am pretty aggressive about going for it there. And you still never take the FG there. Disagree all you like, but the FG is the wrong call. It's a coach's "get out of jail free" call, but it's the wrong call in 99.99% of situations. i know you are a numbers guy and i know what the numbers say, i still think in that situation you kick a FG. I probably look dumb for being so adamant about it but I am going to have a hard time changing my mind there, as illogical as it may sound to you.

Panthers win. Won't need to worry about them anymore they are WC 1 at a minimum. If SF somehow wins this week its going to be close to division or bust for the Bears, which isn't looking good if GB wins today.