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People on twitter are saying that Johnny Knox would have caught that. Roy hate aside, wtf have you seen Johnny Knox the last 2 seasons?

there were so many better wide receivers available....we did nothing to improve a major weakness on the team.

Annnnd Williams deflects the ball into the hands of a Titan for an INT Another pass he should have caught but went right through his hands. He did catch the first pass thrown to him

Remember when the Cubs were randomly winning games a couple of weeks ago?

Wow...the Brewers are 47-16 at home this year. That's insane.

That Arizona game was the worst quarterbacked game that I've ever seen in my life. It seriously was awful. Fans booed because they saw how awesome the team was and didn't want the QB [expletive] it up. And TBH I don't think they were booing him after that game. I seem to remember the prevailing thought was to chalk that one up as a bad game and move up. However, it certainly set the wheels in motion. It definitely got the media going, and their relentless attack on Grossman certainly contributed to the fans turning on him. I don't get why you think a QB that was at the bottom of a lot of big QB stats didn't deserve to be booed. He was an ok quarterback that had his moments but for every "clutch throw" he had, he had a game where he completely lost a game for his team with a horrible performance.

Makes me wonder why the Cubs GM position right here and right now is the most coveted position in sports. Now I definitely did not as closely follow the Cubs as much as I do now the last time the Cubs had an open GM position, which was before MacPhail took over (as we all know, he gave the position to Hendry). Here are a couple of obvious reasons: 1. The Cubs historical World Series drought is now the only such long time streak in sports by close to 45 years. As such it is at the forefront of sports streaks. Before the Red Sox won it, I would argue their streak was a lot more talked about than ours. 2. This is the first time the Cubs GM position has been open in the era where a Wrigley Field sellout is not very tough to get. Meaning revenue from Wrigley Field is significantly more than even 10 years ago. 3. The Cubs are not owned by a faceless corporation that has been known for short changing the team and doing what it takes to win (aka the 1990's). This owner is publically stating his desire to operate his team like the Red Sox, probably the model franchise in how to offer a big market club" where he will likely promise a top 5 payroll, significant investments in scouting and in the draft, a desire to build from within and filling holes in FA, investing in the historic ballpark, keeping its charm and what makes it special but being creative in maximizing revenue from it. We might look back at 2 weeks ago as the week Cubs baseball changed forever with the draft signings that were made, the firing of Hendry, and the baseball philosophy of Ricketts being outlined. That concept of the Cubs front office as a bunch of bumbling idiots stuck in the stone age might have been erased forever overnight.

Rex Grossman may have had more 100 QB rating games in 2006 than Jay had last year, but Rex also had 5 games where he had a QB rating under 40, when Jay has only had 4 of those in his entire career (about 4.5 seasons).

Stuff the Bears should know before they decide between signing Roy Williams instead of about 10 other WRs on his level or better. He has the most drops in football over the last 4 seasons, so its not just some minor training camp issue that will go away. The guy has issues catching balls, and always will. If he does that, the Bears fans will be all over him and he'll probably lose confidence. Hopefully I'm wrong, but its hard for me to see this ending well, especially because the coaches already seem at odds with him, as does the media.

Are you sure that's not 5.5 quarters won for the season? I could see them getting a couple of 3-0 4th quarters as the opponent is sitting their starters and running the ball up the gut everytime, meanwhile an underthrown deep ball leads to a pass interference, getting the Bengals in FG range to close the scoring in a 30-3 loss.

That would be awesome. On talent and not contract Burnett is a great buy low candidate. People have been mesmerized with Burnett's talent for years and he can never seem to completely put it together. I will say most of his best years have been in the NL.

Took 2 preseason games for the guy to fall out of favor with the coaches, fans and media. Nice. We had 2 weak spots on the team to address and 30 million to address them and we end up probably making no improvement in either. How can that possibly happen?

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Ned Colletti might be the only candidate to make me prefer that we kept Hendry instead. That said, whoever said they are going to ignore the media reports until the new GM's introductory press conference is a smart man. The media is getting less and less reputable by the day and the line between fact based rumor and complete speculation is blurred to the point where you can't tell the difference anymore. Thanks Twitter.

True, but what hurt can it do to claim him and spend a few minutes on the phone? Who knows, with the Mets terrible financial situation, maybe the cost would be a lot less than you would think. Perhaps interested teams spent those few minutes on the phone BEFORE deciding whether to put in a claim, and found out it would be a waste of time. Entirely possible. True but you make the claim and no one else can get him, and you get a .00005% chance that the Mets randomly give him to you because the Madoff crap is worse than previously believed. The only downsides that might be true are: There is a nominal fee to make a claim, correct? Also I asked this yesterday but didn't get a response. It might be true that you lose your waiver priority if you claim someone? So if you are the Astros, and that is true, I don't make that claim for several reasons. But a team like the Yankees can claim anyone they want.

Curious to see what 6 WRs you like this year? I was 1 pick away from having Larry Fitzgerald instead of Austin, but the bastard in front of me grabbed him. What happened in my league is that QBs are so highly valued that 10 of the 12 teams kept a QB, and I kept 2. And in a 12 team league that starts 2 QBs, there are not enough starting QBs for everyone. So QBs flew off the board in the first couple of rounds leaving me to get Mendenhall in the 2nd, almost Fitzgerald but instead Austin in the 3rd, Marshall in the 4th and De'Angelo in the 5th. In my league, Eli Manning was literally a 3rd round pick. Anyway, that's a solid top to bottom team. You have a couple of players I really like this year that I myself didn't get, including Stafford, Blount and Ingram. Love the RB depth. Solid TE duo as well. You could probably use a better 3rd and 4th WR, but I'm guessing you like Floyd. I personally don't prefer him.

That's a pretty solid team. Just gotta watch out for injuries to your QBs and to Gore and you look solid. Could use an upgrade at TE, but I almost never end up with a good TE...I too ended up with Winslow. I just drafted my team last night, and I think I did really good. The other people in the league say I'm the favorite but I don't want to get ahead of myself...too much could happen. Teams: 12 2 QB/ 3 RB/ 4 WR / TE / K / DEF Stats tend to have a moderate bias towards QBs and pass catching RBs QB: Drew Brees (keeper) QB: Michael Vick (keeper) RB: Rashad Mendenhall RB: De'Angelo Williams RB: Ryan Mathews WR: Miles Austin WR: Brandon Marshall WR: Austin Collie WR: Sydney Rice TE: Kellen Winslow K: No one for now DEF: Chicago Bears BN: Chad Henne BN: Vince Young BN: Willis McGahee BN: Arrelious Benn BN: Danny Amendola (gonna drop when I can) I think my bench could use a bit of help. Football outsiders says it loves McGahee as a 4th RB and same with Benn at WR, but I feel like injury risks (Benn coming back from ACL surgery), and McGahee needs no explanatiion

Speaking of Ramirez hate. People keep piling on. How can you actually believe this [expletive]? http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ycn-9010329

He is a quiet guy and keeps to himself, and while he's put up consistently good numbers he's never been a premier player in the league. He's only finished in the top 5 of the NL any offensive category twice (2B in 2008 - 5th, XBH in 2006 - 4th) and never in the top 3. He's only made 2 ASG, and only finished closer than 10th in an MVP voting. He's also been overshadowed by more personable stars like Sosa, Alou, Nomar, Prior, Wood, Zambrano and Lee his entire Cubs career before this year. I'm not trying to downplay his career, because its been really good, adn the guy is/was a star. But I can understand why he's kind of fallen between the cracks in terms of marketing.

Lets win tomorrow and take the season series

You spelled "struck out" incorrectly.

Why not make a claim? If we did one of threw things will happen: we work out a trade for him, we don't work out a trade for him or they give him to us. No downside to that. Unless, do you lose you waiver priority if you make a claim? I'd be really happy if we acquired him at a reasonable cost. Id be surprised if Bush was allowed to give up too much.

Minus whale. For all intensive purposes, we wouldn't be saving any money. I could care less about saving money. It's a doggy dog world. True. Irregardless, it's a mute point.

Minus whale. For all intensive purposes, we wouldn't be saving any money. I could care less about saving money.