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Why are people upset we didn't sign a second WR? As I said before the WRs arent that bad, there just isn't a #1 type WR on this team no matter what Lovie says. Knox could be a pretty good number 2. Hester is a good number 3. Bennett could be a good number 2. The team chose Roy Williams as their #1 receiver target. Wasn't my first choice, but so be it. At least they got something. So now we wait and see if they were right. But at this point it didn't make sense to bring in Sims-Walker even though many (including me) would have rather had him than Williams.
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Is it just me or is this team getting worse and worse as the year goes on? -
Cubs trying to score 0 after loading the bases with 0 outs again.
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Jeez, Philly teams really love stocking up in a particular position with superstars
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Gholston is a Bear Wow what a stupid signing
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Yeah they seem to run their team like its an MLB The Show Franchise. Cliff Lee? How sick would it be to have him with Hamels, Halladay and Oswalt? Awesome let's get him...i'm not going to play this franchise mode long enough to see those prospects get better anyways. I need an OF, hey Hunter Pence is available but they are asking for a crapload. Lets blow them away with our 3 top prospects.
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This says it all:
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Yuck, he's awful, and I'm not just saying that because he's from Ohio State. He's a much bigger disappointment than Gaines Adams was when we brought him aboard.
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I doubt casual fans could do that. Even casual fans care about winning or losing and their excitement peaks and valleys based on that. The difference is, the casual fans have long erased the 2011 Cubs from their memories and would not be posting in meaningless game threads like this one.
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Reggie who? Yeah that's a great set of moves. Obviously Bush has more talent and upside than Sproles, but Sproles does a lot of the stuff Reggie did for them in previous years. So they got 80% of Reggie Bush and a 3rd round pick (right?) out of it.
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Yeah this doesnt really seem like a Bears type acquisition at all. If they were going to go after a showboating WR, why not put an offer in for Ochocinco before the Pats got him?
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Well he's tall....
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Fukudome traded to Indians
UMFan83 replied to erik316wttn's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I do like this comment: But like someone said, this was from 2 years ago so we've yet to see this focus pay off. -
You are acting like other teams were like "Oh crap, Albert Haynesworth? Why didn't I think of acquiring him! Dammit Patriots, you are just too smart for us." It's so damn shrewd of the Pats to take a chance on an overpaid headcase who chooses when to display his admittedly good talent.
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Back then I was infatuated with Fukudome because I read so many good things about him, but at the same time if the choice was between a 26 year old who produced a 3.9 WAR the prior two years and would make $9 million a year and a 30 year old coming off a wrist injury (i think) who was coming from japan where power doesn't always translate well, and would make $12 million a year, it seems like a no brainer right? I don't blame Hendry for trusting his scouts who apparently gushed nonstop over him, but his scouts were wrong.
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Dave Kaplan? Is that you?
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That's a lot of spin. They were in the NFC Championship game. Somehow that's a joke? It definitely could be. A bad call against the Lions, a horrible team in the Divisional game and the Green Bay game wasn't as close as the score indicated. GB is stacked on defense and our offense will continue to be inept against them and perhaps even the Lions if we don't seriously upgrade our offensive positions. DBs are the least of our problems. In terms of importance in a Lovie Smith defense, CBs are towards the bottom. And based on numbers, it doesn't seem like they did that bad at all. Rodgers had his 2nd lowest QB rating, 3rd lowest completion percentage, 6th lowest passing yards of any game that year in the NFC title game. A bad non-challenge against the Redskins, a bad luck 1st and goal not converted against the Lions, and the Bears are even better than what they were last year.
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^ Good post. I agree with all of it.
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Explain to me how this team has gotten better over the last couple of days, particularly as compared to a team like the Pats, who have less cash to spend under the cap and yet have managed to acquire two impact players in 24 hours without giving up the farm. Both those impact players come with big question marks. Ochocinco is getting old and didnt have a good year last year and got owned in the playoffs the year before. We all know what question marks Haynesworth has. They have an organization that is willing to gamble with stuff like that, we don't.
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That's a blockbuster. Interesting trade.
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It's funny that he's going to Carolina because 3 years ago he pretty much gave the Panthers a win 2 years ago with his two 4th quarter lost fumbles. Yes I'm still bitter about that.
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Every NFL team has at least someone that's decent. That said, I doubt we're getting anyone that good. On twitter, they are saying its literally a player to be named later. I could see us maybe getting a 3rd along with that. I don't think I've ever heard of a PTBNL trade in the NFL. Zach Zaidman said the player being traded is based on a physical. It would never happen, but I'd laugh my ass off for about 48 consecutive hours if the player was Jeremy Shockey.
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This whole 'building the team around the zany mike martz offense' is going to look silly when we fire martz after this season or next.
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Every NFL team has at least someone that's decent. That said, I doubt we're getting anyone that good. On twitter, they are saying its literally a player to be named later. I could see us maybe getting a 3rd along with that.
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Apparently Warren Sapp is laughing at us on NFL Network and saying we're going backwords. Reaction on twitter seems to be 100% in favor of Carolina here. Bears getting a PTBNL?
