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Yeah of course. It's not a big enough need for them anyways. [/sarcasm] I'd argue that acquiring even 1/5th of an offensive line is more of a need than an entire QB was when we traded for Jay Cutler. I think you could get Mankins with a 2nd round pick but honestly at this point I'd give them a 1st if the asking price came to it. They are probably going to use their 1st on someone you hope could be as good as Mankins anyways. By price though they probably mean asking price, as in it's not in Jerry's philosophy to have high prices O-lineman. Chris Williams is already making a crapload and Angelo doesn't want to commit to more on the line. It's completely idiotic considering how glaring the need is, how good Mankins is, and the fact that it's an uncapped year and when a cap comes back in play you figure it out from there. It's not like you are gambling on paying Mankins. You are getting one of the best guards in the game, and he's only been in the league like 3-4 years so he'd be your starting guard for at least the next 5-6 years.

Football is the ultimate team sport. If you put someone in the position to kick a game winning FG and he misses it from a spot where its typically made 90+ % of the time, how is that the QBs fault? For not getting the TD? In the Bears game in 2008, I am pretty sure GB attempted a FG because they were in FG range and decided to run down the clock and take the chip shot FG instead of going for the end zone. You mean to tell me it's the QBs fault for that? Would Tom Brady have gone into the huddle and say "Coach wants us to run it up the middle for 2 plays, but I say [expletive] it, I'm a winner and I say we get this in the end zone and give the Bears a minute and 20 seconds to come back down the field." It's only one example but I'm sure there are others. Tom Brady won his first Super Bowl and took his first steps towards his legendary status by leading the Patriots down the field with a few seconds left and.......spiked the ball and brought out his FG unit. If the kicker misses it, is Brady no longer as great of a QB as he is now? You are allowing a kicker to determine the worth of the QB. Doesn't make sense to me.

Also, yeah the local media really bit hard on that 200+ yard rushing performance against a pathetic 0-5 football team. I mean yeah I was impressed that they were able to be so successful, but its an awful team we played. Even still, they rushed for I think 219 yards, and it was on 39 carries. 5.6 ypc is good, but only slightly better than what the top rushing teams in the league average for the season. You'd think the YPC would be a little big higher on a day you have your highest rushing total in almost 15 years. Despite 219 yards, they still had 21 of their 39 carries go for 2 or less yards, including 8 for 0 or negative yardage. If you take away their 3 best and 3 worst runs, their totals go down to 125 yards on 33 carries and 3.8 YPC. Still better that I'd expect from our running game, but not enough to make me believe we can run the ball against real NFL teams.

I see Washington as a completely average team. Without looking at the actual stats, I feel like they are just completely average at every part of the game, not particularly bad, not particularly good. Just average. They remind me of the 2008 Bears for some reason who had that same dynamic.

And this is why I hate the Yankees and their fans. "Man we just got dominated by this guy...we'll just have to sign his ass this offseason"

I can't see us doing it, unless we were completely content with no major additions on offense. You add Lee and I don't see any payroll room to add any decent FAs at 1B, 2B, OF. With the postseason Lee has had for the last 2 years, it's gonna be an outrageous bidding war and his salary will probably take a majority of the money that Lilly and Lee made last year. And lets face it, starting pitching wasn't the big issue the 2nd half of the season, it was anemic offense. Not saying Cliff Lee wouldn't help, or that we don't need an ace quality pitcher, but the money would be better spent in other areas. So as much as I love Cliff Lee and would love to add him to the Cubs, I don't think we are even in the discussions for him.

4-2-1 is very nice after a slow start, but that's amazingly still behind the pace of last year's team

Agreed. People who think hockey is boring, watch this game.

Time to find a Blues board to read reactions.

Kane had make some sweet passes so far this year. Good stuff! Awesome win!

Dead sexy

Forget what I said about being outworked. That goal was all about pushing and clawing and fighting for position around the crease.

Please get at least a point out of this.

HOSSA IS THE GREATEST PLAYER EVER!!! TIED!

Horrible breakdown. Hawks are probably going to fall to 1-3 at home this year. Remember, only 8 regulation losses at home last year. 3 already this year in mid-October. Not good.

I've only watched about a period worth of this game but it seems like the Hawks are getting outworked a majority of the game. Despite this, the play has been fairly even from what I've seen. And the stats bear that out. That is, other than the scoreboard. Hopefully we don't get blanked.

Ahhh my bad

Well they do have a first round pick at LT and RT. I wish Jerry's first round offensive lineman could actually play. Chris Williams and....

lol I watched the game last night too and didn't know anything about their oline. I was specifically watching their pass blocking due to watching our adventures earlier in the day. And my impression of them led me to believe they were a solid experienced line. They protected mcnabb amd even helped an unknown backup back rush for 100 yards and 2 scores. Who knew thy were actually inexperienced scrubs.

Per half even. Unless he wastes two of them challenging a play.

It's a test to see if Jacksonville needs to get relocated. Give them a MNF game against a mediocre draw and if they can't sell it out, they're gone.

Yep...it's hard to beat 22-11. .667 winning percentage. Works out to 108-54 over 162 games. If you want to spin it quasi positively, they were only 4-3 against the Cubs, and 18-8 against everyone else :)

Good point why havent I thought about picking the Bears opponent defense yet? My league gives 2 points for every sack. You are right. As much as we want to take about different schemes, or using the shotgun formation or running more, or using the safety valves, etc. Nothing is going to make this offense into anything until the line is fixed. You might be able to slow down the onslaught that is occuring by being open minded and creative, but there is nothing you can do to make this offense functional without personnel changes on the line.

Few more stats I was reading today regarding the Yankees absolute monopoly in postseason appearances. -The Yankees are playing their 360th playoff game in franchise history tonight. They have 30 more postseason games played than 13 franchises combined (Washington (10), Texas (17), Colorado (20), Tampa Bay (21), Milwaukee (21), Arizona (31), Florida (33), San Diego (34), Seattle (36), Toronto (41), Kansas City (43), Chicago White Sox (55), Houston (56)) -They are trying for their 28th world title in history. They have more world titles than 5 franchises have playoff games played (Washington (10), Texas (17), Colorado (20), Tampa Bay (21), Milwaukee (21)). They also have more world titles than 12 teams have playoff wins (Washington (5), Texas (5), Milwaukee (9), Colorado (10), Tampa Bay (10), San Diego (12), Seattle (15), Arizona (15), Kansas City (18), Houston (21), Toronto (21), Florida (22), Los Angeles Angels (27 - same). -Taking a look at their early run of success. They won more playoff games between 1921 and 1964 than every team has in their history (99....St. Louis has 98 all time). They also have won more playoff games between 1981 to 2010 than every other team has in their history (101 wins...again St. Louis has 98 all time). -The Yankees lifetime playoff winning percentage is .604. Over a 162 game season, this is the equivilent of a 98-64 team. Mind boggling. I hate those [expletive]. Edit: Oh and in case you are wondering exactly how the Cubs fit in those numbers, they are 28-55 lifetime in the postseason (.337 winning % - equivilent of a 55-107 team over a 162 game season). The .337 winning percentage is 2nd worst of the 30 MLB teams. However, the worst team, Texas (5-12, .294), is hopefully improving on this number as we speak).

Did you know Andy Pettitte has more postseason starts (41) and wins (19) than any pitcher in baseball history? To put that number in perspective, he's won more postseason games (19) than the Cubs have since 1908 (18).