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  1. UMFan83
    Tony Pollard broke his leg yesterday. Wonder if this will depress his value a bit or if it makes it more likely he takes a friendlier deal to stay with the Cowboys
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    Don't think Everton is going to be able to stay up this time. Man what a mess. At least they'll have the best stadium in the Championship
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    That’s the MO Says dumb horsefeathers, get outrage clicks I wish people would realize this more. There are many people out there in the media whose sole purpose is to generate outrage
  4. UMFan83
    Well, if they played in Paris when we could watch it would be at midnight over there. They have these things called "weekends" when most people are off of work. I'm sure the NBA gets more revenue for games on the weekend so I'm sure they'd rather have weekend games in the states. It's just one game, though it does suck that its the only Bulls game in an 8 day stretch.
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    Because why the horsefeathers not? lol
  6. UMFan83
    I saw this thread bumped and though 'which POS franchise signed him?'. I'm hoping he gets Addison Russell'd and end up in Mexico but he's probably too good of a player for some POS team to not take a risk by signing him.
  7. UMFan83
    That draft was insane. 5 QBs drafted in the first round, 3 of them being historic busts (Couch at 1, Akili Smith at 3, McNown at 12), 1 being a solid pro (Culpepper at 11) and one being HOF caliber (McNabb at 2). McNown was a complete disaster but I'd argue that Smith was an even bigger bust and worse pro QB.
  8. UMFan83
    Sometimes teams just have "their guy" and will trade almost anything to get him, even if it means trading up just one spot. :banghead:
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    Do you think the lack of a consensus number 1 QB helps or hurts the Bears? Seemed like Young was atop almost everyone’s mocks until recently now I see more Levis than Young. Like if Trevor Lawrence was coming out this year and the Bears were sitting on the number 1 pick (assuming they don’t draft Lawrence there), I’d expect teams to throw everything they can at drafting a seemingly no doubt star QB. But with no obvious home run pick waiting there at the top, it might affect what the Bears can get from a desperate team. I guess that if that doesn’t help us, it at least helps that the Texans are sitting at 2 and a virtual lock to take a QB. That means if you want your choice of the top 3 you have to trade up with the Bears. If you don’t trade up you are left with the 3rd choice or no 1st round QB at all.
  10. UMFan83
    With all this activity I expected the Bears to have traded the number 1 pick or something lol
  11. UMFan83
    Imagine what he would have gotten them if they didn't allow the highest sack rate in 20 years. (I realize Fields is at fault for some of those sacks but that doesn't fit with the joke)
  12. UMFan83
    He was also at Cubs Convention all weekend and posted videos of him getting introduced on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reel/CncxpsHpBnD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link (no idea how to embed Instagram posts on here)
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    Fields was the consensus number 2 pick in the draft almost all season. I remember getting mad that the Bears already had too many wins and would have no shot at Lawrence or Fields. Nothing Fields did in his last season should have caused a drop in draft stock IMO. He didn't start dropping until after the season when people started talking about him throwing to his first read a high percentage of the time. I'm sure there's more to it but he was very highly regarded as a prospect until draft time.
  14. UMFan83
    Yea certainly more nuanced than my chart. And, yea, I think if he had better size, he'd be a clear #1. What's he actually expected to come in at? He's listed at 6'0" 194, but seems like consensus is he's gonna measure smaller on both, by a lot. If he somehow measured at that height/weight he may clear the hurdle just enough for some teams who would be out if he's 5'10" 180. On Hoge and Jahns an "expert" guest said he is smaller than Kyler (acknowledged Kyler is heavier/built thicker) Kyler's combine numbers we 5' 10"/207 Shorter than Kyler? Yikes...so Young would be the shortest QB in the NFL. I think you can be successful as a sub-6 foot QB and guys like Kyler, Russ Wilson and Brees have proven that, but at some point height becomes an issue.
  15. UMFan83
    Stroud declared for the draft today
  16. UMFan83

    NFL Playoffs

    UMFan83 replied to raw's topic in Other Sports

    Vintage Cousins.
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    Doesn’t he have til Thursday technically? Isn’t there a 3 day period where a player can reconsider after the deadline? So he can declare he’s staying at OSU today for the deadline, but then change his mind on Weds if he wanted. Friday is the “official” day. Or am I wrong? Thought I saw this in an article recently. Does it only go the other way? You can declare and then retract within the grace period? Yeah...those that have declared for the draft have 72 hours after the deadline to change their minds
  18. UMFan83

    NFL Playoffs

    UMFan83 replied to raw's topic in Other Sports

    i hate you lol
  19. UMFan83

    NFL Playoffs

    UMFan83 replied to raw's topic in Other Sports

    I think that was Summerall. Al Michaels wasn’t part of that broadcast
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    Couldn’t he DH too? Who is the current DH, Madrigal?
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    Hmm
  23. UMFan83
    Day 1 is only the 1st round. They aren't getting 4-5 1st round picks They're doing a 3 day draft this year? I thought it was 1-2 the first day? Or is it 1 the first day, 2-7 the next? For the last several years its been 1st round on Thurday, 2-3 and Friday, 4-7 on Saturday
  24. UMFan83
    The second you put him on the market and let teams know you're open to trading him after 2 years it devalues him. It's a stain all on its own. Not that it's a route I would want them to take even if it weren't the case. Why can't you say the same thing about the no. 1 pick? The second you put it on the market, you're devaluing the top prospect. It's a stain all on its own. I don't see that as the same. When someone trades a top 3 pick its usually because there is a high profile QB available and the team holding that pick is set at QB. The Bears trading the number 1 pick with Fields on the roster doesn't mean that teams think Bryce Young must suck. It just means that the Bears are satisfied with their young QB and value getting multiple future high picks instead.
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    NFL Playoffs

    UMFan83 replied to raw's topic in Other Sports

    Imagine making the playoffs and having to start Skylar Thompson or Anthony Brown.
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