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Sucks because the cardinals offense looks terrible without Kyler. He probably popped some pills and waited for them to kick in.

Really needed to convert that gift from GB into 7. Packers went for it in a similar situation last drive and ended up getting 7

Alright Wolford starting to make plays and the Rams at driving. Kyler came out and then went back to the locker room. Not great for him

He’s wild with his throws in many games lol

Man the packers offense is too explosive

Kyler back on the sidelines...Cardinals just got the ball back (Wolford really sucks) let’s see who is in the huddle

Great start. If the bears win today it will be if we can shorten the game with drives like that. Still don’t feel super confident but let’s see if the D shows up. Really lost all confidence in the rams winning even with Kyler out at the moment

Spent all week selling myself on Wolford and he throws a pick inside the Cardinals 20 on the first pass of his career 7-0 Arizona

Just realized that CBS has the Cardinals/Rams game airing locally. What are the odds I spend more time watching that game?

Not a bears tweet but obviously related.

I really hope the Bears can at least keep this game close in the first half. When they played a few weeks ago the Packers had a 27-3 lead midway through the 2nd quarter. If that happens, the Rams are taking their foot off the gas.

Meh I’m fine with it but maybe I’ve reached the complacent stage of my Michigan fandom. Harbaugh does not seem to have the fire that he had his first couple of years, he needs to find it quick.

Sucks that Indiana was really upset about not getting a better bowl selection and then they went out and lost to a sub-500 SEC team while NU blew out a better SEC team. Don’t get me wrong, i firmly believe IU was better than they showed today and I think they may have deserved a better bowl bid, but they didn’t really prove their point today.

Bama Clemson and Ohio State are basically just in their own class and there are no signs of it changing any time soon. Might as well expand the playoffs to 8 or 12 so that least other teams can pretend they have a shot. And it might actually make the top talent spread out a bit since other teams can make the playoff

The Bears always keep their CBs on the same side of the field. Thus my concern about Adams abusing the Bears 4th best CB all game. Edit:

I was reading an article about the 8 times the Bears have had a chance to clinch a playoff berth on the final week of the season and wow I never knew about this wild day:

If the Bears manage to make the playoffs, they will be playing their 1st road playoff game since 1994. It’s weird that the Bears have been mostly futile in those 26 years, but in those rare situations that they’ve made the playoffs, they’ve always been good enough to win their division and in every case but one (2018) they’ve won a bye.

Any news on Jaylon Johnson and Buster Skrine? If Kindle Vildor (still convinced this is a name from that Key and Peele sketch) is forced to defend Davante Adams for large chunks of the game, this one might be over almost before it starts.

I agree that the most likely outcome is what you've suggested, but I dont think either one of them are a stretch, especially the Rams over the Cardinals. If Kyler is hobbled and isn't able to run he becomes a much much different and worse QB. When he injured his shoulder earlier in the year and stopped running, he put up some pretty mediocre performances. On top of that the Rams defense is the best in the NFL and are ridiculously good at rushing the passer. They can shut down this Cardinals team especially given the QBs health. Bears/Packers I feel less good about but still think its winnable.

What a weird ass organization we support

eh, 3 million. That isn't much, considering how much was left. It does make me wonder if the Padres are nearly tapped out, hence why they needed that 3 million. Maybe Preller isn't leaving any room for mid-season moves, and is banking on everything going well, or reaching into the farm to supplement. I had mildly wondered if they would try another big move, as they have the assets to try and make it happen still, but that 3 million does make me wonder. Not really the amount just the fact that the return was very underwhelming, we took back a decent sized contract (though one that pales in comparison to Yu's in years and dollars) and only 1 player that can help us in the short or medium term, PLUS we gave them cash. Just shows how desperate we were to cut his salary and how crappy the market out there was for an elite pitcher on a reasonable contract.

Wow we gave them money too

I still trust them to develop bats decently. They have also traded away Eloy, Gleyber, Jeimer, and Jorge (maybe forgetting someone) but they largely developed those guys outside of the main core. Plus developed Vic, Nico and Bote in the last 2-4 years. And there’s enough bats the prospect guys seem to like it seems like they’re doing a decent job (you don’t hear prospect guys say they like Brennan Davis as an example but don’t like he’s in the Cubs hands). Strumpf and Amaya seem close to being something at the ML level too. All those guys you mentioned were either IFAs, drafted by another team (Vic), a 1st round pick (Nico) or in Bote's case, virtually the only player drafted after the 1st round under Theo that has produced any positive WAR. But in that case maybe the issue is identifying talent in the draft rather than developing that talent. Or its just a weird anomaly that the Cubs have had above average success developing IFAs, 1st round picks and other team's draft picks while having extremely below average success developing draft picks taken after the 1st round. List of (I think) every player to accumulate major league WAR with the Cubs that was taken after round 1: 2011: 14 - Maples (-0.6) 16 - Raul Lopez (0.2) 2012: 2 - Underwood (0.0) 18 - Bote (3.3) 2013: 2 - Zastryzny (0.2) 2014: 3 - Zagunis (-0.1) 7 - Norwood (-0.2) 2015: None 2016: 4 - Tyson Miller (0.0) 2017-2020: None Excluding Bote, the rest of the Cubs non-1st round draft picks since 2011 have yielded a combined -0.5 WAR for the Cubs. Anyways, I'm getting off topic. This is "look at this mildly interesting stat I uncovered all by myself" more than anything.