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That was the most important road win for the Bulls since the Jordan era. Now it's over. There's no way the Heat win 4 in a row, including 2 in Chicago. Not one chance in hell. Deng's incredible. This is his time to ascend to all-star status. People underestimate him because they think he's too tall & lanky to be really athletic. He defies explanation---he's incredibly versatile. If his game is on, I don't see how anyone can really stop him. Just a great night for the Bulls.

Just an opinion, but I don't think we'd miss Briggs that much with Landry back there. Wow, he's friggin special. We'd lose a pretty good linebacker but gain a godly headhunter.

I think it would be tough for Angelo to make the original deal considering he already rejected it. If he can convince Snyder to throw in Mcintosh that would be ideal. It really all depends if he thinks Briggs is bluffing or not. I really believe that during the recent meeting between Briggs and Angelo, Jerry promised to continue to listen to trade offers and so I think he will do so. But I think it's important to remember that, according to league rules, Briggs is supposed to be "worth" 2 1st round picks straight up. I believe Jerry has that in the back of his mind --- a straight-up swap of 1st rounders, while it might be the best we can get, is way less than what the franchise rules say we should get. Two things with this argument: 1)The franchise rules were designed to protect the absolute best of the best. It makes sense-design the rules so that teams can get fair compensation if another team signs the very best free agent, and then teams can bargain down from there through trades for less than the best of the best. There are a lot of questions about if Briggs is great (many people think he's just very good) but even if the point is conceded that he's great, I don't think anybody would put him in the category of the top 3 or 4 players in the game, and those are the players who two first rounders are supposed to be fair compensation for. 2) Taking some draft economics, the Redskins offer is just about equal to two first round picks. One of the teams that has been very interested in Briggs is the Patriots. So what are the differences between this Redskins trade and the Patriots just out and out signing him? Redskins 6 pick (1600 points)-Bears 31 pick=1000 points. Patriots 24 pick (740) plus Patriots 60 pick (a first rounder next year is equal to a second rounder this year=300)=1040. There's not much difference, and the Redskins offer would have actually been better than the Patriots signing Briggs if the Patriots hadn't received a higher first rounder from Seattle this year that they would have to give up. Understood. Personally, I think Jerry's close to pulling the trigger on the Washington deal but just wants a little extra sweetener, which I understand (from a draft pick perspective) the Skins might simply not have. I wonder if he would consider a mid-rounder *next* year, and then do the deal...

If the ultimate goal is to trade down, I would bet that it does. Which means I'll be watching for at least the first 10 picks, since it looks like 2 of the most prominent trade possibilities involve the 6 and the 9. Who am I kidding though? I'm watching anyway 8-) It's just that the weather's going to be great tomorrow. Want to get some Sun.

I think it would be tough for Angelo to make the original deal considering he already rejected it. If he can convince Snyder to throw in Mcintosh that would be ideal. It really all depends if he thinks Briggs is bluffing or not. I really believe that during the recent meeting between Briggs and Angelo, Jerry promised to continue to listen to trade offers and so I think he will do so. But I think it's important to remember that, according to league rules, Briggs is supposed to be "worth" 2 1st round picks straight up. I believe Jerry has that in the back of his mind --- a straight-up swap of 1st rounders, while it might be the best we can get, is way less than what the franchise rules say we should get.

Kinda sucks that I will need to keep an eye on this thing for the entire 1st round, because the Bears might pop a trade at any time. The 1st round will probably take 4-5 hours. I've got chores to do this weekend ;)

Considering Hockey is now little more than professional lacrosse on ice, I'd say bad baseball publicity is still a better way to go. At least his name is still out there, and known.

I really wonder what they would do with that pick. Quinn won't be there...he's gonna go to Cleveland. It's probably too high to get Landry. I don't see us taking another running back in Petersen... Levi Brown? Just a shot in the dark, I really have no clue.

The majority of tools that operate on predicting wins work off of Runs scored for the season. I think all folks are saying is that, extrapolated across the season, you'd expect the Cubs to win more games on the current Runs trend. Except that the way the Cubs have scored those runs, you shouldn't expect that. You would only expect the Cubs to win more games if they hold the same rpg output while more consistently hitting that average in a greater percentage of games.

5? :lol: Win 4, get one for free 8-)

I'm not referring to NSBB posters but I noticed a lot of people who called him "soft" didn't understand young pitching is more fragile then veteran pitching. Dusty didn't understand that, either.

Again, we've been over this before. The Cubs are clobbering a team in one game, then losing the next two by a close margin. It doesn't matter if you outscore your opponent over the course of a series if you score 80% of your runs in only one of the games. Sure, if the Cubs keep the same average but spread it out over all the games, then they'll start winning more. But that means they will have to become more consistent, which they aren't right now.

Why would the Bears swap out for the #9 when they could have swapped out for the #6 and refused? Christ, any idiot can be a sports journalist these days.

I'd rather trade Eyre, but I think Detroit knows he blows :) After Ohman's collapse last week, Lou seemed to put him right back in there for more innings, so while it's clear Lou was angry I don't necessarily think Ohman made it into the dog house.

I think you're right. It's a good thing for Mark he's officially shut down for the year. There won't be anything for him to worry about except rehab, not trying to come back and rescue the Cubs. Maybe that will help a little.

He looked fine. No errors. He made the plays you would expect the SS to make. So bascially he's Eckstein. Just make the plays your supposed to make. I have no problem with that. If he can be Eckstein and hit well, then I'll take it over the dark, seething abyss that is Izturis.

He looked fine. No errors. He made the plays you would expect the SS to make. Looks like Lou visits nsbb :)

Other than Jock and Aram all our regulars hit well in that game. Looks to me like the Brewers' pitching staff had a bad day. Yeah, Sheets went down and they were forced into early relief. Not that I didn't like seeing our hitters have a good day, but it's probably not a real good game to base anything off of.

W- We- We........won?!? *pokes head out of dark, gloomy hole* We.......won a game? *Sun peeks out from behind the clouds* WE WON A GAME?!? *Angels voices waft through the calm wind* ....yay 8-)

I can't be the only one who finds these sudden "back injuries" to be a little too convenient.

Wow they went in and worked on all kinds of stuff. Sounded like a complete overhaul. Amazing all that work needed to be done and nobody was able to diagnose it earlier.

I think we need to move on completely from Wood & Prior at this point. No more of this, please. Make it stop.

Obviously you were not alive in the 70's Oh, for the days of Steve Swisher, Jerry Morales, and Ivan DeJesus. Now that was some baseball.

I wonder if he was insisting he had no injury because he was in denial. He might have just not been able to accept what was happening. Even though I expected it, it's still just really sad. This guy was universally accepted as the next great pitcher. Now lookitt.

Yeah, I just had a flash of how Mark must be feeling about all this. Imagine the disappointment he's going through right now. I do feel bad for the guy. This is a giant, who is now fallen.