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Move the freaking ball this time. Get a TD. Saints will NOT keep giving us golden opportunities, mark my words man.

We will rue not getting at least one TD off those opportunities. DAMN IT! :evil:

We're playing into their hands by not establishing the run. I'm not a fan of this gameplan. RUN THE BALL MORE.

Grossman starting badly. Not a good thing.

LOL like 5 people said the same thing :D

OH MY GOD FALL ON IT! :evil: :evil: :evil:

Missed assignment by TJ on the pass blocking. See my earlier post on "things I don't want to see"

This is it. Time to prove it. WIN THIS THING.

Hrm, they stink against better teams from the Western Conference so, despite having a high seed and playing an inferior Eastern Conference team in the first round (against who the Bulls do well), they will still lose? Oh, and because they got past the first round with MJ and did well against the West then, that has to be the correlation as to why they can't get past the first round post-MJ. It can't be that they had inferior teams in the last few years and this year they have a better team against the East. Do they really look better though? I'm using those Western Conference teams as a measuring stick. How can you tell if they're better by beating up on some inferior Eastern Conference clubs?

Maybe I'm just reading too much into what I saw, but during that Bulls/Grizz game last Saturday Gasol looked like he had seriously just gotten out of bed, and couldn't care less what was happening (as his team proceeded to look worse than a group of high schoolers). This doesn't suprise me. At all. I think it raises the question: Is Gasol the kind of guy you want to go to war with? Or is he going to fold when things get tougher? If this Bulls team does anything, it's tenacious and keeps fighting. From what I saw, Gasol does NOT look like that kind of player.

Do we ever beat Western Conference teams? Not since the Jordan years. I like some of the things this club is doing but the lack of success against the Western Conference is just more of the same, and would tend to indicate we won't win our first playoff series (once again). Why would the Bulls lose in the first round? They won't be playing till a Western Conference team? Work with me here. Bulls haven't gotten out of the first round since Jordan, and all that time they've stunk against the Western Conference. This year, they still stink against those better teams. It's a correlation.

Things I want to see: Grossman settling in early, picking his spots, using his feet to buy extra time in the pocket and find lanes to throw in. TJ & Benson with running room, protecting the football, grinding out extra yards, getting tough 1st down yardage Desmond Clark involved in the offense Solid pass blocking from our line, especially off the edge. Stout DLine play, not getting moved off the ball easily, keeping blockers off Urlacher, pressuring Brees, containing the trickery from Bush Solid safety play (for once), sticking in there fearlessly on runs, covering over the top on deep routes on-time for a change Creating turnovers, eliminating our own. Here's what I don't want to see: Lack of execution, false starts, dropped passes, fumbles by Devin, fumbles by anyone else, not protecting the football, interceptions by Grossman or because someone didn't make a catch. Getting moved off the ball, not being physical, just tackling rather than hitting, not punishing receivers over the middle, not making the Saints pay for the yardage they get. Stupid penalties, not having your head in the game, being overwhelmed by the situation and the size of the stage, forgetting assignments, allowing the Saints easy plays, not representing the city and your team well. That's it. All the talk is over. It's time to play this game. I want to see this team play like they're capable of, not fold because everyone in the world wants them to. WIN THIS THING. :evil:

I'm a DirecTV subscriber, and am generally happy with the service. But I'm against this. The limiting of consumer options almost always winds up hurting us in the long run. For example, since DirecTV is now the only place to get both the NFL and MLB packages, I can see how they would be able to raise their prices, even for the normal packages. Hey---if you don't like it, go back to cable and suffer without your out-of-market ballclub. I suppose one of the counter-arguments DirecTV will make is that they really can't get in on the multi-service markets that cable & telephone are beginning to offer (internet + TV + phone all for one low price, and so forth). By locking up the exclusive packages, they are protecting their ability to compete. I think they could help this situation by upgrading their satellite internet service, which right now is expensive and slow, making it a rural-customer niche product.

Do we ever beat Western Conference teams? Not since the Jordan years. I like some of the things this club is doing but the lack of success against the Western Conference is just more of the same, and would tend to indicate we won't win our first playoff series (once again).

I still think it's just going to be Murt--Pie--Soriano. We'll see what Pie can do. At some point this minor league system has to start producing a positional player or two.

Signing Floyd as a 4th outfielder sounds good to me.

Sounds good to me. By the time he breaks the million dollar barrier, he could very well be in the majors and pitching. And if he is, he's a cheap option. Someone on Comcast this morning said Samardzija's fastball occasionally hits 99. I'll take that for 2mil/yr. Well if he makes it to the majors in 09 then we overpay his pre-arbi years by about 4M, but obviously we make that up in only paying him a 2.5M signing bonus. Overall its a fair contract if he makes it to the majors in 09 or 10. Gotta have faith. And a little good coaching won't hurt either. I'd drive to Iowa to see him pitch :) If he's sent there and I go, I'll deliver a report to the best of my admittedly limited scouting ability. 8-)

We're getting pounded here in Madison too, but I've been watching some pre-game and it doesn't look like the snow is nearly as heavy in Chicago. It is coming down though.

I believe Michaels just signed with them, would be suprised to see him involved in any trade.... That doesn't mean anything, though. For example, the Cubs traded Farnsworth very shortly after he signed a contract in 2005. Anything can happen, but it sure sounds to me like Hendry's going with what he already has in the OF.

Maybe Grimm will go to AZ then. If he does, Zona's lucky. The guy is a genius OL coach.

Sounds good to me. By the time he breaks the million dollar barrier, he could very well be in the majors and pitching. And if he is, he's a cheap option. Someone on Comcast this morning said Samardzija's fastball occasionally hits 99. I'll take that for 2mil/yr.

Wait. Briggs is going to be out partying before the game tomorrow? He better be ready to play.

Corret me if I am wrong, but wasn't QC an OF in the Cubs system. WR and OF are similar positions........besides....I thought QC would had been a better WR then a QB in the NFL, anyways. But that is a moot point. Yeah, I think QC went to football just a year or two too early. Right after he insisted on being a QB, a few higher-profile athletes went to the pros as WRs when they played QB in college. I'll bet he would have made a much different decision today than he did back then.

I think if he fails in Baseball he can always go back to football and IMO it might not be as easy to do it the other way around. Drew Henson says Hi. Chad Hutchinson too, oh wait we want to forget about him Quincy Carter says : "What aboout me, the QC? Cute, but going back to play WR is not nearly as difficult as trying to be a QB in the NFL. That said, it appears he is claiming his football life is over: Let's hope he turns to gold with the Cubbies. Hendry & crew not looking so stupid now for spending that draft pick, eh? I've heard Jeff throws in the mid 90's.

Big difference between the Skins and Tampa Game, the Bears Won, the Saints lost. The giants suck and didnt deserve to be in the playoffs and the cowboys defense really hit the skids the last month of the season, even more so than the bears if the Saints are a hot team, the Bears are even hotter reguardless of what every [expletive] outside of John Clayton says at the [expletive] sports broadcasting network Why would wins and losses matter? Lets all marvel at the Saints. They are on fire. I mean they have won 6 of their last 11 games counting the playoff win. What an amazing streak they are on. I don't see any way the Bears will even take the field. Surely they will forfeit the game rather than face off against such a godly team.