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  1. Soul
    He's supposed to be gone, but hey you never know with Hendry. Never underestimate Jim Hendry's ability to delude himself. My ideal Monday? "Cubs sold to Mark Cuban. MacPhail, Hendry, Baker all fired immediately." Ohhh yeah. Just give me more drugs to keep the delusions rolling.
  2. Soul
    http://www.msu.edu/~huizing7/slapjls.gif I saw that, LOL. MSU really is a snakebit program. What a tank job. Good win for Illinois though. On the road and everything. Maybe that will spark the program a little bit. Right now winning anything more than 3 games would probably give folks a heart attack down there.
  3. Soul
    Uhhh, yeah. He's not that fast a healer. I'd like to see a side-by-side of MRIs before declaring a miracle. Not that I have a clue, but somehow I find it difficult to believe God would care much if Shaun Alexander can make the Bear game or not. Hurting or not, if the crack is still there then playing on it might only make it worse.
  4. Soul
    No, and that's not a good sign. Lovie said yesterday that they didn't know the severity of it yet. The Trib said a high ankle sprain would keep him out around 4 weeks. Ouch.
  5. Soul
    I travel often to Minneapolis on business. This is no lie: twice have I ventured over to the Metrodome, and both times someone has handed me free tickets out of frustration trying to sell them.
  6. Soul
    Oh I agree. But if the Bears think they can completely come in and not worry about the run, Morris will easily run for 80-100 yards. Agreed. Alexander was running too gingerly with that foot. People need to realize this isn't a sudden injury---he's been playing on it for awhile and it has shown. With Alexander finally out, the Seahawks can concentrate on running the ball with a healthy RB. IMO this is actually a blessing in disguise for them. Shaun would not have been effective with that foot anyway. Morris will be better for them.
  7. Soul
    Well that's interesting. Is this article incorrect then? http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=5454161&nav=menu484_4_1
  8. Soul
    Why would anyone make such an announcement now? I question whether this is even real. If this is such a great idea, then just move Giles to leadoff right now......? This sounds like a lot of speculation.....even if it does come from someone in the organization. Nobody can know with any degree of certainty what will happen next April.
  9. Soul
    My hatred for the Cardinals is surpassed only by the early 90s Knicks teams. The Astros, while lame, have never really bugged me as much. I doubt they can do it, but would laugh heartily if they did. I admit it, I'm reduced to rooting for disasters on other clubs to make me feel better.
  10. Soul
    Thayer's been using every opportunity to point out that Benson can catch the ball and is a good receiver out of the backfield, so there's a reason right there to put him in on passing downs. Benson's not the first Bear running back to be held short on playing time because of the "poor pass blocker" tag. I believe ATrain stayed off the field for a bit his rookie season for that very reason, too. Trouble is, Benson's been around for over a year now. He should be able to pass block at this point. I don't think pass blocking is a natural ability----it's a learned one. So unless someone can tell me Benson's not putting in the work, then it's on the coaches. Nobody has been willing to say "Benson's not working hard," so I have no choice but to blame the coaches for Benson's lack of playing time due to pass blocking.
  11. Soul
    Injury? Man Law. That word is not allowed in any Bear thread.
  12. Soul
    I do think next week's game is winnable if we play better than last week. And I don't want to get ahead of myself for fear of bringing down the jinx.....so let me preface this with a big *KNOCK ON WOOD* Still, I think it's worth pointing out. Look at the schedule after the Seattle game: 10/8 VS. BUFFALO BILLS 10/16 @ ARIZONA CARDINALS 10/29 VS. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 11/5 VS. MIAMI DOLPHINS 11/12 @ NEW YORK GIANTS 11/19 @ NEW YORK JETS 11/26 @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 12/3 VS. MINNESOTA VIKINGS 12/11 @ ST. LOUIS RAMS 12/17 VS. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 12/24 @ DETROIT LIONS 12/31 VS. GREEN BAY PACKERS :shock: Looking at how the Giants played this weekend, and the Patriots........and the Bills There's nothing but very, very winnable games on the schedule after Seattle. Sure, there's a big 3 game road trip but even assuming we drop 2 of those 3 games-----how does this Bear team finish less than 12-4, worst case?
  13. Soul
    I agree that they did some things right, but they sure did some things wrong. The tackling was horrible. There's really no way around that. They took a long time to adjust to Minnesota's blitzes, though they did adjust by the time we needed it at the end. And although some of the penalties can be attributed to poor officiating, they really need to make sure those don't happen. I just hope that they come out a little more crisp all around on Sunday night. You're right, mistakes were made. I attribute some of that to just the fact that they can't hear themselves think with an enclosed, roaring crowd of 70,000. Not all of it, though. Blitz adjustment was a problem.......I knew Minny's blitzes were going to be difficult because I watched what they did against Carolina and it was impressive. Thing is, Seattle does alot of the same stuff so I'm glad we got some good practice Sunday. No excuse for 10 penalties @ Soldier Field. I will be watching that closely, as I know you will. It's just really, really tough to go up there and beat the Vikes. Even Favre used to struggle with it in his prime. I'm proud of the Bears, for sticking with it for 60 minutes and coming out on top. In years past, this would have never, never happened. We would have folded after the Grossman INT, no question in my mind.
  14. Soul
    Likely. Maybe the Bucs can see what Major Applewhite is up to these days Great name, marginal QB skills. I could be wrong, but I thought I saw Major up in the booth for someone.....is he an OC now for some school?
  15. Soul
    I dunno..... I mean, I agree it should serve as a wakeup call that we need to play at 100% every game, but I'm against this view that the Bears were "lucky" or should have lost the game. When you see a team knifing through an OLine as talented as the Vikes late in the 4th quarter to force a turnover, then witness your offense strike downfield for a TD........that's so far away from luck or good fortune it isn't even funny. Most defenses would have been too gassed to ever considering making a huge play like that in the backfield late in the 4th. Heck, most teams would have been too deflated PERIOD after the Grossman INT. Vikes are a definite playoff contending team in my book. You waltz up there and beat them, in their house, with that crowd? That's some serious football right there. We're going to destroy those guys in December @ Soldier Field.
  16. Soul
    I hope the Bears are ready for that... I think the biggest difference is, you can't audible in a stadium like the Seahawks have because of the noise level. So the Giants really had no chance. We'll be able to audible next week. Now----whether or not Rex is ready and able to make those audibles? That's a different story entirely.
  17. Soul
    Benson...spewing the typical 'hasn't proved anything' veteran 'you don't know unless you've played' crap with vicious vitriol about a callers suggestion that Benson be given moreof a shot. I fear that Benson will never gain the favor of this team, and Hampton was doing his part to ensure that. just let the holdout go and see what the guy can do. What's the deal with Hampton? He's picked against the Bears all 3 games so far this year, now he's spewing crap about players? Put down the bottle, Danimal.
  18. Soul
    They gave up 37 points to the 5th best team in the Big 10. I'm tempering my enthusiasm a bit.
  19. Soul
    "10 Ways to Blow a Big Lead," by Drew Stanton. A sure-fire best seller 8)
  20. Soul
    First time I read that I missed "one of". It's gonna be hard for him to ever reach Lawrence Taylor in my book. But I think he can end up in the Derrick Thomas class, and probably a notch below Derrick Brooks at the OLB position. There are some pretty good MLBs that I don't think he will catch either, Ray Lewis, Singletary and others. And I was one of the people that thought Merriman was severely overrated last year. He was not a pro-bowler to me, but definitely showed enough flashes to warrant it. Now it would be a crime if he's not there each of the next 10 years. Still, he's the 2nd best OLB on his own team! Shaun Phillips on the other side is a star! Merriman's alright. I'll give SD Hillenmeyer for him. How do you like my chances? :mrgreen:
  21. Soul
    Clearly the refs are out to get Notre Dame. What are your thoughts on the personal foul on Trannon? I didn't see it, but nothing I said would change your guys' mind anyway since you all think the media and the refs all love the Irish. Suffice it to say if you had seen it, you probably would have thought better of making the case that the refs are against ND :wink: Just saying......it was a total rape by the refs of MSU. Right in front of the MSU alumni, too.
  22. Soul
    Now Quinn's got to stage a huge passing-attack comeback in gale-force winds.
  23. Soul
    Whoa. Rapid deterioration of weather conditions!
  24. Soul
    The fabled momentum swing. That pendulum......she's a swingin'
  25. Soul
    Holy blown coverages Batman. ND strikes back, 31-21 MSU.
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