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  1. Soul
    I saw a budding superstar Sunday night. Let's stick with that until proven otherwise.
  2. Soul
    Barring a disaster the Eagles are about to complete a Bears-type comeback win
  3. Soul
    One last comment on this game -- then it's time to move on. If anyone would like a good chuckle this afternoon, go and watch the Harbaugh post-game presser.
  4. Soul
    Fuller did more shouldering than they did. Sure, so his rank makes sense. Cutler had 4 TD passes and 0 INTs. I'm just going to think more of him than PFF does in that case. And that's a flaw in those traditional numbers and the way you're attempting to evaluate them, IMO. Yeah. I just know how hard it is for a lot of QBs to put it in the end zone. Especially in Bears' history. When I see a Bear QB just dealing the TDs I put an awful lot of value on that.
  5. Soul
    So it's a little better than the eye test. I don't knock them for the attempt at putting this together. I just think, like every other attempt, it's not going to really be foolproof. So it needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Part of my response is that I think we are putting a little too much stock in it around here... It is basically the eye test. It's just a recorded on every play version of the eye test. When it comes to football, that makes more sense than a lot of football stats that can be impacted hugely by teammates/scheme and football stuff in general. I buy into boiling it to down to numbers for entire teams (like team DVOA on offense, defense, special teams) but I think for individual players those types of systems are highly flawed (i.e. Cutler's individual DVOA would suffer because of the talent and scheme around him). PFF grading each individual's performance on each play at least boils it down to the individual, even if it is really just attempting to objectively measure the subjective (and i'm sure it's still impacted by those other contextual factors...just seemingly less so). Hope that sort of made sense. I'm not even sure if it does to me. Yeah, I think it does make sense. I'm not saying I don't look at them at all. I do, but over time I'm starting to look at some of these grades and disagree a little more.
  6. Soul
    Fuller did more shouldering than they did. Sure, so his rank makes sense. Cutler had 4 TD passes and 0 INTs. I'm just going to think more of him than PFF does in that case.
  7. Soul
    you got a mouse in your pocket? I don't get it.
  8. Soul
    Cutler's makes sense just fine. It's not like he was slinging the ball around and creating points all game. He picked it up in the second half, completed some shorter to midrange throws and was dealt a couple of short fields and made the most of it. You shouldn't pay much attention to a guy like Perry who is in for 4-5 plays total. Cutler and Marshall loaded the team up on their shoulders and won that game from 17 points down. If that only gets him a .8, then I'm not going to put a whole lot into that system.
  9. Soul
    So it's a little better than the eye test. I don't knock them for the attempt at putting this together. I just think, like every other attempt, it's not going to really be foolproof. So it needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Part of my response is that I think we are putting a little too much stock in it around here...
  10. Soul
    jw which ones you're taking issue with the only one that seemed off to me based on the eye test was allen but they probably know better than me Cutler, Bennett (maybe blocking issues?), and Allen. Had issues with last week too, but I'm not going back to look a that. Perry is a complete dog. How is he only -.01? Also don't understand the Cutler grade. Or Bennett. There are probably others but generally I'm in agreement with Banedon. I don't understand the grading system they are using, and I don't understand why anyone should prefer it over any other system. It feels completely -- or significantly -- arbitrary.
  11. Soul
    She looks like she simply doesn't know any better. Oblivious to all reality.
  12. Soul
    I love the picture in your sig.
  13. Soul
    Not to pile on, but I'm going to anyway :). Come on pitch, you know better than this.
  14. Soul
    They put up those stops & turnovers, with solid pressure, after both Tillman and Ratliff went down. It was unbelievable. 49er fans were like -- whaa? It was fun to see Kaepernick pulling the ball down on nearly every pass play too because he was expecting to be hit. Man I haven't seen that in so long.
  15. Soul
    Probably the sheer volume of Bears injuries, which I can't really argue with. Week 3 and our roster is Swiss cheese.
  16. Soul
    I was laughing like hell when that happened. But did the refs blow that call? The play-by-play said he wasn't actually calling timeout himself, but was running at the HC to call the timeout, and also that only the HC can do that from the sidelines. If so then it really isn't on Marty. It was definitely an OMG moment.
  17. Soul
    Could be wrong but I think he picks the Bears every week....or at least in weeks where everyone picks against the Bears, because I've seen this type of thing before. I wish I could lay into the ESPN experts this week, but I'm shocked at what the Bears did last night. I would have laid way too much money on the 49ers if I was a betting man.
  18. Soul
    Someday it's going to be too ridiculous, and in the wrong time/place. It's going to wind up killing his career, I'm convinced of it. Probably will be a little like Ditka. Once his teams play out their time at the top, his little act is going to wear very thin.
  19. Soul
    Oh hell yes. I think Mills had a couple mistakes but overall they neutralized SF's pass rush and just gave Cutler everything he needed.
  20. Soul
    Tillman sucks but Fuller just showed up with a bang. Can't be common for a rookie CB to do what he just did. The great thing is you know P-Nut is genuinely happy for him.
  21. Soul
    Yeah that game plan was bizarre
  22. Soul
    BMarsh was getting taped up on sidelines, limping around. Unreal what they both did tonight
  23. Soul
    This is an amazing win. Whole damn team is hurt. Won with hobbled receivers &.lots of depth chart players. Kudos, just fantastic
  24. Soul
    I can't believe it! Cannot believe it!
  25. Soul
    It's going to come down to stopping the 2 point try
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