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  1. Soul
    NFL and retired players settle for $765 million in the concussion lawsuit, pending approval http://www.nflevolution.com/article/mediator:-nfl-settles-with-4,500-players-in-concussion-litigation?ref=0ap1000000235501
  2. Soul
    Tip one into his face in the dugout LOL, I obviously missed something.
  3. Soul
    Why would Marshall be looking to generate copy? Not Marshall. The reporters covering him. But Marshall is the one who said the stuff. Does it really matter?
  4. Soul
    Why would Marshall be looking to generate copy? Not Marshall. The reporters covering him.
  5. Soul
    I don't get it. He was wide open last week and dropped a couple easy passes. That doesn't tell me "hip is hurting him!" It says: concentrate on catching the ball, dude. I'm thinking this is a non-story pre-season flap to generate copy. Marshall will be fine.
  6. Soul
    I presume they'll hope he is available to resign at a later time, but they need to have a 3rd QB in the weeds in case the worst happens and Blanchard has the broken hand.
  7. Soul
    WE'RE IN TROUBLE.
  8. Soul
    Yep, you're right. Right about now I feel comfortable commenting about it but a ton can change.
  9. Soul
    I keep looking at the schedule and thinking it looks pretty difficult. There are a lot of winnable games, but not a ton of games that just jump out as gimmies, and the ones that are (STL, CLE) are on the road. The home schedule looks especially tough. Cincinnati, Minnesota, New Orleans, NY Giants, Detroit, Baltimore, Dallas, Green Bay. I think 5-3 with that slate would be great.....obviously think we can take Minnesota and Detroit at home, and Dallas should be a winnable game. Yeah, I'm hoping we catch CIN in a less-than-prepped state. They can't be happy with what they saw this weekend. I know it's only preseason, but I think the Bears will know pretty much exactly what they want to do. On the other hand, CIN won't have anything to prep with. That's my hope, anyway :). I'm glad that game is at home. Starting 2-0 would also do wonders for Trestman's time as Bears HC, too. I still believe it will be difficult for him to recover if things go south early and he gets to a place where people are questioning whether he's really cut out to be an NFL HC. Can't start slow this year.
  10. Soul
    Just looking at the schedule a bit. Middle is looking pretty rough. Beginning and end looks easier, but the heart of it is full of tough games. The Bears need to take those first two games at home. At the end of the first 4, I'd say anything less than 3-1 would make a playoff run tough to achieve, given what comes down the pipe in Oct/Nov.
  11. Soul
    Cant start it till GB-Sea ends. Lame-o
  12. Soul
    So nice of him to grace us with an essay sent from god knows where. See you in spring training, braun. should be fun, especially for all the other brewer players who have to try to answer your questions.
  13. Soul
    Hehe.
  14. Soul
    Interesting. I don't think ESPN's own reporting on the issue has changed though. Last Sunday's OTL, for example, was a rather scathing report on Elliot Pellman, the doctor that the NFL decided to use as its concussion expert for years -- and who has no actual experience with brain injury.
  15. Soul
    http://mashable.com/2013/08/21/google-nfl-talks/ Very interested to see how this works out post-2014.
  16. Soul
    I just heard this too. Sounds like a first offense can't be punished with a fine greater than 25% of the player's weekly salary, so being paid the rookie minimum ($405K) he can't be fined more than $5,955 for this. Nice. Why should a player have to appeal just to get the league to follow its own rules, then?
  17. Soul
    There's that, too. Guy definitely made a football move. But I don't care about that very much, because it's preseason and it doesn't really matter anyway.
  18. Soul
    No, he did not launch himself and yes, this is fairly typical of what guys got away with for a long time. But it's also well within the bounds of what the NFL has cracked down on in recent years. And I think it's still pretty easy for a 250lb LB to make a huge hit on a WR over the middle without leading with the crown of the helmet like Bostic did. Will they ever do it? Yes, it is going to happen and it will usually not be "dirty". But they can change the approach to contact and still make an impact. Part of the problem is, going by what the highlight reals have shown for years, guys used to think this was proper form tackling. It is not. The head should not be in position and high school/college coaches should teach guys to not have their head in that position. But the source in the article said that the league is not claiming he violated the new "crown of the helmet" rule.
  19. Soul
    I recall that most objections were about "value", but that seemed based on draftniks' opinions. If Emery thought he was BPA, he was the best value for the Bears at that position. Sure, although how else can any draft pick be judged, if it isn't based on opinions of different so-called experts around the country? To a certain degree it all comes down to an opinion -- and Emery's is the one that matters for the Bears.
  20. Soul
    It still wasn't the best value pick at the position, in my opinion. Because of the unknowns about Long, there wasn't a way to put as strong a first round grade on him as a couple other guys that were available at the time. He looks great though, and for sure if Long pans out Emery's going to have a nice feather in his cap. I agree.....Hub's problem has been the way he comes off as a know-it-all, way too often. Sometimes he pulls back, and it's a lot easier to listen to him when he does.
  21. Soul
    It's a nice message to send to a developing player. You know that thing you do that makes you a potentially exceptional NFL linebacker? Yeah.....don't do it.
  22. Soul
    How does a player not lower his head when going to make a tackle? The head has to go the same direction as the rest of his body. The contact was clearly initiated by his shoulder, not the head. There's no way to avoid the head being involved in a tackle. It's got to be what the player leads with. In this case, it's the shoulder. http://beargoggleson.com/2013/08/15/watch-chicago-bears-rookie-lb-jon-bostics-monster-hit-gif/ I also disagree that he's defenseless. He's right there, and can see Bostic coming at him. He even makes a move to try to avoid the hit. That's not defenseless by any sane rationale. I don't see how these rules are actually going to be enforced, other than referees and league officials just making it up as they go along.
  23. Soul
    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/lance-briggs-says-nfl-fined-jon-bostic-21k-131707534.html FTH?
  24. Soul
    That's an incredible leap if that's directed at me. Look at the past Bears threads on this site and you will find no bigger Jay apologist than me. All I'm saying is that I'd like to see him make better decisions now that he (hopefully) has a better OLine , skill players, and coaching staff. In the past I never faulted Jay because he was often running for his life, throwing to third-rate receivers, and was "supported" by a crappy coaching staff. Things have changed some, so my expectations are higher. That said, I agree that - unless we wind up with an early 1st Round pick (Bridgewater? Boyd?) - there isn't anyone who can step in. I guess the hope is that Trestman is the kind of coach who can help identify and develop QB talent -- something the Bears really haven't had. I still think the strong likelihood is when Cutler leaves, it's another period of crappy QBs. Because of that, I'd rather keep Jay around for as long as he's able to perform at a high level. And I still believe he performs at a high level, INTs and all.
  25. Soul
    Just watched the game on tape delay. Very excited about Bostic, even this early. Long too. With SD just handing us the ball over & over, it was unfortunately tough to see the starting offense in full form, but other than the Cutler INT I liked most of what I was seeing.
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