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  1. David
    the wording made it sound like fox and pace already think he gives them the best chance to win. he's also the #2, which means he could go in at any moment...which would lead me to believe that they feel that playing now wouldn't harm his development. i don't think they'd risk having him come into a game if they thought it would, considering how conservative they're being. so...if playing now isn't going to harm his development and the HC and FO think he's their best option, i don't see a significant downside to playing him. as for me, personally, i think his skill set is such that he isn't going to have massive rookie struggles like a jared goff or whatever and won't be "ruined" if he makes some mistakes.
  2. David
    didn't see it mentioned, btw, but jeff dickerson from espn1000, normally your typical conservative reporting team beat guy (who was annoyingly positive on glennon's debut in his game coverage), said on monday to expect that trubisky will be coming sooner than later. said something like "lots of people at halas hall think trubisky gives them the best chance to win" from FO to coaching staff (why he wouldn't be starting already then is beyond me but whatever).
  3. David
    pace is here for the long haul baby and that's a good thing (i'm officially all in on the ryan pace kool aid) preferably trubisky gets in this year and the bears are a better team for it both this year and going forward. if trubisky helps them win some games along with that defense and run game and that saves fox's job, great. if not and fox gets canned, that's fine with me too. i don't like fox but i also don't hate him enough to root for the bears to lose if there's any chance of them improving.
  4. David
    i've read a couple of posts on this page now alluding to something like this...is there some report i missed where this is being talked about under the table even though it's against the rules or whatever? Not only is it against the rules, MLB has been proactive in letting teams know what the potential punishments would be: those punishments are totally worth it
  5. David
    i've read a couple of posts on this page now alluding to something like this...is there some report i missed where this is being talked about under the table even though it's against the rules or whatever? No, just the general understanding that that is the only way the Cubs could compete financially with the restrictions in place. And if it was being reported, it wouldn't be very well hidden under the table, would it? If Theo does it, we'll never know. But it doesn't seem very practical to me. What if the under the table deal is in place and he tears his UCL in the first season. Won't it look a little suspicious giving a $150 million contract to a guy on a TJS operating table? within the rules, there's really almost no financial competition in place, if coming this offseason is any indication of how little of a priority money is to otani. my question is where is the notion of "ripping up" his contract that has been mentioned a couple times coming from? also rumors about under the table stuff happen all the time (including with theo a time or two)
  6. David
    i've read a couple of posts on this page now alluding to something like this...is there some report i missed where this is being talked about under the table even though it's against the rules or whatever?
  7. David
    he was probably talking about good players I'm just saying. Chicago is a great city. Great sports town. Grew up there. But I've lived on both the East and West coast since there. Chicago is just not necessarily a city where people all over the world want to go to live. If I'm a betting man, I'd bet Dodgers or Yankees. This is just a really strange take when it comes to the Cubs. The Cubs have signed plenty of highly coveted free agents over the years and (this is admittedly probably less true with an international player) players always talk about how they either want to play there, or it was their favorite place to play, etc. They're only "living" there for the spring/summer/fall so the whole horrific winter thing isn't even the issue it might be with NBA or NFL players.
  8. David
    yeah, he's not a dirtbag. just an idiot. but the rule is an idiot too. i mean weed is cool and all but i think it's fair to call risking/losing possible generational wealth over it enough to qualify as an idiot.
  9. David
    The Cubs, when publicly speaking on this, continue to say that he's just not trusting his stuff enough and needs to stop nibbling. Bosio alluded to it just this morning, saying that he has a lot of movement and needs to stop trying to be so fine and throw it over the plate because it won't be easy to hit.
  10. David
    Praise jeebus a real opening day
  11. David
    Fuller this game. Over under on first rounders still standing Week 17? Cohen goes for 200 AP yards and a score, but I keep him on my fantasy bench again. Cohen was so impressive.
  12. David
    Under Lovie, the Bears stressed takeaways to the point of downright silliness. It's all a combination of talent/scheme/coaching but they definitely wouldn't shut up about it as their main objective.
  13. David
    He was hurt when he was drafted? Proof of this? This pick was just awful luck, period. It wasn't even considered a reach. I feel awful for White, too, but I didn't expect to get jack horsefeathers out of him. I figured him a bust last year when I actually saw him play.
  14. David
    Can they bench this piece of garbage yet
  15. David
    Bears rocking the blue on blue today apparently
  16. David
    Reeeeeepost
  17. David
    I'm both sick of Maddon and fully aware that there's probably not another manager I'd actually rather have.
  18. David
    So amped about almora being in the lineup against a righty. His speed and range really paid off in cf on that bloop to shallow center earlier.
  19. David
    Someone on the non-Cubs game thread was calling me an idiot but I still think the Cardinals win the division. I stopped listening to probability sites when the election happened. You're not crazy at all. On an unrelated note, please, please, please bet me on this.
  20. David
    Why does Maddon always seem to bring Grimm in to turn an early manageable deficit into mop up?
  21. David
    it's sad that out of all those unlikely things, glennon leading the team to TDs on the first 3 series is the least likely
  22. David
    [tweet] [/tweet] good news
  23. David
    how late and how big of a lead did the fried chicken and beer team have? it was, what, like 9 games around this time of year, right?
  24. David
    DId Fox really say something along the lines of "If you hold the Falcons to around 30 points, you have a good chance to win"
  25. David
    you're otherwise not a terrible poster but this is clearly a really large blind spot for you
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