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  1. David
    You fail English? That's unpossible. :oops: Got caught phrasing it two different ways there.
  2. David
    Actually, playing lots of small ball will definitely lead to consistently bad offense.
  3. David
    Teams are going to do poorly overall when they score 3 runs or less. Let's look at two playoff teams last year, the Red Sox and the World Champion Phillies for evidence: 2008 W/L when scoring 3 runs or less for Boston: 10-45 2008 W/L when scoring 3 runs or less for Philadelphia: 12-47 Those are the only two I figured up, but I'd wager that most teams follow that lead. Combined playoff record for the two: 18-7, with the Phillies winning the World Series. Who would have ever thought that teams had bad records when they scored fewer runs??
  4. David
    Maybe he can help Geo figure himself out.
  5. David
    Andres Blanco is probably the best defender on a lot of teams. What does this even mean? I was gonna say isn't he really really good with the glove? My point is that its not a good sign when a AAA player gets called up and is immediately your best defender. Unless said AAA player is a really really good defender. Then it just means you're just like almost any other team.
  6. David
    I'm just watching on GameDay, but why the hell would you throw a fastball right down the middle of the plate on 0-2?
  7. David
    Andres Blanco is probably the best defender on a lot of teams. What does this even mean?
  8. David
    I refuse to say they will or can't be better overall or on defense because the NFL is insanely unpredictable from year to year. Obviously, going into 06 the defense looked a lot better. By the same token, though, our offense was supposed to be trash going into the 06 season and people were trashing the Hester pick left and right ("He's not an NFL corner or WR, why waste a pick on a return specialist"). That said, if I had to guess, I think the offense should be much better. I should add the disclaimer that I'm talking beyond just points scored.
  9. David
    Take it FWIW, which isn't all that much, but a little while ago, Mulligan said he's never seen a better Bears team overall than the one he's seen in OTAs so far. I'm going to just assume he's only covered the Bears since the mid 90's or so, which would still make it a pretty good compliment.
  10. David
    This is true. The line obviously has to improve for any of this to matter. Hopefully, Marinelli can get improvement/resurgence out of Tommie and maybe Anderson and maybe Gilbert can make an impact.
  11. David
    As for the bolded, definitely. It's a June fluff piece. But it's not just about the time on the field. It's the situations. Yea, a quick TD puts the defense right back on the field. But leads also = putting the opposing offense in passing situations. Bigger leads (obviously) do this even more so. Whenever we'd build those leads, we'd tee off later in games and get flurries of sacks/picks. That's our specialty. Pressuring the QB and getting turnovers. It's much easier to do that when you know what the other team has to do. This is all pretty obvious, though. Can the season start already?
  12. David
    http://espn.go.com/chicago/story?columnist=bonkowski_jerry&id=4250022 Fun to read fluff piece. Also, I don't think this gets talked about enough... This defense was extra dominant in 06 when we scored a lot of points early in games. When we had leads, we had the chance to really pressure the QB and get big plays like picks and sacks. Our defense isn't ideal for a grind it out type game where we try to run the ball a lot, play conservative on offense and win 10-7 or whatever. It's at its best when the offense and ST give it a cushion and give it a chance to play riskier. Then, when we have those leads, we can grind it out on offense and run down the clock more. Just my .02.
  13. David
    I think it's got more to do with the way he left Denver than his W/L record. But anyway, I'd take Cutler over Rodgers every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
  14. David
    Good to hear.
  15. David
    I don't think they just conclude these things (I say they because Zaidman reported something similar last week) based on what they observe on the actual field in practices in terms of quality of play. It's not like they are experts. Most likely they're basing this on things they're told by players, coaches, etc. They're (Zach Z and Dickerson) around those people a lot.
  16. David
    Hell, I'll toss in this one too, for those too lazy to click.
  17. David
    http://espn.go.com/chicago/columns/blog?post=4246249&name=dickerson Let's not forget that JA pegged Steltz as being the closest to being able to start among last year's draft picks. Just a little more info on the safety situation. There's some notes on other players in that blog entry, but I didn't want to post the whole thing.
  18. David
    Yea, and him... can't remember his name.
  19. David
    Willie McGee begs to differ.
  20. David
    I do agree it makes sense in certain aspects, but what those Cubs fans who can't get the prosposed Cubs channel? Would that mean we're SOL every yr? If it wasn't for Cubs games, Scrubs reruns and Corner Gas, I have no use for WGN. Take the Cubs off WGN and I prolly won't watch WGN all that much. I'd take 50 Cub games a yr on WGN over none on a new network. That's the Tribune's problem. Not the Cubs'.
  21. David
    Agreed.
  22. David
    This might shed some light on what we were discussing earlier...
  23. David
    So we're going to quibble over whether or not he had an ear infection? I just read several articles which stated he did indeed have an ear infection, which caused problems with his equilibrium. But you must understand it better than most of the reporters did. How are we quibbling over that? I never said he didn't have an infection.
  24. David
    I'm not sure about that yet because Owings looked like he had pretty good stuff and he wasn't missing the strike zone by a lot. The Cubs didn't really have a good swing against him in the 1st. If he gets locked in with throwing strikes, it could be problematic. Of course, the 1st inning will also make him tired faster which is where the team might be able to take advantage of him. That's what I meant. Plus, he's not all that good to begin with.
  25. David
    The "official" reasons for DL stints are often very vague. And it wasn't for an ear infection. He was having just random dizziness problems that they couldn't figure out the reason for. Then they figured out that he had an ear infection and gave him meds. As I understand it, the ear infection cleared up and the dizziness didn't.
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