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No, this interim coach is Jim Boylen, different from the Jim Boylan that was interim head coach 10 years ago. Is this the worst run organization in pro sports? My co worker was so confused when I explained this to him today.

This is where I am. I have been on the board of a nationally recognized domestic violence shelter for 18 years. I have been the board chair for the past four. The staff does amazing work. Their efforts are always difficult, stressful, and sometimes gut wrenching. We have a room named in memory of a little boy who was killed by his father after leaving the shelter. The room has a finger painting in it that he did when he was 1 1/2 years old. Every time I look at it I feel like puking. It is not just the physical abuse either. It is about control. Sometimes that is threats. Sometimes that is not allowing them to see others. Almost always it includes making sure the victim doesn't have some basic life skills. It is amazing how many of the women in our shelter don't know how to write a check or balance a checking account because the abuser wouldn't let them learn. This is the type of barrier that often keeps women in the situation they are in. They feel helpless and are afraid they can't survive basic life needs (and are told they cannot repeatedly by the abuser). But we have victories. We have families that are getting out of the terrible situation they are in and making a better life for themselves. We have women who are being trained to get their own jobs and to take control of their lives (and are being taught how to handle money, interview, write resumes and fill out job applications). I know many women who have left abusive situations and are thriving. But, I always feel like it is just a partial victory. Abusers don't tend to stop on their own. So while I celebrate the success of the woman and/or family that has gotten out of the abusive situation, I can't help but think that the abuser is now on to another relationship and the process is repeating. The total victory would be getting the abused AND the abuser help so he (sometimes she, though not often) stops the cycle of abuse. I don't want Addison Russell on the team. But I don't want him discarded either (as a person, I don't care about his impact on the roster or if we can get "assets" for him). By totally discarding the abuser (and believe me, I understand why anyone would want to do so), we are inevitably creating more victims. We are inevitably creating more generations of abusers. So, IF he is really trying, and IF the Cubs are really working to make him a better person, I applaud that. Even if he gets successfully rehabilitated I don't know that I'll ever be able to warm up to him again, but I will be happy that another woman or child is not being abused. Thanks for the work you do! I think I understand your point about not discarding abusers, but seems like in this case the Cubs could have moved on without it being a discarding type of thing. I suppose we'll see how they handle him. It'd be pretty interesting if for instance they demoted him to Iowa or even AZ and told him to work on his issues without the stress on MLB and the travel and all that for a while. That might actually help him get a better footing if he really worked on rehabilitation. On the flip side, going right back to the MLB team seems like it would be a ripe environment to falling back on his behavior (not that the under the alternative he isn't very likely to do so as well).

Yea must have been real bad for them to not wait until Christmas Eve like normal.

Nagy gon Nagy

What a shitshow

Harper to StL confirmed.

This is very true because my reaction was "Who?"

Emerys draft picks are finally coming around (except Shea).

I was living oversees at the time and just got back from an early morning weekend trip to login to my nfl network to see the very end of that meltdown.

For me the Dolphins game stings the most. Osweiler, good lord. that loss really sucked but idk if i remember a worse regular season loss (independent of playoff implications or whatever) than week 1 in my entire couple of decades watching this team Yop. I was in total 'lol boars' mode after that loss. They really managed to turn it around.

If they tie any game, tiebreakers could come into play with Vikes for the division. Or if they lose grounds to the Vikes, tiebreakers could come into play for WC.

The most important game left is week 17. That is the one likely to have tiebreaker implications. Otherwise it's just a race to 10 wins. If you wanna be super duper optimistic the following week against the Rams will have Bye week tie breaker implications. Either way, sitting Trubisky is the easy choice if he is anything less than 100% I get the sentiment but waiting for 100% is beyond extreme caution. It can be 100% on a curve I guess, in the sense that a little wear is normal in week 13, but no sense rushing him back at all for this one.

The most important game left is week 17. That is the one likely to have tiebreaker implications. Otherwise it's just a race to 10 wins. If you wanna be super duper optimistic the following week against the Rams will have Bye week tie breaker implications. Either way, sitting Trubisky is the easy choice if he is anything less than 100%

6 INT 9 WINS

Saw a fun stat that Eddie Jackson leads the league in defensive TDs since 2015. You may also recall he was drafted in 2017.

Seems like a risky pickup. I'm going for Baker Mayfield to cover my QB bye though, so what do I know?

there's a reason he's started 2 games in the last 8 years. I think your concern is safely not an issue. Have you never met a Chicago Bears fan?

Is this the score of a HS basketball game?

Chase Daniel probably can't beat Detroit. Even if he can, there's still no point to him or any backup QB that has no chance of competing for a job. It's a guy you hope never plays. Sorry, maybe I should rephrase, "Chase Daniel and the Bears defense".

If Chase Daniel can't beat Detroit, there's no point to him.

Meanwhile Nagy's trying to figure out how to draw up a 3 QB formation with the ghost of Brian Piccolo at FB.

only if they win again next season. The 1/2 swap isn't until 2020 draft. Jersey is right. It's the 2020 draft. Chicago Bears: DE Khalil Mack 2020 second-round draft pick 2020 conditional fifth-round draft pick Oakland Raiders: 2019 first-round draft pick 2019 sixth-round draft pick 2020 first-round draft pick 2020 third-round draft pick So we're looking at just the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and possibly another 7th from Deiondre' Hall trade to Eagles in the 2019 draft. 2020 draft will be 2nd, Raiders 2nd, 4th, 5th, maybe Raiders 5th, 6th and 7th. It'll be scary not having that many picks in the upcoming draft, but Mack has already made that trade a "win" for the Bears. I think by 2020 the Bears will have a fair chance to be back in the black for comp picks so probably a sixth or seventh that year as well (which would be based on this offseason net losses)

Let's hope this game is as fun as the last Bears turkey day game.

Yep. Peppers used to get held a lot if memory serves me correctly. However Mack is also such a great run stopper too he might be held even more

Or Hicks.