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  1. WrigleyField 22
    Presumably he counted GB as a bye week right? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    So I was going to originally play the Bills D this week , but I'm not so sure now, not having practiced. Am I overthinking it? I could go Ravens @ NO or 49ers vs Redskins. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Not sure but I'd also expect that if a new pres of football ops is brought in it will be one with a very established record at either the coaching level or executive level. If Phillips has to choose another GM it's likely just him sorting through the endless candidates with "director of" titles and no GM experience. Seems like a toss up as to what he may find. A search for a president would be a smaller field where you can probably even pluck a lateral candidate (similar to a Theo situation). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I don't know why it should. The team has regressed for quite a while. Maybe the McCaskey's will see the ridiculously long leash that Epstein got and knowing their cash flow isn't a problem they will feel comfortable with the status quo. But that is just further delaying the inevitable. I want an overhaul. Just curious, does your overhaul stop at Emery? If you're decided to can Emery the ax needs to cut a little deeper still. I would dump Phillips but do not think that is necessarily necessary for football improvement purposes. While Phillips obviously doesn't make football decisions he has to hire someone who does, in a field where the candidates have way less publically available information and which he really doesn't seem to be tuned into the insider circle. I'd be very nervous that Phillips next GM is worse than Emery. More so than being worried that Emery's next coach being worse than Trestman. Also raw's stability argument holds more weight at the GM level IMO. (And obviously even more at Pres/ownership level but again that's really the only true fresh slate). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    In order of preference I'd rather have: Emery hire a new coach and pick the next QB Trestman hire a new DC and groom the next QB Phillips hire a new GM. If the ax can go up to Phillips (or he can at least be reallocated) I would welcome the full overhaul and put that first on my list. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I don't know why it should. The team has regressed for quite a while. Maybe the McCaskey's will see the ridiculously long leash that Epstein got and knowing their cash flow isn't a problem they will feel comfortable with the status quo. But that is just further delaying the inevitable. I want an overhaul. Just curious, does your overhaul stop at Emery? If you're decided to can Emery the ax needs to cut a little deeper still. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I don't think any smart fan is ready to walk away from Cutler within the next two years but believe one more new system shouldn't impact those two years much. If you do keep Trestman and we fail to improve again then you're definitely in an awkward one year dead period with Cutler and probably a lot of the offense. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I can see the thought process. You're basically going to take a roll of the dice on a DC and STC and try and get Trestman to basically be a good OC again, when the alternative is a roll of the dice on a complete revamp. And if it doesn't work out, there probably isn't too much long term damage done and probably a cleaner break in regards to player personnel. It definitely ties Emery to Trestman much more. If he fires Trestman this year he definitely gets to make another HC pick. It's a lot less likely if he goes ahead and the team doesn't get better. I'm not going to be shocked or upset either way re: Trestman. No change to D or ST would be the real shocker. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Yes. If it's the right coach, being new won't matter. And you're already talking about flipping 2/3 of the phases anyways. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Also how much weight does the argument hold when our first year with the new offense was pretty damn successful. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Consider me skeptical. I guess it could be a send a message type thing, but it's not like Claussen is a potential future QB. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I question how good a D coordinator we can even get. It's a risky proposition for a coach coming into what could be a one year job. You're likely taking a chance on someone with less than top notch credentials. Unlike the HC job which would probably be highly sought after, the DC job isn't as enticing, even relative to it obviously being a lesser position. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    He'd be a good OC if we went with a non offensive minded HC hire. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Exactly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Yea their extremely well positioned if they feel like going off on a run, but even discussing it is false hope and I won't allow myself to dwell on it too long. I'd really just prefer an embarrassing loss this week so I can focus on tanking rather than actually root for the playoffs only to finish 8-8 again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Can you imagine going 5-11 and still having a chance to host a playoff game? LOL. Rooting for it to happen will be the highlight of the rest of my NFL season. Unfortunately it's so convoluted it has no chance. However a losing record from that division actually does have a shot so that's what I'm cheering for, along with at least one 10 win team from the AFC missing, preferably Ravens or Browns so I can laugh at my friends' misery. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Technically not last-last place, but tied for last in his division and bottom three (bottom three in points as well) Roster before his trade: Peyton Manning Ben Tate Ronnie Hillman Randall Cobb Percy Harvin Eric Decker Owen Daniels Dan Bailey Seahawks D/ST D/ST Reggie Bush Andre Johnson Shane Vereen Darren McFadden Jerick McKinnon Ray Rice (presumably he was holding him as a potential keeper? finally dropped him) Montee Ball Brian Quick(IR) This guys also won the league last year when he beat me in the Championship game, and we still had a winner-take-all pool.
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    Hey, I think that's me!
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    And the Falcons win out and end up with a SB and less wins than 10 AFC teams.
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    A playoff scenario with a 5-11 Atlanta making the playoffs :) please happen https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/playoffscenario?algorithm=custom&11=D4110405&12=55050055&13=11054511&14=01450055&15=44155005&16=10114410 And the most bizarre scenario I could come up with, with two 9-7 wild cards in the NFC and the first 4 out in the AFC being ten win teams (3 of 4 from the AFC North) https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/playoffscenario?algorithm=custom&11=D4110405&12=45150041&13=05054105&14=10450055&15=45551011&16=10114410 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Terrance Williams @ NYG or Joquie Bell @ NE. I also have Alfred Blue as a possibility v Cin if Arian Foster can't go again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Tough one. I think I play the matchup vs D and go Romo Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    The idiot in my league who traded Manning(out of keeper options) and Hillman to the top guy in our league. In return he got a $7 Russell Wilson and $25 CJ Spiller. Neither are likely to be anything but fair market keepers at best. While it was totally obvious for this guy to trade Manning since he was in last place and no longer had keeper rights he sold him to basically the first bidder with no real rush and this guy has been head and shoulders above the competition all year already. Granted Manning just laid an egg this week, but it should give him a boost going forward into the playoffs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    The Blackhawks had some great teams in the first half of the 90's. I was born 88, so early 90s was even a little early for myself. Someone born a few years earlier would then have had the benefit of a good team during those initial sports fan years. Hockey also has to have benefited from HD more than any other sport, no? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Someone growing up in the 90s like myself is a good example of Chicago sports fandom : NBA- Bulls were awesome NFL - Bears sucked MLB - Cubs sucked NHL - Hawks sucked and were blacked out. I'm a bandwagon Hawks fan. Borderline Bulls bandwagon fan, but they did also happen to just be awesome when first exposed. Not bandwagon for Bears or Cubs. I'm a little bit fair weather on all but the Bears though. Probably more sensitive to the Cubs though than Bulls. Hawks tbd. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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