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I think how they handled Singletary's number was good and how they should handle Urlacher. Unofficially retire it for about 20 seasons and then just let some veteran use it again and move on. Also lets unretire about half the numbers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Just air the games on whatever public access channels normally air HS plays and [expletive]. Or on the TV guide channel Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And white on white is good but definitely an indoor stadium look. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hopefully they sit Garza down and let him know how important he has been to the franchise and that they will allow him to save face by being injured the rest of the year and an org job when he retires. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Or if I roll the dice and start Charles these are my FA options to get a backup for Monday night (carrying an extra D so I could) Amendola, Thompkins, Lafell, Bowe, Avery, McKnight Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So with Charles questionable and no other Monday night option I think I have to just sit him again. With that being the case 1 RB 1 Flex Pierre Thomas, Joquie Bell, DeSean Jackson, Terrance Williams Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Rainey and Hunter Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Uh, what's wrong with his eyes. Those are corpse-eyes. Voldermort eyes is what I thought the first time I saw that pic. But the smile of a pretty frat boy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The points allowed is good and we're creating turnovers. However it seems we're giving up a lot of yards so I'm not sure if the PA is a sign of defensive improvement or when we aren't facing Geno Smiths a lot of those FGs become redzone TDs. I'm not fearing a repeat of the '13 defense but still skeptical. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And if it's this verification idea, it solves nothing of the Cubs' 2015 dilemma since they have 70 games with no local channel to validate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ola cannot be our seventh best OL. I don't believe it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The former does nothing for our issue at hand. The latter- I don't know if we can monetize the same as an actual TV deal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I decided to just sit Charles. Even if he's active I can see him going out early by tweaking it. Went with Thomas which already looks good. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think I'd go Lamar miller. I have Jeffrey in a league but il going with him and picked up Holmes as an emergency if he can't go. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So Charles is a game time decision and I don't have Davis as the handcuff. My backup for that slot is Turbin or I cut my losses early and go Riley Cooper, DeSean Jackson, Terrance Williams, or Pierre Thomas at noon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Just one 568 foot bomb to match his ops and I'll be content. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Even if you aren't a big fan of him, he's #2(!!) on our depth chart right now. But projection wise he's really just Dubrount/Strailey. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Would you say the same thing if his FB averaged 92 instead of 90? Difficult hypothetical as his projection would look better probably. I'll go with yes though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Even if you aren't a big fan of him, he's #2(!!) on our depth chart right now. But projection wise he's really just Dubrount/Strailey. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

http://i.imgur.com/bDfYoZU.gif Let's set his FIP at 4, I'll take the over on it. So back end for me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don't disagree conceptually(I prefer to think of Hendricks as a '4 at best' when constructing my rotation), what I'm trying to articulate here is that with so many guys in that group with no options, there isn't an opportunity to wait on injury/performance attrition. So you sign a 2nd starter(let's call it Hammel for simplicity), and then you have this group heading into spring training: FA#1, Arrieta, Hendricks, Hammel, Turner, Straily, Doubront, Wood. So now you have until the end of ST to narrow that to 5, and Straily/Hendricks are the only ones that can go to Iowa. Hendricks appears to have a stranglehold on a job, so even if we get 'lucky' and Straily isn't that great, now you've got 4 guys for 2 spots and none of them have options. Maybe someone gets hurt, maybe a bullpen spot opens up, but even then you're likely only postponing the same decision a couple weeks. You have to get rid of a couple guys, likely for little/nothing, and now your depth is down to your starting 5 + Straily, maybe one more if you got 'lucky' and someone is hurt longer term. And the only new information that we have to go on is Spring Training, which will be helpful but not irredeemable proof either. Bottom line, adding a 2nd SP isn't bad, but if he isn't really good, the impact is muted quite a bit because you're going to be forced to cut bait with at least one, probably two guys who have a similar profile. EDIT: Right off the bat, our current RP stalwarts cut out a lot of the available spots(Rondon, Ramirez, Strop, Wright, Grimm). Realistically that's two more spots and looking at other relievers, Schlitter, Parker, Rosscup, Vizcaino, I can't think of a significant one without options. So there seems to be the required flexibility that pitcher loading would require. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well assuring a spot to Hendricks is one of my main issues then. If we're taking Hammels for simplicity I'll cut Wood and or Turner for him. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think most of our bottom end RP have options too.

I don't like Hendricks either which may be part of it. He's with the back end group for me and has options. With injury and performance attrition I don't see an overloading problem with a top end pitcher and another mid to back end option.

Someone else will end up on the DL by mid April too. We're talking about [expletive] pitchers. Is it a failure to not get two SP? No but there's no reason not to try, certainly not Dubront/Turner/Strailey/Wood. We have Arrieta and a bunch of other stuff. We don't need to spend big on the second guy, but they should look at that next tier and absolutely bring in another arm. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk