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Well it is a suburban stadium afterall. Even as a suburb that borders the city thats what you get. If the Cubs couldn't stay at Wrigley (which won't happen anyways) they could do worse, like Schaumburg or something. Comparing it to Wrigley or freaking Yankee stadium is dumb. Of course you're gonna downgrade. I mention the buses as CTA and Pace already service the general area so it doesn't take much to add or modify routes that maximizes the transit via bus. Two trains and easily available bus Infrastructure is a lot better than most stadiums have. So yes, it is decent public transit. Regarding the blue line in relation to there, its about a mile. And it doesn't suck. It runs 24 hours, services the loop and a major international airport, and runs back out to the near west suburbs. Honestly the worst part about a hypothetical Rosemont is the airplanes. And thats probably a big enough negative to veto it, without going into anything else, like slightly less accomodating transit (which is somewhat offset some by a major highway and increased parking) The good news is Rosemont is at best a leveraging tool, so we don't have to worry too much about our additional travel time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

there are no decent public transit amenities in the area. The Blue Line And apparently by a Metra Stop. I'd assume a halfway decent bus system, or would be if they moved there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Its not a disgrace for the Cubs to move to the burbs, especially one so close with decent public transit ammenities, but they can certainly get more than just some free land. Gotta subsidize the cost more somehow to make it worthwhile. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I honestly haven't followed the beat writers closely enough to know. Is the consensus generally its all up to Rose now or is there any hint the organization is holding him back. Several months ago the runors were that Garpax were gonna hold him out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sure there is. The Chicago Bulls are in the business of winnimg games. Derrick Rose is really good at helping win games. Then you add that Derrick will need time to work his way back up to his prior playing level so the end of the season like this is a pretty good opportunity. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Define "just had surgery on" because the actually healing process of the ACL is quite short. The ACL itself is physically as strong as it was before, if not more so, unless the surgery was done poorly or proper rest was not taken during the healing. If either of these are the case for Rose or Hummel they are/were doomed long before re-injury and no amount of time is going to undo that. The main part of recovery its teaching your body to use the new piece of ligament and building back strength. The mental aspect is another huge part. None of these things relate to re-injury of the ACL. There is some risk of other injuries due to over-compensating, but that isn't a reason to dismiss an athletes return in general. An ACL in almost all forms is a freak injury. It is entirely possible to suffer two freak injuries of the same nature in close proximity to each other. And for now I'll accept your Hummel and raise you an Adrian Peterson. You can come back with another example, but I'll just bring another successful comeback story in a forever pointless exercise of talking about athletes who aren't Derick Rose.

Well, he eventually has to move to the next level of his rehab process, yes. It just doesn't have to be now. Is it silly for him not to? Maybe. But unless there's some potential upside, why push him to do it right now? There's no reason to do so. I wasn't saying "literally game-changing" just for kicks; this is something that he needs to adjust to and potentially figure out how to be a different player than he was before (which impacts the players around him and how his coaches approach him). That's a HUGE reason for him to play sooner rather than later. And I'd flip around your post and say there's no reason for him not to play right now. There's absolutely no upside to him not playing whereas there's pretty huge reasons to get him back ASAP. There's not really a reason for him not to play either, you're right. I just don't understand why anyone would be so adamant one way or another. I'm not going to say they are the same exact thing btw, but doctors medically cleared Robbie Hummel when he came back to practice after a torn ACL and he retore it. That's not a reason not for Rose to play, but it goes to show you that doctors are wrong sometimes. Also, has any doctor actually ordered Rose to play NBA games? Or was he just cleared to play? Unless you can point to any evidence that Robbie Hummel's acl was not healed, then we have to assume its just a freak injury. It's like winning the lottery. Some [expletive] is bound to do it twice right in a row. Also if Rose's ACL isn't healed he's screwed, so he might as well play and get the re-injury over with so he can start rehabbing again.

Do we know for sure who's hands its in right now that he isn't playing? I honestly haven't been keeping up with articles a ton.

Why are you saying "if?" You're right, I should have said, "If Rose wasn't actually medically ready now, I'd be worried, but instead I'm just pissed."

I want Rose to be back exactly when the doctors say he is ready. Any decisions to speed it or slow it is useless meddling by people who aren't doctors and don't know what they are talking about. If Rose isn't actually medically ready now, I'm worried. That's not to say you don't watch his progression very closely, and possibly even limit playing time, but it's been months since there was anything wrong with his ACL (unless the surgery was botched). Why keep him out any longer?

After thorough research I have decided that this man is my favorite Bear of all time. This will never go over amongst Chicago meatballs who set their watch by Johnny Unitas's haircut. They will almost assuredly mistake his goofiness for being a bad guy. I watched his other Cap 'N Crunch video and im just worried about him developing type 2 diabetes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Another thing I like about these signings, they both were relatively quiet. There was some Bushrod talk, but that was mainly speculative. I don't think I heard any Bennet whispers. Most things the past few days were Long/Cook based.

Yea we probably overpaid a little, but this is okay. As far as future cap hit, well in Cliff Stein I trust. I am worried about Bushrod a little. He was down last year. But compared to other guys who may have big injury concerns, you probably were risking something. I think I'll risk a talent rebound over a injury rebound like Long. He certainly isn't a savior. This feels a bit like the Tait signing. Getting Bennett hopefully means Davis' days are numbered, probably Spaeth's too, as Bennett isn't a receiving only TE. Hopefully Garza is cut, and at this point you probably are still in okay cap space and might as well just hold on to Hester. Shore up depth and the LB spot, but probably no other big signings. And no pressing needs for Rd1 or Rd2 in the draft.

I wonder who they are drafting, Geno or Barkley Geno, I'm sure. Assuming he's available, yea. If he is gone, I'm not sure about Barkley though. I don't think he's consensus number two. And in all honestly, its still the QB position. I won't be shocked if its the 3rd QB by then. I know Arizona is the only other pick before them possibly projecting QB at this point, but most of the other teams aren't exactly set there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think the idea was for it to be guys who had been in Madden, since this is the 25th anniversary edition. That said, there has to have been a better choice. At least 4 pro bowl 85 defense members played into the Madden era. Can only think Rivera's current coaching status propelled him. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lol wut. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'd be surprised if Garza gets cut. i'd be surprised if he didn't. Its always hard to tell with centers. There's this weird bias towards protecting the QB/center relationship. I don't think Emery is like that, but you never know. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sure, but we have to be under the cap starting tomorrow at the open of free agency. So we can't go sign some big rich free agent and go over cap and then go back to restructure to get back under. But can't we come to an informal agreement first, then make space? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I hope so. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We can restructure at any time though, right. Hopefully discussions have at least progressed enough where they have it lined up when we close on a FA target and need room. I don't mind not having restructures done at this point. It also doesn't address cuts which can be done in a snap- looking at Garza, Davis, Hester Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Are the fans who would revolt that different that the ones who are upset about ads, jumbotron or whatever else? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We should really cut Garza. Of course you hope you can find a good replacement in the draft, but if you can't is Edwin Williams any worse? No. And I believe we figure to save 2-3m in cap space. And he is arguably our worst OL. Carimi might have played worse, but at least has potential to improve dramatically where Garza will continue to decline. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Winston is the guy who went off at fans for cheering Cassel's injury, in case anyone forgot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don't see the need to put that much thought into it. There's hasn't been a problem in the past. There is plenty of time to get a multi-round draft done and then at least another new 1-2 rounder leading up to the actual draft. Yea some of those are admittedly complex and time consuming for dew, or whoever runs it. But as mentioned it did slow at times and people complained (and if memory serves others may have complained about picks being made for them too quickly). I think the first idea though is fairly simple and would help keep things moving, while not having a huge impact. 24 hour clock. If you miss, the draft keeps moving. After say 5 picks or 48 hours past your pick, you lose it and the board consensus picks. If your merely a pick late or 12 hours late, you still have control of your pick, with fairly low odds you lost your guy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk