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I bet Jon is still bitter that Raisin passed him in total posts.

Also be careful blitzing Manning too much...he will make you pay. fixed What about Pittsburgh and San Diego last year? They blitzed him quite effectively. If you can conceal the blitzes well, (Which we don't do) and if you can get pressure on him (which doesn't always happen with our blitzes) then there is nothing wrong with blitzing him. In fact, we might have to end up blitzing him. If you cannot get pressure from the front 4, he'll pick your cover 2 apart. You can't sit in a zone against Manning. Pittsburgh and San Diego are both 3-4 defenses. 3-4 defenses have confused the offensive line in the past (see also the Dallas game from this year). The offensive line has never had much of a problem picking up blitzes from even the best 4-3 teams. It's a big thing in Indy before every game-the inevitable question, are they a 4-3 or a 3-4? I'm not saying the offensive line is perfect, but how an offense blocks a 4-3 and a 3-4 is a little different, and all the defenses the Colts have ever had trouble against are 3-4's. This is very true. The problems that Peyton has had in the past have all come from teams that run 3-4 defenses. I'm very afraid he'll pick our defense apart. Of course, I was afraid Drew Brees would, too. So we shall see, we shall see. We'll need another superhuman effort in this one. Don't the Jags run a 4-3 defense? Manning had a hard time with them. Jacksonville tends to run a 3-3-5 against the Colts, but that is probably a pretty good comparison to the Bears (when Jax is totally healthy). They tackle well, and they stop the run well. Manning's never had a problem with pressure against them, it's always been about finding receivers-and the game at Jax his receivers dropped I think 8 passes that day. :roll: That is very rolleyes worthy, bro. The Colts always have problems with the Jags, when was the last time they've scored more than 24 against them? Last year in Week 14 Indy beat Jacksonville 26-18. ETA: Indy also scored 24 points in both games against the Jaguars in 2004 as well.

The Titans do not grant the Cowboys permission to talk to Jeff Fisher. Link

1. It's a sad troll. 2. I put mine up as a joke (much like Treeman's USA sig) last night - the reason I was sending you the PM's - and when I woke up this morning, Truffle had it as well. I can't speak for him as to why he decided to use it as well.

Me too. I just can not imagine a manager saying this about a player and a player that may be playing for him this year. What's so hard to believe? Did you listen to the audio provided by the radio station? The exchange in Amazing_Grace's sig actually happened.

Sports Reporter. Too bad I don't live in Chicago or I would be all over that.

I don't think that's true at all, especially on this board, where fans tend to be more informed than the average fan. From what I've seen, the Bears have the best defense in the league, but a below-average quarterback and an offensive line that isn't always good enough to keep pressure off him - which is when he really struggles. I think the Colts will win because I think they're a bad matchup for the Bears - they're the best passing team in the league, and that's where the Bears can be beat. I hope for the Bears' sake that they don't buy into the "let's just run the ball all game like Jacksonville did" bull. This isn't 1994-95 Nebraska versus Baylor, these are two really good NFL teams playing in the Super Bowl. I'd like for the Super Bowl to be competitive, especially since I won't be able to watch until the second half. Actually, New Orleans was the best passing team in the league, and it didn't help them much. I think the weather will be a little different in Florida then it was in Chicago though. Colts had a higher completion percentage, more touchdown passes, fewer interceptions and were sacked less. They played in a tougher conference and most teams specifically had game plans to try to make Indy run the ball.

If you are talking about me, I said very clearly in one of my posts that I have seen Bears players do it too, and they DO NOT get a free pass. I don't care who does it, it's immature and doesn't belong on a professional football field. Go back and reread my posts if you don't believe me. And what more needs to be said to get you to drop it already? I said I was done with it many hours ago. I guess that just isn't good enough. :roll: Au contraire. You were actually the one I was specifically thinking of who did not give Hester a free pass and admitted to not liking his behavior either. I thought it was you who didn't like Hester's actions and was actually going to say that but I wasn't sure so I left the name out. Sorry I made it seem like I was calling you out and misinterpreting your statements in the other thread as that was not was I was trying to do.

It's time for the segment 'Everybody laugh at the Knicks'. The Miami Heat, playing without Shaq and Wade, went on a 27-0 run in the first quarter against the Knicks today. The Knicks held a 3-2 lead and eight minutes later, they found themselves trailing 29-3.

Missed the point, but whatever. Its over. I've already rubbed shoulders with you guys, so I shouldn't try to win you guys back. I feel bad about it, but thats the way it is. The point is all Truffle was doing was pointing out that Hester has celebrated in the same way that Reggie Bush did. But some Bears fans, who were so quick to chastise Bush for his actions, gave Hester a free pass for his actions because he plays for the team they root for. It works both ways and apparently you fail to realize that.

You're no fun. :wink:

If the Bears had been assessed 7 penalties and the Saints only one, I guarantee you the Bears game thread would've been replete with complaints about the officiating. Not saying it was a poorly officiated game - although the one offensive PI call on the Saints was terrible - but that's the truth. I understand that its tough being outnumbered 300-1 by Bears fans on a forum, but you've grown to be incredibly rough with them. EDIT: Actually, going back to the NFC Championship game, I just found you hunting for a fight. Nice job Truffle. You're no better than a troll. I've lost all respect for you. Sweet, Truffle can join me as a troll on the board. Excellent. Glad to have company now. 8-) I'm incensed to not be in such elite trollish company. :wink: Forgot about you. Always with that damn pro Notre Dame agenda. You're in. Maybe I should start a thread for all us trolls to converse amongst ourselves. A "Stupid Trolls" thread perhaps. I tried to say something to Truffle but then I saw that he earlier just went in a Bears thread and out-of-the-blue just started asking for trouble " Well if Devin Hester did that earlier, blah blah blah..." C'mon. It wasn't even talked about until he brought it up again. Sometimes people look for negative attention. You know it. Get over yourselves. Just because someone is a fan of a non-Bears team doesn't mean he can do no wrong. Sure you guys catch a lot of flak, but that doesn't mean you guys can get away with anything. Truffle was pointing out that Devin Hester celebrated the same way (sans flip) against the Rams on one of his kick returns and that some Bears fans who ripped into Reggie Bush and call him classless for what he did, praise Devin Hester (not all Bears fans do this but some do). Watch this video. On both returns Hester does a Deion strut the last few yards to the endzone and then dances after he scores the touchdown. On the second return he points backwards while he's still running. Now, besides Bush's flip, please tell me what the difference is between Hester's celebration and Bush's.

If the Bears had been assessed 7 penalties and the Saints only one, I guarantee you the Bears game thread would've been replete with complaints about the officiating. Not saying it was a poorly officiated game - although the one offensive PI call on the Saints was terrible - but that's the truth. I understand that its tough being outnumbered 300-1 by Bears fans on a forum, but you've grown to be incredibly rough with them. EDIT: Actually, going back to the NFC Championship game, I just found you hunting for a fight. Nice job Truffle. You're no better than a troll. I've lost all respect for you. Sweet, Truffle can join me as a troll on the board. Excellent. Glad to have company now. 8-) I'm incensed to not be in such elite trollish company. :wink: Forgot about you. Always with that damn pro Notre Dame agenda. You're in. Maybe I should start a thread for all us trolls to converse amongst ourselves. A "Stupid Trolls" thread perhaps.

No Jeff Weaver, I'm disappointed.

If the Bears had been assessed 7 penalties and the Saints only one, I guarantee you the Bears game thread would've been replete with complaints about the officiating. Not saying it was a poorly officiated game - although the one offensive PI call on the Saints was terrible - but that's the truth. I understand that its tough being outnumbered 300-1 by Bears fans on a forum, but you've grown to be incredibly rough with them. EDIT: Actually, going back to the NFC Championship game, I just found you hunting for a fight. Nice job Truffle. You're no better than a troll. I've lost all respect for you. Sweet, Truffle can join me as a troll on the board. Excellent. Glad to have company now. 8-)

I like the move. Good hire Al. I also like the part about Kiffin being expected to keep Rob Ryan as defensive coordinator. Hopefully the first intelligent move of many for the Raiders this offseason.

Way, way over. It will go over 100 even in Premium.

Before my time. :wink:

If I'm getting those two receivers, I start Schaub and draft Joe Thomas. That would be a wise move. Joe Thomas will be a force for 10+ years. Robert Gallery was supposed to be the same thing and that's turned out great for the Raiders. But that's just because it's the Raiders so other teams should have nothing to worry about.

Who do you want at #1? I can't say for sure at the moment because I don't know what they're going to do in free agency and trades. I would be surprised they don't trade at least one of the top two WR's (Moss and Porter) if not both of them. So it depends on what they do in that respect. If they keep both WR's then I would want them to pick Brady Quinn. If they get rid of one (hopefully Moss) I would like to see them take Calvin Johnson with the top pick and then see who is available at QB at the beginning of the second round. I also wouldn't mind trading the #33 overall pick (their second rounder) and Moss for a mid range first round pick depending on where the QB's go.

Only Paul Tagliabue or Joe Buck are allowed to disapprove of immature behavior? My apologies. It's the playoffs. It's not "just" a game. It's win and move on or lose and go home. I'm happy with the outcome. Reggie will be watching the Super Bowl from his couch at home. I'll shut up now. That, and Paul Tagliabue probably wouldn't have much to say since he retired in August. Yeah I know that but most of the anti-celebration rules were put into place while he was still the commissioner of the league which is what I was referring to. Obviously Roger Goodell holds that position now.

If he didn't point at Urlacher, Bush wouldn't have sprinted the whole way to the endzone. He would have let up anyway. Players let up all the time when they have the defense beat by 10 yards. Do you want to flag them for letting up and delaying the game as well? And doing the flip didn't take any more time off the clock than simply running into the end zone would have. Either way the ground has to be covered whether it's jumping into the air and doing a flip or simply running. Time would have come off the clock anyway. And in the endzone, his dance took about 4 seconds. I would hardly call that excessive celebration.

I think if the Raiders made that trade (Moss, Porter and the #1 overall for Vick and the #10 overall) I would seriously consider picking another team to root for.

Only Paul Tagliabue or Joe Buck are allowed to disapprove of immature behavior? My apologies. It's the playoffs. It's not "just" a game. It's win and move on or lose and go home. I'm happy with the outcome. Reggie will be watching the Super Bowl from his couch at home. I'll shut up now. By just a game I meant it's football. Football is a sport and games are played. By saying "it's just a game" I wasn't differentiating between the playoffs and regular season. Football is a game and generally you have fun playing a game. That's what Reggie Bush was doing.

They don't do the crap Bush did. Everybody in the league does some sort of celebration, that's completely different from pointing at your opponent on the way into the end zone and doing the flip. Dance all you want, that's part of the game. Flipping into the end zone is not. So dancing after you sack a quarterback is not taunting, but doing a flip into the end zone is? Sounds like quite the double standard there, not to mention that "dancing" really is not a part of the game at all. I've watched Chris Harris and Thomas Jones taunting the other team in other games. I didn't like it when they did it. But, I'm relieved they weren't so juvenile to do a flip into the endzone while the team was losing. A celebration after the catch is much more different than delaying a game so you can show off on National TV that you know how to do a somersault. I lost some respect for the guy. And I'm glad the guy who did it was on the losing end of the ball game. I'd like to see less selfish play on the field. Delaying the game, are you kidding me right now? How on earth did Bush delay the game by somersaulting into the endzone? His somersault probably caused FOX to show the play a few more times but that doesn't prevent play from continuing on the field.