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  1. Magnetic Curses
    The analogy is Bears sucked in the 90's and have been better the latter half of the 2000's, and so you are pretending they have been something more than they have. Likewise, the Cubs sucked in the 90's but did better in the mid 2000's and some people were willing to pretend that was amazing because of the lack of prior success. this is where it's completely stupid, even if you take payroll out of it, you get "success isn't better than no success." i like when my teams are successful and the bears have been successful in the lovie smith era. i don't know how you can dispute that.
  2. Magnetic Curses
    I'm not sure why the Eagles super bowl appearance being 7 years ago and the Bears being 4 matters. Philly wins every year. They don't suffer the three year drought the Bears did. And while getting to the super bowl was great, they shouldn't receive that much of a boost from it unless they win it. Making the playoffs every year is what matters. Going 7-9, 9-7, 7-9 should count heavily against them. That is prolonged mediocrity. in 2008, they were a matt ryan prayer away from the playoffs and philly being out. it was a pretty exciting season that ultimately ended in disappointment, but it was worth watching. it was the same year the cardinals made the playoffs at 9-7 and made the super bowl.
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    They traded for a franchise QB and signed an elite pass rusher, something most teams can't ever do, let alone in back to back seasons. They spent more than most this season and without it likely would have remained on that mediocre path. that's not the argument, the bears are barely in the top 10 in payroll. what the [expletive] are you going off about? so they got lucky and were able to trade for cutler and give enough to get peppers, it's not like they are top 3 in salary and at the bottom in terms of performance. the analogy was asinine, regardless of the bizarre places you've taken us trying to defend it. and it wasn't even yours in the first place. fall on your own sword next time. The analogy was perfectly reasonable. I do not understand your insistence on suddenly pretending this organization has been outstanding, coming off weeks and weeks of your pathetic handwring it makes even less sense. okay, so the analogy is perfectly reasonable except the bears aren't even close to spending the most money in the nfc and have won the division with doing it? you got me, it's perfectly reasonable.
  4. Magnetic Curses
    They traded for a franchise QB and signed an elite pass rusher, something most teams can't ever do, let alone in back to back seasons. They spent more than most this season and without it likely would have remained on that mediocre path. that's not the argument, the bears are barely in the top 10 in payroll. what the [expletive] are you going off about? so they got lucky and were able to trade for cutler and give enough to get peppers, it's not like they are top 3 in salary and at the bottom in terms of performance. the analogy was asinine, regardless of the bizarre places you've taken us trying to defend it. and it wasn't even yours in the first place. fall on your own sword next time.
  5. Magnetic Curses
    i'm not pretending that they've been some super-power, expecting them to roll over other teams-year-after year is just juvenile. they've been a good team in the mix for a super bowl appearance in any given year and that's all you can ask. asking them to be the patriots or the steelers pays no attention to just how hard it is or just how forthunate you have to be to build teams like that. there aren't many bill belichicks or dick lebeau's out there up for grabs. those guys are geniuses, they don't get those reputations by being simply successful and they don't move around very often.
  6. Magnetic Curses
    i don't get your analogy. the bears are far more competitive than they were in the 90's when they were getting spanked by favre every single year and winning one division title, early, under ditka, when there was like one good offensive player in the entire division. And the Cubs have been more competitive than they were in the 90's but still massively disappointing. but the bears haven't spent an exhorbitant amount more than other teams. and it shouldn't have to be said that watching your team play well and make playoff appearances is less disappointing than not watching them do these things. if that's what the analogy is about, it's [expletive] mongoloid.
  7. Magnetic Curses
    i don't get your analogy. the bears are far more competitive than they were in the 90's when they were getting spanked by favre every single year and winning one division title, early, under ditka, when there was like one good offensive player in the entire division. And the Cubs have been more competitive than they were in the 90's but still massively disappointing. the bears have played few meaningless games since lovie's been here and have been to the superbowl. teams don't often make the the super bowl, 2 per year. i don't get what you're expecting, you've named 5 teams that have had more success than the bears, one of which hasn't been to a super bowl and another that is a super bowl victory from being the exact same team as the bears. that's 15% of the league. in the 7 years that lovie has been here, the bears have been valid super bowl contenders 3 times. that should satisfy your "contend for championships, don't just compete within the division" philosophy.
  8. Magnetic Curses
    i don't get your analogy. the bears are far more competitive than they were in the 90's when they were getting spanked by favre every single year and winning one division title, early, under ditka, when there was like one good offensive player in the entire division.
  9. Magnetic Curses
    Now that they've had a successful 2010, sure, but Angelo's early years and recent run of mediocrity weighed heavily on the overall body of work. well, take out any successful year and it lessens the overall body of work. they haven't been patriots-good, but i can't complain. as for the early years, he got rid of jauron as soon as he could have, and shoop with him. i credit him for that. I'm not taking a year out. The fact is before last night they only won 2 divisions together, and none in 3 years. They brought more success than Wanny, but it's not like they brought a lot. Criticism was plenty valid. Now they have a franchise QB and NFL caliber coaches on the staff, and they are as good as they should have been the past few years. Doing better than crap is nothing to get excited about. again, 3 out of 7 years. that's not simply "doing better than crap."
  10. Magnetic Curses
    No doubt, but until last night it was 2 in 6 years, and none in the last 4. This division title makes his numbers look a lot better. So go Lovie and Angelo. i don't understand how you can say "none in the last 4," it doesn't make sense. Sorry brain fart. None in the last 3 well, they aren't going to win the division every year and if you really want to be fair, smith has won 3 out of 7, that's nearly 50% in a 4 team division, playing against at least one franchise that always seems to find success and doesn't accept failure.
  11. Magnetic Curses
    No doubt, but until last night it was 2 in 6 years, and none in the last 4. This division title makes his numbers look a lot better. So go Lovie and Angelo. i don't understand how you can say "none in the last 4," it doesn't make sense.
  12. Magnetic Curses
    Now that they've had a successful 2010, sure, but Angelo's early years and recent run of mediocrity weighed heavily on the overall body of work. well, take out any successful year and it lessens the overall body of work. they haven't been patriots-good, but i can't complain. as for the early years, he got rid of jauron as soon as he could have, and shoop with him. i credit him for that.
  13. Magnetic Curses
    say what you want about the crappy drafting of angelo and the gutless decision-making and quiet demeanor of smith, but they've brought an era of success with them. smith has won the division 3 out of 7 years competing against some very talented vikings and packer teams. this is a far-cry form the days of wannstedt and jauron.
  14. Magnetic Curses
    No, D-line play is clearly, IMO. Idonije getting full time snaps. Peppers is much better than Ogunleye and Brown ever were. Melton, Toeina have stepped up. The safety play has been better, but the biggest factor in that has been Manning moving from FS to SS. Harris has helped in that he's "not Al Afalava or Kevin Payne". Major Wright hasn't played enough to have been that big of a factor. and please get corey wooton more snaps, he's huge and absolutely abused mount mckinney on the last days of favre play.
  15. Magnetic Curses
    raji has been a beast this year, and he's the kind of guy that allows matthews to be effective. i don't think any one-dimensional pass-rushing 3-4 linebacker should win dpoy, ever. the 3-4 may not be a gimmick but that position most certainly is. he's not really doing much more than what kgb did in his prime, he's a nice little pass-rusher and that's about his usefulness. he gets bulldozed against the run and isn't good in coverage.
  16. Magnetic Curses
    Stafford's shoulder turned into steel overnight? i don't think they'll even need stafford.
  17. Magnetic Curses
    suh will win one or two, just not this year. and wow, are the lions going to be dangerous very very soon. ALL HAIL OUR SUPREME LEADERS, THE DETROIT LIONS you will work in their acid mines
  18. Magnetic Curses
    and, on cue, derrick brooks refers to peppers as "arguably, the defensive player of the year."
  19. Magnetic Curses
    suh will win one or two, just not this year. and wow, are the lions going to be dangerous very very soon.
  20. Magnetic Curses
    Who else is going to be in the running? While I think Peppers has played as well as anyone, I don't think 8 sacks is going to get him that many votes. I imagine Clay Matthews has already won the award. his tackle numbers for a linebacker are disgraceful. peppers has nearly as many tackles on the d-line. matthews is a one-trick pony and valuable to a team as a guy like terrell suggs is valuable to a team. he gives extreme ancillary value, but he's not a guy who can disrupt at the point of attack.
  21. Magnetic Curses
    Who else is going to be in the running? While I think Peppers has played as well as anyone, I don't think 8 sacks is going to get him that many votes. Polamalu was in the running, but will likely miss the rest of the season. I think missing 3 games takes him out. Clay Matthews was in the running, but he's now 2nd in sacks and won't win unless he has 2 big games and the Packers make the playoffs. Maybe John Abraham if you're looking for the best defensive player on one of the top teams. the thing is, the media has been actively pimping peppers as more than just a pass-rusher while abraham and matthews have not been.
  22. Magnetic Curses
    Yeah Sunday's return was only the 4th of Jackson's career. Still 10 shy of Hester and Hester is far from done. plus, as jackson ages, he'll probably be a guy that they only break out on really really important returns when they absolutely need a play.
  23. Magnetic Curses
    I wouldn't call that a laser. It got the job done but the throw itself wasn't all that pretty. it wasn't a laser, it dropped nicely into knox's hands, but it hung up a bit and could have been trouble if the viking safety was paying attention at all. the laser was the sideline pass he threw to aromashadu in the 4th, only a few qb's in the league could make that throw.
  24. Magnetic Curses
    lol, desean jackson is pretty good but the knob-slobbing on the booya network concerning him possibly breaking devin hester's record some day jumps the border on the disrespectful and improper. we realize nobody pays attention to football west of appalachia, but throw a bone to the few of us that do.
  25. Magnetic Curses
    http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs036.snc1/3289_728668375730_15919247_41886814_3537853_n.jpg WAIT http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/8827/18207192.jpg nicely done
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