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Bryce Young has thrown for 300+ yards in his career exactly one time so far. Against the Packers last season. Bryce Young has thrown more than 1 TD in a game three times in his career, but only once without also throwing 2 INTs (he threw 3 TDs). Against the Packers last season. Bryce Young's highest Y/A in his career is 8.7. Against the Packers last season. Who was Carolina's OC last season?

The Cubs have made me bearish on all of my other sports fan interests. @BillHuberNFL The #Packers have thrown a lot of interceptions, dropped a lot of passes and committed a lot of holding and pre-snap penalties. Imagine how good this offense could be if it could get out of its own way. ‘Obviously’ No Easy Solution to Packers’ Problems on Offense

Reasons for Bears Fans to Have at Least Some Optimism This Sunday -Will the real Jordan Love please stand up: Games 1-9, 2023: 58.7 percent, 14 touchdowns vs. 10 interceptions, 6.7 yards per attempt – 80.5 passer rating (27th out of 34 quarterbacks with 100 attempts). Games 10-17, 2023: 70.3 percent, 18 touchdowns vs. one interception, 7.7 yards per attempt – 112.7 passer rating (2nd out of 33 quarterbacks with 100 attempts). Games 1-9, 2024: 61.3 percent, 15 touchdowns vs. 10 interceptions, 7.6 yards per attempt – 88.2 passer rating (22nd out of 36 quarterbacks with 100 attempts). -Defensive tackle Kenny Clark, the 12th highest paid player at his position, has zero sacks. -Cornerback Jaire Alexander, a two-time second-team All-Pro, can't seem to stay on the field. -Defensive end Rashan Gary, the eighth highest paid edge defender, has 2.5 sacks but only a half-sack in which he actually beat his blocker. -Defensive end Lukas Van Ness has one sack. Of 85 edge defenders with at least 125 pass-rushing snaps, he ranks 84th in PFF’s pass-rush productivity, which measures sacks, hits and hurries per pass-rushing snap, and 74th in pass-rush win rate. On offense, the Packers are 19th on third down and 30th in the red zone. On defense, they are an excellent sixth on third down but 20th in the red zone. Of the 14 teams that would be in the playoffs if the season were to end today, only the Packers are 20th or worse in both red-zone categories. Snippets pulled from Link . I know the Bears have all sorts of problems, but the Packers seem to have taken a step back from the latter part of last season in many areas. Love's injury, a new defensive coordinator/system, sh!tty Kickers, and way too many drops seem to be the root cause.

"The organization used the term "conduct detrimental to the team," but reports have surfaced that the reason Alexander was suspended is because he inserted himself into the Packers' pregame coin toss against the Panthers last Sunday even though he wasn't listed as a captain. "The decision to suspend a player is never easy and not one we take lightly. Unfortunately, Jaire's actions prior to the game in Carolina led us to take this step," general manager Brian Gutekunst wrote in the Packers' official release. "As an organization, we have an expectation that everyone puts the team first. While we are disappointed, we had a good conversation with Jaire this morning and fully expect him to learn from this as we move forward together. We look forward to welcoming him back next week as he is a valued member of this team and will continue to be in the future." Head coach Matt LaFleur was asked if Alexander's one-game suspension was strictly because of the coin toss incident or an acclimation of things. "It's never for one thing. We'll all learn from it and we'll all move forward," he said. Link I know it wasn't actually during the game, but it (could've) directly impacted the game. JA put himself first (like TS), and the Packers suspended him for a game. It doesn't just happen in college. I know, blah, blah, Packers suck, blah, blah.

An argument can be made that there are penalties on every play which don't get called, especially "Hail Mary's". My response to Tryp was more that it was not a judgment call and/or ticky-tack penalty that could've NOT been called. It was a pre-snap penalty. The entire left side of the DLine moved in unison. I wasn't aware of the rule, but the rules official was emphatic that it was the correct call.

You can marginalize it however you want. But the entire left side of the DLine all moved at once and the flag was immediately thrown. It's not like it was some ticky-tack judgment call. Plainly obvious to the "rules" guy who said it was clearly the correct call.

And yet it was the absolute correct call/ Three linemen moving simultaneously prior to the snap is a penalty. Broadcast brought in the "rules guru" who said it was the correct call and should've been called. Blame the Jags, not the refs.

That didn't last long.

TWTW!!!!!

I'm surprised many find the Brewers/their fans more annoying than the Mets/New Yorkers. I get that they're a division foe, but they've only been in the same division since '98. maybe that's all/most of the lives of many posters here. But they don't really bother me. The Mets and their fans are awful, almost as bad as the Yankees.

Have the Cubs been officially eliminated?

Since it looks like Wavin' Willie Harris is staying, I hope he moves off of 3B coaching. I like aggressiveness...sometimes. Make the defense nake a play. But too many players have been thrown out on the bases, especially at Home and 3B for my liking.

If anyone is interested in a trip down memory lane, here's the Link to the Topic on NSBB from the trade on July 31, 2012. I started reading around page 124, got to the actual trade announcement on page 130 and read/scanned the next 8-10 pages. Definitely some interesting (hot) takes, but most seemed at least somewhat pleased with the return. A few things of note: -Just prior to the trade, the two prospects most coveted were Allen Webster (BOS) and Randall Delgado (ATL). -Cubs ended up getting Webster a few years later, and while he was a strong prospect before landing with the Cubs, he was pretty much a bust as a big leaguer. -Webster's MLB WAR is/was -2.4; Delgado's MLB WAR +2.4 -Christian Villanueva was the centerpiece of the trade. Seems like a few people mentioned Mike Olt (who the Cubs also ended up getting eventually) as the better prospect in the Rangers system. -Not a lot of love for Kyle (and ironically from poster Kyle) if he regularly throws <90 mph; but definite appreciation for his command. As we are all very aware, Kyle Hendricks was clearly the best MLB AND MiLB player in the trade. And the Cubs clearly came out on top of this deal. Dempster's MLB WAR 18.6 Webster's MLB WAR -2.4 Delgado's MLB WAR 2.4 Kyle Hendricks MLB WAR 21.3 Thanks Theo!!!!

John Schriffen

You have to listen to the call of the last out of the WS game against the Tigers. With a win, the Tigers, amazingly, clinch a playoff spot. So there's a lazy fly ball to right center. And after the catch, the WS announcer doesn't recognize the Tigers accomplishment. Rather, he goes right into a "There it is..." moment about the WS having the most losses in a single season in the history of modern baseball. And he sounded cheerful. almost proud to be not only witnessing this feat first hand, but to actually be announcing it live on air. It's comical.

Funny you mention that series. They lost 2/3 to the Cubs and were 62-66. They then went on to win 6 straight and have gone 23-8 since the series loss to the Cubs.

The WS have a piss-poor owner, an annoying and not very good fan base, and have historically been one of, if not the worst franchise in MLB history. I think it would be fitting for them to have the historically worse season in the history of the modern area. And since they plan on cutting payroll after the season, why not double down on the losses next year.

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Another post not aging well. 😀

Cody picks up Seiya (the ****** ump), 2-0 Cubs!

And the Mets lead the Phillies 6-0 in the 6th. The Braves are up 5-1 over the Dodgers in the 4th.

Can't they just slap that bean bag chair on his helmet?