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I'd rather play the Bucs than every other NFC team besides the Giants & Seahawks.

DeAndre Hopkins has a no-trade clause in his contract. While I'm sure he wants out of Arizona, no way would he waive it for the Patriots. He'd only do that for a team with a good QB in place. Mac Jones would certainly hurt his stats & devalue his next contract, no top WR would ever go the Pats by choice.

Not even close. 49ers were favored by 19 over the Chargers in the Superbowl 29. Colts were -18 vs Jets in SB 3.

Having to pay for the helmet I understand, the Riddell Speedflex that most NFL players use are $500. Helmets can be used multiple seasons, even if it's by another player. But the jerseys surely aren't re-used the next season, why not just let players take those?

There won't be a pass rusher rated highly enough for Beane to do that available at pick 32. If a really highly rated one did somehow drop that far, it'd be due to some medical or off-field concern & I don't see Beane doing that either. Either way, I'd hate it. Fix the OL.

Wow, McMahon looked rough in that clip. My head hurts from watching it.

Pretty much, yes. The City of Chicago would cost a ton more in leasing & taxes. The potential new site is in Arlington Heights, one of the northern suburbs. I don't even think they could get those renovations approved with Soldier Field being a historical landmark.

Will Brady get all the bogus calls to extend drives that he usually gets in this game? The NFL probably has equal interest in the Cowboys advancing as Tom Terrific. Without the refs on his side, Tampa could get routed by Dallas.

If we lose our DC and can finally move on from the Tampa-2, you'd want to replace him with the only other dinosaur that still runs a Tampa-2?

Multiple receivers are wide open on every play, and our DBs are almost always behind in coverage, it's like we're playing a perpetual prevent defense. It's becoming a rarity when a pass falls incomplete. On the play Elam allowed the TD to Parker, he was up in tight coverage, then let him run by untouched. I know our CBs usually play off WRs, but why are we ever playing tight, if we aren't going to bump WRs? The long catch Jamar Chase had on Tre was the same thing. This season, we've made turds like Mac Jones, Mike White, Zach Wilson, Kenny Pickett, & Jacoby Brissett look like All Pro QBs.

The Bears can't risk winning the game & potentially dropping to the 3rd pick in the draft. They're still alive for the #1 if Houston somehow wins. What better way to ensure you don't win a game?

Both my sons started playing tackle football at age 6. They're 16 & 14 now, I coached both thru 8th grade. My younger son is a HS QB now. No way he'd stop playing, but I do feel a bit more concern after last night. He'll be a sophomore next year & might be the varsity starter. After the Damar situation, I'm starting to hope that waits until Jr year. My older son's freshman football season got covid- postponed to the Spring & would conflict with baseball, which is his primary sport, so he retired from football. Neither of us felt any relief, he misses football. Both sons never had any injuries until 8th grade. Older son had a hamstring avulsion tear & missed half the 8th grade season. Younger son had a stress fracture in his foot, missed half the 8th grade season. For me, the Damar injury definitely puts into perspective what the worst case scenarios of playing the game are, but it shouldn't detract from the other 99% of good things that come from it.

Bates was basically Mitch-lite at Center last week, but the real value of having Morse back is Bates going back to OG and taking one of last week's Guards off the field.

Regarding the QB unforced errors... Both INTs were obviously really bad, but the decisions to run when somebody was open downfield was OK by me considering the horrible wind conditions. I was there, and saw jackets, cups, and papers blow completely across the field in under 5 seconds. That sideways wind was ridiculous. If he can get a decent gain by running it instead, I'll take it on that day, especially after throwing 2 picks. I'm assuming the 3Q roll-right play was the one to Gabe. Bad play call in that wind/cold, but if Josh throws it a millisecond earlier, or gets it up 6" higher & it doesn't get knocked down. Gabe was wide open for a while on that play. Still way too risky in those conditions.

I was at the game & had nearly the exact same view of the play as that video. I said the exact same thing to my 14yo son when Singletary cut back into a tackler, we both said at the same time "Cook would've scored on that".

I was at the game. Bills fans were probably 40% of attendees, it was awesome. As I was driving into the parking lot, I saw a Bills fan dive onto a folding table from a pickup truck bed, I knew right then it was going to be a great day. I've lived in the Chicago area my whole life & been to 20+ games at Soldier field, I've never seen anywhere near that many opposing fans, even Bears/Packers games. Previous Bears/Bills games I've been to during the drought years had maybe 5% Buffalo fans. Going in with my family decked out in Bills gear, I fully expected to have some issues with Bears fans based on what I've seen there over the years, but not a single one. Everyone was cool, I saw no fights, heckling, or even arguments. The cold & wind sucked, but it was totally worth it, an awesome day for Bills fans.

I was at the game, the wind was absolutely brutal. There was a sideline coat from the Bills that blew onto the field during a timeout, a guy ran out after it, and it blew all the way to the Bears sideline in less than 10 seconds. There were empty gatorade cups blowing all the way across the field throughout the game. I think that probably affected Josh's passes, but both were still bad decisions considering the conditions.

JaMarcus Russell got up close to 300lbs while he was still playing, that alone puts him as a top-4. It was easy to see Zach Wilson wouldn't make it in the NFL. I was very happy on draft day when he became a Jet.

O'Hare has about 3x the fights coming in as Midway, and it's not much further out. They're not going to Soldier field from the airport, I'm sure they're at a hotel downtown, which is close to Soldier field.

I live in the Chicago area. My neighbors were supposed to fly out of O'Hare this evening, flight just got delayed until tomorrow. Bills plane already delayed is not a great sign. It's been snowing the past 4 hours here.

They really should make a Pass Rusher category separate from LB. Judon & Mack are not really Linebackers.

Nobody ever considers weather conditions when judging the MVP race, just raw stats. Allen has already had multiple bad weather games, and has at least 1 more on tap. Mahomes almost never has to deal with rain, snow, or ridiculous winds. He has that advantage every year. It's gonna be hard for Josh to ever win an MVP because of his home city weather, but nobody can argue that he's not the player most important to his team in the entire league. We'd be in the running for a top-5 pick without him.

I went to a Bengals/Ravens game there about 10 years ago. I was hungover at the game, and the entire lower section stood up for the whole game. I had no choice but to stand also. That part was awful. The city is pretty cool, we stayed at a hotel walking distance from the stadium. The bars in Kentucky were great, hence the hangover.

The way we've been tackling open-field runners, that's a possibility. If we keep trying to wrap guys by their shoulders, Fields could break his own rushing record.