ChicagoRic

The kid is getting quite a bit of hype in the absence of a stable backfield. How will he do?

Hmmmm.........Stat are just.............stats.........but here is one. First 7 games: 2 wins, 5 losses. Last 7 games: 5 wins, 2 losses. I've Tivo'ed every game this year, and there is a noticeable difference between O-line #1 and O-line #2. I have not put a stopwatch on it, but there is more time and things look-----for lack of a better term---crisper. Execution is better and while it may not help McGahee all that much, it makes a huge difference to Losman. Regards, Eric C ChicagoRic

Here's the deal---unless revenue sharing is worked out in such a way as to work for all of the existing NFL franchises, we're going to end up with the BMFL (big market football league) rather than the NFL. If that happens, the NFL will lose its national stature. Even Green Bay, which the NFL big marketeers have used to showcase a "successful" small market team, cannot hope to survive as things currently stand. Publicly owned or not, there are limits to capitalization. When Favre retires (sometime in the next 30 years or so) there is nobody to replace him. Small market teams will be left out in the cold, and instead of expansion teams, we'll start seeing contraction teams. The LA's and NYC's and Dallas and Atlanta will reap the financial benefits while the Buffalos and Baltimores and Clevelands and Minnesotas and even the Indy's (yes, the Colts, they are small market despite the current successful run) will end up drained both in terms of talent and finances. Sure, with only 20 or so teams the talent level will be amazing, but will football still be a national sport? Will it be relevant? Doubtful. Will if be profitable? Yup. From my $$$? No way in heck. Revenue sharing can and should be fixed for the benefit of the NFL as a whole. Some have posted here that $7million in profit is a lot of money, and that may be true, but it pales somewhat when you're talking about one team in a multi-billion (yes, billion is One Thousand Million) dollar business enterprise. Yes Ralph Wilson is a multimillionaire, but to ask a 7 million dollar profit team to contribute to a 300 million dollar project of the benefit of another team with no guarantee of its own survival is just crazy. Bottom line---Ralph Wislon should be allowed to whine all he wants, and what's more, he is right. The big market teams hold the cards and can dictate what will happen, but in the end they may end up killing the goose that laid the godlen egg. Discuss?

Whatever happened to the brash, flashy, pouty Peerless? This new Peerless Price is a different breed altogether. Keeps his mouth shut and makes tough sideline catches. I daresay he has the best toes of an Bills WR in recent memory. That kind of body control tells me that even though the afterburners might not burn quite as hot, he takes the ART of being a WR very seriously. Happy to see him here. He's a nice complement to our new #1 Evans, and our new brash and flashy guy, Parrish. For lack of a better comparison, he fills the Lofton/Billy Brooks role. My level best, Eric C ChicagoRic

Nope. Ed really is right. When in doubt, try google or wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Jeopardy

Of course it's homerism! The 17-14 is my "I hope" score. On the other hand, I'm certainly not making any bets with all my Bears Fans buddies. I'd realistically put us at about a 33% chance of winning this game. My best, Eric C ChicagoRic

...............be afraid! Right now, they are the class of their Conference. Make no mistake, the Bears are real and they are big and they are bad. In many ways, they are what I would most like the Bills to be. I'd consider them a good blueprint to a truly competitive team.---Take a look: Young QB with limited experience due to injuries: Losman? Nope. Grossman. The kid is on fire after 2 disappointing (injured) years. He is finding a field of explosive WR's--Nope, not Evans, Price, Reed, Parrish---try Monster Muhsin and Bernard Berrian and biggish and speedy TE Clark. They have a grinding power back at RB good with an injury riddled past-------T. Jones, not McGahee. Any finally, they have a fast and aggressive defense-----I won't name names, but DAMN ARE THEY GOOD. The Hasslebeck lead Seahawks looked bad tonight. Sure, no Shaun Alexander, but even with 3 to 4 top line WR's,, they were shut down. There are no weaknesses in this Bears's D. There are no Ellisons, Simpsons or Whitners to make rookie mistakes..and precious few slower old guys........the Bears have credible veterans at every defensive spot. Can we win? YES, but it will be a battle. Losman has yet to see a pass rush of this caliber, but I think our speedy WR corps can help to offset this. Also, McGahee might find some room to run to the weak side, away from Urlacher. The key here is to play a COMPLETE game on both sides of the ball and to get some bonus points from special teams. Bills 17, Bears 14.............but only if all goes right. Scared to heck by the Bears, ChicagoRic Eric C

I love how we pull out a win against a quality team and all some people can think to do is criticize a backup OL. Unreal. Enjoy the win, or stop being a troll.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I gotta go find my heart now...............flopping around on the living room floor! YEEEESSSSSSSSSS!

I WISH! Trying to pound outta my chest!

PLEASE NO PREVENT D!

HARD COUNT! Play of the game? Whoa!

Right now this game scares the everlovin' crud outta me! Nervous!

Ugh. Stop um. No convert!

I'll never forget that one time when Venus made a long reach for a return and her balls slipped out from under her skirt!

OW! "Blue"is not my boy. What a hit!

Are the Williams "brothers" getting tired? McGahee Ain't!

For what it's worth---good broadcast team today. Fairly unbiased, with good and informative observations. Donahoe is thinking ahead and analyzing the game quite well and Pitts is nicely low key as the play by play.

and a 49ers thread?

Ummm..........looks like we need to start a Jets-Colts games thread.

Takeo who? Our linebackers--no wait---our whole defense, has been outstanding today.

Not a ton of yards for McGahee, but he is really running tough. Without the effort he's giving the passing game might not be quite as open.

They are doing some good things out there, right? I just checked the official game thread. 90% negative. Whine whine whine. We're up 7-6 at halftime and getting the ball to start the 3rd quarter. Losman-accurate, aware, no mistakes. Evans--on a mission to honor #83 McGahee--running hard and BLOCKING WELL That is all. Eric C ChicagoRic

Not bad at all, but improvements can be made. Great use of depth of field, and exposure is overall good. With Ramius' GF, maybe a little less boob would be better....The real impact here is in the eyes, and the downshirt shot is a bit distracting. I'd also like to see a bit more light on the shadowed side of the face and a slightly tighter crop on the whole thing---too much dead space on the left and right. Maybe a square crop? I like the second one better. Well posed, exposed and cropped. This is an impact picture. I would like to see a bit better use of depth of field here...you are just millimeters off. The picture is at its sharpest from the tip of her nose to the ends of her eyelashes. Her beautiful eyes are just a hair out of range. If you have the capability, then switch to manual focus and tweak it just a hair to get the eyes to really pop. I hope this is the kind of critique you were looking for. Very very nice work! Best regards, Eric C ChicagoRic

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