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I saw the text about today's inactive and thought 'Bye Maybin'.

If you play hijacker, I am always ready to play the cop and I dont need any rent. There are a preponderance of threads about how fans do not agree with the the moves of Nix and Co. This is one thread saying what they did right. Why thread crap and screw up yet another thread with negativity ? I am not saying who is right and who is wrong - it is too early to judge this regime. It just looks like so far they have been more right than wrong.

Are you implying that Torbor is a rookie ? http://www.nfl.com/players/reggietorbor/profile?id=TOR177981 Also, this thread started off being one about what the OP thinks was one correct decision and you have diverted it into all the wrong ones that you believe Nix made. There are preponderance of threads debating the merits of Nix's moves so far. Why hijack a positive thread and start the same whining, moaning and bitching ?

I believe he was a RT for a left handed QB in college. Also, whether he was played at LT or not is a different story. Your post seemed to indicate that we picked a guard with that high a pick. And I am saying that is not the case - he was picked to play LT for the Bills but was gradually demoted and let go when we started realizing the guy just plain sucked no matter the position.

He was picked fourth to play LT.

Sounds about right for a Tall Merlot. Unless you are in the mood for a Grande. I wonder if they will serve the wine in a paper cup the shape of a wine glass.

I didn't presume /dev/null cared.

Well except for the obvious mammary gland enhancement, the other surgical procedures were invisible to the observer. Something felt fishy as she started dropping pounds and looking trimmer without any apparent effort. It is not until her friend told us of the Botox, cheek bone and nose job, the lipo etc that the mystery was solved. So, yea I hear you and agree that artifical hotness really isn't.

No she was very hot but the doctors and not nature played a large part in that. Pretty much everything was modded.

Somehow I cannot picture the dumb blonde* baristas at my local Starbucks giving me beer, wine and cheese pairing suggestions. * PC comments not welcome

So North America makes 49/50 of the world's worst beers ? I cannot give any credence to such a survey unless they tell me they tried Russian beer also.

Then again, if we come back re-tooled after the bye week and upset the Ravens, it is going to be one long bye week for them. I can always hope ...

He is married to the Steelers. However, I wouldn't mind bringing Wade Phillips in after he gets fired by the Cowboys. Wonder if RW and WP will be willing to get together again.

Whether or not Nix/Whaley even call him for a look-see will be quite telling. If Nix does not even want the medical staff to see him, we can be rest assured the guy is shot. If however things check out, I wouldn't mind having him even as a stop-gap measure. He is not old in terms of calendar age and we should still get a couple of years out of him which will be great till we get better LBs.

A very similar situation happened with a couple I knew. The woman was actively banging at least one guy and possibly more. She had a psychological condition which she did not admit too which caused her to constantly seek approval and admiration from other people especially men. Once she started with the other guy, she started fabricating reasons to convince others that her husband was a jerk and unattentive to her needs. Fact was she is all he could think about or do anything for. But no matter of 'attention' was enough for her as she was just looking for an out. She turned the kids against him and finally forced a divorce. Now here is the sad part - the entire drama lasted 2-3 years and they have been divorced for 2 years now. The guy still won't let go. He still thinks he has a chance to 'win her back', that she wil come back to him. She does come back to him when she is lonely in the evenings. The spineless idiot still goes to see her whenever she wants like a dog who has been kicked but still will go for a snuggle at the masters feet. What I wanted to say was - there is no way for me to tell the degree of fault in your marriage. But the best thing for you to do will be (1) be completely business like in the divorce procedings. let the lawyer help you and dont let her squeeze you dry (2) If you have kids, be especially careful not to lose them as she will do everything in her power to be the ideal mom and portray you as the irresponsible and uncaring dad (3) Start looking forward though it may be very tough to forget the past & mope on why things happened the way they did. Nothing will kill her 'high' as seeing you not care and moving on with your life Finally, do not be afraid to seek professional help early and often.

I can't believe some of the responses in this thread. Trying to rationalize away the performacne of a QB who has a near 100 QB rating ? Guys, if our QB has a sucky rating, we jump all over him and scream blue murder. But after a long time, a QB is putting up decent numbers and you want to still somehow make your point that he sucks ? Come on ! Yes he struggles with accuracy but he brings stability to the position, moves the chains and keeps us half way competitive on the O side of the ball. As a team we just cannot put it all together. Last year the D was playing its heart out and was not doing too badly but our O absolutely sucks. Now, somehow we are climbing the stats charts on O but the D has seemingly fallen off a cliff (pretty low cliff it was I admit). Hopefully the full time switch to a scheme (4-3) that better fits what little talent we have on D, will work to bring down the rushing yards allowed. We may still have hopes for an overall competitive team by the time the season is done. But back to the original point, I hope we have Fitz around for a while - starter now, mentor next year and Reich-type backup to end his career.

John Wawrow reporting that the change is confirmed. Can't say I am surprised. Given our lack of talent on D last year, changing schemes, getting a few personnel to fit it and adding a new DC was too much to do. We should have started off with the 4-3 this year anyway and then transitioned to the 3-4 as player slots were filled. If the 4-3 does not show any dividends, my guess is that George Edwards gets the axe.

Umm, Lori ? Are you back ? This is the second post I have seen from you in the past week and I haven't been reading too many threads.

We just need to look at the success Fewell is having as the Giants DC to tell us what a dearth of talent we have/had on the D side of the ball

A third round pick down the drain. {sigh}

To make room for Shawn Nelson

Well said. (at the risk of repeating myself) With Fitz, we know exactly what we have as there is no development waiting to happen. At least the QB is now a constant in the equation. This will allow the coaches to evaluate the unknowns - O linemen, Steve Johnson/Nelson(s), how best to use CJ. If after the next several games the coaches feel they have seen all they need to regarding these aspects, then perhaps they may put in Brohm but I don't think it will happen now.

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I can't get audio on this stream. The link in the p2pforum.eu does not know how to open the torrent stream (and neither do I). Help !

Would be a good story except for the fact that he is starting because the Bears are not sure Cutler is 100% fit after last week's concussion (caused by the pummeling)