Jake

Also, Forte's several totally blown pickups have totally killed those plays

Cutler needs to figure out what to do when there's a blitz for f***'s sake.

Drives like this needed to happen sooner, before we completely gassed our defense.

Because they snapped with 0 on the play clock, he f***ing throws it without reading the defense like he's still being timed.

Get the ball out!

Jay looks like f***ing s***.

We know the defense is bad. We also know that it will be twice is bad if they spend the entire game on the field. The offense can't play this bad or the defense will never have a chance.

If you could press the reset button on this game, would you kick it off with McCown under center?

Welp, this doesn't look good. Can McCown play defense?

Josh Phegley has only had acceptable offense in the minor leagues for half of a season, ever. Let's not act like he has some kind of great MiLB pedigree.

I think Tomlin did the right thing. Running the clock down and all that involved too much risk to leave 7 points on the board at that point.

Looking good...

Another bad call, jesus christ. Now in Detroit

This should be a blowout. Thanks refs.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 22, 2013 -> 05:36 PM) They can't challenge to see if the runner is down? You can't be down if you don't possess the ball.

So 1. Rule is written poorly. In this case, there's no reason GB would ever deserve the ball back. 2. They botch the fact that he did possess the ball, despite talking about it for over 10 minutes. and then 3. They miss the fact that he was f***ing DOWN BY CONTACT

Why not? Japanese folks love baseball as much as we do and he is almost definitely going to make more money for this season.

What do you think Shin Soo Choo would have gotten if he had hit the market a year ago? That is one of the first things I think about when evaluating a deal. When a guy's likely value jumps tremendously from one year to the next, especially at Choo's age, I tend to think the current value is too high.

I'm really glad I didn't accept the huge rate increase to keep my old plan without checking out the exchange, where I paid about 10 dollars more for a lot, lot better plan. I had a "good" plan already in that it's a lot for a pretty healthy young man like me, but my new one has the same deductible, lower out-of-pocket max, lower co-pays, my monthly med goes from $70 to $35 and my regular doctor visits to get that med go from $90 to $10. Even better is it's the same company where I saved a buttload of money by going to the exchange (BCBSIL). Also interesting that the available dental plans aren't too bad. I'm still mooching off my parents' for that though, where I add about $5 to their plan. Their plan sucks and requires me to get dental check-ups only on my infrequent visits home, but it works for now until I get coverage from my grad program. The requirement that all the companies give you a summary of benefits on the same kind of form is also great. Really helps you compare apples to apples. They also explain terms that a lot of folks won't understand. Co-pay means, coinsurance means that, these things are included in your deductible and these things are not. I'm also assuming the fact that many of these plans cover in-patient addiction services at no cost or 20% coinsurance is not out of the goodness of the hearts of the insurers and was required. I'm sure some people will be pissed they're paying for that, but reducing the barriers to getting help for people will offer society a nice-sized benefit. If you don't want people to be addicted to drugs, it's cool now that we're also willing to offer something beyond shame to get them out of that cycle.

If you're going to make an awfully offensive joke, at least make it funny. Sheesh. I can kind of sympathize in a perverse way with a really callous joke if it is fathomably funny. This one's a s***ty joke either way. Was never worth the risk.

I want a gif of Rayvonte going full cornholio after the buzzer

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 21, 2013 -> 02:08 PM) Except they don't have their pick. The Hawks do. What a disaster of a year for the Nets. They are shaping up to be the model of a f***ed up franchise. QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 21, 2013 -> 02:41 PM) It's not hard to make sense of at all. But let me help you. Bulls offensive rankings: ppg - 29th fg% - 29th 3pt% - 29th Offensive rating (points per 100 possessions) 29th Efg% - 30th TS% - 29th Want more? Shooting percentage less than 5 feet from the basket: 53.5% -29th overall Shooting percentage 5 to 9 feet from the basket: 34% - 26th overall That is pitiful for any team. But this team was supposed to compete for a title (barf). This says two things: one, you've got a bunch of guys that simply aren't that talented and can't finish around the rim or within 9 feet of the rim. Two, this also says you have no shooting/spacing (the numbers prove just that) to open up the lane and defenses are feasting. This is the roster Rose was supposed to win with. You all thought it. And the FO thought it. Throw in the neverending rash of injuries and the verdict is in - ratchet and busted are the 2014 Chicago Bulls. Shame on you for making me put this in writing. 35 small bunnies were decapitated because I had to spell this out for you. The bunny blood is on your hands, not mine, kind sir. I didn't think my argument looked like I was saying the Bulls have played well offensively. I was saying that there are sound arguments to be made that they could step it up considerably and have a slightly below average offense to go with what is still a very, very good defense. You might argue that without a buttload of injuries and trades, it is bound to happen. Of course, as I said and your post shows, it is also reasonable to think that it will keep being this bad or worse. QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 21, 2013 -> 09:51 PM) Hornets new logo I like it. QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 21, 2013 -> 09:55 PM) Thank god they're not the Bobcast anymore. What's that? The Aldi version of the Chromecast?

I'm not feeling too bad about it. It isn't like he was saying it was a dumb move to get Scott Downs. He's saying it was a...Downs...move. Because of Scott Downs. Neither good nor bad move. Just a Downs move.

Thanks so much for sharing hi8is. Sometimes I look at the way I and many other Americans look at sports and I can see how strange it seems. It doesn't seem like something that would organically happen with any intelligent beings. For what it is, it is oddly infused with money. It is practically the only institution we hold so dear that we exempt it from anti-trust law. I feel unreasonable feelings related to sports. Why should a White Sox game of any kind, let alone a September game in the lost 2013 season, totally ruin my day? Why do I weep when I watch the 2005 WS DVDs? I tend to wonder whether it's justifiable. Why so much money? So much time? So much emotional investment? hi8is just showed why it is we allow it to exist, why we invest so much into it. When I watch "Field of Dreams" and cry in the scene where father and son play catch together, it's because doing baseball stuff with my dad are some of the most important and meaningful things in my life. Watching, training, playing baseball together. It's great that hi8is has gotten something just as meaningful from it. Even better, Frank Thomas has embraced his role as somebody that can foster that kind of deep joy in other people's lives. Sure, his play was awesome and he didn't owe us anything else. Great players make us happy. It's so awesome though that he knew he had the power to bring the kind of real, visceral satisfaction that is possible via experiences with baseball. Great story hi8is.

While I would easily do Dunn for Castro (what person who wants the Sox to win wouldn't?), most scenarios in which we trade Dunn will result in a huge talent dropoff on the MLB roster. There's nobody with power in their bat like him and nobody worth a s*** from the left side without him (though we might keep ADA if Dunn goes). The "if everything goes right" scenario is much more right if Dunn is here, with the exception of pipe dreams like a Jason Castro acquisition.