Stele wrote:Bengals 5-0
I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE COLLAPSE
Caps to emphasize the frantic nervousness that builds whenever I start to feel something resembling hope.
I think they're saving it for the playoffs, to really crush some hopes and dreams.
Wow, I'm 4-0 so far!
Cleveland wins.
I am as shocked as anyone.
Thin_J wrote:Stele wrote:Bengals 5-0
I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE COLLAPSE
Caps to emphasize the frantic nervousness that builds whenever I start to feel something resembling hope.
I think they're saving it for the playoffs, to really crush some hopes and dreams.
I don't need the truth right now. Quit it.
The Bears won. They're now on a 2 game winning streak.
And that gives hope.
And with the Bears, hope is just the first step to disappointment.
The Bears won. They're now on a 2 game winning streak.
And that gives hope.
And with the Bears, hope is just the first step to disappointment.
Everyone will point out how horrible the Cutler haters are. Then he'll blow four games in a row and all will be back to normal again.
Stele wrote:Thin_J wrote:Stele wrote:Bengals 5-0
I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE COLLAPSE
Caps to emphasize the frantic nervousness that builds whenever I start to feel something resembling hope.
I think they're saving it for the playoffs, to really crush some hopes and dreams.
I don't need the truth right now. Quit it.
Maybe he was hypnotized to see Tyler Eifert as AJ Green.
Flintheart Glomgold wrote:cube wrote:The Bears won. They're now on a 2 game winning streak.
And that gives hope.
And with the Bears, hope is just the first step to disappointment.
Everyone will point out how horrible the Cutler haters are. Then he'll blow four games in a row and all will be back to normal again.
And he's still the best QB the Bears have ever had. Too bad the entire team has been built around getting the QB killed.
Better than McMahon? (Serious question... dude was a nut, but he was a huge part of arguably one of the best teams ever)
Better than McMahon? (Serious question... dude was a nut, but he was a huge part of arguably one of the best teams ever)
McMahon excelled at public relations and handing the ball off to Walter Payton. The stats of that '85 Bears season are hilarious. The McMahon/Steve Fuller combo completed 237 passes all season, less than 15 a game. The leading receiver? Payton, with 49 catches. Second? TE Emery Moorehead, with 35. Willie Gault, who my teenage years remember as a deep threat terror caught 33 balls all season, the same as FB Matt Suhey.
McMahon played on a great team, but was never really a great QB in any way. He was *gets set on fire by Bears fans* kind of like Trent Dilfer in that the phenomenal defense he played with overcame any limitations he might have had. Yes, better than Dilfer, but those two are just similar in that many, many QBs could have won the Super Bowl with those defenses.
At least image wise he was a lot cooler than Cutler... he might have been a real kneebiter though as this was all pre internet and social media... nowadays it sounds like he can barely remember where he lives.
Dark Jeans and Blazers apparently were the dress code.
Ok, thanks for all of the statistical input. I was 15 during the Bears Super Bowl run that year, and my mom is from Chicago. We just were happy to see the Bears do well. So, apparently, my recollection of the man as a QB is quite heavily tinted by nostalgia.
It is sad as hell though to see him now, as he is in no way in complete control of his faculties.
At least image wise he was a lot cooler than Cutler... he might have been a real kneebiter though as this was all pre internet and social media... nowadays it sounds like he can barely remember where he lives.
Hell, it was almost pre-PC
Personal Computer, not Politically Correct
Stele wrote:Cleveland wins.
I am as shocked as anyone.
Ravens fan here. I'm not terribly shocked, considering that we once again played to not lose and threw the game away in the third.
Steelers defense giving them a chance with a pick 6.
Ugh. That was the Keenan Allen TD I needed... batted down at the line.
Holy sh*t, TD as time expired.
Only thing worse than watching Titans lose is watching Steelers win.
Only thing worse than watching Titans lose is watching Steelers win.
No. There is nothing in all of sports worse than the Steelers winning.
Wait I take that back. There's one worse thing. Baseball. Just... in general.
But nothing else.
Gumbie wrote:Only thing worse than watching Titans lose is watching Steelers win.
No. There is nothing in all of sports worse than the Steelers winning.
Wait I take that back. There's one worse thing. Baseball. Just... in general.
But nothing else.
I agree with you on baseball.
Not a huge fan of the Steelers, but I like Mike Tomlin (W&M represent!).
It was odd to see/hear so many Steelers fans as the game last night. (They pack BOA Stadium in Charlotte, too.) You realize that the Steelers have a huge national fan base (y'all can debate whether that's a good thing or bad), and you realize that most of San Diego won't be too sad to see the Chargers move to LA.
McMahon played on a great team, but was never really a great QB in any way. He was *gets set on fire by Bears fans* kind of like Trent Dilfer in that the phenomenal defense he played with overcame any limitations he might have had. Yes, better than Dilfer, but those two are just similar in that many, many QBs could have won the Super Bowl with those defenses.
Pretty much.
He wasn't a great QB by any stretch. He was enough to get them the SB win, but that really was it. The defense and Walter Peyton were the ones who really carried the team.
Yeah but they had that Rap song as well... I mean that was pure awesome.
But even my patience began to run out as soon as the daily fantasy industry erupted and, suddenly, there were more commercials for DraftKings or FanDuel on my television set than there were ads for boner pills or appearances by Flo the Insurance Lady. Somebody was pitching too hard, and my internal Grifter Detection System, honed to a fine tolerance by years covering the state legislature in Massachusetts, went sailing into the red zone. Win millions! Behind the high-pressure tactics and the high-end sophistication of the relentless ad campaign was the unmistakable glow of the cheap carny midway, the faint call of the bozo over the water tank, and the smell of old and decaying cotton candy.
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