DrunkBomber

I agree. I think back to the Super Bowl year towards the end of the season when the Bears were trying different defenses and everyone thought their defense was in trouble and then they turned it on in the post season. For a veteran defense like the Bears the preseason is about staying healthy and getting into playing shape. Theres no reason to try and win the games. It might actually be an advantage to have teams think youre vulnerable.

Ya, I just think losing Strahan, who was the vocal leader, and now Osi is too big a hit for them. Their pass rush is what won them the Super Bowl.

Its way too early and it would never happen, but if we could somehow land Cowher I would be ecstatic. He would bring the type of attitude this team needs.

Interesting article By Tom Van Riper, Forbes.com Aug 20, 7:55 pm EDT What do sports fans spend the most time grousing about? Above all else, it’s lousy teams or high ticket prices. Woe is the fan forced to put up with both at once. Who wants to pay premium prices to sit in the stands and watch the losses mount? Fans in Miami know about that. Over the past year, the city’s four major sports teams – the Dolphins, Marlins, Heat and Panthers – have combined to win just 40 percent of their games while fans have forked over money for tickets and accouterments at the seventh-highest rate among 29 major sports metros. Throw in a $38,632 median household income for the greater Miami area, fifth-lowest of the 29 markets, along with a $292.50 price tag for a family of four to see a game, and the city’s pro sports scene ranks as the worst deal in the country by our accounting. That’s what happens when the NBA Heat and NFL Dolphins combine to go 16-82 during the 2007-08 season, more than offsetting the competitiveness of baseball’s young Florida Marlins. Lining up behind Miami for the booby prize are San Diego ($300 a game for a family of four; .425 combined winning percentage for the Chargers and Padres), Indianapolis (a lower-income market with middle-of-the-road ticket prices) and New York (second-highest prices in the country for teams that lose just over half their games, the Super Bowl champion Giants not withstanding). The best deals? You’ll find those in Detroit (only No. 17 in costs for a .612 winning percentage for its four teams, including the Stanley Cup champion Red Wings), Houston (third-cheapest prices for a .565 winning percentage), and the Bay Area (so-so teams, but a high-income market with the ninth-lowest costs). In figuring the toughest cities in which to be sports fans over the past year, we compared the latest median household income figures from the Census Bureau to the Fan Cost Index for each team compiled by Team Marketing. Those metros with the lowest ratios of income to ticket cost were deemed most expensive for fans. Those ratios were then compared to team performance, with regular season won-lost records and playoff outcomes combined for all teams in a given city. The formula eliminates a city like Boston, which carries the highest pro sports prices in the country but also the fourth-highest household income. Plus its teams win. Also landing in the middle of the pack is New Orleans, where low prices and an excellent .643 winning percentage (thanks to NBA Hornets’ 56-26 record last season) are offset by the lowest household income of all 29 metros. Incomes were compiled by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) rather than being restricted to city boundaries, since outlying areas make up a good portion of a team’s fan base. Fan Cost Index represents the typical cost for a family of four to attend a game, based on Team Marketing’s compilations on the prices of four tickets, two small beers, four small sodas, four hot dogs, parking, two game programs and two inexpensive team caps (sure, a family can always cut back a bit by foregoing a few of those little extras, but you get the idea). The study was limited to the four major sports leagues – the National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League and Major League Baseball. Only the 29 cities with teams in at least two of those four leagues were considered. For football, basketball and hockey results, we used the most recently completed season of 2007-08. For Major League Baseball, now well into its 2008 season, we used the current regular season won-lost records but reverted back to 2007 for the latest post-season results. The top five: 1. Miami: Slideshow 2. San Diego: Slideshow 3. Indianapolis: Slideshow 4. New York: Slideshow 5. Cincinnati: Slideshow

Eli/Favre Addai/Grant/Edge/Green/Sproles/DeAngelo Williams Fitz/Welker/Harrison/Roy Williams/Hacket/Toomer Vernon Davis/LJ Smith Bironas/Crosby Indy (for week one match up)

For this league my team is: Brady/Garcia LJ/Jamal Lewis/Ahman Green/Kenny Watson/Duece Plax/Boldin/Evans/Curtis(injured)/Anthony Gonzalez/Gage Cooley/Crumpler Gostowski/Akers Jax/Denver I didnt realize how bad my depth was in this league. I like my starters though.

Do you guys got it straightened out. I was gonna have to pay my friends roommate to do it but if you guys got it worked out thats great.

I didnt think it was likely they would be repeat anyway, but losing two great defensive ends isnt gonna help.

We could have just taken Mendenhall at 14

Did you really not realize that was a joke? I thought it was so blatant it didnt need to be in green.

Joe Crede the All Star? just kidding, I know what you mean.

more talent?

Unfortunately for us, we dont have a coach who will do this. I think this whole organization needs an attitude change.

Way too early to take the Bears defense and I think McGahee is gonna have a rough year with Ogden retiring and no passing game.

But last year was Bradleys third year. When Bradley was a rookie he was at the back of the depth chart but he got decent playing time and actually appeared to get into a rhythm with Orton and was out there a lot until he got injured. By last year we had an idea of what we had with him. As a rookie, they will work Bennett in similar to how they did when Bradley was a rookie, and that was on a playoff team as well.

Have you ever seen Cool Runnings? They didnt even buy those guys a sled.

It would be ridiculously stupid to keep Bennett inactive. What is the benefit of it, especially considering our teams stunning resume of developing WRs. We need him to get experience.

A paycut from what?

This is the most ridiculous thread I have ever seen.

Theres no way a team would give up anything to get KJ when he was very recently a free agent and is only signed for one year. Theres also guys like ALexander and Henry out there if a team really needed a back.

I just dont think the defense takes preseason games too seriously. Theyre not going to go balls to the wall and risk injury when the games are pointless. A lot of time teams use smokescreens in the preseason and they dont care at all whether they win or lose.

I agree. Theres no reason anyone should panic about our defense until we see them get lit up in a game that matters. If anyone thinks the games we are going to be in are going to be shootouts like last night should wait till the season before declaring the defense bad. For however long the defense remains healthy they will be dominant.

Im sure you want to see them as soon as you can, lets try to work out me sending them on Mondays.

How do you normally work the shipping out? Do you want them each week or a few at a time? Do you know how much the shipping is? I ship DVDs from Amazon a lot, media mail is cheap but it might take a while, Ill more than likely only ask you to pay the shipping so let me know how youd like to do it.

Id take him if he were cheap and we had a line. So unless it means we are trading someone like Bradley or Davis in an attempt to get some o line help then we need every free penny to get new o lineman.