Lucky Luciano

it's a new era in the nfl. gambling cartels in all probablility decide who wins games and who loses or at least the spread on points and probably about a hundred different things that can be bet upon. it's not even close anymore. the refs can choose to shave points or decide who wins or loses on selective penalties and calls during multiple games every week. they control the clock and the flow of each and every game which in turn controls the scores or other gambling points. is there any investigation into these allegations? certainly not. too much money is involved. the nfl itself is either complicit with this or just plain stupid, the same is for the owners. the rules that they implement are so ambiguous that there is no right or wrong calls which lets these semi pro part time officials make calls however they want without ANY repercussions thus leading into corruption. bad call? no problem, see you next week. need a new vacation for you and your family? no problem. someone out there is willing to pay you. the nfl is a multi billion dollar corporation that is now sucking money out of gambling cartels through advertising and other means of income. YET... they can't afford to hire FULL TIME employee's that are accountable to being promoted or FIRED? do they receive any benefits other than salary? do they even have a department that monitors these temps for honesty and integrity? unless there is government intervention with threats to the nfl in regards to tax regulations or some other means that will cost the MONEY you won't see the nfl policing themselves. so... are we watching a sport anymore or just an exhibition similar to all star wrestling? inquiring minds want to know

simple... block him and ignore any posts he makes. give the rest of us a BREAK!!

this tit-for-tat flame war has BURNED out!! i'm sick of it and i assume others on here are also. it's repetitive/redundant and quite frankly boring as hell. the flames are as creative as copy and paste material from an instruction manual on how to use a sewing machine. watching three grown men go on for months trying to get in the last word on here is plainly enough. nobody gives a shit anymore who is right or wrong. all three of you contribute to this site when you give us Bear's info and are interesting and very informative and nobody wants anybody to leave. but you are wasting our time clicking on threads containing this BS. SOLUTION: i think there is a button or link on here to block/ignore certain posters. give us a freakin break and use it. To Admins: post a button or link in plain site for these guys will you?

LOL... aint it the truth

was there a flag thrown on that one? if not, keerhist sakes, what are these refs getting paid for?

if that's not a block in the back i've never seen one. That blows up the defensive play and removes a sack and gives the qb a free ride.

cheapness and also the mckaskey family are born idiots. every one of them. how can you be around a sport/business your ENTIRE life and know absolutely nothing about the sport or how to run a franchise. you had people thinking they were smarter than anyone else, mikey especially. even george halas was a terrible owner. the same applies to him. CHEAPNESS and stupidity kept this franchise in the dumpster since the 60's and maybe before that too. this franchise was a cash cow first and a sports franchise second. exception: the hiring of wanny was a good move at the time as he was one of the best candidates out there. i think they paid out decent money also but, whew, what a freaking failure. he certainly didn't get any help from out idiot GM mikey but still. this formula it seems is the role model for all chicago sports. you had in baseball: wriggley who was maybe the worst, commisky, veck, and reinsdork who ranks up there with wriggley. new cubs guy? don't follow baseball anymore. football: halas/mccaskey and bidwell basketball: don't follow this sport but i have to put reinsdork right up there. as far as sports franchises go, chicago is the city of big shoulders, big pockets and small brains. EDIT: mugs halas seemed to be the future of the bears franchise and wasn't given enough time as the president to turn it around before he died.

wanny was a terrible HC. remember the spying on players in the locker room rumor? as a HC he too was leagues under the sea. a good DC and I like him at his current status as a commentator and evaluator but as HC atrocious. add to your horrible failures as HC ditka and those before him with the exception of the one who left in the late 70's. can't think of his name, was HC of the oilers for a while. not the best but at least an average HC. add armstrong to abe gibron and even before. a total shite show throughout the decades.

runs a 4.51 and is only an inch shorter and 2 lbs lighter than Kevin Byard

i completely agree. the brass ring is there for the taking with talent and coaching and we want to get cute and cut/trade some very good players for more draft picks? yikes!!

IDIOTS!!! the SHITSHOW continues. the absolute last position we need to draft we waste #10 on a TE not even ranked the best. DT, DE, CB all good players and we get a TE who is NOT good at contested catches? FIRE POLES.

there is NO way we draft a WR at 10. we would be wasting either this pick or last years in odu. that would mean we have 2 top ten receiver contracts coming due at nearly the same time. with all the other holes to fill, WR this high is NOT one we need that high. if they do that they are insane.

alright convince me on ashton jeanty at #10... small, listed under 5'9" (5'81/2") skipped the combine workouts AND many pro day workouts. no 40 times at all. so how fast is he really? how strong is he? didn't he skip the bench press and other workouts too? WHY? 2024 138 receiving yards? that is basically nothing if you want a dual purpose running and receiving running back threat in the NFL especially if his speed or ability to be evasive is supposed to be top end. he has a lot of carries in his college career. that is wear and tear. suspect blocking skills or abilities due to size? compares to barry sanders or gibbs from the lions? first of all the division he played in is SECOND RATE compared to sanders big 8 conference and gibbs alabama SEC conference. didn't gibbs share duties with a hard inside running back, montgomery, with the lions? who is our montgomery type back still on our team right now? do we have to draft 2 backs this season? i seem to remember people on this board calling it crazy that the lions even drafted gibbs that high last draft. my conclusion: with a RB heavy draft we are going to possibly draft a guy like this at #10? if we traded down and had the chance to get him in the middle of the first maybe but at 10 with all the other talent in this draft at positions we really need do we do that? i would rather see us trade down for a future first round pick if we don't see a player of need or value at 10. give us 2 firsts next year to move up in the draft if we needed to.

i have to ask.... that small of a RB (5'9") in the nfl of today against 300+ lb tackles and ends seems like a stretch to me no matter how good he looks in college. he will get crushed and so i question how long and how effective this size of back can become. that is skat back size not your bell cow. if you draft him at 10 this is a freaking reach. if you move up to get him giving away draft picks it is criminally stupid.

am i misreading this? trade a 2nd round draft pick to move up and pick a 5'9 running back at #5? if so, i am TOTALLY against that scenario. even picking a 5'9 or 5'8 running back is questionable at #10. at that size his receiving skills are questionable and anyone covering him has size on him. i just don't see it. if poles does that he is nuts.