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Cutler just shredded the Rams defense on that drive, wow. Miller another TD.

Ballsy call on a 4th Down, showing a lot of faith in Langford to make that catch.

Defense playing great and containing Gurley. Now we just need a long sustained scoring drive to give the defense a break.

Their D-Line is so ridiculous, I wouldn't mind stretching them out with some sweeps.

Welcome back SMC! Strip tackle recovery!

Refs have been garbage all year, missed a few on the Bears, but a ton against.

LMAO, so let's build some confidence in Mariani and let him take it out of the end zone for 12 yards. WTF, can we just fire the Special Teams coach now. Just tell him to down every ball kicked into the end zone, not freaking hard.

The only positive note is the defense held and only gave up a FG, besides the 1 long reception, Gurley has been held in check.

So there is no one else on the entire roster that can return kicks? Just anyone who can make a fair catch.

Why not just fair catch it? Seriously, we lose because of Special Teams again.

Damn, we had a stop on 3rd down and Fox doesn't challenge.

or Tecmo Bowl.

Wow, ok that will work, Zach Miller has arrived.

2 huge plays, yeah, not good at all for our defense.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/...s-knee/related/

We have the edge in every offensive category except rushing yards per game. STL is horrible at 3rd Downs, which is our weakness on defense. This would be a great game to clean that up. On the defensive side, they have the edge in every category, though I was surprised at how close we were against the pass and in total yards. I would love to see Langford split out wide from the backfield to get some mismatches against LB's. He just outdueled Gordon, now let's do it to Gurley. Bears 20 - Rams 16

He has to take up a spot on the active roster to do so. Essentially they have to bring him back to the roster by the 24th, but then he is allowed to practice for 21 days before he has to be "activated" on the 53-man roster. I believe this is in place to prevent teams from circumventing the 53-man roster and practice squad rules by just putting players on PUP and IR to stash them. So I don't think he can practice unless he is on the roster or PS.

I know there hasn't been much reported about Kevin White lately, but after doing some digging, it looks like the team will have to do something with him by November 24th (12 days from now). At that point they will have 3 options: 1. place him on injured reserve (most likely) 2. release him (obviously not going to happen here) 3. bring him back to practice (then have up to 21 days before adding him to 53-man roster) So if White had a chance to play this year, he could come back as late as December 20th (at Minnesota), 4 months removed from surgery, and would be eligible to play as early as next week if activated (and in game shape, which is not likely). He was only jogging 2 weeks ago, and would have to ramp up to running, cutting, and jumping Basically, we will know in less than 2 weeks if White will play this year. My gut says it will ultimately come down to our record after the Broncos game, but I am leaning towards them shutting him down. While the reps are invaluable in a real game environment, I would hate to see him come back too early after all this time off.

What the hell:

Good point, never thought of it that way. If our subs are starting then we will inherently have some weaker players on Special Teams.

Yeah I saw that, it was on Wednesday, so he will have a few days to recover. It didn't sound like it was something that would keep him out on Sunday.

I thought this was a pretty good article about the age of QBs: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14084886...bs-dominate-nfl If this holds true, and just looking at Cutler's progress this year, it would make sense to keep him around for a few more years. He is in his 10th year, and based on these numbers a QB peaks at year 12 and continues to have very solid years through year 15/16. Now obviously you can say small sample size or the numbers are bogus after 10 years because only good QBs are left in the league at that point, but that is not always the case. To me, stabilizing the QB position seems like the first and most important step to making a sustained run at the playoffs. It also means not having to worry about throwing multiple draft picks at the position and allows the GM some freedom and predictability. I would stick with Cutler for the remainder of his contract, or at least through the next 3 years when the cap hit is favorable: 2016 $17,000,000 2017 $16,000,000 2018 $17,000,000 2019 $20,000,000 2020 $21,700,000 Right now he has the 8th highest cap hit for a QB this year, but drops to 15th next year and 16th in 2017. To me, those are some very favorable team numbers, especially considering other QBs will be getting new deals between now and then to surpass Cutler's deal. Take a look at the article and let me know what you think.

The only good thing is that both teams only had 1 sack in their last games, so there is a formula for success out there (both losses). Another interesting note for both teams, STL was 3-5 at home last year and are currently 3-1 (so they may be due for a bit of a correction). Denver was 4-4 on the road last year and are currently 4-1. Again, going off norms, they both seem to be trending higher than normal. Hopefully we hit them both at the right time. Temperature is projected to be mid-40's with some wind on the 22nd, and Manning is obviously not as good in the cold or wind (especially with his ducksnort passes).

Very cool. We get bats (for gifts) from the Louisville Slugger factory dipped in wax at Maker's all the time (they do it for free). I am going to take a Blackhawks puck there to get it dipped next month.

I live about 45 minutes from the Maker's Mark Distillery and have been on all the bourbon tours in the area. Really cool if you are ever in the Louisville area.