NFC North / NFL Thread 2017-18

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Did the Bears just give their quarterback this nickname?

https://twitter.com/ChicagoBears/status/922110217344700416

Players did.

[forgetful]

Players did.

I wouldn't be too happy with my peers if I got the nickname "Pretty Boy".

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I wouldn't be too happy with my peers if I got the nickname "Pretty Boy".

Yeah, I don't think he cares.

[B. McBannerson]

By the next labor agreements in at least MLB and the NBA, you'll see the number of games on the schedule shrink. MLB's proposed plan with expansion to Portland and Montreal, while realigning and cutting to 156 games makes a lot of sense.

NBA regular season will be vastly different soon. Shrunk down to 74-78 games, with in season tournaments (like FIBA) taking place. The play in tournament for the last playoff seeds seems to be gaining momentum too.

Shorter seasons in those sports, along with less travel, should make for better product.

The NFL should have at a minimum of four bye weeks for each team.

I'm not so sure on a number of levels.  Montreal didn't support a team last time, why  do they get another crack?

Content is worth money, less games mean less $$ which means lower contracts for all.  Follow the money.

[DegenerateDish]

I'm not so sure on a number of levels.  Montreal didn't support a team last time, why  do they get another crack?

Content is worth money, less games mean less $$ which means lower contracts for all.  Follow the money.

You're missing the extra revenue generated by the additional round of wild card games.

[Dr. Blackheart]

I wouldn't be too happy with my peers if I got the nickname "Pretty Boy".

Should give that name to Leonard Floyd. Bears blow out Panthers with 5 first downs.

[Jay Bee]

Skol Vikings - we are the best!

[DegenerateDish]

That Panthers team today...yuck. Completely disinterested on offense.

[wadesworld]

I continue to feel pretty good that the Pats will be a Playoff team and the Panthers won’t.

Packers won’t either. They aren’t winning anything with Hundley.

[TinyTimsLittleBrother]

Hundley was poor.  The play calling was abysmal.  I mean, the guy has been in the program for three years and you can't run your playbook?  The pass protection wasn't good either.

[MU82]

That Panthers team today...yuck. Completely disinterested on offense.

Difficult for me to watch, obviously. "Disinterested" is a good description. "Crappy" is another.

My boyz can play well enough to win at New England one week, and then play like that against Chicago.

Congrats to your Bears. They probably don't keep such stats, but they might have had the fewest yards and lowest time of possession in any 2-touchdown win in NFL history!

I do like the Bears' defense, though. Definitely something to build on.

[MU82]

I continue to feel pretty good that the Pats will be a Playoff team and the Panthers won’t.

Packers won’t either. They aren’t winning anything with Hundley.

I already said Pats would be a playoff team and expressed joy that you didn't jump on that bet. Panthers' division is nothing special, either, and 9-7 or 10-6 probably will be enough; I'm not giving up on them.

I also went on the record to say that I wouldn't have bothered with Kaepernick if I were the Packers because they don't need the circus. But I think it's safe to say that he wouldn't have done any worse than that jamoke!

[B. McBannerson]

You're missing the extra revenue generated by the additional round of wild card games.

But home games are guaranteed revenue for regular season games.  If you go to wild card games, that's much fewer teams participating in the pie.  I also don't think they will do it for statistical purposes.  MLB is grounded in statistics.  We could go back to 156, pre 1960, but hard for me to see it.  NBA has been 80 to 82 games since 1961.

It would be extremely unlikely the NFL is going to add three more bye weekends. 

[Jockey]

Packers won’t either. They aren’t winning anything with Hundley.

As usual Capers' boys were shredded again. Almost 500 yards. Team was ill-prepared. NO ran screens at will in 1st half. Capers adjusted at halftime, but as usual, he was a day late and a dollar short.

Secondly, the MYTH that is Ted Thompson will be exposed this year. This has always been a 5 or 6 win team + ARod. Realistically, without Aaron, the ONLY team we can say we are better than is Cleveland.

[TinyTimsLittleBrother]

I think you are correct about Ted.  Team has a bunch of solid players but very few play makers.

[Hards Alumni]

Hold up, lets at least acknowledge that McCarthy has been riding Rodgers coat tails for almost a decade.  I'm glad these buffoons are getting exposed.

[DegenerateDish]

But home games are guaranteed revenue for regular season games.  If you go to wild card games, that's much fewer teams participating in the pie.  I also don't think they will do it for statistical purposes.  MLB is grounded in statistics.  We could go back to 156, pre 1960, but hard for me to see it.  NBA has been 80 to 82 games since 1961.

It would be extremely unlikely the NFL is going to add three more bye weekends.

I'm assuming you didn't read the Tracy Ringolsby article.

[4everwarriors]

I continue to feel pretty good that the Pats will be a Playoff team and the Panthers won’t.

Packers won’t either. They aren’t winning anything with Hundley.

He sucks ass, ai na?

[wadesworld]

He sucks ass, ai na?

Amen Doc.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

I mean, this is only going to set up the inevitable disappointment when Hundley is gonna throw for 350 and 3 touchdowns against the Bears...

[DegenerateDish]

7 teams today with no offensive touchdowns.

This has not been a banner NFL year.

[wadesworld]

I mean, this is only going to set up the inevitable disappointment when Hundley is gonna throw for 350 and 3 touchdowns against the Bears...

The Bears Still Suck.

But, that is not happening.

[B. McBannerson]

I'm assuming you didn't read the Tracy Ringolsby article.

This one?  http://www.baseballamerica.com/columnists/expansion-trigger-realignment-longer-postseason/#lo6ItEV1fy7lSYPU.97


In my view, do not see most of this happening.

Getting rid of the AL and NL, this would upset so many baseball purists it is dead in the water.

Canada may want another team, but that's like saying Seattle wants a basketball team or any number of NHL cities that have lost a team. It might happen, but I don't think the prospects are high once you had your chance and lost it.

The DH or not the DH, that's intriguing for many baseball fans and this does away it or makes it permanent.

So much of these proposals alienate the fanbase it is hard for me to see this seeing the light of day.  The schedule balance, already a mess becomes more of a mess.  You basically play your division 85% of the time and then only 3 games against the other teams. So if you're on the east coast and get to see Mike Trout once a year now, you may get to see him once every other year.  Or Altuve, or fill in the blank player.  Essentially seeing the same teams over and over and over again, that's going to wear thin with the fans very quickly in my opinion.  The regional rivalries also isn't one of fairness. 

Double headers?  No way the union is going to go for that and the managers hate them.

[Anti-Dentite]

7 teams today with no offensive touchdowns.

This has not been a banner NFL year.

It's an ugly, hard to watch product right now as a whole.

[mu03eng]

As usual Capers' boys were shredded again. Almost 500 yards. Team was ill-prepared. NO ran screens at will in 1st half. Capers adjusted at halftime, but as usual, he was a day late and a dollar short.

Secondly, the MYTH that is Ted Thompson will be exposed this year. This has always been a 5 or 6 win team + ARod. Realistically, without Aaron, the ONLY team we can say we are better than is Cleveland.

Hard for a defense to hold up against a Bree's offense that's coming at them repeatedly because the offense can't sustain a drive. Defense did enough keep the game close if they had partnered with an even average offense.

MM wants to say he's happy with his QBs, all well and good...then turn them loose. Majority of offensive issues were play calls(all MM) and pre-snap reads(Hundley was not prepared IMO). Legend of MM will be made or broken over next couple of weeks, post bye