madlithuanian

love it!

Doubt we'd get any thing more than a stick of gum...

My only request is not to draft the 5th or 6th of Sept as I'll be camping and have no connection.

I was beyond impressed and had some dust get in my eye...

Yes, bird in the hand. We know what Mack is. We still have yet to see anything from Smith.

It's a pissing contest and us fans are getting the splash hitting us...

I sure hope so Mongo. Not sure what kind of spell CAA is putting over Smith in order to further their gains with contracts going forward. Trumaine was their client too, yet somehow Smith drew shortest straw to be made example of to move their agenda forward on our dime. F CAA

I think we are SOL if he doesn't sign with us. I think he goes back into next year's draft and we lose the pick. Maybe someone else here knows the exacts...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-bears-roquan-smith-contract-20180801-story.html

Amen!!!!

OK, now I'm starting to worry... Now matter how this plays out, it looks bad on both the team and player as of right now. They need resolution early next week.

Kick it's ass Sluster! Sending you good vibes...

Thanks for posting those, DrunkBomber. I might know someone who might join this site and might be interested... But, first come first served! I let him know, he just needs to respond...

I know Grizz is out, who is the other team out? ...maybe include potential rosters so people could get a vibe on who they might be able to keep.

It'll all be fine... With no real Bears news, this is the only news.

Per his post on the site, I think Grizz is out...

I'm totally with you. I don't want to rock the boat to knock anyone in the water!

I'm all in! My tentative keeper is WR Thielen, who I took in round 11, so I lose a 10th round pick. Let me know where to pay and I'll submit payment. I do have a few proposals, not for this season, but the next. 1. 2 keepers. Your first keeper you lose the round before as we've done (picked round 2, you lose your first round pick). The second keeper comes at a higher cost, of losing 3 rounds. So if you pick him ion the 10th, you lose a 7th round pick. I think this adds a little more of a "keeper" vibe. You can choose to pass on the second keeper... 2. Increase the buy in. A little more scratch is always nice...I'd not mind $50. I'm content keeping it at $25 if that's what everyone wants. But, I'm more than willing to bump it up.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/06/12/tarik-cohen-buys-new-gym-equipment-for-school-hit-by-tornado/

So happy and proud to be a Bears fan today... Kudos Bears!

It's an unfair question. If I were the GM, I'd have done the Lexus/Nexus search and would have asked him about it. If I were convinced he was innocent, I'd be OK with it. Having not talked to the man personally or formally interviewed him (including references and maybe some of the people involved in that incident)...I can't answer the question. But, if there were 2 guys that were about equal on my list (and the other guy had no blemishes on his record), I'd go with the other guy.

NYC & adam, again I don't think the issue is relating to guilt, innocence, etc in a court of law. It's in the court of public opinion. Like it or not. This isn't like you or I applying for a job. We aren't the face of management for a billion dollar enterprise getting paid millions. Hell at my company, we go through extensive background and financial checks and this is for folks earning just $50K and over. This NFL HC role is almost like that of a politician. The question to any candidate shouldn't just be, "have you had any convictions?"...it should be..."is there anything in your history that could potentially come up if someone were to dig hard that could make you or the team look bad?" Anything. From just being an asshole at a movie theater to far worse... If it's not that bad to us, we will either address it up front or simply back you up down the road, if asked, and say "we know and it wasn't an issue." In this example, and only this one, the point is that it makes the Lions look like stupid. If the media seek and find this woman and now she's willing to cooperate and talk...it's a distraction at minimum. Hell, it's a distraction now. I can easily imagine him walking into any stadium...chants of rapist will fly, right or wrong. This isn't about what should occur in civilized society, but what will happen in reality.

He'll probably have to earn his keep on ST or practice squad at best I imagine

My whole thing is it just makes the Lions organization look bad regardless of whether the charges are legit or not. Given their initial response of not knowing anything about it...it makes them look like they did not do any due diligence. And makes the NFL, as a whole, look bad given how many times they've screwed up in the past regarding player behavior including domestic violence and other such things.

Agreed on your assessment. I'm just glad it's not us...