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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
DIR By: Phill23
Date: June 20, 2011, 12:06 pm
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I say give him a shot (no pun intended). A one year deal and
that'll be the tall target that folks here crave.
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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
DIR By: yapper
Date: June 20, 2011, 2:39 pm
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Could this be that FA O-Lineman the Bears are supposedly going
to add yet?
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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: June 20, 2011, 6:08 pm
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Sounds like somebody Angelo would target, ie somebody who could
be had cheaply.
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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
DIR By: packrat
Date: June 20, 2011, 7:03 pm
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Posted by Mike Florio on June 20, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
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Earlier today, MDS posted an item based on recent comments from
Hall of Fame running back Thurman Thomas. Apart from remarks
regarding the possibility that Falcons running back Michael
Turner won’t be able to continue to absorb a pounding without
help, Thomas suggested that he would have had a much better NFL
career if he had played for the Cowboys, like Emmitt Smith, or
the Lions, like Barry Sanders.
“I talk to Emmitt and Barry Sanders a lot too,” Thomas said. “I
said you know what, you guys have about two or three thousand
yards more than I do, but come December I was playing in ice. I
was playing in snow. If I was playing in Dallas or inside like
Barry I’d probably would have another 3,000 yards. I could have
been the all-time leading rusher if I didn’t play on ice, sleet
and snow.” (As MDS noted, Thomas was more than two or three
thousand behind Smith’s all-time career high-water mark.)
There’s a name that Thomas didn’t mention — and he arguably was
the best of them all.
As Larry Mayer of ChicagoBears.com told us via e-mail, “Walter
Payton didn’t exactly compile his 16,726 career yards in the
tropics!”
Then there’s the quality of the blocking that the elite
tailbacks enjoyed. Mayer points out that, in the first 10 years
of Payton’s career, none of his offensive linemen made it to the
Pro Bowl. In contrast, six different Cowboys offensive linemen
made it to Hawaii during Smith’s first 10 seasons, qualifying
for a combined 22 Pro Bowls. And in Thomas’ first 10 seasons
with the Bills, five different offensive linemen were voted to a
combined 11 Pro Bowls.
That’s not to take anything away from Thomas, Smith, and/or
Sanders. But if we’re going to start considering the numbers
the all-time greats could have generated under different
circumstances, it’s fair to consider the fact that Payton played
in the elements, and he didn’t have a lot of help for most of
his years in the league.
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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
DIR By: davebear
Date: June 21, 2011, 12:32 pm
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Payton played mostly on teams with no other effective offensive
weapons.
The QB's were guys like Gary huff, Mike Phipps, Vince Evans, Bob
Avellini.
Other teams had only to stop Payton, which makes his records the
more remarkable.
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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
DIR By: Jackiejokeman
Date: June 21, 2011, 1:09 pm
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The greatness about some RB's is they dont need the rest of the
team.
They ARE the team.
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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
DIR By: packrat
Date: June 21, 2011, 7:06 pm
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Michelle snubbed by South African President:
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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
DIR By: Grizzlybear34
Date: June 22, 2011, 5:58 am
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Payton was the most complete running back to EVER where the
uniform. If he had the top gear like Dorsett or Dickerson, he
would have been unstoppable.
He ran, he stiff armed, he contorted, he blocked - ferociously,
he caught passes, he threw passes. And when you score you flip
it to the ref or one of your lineman. I don't know that there
will ever be another like him. I was just blessed to be alive
to see him through his entire career.
Favorite run of all time is still the one against the Chiefs.
Breaks about 7 tackles only to be brought down by the laces a
yard from the end zone. Pretty sure that was the game we won on
a last second hail mary from Avellini to Greg Latta.
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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
DIR By: yapper
Date: June 22, 2011, 8:14 am
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Yeah between Sweetness and Michael Jordan, Chicago has been
blessed with two guys who are the best who ever lived at their
respective positions.
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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
DIR By: 46
Date: June 22, 2011, 4:40 pm
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I watched that Chiefs game. That guy was a class act top to
bottom. I have only one football jersey. His. I still feel the
game killed him before his time. He never got over 205 lbs. 205!
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