Could the Chicago Bears possibly be… good? Maybe I’m overreacting and getting a bit ahead of myself but I don’t think so. Obviously the offense didn’t put up crazy numbers or anything but they were moving the ball pretty well and looked at very least competent. Just seeing them take some shots downfield is soooooo nice, there’s finally some reason to believe that they might make some big plays again. Why did Nagy even take back play calling at all this year? They looked better last season when Lazor called the plays and they look way better with him calling the plays this year. And of course I love this defense, they are still an awesome unit and I’m sure having a decent offense has got to revitalize them.
Boy oh boy were there some scares early on in that game though with Fields getting hit left and right. If the Raiders committed one more roughing the passer I swear I was going to call the police. Then his knee hyperextending on that scramble looked BAD. I was praying it’d be something that only kept him out a couple weeks and not a season ending injury. So when he came back in just a few plays later I was elated. Thank goodness he was fine.
Packers at Soldier Field next week. Packers have looked pretty beatable this year and Bears seem like they may be starting to figure things out. I absolutely LOVE the Bears at +4.5 and will likely even end up taking them moneyline. Bear Down!
You may have seen the Barstool Sportsbook promotion this weekend where first time users in Illinois would get the Bears +7.5 at +1985 odds. I thought the Bears would absolutely cover the spread, in fact I thought they were going to win straight up, so I loved this bet. But I wasn’t a first time user and wasn’t eligible for the promotion. So at 7 am Sunday morning, after a long day at the St Charles Oktoberfest the day before, I woke up my girlfriend to have her drive 4.5 hours with me to register at the Hollywood Aurora Casino so at least she could make the bet and win some easy money. She asked that we just stay in bed and told me that it wasn’t worth the drive but I insisted that we go and that she’d be thanking me when she’s 2000 dollars richer for just 8 or 9 hours of driving. I was wrong. We should’ve just stayed in bed and maybe even just slept all the way through the game.
The Bears offense was incredibly bad. For some reason I believed that with a week of preparing a game plan specifically for Justin Fields starting at QB, Matt Nagy would be able to scheme ways to move the ball and put up points. He’s never really done it before, but I believed this week would be different. The only offensive play I can remember cheering for that game was a pass interference call that probably wasn’t even pass interference. They only had 1 net yard passing yesterday… ONE! Fields was sacked 8 times and they never really even attempted to move the pocket or call plays where he could use his feet to buy him a little more time. How can an offensive minded coach like Nagy is supposed to be keep his job after this? He said it himself, “You almost can’t even make it up; it’s that bad.” Well, after 3 seasons of an offense that is so bad you almost can’t even make it up, it’s probably time for you to go. Unfortunately I don’t think that’ll happen any time soon, I don’t even think it will happen at the end of the season. I think we’re still going to be stuck with him for quite a while.
Boy oh boy what a movie. It actually didn’t have a bad start, jumping into the action right off the bat and teasing a connection between Madison (protagonist) and Gabriel (antagonist). There were plenty of suspenseful scenes that gave pieces to the puzzle and brought to two of them closer and closer to finally coming face to face. They had my attention and I was excited to see the link between the two of them… until they revealed it. After the reveal the movie just gets incredibly wacky and all the suspense vanished leaving a silly storyline with ridiculous looking scenes and special effects. At that point it changed to a solid movie to one that was so bad that it was almost entertaining again. Don’t go to this movie if you are looking for a good scary movie that will have you on the edge of you seat till the end; but if you’re one of the people that like to watch comically bad movies, this could be one for you.
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The twist that Gabriel was a conjoined twin or cancerous parasite or whatever the term was that they used describe it was so absurd that I didn’t even fully realize was was going on. I still had hope and thought “Oh wow they separated them? How are they going to explain where he’s been all these years?” Then they showed that they just chopped him up and just shoved his face IN Madison’s skull because they shared a brain. He was just in her head the entire time! Why would they let her be adopted by a normal ass family without any warning? Cracking your head open isn’t that crazy of a thing to happen, she could’ve fallen off the playground as a kid or gotten into a car crash and them boom, Gabriel’s out murdering people even earlier in her life.
I wish I was on set for one specific scene during the filming of this movie and that was the bloodbath in the police station. She just running around backwards absolutely ripping through every cop there. I wish I was there because I want to have seen the moment when the director told the the actress playing Madison/Gabriel to crab walk as fast as she can past the camera. How do you film that scene and keep it in the movie??? I looked soooo dumb I couldn’t help but laugh as she’s killing people left and right. How could anyone take that shot seriously?
Finally, I love that the ending had them acting like everything was fine and she can just go back living her life now that Gabriel is back in her head. Do you think, “It was me, it was my evil conjoined twin with superpowers but he’s back in my skull now and I have him in a mental prison,” will be an argument that holds up in court? You just killed like 100 people! You are 1000% going to jail forever. But as she said, she’ll be ready for him next time, so I can’t wait for the sequel.
(Why was Gabriel invisible to the husband on the couch at the start of the movie? If it was just Gabriel using Madison’s body there’s no reason he wouldn’t be able to see him right? Can anyone Explain that to me?)
Justin Fields will make his first NFL start against the Browns this Sunday and I couldn’t be more excited. Sure he didn’t exactly light it up against the Bengals when he came in after Dalton got hurt but he looked solid and had been practicing with the scout team all week. We saw some of the plays he can make with his feet and a couple of beautiful passes even if they didn’t end up as completions. I fully believe that after a full week of practicing with the starters and an offensive game plan tailored to him (hopefully, who knows with Nagy) he’ll be ready to put up big numbers against Cleveland. There shouldn’t even be a question of who will start once Dalton is healthy again, this is Fields’ team now and there’s no looking back. If things go so poorly that Dalton needs to be brought back in then it’s 1000% time to fire Nagy and Pace.
Sidenote: I saw some articles saying that with Dalton hurt the question of who would start was between Fields and Foles… was that ever really an option? I don’t even know how I would’ve reacted if Nagy came out and said Foles would start against the Browns, probably would’ve exploded or something. I think Nagy would’ve very literally been run out of Chicago at that point.
The jerseys are cool but I just can’t get past the hats. The plain hats with just the pinstripes just look dumb to me. The hats in the movie have the same Sox logo as the jerseys on them so why not put them on these hats? I think they’d like significantly better if the logo was on there and then who whole uniform would look awesome. Instead they have cool jerseys spoiled by an ugly hat. What a shame.
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Holy cow what a finish to the 125 kg freestyle wrestling gold medal match! Gable Steveson just out worked his opponent, Geno Petriashvili. Petriashvili appeared to be gassed and Steveson just kept putting on the pressure until the very last second. He scored 4 points in the final 16 seconds to come away with the gold medal.
How awesome is it going to be to go back to the University of Minnesota with a gold medal? Showing off an Olympic gold medal has to be one of the easiest ways to get girls in the world, he’s going to be the most popular man on campus! Plus with the new NIL rules he’s bound to get a shit ton of company’s showing up wanting to sponsor him and throw money at him. A college student with a gold medal and a fat wallet, can’t think of a much better life for a 21 year old.
We have a football game to watch tonight. It may just be the pre-season, neither of the starting quarterbacks may be playing in this game, and it may just be real sloppy football throughout the whole game, but there is a football game tonight nonetheless. The NBA finals being so much later than usual actually ended up being kind of nice because the gap in sports where there’s nothing on but baseball felt incredibly short (of course the Olympics helped with that too). Betting pre-season games may not be the wisest of decisions considering you really don’t know who’s going to play for how long or how the 3rd string players will do when it’s their time to shine, but damn it I’m going to bet it anyway. With neither teams starting QB playing at all tonight, it’s all in the hands of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th stringers; and since I recognize more names from the Steelers’ backups, I’m going to rock with them at -1.5. I feel like defenses typically look more put together at this point of the season which would make a smart man want to bet the under… but no one has ever accused me of being a smart man. Defenses can score points too and I don’t want to cheer against points in the first football game of the season so I’ll be putting my money on O 32.5. 7 o’clock (8 ET) can’t come soon enough, football is back!
Jeeeeeessuuss that is a tough clip to watch… yet I couldn’t help but watch it like 20 times in a row. I have a lot of questions stemming from this video. Is this a company that puts on shows or just some guys messing around in their back yards? I sure hope it’s a company and they’ve got some sort of insurance to help this guy out. What a terrible night it would be to go out to fake wrestle with your friends only to leave with 0 working legs and thousands of dollars in medical bills for recovery. Does the show still go on after this? Do they just roll him out of the ring and it’s next match up? If it is a company getting paid to put on a show they kind of have to right? I guess you could stop the show and offer a refund but I’d imagine you need whatever money you made to fix this guys legs. Do you even want to keep watching if you’re in the crowd? Maybe they just say don’t worry about any refunds or anything, just pack your stuff and get out of here we don’t want to see this anymore. Kind of a good night for the guy he was wrestling right? Looked like he was doing pretty well before his legs tapped out on him, was probably going to get the win. I’m sure it’s not the way the guy he was facing wanted to win but a win is a win regardless.
Apparently the Bulls are serious about being a playoff team this year with all the moves they’re making. They still seem to be far from being actually contenders but at least there should be pretty good basketball in Chicago this season. And who knows, maybe the Bulls will shock the world and wind the NBA Finals after all.
#Rams QB Matthew Stafford has a swollen thumb after hitting it on a helmet in practice, but X-Rays were negative, source said. He’ll likely miss a few days, but nothing major.
It sounds like Stafford’s hand is ok which is great, but I want to know how the D lineman whose helmet he hit is doing? Obviously it depends on what the scenario in practice was at the time. If it was 1s vs 1s then obviously the D lineman probably got a stern “don’t get so close to the QB” and they moved on; but if it was 1s vs scout team then that guy must’ve been shitting his pants. Say it was a late draft pick or an undrafted free agent, he probably saw his NFL opportunity flash before his eyes. If Stafford had actually hurt his hand on that play that lineman would be cut right then and there, hell he still could’ve been without a serious injury. Hopefully if it was a 3rd stringer the lack of serious injury bought him some more time on the Rams.
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