What a dumb play.
Aaron Rodgers drops back, Julius Peppers hits the ball just as Rodgers arm is moving forward to throw.
Ball falls to the ground.
Just a guy watching the game in a bar, I thought it was an incomplete pass.
But even in the littlest of little league football, coaches will tell you that THE PLAY ISN'T OVER TIL THE WHISTLE BLOWS!
So there's the ball on the ground, it gets picked up by Jarrett Boykin who then stands around with it for an hour (see gif) or so while all the Bears walk back to their huddle, FINALLY Boykin hears either Rodgers or his bench yelling for him to RUN! and it's all over.
You can't give Aaron Rodgers 7 points in a playoff game and expect to win.
But I have to say this about the Bears of 2013: at the start of the season, I did not expect them to be good.
It was the year of the Opposite Bears - good O and rotten D.
In my wildest dreams I did not expect that the last game of the regular season, the Bears vs the Packers, would decide who would be the NFC North champs.
All year long this team was so up and down it was unbelievable - that they were able to pick themselves up after the revolting Eagles loss is actually impressive.
And last night was an exciting game to watch.
Just a shame that on 4th and 8 the D would allow Randall Cobb to be, and I'm being conservative here, about a million yards wide open.
Seriously, if you dropped a giant net down on Cobb, you wouldn't have caught a Bear.
Awful end, exciting game, surprising season.

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Hey Joe. One day. One OCTOBER
Hey Joe. One day. One OCTOBER day! Something remarkable will happen and I'll have to do a really really happy one.
In the meantime, I hope your bloody mary is as good as mine.
Happy New Year.
Happy New Year to you, too!
HOCKEY?
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/12/31/526084...
fun stuff...
http://www.sbnation.com
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2013/12/30/525...
Roy Halladay goes to an 80's party dressed in a Cubs Jamie Moyer jersey...
As an unabashed Moyer fan
Happy New Years! Just wanted
You are living one of my
Happy New Year!! I too have
mark mulder is back...angels,
Story about ex-Cubs minor
Story about ex-Cubs minor league RHP Tarlandus Mitchell
link
surprise, surprise...
surprise, surprise...
Cutler gets 7-year deal
Well, then we're in it for
While all QBs are overrated,
I think I underate him a bit.
It will be very unlikely he
yeah, good point, although
Slauson, Jennings get 4 yr
Was it E-Man who kept harping
I can't push 75 pound guys
nice one.
I'm happy to see that
Yeah, four receivers, keep an
It's the Slauson cut off, no
Hiyo!
Yes, I'm aware of all the
Yes, I'm aware of all the site errors...no, I don't know how to fix them quite yet.
See my post at the bottom.
hardly out of line,
hardly out of line, appreciate the care and discussion.
alright, fixed the goofy date
alright, fixed the goofy date error, that was harmless enough...still figuring out the comment posting one.
Seems to be that without a proper cache_page, it's eating up our disk storage, so this might get worse before it gets better.
$50m in guaranteed money for
$50m in guaranteed money for Cutler allegedly
the 7 years is likely to spread the cap hit out, I'm guessing it's more likely he's a Bear for 3-5 years unless he ages really well.
if he could stay healthy I'd feel better about it, but he's got a big time arm and cutdown his errors this year and he definitely shows up for the 4th quarter which is nice.
rumors be they're going to a 3-4 defense, McClellan to LB as noted earlier.
Much as I would love to see a
$54MM is the figure most
Chris Conte basically slapped
I'm kind of wondering out
Wordpress is what this was on
Wordpress is what this was on before we went independent, it didn't work very well for those that recall. I'm sure it's better now and I'm sure a lot of those problems were because we were part of a larger network, but I think we'd lose a lot of the archives, which would be unfortunate.
The site has been pretty stable until about the last year, not sure exactly what's the cause, some is certainly a lack of time on my part to maintain things as I once did, some may be on our host (last week's debacle was all on them and the reason we're getting an error whenever we post a comment). I have the instructions on how to fix it, I just have no idea how to execute it(mysql, database bullshit that I'm clueless about it). As time goes on, the databases that run the site are getting larger and larger and I frankly don't know much about how they work or how to fix or maintain them. I usually can troubleshoot stuff on my own despite my lack of experience or knowledge, but time has been a factor. I don't know if going to Wordpress would alleviate any of that, I imagine problems there still have to be fixed by someone.
As for the site in general, the Cubs inability to be interesting and my own life adventures have sucked out the excitement in it all...not sure if it'll come back when they get good or not. I've been meaning to try and find a new "everyday guy", since the writing of the site is down to me and Arizona Phil, but there are few prospects out there. The few that have shown an ability to keep it going day in and day out have their own far more popular sites by now and/or I think they're douchebags. Plus if someone did post news more often around here, what the hell would crunch do all day?
Ideally, I would love to pawn off the behind-the-scenes maintenace, continuous upgrading, and dealing with advertisers on someone, so what time I do have is spent writing instead of dealing with B.S. But I imagine if you're job is web related, you don't wish to spend your free time on it as well and I completely understand that. There is some money in all of this, but it's closer to Nike sweatshop workers than McDonald's minimum wage.
But hey, if you want to be a writer or have any interest in keeping the site going in any capacity, let me know. I still visit here more than anywhere else and would love to see it keep going. But yeah, not sure how much longer I can keep it up on my own, but I've been saying that for a few years...so who knows?
I would love, as I'm sure
I second this, though I'm
thanks for the monetary
thanks for the monetary offers, maybe I'll do another fund raising drive before the season. Time is more an issue than money though. But in good news, our little discussion started a dialogue again with a reader that helped me in the past. Hopefully we can work out something that he can help on a more permanent and consistent basis.
Thanks everyone for your help and concern.
Thanks Rob. The only thing
I think you're off the hook
I think you're off the hook Blue, there was another reader that has helped in the past that may take on a more permanent role. Haven't worked it out all quite yet, but here's hoping....
Old and Blue, is this
Old and Blue seems to have
Ha ha. Good post. If I decide
and then Palin has to take
Jeff Suppan retires. General
BA has Cubs as the #4
BA has Cubs as the #4 contender to land Tanaka
http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/masahir...
Mariners, Yankees, Dodgers ahead of them
So you are saying there's a
http://mlb.si.com/2014/01/02
http://mlb.si.com/2014/01/02/jaws-and-the-201...
the best HOF classes of all-time using Jay Jaffe's JAW system
A Maddux, Glavine, Thomas trio would be in the top 5, adding Biggio would bring it down a bit....
Old and Blue, is this
New 25-year TV deal for
New 25-year TV deal for Phillies
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/phillies-...
"Sources said it is a 25-year
Well yeah, Sandberg's gonna
just so we have the current
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/01/impact-...
good summary of Phills TV deal
Supposedly the Phillies are
Pre-Convention Splash?
this was my favorite Hendry
"Do any of you think there
OK, crunch, this is probably
"That's maybe a slight
It seems impossible that
CHARLIE: Kershaw will be 26
CHARLIE: Kershaw will be 26 in March.
I just... Maths, bro.
Thank you.
It hit me last night that
The largest unknown is
Pre-Convention Splash?
If it's all the same, Edwin,
Happy 22nd Birthday, Kris
so this finally happened...
8 seasons (including a 14 PA
...and 2 world series rings..
Not really directed at JoeP,
I agree entirely. It's more
Does anyone know of a
this site looks neat...
this site looks neat...
http://overthecap.com/teamcap.php?Team=Bears&...
Thanks
Ah okay
don't think Bucs are too bad
don't think Bucs are too bad off, although South looks like a much tougher division going forward than the Norris.
Him and Rivera butting heads twice a year should be fun. In the end, I don't think there's much of a net difference between Trestman and Lovie, just 2 very different ways at being mediocre. Lovie seemed to handle Sean Payton pretty well for the most part (well at least in Chicago).
Hopefully Tucker and Emery just need a year to get their new players and system in place, and it's not that they're incompetent on that side of the ball.
Lovie had the say with draft
Tucker needs to go.
Tucker needs to go.
comment issue should be fixed
comment issue should be fixed
as well as the archives before we moved here (only teasers were displaying)
http://www.thecubreporter.com/2006/10/02/good...
we'll be moving to a new host sometime today or this week (not sure of the timing), but there will be some down time on the site.
Down time on the site?!
Nelson Cruz may be looking
Nelson Cruz may be looking for 1-year deal.
http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/mlb/417357...
not the worst thing if Cubs could make it happen, although doubt they want to give up the 2nd round pick..
a look at his numbers makes
a look at his numbers makes it less interesting
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/c...
but certainly could sell him on a 1-year deal knowing that he'd likely get traded to a contender and not worry about a qualifying offer next offseason.
Welcome to Chiberia,
My kids were born after 2000,
Yes. My patient got to the
http://www
http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand...
145 public votes in for Hall of Fame, Maddux running at 100% so far
Maddux, Thomas, Glavine look like locks...Biggio and Piazza will be close.
Three Cubs prospects,
I've heard the car looked