NFL 2013 Season Thread

[snoopy369]

It will be cool to see him and Ray Lewis enter the HOF together.

Fixed.

[Sava]

It would be cool to watch Ray Lewis get locked up for murder. But that ship has sailed. The least he could do is shut his ****ing mouth about finding God.

[snoopy369]

If he found God, then perhaps he could share His location with the rest of us? I'm sure a lot of us have questions we'd love to ask, if we had just one question...

[Sava]

Ray Lewis' God is in the mirror.

[SlowwHand]

Tim Tebow has himself a (serious) fan in Chuck Norris

In the latest example of why the Internet is the best thing ever, the world now has possession of a 1,463-word manifesto by Chuck Norris expressing his admiration and respect for Tim Tebow. Yup. Read

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000205687/article/chuck-norris-tim-tebow-should-be-jacksonville-jaguar

[Demonbinder]

Lots of talk today where Urlacher ranks among Bears MLB's. Of course, it's really hard to compare over era's esp. with what they (Ditka and George) got away with back then. I think he's #1 or #2. I heard some national media don't thinks he's HOF material. Really?

[SlowwHand]

Dick Butkus
Mike Singletary
Brian Urlacher

[Al B. Sure!]

Urlacher HoF? He was good but HoF great? I don't know about that.

[Donegeal]

Dick Butkus
Mike Singletary
Brian Urlacher

This. Yes, he is a HoFer. No, I am no longer a fan of his.

[-Jrabbit]

Urlacher > Singletary IMHO.

His physical skills were FAR greater. Singletary was smaller and slower, and a liability in coverage. At 6'4" and 258#, Urlacher is one of the few MLBs in history who could consistently cover the deep middle of the field. It has been said that he redefined the position within the Tampa-2 defense. Singletary was more of a run-stuffer. Part of this is scheme-related (46 defense vs. Tampa-2), but it's not like Urlacher was a slouch at the point of attack. He is the team's all-time leader in tackles.

Tough to compare statistics, as tackles, pass coverage and forced fumbles were not kept officially for most of Singletary's era. Both were true warriors on the field, but for his 3-down abilities and overall athletic prowess, Urlacher brings more to the table than Singletary.

[rah]

While I agree with most of that, Singletary topped Urlacher in the 'EYES' department.

[-Jrabbit]

Yes, agreed. Too bad there's no official "crazy-eyes" stat.

[snoopy369]

Singletary is the most overrated LB in the Bears' history. He was good, but good as a part of a really really really good team. Urlacher was on some bad teams and some good teams, and was good year in and year out for over a decade. He combined physical skill with mental - he was regarded as being an excellent quarterback of the defense, similar to Ray Lewis; both defenses will suffer greatly for losing the two, regardless of their physical talents failing them. He was one of the two or three best coverage MLBs in the Superbowl era. He could cover tight ends with no problem, even the highly skilled ones, and his ability to get from one end of the field to the other in almost no time meant the Bears could leave him with a huge amount of field he was responsible for, allowing their other players to play more aggressively (Charles Tillman? Mike Brown? Both far better players for him). That, and leading the always-defensive-minded Bears in total tackles... first ballot HoF along with Ray. Ray was a fiercer player, but Brian might have been actually better.

[Donegeal]

However, Singletary was a great Defensive QB of a Superbowl winning team, not to mention one of the greatest defenses of all time.

[snoopy369]

I didn't think he was considered the 'defensive QB' of the team.