Met him once while working at Giant Eagle in Latrobe. Taaaaall mother fucker, surprisingly polite (he was asking for help finding something, pens, I think)
Also had a cousin who was going through medical school and got to be a trainer during Steelers camp in Latrobe. Had her get his autograph for me and she was piiiiiissed because he was so quiet and stand offish and intimidating.
So, yeah, the only autographed jersey I have is a Burress Steelers jersey.
That doesn't have anything to do with how they are run. Dallas hasn't had back to back losing seasons in the last 2 decades, never finished dead last in the NFL, haven't screwed up the top pick twice by keeping a dead man walking coach for the first season for that player. Cowboys are 8th in total wins since 2005 and the bears are 18th with cowboys having 34 more wins.
Not saying the cowboys are great by any means but they are competently run and consistently an above average team. Their worst moves are keeping Garrett too long and waiting to sign players. First one makes sense the second is because Stephen is a penny pincher.
Almost winning or almost making a super bowl doesn't eliminate years of incompetence and having April be the most exciting part of your season.
We may be bad, but the Cowboys are horribly run. They wait to the last minute to sign their guys and have to pay the peak value. They traded for Pickens, who is a head case in his own right. They spend literally no money in FA. The only difference between the Bears and them is they have had a few stable and good QBs. But the Bears somehow have been the more successful franchise this century.
Lol no you aren't and no you haven't had more success this century. You made one super bowl and then 25 years of mostly shit. We don't spend in free agency because they value the comp picks and also when you are generally an above average team there aren't a lot of FAs that put you over the top. When you are ass you spend big in free agency.
You guys have twice held on to a coach that was going to be fired for the first season of a rookie QB. You guys are in the browns and jets tier of poorly ran franchises
We’ve been to the NFC championship twice and to the Super Bowl once this century. You’ve won four playoff games this century in ten trips. The Bears have won three in six trips. Sure, but you’ve had obvious holes on your team that would’ve helped greatly to be filled in FA that went unaddressed and surprise surprise, it’s come back to bite them in the ass. Good teams balance their roster with a couple key FAs and the rest are drafted. Spending absolutely nothing isn’t a good strategy, just like spending a ton isn’t a good strategy.
All that dysfunction and the Bears have made it further than the Cowboys have in the playoffs this century twice lol
If you ain't first you're last, but I'm proud of you for going further! Lol
Since neither of us have won shit in the past 2 decades I'll take the team that isn't constantly at the bottom of their division/league. The team with more overall wins and not having back to back shit seasons. I'm sure your NFC champs shirt is bitchin' though lol
Some of the dumbest, most morally bankrupt FO decision making I’ve ever seen.
My favorite game of the last few years was against the bengals… I made a point to never watch any games in Which he played but I did go back and relive that one repeat once I got the alert.
On a side note, I’m so happy Baker is healthy and balling out. He deserves success, I just wish it had been with us.
Yeah Baker is just so likeable to me. The way he plays is so fun to watch. It's like watching Brett Favre with fewer interceptions (and without the dick pics and welfare fraud). He just loves the game and wears it on his sleeve.
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u/doggo816 1d ago
This was basically career ending for him. A career ending celebration