Week 13: Niners Lead Up

[Marley2Hendrix]

Based on Brimley's signature, I'm calling this for Starks:

7 Carries for 52 yards
3 receptions for 38 (1 td)
1 lambeau leap into row 13 (looks like he reinjures himself but shakes it off)
and, in Shawn Kemp fashion, somehow father's a child wilst completing the aforementioned lambeau leap.

I forget who from this board posted a tip they heard that Starks may be converted to more of a flanker in the future, but I for one would be ecstatic if this team finally found itself a Dexter McCluster type for the backfield. I have to say though, I completely forgot Starks was 6'2, and he is absolutely the #1 thing I'm interested in for this upcoming game (which is a very sad sign about our running game that a 7th rounder who hasn't played football since before Favre realized he could text his dong is being looked at to be the new hope for this running game). I'm slightly less excited to see nance, but the second Bjax starts with his tentative running (predicting that this occurs on his 1st carry), I want nothing but Nance/Starks the rest of the way.

Reading the JSOnline list of 10... **** slocum.. no particular reason, just **** slocum.

AJ Hawk vs VD already has me frightened. On the plus side, AJ Hawk has elevated his Madden tackling rating from 24 to 48 over the past few weeks. On the down side, Mason Crosby has a tackling rating of 52, so AJ, we demand better.

Apologies for the longish post, but if you are still reading, one OT question, how is Cutler in the cold? It just strikes me that he will be very favre-like (erratic and generally pissy), and while he will still be capable of throwing a beautiful deep ball every now and then, for the most part he will seem disengaged and frustrated. Anyone back these predictions up?

[Wilford Brimley]

Good post. The re-injures himself but shakes it off part had me dying.

Here is Cutler, in Dec, outdoors:

2009:

vs. STL: 47%, 143 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT, 96 rating
vs GB: 64%, 209 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT, 74.9 rating
@Baltimore: 37%, 95 yards, 0 TD, 3 INT, 7.9 rating ( )
vs MIN: 57%, 273 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT, 108.4 rating

2008: (Denver)

vs KC: 80%, 286 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT, 102.7 rating
@Carolina: 64% 172 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT 74.3 rating
vs BUF: 56% 359 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT, 72.4 rating


So really, he's all over the map, with an average rating of 76. Also, going back to take a look at the Denver stats made me remember when everyone thought, upon arriving to Chicago, he was better than Rodgers. Some people are so stupid.