Gerry @dagerbear

life is short but sweet for certain. Proud CMU alum. Chicago. Chicago, IL Joined October 2012

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Skratch @Skratch

2 weeks ago

You can honor Coach Ditka's legacy by speeding the hell up and fixing your divots.

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Long-time NFL pass-rusher Marcus Davenport has decided to retire, per me and @MikeGarafolo. Davenport asked for his release from the #Bears after playing his final game Sunday. The 30-year-old former #Saints first-rounder finished with 25 career sacks for four teams.

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Barstool Sports @barstoolsports

a month ago

Bears fans watching Case Keenum cook

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NFL Memes @NFLMemes

a month ago

Packers fans coming for Matt LaFluer’s job after dropping 7 of the last 8 games

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JJ Watt @JJWatt

a month ago

@AdamSchefter I’m just going to go out on a limb here… For a guy whose nickname is Juice, could it not be “reasonably construed” that he is drinking… stay with me here… Juice?

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Gerry @dagerbear

a month ago

@NFLTodayX Robert Tonyan Jr.

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✶Ⓜ️𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕤 ▶️✶ @_MarcusD3_

2 months ago

Jahdae Walker combined video. Block on special teams, block on offense, and touchdown catch.

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Marquee Sports Network @WatchMarquee

2 months ago

POV: You just hit a walk-off home run in the Crosstown Classic 🎥

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Gerry @dagerbear

2 months ago

@emmitonair Robbie Gould

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Casey Erlewein @CaseyErlewein

3 months ago

Will Howard and Robert Tonyan on a random night in August

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Mark Kaboly @MarkKaboly

3 months ago

Tight end Robert Tonyan -- who once caught 11 TDs from Aaron Rodgers in a season -- has been a bright spot for the Steelers x.com/i/article/2085…

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Gerry @dagerbear

3 months ago

@SteelersLead Graphic is factually incorrect. He played for Vikings in between Bears and Chiefs.

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Nick Farabaugh @FarabaughFB

3 months ago

Mike McCarthy says Robert Tonyan is a 'hell of a player' that was 'very natural in the pass game.' "I think we're extremely fortunate to have Robert here. He's a really good fit for what we want to do."

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PorterLessBurgh @PortersBurgh

3 months ago

Drew Allar to Robert Tonyan for the touchdown to end practice. 🔥 Video via @Mazursky8895

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Constantine “The Jet” Stanford @ConsStanford

3 months ago

All time performance from the cart boys

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Gerry @dagerbear

3 months ago

@CALEBcsw Love it CW - let's get ahead of this before you're in our Gary dome

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Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter

4 months ago

49ers veteran WR Trent Taylor announced his retirement after a seven-year NFL career. Taylor shared the news on his personal social media, celebrating the moment with longtime teammate George Kittle.

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No Context Chicago Bears 🐻 @BearsNoContext

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Yogi @Houseofyogi

5 months ago

Chicago lost the Bears this week. A team that's been in the city since 1921. They didn't lose them to a bigger market or a better deal. The Bears decided they'd rather be a tenant in Indiana than deal with Illinois for one more year. Think about how badly you have to run a place for that to be the smart move. They lost them for two reasons. The people running Illinois would rather villainize a builder than keep one. And they're bad at their jobs. In 2021 the Bears spent $197M on the old Arlington Park racetrack. Before they could break ground, Cook County valued the empty lot at $192M (Bears said $60M). They were salivating at the chance to extort a building that didn't even exist yet. That fight dragged on for years. The Bears were ready to put $2B into the stadium. All they wanted was a promise the county wouldn't reassess them into oblivion, plus $855M for infrastructure everyone uses. Roads, transit, utilities. A $3B project, two thirds of it private money pouring into Illinois. Springfield had since 2021 to get this done. They dragged it to the final night of session, passed it through the Senate at 3:39AM, and the House went home without voting. So now it's all gone. The funniest part? This started because Cook County tried to grab the tax early. They knew a built stadium would pay $53M a year. Now they get under $4M on a vacant lot. No jobs, no buildout, no new anything. Congrats on fighting for scraps and losing the whole prize. Pritzker: they're "an $8.5B valued business" that doesn't need propping up. But be smart for a second. Almost every NFL city throws in public money for a stadium. Not charity. The return is real. Tourism, hotels, restaurants, jobs, game days, property tax on a huge development. The math works. Indiana did the math. While Illinois sat on it for years, Indiana passed a bill in months, put up $1B, and took the team. And the Bears took a worse deal to get there. In Illinois they were going to own their stadium. In Indiana they rent it from the state. A team that wanted to build its own home gave up ownership just to escape Chicago. Nobody won but Indiana. The Bears lost their stadium. Illinois lost the team, the $2B, and $53M a year in taxes. Pritzker after they left: "I wasn't willing to give up billions of dollars of taxpayer money to give it to a billionaire-owned family or team." There it is. "Billionaire-owned." That's how Democrats talk about any business right before they run it out of town. Call them a billionaire, act like you're saving working families, take a victory lap while the tax base drives across the state line. Meanwhile they're running the whole state into the ground. And you already know how this ends. You're living in it. Pensions are $143B in the hole, worst in the country and not close. You pay $6,285 a year in property taxes, double the $2,969 national average, for a city that's $1.15B in the red. The mayor called its finances "the point of no return." When you run things this badly, you sell what's left. They leased the parking meters for 75 years to Morgan Stanley and a sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi. Took $1.15B and burned through it in two years. The investors already made it all back, with 58 years left to collect. Sold the Skyway. Sold the downtown garages. Every asset that made money, gone for one check. But a fixed property tax rate for a team that's been here 106 years? That's "propping up billionaires." Companies are leaving. Boeing for Virginia. Caterpillar for Texas. Citadel for Miami. In 2023 alone Illinois lost 56,000 people and $6B in income to other states. The ones who left earned a third more than the ones who moved in. Indiana didn't outbid anyone. AAA credit, 16 years straight. A $676M surplus. Fourth-lowest debt per person in the country. They just weren't a disaster. Illinois could have collected $53M a year. It chose zero. Ignore all the bad management but make sure to stick it to those evil, pesky billionaires.