A system with three or four organizations head and shoulders above the rest (Patriots, Colts, Steelers, Packers, Ravens until proven otherwise) and three or four organizations that perennially can't find their ass with both hands (Browns, Jaguars, Titans, Raiders until proven otherwise) isn't exactly "parity."

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This is complete BS. Pete Rozelle stated this as a goal of his in the 60-70's. There haven't really been more than 2-3 real contenders for conference titles for as long as I can remember. In the 80's you had Denver & the Raiders in the AFC, SF, Washington & the Giants in the NFC. In the 90's you had the Bills & Denver in the AFC and then the Cowboys & Packers in the NFC. At the bottom you had the same number of teams that absolutely blew, leaving winnable games for the rest of the group any week.

Frankly, it was much more entertaining to watch the NFL back then as well. Before all the dumb assed rules changes and gimmicky offenses.

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CH, here's the deal. Barry has his friends and Barry has his vendettas. He clearly hates the Bears organization from top to bottom. As such, he attacks anything they do. That was actually the point of my original post in this thread. If the Bears win, it must be some systematic failure about the NFL rather than the Bears doing something correctly.

He did this the entire Lovie era where any Bears win was pure luck.

I'll give Barry this- he puts out real opinions. He is consistent in his themes. I read all his columns despite my dislike of this writing style and opinions. He must be doing something right.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Did we really need this article again? On the Barry Rozner morality scale, this article addresses three main touch points:

1) NIU is a wonderful school (Barry went there),
2) The Bears organization is bad,
3) Beloved athlete made good.


updated: 12/1/2015 3:35 PM
Rozner: Jordan Lynch finishes first pro season in style



Jordan Lynch just wanted to play football again.

After Phil Emery and Marc Trestman cost him a year of his career with their publicity stunt and failed promises a year ago, Lynch was willing to go anywhere and do anything to play football again.

So he headed for the border.

Lynch traveled more than 1,600 miles from Chicago to Edmonton to get a chance to play professional football.

And then it was another thousand miles to Winnipeg for the Canadian Football League's Grey Cup championship game.

But after scoring the game-winning touchdown to clinch the title on a quarterback sneak Sunday night, Lynch could have flown home minus a ship.

The former Heisman Trophy finalist from Northern Illinois was soaring after finishing his first professional season in Canada in just about the finest way imaginable.

"It's the best feeling in the world," Lynch said Tuesday morning before heading to the championship parade. "All the time and effort that goes into the season and it finally pays off. There's no better feeling."

Lynch played some quarterback and special teams for the Eskimos this season, but his main job was as the short-yardage specialist, sometimes as a running back but usually out of the wildcat, and he led the team in rushing touchdowns.

So when the previous play set up Edmonton with a second-and-goal from the 1-yard line Sunday night, Lynch was standing right next to the coach and prepared for the moment.

"It was 50-50 whether I would be going in on that one," Lynch said. "We work on short-yardage plays throughout the week, so when our receiver was called short of the goal line, they called for my personnel group."

But pressure is nothing new for Lynch. He had played in an Orange Bowl, Senior Bowl, MAC Championship and weathered so many storms, overcome so many obstacles to reach the Heisman ceremony, that he knew what to do.

"You focus on the job that needs to be done and all your preparation kicks in," Lynch said of scoring the title-winning touchdown. "It was awesome. Any time you have a chance to help your team and score a touchdown at the same time, it's pretty special."

And after missing the 2014 football season following the disastrous Bears experiment, Lynch is just happy to be working at his craft again.

"One thing that never changes is you want to be part of a team atmosphere," Lynch said. "It always feels good to be wanted and I'm so thankful to the Edmonton organization for giving me the chance to play football again.

"I've learned that at times football is a business, so you have to bring your A-game every day because there is always someone trying to replace you, but I'm getting better as a football player.

"I think you get better every year when you're working on your craft for six months, and that's something I really needed and wanted this year."

Lynch had every right to be bitter after Emery and Trestman changed his position, sold him on a plan and then never gave him a chance to prove himself. By the time they cut him it was too late to reclaim his 2014 football season.

But rather than harbor any animosity, Lynch channeled it into harder workouts and improving his game.

"You know, I'm just glad to be playing football again," Lynch said. "It might not be the ideal situation, but I know I can play and if I take my time and remain patient, I know the best is yet to come."

As for next year, Lynch said, "I'm taking it one step at a time. I'm happy up here. I have great coaches and a great team and we're the Grey Cup champions. That's a pretty good start."

After Tuesday's parade, Lynch had just one more thing in mind before heading back to Chicago and being home for Christmas.

"I will be in Detroit on Friday night, rooting on the Huskies in the MAC Championship," Lynch said. "No way would I miss that."

Just one more thing about Lynch that will never change.

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Canadian football seems like it could be kind of interesting, but I am completely unwilling to put in the time to find out. I know they have three downs and something called a rouge.

Weird thing about the CFL is it seems to be popular (or at least popular enough) everywhere but Toronto. The Argonauts are getting kicked out of the SkyDome and will probably have to play at a tiny soccer stadium.

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Tom Zibikowski is a now a Chicago Fireman. I suggest Jordan ask him for a letter of recommendation.

Terrance Mitchell absolutely lit up the pre season. He was cut from the Bear practice squad. Write a story about him, Rozner.

Jordan Lynch cannot even find the field as a QB in Canada. The Bears suggested the proper career path fro him, he just wasn't good enough

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Really? He played in the NFL for years....most as a starter.
I'm surprised he needs a FT job like that.

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That's not in the Rozner rule book. There needs to be a connection to something Barry loves, and NIU is the hook here. And don't even get me started about his Chicago Wolves crap.....you'd think those folks were saving the world.

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It's a northwest-suburban team and a northwest-suburban paper. If the Herald doesn't hype the Wolves, who will?

I'm a little sour on the Wolves for being a Blues affiliate and a Canucks affiliate before that (go IceHogs!), but I'm glad that there's a more affordable alternative for those of us who can't afford Blackhawks games. I wouldn't say they're "saving the world," but I'm glad they get decent coverage somewhere for what they're doing.

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It's a minor league team. I am fine with providing coverage for it. But Barry is way over the top, and he used it as a tool to get at the Blackhawks organization. Again, you have to go back to the Barry rules. But the Blackhawks are ok now, and Barry only uses backhanded, covert insults against the Blackhawks with regards to the Kane incident.

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What did he play? Four years? He probably started about 20 games.

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Don't take it personally.

Yeah, Barry never forgave the Blackhawks for firing Billy Gardner. I think the Hawks rescued him from the Hartford/Greensboro horse abortion and then fired him soon after. I don't know why and don't particularly care. I just know it's important to Barry for some reason.

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If Lynch isn't harboring any ill will, then why the fuck is Barry? Damn you, Denis, for posting this drivel.

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He had a coronary over the Gardner thing.

Greg, I am sorry, but I read this crap everyday, and it pisses me off.


Barry pulls this self righteous crap all the time. I could post that column too, but as Greg said, it is drivel.

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Come to think of it, being the announcer for a crappy team that didn't air its road games wasn't really much of a step up from being the announcer for a crappy team that hardly aired any games.

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Hawks didn't air home games CH. Road games were on.

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Whoops, brainfart. Meant home. Point is, the Hurricanes barely had TV or radio their first couple years. The NHL was fine with this because reasons.

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(I know it's Canada, but) I love how Rozner had to put this in a context as if it was some kind of major journey to go somewhere 1600 miles away from home - plus Winnipeg is 1000 miles BACK THE OTHER WAY TOWARD HOME

Hey, Barry, you DO realize that Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, San Diego, and Phoenix are all FARTHER away from Chicago than Edmonton? I'm sure you would have put those nomadic journeys into the same context if he hooked up with an actual NFL team...

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Not a mult.

He played 5+ seasons.

He was a third round pick so I would estimate his career earnings at 3-4 million. That is certainly a life changing amount but not one a person should feel comfortable sitting on for a lifetime at the age of 30. The fireman job is a steady income that can pay the bills and the interest on the football earnings pays for extravagences greater than other CFD people can afford. I think he gets a pension from the NFL for making five years. He will then have a nice pension from CFD by around 55. That's a pretty nice existence with the ability to live a great, long retirement.

Jason Goff mocked the idea of him getting on with CFD.

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How did the Bears cost him a year of his career? 31 other NFL teams could have drafted, or signed him, but chose not to do so.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Rozner's "logic" is that they only brought Lynch in as a publicity stunt and never had any intention of having him on the team. If anything, I thought he got a pretty fair shake and proved he was not NFL material. But it is cases like this that make me despise Rozner. He says stupid stuff like that in every column. Again, a big part of his column is trying to attack the Bears. He did in every column written about Lovie.

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I see what you are saying Dennis but what do you think Rozner's beef with the Bears is?

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Maybe it's that they're a shitty franchise that wastes everyone's time by missing the playoffs 16 times in the last 20 years.

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He may have touched on it in the past, and I don't know for sure. I assume it is Mike McCaskey. Seacrest might know....

In any case, a writer should judge people like Tressy and Lovie independent of what has happened to him/her personally in the past. Every Lovie win was met by a column saying the Bears would not have won but for the mistakes of the other team or a ref's call. It gets old really quick when he keeps grinding old axes for some unknown reasons.

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fandom seems kind of pathetic when you put it like that

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Jordan Lynch and St. Laurence Football Camp.

Posted on January 14, 2016 · Posted in Athletic News, Blog

Where: St. Laurence High School (5556 W. 77th St., Burbank)

Who: Boys from 4th – 8th grade (QBs, RBs, WRs, OLs, & DLs)

When: January 24th – May 22nd from 5:30 – 7 p.m.

Training Session will consist of:

-Elite coaching of basic fundamentals on specific position drills, mental aspects of the game, and conditioning

-Will emphasize the positive aspects of football teamwork, sportsmanship, player-coach relationship, etc.

Price: $20 per session (cash only)

What to bring:

-QBs bring your own football

-Gym shoes

-Water/sports drink

Experience:

-Division I, NFL, CFL, and coaching experience

-Special guest players/coaches each week

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