[S]alvatore
Master Don Juan
I don't know about everyone else but i'm fu<king pumped for tonights game. What's better than Monday Night Football?
"The Kiss of Death Mistake"
You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?
Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.
One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.
Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
[S]alvatore
Master Don Juan
Fu<k all the Bear haters. That's all i'm going to say.
Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
Chicago is a good example of how defense and special teams are more important than offense.
MetalFortress
Master Don Juan
Dennis Green's meltdown is one of the funniest I've seen in awhile from a coach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1h71vEQtCM
It already got 160,000 views on YouTube today alone!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1h71vEQtCM
It already got 160,000 views on YouTube today alone!
This is why people hate Bears and their fans in the first place.[S]alvatore said:
Anywho, the Bears are good, so damn good. Can anyone say early season benchmark?
Nevertheless, the Caridinals lost that game, the Bears didn't win it.
"She's Out of Your League"
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
PRMoon
Master Don Juan
Thank god the Cards only lost by one. I'd of been out 200 bucks.
[S]alvatore
Master Don Juan
Well, i'm saddened by Mike Browns injury that will keep him from playing for the rest of the season, but I hope we can fill that void with Todd Johnson at the safety position.
Skilla_Staz
Master Don Juan
PRMoon said:
Holy. 200 bucks? i think the biggest bet i've ever made was 50
PRMoon
Master Don Juan
Yeah that's not even a big wager here. I see guys lose grands betting on sports out here. Then again I see even more people lose even more at the tables.Skilla_Staz said:
Skilla_Staz
Master Don Juan
I wish I had money to toss around haha
"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
[S]alvatore
Master Don Juan
Bears 7-0
Re:
My money would still be on the Pats.
Here's why...
The colts CANNOT stop the run. To allow Plummer, who is 1/2 the QB that Tom is to even move the ball is reprehensible. Tatum and Mike Bell are GOOD, but they are PLUG n PLAY Rb's. They are not PURE runners like a Maroney, or a battering ram like Dillon. I may return here next week and be eating crow if Peyton Disassembles our secondary, but I do not see Addai or Rhodes putting anything up on us. You will see Green, Wilfork, and Seymour getting pressure and shutting the 2 unproven runners down. The remaing LB's and CB's will be on Marvin. That won't be easy, but if we limit Peyton to 2td's, it will.
Watching MINNESOTA the other night, and recognizing their schedule, it should have been easy to see why the Pats would light them up.
1) They spread the ball around. The liability people thought we had LAST year, has now become our assets. Our Run Game is strong and diversified between power and speed. Maroney and Faulk can pass-catch, too. There's plenty of Competent Receivers, so no CB can cover or gameplan JUST one. Caldwell, Brown, Jackson, Gabriel, Gaffney, Watson, Thomas, Graham. Who do you cover? You don't need a TO or a Steve Smith, just guys with enough talent to get open on the lesser Corners.
2) MINN has no WR's. Williamson is only in his 2nd year, and did nothing in his 1st to prove he's talented @ the NFL level. Robinson, the big possession did not play. And Travis Taylor is a journeyman who has never reached his full talent. Brad Johnson is a QB who makes SAFE throws, plays ball control, and relies on UNDERNEATH routes, not the deep ball. The Pats took that away, as well as the run game and begged him to beat them Deep. It never happened.
3) The Pats game planned the WEAKNESSES of the Team they play, and didn't fight the strengths. They didn't even run it 20 times. Normally when you hear that, you hear of a time who came from behind and attempted to win or did win the game. But the Pats were in control throughout the whole game, even from the moment they scored, it was over. They stuck to what worked. Alot of commentators would say balance was needed, and if we didn't win, the pundits mights say, "well they needed balance to keep the D respectable," but when you have so many guys you can throw to, with the best QB in the league based on the rings he carries, why would you force something that wasn't going to work anyway? Moreover, to have the OTHER team KNOW you're going to pass alot, and still win is unfathomable.
MINN might be NFC-good, but they're not Superbowl bound.
Sunday night will prove alot out of both teams. It will likely be a gunslinging matchup, but the pats are still DEFENSIVELY more healthy and with a better proven run game to slow it down. The Pats can go tit for tat with the Colts, as was proven against MINN who has a better defense.
I think the Bears are still good, but their greatness hasn't been proven because they haven't played a great team, i.e. Philly, Colts, Denver, the Pats, etc. Beating AZ doesn't really count in my book.
A-Unit
My money would still be on the Pats.
Here's why...
The colts CANNOT stop the run. To allow Plummer, who is 1/2 the QB that Tom is to even move the ball is reprehensible. Tatum and Mike Bell are GOOD, but they are PLUG n PLAY Rb's. They are not PURE runners like a Maroney, or a battering ram like Dillon. I may return here next week and be eating crow if Peyton Disassembles our secondary, but I do not see Addai or Rhodes putting anything up on us. You will see Green, Wilfork, and Seymour getting pressure and shutting the 2 unproven runners down. The remaing LB's and CB's will be on Marvin. That won't be easy, but if we limit Peyton to 2td's, it will.
Watching MINNESOTA the other night, and recognizing their schedule, it should have been easy to see why the Pats would light them up.
1) They spread the ball around. The liability people thought we had LAST year, has now become our assets. Our Run Game is strong and diversified between power and speed. Maroney and Faulk can pass-catch, too. There's plenty of Competent Receivers, so no CB can cover or gameplan JUST one. Caldwell, Brown, Jackson, Gabriel, Gaffney, Watson, Thomas, Graham. Who do you cover? You don't need a TO or a Steve Smith, just guys with enough talent to get open on the lesser Corners.
2) MINN has no WR's. Williamson is only in his 2nd year, and did nothing in his 1st to prove he's talented @ the NFL level. Robinson, the big possession did not play. And Travis Taylor is a journeyman who has never reached his full talent. Brad Johnson is a QB who makes SAFE throws, plays ball control, and relies on UNDERNEATH routes, not the deep ball. The Pats took that away, as well as the run game and begged him to beat them Deep. It never happened.
3) The Pats game planned the WEAKNESSES of the Team they play, and didn't fight the strengths. They didn't even run it 20 times. Normally when you hear that, you hear of a time who came from behind and attempted to win or did win the game. But the Pats were in control throughout the whole game, even from the moment they scored, it was over. They stuck to what worked. Alot of commentators would say balance was needed, and if we didn't win, the pundits mights say, "well they needed balance to keep the D respectable," but when you have so many guys you can throw to, with the best QB in the league based on the rings he carries, why would you force something that wasn't going to work anyway? Moreover, to have the OTHER team KNOW you're going to pass alot, and still win is unfathomable.
MINN might be NFC-good, but they're not Superbowl bound.
Sunday night will prove alot out of both teams. It will likely be a gunslinging matchup, but the pats are still DEFENSIVELY more healthy and with a better proven run game to slow it down. The Pats can go tit for tat with the Colts, as was proven against MINN who has a better defense.
I think the Bears are still good, but their greatness hasn't been proven because they haven't played a great team, i.e. Philly, Colts, Denver, the Pats, etc. Beating AZ doesn't really count in my book.
A-Unit
[S]alvatore
Master Don Juan
To be honest, I didn't expect the Bears to lose a game until the upcoming 3 away games.
"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
[S]alvatore
Master Don Juan
Bears 8-1
Derek Flint
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It's hilarious reading these foreigners and their comments about how NFL players aren't tough because they wear padding.
Hell, the Cricket players over there wear almost as much padding as an NFL player.
LOL
And I doubt that there are any Rugby players that are 6'4" 270 lbs. that run a 4.5 40 and hit at full speed like in the NFL
Hell, the Cricket players over there wear almost as much padding as an NFL player.
LOL
And I doubt that there are any Rugby players that are 6'4" 270 lbs. that run a 4.5 40 and hit at full speed like in the NFL
seanchai
Master Don Juan
EXACTLY! Take the games for what they are - both great violent spectacles. Then accept that American football is the toughest sport ever. Simple!Derek Flint said:
However, cricketers wear padding because the ball is flying straight up at their knees/face/arm/whatever and they compensate for that by catching barehanded, which is pretty damn painful.
[S]alvatore
Master Don Juan
As far as i'm concerned, the play calling and Rex's interception cost us the game on our very last drive. As quoted by Vic Carucci on NFL.com:
Oh well, 2/3 road games is good for me, and we have a chance to clinch the Division this week against Minnesota.
[S]alvatore
Master Don Juan
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL
Bears 11-2
Bears 11-2
"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.