Jump to content
North Side Baseball

Week 1: Bengals @ Bears 9/8 Noon CBS/780

UMFan83

By UMFan83,
in Other Sports

 Share
Guest

Guest

Guests
Posted
Posted
I really don't see why they'd list Williams as the #1 as a formality, but whatever.
  • Replies 588
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Top Posters In This Topic

rawaction Chicago Cubs

rawaction

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
I really don't see why they'd list Williams as the #1 as a formality, but whatever.

 

And I don't see why he'd be expected to just take over a role he was given at the beginning of camp, when he's on a 1-year deal, has only played like 5 games in 2 years, hasn't practiced in 4 weeks, and is competing with a high draft pick who can potentially stay in that role for the next 10 years.

 

Same reason why McClellin is listed as co-starter with Wootton at DE.

jersey cubs fan GOAT

jersey cubs fan

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
I really don't see why they'd list Williams as the #1 as a formality, but whatever.

 

And I don't see why he'd be expected to just take over a role he was given at the beginning of camp, when he's on a 1-year deal, has only played like 5 games in 2 years, hasn't practiced in 4 weeks, and is competing with a high draft pick who can potentially stay in that role for the next 10 years.

 

Same reason why McClellin is listed as co-starter with Wootton at DE.

 

How is that the same reason? McClellin isn't a rookie, and he wasn't a mid-2nd round pick. 50 overall is hardly a time where you assume the guy will start from day one, especially at a position like MLB. I think it's quite likely that the coaching staff is not comfortable starting the rookie from the first game and are anxious to find an opportunity to insert a veteran into that slot, even if there is little expectation that Williams starts 16 games there.

Guest

Guest

Guests
Posted
Posted
Yeah. I don't see even a remote comparison with the Wootton/McClellan situation.
Guest

Guest

Guests
Posted
Posted
the article from Michael Silver seems to imply that Reggie McKenzie isn't long for Oakland.
Guest

Guest

Guests
Posted
Posted
Even if he doesn't end up being ready to start week one, I didn't think there was any question that they're going to give him every opportunity to take that spot once his conditioning gets to where it needs to be.
Soul MVP

Soul

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
Let's just see how each player performs under actual game pressure. These pre-season depth chart listings are fine, but it's really going to be determined by what is seen starting Sunday in a situation like this.
Guest

Guest

Guests
Posted
Posted
Marv Lewis was watching Bears footage on Hard Knocks during the scene when he called Sanzenbacher. Wonder if it was Sanzenbacher tape or if he was doing some film study for this week.
UMFan83 GOAT

UMFan83

Old-Timey Member
Posted
  • Author
Posted

Week 1 picks starting to trickle out.

 

5 of the 8 CBS guys have the Bengals winning straight up, and 7 of the 8 ATS.

 

The ESPN guys that have picked so far are split, 5 taking Cincy and 5 taking the Bears with Allen, Keyshawn and Carter still to pick.

 

Yahoo users pick the Bears but the 'experts' haven't made their picks yet, nor has Peter King at SI.

Guest

Guest

Guests
Posted
Posted
The important thing everyone is missing is the coaches have nothing to do with the depth chart posted on the Bears website.

 

Given the way the Bears Facebook page and Twitter account plugged it, I didn't realize this was an unofficial depth chart. Whoops.

JonJayCutler ACL Cubs

JonJayCutler

Verified Member
Posted
Posted
"I like the decision with D.J. I know the young kid had a good preseason but it is the preseason," Urlacher said Tuesday on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN Chicago 1000. "He did well for what they asked him to do, but I like putting D.J. in there. He's a vet, he's been there and if he doesn't do well -- which I think he will, but if he doesn't -- then you put the young guy in.

 

Could be telling the truth, or could be bitter that a large part of the Bears fanbase seemingly moved on from 54 after seeing Bostic.

KingCubsFan ACL Cubs

KingCubsFan

Verified Member
Posted
Posted
"I like the decision with D.J. I know the young kid had a good preseason but it is the preseason," Urlacher said Tuesday on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN Chicago 1000. "He did well for what they asked him to do, but I like putting D.J. in there. He's a vet, he's been there and if he doesn't do well -- which I think he will, but if he doesn't -- then you put the young guy in.

 

Could be telling the truth, or could be bitter that a large part of the Bears fanbase seemingly moved on from 54 after seeing Bostic.

How has the fanbase moved on? I think it just has to do with veteran players always preferring other veteran players over rookies.

jersey cubs fan GOAT

jersey cubs fan

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
"I like the decision with D.J. I know the young kid had a good preseason but it is the preseason," Urlacher said Tuesday on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN Chicago 1000. "He did well for what they asked him to do, but I like putting D.J. in there. He's a vet, he's been there and if he doesn't do well -- which I think he will, but if he doesn't -- then you put the young guy in.

 

Could be telling the truth, or could be bitter that a large part of the Bears fanbase seemingly moved on from 54 after seeing Bostic.

 

I think that's a pretty honest assessment of the situation.

JonJayCutler ACL Cubs

JonJayCutler

Verified Member
Posted
Posted
"I like the decision with D.J. I know the young kid had a good preseason but it is the preseason," Urlacher said Tuesday on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN Chicago 1000. "He did well for what they asked him to do, but I like putting D.J. in there. He's a vet, he's been there and if he doesn't do well -- which I think he will, but if he doesn't -- then you put the young guy in.

 

Could be telling the truth, or could be bitter that a large part of the Bears fanbase seemingly moved on from 54 after seeing Bostic.

How has the fanbase moved on? I think it just has to do with veteran players always preferring other veteran players over rookies.

 

Meatheads or not, after those couple games Bostic had all I heard from fans was "Urlacher who?". Maybe "large part" was an exaggeration, but at any rate I'm not surprised that Urlacher prefers D.J.

Banedon GOAT

Banedon

Community Moderator
Posted
Posted
7. Realize I'm considerably out of the mainstream on this one, but by the end of the season, the Bears and quarterback Jay Cutler will both be ready to move on from each other, deciding a five-year relationship is long enough. With new Bears head coach Marc Trestman energizing his game, Cutler will have some dazzling moments in 2013. But doesn't he always? In the final analysis, Cutler will play a lot like Cutler plays, with some great, some bad and some ugly. And Chicago will once again be in that 8-8 neighborhood.
Guest

Guest

Guests
Posted
Posted
I'm confident the Bears are a very good football team. It's just that the schedule is sort of difficult and we have 2 other good teams in this division and it's only 16 games. Who knows what'll happen.
Soul MVP

Soul

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
I'm confident the Bears are a very good football team. It's just that the schedule is sort of difficult and we have 2 other good teams in this division and it's only 16 games. Who knows what'll happen.

 

I'm not really convinced that either the Vikings or Lions are good though. I'm also not sold that the Lions will wind up worse than the Vikes. I feel like there's a chance that the Vikes were a blip last year and wind up worse this year.

Guest

Guest

Guests
Posted
Posted
I'm confident the Bears are a very good football team. It's just that the schedule is sort of difficult and we have 2 other good teams in this division and it's only 16 games. Who knows what'll happen.

 

I'm not really convinced that either the Vikings or Lions are good though. I'm also not sold that the Lions will wind up worse than the Vikes. I feel like there's a chance that the Vikes were a blip last year and wind up worse this year.

 

I think the Vikings are easily the worst team in the division.

 

I expect a bounce back from the Lions.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
The North Side Baseball Caretaker Fund
The North Side Baseball Caretaker Fund

You all care about this site. The next step is caring for it. We’re asking you to caretake this site so it can remain the premier Cubs community on the internet. Included with caretaking is ad-free browsing of North Side Baseball.

Become a Caretaker

  • Member Statistics

    6,793
    Total Members
    13,056
    Most Online
    Kevin OBrien
    Newest Member
    Kevin OBrien
    Joined
×
×
  • Create New...