Bears offseason

[davell]

Holy horsefeathering horsefeathers at the WR market, if Terrelle Pryor doesn't wind up a Bear.....

 

Michael Floyd, Kendall Wright, and Gordon.....Who now looks like a guy we can't do without, if we miss on Pryor.

 

what is gordon's status even?

 

He's applied for reinstatement. Should get it.

[SpongeWorthy]

David's latest software update was to pump copious amounts of sunshine

[David]

funny to think about where we were for several years before getting marshall and jeffery. we went into seasons with either hester or a scrapheap roy williams as our #1 WR.

funny?

 

like our frame of reference is suddenly back where it should be for any nfl team. back then i might've been excited about that WR who had an OK year this year for us who i can't even name.

[WrigleyField 22]

funny to think about where we were for several years before getting marshall and jeffery. we went into seasons with either hester or a scrapheap roy williams as our #1 WR.

funny?

 

like our frame of reference is suddenly back where it should be for any nfl team. back then i might've been excited about that WR who had an OK year this year for us who i can't even name.

Uh, I wouldn't say "for any other NFL team" just the Bears of the aughts.

[jersey cubs fan]

funny to think about where we were for several years before getting marshall and jeffery. we went into seasons with either hester or a scrapheap roy williams as our #1 WR.

funny?

 

like our frame of reference is suddenly back where it should be for any nfl team. back then i might've been excited about that WR who had an OK year this year for us who i can't even name.

Should?

Any?

 

What are you talking about? Every NFL team's frame of reference should be hoping a nobody WR does well? What the hell?

[David]

funny?

 

like our frame of reference is suddenly back where it should be for any nfl team. back then i might've been excited about that WR who had an OK year this year for us who i can't even name.

Uh, I wouldn't say "for any other NFL team" just the Bears of the aughts.

 

i worded that poorly, i guess. i'm saying having marshall and jeffery brought us up to speed, expectations wise.

[cubbyvirus00]

FWIW Jordan Howard just posted a SMH gif on twitter.

[David]

funny?

 

like our frame of reference is suddenly back where it should be for any nfl team. back then i might've been excited about that WR who had an OK year this year for us who i can't even name.

Should?

Any?

 

What are you talking about? Every NFL team's frame of reference should be hoping a nobody WR does well? What the hell?

 

nope. i'm saying we used to have really low expectations and now we're up to speed with the rest of the league in terms of expectations at that position.

 

i'm saying it's funny that the idea of going into a season with hester or roy williams as our #1 didn't make me want to vomit and not watch a game just 6 or 7 years ago.

[David]

on the plus side, it's going to be hard for them to have a good enough year for fox to save his job, right?

 

if they dead cat bounce and maybe defend (depending on this draft) and game manage their way to 7 wins, does fox keep his job?

[jersey cubs fan]

i'm saying it's funny that the idea of going into a season with hester or roy williams as our #1 didn't make me want to vomit and not watch a game just 6 or 7 years ago.

Oh.

 

Okay. But even still, everything about the Bears offense has always wanted to make me vomit.

[We Got The Whole 9]

I'm surprised at how many of you guys want us to blow our load in FA, which is generally an absolutely terrible plan.

 

And we suck so bad that we have to overpay the hell out of every player we puruse.

 

I'm really not gonna hang Pace for not paying 90 mil to Stephon horsefeathering Gilmore, or a decent cover guy who doesn't take the ball away much in Bouye.

 

The Glennon deal is really good for the place our team is in. It's basically a 1-2 year deal for a guy who actual NFL people say is a viable QB with upside remaining. And the fact that he's thrown 10 passes in 2 years is not a negative to me either as it also means he has a clean bill of health and hasn't taken a pounding the last couple years. The Bears have a better line than he's played with and a better run game. That should certainly improve his chances of performing at a high level.

 

And oh what a happy day having Cutler out of Chicago.

 

I don't want to blow our load, but I want us to fill holes. In case you missed it we were a 3-13 team last year and I don't know how signing Glennon, losing an all pro receiver and not getting a top FA at a position of glaring weakness is a good thing.

 

An All-Pro receiver 2 years ago that has done little since to earn big bucks and in a contract year got suspended and really seemed indifferent quite a bit at times. He did himself well, securing a 1-year deal... I was a huge Alshon fan but the last couple years he got ruffled by the teardown (even though most of the cuts were prudent moves) and seemed to slowly (but publicly) detach himself. I was actually surprised we were one of his final choices. Good luck to him though. One of the best receivers we've ever had but that's not saying a whole lot.

 

I'm hopeful over what some NFL guys have said about Glennon. The arm is real, the feet get happy, but he commands the pocket when it's clean, and he's a cheap player who probably hasn't peaked yet. We can draft a QB and groom him properly now. We obviously didn't want to do that with a re-tread or we would've saved some money and signed Hoyer. Our line and run game should complement him very well.

 

Missing on the DBs is tough but it's still early in the process and those players are pretty volatile honestly. However so far I'll agree that it's been disappointing. I really, really wanted Jefferson, and pretty much any of the top 10 CBs because we suck there so much. But there's still a lot of players out there.

[WrigleyField 22]

on the plus side, it's going to be hard for them to have a good enough year for fox to save his job, right?

 

if they dead cat bounce and maybe defend (depending on this draft) and game manage their way to 7 wins, does fox keep his job?

Probably depends on how they do it.

[minnesotacubsfan]

i'm saying it's funny that the idea of going into a season with hester or roy williams as our #1 didn't make me want to vomit and not watch a game just 6 or 7 years ago.

Oh.

 

Okay. But even still, everything about the Bears offense has always wanted to make me vomit.

 

[expletive]. not everything, Cutty, Forte, BMarsh, Jeffery gave me hope even if the coaches were crap

 

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[jersey cubs fan]

on the plus side, it's going to be hard for them to have a good enough year for fox to save his job, right?

 

if they dead cat bounce and maybe defend (depending on this draft) and game manage their way to 7 wins, does fox keep his job?

 

It would be his last year under contract so it's either extension or fire at that point. I can only imagine they are waiting out the time to fire him, but who the hell knows.

[Sammy Sofa]

8 seasons over .500 over the last 25 years.

 

3 of those 8 seasons were 9-7 seasons.

 

The Bears are a dreg team.

[jersey cubs fan]

We can draft a QB and groom him properly now.

 

nothing has changed in terms of their ability to draft a QB and groom him properly

[SpongeWorthy]

8 seasons over .500 over the last 25 years.

 

3 of those 8 seasons were 9-7 seasons.

 

The Bears are a dreg team.

The most nondescript big market team in the NFL by a mile

[David]

8 seasons over .500 over the last 25 years.

 

3 of those 8 seasons were 9-7 seasons.

 

The Bears are a dreg team.

 

weren't pretty much all of those in the last 15?

 

including a superbowl and nfccg appearance?

 

i'm not gonna split hairs, yeah, if you go back to 1992, they're like a tier above the browns. going back about 15 years it's considerably less dismal, imo.

[David]

8 seasons over .500 over the last 25 years.

 

3 of those 8 seasons were 9-7 seasons.

 

The Bears are a dreg team.

The most nondescript big market team in the NFL by a mile

 

do the rams and jets count?

[SpongeWorthy]

The Jets had Favres dong, Rex and the buttfumble and some OK teams sprinkled in here or there

 

The Rams don't count yet

 

We haven't even been on Hard Knocks!

[WrigleyField 22]

8 seasons over .500 over the last 25 years.

 

3 of those 8 seasons were 9-7 seasons.

 

The Bears are a dreg team.

The most nondescript big market team in the NFL by a mile

Hey, the Jets want a word about that.

[Guest]

Holy horsefeathering horsefeathers at the WR market, if Terrelle Pryor doesn't wind up a Bear.....

 

Michael Floyd, Kendall Wright, and Gordon.....Who now looks like a guy we can't do without, if we miss on Pryor.

 

what is gordon's status even?

 

He's applied for reinstatement. Should get it.

 

And eligible right away, since he served his suspension.

[minnesotacubsfan]

8 seasons over .500 over the last 25 years.

 

3 of those 8 seasons were 9-7 seasons.

 

The Bears are a dreg team.

The most nondescript big market team in the NFL by a mile

 

do the rams and jets count?

 

Rams have won a sb. and they are JUST becoming a big market team again. The Jets....well...they'll always have Joe Namath

[Sammy Sofa]

8 seasons over .500 over the last 25 years.

 

3 of those 8 seasons were 9-7 seasons.

 

The Bears are a dreg team.

 

weren't pretty much all of those in the last 15?

 

including a superbowl and nfccg appearance?

 

i'm not gonna split hairs, yeah, if you go back to 1992, they're like a tier above the browns. going back about 15 years it's considerably less dismal, imo.

 

5 seasons above .500 in the last 15 years, with one of those being 9-7. Still sounds pretty shitty. At best they spent a good chunk of that time hovering around 8-8.

[David]

The Jets had Favres dong, Rex and the buttfumble and some OK teams sprinkled in here or there

The Rams don't count yet

 

We haven't even been on Hard Knocks!

 

i know this was a half serious post but the bears went to a superbowl and had a bunch of other ok teams under lovie, remember?