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[minnesotacubsfan]

I don't know if I'd rather have it be that Pace and co just whiffed terribly or that there is a literal curse at Halas Hall that destroys QBs.

 

 

welp, we all know where sully stands on that one

[David]

Thanks for the trip back. I'm pretty happy with my draft day knee jerk analysis all things considered.

 

Crazy to read the reviews of Trubisky's strengths of footwork and reading progressions. Nbd, just missed on his biggest weaknesses by calling them his biggest strengths.

 

Remember that Cian Fahey article that raved about how otherwordly accurate he was too?

Was that the one about how shocked his teammates were at practice whenever he threw an incompletion?

 

I don't know if I'd rather have it be that Pace and co just whiffed terribly or that there is a literal curse at Halas Hall that destroys QBs.

 

I can't remember if that anecdote was in there. It was the one in this post. But the article has been taken down, it looks like.

 

It was an analysis of Watson and Trubisky before the draft.

 

viewtopic.php?f=44&t=1203&p=164877&hilit=presnapreads&sid=92d3bdf714c07736b975b20fb4b900c8#p164877

 

 

and there was also this:

 

viewtopic.php?f=44&t=1203&p=166013&hilit=accuracy#p166013

[minnesotacubsfan]

 

Remember that Cian Fahey article that raved about how otherwordly accurate he was too?

Was that the one about how shocked his teammates were at practice whenever he threw an incompletion?

 

I don't know if I'd rather have it be that Pace and co just whiffed terribly or that there is a literal curse at Halas Hall that destroys QBs.

 

I can't remember if that anecdote was in there. It was the one in this post. But the article has been taken down, it looks like.

 

It was an analysis of Watson and Trubisky before the draft.

 

http://www.northsidebaseball.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=1203&p=164877&hilit=presnapreads&sid=92d3bdf714c07736b975b20fb4b900c8#p164877

 

 

and there was also this:

 

http://www.northsidebaseball.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=1203&p=166013&hilit=accuracy#p166013

 

yes, his accuracy was his biggest asset pre-draft as I recall. But that just makes me wonder how well scouts know this horsefeathers, and why they place one qb's accuracy over the other. The second post suggests "his throws allow covered guys to become uncovered, essentially". what the hell does that even mean? And what was that comment based on?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Trubisky's accuracy is hard to describe because it's not like he's spraying throws with no idea of where they're going. He throws 80% of his balls precisely where he intends to and 20% of them mysteriously miss by five yards. Which obviously isn't acceptable for an NFL quarterback.

 

But given a better OL, I think you could live with his throws. What kills me is the reads. I'm used to dumb quarterbacks who throw into triple coverage. I've never seen one who can so consistently look right at wide-open receivers who are in his read progression and simply "lol nope" and move on to the dump-off.

 

I'm gonna post these every week just to be spiteful of the complaints last week, but also because they're fun:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcBYaei7Dbw&feature=youtu.be

 

This offense has so many problems. There's now way they fix them all before someone gets fired and we have to rebuild from scratch again.

[minnesotacubsfan]

GRIIP IT AND RIIP IT

[Hairyducked Idiot]

GRIIP IT AND RIIP IT

 

HELLO MODERATORS I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TO BE THE LITTLE THING UNDER MY AVATAR PLS

 

Or I guess I can just make it my location.

[Derwood]

Trubisky reminds me of Aaron Rodgers. Watch the tape, watch how he goes through progressions.

 

Everyone bookmark this post.

[WrigleyField 22]

^^^ Easily worth +.020412984102410841204 credibilities and 0 ownups

 

I actually saw that post earlier, low enough that I looked, and wanted to bump it but knew you would eventually. It's impressive how many people knew to hate that trade immediately

I mean, with the success rate of QBs you can just hate every pick and look like you know what you're talking about most of the time. When it's the Bears, you're even safer.

[Derwood]

I bumped it more to make fun of Sulley being a hump

[Cubswin11]

Stannis wrote:

Trubisky reminds me of Aaron Rodgers. Watch the tape, watch how he goes through progressions.

 

[Sammy Sofa]

I bumped it more to make fun of Sulley being a hump

 

Yeah, predicting Trubisky to suck and/or the Bears the botch the whole thing was hardly a stretch; variations of that line of thought was overwhelmingly the consensus from pretty much everyone and everywhere outside of the Bears Bubble and some scattered football weirdos from the moment the debacle hilariously unfolded (like, how could you script such a perfect Bears Move any better? I submit you cannot). Sulley being SO all in, however, will never stop being incredible.

[Sammy Sofa]

Just for kicks, I did a VERY brief glance at the Bears history since the SB started being played. Am I right in seeing only 18 seasons with a record above .500? Out of, what, 55-ish seasons? And 15-ish playoff appearances? Those numbers are downright Browns/Jets-ian. That one SB win is doing a LOT of horsefeathering lifting. When they hell do these guys finally start getting things like the hilarious draft debacle montages they deserve?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Just for kicks, I did a VERY brief glance at the Bears history since the SB started being played. Am I right in seeing only 18 seasons with a record above .500? Out of, what, 55-ish seasons? And 15-ish playoff appearances? Those numbers are downright Browns/Jets-ian. That one SB win is doing a LOT of horsefeathering lifting. When they hell do these guys finally start getting things like the hilarious draft debacle montages they deserve?

 

I get my Bears doom boner jollies looking in other direction right now.

 

After they cut Kyle Long, they'll have $21m in cap space. Their important UFAs are Clinton-Dix, Treviathon, Kwiatkoski and Daniel. No first-round pick.

 

That's basically enough cap room to sign their draft picks and replace the guys they're losing, and that's it. And that's assuming they hit on the second-rounders and get guys who can be useful right away. It will cost them all their offseason resources just get back to this turd of a team, except a year older.

[WrigleyField 22]

Just for kicks, I did a VERY brief glance at the Bears history since the SB started being played. Am I right in seeing only 18 seasons with a record above .500? Out of, what, 55-ish seasons? And 15-ish playoff appearances? Those numbers are downright Browns/Jets-ian. That one SB win is doing a LOT of horsefeathering lifting. When they hell do these guys finally start getting things like the hilarious draft debacle montages they deserve?

 

I get my Bears doom boner jollies looking in other direction right now.

 

After they cut Kyle Long, they'll have $21m in cap space. Their important UFAs are Clinton-Dix, Treviathon, Kwiatkoski and Daniel. No first-round pick.

 

That's basically enough cap room to sign their draft picks and replace the guys they're losing, and that's it. And that's assuming they hit on the second-rounders and get guys who can be useful right away. It will cost them all their offseason resources just get back to this turd of a team, except a year older.

2/4 on spelling their UFAs names, not bad.

 

Also Daniel is not important.

 

Next time keep it simple though. There's Danny and Ha Ha. Next up is White Nick and Black Nick. Other minor FA include Lynch, Bush, RRH and Coward (latter 2 RFA).

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Pretttty sure they're gonna try to have a decent backup QB next season.

 

P sure I'm 3/4 on the names. I know which one I got wrong without looking, Trev, but the rest are right?

[WrigleyField 22]

Also re: FA, White Nick has a chance to show he can make Danny expendable. He won't be as good as him, but should be cheaper (along with a decent 3rd ILB who can cover some of the more obvious passing downs). The two games he's seen significant action this year have been promising.

 

Other cap clearing possibilities:

 

Gabriel or Patterson could create some space and they aren't utilizing the WR depth they have anyways. On the other hand, they both add speed our WR Corp is otherwise missing.

 

Prince or Fuller could save space, but you'll probably pay just the same on the open market unless you feel like rolling the dice cheaper. Unlike WR, they haven't done too much development via the draft (just some UDFAs).

 

There may be also some opportunities for some roster bonus conversion shenanigans.

 

Oh and it hurts to say, but Floyd hasn't quite shown he deserves 13M and that's only guaranteed for injury.

 

Sadly Leno, all of 3M savings cutting him provides, might actually be a better use of space.

 

And finally sending Shaheen packing picks up a sweet 1.2M. That's gotta be like 1/3 of our draft class paid for right there!

[Hairyducked Idiot]

That's cutting some bone. You *can* do all that stuff, but you're not fielding a championship contending football team as a result. You're downgrading positions to try to salvage other ones.

 

Other than Shaheen, who is definitely toast.

[WrigleyField 22]

Pretttty sure they're gonna try to have a decent backup QB next season.

 

P sure I'm 3/4 on the names. I know which one I got wrong without looking, Trev, but the rest are right?

Damn, you did get White Nick's name right. Still, the little joys like having White Nick and Black Nick make it way more fun then ever having to double check his spelling.

 

RE, the first point, I believe that would make Daniel insignificant. Personally I'd rather see them go cheap/higher upside route. Maybe Sudfeld from PHI, Cooper Rush (DAL). Hell, even Driskel from DET would be more interesting than Daniel.

 

Also, it actually seems like there will be some interesting Rd 2 QB names. Hurts, Fromm, Eason could all be day 2 picks that provide varying levels of upside. All different types of QBs which adds to the intrigue. Hurts as th electrifying runner, Eason, your prototypical toolsy QB with a rocket arm. Fromm the experienced, credentialed QB, but with the least physical upside.

 

Basically I say go as cheap as you can at shoring up the QB spot and double down on "the plan" as it was 18 months ago: putting as many resources as you can into a dominating D and winning on a cheap rookie QB contract. Worst case scenario it blows up and you tanked for Trevor Lawrence. No solace in Chase Daniel saving the Bears from a 13 loss season with a 10 loss season instead.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Just for kicks, I did a VERY brief glance at the Bears history since the SB started being played. Am I right in seeing only 18 seasons with a record above .500? Out of, what, 55-ish seasons? And 15-ish playoff appearances? Those numbers are downright Browns/Jets-ian. That one SB win is doing a LOT of horsefeathering lifting. When they hell do these guys finally start getting things like the hilarious draft debacle montages they deserve?

 

#flagsflyforever

 

 

or something

[WrigleyField 22]

That's cutting some bone. You *can* do all that stuff, but you're not fielding a championship contending football team as a result. You're downgrading positions to try to salvage other ones.

 

Other than Shaheen, who is definitely toast.

It really just depends to what end. I could totally be convinced that blowing the load on Clowney with a combo of a backloaded contract and cutting Floyd would be worth it after seeing how this D has played without Hicks as the second big star to take focus off Mack.

 

Or if one of the top 3 QBs actually became available, they'd probably be worth whatever downgrading you'd need to make elsewhere to make it happen.

 

They'll have *options* though. And yea, it's obvious a uphill battle no matter what, but they can make a last swing this year on the window, and then will have plenty of opportunity to shed contracts and collect picks the next year when that last swing inevitably fails.

 

Or Pace will trade 2021's first on someone he has conviction for (but kind of definitely will end up stinking). But he's gonna hit big time on the 4th Rd comp pick he just scored for Amos.

[jersey cubs fan]

Pretttty sure they're gonna try to have a decent backup QB next season.t?

Thus the reason Daniel is nowhere near “important”

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Pretttty sure they're gonna try to have a decent backup QB next season.t?

Thus the reason Daniel is nowhere near “important”

 

I just mean in terms of "they will spend some cap space or draft picks to fill this spot." Not that they want that specific player to come back.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Just for kicks, I did a VERY brief glance at the Bears history since the SB started being played. Am I right in seeing only 18 seasons with a record above .500? Out of, what, 55-ish seasons? And 15-ish playoff appearances? Those numbers are downright Browns/Jets-ian. That one SB win is doing a LOT of horsefeathering lifting. When they hell do these guys finally start getting things like the hilarious draft debacle montages they deserve?

 

 

You're pointing out the flaws of a fanchise that actually has more success then your favorite baseball team. Think about that.

Edited November 14, 2019 by minnesotacubsfan

[David]

Treviathon

 

this spelling was so bad that it actually made me forget how to spell it.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Treviathon

 

this spelling was so bad that it actually made me forget how to spell it.

 

speaking of, what is the realistic drop off from Danny to White Nick? WN passes the eye test, he shows up when he plays and seems like he makes more plays then Danny. Is it WN's pass coverage thats so terrifying?