Bears week 3: Lovie returns noon on CBS

[BigSlick]

 

 

Its like some "Evil Twin" horsefeathers

 

Punished Lovie

 

Just need to get him an eye-patch

[Soul]

 

God. I remember those days. WTF I can't even believe that happened, even now.

Not to defend the Bears per se, but that used to be more common. The GM role also changed a lot in the past 30 years and became highly player personnel/scouting focused with the advent of the salary cap in the mid 90s. But I don't think the Bears were the last team to adopt a GM title (or reestablish, after firing Finks).

 

A funny alternative history maybe exists where Michael doesn't eff up the McGinnis hiring and stays on as Pres until 2011, when George replaced him. Phillips never becomes CEO and they operate old-school with no GM even longer than they did.

 

But Michael gets demoted and Phillips first big moves as CEO/Pres are the Soldier Field deal and hiring Angelo as GM. Angelo then tries recruiting Saban who turns him down mostly because he wanted GM duties. IIRC, Lovie was seen as like 3rd choice behind Saban and someone else. Fun sequence of events leading to a failed McGinnis hiring and then the best stretch of the Bears in the past 30 years.

 

Imagine that, first black coach (tied for first) to reach Super Bowl hired as 3rd choice candidate. if that doesn't say something...

Incidentally there’s a pretty damning article in WaPo on the subject.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Not to defend the Bears per se, but that used to be more common. The GM role also changed a lot in the past 30 years and became highly player personnel/scouting focused with the advent of the salary cap in the mid 90s. But I don't think the Bears were the last team to adopt a GM title (or reestablish, after firing Finks).

 

A funny alternative history maybe exists where Michael doesn't eff up the McGinnis hiring and stays on as Pres until 2011, when George replaced him. Phillips never becomes CEO and they operate old-school with no GM even longer than they did.

 

But Michael gets demoted and Phillips first big moves as CEO/Pres are the Soldier Field deal and hiring Angelo as GM. Angelo then tries recruiting Saban who turns him down mostly because he wanted GM duties. IIRC, Lovie was seen as like 3rd choice behind Saban and someone else. Fun sequence of events leading to a failed McGinnis hiring and then the best stretch of the Bears in the past 30 years.

 

Imagine that, first black coach (tied for first) to reach Super Bowl hired as 3rd choice candidate. if that doesn't say something...

Incidentally there’s a pretty damning article in WaPo on the subject.

I saw that article, skimmed it but didn't read it very closely. Honestly tho, all I could this was "well, of course"

[WrigleyField 22]

Incidentally there’s a pretty damning article in WaPo on the subject.

Link?

[BigSlick]

I just hope the Bears don’t embarrass me today.

 

Let Justin Fields cook.

[David]

No Jaylon is not great, bob

[gflore34]

I just hope the Bears don’t embarrass me today.

 

Let Justin Fields cook.

 

Something, anything positive besides the OL are really good at run blocking.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

No Jaylon is not great, bob

 

Maybe it won't matter because teams were already picking on Gordon to a maximum degree

[UMFan83]

Lmao

 

[UMFan83]

Fumbling the first snap is a great start

[UMFan83]

Fields 1-4 on the first drive but I think it was more on the line and WR. The screen pass never had a chance, 2 of the other incompletions he was under pressure pretty soon after the snap. The scramble it didn’t appear like any WRs were open

[gflore34]

Fumbling the first snap is a great start

 

And held the ball too horsefeathering long on what turned out to be a 29 yard scramble. Brown appeared open...

[Tryptamine]

Delayed draw on 3rd and 10. Has anything changed?

[gflore34]

Fields 1-4 on the first drive but I think it was more on the line and WR. The screen pass never had a chance, 2 of the other incompletions he was under pressure pretty soon after the snap. The scramble it didn’t appear like any WRs were open

 

Brown appeared open.

[UMFan83]

Fields 1-4 on the first drive but I think it was more on the line and WR. The screen pass never had a chance, 2 of the other incompletions he was under pressure pretty soon after the snap. The scramble it didn’t appear like any WRs were open

 

Brown appeared open.

 

Was he on the lowest side of the screen on the replay? Looked momentarily open but also had another WR with defender running towards him. You could be right though

[UK]

That didn't look good for Montgomery.

[UK]

Delayed draw on 3rd and 10. Has anything changed?

 

More rollouts.

[Derwood]

is 3.1 yds/attempt good? lol

[Hairyducked Idiot]

There were several throwable options on fields' big run. He just can't make himself pull the trigger. He's only comfortable throwing first-read timing routes or if he's scrambling and can stare down an open guy for a full second.

 

 

We are gonna win this game in the least inspiring way possible

[UMFan83]

Terrible defense that entire drive

[Tryptamine]

Gordon has been a tremendous bust so far.

[gflore34]

There were several throwable options on fields' big run. He just can't make himself pull the trigger. He's only comfortable throwing first-read timing routes or if he's scrambling and can stare down an open guy for a full second.

 

 

We are gonna win this game in the least inspiring way possible

 

Yep, going to be meathead run after run because, Getsy doesn't "trust" Fields to execute or some such BS nonsense.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Without JJ this secondary gets bad fast

[UMFan83]

Why the hell do we return every kickoff

[UMFan83]

horsefeathering embarrassingly bad throw