2025 Bears Offseason Thread

[UMFan83]

4 minutes ago, Outshined_One said:

His dad sounds like a peach.

I remember him making several comments on twitter last year basically calling out the Bears indirectly.  That said, if the Bears and Caleb play well, I doubt he's much of a concern.

[mul21]

19 minutes ago, Outshined_One said:

His dad sounds like a peach.

Sounds like a guy who wanted his kid to go into a situation where he could succeed and based on the Bears history (and the idiotic decision to keep Eberflus) I have a hard time blaming him for his position.  And we all know he's right about the CBA/salary cap being trash.

Just another affirmation that the McCaskeys need to sell the team because they're incompetent boobs.

[Old Style]

No one would watch film with Caleb or even tell him what to watch? WTF were the coaches doing?

[gflore34]

3 minutes ago, mul21 said:

Sounds like a guy who wanted his kid to go into a situation where he could succeed and based on the Bears history (and the idiotic decision to keep Eberflus) I have a hard time blaming him for his position.  And we all know he's right about the CBA/salary cap being trash.

Just another affirmation that the McCaskeys need to sell the team because they're incompetent boobs.

I believe the Bears have gone to great strides to put Caleb into a position where he can succeed and that's all you can ask of any team.

[gflore34]

1 minute ago, Old Style said:

No one would watch film with Caleb or even tell him what to watch? WTF were the coaches doing?

Believe we read or heard of a high degree of un-professionalism, a lack of attention to detail amongst the last coaching staff.  At the least, it sounds like the Bears have remedied those issues.

[mul21]

1 minute ago, gflore34 said:

I believe the Bears have gone to great strides to put Caleb into a position where he can succeed and that's all you can ask of any team.

No, I can ask that they fire an obviously incompetent coach before a second double digit loss season.  They could have had Ben Johnson before last year and avoided ALL of this horsefeathers.

[gflore34]

1 minute ago, mul21 said:

No, I can ask that they fire an obviously incompetent coach before a second double digit loss season.  They could have had Ben Johnson before last year and avoided ALL of this horsefeathers.

I agree, believe everyone except the Bears' brass knew Eberflus should have been fired, I still think Eberflus was foisted upon Poles.  Poles knew full well Eberflus should have been fired, ownership had a heavy hand in him being retained.  And I'm not certain they could have had Ben Johnson last season, I really think he wanted to finish the job in Detroit by helping them get to the SB.

[Brian707]

I believe on Black Friday the McCaskeys still had to be convinced to fire his ass. Hence the reason that Flus still had a press conference 2 hours before he was sent packing

[The_Achiever]

I mean who can blame them?  The Bears are one of the most dysfunctional organizations in pro sports. 

I'd have done the same thing.  To the Bears credit they've hired what appears to be a good coaching staff, as well as investing in the OL and weapons.  It's a nice spot now, but I still don't think Poles is good at his job.  In Ben and Caleb I trust.

[gflore34]

45 minutes ago, Brian707 said:

I believe on Black Friday the McCaskeys still had to be convinced to fire his ass. Hence the reason that Flus still had a press conference 2 hours before he was sent packing

Didn't Warren and Poles have to double team George?

[Cubs420psd]

4 hours ago, Old Style said:

No one would watch film with Caleb or even tell him what to watch? WTF were the coaches doing?

Great question. Here's another, wtf was Ryan Poles doing? How do you let that horsefeathers go on in your program and not make a move sooner? It's sickening that Poles survived last year's mess.

[NorthsideAvenger]

Can't really argue anything about what the Williams felt leading up to the draft. The only nonsense of the whole story was Caleb's father trying to use the UFL as a ploy. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

5 hours ago, Old Style said:

No one would watch film with Caleb or even tell him what to watch? WTF were the coaches doing?

Studying game management strategies surely 

[Brian707]

4 hours ago, gflore34 said:

Didn't Warren and Poles have to double team George?

Pretty much.  I bet the old bag probably said something like"Georgie don't fire Eberflus, he is such a nice young man"

 

In the end, Poles and Warren won out, thankfully 

[Soul]

As bad as we all thought it was inside Halas Hall, turns out it was worse.  Who ever heard of not watching film with your QB?

I believe this team is in the best position to succeed on offense as it has been in my lifetime though.  And reading the end of the article it sounds like Caleb is thrilled with what’s happening.

[Brian707]

I hope Caleb lights up the Cowboys defense week 3 when Flus returns 

[BigbadB]

It's been a running joke forever that Chicago is where QB's go to die. I can't blame either him or his dad for having those sentiments. The team was a running joke at the time given the rebuild and coaches who sucked. 

Not sure who would buy a book about this though. Good luck with that.

[Wilson A2000]

19 hours ago, gflore34 said:

Believe we read or heard of a high degree of un-professionalism, a lack of attention to detail amongst the last coaching staff.  At the least, it sounds like the Bears have remedied those issues.

I think so, but there was also talk of Caleb not being the hardest worker

[gflore34]

20 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

I think so, but there was also talk of Caleb not being the hardest worker

If true, sounds like Ben Johnson is going to fix it, I don't think he's in the business of giving free passes to anyone.  Moreover, I remember, at one point last season, many of the players were requesting they'd be coach harder, kept on task - Johnson will fix this as well.  Thought I read something about Poles questioning lack of attentiveness during training camp?  If so, my guess is he stepped in and talked to Eberflus, of course, once you set the tone of not being serious, etc. it's hard to break.

Edited May 16, 2025 by gflore34

[Old Style]

2 hours ago, BigbadB said:

It's been a running joke forever that Chicago is where QB's go to die. I can't blame either him or his dad for having those sentiments. The team was a running joke at the time given the rebuild and coaches who sucked. 

Not sure who would buy a book about this though. Good luck with that.

That’s a small portion of the book. 

[Soul]

12 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

If true, sounds like Ben Johnson is going to fix it, I don't think he's in the business of giving free passes to anyone.  Moreover, I remember, at one point last season, many of the players were requesting they'd be coach harder, kept on task - Johnson will fix this as well.  Thought I read something about Poles questioning lack of attentiveness during training camp?  If so, my guess is he stepped in and talked to Eberflus, of course, once you set the tone of not being serious, etc. it's hard to break.

I also remember talk of some players at least suggesting there was a lack of accountability.  I can’t remember specifics.

[CubinNY]

It's all water under the bridge. At least for once, everyone looks like they are on the same page. They had their draft and drafted guys for Johnson's approach. I am optimistic about the future. I don't think Poles is the right GM for this team, but time will tell.

[Derwood]

With the Bears' track record of ignoring their offensive line, maybe dad thought Caleb would literally die

[jumbo]

On 5/15/2025 at 1:15 PM, UMFan83 said:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45161794/caleb-williams-sought-way-going-chicago-bears

Hmmm

Thanks for posting this. Hard to say Carl was wrong about anything. Props to Caleb for hanging tough all season and not complaining publicly. 

[gflore34]

On 5/17/2025 at 7:00 AM, jumbo said:

Thanks for posting this. Hard to say Carl was wrong about anything. Props to Caleb for hanging tough all season and not complaining publicly. 

The myth of Chicago is where QB's go to die is, just that, a myth.  With Mitch and Justin the only things the Bears were guilty of is drafting QB's who don't have what it takes to consistently succeed in the NFL.
The Bears didn't coach their flaws into them and they sure as horsefeathers couldn't coach them out.  Just ask Steelers, with a proven coaching staff, why is Justin no longer their QB?    Media keeps perpetuating this nonsense.   

Edited May 18, 2025 by gflore34