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Why can't the Bears just say horsefeathers it and rush 7 or 8, with tight coverage? I'm guessing they'll get burned but, I have think 7 or 8 on 5 might win on a few occasions, get to Darnold and force him into mistakes.
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Really, don't care, as long as Caleb gets experience, improves, the outcome of the game is immaterial. In fact a loss is better for the long term, the only annoying aspect will be listening to the MNF staff cream in their pants over the Bears' defense making Darnold look good. Darnold is horsefeathers on stick Viking fans, it'll show up in the playoffs against good defenses who have not checked out.
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To me this smacks of let's keep kicking Poles when he's down, there's a whole list of things Poles horsefeathered up. The Sweat trade isn't one of the things on that list.
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Ilini lost a tough one last night at the buzzer to Tennessee. Despite the loss, can't help but think, after 10 games with a completely new starting lineup and with a couple of exceptions, a new roster. To play the #1 team, who had in come rolling, so closely and almost win. That this Illini team has a very high ceiling, higher than Tennessee', perhaps, the highest of any team in the Big Ten. The question is how soon will it come together? If Underwood can it get going by February without too many losses, look out.
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No defense of Poles though the Sweat trade was fine, problem is he's been playing hurt all season, getting double teamed because no else is a threat. When you're literally the only guy to worry about it's easy for teams to make you ineffective.
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Shocked the Dodgers didn't trade for him but, all kidding aside, as been stated, this is the big bat we've been hoping the Cubs could add.
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And, if the trade should go down, I'm fully prepared for something so Cubs happening. Such as Tucker gets off to the worst start of his career, slumping badly, while Paredes, Smith and, for good measure, Morel tear it up.
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If has to one of Smith, Cassie or Shaw, I'm okay with it being Smith. Long term I believe Cassie' ceiling is higher than Smith's.
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I don't believe so, while I'm not going to say the Bears defense is good, there was, nevertheless, a lack of aggression in the play calling. Don't know if it'll change, no reason, why they shouldn't be aggressive.
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Completely sucks, with a good off season this can be turned around next season, roster is deficient but, not tear down and rebuild bad. It can be fixed in one off season.
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From what I've read here Cassie, Shaw and Smith have the best chance of becoming viable major league players. It would be great if Hoyer could complete a trade for Tucker without including any of those three. Given, right now, Tucker is a one year rental, I don't see how the Astros could command such an outrageous price tag and expect to get anything done.
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Glad the Bengals won, helped the Bears draft position, now, if one or more of Carolina, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Cleveland or the Jets could manage two more wins. That could move the Bears up to the 6-7 range, this is, of course, assuming the Bears don't win any of the remaining games, probably a pretty safe assumption.
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This is okay as well, I know they'll be that whole narrative about Caleb not being the next GM's QB like there was with Poles and Justin. Big difference is Justin was not the prospect Caleb is, meaning that GM-QB marriage stuff won't matter.
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It's super early nevertheless, here's NFL Tankathon' Mock - https://www.tankathon.com/nfl/mock_draft
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We'll see, I believe his next draft is going to heavy DL and OL, it's almost certain the Bears' first rounder is going to be within the 10. Placing them well within range of top two OL and DL prospects plus I think he'll go for line help with the two second rounders.
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I strongly believe Eberflus was an arranged marriage, Eberflus would still be the HC had Warren and Poles not double-teamed McCaskey for hours. I also believe Poles wanted Eberflus gone after last season but, was overridden by McCaskey.
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Think its rather obvious the types above aren't working, if he's any sense or intelligence at all, he's going to try something different when targeting OL help. Will that different be an improvement?
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That's the problem, maybe, Caleb, being his QB, will lend more urgency and willingness to truly address the problem.
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If Ben Johnson is their target they should do whatever it takes to convince him the correct structure is in place.
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It's not rocket surgery - 1. Improve run and pass blocking 2. Add a downhill power RB 3. Add a DE who can get to the QB - I believe even Poles is capable of figuring this out.
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I, to, want Poles removed however, given the reasoning above, that's more of hot-take on my part. Poles has the hard part done, finding a QB, fixing the trenches shouldn't be impossible. It can be done in an off season, other average to below-average GM's have managed such a task. So, it's certainly possible that Poles could accomplish the same. It's all there for the Bears, extend Poles, do whatever it takes to convince Ben Johnson, Poles takes care of the offensive and defensive lines, playoffs then become a real possibility.
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Yes, he needs to be let go, what's ironic is it appears Poles got the hardest part correct - the QB. Even an average GM will probably be able to come in and improve the OL and Dl, something Poles has struggled to right.
