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  1. gflore34
    He'd probably be working on winning his 3rd straight championship in 3 seasons as a starter if Dee Ford had just lined up correctly in the 2018 AFC title game. I think a shoot out between him and Rodgers in the SB would have been fun to watch.
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    I thought the same thing, except when Brady was throwing INTs I also thought the same about TB. All around there were mistakes being made that were beneath these teams. It got pretty bizarre at the end, with LaFleur's call being the capper for me. For Rodgers' part, after the game he said the call wasn't his to go for the FG. To me that's really close to saying it was BS, but maybe I'm reading into it. I agree if you are a Packer fan you've got to be wondering what it takes to get over the hump. When you look at the statistics Rodgers was amazing, even for him, every chance he took worked, it was all going for him, how many possible int's hit Bears defenders in hands and were dropped, 3, 4? I thought last year' 13-3 team was a fraud but, this year' version was genuine, legitimately good.
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    Too bad for Packer fans their beloved decided to be Bear-like for the NFC Championship. The TD before the half? That's Bear 101, Eddie Jackson with his arms in the air saying WTF happened, LOL. But, seriously what tremendous disappointment for Packer fans, your HOF QB arguably having a career year, with a well rounded offense, solid defense, a really good team, I thought them to be the SB favorite, KC not withstanding. Now they, like Bear fans, can watch another team in the SB maybe, Amos can watch it with his best buddy Mitch.
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    RIP, one of the greatest
  5. gflore34
    if you are frustrated with the qb play this year, how does that make any sense on improving it next year? You get MUCH worse at the starter. resign Trubisky and roll the dice on Jones. There is no reason to get worse while trying to get better You have to try lots of options. Put a guy in a new system and who knows, he might improve. But if the worst case is you actually get worse QB play, then you'll also get a much better draft pick in 2022 and an entirely new regime to make that selection. Without getting Fields, Wilson, Lance or Watson, I'm thinking loading up on the offensive line while waiting for the next QB opportunity is way to go. So go with that bridge or patch work QB, having that OL in place will certainly help to hasten the development of your franchise QB.
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    And that doesn't sound like a QB solution for the Bears.
  7. gflore34
    3 first rounders and some additional day 2/3 picks. Texans wouldn’t want Mack. With Mack I was thinking about offsetting the additional salary they'd have to take on or something such. Saw someone mentioned the Texans not having much cap space so, trading a big salary and taking on a big salary is probably not in their interests.
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    Hypothetically what would it take for the Bears to acquire Watson? 2021 1st round pick and Mack or, firsts in '21 and '22? Do not know much about NFL trade mechanisms nor am I certain Nagy can get it right with Watson. Do know Watson managed to put up impressive numbers with a collection of receivers arguably worst than those of the Bears. Along with a worse OL, RB and TE.
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    KC was my last hope to keep GB from winning the SB, KC sans a healthy Mahomes really makes GB the favorite, by a significant amount. Hell, I'm not so certain they weren't the favorite, regardless. Don't believe the NFC Championship is going to be very close, man, I loathe the Packers, respect them as a good team, etc. But, so horsefeathering tried of Rodgers and his pisshead porn 'stache beating up on the Bears and laughing about it, some day, year, century the Bears will do something about it , I hope.
  10. gflore34
    Until we get to see Brady with a truly awful coach like Matt Nagy though, we'll never get the full sample we need. Along those lines was wondering if Nagy had Watson could we finally see the Bears with a real NFL offense? Not so certain the answer is yes.
  11. gflore34
    Its lack of effort, plain and simple, out rebounded by a shorter team, you're not trying that hard. The potential is there but, they allow themselves to pushed around, out hustled, don't know what it'll take to light a fire under their asses. I'm certain Underwood has tried all sorts of methods, must drive him crazy to sit there and give credit to the other team, strength of Big Ten, etc. when it's obvious his team really isn't putting forth its best effort.
  12. gflore34
    Agreed doesn't hurt they're playing Bears extra, extra D, same terrible offense, with a crappy when healthy QB who is hurt.
  13. gflore34
    I've said this before but people have to realize why the Bears haven't had that luck. It's not that they are the Bears and it will never work, but it's that for the majority of their history they have purposefully been a defense first and run the ball a very close 2nd. They spent a high first on Trubisky, but they also made the mistake of having a first time GM making that pick without any input from the head coach, or anybody with an inkling of NFL offensive smarts. The Bears need a real focus on offense, not Canadian offense, NFL offense. There is a chance Nagy is that guy. Maybe he can help pick out the right draft pick. We know Pace can't. Also, everybody comments about the Packers but it's 2 times. They found a QB twice. It's not like they've found a QB every 5 years or something. They found two QBs who lasted a long time each. Prior to that the Packers were joke. They sucked for a very long time. They hired an absolutely Grade A offensive head coach and it changed the trajectory of the organization. Yes, I slighty exaggerated and I believe you're correct regarding the hire of a Grade A offensive coach.
  14. gflore34
    yeah, biggs was on the score this morning saying he has no idea what's going on...said that the bears could have easily scheduled end of season pressers for pace and nagy with firm date/time and they haven't (just an open ended TBA), so as to suggest that it may mean something. Why does anything need to happen? They've a horsefeathers-ton of excuses to retain the status quo besides the customary we tried real hard, made the playoffs, excuses for being terrible end of season press conference what more is necessary?
  15. gflore34
    Hell, I'd even take an offense that could overcome a negative play, so tried of knowing a false start means a punt in four plays. Over the last few years the Bears must be last or next to last in teams being able to overcome a negative play to get a first down, its uncanny and pathetic.
  16. gflore34
    I don't like this line of thinking. The goal shouldn't be average anywhere. People have suggested getting rid of Fuller and Hicks, trading whoever you can on D to built the offense, but that's not how you build a team. If you have good players, keep them. Offense, defense, special teams. If you have to build the Rams, build the Rams rather than chasing a pipe dream of mirroring KCs talent. Obviously if the choice is a potentially great edge rusher vs a potentially great QB, you go with offense but you can't ignore the defense or you end up with Trestman's Bears. Sent from my SM-A115AZ using Tapatalk Yeah, there's no fool proof plan, just don't think teams like the Rams and Bears have had much of a chance this year.
  17. gflore34
    Option 1. Luck into a superstar QB, never let him go, and build a well rounded team every year. Option 2. Cycle through rookie scale QBs and alternate recurring cycles of elite Ds with strong offense supporting casts with the occasional blow up/reset offseason. So basically pursue option 2, but it you get supremely lucky, divert plans to option 1. Given have Bears never lucked into a superstar QB, makes it feel as if it's nearly impossible for them, I know the overall chances of lucking into that QB are slim. Just seems especially improbable when considering the Bears and, of course, the Packers will just pull another franchise QB out their asses once Rodgers retires. Be it Love or whatever, other QB they draft in the twenties, Love was 26th.
  18. gflore34
    Putting my beliefs about ownership aside, wouldn't you think the approach has to be build an overwhelming or super good offense with an average defense? With all the built in advantages an offense has in today' NFL, the great defense, TOP offense has little chance of succeeding. Sure the Ram defense has been fantastic and, I despise the Packers, however, is there any doubt the Rams will lose by double digits next week? They've got about as much a chance as the Bears had yesterday. It's got to be offense, offense, offense, starting with the OL, thinking the Bears should go OL in the first round.
  19. gflore34
    Tough is right. It's tough to lose when you out-shoot, out-rebound, out-assist and out-steal the opponent. Just one of those games where Maryland made just enough contested jumpers to keep close enough and beat Illinois at the free throw line. Tough loss, but that kind of thing can happen in a relentless conference schedule. I don't know, this Illini team can go from world beaters to losing to a not so good Maryland team in the blink of an eye. Prime candidates for a 2, 3 seed - 15, 14 seed upset or Final Four run, Underwood' got to kick them in the ass to get effort from them, must drive him crazy.
  20. gflore34
    how much of it is Eddie and how much of it is Paganos use of Eddie? I asked the same about Mack yesterday. But Jackson looked like trash out there this season. My oversized gut says that's more on him than the idiot DC. I think its more on Jackson, Mack was being double teamed, horse collared, chopped etc. thought he did about as well as he could. I've been down on Mack since he's basically disappeared but, a good portion of his ineffectiveness has to attributed to the fact no one else can get to the QB, he's doubled teamed, held and Pagano' use of him is made him invisible.
  21. gflore34
    Can he take Eddie Jackson with him?
  22. gflore34
    It was him getting chewed out by the coach for falling for the think they specifically talked about not falling for, and Miller dismissed him. That's on Miller. That makes sense. Couldn't remember when in the game that happened. Completely on Miller beyond stupid he was so gullible, I'm certain there's more we don't see off camera. No doubt, who ever that horsefeathers #22 is, he's doing more than trash talking, cheap shot here or there, when the play' over, etc. nevertheless, maintain cool, let the officiating take care of him.
  23. gflore34
    Nagy will hold them back on offense and Mitch is the perfect QB to do that. Mitch was playing QB for a contract yesterday and couldn't even try for a 1st down on a 4th down scramble. The only thing that they could've kept Nagy was they did play hard for him but now with an issue with the culture of this team, he's done. A poor in-game coach with a poor offensive scheme who can't call games who brings in a DC who can't scheme against a broken QB who elderly and can't throw for more than 5 yards and you play off coverage. They make up for it by having a GM who can't draft. How did that 1st and 2nd Rd combo of Trubisky and Miller do? All trash. horsefeathers em all. My same thought, burn it all down, the approach on defense may have been worse than Nagy' offensive approach. You know the excuse for not being aggressive on D is all personal missing due to injuries. Sometime in these playoffs a team is going to realize Brees is limited and they'll use it to kick the horsefeathers of them.
  24. gflore34
    I can't see the McCaskey' not using every excuse to go with the status quo, they've a plethora of excuses at their disposal - pandemic, made the playoffs, etc. I still maintain we may never see a seriously good Bears team, organization until ownership changes.
  25. gflore34
    Saints defense is good and all that, blah, blah, blah, didn't hurt they were facing a team with a "offensive" HC who's scared of his own shadow. If there's was ever an opportunity to go for broke, yesterday was it, yet, being the dick less coward he is, Nagy attempted his TOP garbage. Before the game announcers suggested Nagy open it up, be aggressive, halftime they suggested he do so again, Romo suggested the same at least, four times. Doesn't fill me with confidence that should a miracle occur and Nagy end up with a competent QB his play calling won't hold them back.
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