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Rumors I was hearing is that Harbaugh wanted a Gruden type contract.

At this point, if Caldwell doesn't settle for the job, I'd say just go with another hot young candidate. Getting Caldwell at OC would be great. I'd no longer be underwhelmed. Probably not overwhelmed either, but very sufficiently whelmed. I wonder how realistic it is? Caldwell isn't likely getting a HC position, so yeah, that would be a great fit for the Bears. Wasn't he the one gushing the most about Fields?

I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I don't really have a problem with Pace. Every one of his 2021 picks has now played a game this year. Newsome probably only played because of Covid, but in these past two drafts, he has gotten Fields, Jenkins, Borom, Herbert, Graham, Kmet, Jaylon, Gipson and Mooney. He's also brought in Roquan and Montgomery, and that list is a big percentage of the players making things happen with this team. Only 4 of those picks over the last two years were before the 5th round, granted by his own doing. Nagy turned out to be a huge mistake, but he was a popular choice at the time given the success KC was having with him as OC. This is a team that was/is hurting for someone to create points, so grabbing a guy who was partially responsible for one of the best scoring teams in the league seemed like a good call at the time. So maybe give him a do over on picking the next coach. You really don't know what you will be getting with the next GM. It will either be someone who was recently fired or someone with no experience. He may end up getting the axe, but I wouldn't be surprised if he finds a job right away somewhere else and eventually finds success rebuilding that organization. I just think Nagy has been THAT BAD. Nagy's next job might be as a Walmart greeter. Offensive guru? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

There is no point in keeping Nagy any longer. He's lost the locker room. An interim isn't going to be able to turn things around, but a message needs to be sent that you can no longer accept nonsense from the head coach. Oh, and this was my first Bears game as an Illinois resident in 25 years. It's good to be back.

Well maybe they just don't want to spend the extra cap to IR him lol Normally I wouldn't care, but my fantasy league has free replacements before waivers/free agency for guys on IR. I can have the first crack at Damien Williams if they place him on IR. I know, no one cares about my horsefeathering fantasy team. LOL.

Everything I'm reading says he's most likely to return after the bye week.

What's the hold up in putting Montgomery on IR?

I mean we can't be too surprised their waiver wire returner didn't work out. For some reason I was thinking he was more than a waiver wire pickup. Nevermind.

I thought Webster was brought in to be the return man.

I'd also be okay with him announcing that he's stepping down because he's now recognizing that he isn't talented enough to coach an NFL team. I'll hold out hope for that until it's something much more lame, like Dalton starting.

I know that there's this Nagy-Pace alliance where they seem in lockstep, but if Pace is all about self-preservation wouldn't it benefit him to not go down with the Nagy ship and give himself a chance to show that he built a decent roster? (I'm not saying he necessarily has, but I'm sure they are better than what they've shown so far) I think it would behoove Pace to cut bait. There won't be many future GM jobs for him in the NFL if he goes down with Nagy. If there was ever a time he were to avoid sitting on his hands, this moment would be it, IMO.

I haven't been able to see the last two games as I'm in the middle of my move back to the midwest, but I guess I'm glad I didn't. I'd probably need a new tv, and not because of bumps on I-40 in New Mexico. Matt Nagy is about as far away as it gets to comparisons of Andy Reid, which I believe the Bears brass had in mind when they brought him here. Someone needed to jumpstart the offense because they were tired of losing 17-10 games because the defense kept them in games, but the offense couldn't score points. Now, 10 points is far from a given. I really see no reason to continue with Nagy. As much as he is getting torched by the media, it's time for the Cubs brass to hear everything being said and make a move. I don't think there is anyone on the coaching staff that can fix what is currently broken, but I doubt it would be worse. I'd even go so far as to say just let the QB's go out there and call their own damn plays. You have arguably the fastest receiver corps in the NFL. Just let them run wild and throw deep over and over to get these guys top stop stacking the box. Timing routes and out routes and crossing routes over the middle and let these so called speedsters get some yards after the catch. Screens to the RB, strong TE's button hooks at the first down marker. I've never seen a team make throws behind the line of scrimmage more than the Bears. And rarely does it ever work when there are 10 guys all standing within 7 yards of the line of scrimmage. Make some [expletive] adjustments already. And throw Nagy's stupid play call sheet in the trash. What's it titled anyway? How to score 7-10 points in 60 minutes in the NFL? Nagy will be lucky to land a job as an OC for a high school team after this debacle. It's time to put up or shut up. No blaming the Oline or QB smarts. This is all on you, Nagy. You get to practice against one of the best defenses in the league all week and this is what we get? horsefeathers you! End rant. I'll watch the game later and add a new rant.

He didn't create that much space. He made $4.5MM last year and the Bears just freed up another $4.66MM in space. Fuller signed for $9MM. Pretty sure Fuller was due close to 20m if they kept him. And since I'm late to the party, I'm taking the wins. I wear my jersey proudly every Sunday in hopes of a Bears victory. Even when all hope is dire with a QB like Trubisky behind center.

Well, how about 7-10?

Danny Trevathan is likely going on the short term injured list. Ogletree will start alongside Roquan against the Rams.

Caleb Johnson had a great preseason, much like Rodney Adams, Tonga, Ogletree and Horsted. Seems like they rewarded the guys who appeared to go above and beyond. I'm guessing that they think they can stash Newsome, Graham and a few others on the practice squad. Not sure why they felt the need to hang on to Christian Jones or Josh Woods. I get why they gave Horsted the 5th TE spot. And he may end up seeing more time on the field than Holtz gets, but they may want Holtz for short yardage/goal line formations as he's their main blocking TE, and doubles as a FB in those rare instances they line up with a FB. Shocked that there are only 4 CB's. I'm guessing they plan on plucking someone off the waiver wire. Josh Woods and Christian Jones might be the first waiver wire casualties.

While the Chicago sports world is clamoring about how horrid the OLine is this year, my concern is with the WR corps not named Allen Robinson or Darnell Mooney. I've now got Rodney Adams as the #3 on our depth chart, because I have no reason to put much faith in Byrd or Goodwin or Newsome for that matter. I get running Wims out of town, but trading Anthony Miller was my least favorite move of this offseason. Hopefully there will be something on the waiver wire, because one injury to a starter, and ugh. Maybe Cohen can just shift to the WR slot permanently, because outside of a gadget play once or twice a game, he's fallen on the depth chart as well. I like the TE room, but am really concerned about the receiver position.

I hit a drive 375 yards on a 370 yard hole. I had maybe a 15 mile per hour wind behind me and I hit it perfect and got great loft. The ball hit the cart path where it crosses the fairway and it took a huge bounce forward and landed on the green and then rolled to about 15 feet past the hole. Of course I missed the eagle putt, but I did get the birdie. My only other claim of remarkable distance was a 3 iron that I just absolutely nutted and when it was done rolling, it went 275 yards. 220 is a great 3 iron for me. It wasn't downhill and I might have had a slight breeze that day, but I don't recall it and it's something you normally note when you hit a really long shot like that. It was in Vegas and there is elevation there, so there is that. I did also have this really bad shank with a 7 iron that was headed straight for a tree to the right of the green. We lost track of it when it got to the tree. As we rode up in the cart, I saw a ball in the next fairway over, which was a possible landing spot with a bad carom off the tree. I walked all the way down to that ball and it wasn't mine. Looked all over for it. Turns out it was on the green the whole time, 6 feet from the cup. I made the putt and we were playing skins that day and it was a 3rd hole carryover. Those guys were mad as hell.

I'm pretty happy to see the Bulls sneak into relevance again. Perfect timing as I'm moving back to Illinois at the end of September. Living in California is hard to watch Chicago teams. I had to go to a bar to watch the Bears. I had to buy the MLB At Bat package for baseball, and until the Hawks are in the playoffs, there just wasn't much Hawks or Bulls games to be able to be fan during the regular season. Now I'll be stuck inside for cold winters, and some fun Chicago sports on tv is the perfect complement.

Good to see a solid lineup card for the first game back at full capacity.

Yay. I chose to go to 2 games and those were the ones they won. We were even able to sprinkle some ashes on the field for a good friend that died a few years back. Biggest Padres fan I knew.

I'll turn these yahoos around. I'm going to the next two games. My last hurrah in San Diego for watching the Cubs.

Yeah I just worry about the fact that Nagy was on the Chiefs when they sat Mahomes his rookie year (besides Week 17). He's already alluded to this in press conferences. I dont think anyone thought Mahomes was nearly as polished as Fields is, however. I think the pressure will be to move Fields into the starter role asap Pace and Nagy can't feel like they are completely out of the dog house simply because of the appearance of a solid draft. I'm sure they will be very tempted to put the best talent on the field asap. NFC North is ripe for the taking.

Love what Pace has done so far. He also plugged enough holes in FA to make it where I feel he could go best available the rest of the way if he wanted. I'm guessing he will go WR with the 5th rounder and follow through with trading Miller, which will make me sad. I'd like to see what Dalton or Fields could do with Miller, Mooney and Robinson all on the field at the same time. With Gipson back, safety is not a glaring need. The entire defense is getting older, but there are some kids who could battle with Trufant for the starting job opposite Johnson, so it wouldn't hurt my feelings if they didn't find a CB that could step right in. Trading the 3rd rounder probably took away that opportunity anyway.

I'd be surprised if they put Fields third on the depth chart. Foles was a nice insurance policy until they were able to get their guy, but now that they have him, it would make sense to find a taker, even if compensation is minimal.