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I don't see why. He was a 3rd round QB who turned into the most prolific passer in the league then he fell apart in his early 30s. I think Kubiak got the most out of him. It didn't last long, but Schaub isn't Peyton Manning. I'm not sure why the coach would be blamed for a QB going from very good to Johnny TAINTville in one season. Yeah, Schaub was smoke and mirrors for a while. Andre Johnson was really good during Schaub's peak, like top WR in the league good. And that scheme was excellent.

I guess there's a bit to like, I'm just not as enamored with any coach who's been gone from coaching so long (with Gruden, Cowher, etc). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Has a coach ever spent say 5 years away and then returned to win consistently? Not that it couldn't happen but I get a visual of Joe Gibbs. And it makes me think I'd rather try something other than dusting someone off the shelf. I guess Pete Carroll. Still doesn't change my mind. And he stayed in coaching. Wasn't Dick Vermeil gone for a while and then come back successfully with the Rams. Is 15 years a long time? I think somebody like Billick, who follows the game closely as an announcer would have a chance to come back strong. He's watching film and talking with current coaches all the time. But was he ever that good to begin with? Didn't he have an offensive guru tag and not actually guru anything at all? I'm still going back to Kubiak. He's been in the NFL for a long time. He's been on multiple staffs, had his one chance at head coach and despite a good deal of success, left on a sour note. Second chance head coach with offensive strengths and plenty of relationships should be able to create a very strong NFL caliber staff with no Canadian coaches and limited college coaches. Yeah, there are a couple levels of TV coaches. There's Tony Dungy who tries to figure out how everyone feels emotionally. There's Cowher who still talks about how tough everyone is. Then there's Gruden, who just spouts crazy [expletive]. Billick actually still breaks down film and notices tendencies. But yeah, he was considered an offensive guru from his Minnesota days, where he had 2 of the top 5 WRs in NFL history (though he did go from Moon to Brad Johnson to Cunningham and not skip a beat). Of course he got the Ravens job and they never did anything on offense and were carried by the defense to a title. Also, he's 60 so, not interested. Kubiak, I could deal with.

I guess there's a bit to like, I'm just not as enamored with any coach who's been gone from coaching so long (with Gruden, Cowher, etc). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Has a coach ever spent say 5 years away and then returned to win consistently? Not that it couldn't happen but I get a visual of Joe Gibbs. And it makes me think I'd rather try something other than dusting someone off the shelf. I guess Pete Carroll. Still doesn't change my mind. And he stayed in coaching. Wasn't Dick Vermeil gone for a while and then come back successfully with the Rams.

Plus they get to leave through the normal course of events before that type of coaching style grows tiresome. Harbaugh may actually be a really good short-term hire for the Bears, he would probably get this team turned around and in good condition within a year or two. I just don't see how you can structure such a hire in a short-term nature without an ugly outcome within 3-4 years. Wait, I thought a short term solution was what most of you wanted? Otherwise, why keep your offensive core intact? It's not like they're getting any younger (or better, in the case of everyone not named Jeffery). Offensive core is going to improve or be gone either way. I don't see the point in hiring a coach that you cant see being there as long as like Belichick has been in New England. I want a coach that's going to outlast all the players here.

He has another today? Do they do everyday or is this to make up for holiday time off? Not sure, but I know the radio guys are getting pissed cuz they have to work around this. I'm not a Trestman fan but screw whiny radio guys. First 5 words are unnecessary to state. Can't be any Trestman supporters left.

Draft spot is fine. I'd actually rather the Bears lose for the 2015 schedule. I'd much rather face Tampa and Washington instead of NY Giants and New Orleans. Funny is the Bears would face the Saints for the 3rd year in a row in Chicago.

Plus they get to leave through the normal course of events before that type of coaching style grows tiresome. Harbaugh may actually be a really good short-term hire for the Bears, he would probably get this team turned around and in good condition within a year or two. I just don't see how you can structure such a hire in a short-term nature without an ugly outcome within 3-4 years. Exactly. That's why I don't want him in Chicago. It's the same thing the league dealt with with a guy like Parcells, kinda the Gruden situation also. Coaches that win perenially and have that ego aren't going to take a job unless they get full control with a GM and ownership that just sits there and look pretty while they win and showers him with more money and control when things do go right.

Yeah, Fuller will be fine. He's faced the gamut of WRs with very little help. He actually did a decent job on Calvin Johnson this weekend. He was right there on at least 2-3 of his catches and maybe would have made a play on the ball if facing a human WR. I feel like he hasn't been burnt against any non #1 WRs.

That's what I'm hoping for. That works in favor of a team like IU, who has wins over teams that could also be bubble teams (SMU, Pitt, and if they beat Georgetown Saturday, them too).

I think the Harbaugh thing is that he wants more control in personnel moves, wants more money, etc. I think if he is losing the lockerroom it is in part because he seemingly has had 1 foot out the door for a long time. Harbaugh is kind of a celebrity coach. He wins, comes from a family of winning coaches, and believes he deserves the world. I think his personality is more suited for the college game as kids are more likely to buy into his celebrity status and either come to his school to play for him or play hard for him on the field.

Did Kyle post that pic? There were meatballs on Twitter commenting this weekend that Long sat out Sunday because he didn't want to play without his good friend Jay.

DeCosta's not leaving Baltimore. He would have been gone years ago if so. Gamble is easily the best realistic name on that list.

Yeah, Perryman is probably a 1st round pick. But a huge reach at 7-9 where the Bears will pick. I'm hoping teams get caught up in McKinney's measurables and Perryman falls. Kendricks is definitely going to fall because of size limitations. But he'll be a good player.

Agreed. Can't figure out what his best position would be. I really think it might be Mike LB. Funny, I think him playing DE as a senior at FSU hurt his draft stock maybe as much as the drug test, because he didn't really do much in the way of pass rush....yet he seems to be a really strong blitzer. I think I'd probably put him at SLB to compete (and win the job) with McClellin. With Bostic at WLB and bring in a good MLB. With Wright re-signing in Seattle, I'll have to go back to the drawing board with FA options, but Denzel Perryman looks like a strong 2nd round draft option.

Well, I just played 2 fantasy leagues for free. 3rd place, get entrance fee back in both my money leagues. One league, I won 151.21 to 151.13 in the 3rd place game. The other, I lost the #1 seed in the last game of the regular season. If I would have kept the #1 seed, I'd have won the league, I would have been on the other half of the bracket and faced a team that won 88-86 in the semis and had a big game this week and would have beaten the team that beat me in the semis this week. Oh well, I'm going to go kiss my sister.

Word is he tested positive for weed at the combine. More of a stupidity concern than anything IMO

Watching the rewind on NFLN. Clausen looks pretty solid. Pretty good zip on his passes. Also Christian Jones is going to be a really good player for the Bears. Very versatile, just needs experience and he's getting valuable time this year.

6th player safety incident. Meriweather was given 2 got his 6th, but NFL doesn't have the balls to suspend him for a playoff game.

Brandon Marshall should never speak in public in representation of the team.

I don't think so. There were only like 3 more plays that the Bears had the ball.

Yes, the 2000 Ravens were actually a 4-3 defense (nobody seems to remember) and he was on that staff. He also was the Ravens DC when they were still 4-3 in 2006 and switched to 3-4 in 2007-09. Throw in his dad as the DC of the 85 Bears, and Rex has been around the best two 4-3 defense in the history of football. He can coach any defensive scheme he wants and be damn good at it.

Problem with a non-conventional hire. Trestman was basically a nobody to everyone in that lockerroom. The vets on defense weren't going to respect him to a certain extent either way, because they were Lovie's boys through and through and their leader (Urlacher) was jettisoned by this regime. The vets on offense were only going to buy in as long as things were going well. The Bears need to either go young and completely rebuild or bring in a coach that has some sort of track record in the NFL. A very successful coordinator or a former HC getting another shot.

I posted a few pages back or in the Lions thread or something. IDK.

Yeah, I feel like you want to be the 1st coach to hire Harbaugh. I think his coaching value was best when he was cheap, wasn't full of himself, and wasn't apt to leave for the next job to give him more power/exposure. If the Bears could have gotten him from Stanford, that would have been ideal.

I acknowledge that Harbaugh is a good coach, but I have next to no interest in him. Just don't see the fit.