russini is expressing the (correct) perception that the bears historically hit below their weight class because ownership isn't flashy, isn't all that rich and can probably be pushed around by hedge fund/tech/real estate guys
kliff just called a sick game, probably either one of monken or brady will call another one tomorrow and we'll probably want to talk to all of them. although i have no problem making johnson a godfather offer and getting him off the market.
they'll be fine. defense was already a mash unit coming into the game.
to give some kind of equivalence, imagine if the bears defense were coming into a game against a good offense and sweat, dexter, edmunds, edwards, stevenson were already out then as soon as the game starts gordon gets hurt
just lost at home to the hornets after vuc (who apparently has no trade value despite being 20/10 on 56/42/80 shooting splits and the 82nd highest cap hit in the league) put up 40
this is only marginally relevant because of brady being a raiders minority owner but do any chicago teams have any "cool" people as owners? i think this stuff might matter on the margins for attracting talent.
Taylor’s net was 45.5 in December it looks like which would be second in the league for the whole season
still wouldn’t be a punt god but that should at least be the standard for next season to avoid clownfraud status
i think the “real” shortlist is probably Johnson, Vrabel, Flores, Cohen, Brady, and Kingsbury and the stuff about Weaver, McCarthy, TB, and Kafka is a ploy to get the their agents to push them to take interviews
we locked in at 10? dropping one spot is a nothingburger.
the roster needs more than tweaking for sure, but i do think positive vibes alone and hopefully billings/brisker coming back and extending gordon and i'm pretty the defense will play a lot better than they have shown.