BigSlick
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February-March is so hard if you aren't a basketball fan (and I barely am, if the Bulls aren't any good). No baseball, post-Superbowl there's like....nothing going on, unless you're a nerd and get into Spring Training. RE: Running backs and the draft, the first draft I really ever paid attention to was 2005 - and what a difference 20 years makes: there were 3 RBs drafted in the first 5 picks (including Chicago Bears bust Cedric Benson). That's unthinkable in this day and age. But we are seeing a resurgence and acknowledgment that top line RB talent is a difference maker. I don't think we'll ever see 3 RBs in the top 5 ever again, but we will see running back reprioritized in a new way.
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It’s an extremely small, possibly entirely meaningless thing but: I enjoy that he seems far more confident at public speaking than Eberflus.
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The economics around quarterbacks has quickly gotten very interesting. On the one hand, you absolutely need at least a very good quarterback to even think about winning a superbowl, on the other hand, there are very few of those guys and now they demand LARGE contracts, and you have to basically make a decision by year 3 of their rookie contract or you're boned. And one mirage year of offensive production might force your hand. It's really dicey. In past eras of the NFL you didn't have to make a decision so quickly and you also didn't need to commit as much of your cap to them. Thank god we didn't make that mistake with either Trubisky or Fields. But we'll have to know pretty quickly on Caleb. We basically have the next two years to decide.
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You know its frustrating to keep "winning the offseason" and then having garbage years, but hell, I'd rather win the offseason than lose it.
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I hate to even say it, but Coleman Shelton wasn't horrible down the stretch of last year and I wouldn't hate keeping him on as a back up or, ugh, as a starter if we draft a Center who needs some time to develop and there's nobody all that enticing in FA.
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It’s a good day when Notre Dame loses go buckeyes
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I hope this is the final nail in the coffin of the narrative that the Bears ownership is “cheap”
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you're not wrong!
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can't be mad that the Bears made the clearly right call (and its the 2nd time in 2 years they've done that) Part of the reason I have a hard time being angry at Ryan Poles, though he really hasn't proven much of anything, is that he does make the obvious correct move when its obvious and correct
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nobody knows anything until the person signs. thats it.
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i truly didn't think it would happen this fast, so clearly they've had an understanding for a while. all the Raiders noise is so funny in retrospect - clearly Johnson had known he's coming to the Bears for weeks now.
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well, they made the right hire. lets see if they can translate it to the field.
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HOLY horsefeathers YALL
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I can’t divine what goes on in Ben Johnson’s mind, but I can’t imagine there’s a clearly better option for a first time head coach than Chicago. Is there organizational dysfunction here? Absolutely. Is it any worse than what we see in Las Vegas or Jacksonville? Not that I can tell. as the luminary John Fox said: “it’s all a problem.” There’s no wonderful fun job to walk into as a first time head coach. You’re always entering a pretty bad situation. (Unless you’re like, Mike tomlin, but that’s a very rare situation). I have to imagine Chicago is a pretty attractive franchise for a multitude of reasons, but I don’t know what Johnson values in the team he goes to. So it’s Kremlinology for us.
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Damn nice, so we’ll find out by the end of this week if he’s coming here or not
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Jayden Daniels was clearer the better player this year. But that is fine, if Caleb is still a very good QB (and I think he showed quite a lot to feel good about this year) If Daniels ends up the superior player (and much remains to be seen) and Williams is still an excellent QB, I definitely won’t complain. We’d have an excellent QB!
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Would be very Lions to lose this game. But, could mean we get to talk to Johnson earlier. So that’s nice.
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Sure, pay them whatever they want. Dont ever give up a draft pick for one, good lord
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Lol, lmao
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I would never, ever want to trade real assets for a coach, no matter how good the coach is. You shouldn’t spend player acquisition capital on something that should only cost money.
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I think the Bears have a plan: Ben Johnson. Failing that: Mike McCarthy. I don't love it, but thats what the signs point to.
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I would love to see what Roschon Johnson could do with more 1st and 2nd down runs. I feel like he got really pigeonholed into being a short yardage back and I would have liked to see him given more to do. Ah well.
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Yes I think its safe to say that for nearly every assistant coach in the NFL, any head coaching job is preferable to staying an assistant. There are rare exceptions (Johnson being one of them, but that was only for a year), but yeah. Even the worst job is 100000x more prestigious, interesting, ambitious and fun than being an assistant.
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If I'm choosing between the Raiders organization and team as it is constructed right now and the Bears organization and team as it is constructed, I'm picking the Bears 9 times out of 10. But I'm also not Ben Johnson, so my opinion doesn't matter.
