BigSlick
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Why not break the bank though? They have like 70 mil in free cap space, who cares
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I know that the Chiefs have lost before, but it doesn't seem like they're allowed to lose. Chiefs win, probably a close one.
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Yeah it was pretty infuriating honestly. I'm very glad the NFL has learned that you should be more aggressive on 4th down and going for 2, but it was obviously wrong in both these games.
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As an OSU fan, I'm fine with the trade off
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they're keeping Hightower huh? I mean, I don't think Special teams Coordinator is a hugely important position, but he did have a couple big mistakes last year and well...I dunno. I guess its nice to have some continuity somewhere.
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If there’s a city that deserves a championship more than Chicago, it’s Buffalo. That’s one long suffering franchise
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And to be fair, Poles *said* they’d be competing this year. They weren’t trying to sell a rebuild this year, they said they were going to compete. they just sucked
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Rooting very hard against the commanders because I don’t like how much attention and credit they’re getting for doing things the right way
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It’s gonna be so painful waiting 8+ months to see this all together, but on the other hand, it’s great for Johnson to have so long to implement, teach and perfect his scheme with Caleb and co. i am just so impatient to see an actual offense here. God willing we’ll get one
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Yes absolutely. You could crush QBs like 3 seconds after they released the ball, it was nuts. I’m glad that’s no longer the case, though I do think the current way they call RTP is a bit over the top and excessively punishes defenses. another big shift since then: the footwork of QBs. Quarterbacks are just doing whatever they want while they drop back. It really makes timing with receiver routes very difficult, and precision passing almost impossible. Of course this changed with Bill Walsh and the West Coast offense.
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A little while ago, I saw that at least some of the ‘85 Bears full games were on YouTube, and I started watching the Bears-Rams playoff game. I’ve never seen any full 85 games (as I was -3 years old at the time), but I was actually surprised how much the flow of the game resembled football today. The passing game of course is a lot jankier, but not so crazily different. NFL films highlights doesn’t do it justice. Cool stuff.
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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.
