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And honestly, I don't think we can count on anything beyond one year with Keenan Allen, so we may as well stock up on WRs.
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4/10 Cubs (Hendricks) @ Padres (Cease) 5:40 PM
BigSlick replied to Bertz's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
It'd make me happy if Hendricks still had one good year in him - he's the last of that magical 2016 team and I'm sentimental. It would be cool if he could bridge the gap of the tremendous mid-2010 teams with whatever's coming next. -
Ultimately, its absurd to let individuals (or collections of individuals) own sports teams that are so intimately tied to specific cities and regions. Only the Green Bay Packers (I hate to say it) have it right (in the US at least, other countries have publicly owned professional sports teams) - they should be owned by the people of the areas they play in. Otherwise, they are subject to the fickle whims of some of the greedy and pitiless among us: billionaires.
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damn. are the cubs like, really good? because that would be cool
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It's not about how they're similar physically or whatever, they're similar in that they aren't good at throwing footballs Listen, it's whatever, we can't settle this debate for another 2-3 years, but I also do not believe he will be a good quarterback
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Make Fun of the Bears' Stadium Woes in Here
BigSlick replied to Outshined_One's topic in Other Sports
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There's something weird happening re: the valuation of QBs in this draft, and it may be just the eyeball economy of clicks and attention, but there's all this talk about Jayden Daniels and JJ McCarthy and a concordant devaluation of Drake Maye. Maye is a way better prospect than those guys. He's kinda gotten squashed between the rightful attention that Caleb Williams has gotten and the rising interest in Daniels and McCarthy due to how their seasons ended but... there's no way in my mind anyone should feel disappointed in him as a prospect and he's not just a consolation prize. Dude can ball.
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who cares
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I'm not even really sure what connotation 'Hollywood' is supposed to carry. Is it that they're more interested in attention and optics than football? Is it some weird insinuation about sexuality?
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I really like this article because I agree with 2 big points, and I'm almost shocked that they've become unpopular: JJ McCarthy has shown barely anything to justify the hype - the hype train for him is crazy. Maybe he's good, but I certainly haven't seen anything from him in games that have shown that to me. And if you don't see that in college football games why should I think that at the pro level? The man didn't even throw for a half in a meaningful conference game. What is happening!!! Jayden Daniels is a twig who will be ripped in half the second he steps on a pro football field. Less confident on but still in agreement: I also feel like Penix will surprise people. The health and age is a concern and will keep him, justifiably, being drafted highly. But he's also really good, and may give a team a nice 3 year peak of play if he stays healthy - exactly the kind of player that can spike some amazing play for a short period of time that would do great on a team drafting in the low 1st rounds. Honestly, if I was Minnesota this is exactly the kind of player I'd be looking for.
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I think Kyle is fundamentally right about the QB stuff, and the point about Williams is quite strong: Even if he underachieves what we expect, and is on the lower range of what we grade his potential at, he'll likely be better than Fields and a serviceable QB on a team thats getting progressively more talented. That may not be a guy you want to guarantee 50 million for, but if he turns into Baker Mayfield (a disappointing return on the 1st overall), you can absolutely be a contender with that with the team as its building up. His ceiling is Mahomes and Rodgers. There's always a chance he turns into Jamarcus Russell, but thats simply the chance you gotta take in the NFL. I think Danny Parkins actually made a pretty insightful point about excessive Fields love: He was the sole exciting bright spot on a 2022 team that otherwise was just awful. He made a season that would have been a huge slog exciting and fun. That's a rare quality in a player, especially a Bears QB. And our fanbase has been so starved of good QB play that they fundamentally can't have a reasonable take on whats good or not good, or a sober thought about how to approach retaining or releasing a QB.
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Make Fun of the Bears' Stadium Woes in Here
BigSlick replied to Outshined_One's topic in Other Sports
I think for a while now the Bears were only serious about building in Arlington Heights, which is fine - it made the most sense and they can do whatever they want, own the place, and not have to squabble with the city and park district. Arlington Heights will be fine and still get a lot of tax revenue from this thing (provided they don't give subsidies to building anything, god damn never do that) -
If there is one of the top flight WRs there at 9, I *don't* want them to trade down. I think this is a year where it's ok if we only have 4 draft picks - sometimes you accumulate assets, sometimes you spend them. Poles has signaled this is where he envisions the window is opening with his moves. I appreciate that.
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There's gonna be a lot of sturm and drang for the next 8 months, and we're gonna have to hear a lot of people being really stupid and angry. And, I expect, 4-5 games into the season, everyone will forget about it (because Caleb as a rookie will play at roughly the same or better level as Justin ever did and the team will be good)
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A "better" offer may have been a 5th round pick, and they have a good reason not to lie here: Fields can confirm whether or not they ask him where he wanted to go. But assuming its real, and they passed on a 4th or better to do right by Fields, well, I wish my team was a little bit more cutthroat, lol
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I think something people need to let sink in is: Caleb Williams is a vastly better prospect than Justin Fields was in 2021. Prospects aren't blank sheets who the dumbfounded and overmatched Bears coaches fail to manage. They come with different strengths and weaknesses and Williams's strengths (at least as a passer) are significantly better than Fields's was, and his weaknesses are less fatal than what Fields's were (and are).
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His best year was the one that was 'sabotaged' - he was worse in 2023 with a better surrounding cast. I don't know what to tell ya.
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At the risk of sounding callous, I don’t think the Bears failed Justin Fields. Yes, the players around him were suboptimal (a problem all highly stated QBs have to deal with) and yes he had to deal with a coaching change, but the problems he had as a a starter were the same ones that showed up on his scouting report. He takes too horsefeathers long to release the ball, he has a super long release, he doesn’t feel pressure in the pocket well. I’m not positive any of these things can be “coached” out of him, or at the very least, I’m sure the bears didn’t make it worse. It is what it is.
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Let us all be thankful that this will, at the very least, quiet down the insane Bears fan contingent that thought Fields was way better than he was, that it was insane to do anything other than trade the first overall pick, and refused to hear any other opinion.
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that return is so weak it probably made more sense to just hold onto him through training camp and see if anyone would be desperate enough to pick him up or there is an injury or something
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jesus thats a horrid return
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There's something about the Lions that screams "paper tiger" to me and I'm not quite sure what it is. It may be that they looked extremely vulnerable in their match ups with the Bears, it may be that whenever I see a head coach who's a big time Emotions guy who makes poor strategic decisions I see doom on the horizon.
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I know I'm going to regret saying this but - if Caleb Williams is even half decent as a rookie I think this is a playoff team. The biggest issue is... the division is pretty stacked. The Vikings are obviously the weakest link, but they're a team that always stays competitive and rarely bottoms out. The Packers are the youngest team in the league and annoyingly have, seemingly, against all odds, a good QB again. The Lions are coming off an NFC Championship appearance and as a clear 2nd best team in the NFC last year but... well, hangovers do happen. And the Bears as a pretty middling team really had their number in 2023 and should have swept them in the divisional series. ("should"). So it wont be easy. But they should be good.
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If Sam Freakin' Howell can be swapped for a 3rd round pick, can we please get a goddamn 3rd rounder for Fields? Please?? Anybody???
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I would argue the Bears don't actually have that many holes. They need one piece on defense. A pass rusher (admittedly, a very important piece) They need...a 3rd receiver and a few linemen on offense? (Assuming we draft Williams) And of course, depth everywhere.
