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  1. BigSlick
    It really is like a whole era of football is passing a new one is being born. I started paying attention to football in the early 2000s, so those names are all titans in my eyes. Except Brian Ferentz.
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    I can't see Belichick's "personality" working great as a commentator, but I've been surprised before
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    Bears requesting to interview Seahawks OC Shane Waldron. A lot of people like him around the league, I can’t say I know much about him, other than the fact he resuscitated Geno Smiths career (impressive in its own right) https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2024/01/10/bears-request-interview-with-seahawks-shane-waldron-for-offensive-coordinator-job/
  4. BigSlick
    Whatever else you may say about the guy, he is indisputably the greatest college coach of all time. That's a helluva accomplishment.
  5. BigSlick
    The more I think about it, the more I'm like "horsefeathers it, draft Caleb Williams and hope and expect greatness" I guarantee if thats what they do, in 5 months, Bears fandom will be fine and chill and excited and stop gnashing their teeth so much. It sucks what's gone on with Fields, but the roster is moving in the right direction and I think Williams is a horsefeathers bad ass prospect. Roll them dice.
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    The anarchist in me would love to see the "Draft a QB and keep Fields" option just because it is such a recipe for chaos and bad blood. But I'm also a fan of the Chicago Bears and want to see them succeed, so I hope that doesn't happen, you know, from that angle. I'd take Reich I think. I haven't paid too much attention to how he constructs his offenses, but he seems like a serious guy who has had success - this year notwithstanding.
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    Yeah I think it’s 80% likely Fields is traded and they draft a QB at 1oA Im not sure that makes the Bears OC job so alienating. It can be super promising, actually, if you do a good job. And hell, if you’re successful, and the team still sucks, you can be the next HC! Why not?
  8. BigSlick
    Ding dong bitch
  9. BigSlick
    I'm not convinced that any player being any coach/GM's "Guy" matters. Poles came on board knowing Fields was the starter when he was hired, and surely it was something he factored into his decision. And maybe I'm a moron but I genuinely think the vast, vast majority of coaches/GMs simply want the best players playing and aren't tied to them playing if they are his guy or not. (Except in maybe extreme cases when they put in completely different schemes like switching from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defense). I think the thing that matters far more than whether or not Fields is Poles's "Guy" or not is if Poles thinks he's any good or not.
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    Feel free to ignore, but I'm listening to Hub Arkush's interview from last Friday on the Score and he said he thought JJ McCarthy is the best QB prospect currently available and likened him to Patrick Mahomes. How the heck was he considered an NFL smart guy? Dear god.
  11. BigSlick
    Penix looks like the type of excellent prospect if you're looking for a QB in like the 3rd round or something. But given his injury history and etc. I would never ever ever draft him in the 1st round. Holy moly. And McCarthy, aside from a nice scramble, did not impress me much at all. I still don't understand why he's talked about like a big time prospect.
  12. BigSlick
    I don't think the McCaskeys care all that much about how the team does other than not being an utter embarrassment (which...they somehow have been quite a bit under their watch) and the value of the franchise rising (which it does, forever).
  13. BigSlick
    I have a bad feeling the Bears admin doesn't want Harbaugh (and doesn't want to pay him). He's an egomaniac and he wants a ton of control over player personnel. It would be the Harbaugh Show - and the Bears are notoriously reticent to ever hand the keys over to someone like that. I'd absolutely take him, of course. Even if the Bears did want him - if the Chargers job is there...I have to imagine that's more Harbaugh's speed. They already have their QB, they have more money to throw around and I have to imagine the ownership is less of a pain to deal with (I have absolutely no idea what the Chargers ownership is like. Feel free to correct me).
  14. BigSlick
    Physically, Michigan dominated in the trenches. Generally, that means you win handily.
  15. BigSlick
    Just popping in to say I don’t want the Bears to draft either of these guys, woof
  16. BigSlick
    I would rather have any 53rd man on a roster than Bryce Young straight up. Young doesn't look like an NFL quality player.
  17. BigSlick
    Am I crazy to think that trading up in the nfl draft is almost always a value-losing move? If you got to, out of desperation, do it, then do it. But the payoff is almost always negative to the assets you possess
  18. BigSlick
    It makes me wonder about the quality of opponents down the stretch and wonder if we overstated the improvement we saw from the D and O lines. The Bears played 4 playoff teams down the stretch. The line play, honestly, looked better than the Lions did in both match ups. They looked pretty damn bad against the Browns - the Oline was pretty bad, the Dline did get pressure though. They looked horrible on both sides against the Packers.
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    Regarding 2) they really only had 1 year to address needs. Because they were purposefully trying to tank in year 1. (You can dispute if that was a good strategy or not! I am open to the idea that it wasn't a good idea) And yeah, they didn't effectively address all those needs in the one off-season they set out to address them - but they made progress. I wish they did more to address the Oline, and more effectively. Neglecting the Center position in particular seems to have been a huge blunder. Davis has been a huge disappointment at Guard. But the holes are far more manageable this year compared to last. It is a test to see if Poles can do enough to address them, particularly if he brings in a rookie QB.
  20. BigSlick
    1. The RB group not having a #1 is simply not a problem. They have a good stable of RBs and honestly.... you can just get any random guy out there. I will say, I'm out on Khalil Herbert. I know he had a couple nice games down the stretch but I really don't like the way he runs - he goes down on first contact too easily and that matters much more to me than home run potential as a runner. I would like to see D'Onta Foreman brought back and teamed with Johnson. But its an extremely minor issue. 2. Oline-wise...you're absolutely right. They need a Center and a Guard, and can use depth everywhere. Ok. Use some picks and cap space to solve that - seems easy enough! 3. Defense. You need a couple guys. An edge rusher and a safety, and hope the DTackles improve. Ok - not a huge deal for me. 4. I guess we need a punter. None of these things are big deals to me! Or, rather, we have the resources to adequately address them. Through the draft and free agency we can easily add a couple starters and depth pieces.
  21. BigSlick
    Now that's not fair. There were also a bunch of awful toss plays that got blown up in the backfield too.
  22. BigSlick
    I think, with great sadness, that Getsy is no worse than the 4th worst OC in my lifetime. Shoop, Ron Turner and Mike Tice we’re all markedly worse. I barely paid attention from like 2016-2021 though, so there may be worse offensive minds there
  23. BigSlick
    I don’t hate Eberflus but I think you can absolutely upgrade from him and I would prefer an offensive coach, especially if we’re drafting a QB. There’s nothing I find special that he brings to the table.
  24. BigSlick
    People are starting to bend the stick a little too much in the wrong way because the team played badly against the Packers: No, this roster isn't a disaster and no we aren't very far from the playoffs. Poles has actually accumulated a good amount of very promising talent: Moore, Wright, Stephenson, Dexter, Sweat, Gordon, Brisker, Roschon Johnson, the list goes on a bit more too. Thats actually a very good hit rate for two drafts and two offseasons. If you get slightly better QB play you make the playoffs as a low wild card this year. (You also make the playoffs with slightly better defensive play down the stretch as well, but thats a more complicated fix ((and a less important one, IMO, in a much more offensive oriented league)) than upgrading at QB). Go draft your guy, Poles. Let's see what you can do.
  25. BigSlick
    Kyle, people like him as a person. I think you can understand that.
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