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Because their QB is the best player on the field.
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Why do people keep asking this question? Everybody in the NFL is one season away from potentially being fired. I'm sure the new guy will get a 2-3 year contract, depending on how in demand he is. The Bears job offers a lot of potential. It's one of only 32 OC positions in the NFL, and several of those are OC in name only, since the head coach is the real guy in control.
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I agree. I have no faith in Tice calling plays. Was he ever a play caller in Minnesota? Linehan was his OC, no? Just like last time this happened I want the best possible candidate for OC to be hired, with a preference for a guy who could theoretically take Lovie's job. I want the next Sean Payton.
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Pass-happy is good. The Bears had the 9th most rushing attempts in the league. Missing out on another year of Cutler in his prime was no blessing.
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The Packers, Saints, and Patriots all invested a top half of the draft pick to get their tight ends. In New England's case, they used two of 'em. Not saying it's vital but it's worth a look. Certainly wouldn't hurt to go from nonexistent production at TE to something approaching league average. We spent 5 years listening to people whine about TE while Desmond Clark was a perfectly average TE because people were obsessed with Gates and Gonzalez. It got annoying. And I can tell it's going to get annoying again. The point is there are MUCH BIGGER fish to fry instead of worrying about filling Ditka's position again.
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A) It's no sure thing Lovie will be working with a new GM this season. B) Any potential OC should relish the opportunity to work with an already in place Pro Bowl caliber QB. Would a big name prefer to go work with the mess that is the Dolphins and whoever gets that HC job? You think they'd prefer the Jets situation? Rex Ryan will have just as hot of a seat next year if he struggles, and Sanchez is an unstable Grossman in waiting. It's not like the New Orleans, Green Bay and New England jobs are going to out there for them to prefer. Any new OC who actually works well with Cutler and shows promise will instantly be at the top of the list for a potential replacement of Lovie if he is fired next winter. It's a pretty fantastic opportunity even for a variety of levels. It won't fit all candidates "ideal" scenario, but it's got plenty of upside.
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Unfortunately chipping/helping the LT is certainly not the only thing you have to worry about. You have to worry about Chris Williams not falling apart and Carimi actually reaching his promise and Garza not showing his age and your mediocre RG situation not taking any step back. This is no time to pretend the line is settled. It's a 5-man group that needs constant attention.
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There are 2 TE in the top 25 in receiving yards. This isn't all of a sudden a tight end league. Reggie Wayne had a horrible year and still outperformed all but 2 TE. Brent Celek was no beast, he was basically Dustin Keller, who is as replacable as they come. Jimmy Graham led his team in receiving, but that's largely because they have about 5 #2 receivers who take turns being feature fantasy guy of the week. Wes Welker still caught 30 more balls than Gronkowski despite his ridiculous year. Jason Witten led the Cowboys yards, largely because his team, head coach and QB are kind of a joke. This isn't a tight end league, it is a QB league. You win consistently with consistenly good QB play and those QBs can feature TE or not, they certainly don't need them to win.
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No way. It's a 5 man grouping, Webb is still a mess and Garza is going to need to be replaced soon. Two spots might be fixed, but there are 3 that remain in flux.
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It's nit-picky nonsense. The Bears didn't struggle because of some sort of snubbing of the tight end position. They struggled because the offensive line was terrible and they had no receivers.
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the TE position just seems to be a poor reason to criticize martz. if you're going to criticize him, criticize him for something else. I just hate that we had to trade away a pretty good young TE that wanted to be here and had good chemistry with the QB so that we could utilize Martz for one more season. Now we don't have Martz and I'm sure one of the things the new OC is going to want is a pass catching TE. That was probably my biggest complaint, because I didn't think Martz was going to be back. Either he'd have a good year and be in-line for some college head coaching gig, or he'd have a bad year an be fired. I hated that Olsen deal.
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I have been obsessed with the offensive line, but the Bears were really good last year with a terrible one.
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I'm sure it did, but you are going to have a tough time running an NFL team for a decade without having multiple embarrassing situations pop up. I think the "stale" factor is real, plus the Hanie disaster. Hopefully somebody in charge sees a chance to win now with a franchise QB and still formidable defensive players.
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oh jeez, are we going back to the days where everybody is going to obsess over the need for a tight end?
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I agree with the first part of what you said, but I really don't see how you can say he couldn't win a Super Bowl. He built two NFCCG teams, once of which made the Super Bowl which they played close for the most part. I generally like the idea of a different direction, and I actually kind of like the idea of sticking with Lovie (for now) while going about that different direction, despite it being the sort of half assed change it is. What I'm mostly concerned with is their ability to find a better replacement. Ted Phillips is an accountant. He's basically in charge of hiring and firing. He went out and got the solid, but uninspiring hire of Angelo. But nobody in this organization strikes me as particularly bright, forward thinking or innovative.
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Or: I want competent players on my side of the ball. No. I'm gone.
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Looks like he resigned. resigned an extension?
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Well on the bright side, Minnesota is maintaining their "Cleveland Indians in Major League" stance by promoting Rick Spielman to GM. He previously sucked in the Bears and Dolphins front offices before running the Vikings personel department in recent seasons.
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As big of a deal as that is, I don't really see any sort of nationwide backlash against the Bears. Maybe the Bears did an internal investigation that found Angelo should have known more or something, but that incident seemed to be less of a story than the Tank Johnson or Cedric Benson stories. It just doesn't seem to me that the Bears have suffered from Hurd's arrest, yet. Although I could definitely see Virginia freaking out over it.
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I don't have the exact number, but I'm pretty sure he isn't 50+ games over 500 as bears GM The wins look right, but the losses are way off. I've counted 95-73. It's 95-81 if I added up the records correctly. Hes only off by 40 losses. No big deal Yeah, 95-81 in the regular season, 3-4 in the playoffs during that period.
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So am I getting this right?
jersey cubs fan replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I agree with most of those, but I would argue that the Pujols signing was very Hendry-like. WHY DO PEOPLE PRETEND THAT HENDRY ALWAYS WENT AFTER HALL OF FAMERS? JEBUS H. TEBOW DO YOU PEOPLE HAVE ANY CLUE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HENDRY ERA??????????????????????????????????? -
Because it would be Cutler's 5th offense in the last 6 years (Shanahan to McDaniels, to Turner to Martz). Plus, if the Bears don't make the playoffs next year, there's a possibility that the whole staff gets fired. That would mean a 6th OC in 7 years for Cutler. Cutler didn't play under McDaniels. Yes, but I'm sure he had the playbook and was learning the offense. I was thinking that, but didn't they never end up meeting? That relationship soured almost from day one.
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If they let Lovie come back with some personel figure head at the helm this season, it's going to be a make or break year. He is only signed through 2013. I doubt they give him an extension if they aren't back in the playoffs, and teams generally fire coaches with one year left on the deal if they are making a move. They won't have him lame duck his way through 2013 and it would be stupid to let him completely off the hook and give him an extension today. He makes way too much money at this point to let him just mediocre his way into another extension.
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As would I. Unfortunately most people out there available for hire are worse than Angelo. It's not the no-brainer that hiring Hendry's replacement was.
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Chauncey Davis was selected in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons and after spending six seasons with them, he was released on September 2, 2011. The Chicago Bears signed Davis on November 14, 2011.
