jersey cubs fan

Adbert is 26 and not likely to make the team out of spring training. Are we still wishing and hoping on this guy? We're going to have to fill a lot of innings with a group of pitchers that missed 2/3rds of a year last year, if not more. Healthy, able arms, even if marginal, are going to help a lot. In terms of getting through 2021, sure. I'm talking more about whether Adbert can provide actual quality innings. Major league mediocrity can be underrated for a pitcher, especially one that can eat innings. But if you can't make the major league roster as a 26 y/o, and have significant doubts about health, that's not happening.

Adbert is 26 and not likely to make the team out of spring training. Are we still wishing and hoping on this guy?

That is what I was saying yesterday. It could be that the focus is on the Bears fixing the QB/offense. They don't need to win more games, they need to score more points. So go all in with offense, sign and draft QBs, acquire more skill position guys, do whatever you can to score more points in 2021. If you create a real offense, then go patch up the defense next.

I love random tweets from players on the market, or reportedly on the market. It's always a good time.

Sounds like George brought down the hammer

The Bears = The Cowboys past ~25 years

Graham scores touchdowns. The goal is to score points, not necessarily win 12 games in 2021.

30 year old expensive CBs are replaceable in a salary cap world.

What will the Mitch truthers say now? There were definitely bears fans out there that were waiting for him to be a starter somewhere so he could show his struggles were nagys fault I mean, if you thought that were the case you're still going to think if he gets a shot in Buffalo to step in he will prove it then, or he'll prove it in his next stop. I doubt they are thrown by Mitch taking a backup job.

Are they really doing an Andy Dalton press conference with just Andy Dalton, and no GM or HC?

I would bet heavily against the possibility of Pace getting to hire another head coach. I don't remember who said it nevertheless, I'm not so certain its win or else for Pace, for Nagy yes. I said it. I'm not so certain they have a 1 year mandate. If they can get a guy who looks like a future QB, I could easily see them coming back next year even if they don't make the playoffs. If they are bad enough in 2021 for Nagy to get fired, Pace is out the door as well.

I would bet heavily against the possibility of Pace getting to hire another head coach.

The bears signed Akiem Hicks’s replacement

The "refused to develop him" storyline is idiotic. No reasonable person believes that one. Trubisky sucks. The draft prognosticators rate shitty QBs very high all the time.

There is going to be a drafted QB if they do not make a big trade. There will be, but he'll be bench-riding the year behind Dalton and Foles. Or Foles and Dalton. Could go either way, big drama. I imagine the guy will definitely start the year on the bench and I'm fine with that. If he stays on the bench it's probably because they're winning some games, if they lose, he's probably in there by week 9 or 10. Then we get to start the evaluation period.

There is going to be a drafted QB if they do not make a big trade.

I’ve operated under a belief for a few years that Ryan Pace is really excellent at identifying talent, especially in later rounds, but he has a serious blindspot w/ QBs. At some point that makes sense. A lot of his training prior to this position was in New Orleans where they had a Hall of Fame QB entrenched in Brees. That’s not to absolve him. A football QB is the single most important position relative to the game of any major sport. So a blindspot there is pretty massive issue. Unless I hear the Bears separate their decision-making in the draft room so that Pace isn’t the leading voice on QBs, I’m going to be pretty apprehensive going into this draft. I think he has final say, I'm pretty much certain that is the case. But there are also QB-focused coaches that have input now, which has a major impact in draft decisions, especially early. Pace didn't have/utilize those voices in the process when Mitch was selected. I've been waiting since the day he was hired for Nagy to have input in the next drafted QB. It appears that is likely to happen this year, so let's do it and see where we end up.

It's not a terrible idea to significantly reduce your cap allotment intended for a 30 year old corner. Can they at least trade him, even if it's not a lot? For the little bit of cap allocation remaining in 2021, he can at least turn into a 2023 comp pick. I doubt they can get much for him. Teams don't generally trade for expensive 30 year olds, they wait for them to be cut.

There is no "uncomfortable" cap cleanse with regime change. It only takes a year for any new management group to make changes necessary to start adding, and it's during the honeymoon phase when you want to gather draft picks anyway. NFL roster turnover at incredibly high rates. I don't get the fretting about playing cap games, unless you're the owner who needs to keep writing out checks for signing bonuses, it makes no difference to your experience as a fan. Pace either makes it work or the next guy will get to do it all over again.

It's not a terrible idea to significantly reduce your cap allotment intended for a 30 year old corner.

This is kind of a ridiculous claim. They fired a winning coach because he didn't win enough. They cleaned house on their replacement two years later when it became obvious they'd taken a huge step back. They went for stability in the aftermath then moved on to a new coach from a winning program with the expectation he'd be able to win more and they got immediate results. They took steps back but have reason to believe these guys can figure out the problems. If they don't improve they'll be replaced. The owners obviously care about winning on the football field. They have a wonky leadership situation with the family accountant with too much input but there is nothing in the way they run this team that suggests they don't want to win. Might be a bit rash and an overreaction but, its obvious Pace is terrible, nothing good or productive is going to come of this Dalton signing. By the way what are the reasons to believe these guys can figure out the problems? Pace cleaned up a disastrous roster and made it pretty good. For a team with terrible QB play, they've won a lot of games. I do not think it is obvious he is terrible. I think he's obviously competent with some major shortcomings. But as I mentioned before, the guy doesn't hesitate to move on from mistakes. He made a huge mistake with Mitch, and is now in the process of attempting to find the right draft pick QB with the help of people who actually know about the position (something he didn't have/utilize when selecting Mitch). Dalton is a misuse of assets, which is probably Pace's worst trait but it sure feels like QB is this year's kicker/TE position where he brings in multiple guys to try and find the right guy. It is fairly obvious that the depth chart in 2021 isn't going to be Foles/Dalton/Bray. They are going to take some sort of shot in the draft if they are not able to convince Seattle or Houston to make a move before then. Hell, it could come down to the last second to see if whatever player Seattle or Houston wants is available to them at whatever draft pick the Bears are able to offer this year. It's still possible they do something like trade Foles to Philly where he's still a legend in the process of stockpiling picks to move up in the draft. The QB rooms isn't done being addressed. It sucks right now, but there's almost certainly more to come.

Yep and with an ownership that's apparently OK with being a laughing stock, guess the money must still be good. Because they sure as horsefeathers don't care about winning on the football field. This is kind of a ridiculous claim. They fired a winning coach because he didn't win enough. They cleaned house on their replacement two years later when it became obvious they'd taken a huge step back. They went for stability in the aftermath then moved on to a new coach from a winning program with the expectation he'd be able to win more and they got immediate results. They took steps back but have reason to believe these guys can figure out the problems. If they don't improve they'll be replaced. The owners obviously care about winning on the football field. They have a wonky leadership situation with the family accountant with too much input but there is nothing in the way they run this team that suggests they don't want to win.