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  1. minnesotacubsfan
    What happened to him? I missed the play
  2. minnesotacubsfan
    aweful pic-6 by Wilson
  3. minnesotacubsfan
    Your guy? Who is that? Also because we're the Bears; watch GB trade for Watson
  4. minnesotacubsfan
    Fine. Give them more cash
  5. minnesotacubsfan
    I'd start with "Mr Olsen, I hear you like truckloads of cash? Oh of course this isnt a bribe to try and work myself into position to negotiate a trade, I just like your smile. Oh btw, how IS Mr Watson? uh huh.. unhappy you say? Well, it just so happens I like to trade draft picks myself..." and let nature take its course
  6. minnesotacubsfan
    and on the Bears side, they would suddenly have a QB and surrounding talent to possibly dethrone GB ok I'm done daydreaming. call already Ryan
  7. minnesotacubsfan
    Ryan, why arent you on the phone?
  8. minnesotacubsfan
    i'd probably start somewhere around that then. My initial insitnct was 2 1st and 2 3rds. 4-5 1sts is like Hershell Walker territory (3 1sts and 3 2nds, among some players and other picks). I think if it's more than a net 3 pick loss it has to include picks the other way. So if it rally took 4 1sts, maybe Houston is sending back 2 2nds as well... Something along those lines. 4 firsts would cause me a lot of pain - not sure about that
  9. minnesotacubsfan
    Two firsts (one was 18 at the time), a 3rd, and Orton for Jay and a 5th. Based on talent level alone, Watson should demand more. With the contract and it being a trade demand, that could complicate the return, but I'm not sure to what extent it will. i'd probably start somewhere around that then.
  10. minnesotacubsfan
    honestly tho, what did Cutler cost? wouldn't that be a good precedent for Watson?
  11. minnesotacubsfan
    The guy who gave him away is gone. I'd use it against them in the negotiations regardless!
  12. minnesotacubsfan
    guys, this is Houston we are talking about. They gave Hopkins away, they aren't interested in running a competent organization. Dont overpay
  13. minnesotacubsfan
    mitch + 1 rd for dashawn
  14. minnesotacubsfan
    nah, it was a designed play
  15. minnesotacubsfan
    Maybe just with Mitch at QB. Looking at your pass charts, I’ve got Trubisky only completing 3 20+ yarders this season, including what looks to be a Hail Mary from last week. But Foles has 17 completions past that range. To be fair, like 14 of those 17 from Foles were against Atlanta in the 2nd half. and it wasnt a Hail Mary. but, yea
  16. minnesotacubsfan
    Pretty much. Something to consider, though, is that this week will be the first game since Week 1 that the Saints will have a their receiving corps healthy and on the field with Brees. Mike Thomas is 100% for the game. Oddly enough, Drew has been throwing the ball downfield more since returning from the broken ribs. I'm not sure if that has something to do with the practice squad receivers he's been throwing to, but some of these throws weren't happening early in the season. “Downfield” is still a relative term. But he’s certainly throwing more in the 15-20 yard range than he had been. Looking at his pass chart this season, he’s only completed 10 passes over 20 yards and just 1 over 30. that would be sea-change compared to how often the Bears go downfield
  17. minnesotacubsfan
    This plus aren't the Saints somewhat limited by Brees? Not in the same manner of the Bears of course, nevertheless, I thought there's throws, etc. Brees has trouble with? Maybe but isn't their offense more of a intermediate catch in space/YAC style? I could be way off. traditionally I think thats true, but I think this year with Brees aging, its been more Kamara. btw; NO is a team that I could see signing Trubisky and being successful with because of what you are describing.
  18. minnesotacubsfan
    this is the point that I have such an issue with, honestly. When the D knows you have to throw deep to catch up, it's easier for them to sit on it. It's not an excuse for Mitch, he has to improve his deep ball if he wants to stay in the league, but the coaching staff set the game up this way. They could have given him one-read deep routes on 1st down early in the game, much like the Mooney deep ball. but I digress
  19. minnesotacubsfan
    It's all you've got with Mitch, in what was, at the time, a must win game, what else could they do? Against the Saints I see no reason not to go balls to the walls aggressive with Mitch, who cares if it results in multiple TO's and Saints a route? We know the short passes, runs eat the clock rely on the defense won't work, for one game, the dip horsefeathers could look competent. Plus, in recent years, the Saints have found all kinds of new and creative ways to lose in the playoffs, wouldn't losing to Bears with Mitch playing the game of life just be the cherry on top? I'm confused why you think it was ok against the Packers but that they should go aggressive with the Saints who are a better pass defense. If the logic is to control TOP and slow the game down to offset a bad offense, I'd think that would be the same strategy against the Saints even if they potentially have a less explosive offense (though not dramatically with their playmakers) you arent going to control the TOP against a team who is going to shove Kamara down your throat
  20. minnesotacubsfan
    I'm not worried about that. Why would he take that job to be Pace's underling when there's several open gigs and he could be the unquestioned leader of a football ops? At the same time, if they did promote Pace and hire Borgonzi as a GM, the fact that he took that job would tell me he's comfortable with the level of control he'd have over the roster and other decisions going forward, so go for it. I cant see Ryan Pace giving up any control over roster decisions. Building the roster was supposedly why we hired him.
  21. minnesotacubsfan
    Bears have played in 5 Wild Card Games, this will be the 6th. They've won 2, in 1994 (beat MN 35-18) and 1990 (bet NO 16-6) I'm guessing we will be 2-4 after Sunday
  22. minnesotacubsfan
    I understand Graham fouling his responsibility was a disaster for that play on many levels, but thats the issue: since he f'ed up, the play had ZERO second choices. On a 4th down play, it's not the type of play design I would look to utilize. 1st down, maybe. What did you want, a QB sneak? Tell me, what is the second option on that play? Graham was probably the first, Robinson the second, or vice versa. I could see where Robinson was supposed to clear his guy out leaving Graham open on a short throw going inside. Graham's guy was playing off enough for that to work. On a critical 4th down, I'd prefer a pass play with two independent options: one short, one deep. Not two options that depend on each other. Or better yet, RPO. It's all Monday morning coaching, sure. But I hated it when they lined up for it.
  23. minnesotacubsfan
    If Graham picks his guy and then opens himself up as he's supposed to, he would be another option to convert and it's a super easy play. Plus, they had already converted one of the fourth downs on a pass earlier. Nobody seems to be complaining about that one. I understand Graham fouling his responsibility was a disaster for that play on many levels, but thats the issue: since he f'ed up, the play had ZERO second choices. On a 4th down play, it's not the type of play design I would look to utilize. 1st down, maybe.
  24. minnesotacubsfan
    It's Karma, not an omen
  25. minnesotacubsfan
    Doesn't look good for Mooney as in next week or worse?
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