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It was dislodged by the ground. How can you tell? I never saw on a replay the ball actually touch the ground

Looked incomplete

Austin is interesting

Why would Bowles bring along Roman? That makes zero sense. They've never coached together.

Bowles, Kubiak second

On the drive home today I was listening to local Arizona sports radio. Mike Jurecki, who is probably the main Cardinals insider said that he has heard that if Bowles gets a HC job, he will most likely be bringing Greg Roman on as his offensive coordinator. I would not be a fan of that move. If it's anything like san Francisco, it would regress Cutler and Forte. How so Runs the power running game, horrible in game play caller, changed their offensive style to 3 WR sets and shorter passes which killed the offense and Kaps production. He's not a QB that throws to a spot before the WR breaks him route which Cutler struggles with. Look at their regression, Forte at this stage can not handle the load Gore in that style of offense. Ah, ok. I know next to nothing about Roman or the SF offense and how it changed under him. I simply assumed a regression from Kaepernick

On the drive home today I was listening to local Arizona sports radio. Mike Jurecki, who is probably the main Cardinals insider said that he has heard that if Bowles gets a HC job, he will most likely be bringing Greg Roman on as his offensive coordinator. I would not be a fan of that move. If it's anything like san Francisco, it would regress Cutler and Forte. How so

SB

Like how Trestman had the most detailed plan out of all the coaching candidates? Week by week schedule for the next year or whatever. That doesn't sound big picture at all. nope, it sounds too focused on the minutia

Wow. I like pace

Ballard probably walked in and said, wait a [expletive] minute this office is like way hire-fire and started asking too many questions. Pace, on the other hand, prolly walked in super doll-faced and grinned it up.

God I hope so

That would have sucked

Exactly.

Is that bad? If you don't live in LA yes

Oh look that man got a paper cut CUT OFF HIS HANDS

Mojo you and Sulley have not just been on the Cutler bandwagon, you two have been dragging it. Somehow anyone who has an alternative viewpoint on Cutler's value get's labeled a meatball, don't lie. Dude, you are coming from left field with this

so, how far does Winston have to drop before he becomes a no-brainer?

[expletive] that I hate Kaepernick

I don't think Hundley makes it to the second round (he'll test well at the Combine and QBs get overpicked). For Petty, it really depends on his health. Right now, the consensus seems to have him lower than 39 so I wouldn't be that excited about him. walter has him going a pick before us (Hundley), hence my thought. http://walterfootball.com/index.php

so, sitting at #39, would any of you consider drafting Petty or Hundley in the 2nd? Stock him away for the end of Cutlers tenure?

Huh?

Surely he wouldn't make it past the Jets. If you have your stupid dream then I can have mine

That's the argument for trading Cutler now and moving on, I think. If you view the new coach as the next long term direction, and Cutler has his own shelf life, why not start over entirely ASAP? The answer to your question is because quarterbacks don't grow on trees. You could trade him tomorrow and never come close to competent QB play for 10 years, enough to cycle through 2-3 more administrations. Cutler gives you the best chance to be competitive next year and going forward until you find (probably draft and develop) his replacement. I agree with this. 2016 could be the year to grab a first or second rd QB. If all goes well you transition in 17/18. I don't see 2015 as the year we grab our next QB. Yep, everyone is so ready to get rid of Cutler. Have they watched the past 50 years of Bears QBs and seen about 10-15 other teams' QB situations? The roster isn't in a place to rebuild right now ($22MM guaranteed to Cutler, $12MM guaranteed to Allen, brand new extension to Marshall, last years of decent Forte) and with any competent coaching system, it has 7 to 11 win talent. Look, Cutler is never going to be the NFL MVP and the Bears probably won't win a SB with him, but unless you're ready to roll the dice on drafting a QB at #7 AND eat $22MM or figure out a trade of Cutler (and in turn, cut or trade Marshall most likely unless you want to deal with that situation), you try to make this work for the next year or two. If it works and you make the playoffs, you continue to build through the draft and FA. If not, you completely blow it up after 2016 and hope the next 2 years worth of drafts (15 and 16) were good enough to be the basis for a complete rebuild. That's what I'm saying. You make it work WITH him not BECAUSE of him. The Bears up until last week were trying to win because of Cutler. They've tried getting the best out of him, and it hasn't been good enough. I don't want to say they need to try to win in spite of Cutler, but they don't need to build the franchise around him and that mostly includes making a coaching decision with him in mind first and foremost (the way Trestman was and the way Martz was hired and fired). I don't buy that the Bears were trying to win because of Cutler, they had perhaps the most talent at skill players on Offense as anyone in the league. They were trying to win WITH Cutler.

If that were to happen if love it if Mariotta slipped to the Bears at #7