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lol. creepy. I hope it motivates Tommie
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can only help....
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he also played db for the Bears in the early '80's fwiw
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Wow did not see that coming....Looks like the Bears won't have to look into drafting a safety in the first round As TT alluded to, William Moore. He was always more likely to be around when the Bears pick than Mays. I like Moore, but I fear another Safety with injury concerns
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i agree, nepitism has its major downsides. the only thing i dont get upset about when i read this kind of stuff is, we arent going to change it this year. this does put Lovie on the hot seat, though, and thats a good thing.
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quite possibly
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its Lovie's bed and he's laying in it.
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do you honestly believe that anyone (including Babich) will see this move as a vote of confidence for Babich? I think its a politcally safe way of taking the reigns away from him, and while that may or may not have its merits, its better then ignoring the issue. I dont believe its ideal, but it appears Lovie is aknowledging the obvious
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The last time Lovie took more control was after the Super Bowl, when he was able to fire a non-Tampa 2 Lovie BFF coordinator in favor of his BFF Babich and have more say on personel matters. That did not work out well. Well, at least a move like this might mean it's 2009 or bust for Lovie. If this defense remains the mediocre mess it's been the past two years he'll have very few people to blame. glass 1/2 empty, glass 1/2 full 1. we arent getting rid of lovie this off season 2. at least he is doing **something** to correct his wrong
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while it may be disappointing that Babich isnt being completely removed, it is nice to see Lovie taking more control. I'm not sure, after a 0-16 season, Maranelli would have been a good "marketing" stradegy.
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Another coach with actual NFL experience that is not Bears related. Which is encouraging. Less encouraging is Houston's pass defense rankings over the past few seasons, although that's obviously not a DB-specific stat. exactly, he may be a non-Bear coach, but its hard to judge his success otherwise. I guess we'll see. Maybe he will convince Angelo to draft Vontae. I wouldn;t mind that, dispite the non-need.
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Hoke-dokey (I have no idea what to make of this hire)
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That's the big problem with the Bears. If you are going to emphasize D, you can't afford to actually be bad on the side of the ball you emphasize. They need to be better at preventing yards, even if it means less of an emphasis on turnovers. this is true, despite how madingly fun it is to score 6 on D
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you know, even though I have long pined for a 3-4 defense, I would go so far as to say I dont even mind the Cover 2 being the basis of philosophy for the Bears. There are PLENTY of teams that still imploy derivatives of the west coast offense, which the C2 was developed to counter. The issue is understanding that since the pure WCO no longer exists, the pure C2 can no longer exist and it needs to evolve as well. I'm just not sure Lovie and Co are willing to accept that. I wish he was, I like him as a coach for the most part. but thats a whole other discussion.
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They got to the superbowl because their offense was good enough to get them to that game. They won the actual Superbowl game because of their defense. Their defense was better than their offense but I do not believe that they could have made it out of the AFC on defense alone. It really comes down to this. Is it an accident that the Bears have not been able to develop a QB the last 20 years or is it because they focus the bulk of their resources on defense? Have the Bears had little offensive success because of bad coordinators or because of a lack of offensive talent? Perhaps the answer is both. So why can't the Bears get a good offensive coordinator? Why do they keep hiring Defensive guys as head coach? The Bears team philosophy hasn't changed since the days of Ditka and they have 1 superbowl victory to show for it versus many one and done playoff appearances. So if you want to say that defense wins championships thats fine by me. It just hasn't won the Bears many championships. That fact is undeniable Yet three of the four teams left in the playoffs this year were The Steelers who were number one, The Ravens who were three, and The Eagles who were four. and AZ has somehow discovered their defense just in time for the playoffs
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to throw the defensive philosophy under the bus and say we need a serious offesnive guru is abit like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. you once suggested drafting a QB EVERY YEAR. I thought that was a good stradegy. not because I believe quantity is a quality (which I do), but it represents a PLAN to develop QB's,rather then reacting to a glaring need, and thats something the Bears dont seem to understand. dumping on a defensive minded philosophy wont get you anywhere, except the 1998 Atlanta Falcons.
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Well, at least you saved yourself with that disclaimer. I think it absolutely does have a lot to do with their emphasis on defense, as well as the running game. They've invested heavily in the post Walter RB position, with all sorts of top picks. They've invested in 5 first round RB since 1986, including two top 5. They've had 3 first round QB's, none in the top 10. Plus 2 2nd round RB and 0 2nd round QB. The "brightest" offensive mind this organization has employed in the past 30 years is probably Ditka, seeing as how he's the only guy to have developed 2 legit NFL QB's, in McMahon and Harbaugh. I think the lack of emphasis on the offense, and the QB position in general, has been a major contributor to their problems. there has always been PLENTY of emphasis on the QB, every friggen year we hear the name "Sid Luckman". The reality is that the type of emphasis they provide is knee-jerk (Kordell Stewart), ill-advised (Rick Mirer), a bust (McNown, **Grossman**), or just poorly coached (**Grossman**-not sure where he fits anymore). The Bears seem to be paralyzed by their own failures. Its just time for them to wake up, and understand that developing the posistion takes longer then 9 games
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I had to read it 3 times, but yes
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yea, the Packers defense had NOTHING to do with them winning the SB http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1996/opp.htm
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wha? you serious? hahahaha Looking at the Superbowl winners from the last 10 years or so what I see are teams that were, for the most part, offense first. The Patriot teams that won did so because of Tom Brady and the offense. The Colts won because of Manning. The Rams, The Broncos and I'd say even the Steelers won because they had a good offense. On the other side of the coin there's the Ravens and last year's Giants. The Ravens are an extreme example of absolute domination on one side of the ball, much like the Superbowl XX Bears. The Giants, though they did have a very good defense, don't win without strong play from Eli Manning. you must be absolutely drunk stupid to believe the Patriots, Packers, and Colts didnt play strong defense. While the Colts defense wanst anything to brag about early in 2006, it certainly came about in the palyoffs. The Packers in the 90's had a great defense, to go along with Favre, something people for get about. Teh Broncos in the 90's were primarily an offensive minded team, but they too played good defense. you need balance to win the SB, and more importantly, intelligance to understand how to manage that balance. The Bears inability to develop a QB has nothing to do with their desire to run a team with a stong defense, at least it doesnt have to.
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your starting to think like me now.
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signing Leftwich to anything but a back-up role would be foolish in Chicago. that guys delivery is horrible
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of course he did, which is why he's pining for Warner now
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Haugh is a hack. I cant think of another sports journalist who tries to use so many psuedo-witty analogies. His articles are hard to read, and his logic even harder to understand
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that mock-draft is a joke, 3 ot's picked before Oher? blech. A few mocks I've seen have da Bears taking Micheal Johnson, which I think would be a nice pick. Mays would be good too as for Gross, he will get a Feneca-like deal, but screw it. I wanted Feneca last year, Gross would do...
