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  1. minnesotacubsfan
    God is dead
  2. minnesotacubsfan
    That's too bad about Griffin, who knows, maybe, Kmet will actually catch the ball this Sunday. Watching the film of his dropped pass the other night, gets worse every time I see it, OL executed well, Fields made the correct read and a very good throw. Only to have it...dropped. honestly, I think the issue is his ONE pass attempt, he dropped ONE
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    Not to defend the Bears per se, but that used to be more common. The GM role also changed a lot in the past 30 years and became highly player personnel/scouting focused with the advent of the salary cap in the mid 90s. But I don't think the Bears were the last team to adopt a GM title (or reestablish, after firing Finks). A funny alternative history maybe exists where Michael doesn't eff up the McGinnis hiring and stays on as Pres until 2011, when George replaced him. Phillips never becomes CEO and they operate old-school with no GM even longer than they did. But Michael gets demoted and Phillips first big moves as CEO/Pres are the Soldier Field deal and hiring Angelo as GM. Angelo then tries recruiting Saban who turns him down mostly because he wanted GM duties. IIRC, Lovie was seen as like 3rd choice behind Saban and someone else. Fun sequence of events leading to a failed McGinnis hiring and then the best stretch of the Bears in the past 30 years. This made me look back because I don't remember that coaching search too well. Looks like the Bears interviewed Saban, Lovie, Jim Mora Jr, Romeo Crennel, Mike Nolan and Russ Grimm. I think Grimm was #2 and ended up in Washington iirc, or maybe he was from Washington
  4. minnesotacubsfan
    God. I remember those days. WTF I can't even believe that happened, even now. Not to defend the Bears per se, but that used to be more common. The GM role also changed a lot in the past 30 years and became highly player personnel/scouting focused with the advent of the salary cap in the mid 90s. But I don't think the Bears were the last team to adopt a GM title (or reestablish, after firing Finks). A funny alternative history maybe exists where Michael doesn't eff up the McGinnis hiring and stays on as Pres until 2011, when George replaced him. Phillips never becomes CEO and they operate old-school with no GM even longer than they did. But Michael gets demoted and Phillips first big moves as CEO/Pres are the Soldier Field deal and hiring Angelo as GM. Angelo then tries recruiting Saban who turns him down mostly because he wanted GM duties. IIRC, Lovie was seen as like 3rd choice behind Saban and someone else. Fun sequence of events leading to a failed McGinnis hiring and then the best stretch of the Bears in the past 30 years. Imagine that, first black coach (tied for first) to reach Super Bowl hired as 3rd choice candidate. if that doesn't say something...
  5. minnesotacubsfan
    also I miss the Lovie Bears years..and the man himself really
  6. minnesotacubsfan
    beard is legit....biblical you might say
  7. minnesotacubsfan
    It's an example of a pitiful, pathetically bad GM, was Pace the worst GM in Bears' history? Not even close (even if you're being pedantic about the GM title) totally agreed. Emry was probably the worst. Hell, there was even a time when the Bears had no GM
  8. minnesotacubsfan
    The reason I don't bet is that I'm such a horsefeathering homer towards my sports teams, I'd be living in a ditch by now because I'd be all in on every bears/cubs/gophers/Blackhawks game I admire your restraint
  9. minnesotacubsfan
    I wouldn't be surprised at 50/50 split all year. And whether it was this thread or the week 2 thread, whoever said they should treat Fields like Philly did with Hurts, they were the only team to run at a greater than 50% rate last year. So if that's the goal for "year 1", then okay. But that certainly shouldn't be the long term vision. And the best Os all pass at like 60% rate. I'd be surprised if the Bears continue to have tons of success running the ball and still run it 50% of the time. Maybe Getsy is trying to get D's to cheat and put 8 guys in the box, there-by opening up the play action playbook, but that would mean Monty and Herbert are going to have to consistently continue to rap off 12 yrd runs. Otherwise, at their current pace, I dont think any D is going to be too concerned with Justin Fields, the Passer. As an offense (and QB), they just havent shown to be that threatening...yet.
  10. minnesotacubsfan
    Passing on Randy Moss because he overslept for an interview and taking an unhinged RB instead. Sidenote: that was the same year ed lynch decided not to trade todd noel and jon garland for mike piazza (something like that, maybe pat cline was in there too) and then 2 months later traded them for felix heredia and matt karchner and don't forget the rick mirer trade right before that 98 debacle everyone had stupid FO's back then but ours were HOF stupid I remember all of that, but Spellman actually attacked a flight attendant because he was bi-polar. not that that made him as stupid as the others, it was just depressing as hell to watch his fall. he was a massive dude too. for me, the rest of those trades/players just compound how ugly the 90's were in Chicago
  11. minnesotacubsfan
    who is Quirzo
  12. minnesotacubsfan
    I live in a sports bar desert. In some ways its great because here, everyone would rather take part in the beautiful outdoors, in other ways it sucks because I miss games. Closest one would be Tacoma area, an hour away Really? There's not even some crappy BWW or something like that off an interstate exit somewhere? there are a few bars that supposedly have it but everytime I've tried to watch a Bears game there, they dont have it. I have no idea why. I can only say that Yelp is misleading on this subject. I've lived here 14 years and never had success eta: actually, i stand corrected. there IS a BWW near me but I've never tried them. Thanks for the idea
  13. minnesotacubsfan
    Can't you just go to a local sports bar that has Sunday Ticket? There's no shortage of those...granted, it means being at a bar at 10 am lol (Or what UMFan said) I live in a sports bar desert. In some ways its great because here, everyone would rather take part in the beautiful outdoors, in other ways it sucks because I miss games. Closest one would be Tacoma area, an hour away eta: this is reportedly the closest bar with Sunday Ticket to me, and I think they closed http://www.theendzoneportorchard.com/ plus, Port Orchard is.....west virgininy
  14. minnesotacubsfan
    NFL+ with a VPN? tell me more eta: I usually have to try and pirate it
  15. minnesotacubsfan
    I wont get to see this game dammit https://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2022&wk=3
  16. minnesotacubsfan
    That's who I wanted the Bears to get. The Giants might get to 3-0 but I would be very surprised if they end up with a winning season. maybe, but with the Cowboys QB issues and Washington being Washington, I could see a wild card birth.
  17. minnesotacubsfan
    probably indifference with some cheers. his years at the U of I weren't great
  18. minnesotacubsfan
    I wanted Daboll, first choice
  19. minnesotacubsfan
    The 90's were Eric Kramer on the high side and Alonzo Spellman on the down side. I was never more sad then than the day Trace Armstrong left
  20. minnesotacubsfan
    the Lovie years were fantastic, and Cutler was fun. But I dont know how you get out of the 1990's still being a bears fan if you only started in 1994. my heart feels for those people also, growing up south of Platteville in IL made training camp in the 80's epic
  21. minnesotacubsfan
    I've never heard of Portnoy, but then again stay pretty far away from most sports media portnoy sounds like what you get when you eat bad poutine "JESUS CHRIST IVE GOT PORTNOY!"
  22. minnesotacubsfan
    i feel for those who never got to watch the Bears in the 1980's. If I had to rely on 1994+ as a basis for my fandom, I'd hate myself. the 80's had some awesome Bears teams, and it was still legal to horsecoller, and generally destroy opposing QB's. it was wonderful and the Bears were good at it The first season I can remember following was 1985, I thought I was so lucky to be a fan compared to some of my friends who liked the Cowboys or the lowly Packers. I was actually a Steelers fan when I was very young because I had very blonde hair as did Bradshaw. But somewhere in the early '80's ('82 or '83) I started to love to watch Walter Payton more, and glad I did
  23. minnesotacubsfan
    Didn't hear about this, but nice op-Ed https://apple.news/AkyNu4dGQRhWMzeRRdKdIpQ
  24. minnesotacubsfan
    right now isn't he spending the most amount of time between snap and throw/sack on average? It seems like his natural tendency is to take too long..or his WRs cant get open for him. cant vouch for the accuracy of this site, but it seems to be that way https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/advanced-stats-qb.php eta: yup https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2022/passing_advanced.htm he's spending too much time in the pocket
  25. minnesotacubsfan
    Maybe. But at the same time Fields isn't super inclined to be a pocket passer. I don't think that was true at Ohio State, but obviously he's still getting accustomed to the speed and bailing on the pocket. He still ends up running at times when a pass probably did exist. But then when he runs he isn't "looking to create" on the run. I guess it feels more reactive. I actually want him to run more at times. Granted, I can't see All-22, but whenever he holds onto the ball more than like 2.5 seconds, I think he should just take off. Even if the D has a spy on him, it's not a guarantee he's going to get caught by that guy, especially not before 3-4 yard gain. IMO, that's way better than him holding onto the ball, being more likely to be sacked or to force a throw that's not coming open. I'd tend to agree, I wonder how much of it is Getsy in his ear telling him to be patient and look for the open guy.
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