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What the heck happened to Ayo tonight? d was still fine but he was extremely tentative and afraid to shoot. Kept passing up wide open 3s to kick it to Coby who was 0-9 from 3. Passed up another open 3 down 4 late in favor of Vuc shooting a 3. It took him 4 seconds of standing around Middleton to realize that Vuc isn’t fouling him because he has 5 fouls. I mean it’s one game, not a big deal, but it didn’t look like the same player out there

People on Twitter are saying leftwich had a great interview with the Bears but I can’t find any sort of sourced report

No idea who the 1st one is but I can smell Ted Phillips from a mile away

Have no idea how legit this stat is but I'm here to spread Ayo love

There was also a part about his sources tell him that the Bears are asking bad questions in these interviews. Also flimsy but its he claims its sourced so I thought I'd share. In reality it sounds like news for angry Bears fans that are looking for ways to be more angry

Don't see any major surprises unless you were hoping Reyna would be on the roster. Edit: And no Sargent

Interesting about Flores. I saw that he was interviewing but my skeptic brain sadly assumed this was a Rooney Rule interview before hiring Daboll

They seem to be in 'why would you go to coach Daniel Jones instead of Fields?' mode. And I get it, I'm high on Fields too. But its very possible Daboll isn't quite as high, or prefers to being able to pick his own QB of the future. It probably won't be in this draft, but in the meantime having 2 top-7 picks is not a bad starting point.

I guess Joe Schoen is out I wonder if he has designs on bringing in either Daboll or Frazier as HC

Holy horsefeathers he raped and killed a 1 year old? People like this really test my stance against the death penalty.

Robot umpires getting closer!!

I still think he's staying at Michigan but given all the smoke out there (mostly for LV), maybe I'm just in denial at this point.

It's not going to be Daboll because we arent allowed to have good things. /high value post

Head coaching maybe?

I hate Frazier simply because the team he coached is responsible for every bad thing that's happened to the Bears over the last 8 years. If the Vikings don't beat the Packers in Week 17 of 2012, Lovie likely isn't fired, Trestman isn't fired, etc etc etc. Sure Emery probably kicks Lovie out the first chance he gets but we probably(?) don't end up with Trestman if we're looking 1-2 years later.

Honestly, just get the scope and take care of it now

Winning is fun. Do it again on ESPN

You can determine whether this is optimistic or pessimistic

Even though those shakes are good, I can't get over the fact that they have mayo in them.

So is Pat coming back? I hadn't heard definitively either way since it was initially thought he'd be lost for the season. The NBA denied the Bulls request for a Disabled Players Exemption that is only usually approved for players lost for the season, so it seems like the NBA believes he can return. Last week Billy Donovan said he isn't even able to dribble yet so if he does return it sounds like he's still aways off.

I sort of agree with the premise but suggesting he has to be an all pro I think is a bit of an exaggeration. He needs to show legitimate improvement with continued flashes of stardom but if he has a perfectly average passing season with additional production with his legs that’s more than enough to keep him through his rookie contract with his 5th year option picked up IMO. The Bears have many holes to fill so having an average QB with upside on a rookie deal makes improving other areas easier. Yeah I think it really depends on exactly what we mean when we say things like "struggles" or "quality starter." Are we talking Trubisky in year 2 (or Tua this year)? A roughly average QB on the whole with some high highs and some low lows? I don't think the seat gets particularly hot under Fields. Maybe he gets some backhanded compliments from the coaching staff or whatever, but nothing serious, unless there's some big opportunity for bringing in a vet (e.g. Russell Wilson). If he's more like Sam Darnold or Dwayne Haskins in year 2? Yeah, I think we see this scenario play out. That said, I don't necessarily think it's wrong to happen. Josh Allen was terrible in year 2 and turned into a star, but who was the last guy to do it? Kirk Cousins maybe? (And he didn't get full playing time until the latter part of year 3 so it's not a great comp). Most QBs who outright suck in year two never don't suck. The exceptions are like once or twice a decade. Yeah the list of late bloomer QBs is very short. You have guys like Alex Smith, Josh Allen, Drew Brees and umm....Troy Aikman? At least among guys that started in their first 2 years, not guys like Rodgers who sat multiple years before playing.

I sort of agree with the premise but suggesting he has to be an all pro I think is a bit of an exaggeration. He needs to show legitimate improvement with continued flashes of stardom but if he has a perfectly average passing season with additional production with his legs that’s more than enough to keep him through his rookie contract with his 5th year option picked up IMO. The Bears have many holes to fill so having an average QB with upside on a rookie deal makes improving other areas easier.

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