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  1. Outshined_One
    That food court has the best ramen (Santouka) in an area that features the best ramen in the Chicago metro. I used to work out there and it was so awesome having so many good options for lunch.
  2. Outshined_One
    Ferris is years away from the majors, but I've thought of him as the highest upside arm in the system and had him pegged as my #1 Cubs prospect at the end of next season. It's the price you pay for quality, but man, it'd better be worth it.
  3. Outshined_One
    Here it is!
  4. Outshined_One
    So, when does he take over in New England?
  5. Outshined_One
    My recollection after he was hired was that his first act was to handle Flus' callback interview, along with the callbacks for Dan Quinn and Jim Caldwell. My old boss told me a story about The Purple Hotel, back when it was first being constructed at Touhy and Lincoln out in Lincolnwood. It was a Pritzker project and the architect had a meeting with the Pritzker matriarch regarding the hotel's color and design. Apparently, the architect had two color books, the client color book, which was basically a pamphlet, and the actual color book, which was a thick tome. The day of the meeting, the architect couldn't find the client color book, and had to grab the actual color book. As a result, she picked that gawdawful shade of lilac and refused to be talked out of it. The rest was history. To me, Flus was Poles' choice, but that's only because Bill Polian and the other knuckleheads leading the coaching search gave him the client color book instead of the actual color book. So, he had a choice, but it really wasn't much of a choice.
  6. Outshined_One
    Projecting trades are an even bigger crapshoot than putting together mock drafts. They may make for discussion and clicks, but this far out especially, it's just flat out guesswork.
  7. Outshined_One
    FINALLY.
  8. Outshined_One
    As memory serves, Mahomes had a similar problem to Aaron Rodgers, in that he had all of the measurables and skills you'd want out of a QB, but he played in a system that historically produced non-entities at QB and there were concerns that he wouldn't translate into the NFL. My recollection was that Mahomes was projected to go at the back half of the first round to a team that could afford to stash him. The Chiefs moved up to get him when the industry was generally uncertain of Mahomes, whereas Trubisky and Watson were both generally considered Top 5 picks. Most of the pre-draft discussion was whether Trubisky or Watson would go first. I can't remember anyone projecting Mahomes would go first over either.
  9. Outshined_One
    Frequently, yes. However, I think your perspective may be negative on the matter simply because we hear more about the trades that didn't work out than the ones that did. The Bills, Chiefs, and Packers all traded up for their current QBs, but we don't hear as much about those trades as we do the infamous ones.
  10. Outshined_One
    Alright folks, take a step away and take a breath. It sucked and some of you are itching for a fight, but let's play nice in the sandbox.
  11. Outshined_One
    I'm seeing a lot of Insider and paywalled articles around the interwebs regarding Eberflus' future come the offseason. I'm guessing nearly all of them say, "They'll probably keep him, but who knows for sure?" This game shouldn't be a make or break for anyone on the roster or coaching staff, unless someone literally takes a horsefeathers on the field. At this point, the front office should know what it has and what it needs to win the Super Bowl, and the decisions about who to keep for 2024 should have been made weeks ago.
  12. Outshined_One
    Gah, too many options! Keep Fields and trade the #1 for a king's ransom? Take Caleb at #1 and trade Fields? Trade down, take MHJr., and then take someone like Penix or Ward with a 2nd or 3rd rounder? It's fun, but there are way too many possibilities in play.
  13. Outshined_One
    This upcoming draft has been pegged for awhile as being really good at QB. Williams won the Heisman last season and would have been in the conversation for #1 overall if he had been able to declare last season. We might get a pop-up 1.1 pick at QB in 2025 simply because the field doesn't look that great right now.
  14. Outshined_One
    One thing that will merit attention this offseason is Fields' contract. His 2024 cap hit is apparently in the neighborhood of $6m. Putting that in perspective using 2023 numbers, that would put him squarely in between Taylor Heinicke (#29) and Mitch Trubisky (#30) in terms of QB salary, and just a shade ahead of guys like Andy Dalton and Tyrod Taylor. If we assume the Bears are going QB in the first round of the draft, I'm unsure how comfortable they would be just letting that QB be anointed the opening day starter. CJ Stroud has been phenomenal this year, but Stroud undeniably is an outlier. So, considering the rest of the team seems like it is on the cusp of being pretty darn good, would the Bears bring back Fields in that situation considering (a) his cap hit would be relatively minimal; (b) how unlikely it is that the Bears would find a reasonably priced free agent QB who could outperform Fields' likely production; and (c) the possibility that there isn't much of a trade market for Fields? I'm mostly convinced that Fields isn't the long term answer for this team, but I also think it would be sincerely unreasonable to expect someone like Williams or Maye to lead this team to 10+ wins next season. Bringing Fields back might be an acceptable option in the situation where they take a QB at 1.1.
  15. Outshined_One
    That would be what a well-run organization would do, yes. But this is the Bears we're talking about here.
  16. Outshined_One
    It's kind of fascinating watching the CFP and bowl season play out from the QB2/QB3 perspective in the draft. Maye and Daniels both *should* be the 2nd and 3rd QBs off the board, but with Penix and JJ taking the spotlight in their games, both have improved their stock and it can be easy to see teams falling in love with either because of their intangibles/leadership/winning when it matters. I could see 5 QBs taken in the first round at the rate things are going. That's always fun.
  17. Outshined_One
    Oh, I'm aware, and I'm still in the "Take Caleb Williams at #1" camp, particularly given the state of next year's QB options in the 2025 draft. Buuuuuuut, my threshold for trading out of #1 has lowered a bit over the last few weeks. Fields might never be more than an overall decent QB who hits occasional splash plays, and that's why they should try for better with Williams, but I've backed off from "only for a Ricky Williams haul" with these last few games.
  18. Outshined_One
    Depends on if they retain Getsy, but if so, it's fait accompli.
  19. Outshined_One
    My dad went on a tear about the Bears trading the Panthers pick for additional picks/players to help Fields and the defense during the second half of today's game. Last week I would have shouted that down. Today, I only argued against it staunchly.
  20. Outshined_One
    I kind of wish there were a way to keep Flus on as DC, but hire someone new as HC. I'm simultaneously impressed and disgusted as the fact that Flus' chosen DC got the boot early in the season, but the Bears' young defensive players have continued to grow and develop to the point where the team has a playoff-caliber defense from a talent and production standpoint. On the one hand, it's impressive to see how Flus managed to save what could have been an abject disaster, but it's also disgusting that this all stemmed from Flus' inability to hire competent and qualified people who aren't apparent HR nightmares. I have zero faith in Flus' managerial skills and abilities, but he clearly is a high quality coordinator who got over-promoted.
  21. Outshined_One
    You did good.
  22. Outshined_One
    In the Carolina pick falls to 3 scenario (and the Bears not jumping ahead of them), I guess the question would depend on combine and workouts. If someone makes a definitive case to be the third best QB behind Williams and Maye, I think you'd still have to give strong consideration to taking that person with the #3, especially if they're unlikely to make it to the Bears' second first round pick. Also, while I'm firmly set in the "draft a QB with the Carolina pick", I'm also on the fence as to the trade Justin/keep Justin question, regardless of what happens with draft order. I think the team ends up keeping him because he won't be worth a whole lot in the trade market and his 2024 salary would be much lower than what a good quality bridge QB would want. Moreover, I don't want Bagent as the opening day starting QB unless the team puts him in a Six Million Dollar Man program and he comes out of the offseason with a literal cannon for an arm.
  23. Outshined_One
    I've come around on the notion that 90% of slap fights around here tend to resolve themselves once everyone sobers up.
  24. Outshined_One
    Look on the bright side, Ginnie could kick the bucket and the team could get sold to a competent ownership group in the offseason as a result.
  25. Outshined_One
    As I slowly get up to speed on this class, it's nice to see Brecht isn't quite a Samardzija "less miles on the arm, but more work to do" type since he's apparently given up football to focus solely on baseball. Plus I tend to be a sucker for cold weather college pitchers, so he's right up my alley. Sold!
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