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  1. raw
    I know it's great for fans to get a true champion, but at that point you're talking about kids playing a 16-game season (Ohio St has played 12 reg season, 1 conf championship game, this would potentially add a play-in game, semifinal, and championship game) for free. That's pretty ridiculous.
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    where were we with him last year? what was he looking for? I'm so out of the loop with NFL contracts anymore I'm no sure if any solid sources had reported a number, but I'm pretty sure many in the media quoted that exact number as a good expectation. He was looking for 13Mil per. No idea what the Bears offered per year, but they offered him a 4-year deal. I can only assume it was over 11M per, but less than 13M.
  3. raw
    Eagles sign Alshon Jeffery to a 4-year, $52Mil extension with 27 million guaranteed.
  4. raw
    1. Matt LaFleur 2. John DeFilippo 3. Matt Patricia 4. Matt Nagy 5. Pete Carmichael Jr. So, basically.....hire a Matt. I'm skeptical of Carmichael. I've read he doesn't really have the personality to be an NFL HC. And I hate the thought of Pace trying to mimic the Saints to a tee. They are an OK franchise to model themselves after, but it's going to be hard to duplicate that success without Payton/Brees. And it's hard to say how much success is due to Carmichael. I wish he had some history of success without Payton and/or Brees. Not interested in guys like Jim Bob Cooter or Jim Schwartz. Would have hope with McDaniels, Gruden, or Harbaugh, but wouldn't be all that excited, despite them being big names. The latter 2 aren't likely anyway. Frank Reich is interesting, but is 55 and part of his appeal is if DeFilippo comes with, even if only for a year or two. Shurmur is interesting, but 52. Rather stay under 48 or so.
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    While I agree with all of this, "2 losses by 7+" is pretty disingenious. One by 7, one by 8, both 1 score losses where they had a chance to win with the ball late. "Chance to win" should go on fox's tombstone. It's a meaningless construct when you don't actually ever win. Agreed. And that wasn't what I was trying to say. But I do feel like a better coach would win over half of the close games. Close games are typically more luck based than anything, but IMO many of these games are only close because the Bears miss opportunities early in games, get conservative in the middle of games, and don't have the talent or scheme to do what it takes to get a GW score or make a game saving stop.
  6. raw
    While I agree with all of this, "2 losses by 7+" is pretty disingenious. One by 7, one by 8, both 1 score losses where they had a chance to win with the ball late.
  7. raw
    This is really good. Solak does really good draft work too. Whereas Pedersen's comments on Mitch included a lot of fluff, this is an unbiased breakdown of things Trubisky does well, and does not and how it compares to Wentz as a rookie.
  8. raw
    Agree with your side rant. I guess the logic is, "hey this team went 4-12 vs. a tougher schedule, if they had an easier schedule, they probably would a couple more wins". But it does seem like double punishment. That being said, I think the Bears are going to win a couple more games. Not expecting it, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Bears finish 4-2. I think the Bears offense is potentially going in the right direction with Trubisky and possibly more if Fox decides he doesn't care anymore and stops his conservative gameplanning. The defense is headed the other way with injuries and players coming back to earth (Fuller). But I still feel like they can feed off of the offense, emotion, whatever. With that being said, this is an ass whooping waiting to happen. The Bears have next to 0 shot vs. the Eagles.
  9. raw
    Man, Wentz finished with a QB rating in the mid 70s. He really tanked the 2nd half of last year. Now MVP conversation.
  10. raw
    I think a reason for that is him learning how to take the snap under center and drop back and plant his feet before throwing. He’s used to shotgun 95% of the time and that’s a whole different rhythm to throwing. Once he gets more comfortable dropping back I think his accuracy goes up. You heard the announcers today point out several times which foot he was planting before throwing. That said I haven’t seen many perfectly placed throws (Though I might be remembering poorly) You’d hope to see more flashes of that. Beyond the mechanics of the dropback, I think he isn't processing D's fast enough to set his feet and make accurate throws. Eh. I think that was the case early on, but he's been a lot better the last 2 weeks (since the bye). And perfect placement is the quite the bar to set for Mitch in 6 games. He's made plenty of really good throws in tight windows (all the ones to Shaheen today for example) to some pretty shitty receivers.
  11. raw
    Don't have to worry about that after 6 more weeks. I don't think this year means anything other than getting him some experience in actual game time. He doesn't really have horrible habits and doesn't seem to be mentally fragile where this season will be branded on him long-term.
  12. raw
    Yeah, he definitely feels pressure that isn't there at times. Only was sacked once (only time they were really close) and it was his fault for that weird early scramble right into the line. Obviously, he had some sacks that were his fault last week. He had the unnecessary back foot throw incomplete to Wheaton on 3rd and 9. He didn't set for a couple other throws. But I think that will come in time. Actually, having WRs he has some confidence in will really help. I think he feels OK about the OL, but my guess is he feels like he has a small window to get the ball to his receivers before the defense recovers, causing some rushed passes.
  13. raw
    Eh. He has completed 60% of his passes the last 2 weeks with 4 or 5 drops. He's playing with a middle school playbook and his best WR was picked up in a trade for a conditional 7th round pick 3 weeks ago. If you are concerned with him personally, it's because it's because you had unreasonable expectations.
  14. raw
    To be fair, the Bears are only a dropped pass, blown coverage, miscommunication getting the defense lined up correctly, late INT, blown TD call, bad challenge, and a missed FG away from probably losing 5 games in overtime.
  15. raw
    Mitch was fine. Pretty comfortably above average. Last drive, receivers just not getting open consistently. He did miss Wheaton on a couple plays, one on an easy pitch and catch that would have converted a 3rd and 9, the other on the last drive which I'll chalk up to their lack of timing together due to Wheaton's constant injuries. I'm really excited for next year. Obviously, we have Goff and Wentz as recent examples of guys who have struggled as rookies to go on to MVP caliber sophomore seasons. And honestly, Trubisky's been much better than Goff was last year. His over QB rating looks similar to Wentz's last year, but his numbers are boosted by not throwing INTs while Wentz threw for many more yards per game. This is Trubisky's 4th game with a QB rating of 88 or higher out of 6 starts. Considering he's doing it with no WR help, lost his top TE, and with a middle school offensive scheme, I have extremely high hopes for 2018.
  16. raw
    I did. But, he wasn't throwing tons of pitches, if I remember. Plus, he's still gotta pass a physical, my guess is we'd leave no stone unturned on it. I'm figuring he's the best potential closer, on the market. Years and stuff too, he just seems a better option than Reed. I like Nicasio better than Morrow by a decent bit.
  17. raw
    I would not be surprised if they were hoping for a mutual agreement to terminate with a partial buyout of the 2018 season. Maybe they know he's miserable and wants to be done, but don't want to be on the hook for the whole thing. They will be competing with the Giants for their next head coach, though. Giants job only looks attractive because it's NYC's team. Gotta deal with the Manning situation and they have a ton of money tied into older players with a ton of free agent starters and no cap space to fill those spots. Bears should get the cream of the crop if they so choose.
  18. raw
    Would have happened by now, if it was going to happen. Gameplan goes into place tomorrow. Would have to make a change by then. Bears have never fired a coach midseason.
  19. raw
    Chuck Pagano would be an interesting DC, assuming he gets fired as Colts HC.
  20. raw
    Former D1 WR, who transferred to D2 to play QB in college. Has worked with QBs under the Shanahans since 2008. He was the primary mentor for RG3 and Kirk Cousins from their rookie year. Gets a lot of credit for RG3's success early in his career, Cousins' eventual development, Ryan's MVP season (QB coach for Atlanta last year), and now Goff's development as Rams OC. He's never called plays, so that's where Kubiak comes in (said he would be willing to come back as OC, but cited health for not wanting to be a HC anymore). Though I'm not even worried about his inexperience calling plays.
  21. raw
    Matt LaFleur please. I've gotten to the point now where I would be disappointed a very slight bit if LaFleur is not the head coach with Kubiak as the OC.
  22. raw
    They aren't dumping White. His contract is guaranteed for 5M+. Might as well hang on to him and hope he plays like the 7th overall player from the draft. He definitely should be at camp, but I'd be really worried if he wins a top 5 WR job by default because it would mean they didn't address the position. FA, high draft pick, maybe bring back Inman or similar, Meredith back from injury, then White as the 5th. Likely to be injuries. Meredith may be slow come back. Rookie may be slow to get the playbook. White gets some snaps if he's healthy and you get what you can out of him until he's hurt again.
  23. raw
    Well, shoot. i'd start talking new contract with him and his agent, see what the parameters are. Inman, Meredith look like two # 2's. Draft early in the 1-2 rounds a speedster route runner type and dump White. They aren't dumping White. His contract is guaranteed for 5M+. Might as well hang on to him and hope he plays like the 7th overall player from the draft.
  24. raw
    Yeah, I've been wondering for a couple days now if the Cubs would be looking at another deal similar to last year's Soler/Davis deal. Happ is kinda in a similar situation as Soler in that he could potentially be lost in a numbers game. But unlike Soler, he doesn't have an injury history or as big of an issue with struggles at the ML level. But I think the Cubs could potentially be interested in a Happ for Robertson or Britton type swap for a proven closer, but with injury questions. But Happ being better and younger than Soler at this point now vs. Jorge last year at this time, while also being able to play more important positions (CF, 2B) means maybe the Cubs could get an Osuna or Colome for him.
  25. raw
    Archie Miller era off to a great start.
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