David

right imagine how allen robinson, stud WR who has never had a decent QB and is playing for a contract feels. or even someone like mack who obviously only has so many seasons left. if the players want fields and dalton is out there losing games (which he will for as long as he plays), it's going to get ugly. that said, i don't really think that's how it's going to play out. i think he'll play a little more each week and i think he'll be starting by week 4 or 5.

I can't believe it's only one week in and this horsefeathers is already starting... It would be hilarious of Nagy, after finally getting his own (stud) QB, got himself canned by dying on this hill and pissing everyone off on the team and possibly his own coaching staff.

it's happening faster than i expected

right that horsefeathers just is not going to play out that way because dalton won't be competent enough for it to be possible. they would revolt.

when he chases a guy into the end zone at least we know how many points to add im here all night

i am showing people the posts of the people picking the first round exit with dalton scenario and we are laughing at you

Moving up the draft board for a pick they don't own. Brilliant. there's more than one round to the draft...so you'd be moving up every pick. not that this even needs to be a consideration for this to be an obvious choice.

it doesn't need to guarantee anything what the hell does a first round exit with andy dalton guarantee? they're both failed seasons and one gives you a horsefeathering rookie of the year at quarterback going forward. it doesn't need to guarantee anything to be a far better place to be in than the bears ever have been at that position.

what the hell is wrong with you people picking the dalton scenario you absolutely take the justin fields proving he's good and winning offensive ROY over a first round exit with andy horsefeathering dalton and still not knowing what fields is and wasting an entire year of potential development. what the hell am i taking horsefeathering crazy pills that said, if justin fields is *that* good right away, the bears aren't going to be bad this year.

I saw that and considered it a total no-brainer.

wait, you dont want the Bears to not start Dalton or you dont want the controversy? I hope that it would be true, I agree with David, start Fields. what the hell did you read in that post lol

what the hell bizarro world football coverage are you guys actually watching?

Every national broadcast Cowboys game frames them as a perennial contender while they only refer to the Bears struggles at QB. The fact that Dallas has had 2 nationally respected guys at QB while the Bears have had none makes a lot of people think the Cowboys have won a hell of a lot more in the same timeframe. When I brought this up a couple years ago people were aghast at the comparison, just assuming Dallas had a lot more success than they did. you must be watching different broadcasts than i am but yes, the bears qb struggles are talked about ad nauseum (so is their history with defenses and linebackers and blah blah blah)

substanceBears have done as well as Dallas but for some reason people pretend dallas has been a quality program this whole time and the bears a joke. The Lovie era is grossly undervalued. Who gives a horsefeathers about style points when it’s no better at the end of the day? From my perspective, people make fun of the last 25 years of Dallas more than anybody. For example, the meme that went around showing that Brady has more NFC Championship game appearances than Dallas does during Brady's career. The Garrett era was a constant joke. I agree that the Lovie era is underrated in the national stage though. i didn't even see your reply when i wrote the above...just had seen jersey and wrigley's quoted stuff. now i'm not even sure when those posts are from lol.

who pretends dallas has had a quality program? they've been a national joke for like 20-25 years. they get ratings (so do the bears), but in my experience the cowboys just get made fun of a lot. if anything, romo took more crap than he deserved. garret was constantly criticized and the mccarthy hiring was ridiculed too. at best, they come off a little better than the bulls have since their 90s glory. maybe it's just the people i talk sports with, though?

Yeah that 2011 team seemed to be on fire right when Cutler got hurt. Maybe its the Bears not the Giants who beat the Patriots that year if Cutler doesn't try to make that tackle. 2012 they started 7-1 but seemed to run out of gas. I went to that Titans game in Nashville 55-10 or something like that, what a party that was. yeah, the offense seemed to really be finding its stride when cutler broke his thumb. i know martz had flaws and all and didn't get along great with cutler, but i was disappointed when they replaced him with tice. things were trending upward until they had to play caleb.

you're wrong. like, not even within the vicinity of not wrong. and i know you think you know everything. sitting justin fields for a whole year is malpractice. Didn’t see the entire year thing, that’s not happening. Only way it does is if Dalton wins 12. Which also is not happening. Anyway, pace and Nagy signed secret extensions and won’t be pressured into starting fields before week 4. right - agreed. and sorry, re-reading that i sound like an horsefeathers when i was just trying to be a smart ass.

substanceBears have done as well as Dallas but for some reason people pretend dallas has been a quality program this whole time and the bears a joke. The Lovie era is grossly undervalued. Who gives a horsefeathers about style points when it’s no better at the end of the day? The Lovie era would look so different if the Bears won their last game of 2008 against a crappy Texans team, if Cutler didn’t break his thumb when the Bears were 7-3 in 2011 and if they weren’t one of the 5% of 10-6 teams that don’t make the playoffs. Shoulda woulda coulda but that was an 8 year run where they were a legit playoff caliber team in 6 of the seasons. Heck throw in Trestmans first season with Lovie’s remnants when they were a bad all out blitz playcall from the playoffs. Sure many of these would be borderline playoff teams but it changes the perception of the tenure greatly. people don't look back at the 2011-12 seasons fondly enough because of that stuff. those were very good teams.

nah. sorry, this is silly. the dude is ready. you don't waste a cheap rookie contract year at the most important position in sports. if he's good, he covers up a lot of bad. and i'm pretty sure he's horsefeathering good. It would be wasting a season if they are a contender.or they didn't have 16 or so mil locked up with Dalton and Foles as far as utilizing Fields like Seattle did. However, the line is trash and the Bears aren't going to win regardless of how he plays. at the very best, you're wasting an entire year of development time. kinks he could easily get sorted out this year will have to wait until next. sitting and watching isn't helping him, and by all accounts he was one of the 1-2 most NFL ready QBs in this draft and ran a similar style of offense in college - so his understanding of the offensive concepts shouldn't be in question like it might be for others who truly could benefit by watching. you're also probably overstating just how bad the line is. it's not good, but the interior is solid. it could easily be just fine bad rather than disastrously bad. and fields's mobility would make it look better because of how much of a threat his speed is and how defenses would have to adjust to counter it instead of just pinning their ears back and going after the big old slow guy.

nah. this is dumb. the dude is ready. you don't waste a cheap year at the most important position in sports. if he's good, he covers up a lot of bad. and i'm pretty sure he's horsefeathering good. nahSitting him is fine you're wrong. like, not even within the vicinity of not wrong. and i know you think you know everything. sitting justin fields for a whole year is malpractice.

nah. sorry, this is silly. the dude is ready. you don't waste a cheap rookie contract year at the most important position in sports. if he's good, he covers up a lot of bad. and i'm pretty sure he's horsefeathering good.

every time i put any thought into it, i can't even begin to wrap my head around the thought process that led to that rick mirer trade. the #11 pick in the first round. for a guy who had already proven to be a special level of bad in the NFL. how? https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MireRi00.htm - for reference