WrigleyField 22
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Beyond the light bulb suddenly going on for Mitch in season 3 of Nagy' offense what's the solution? Cry while you wait for 2020 to end. It's a garbage-time season, a lost cause that you have to play out. Your choices are "fix QB and let the rest of the roster suck" or "fix the rest of the roster and run it back with Trubisky." You aren't winning a Super Bowl with either choice, so either is fine with me as long as they stick to short-term deals and don't lock themselves into a QB long-term. Yup the window was always narrowly planned around 2018-20 unless Mitch propelled into stardom. Ride it out.
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Oh and follow NSBB on Twitter.
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Probably just follow Drew Magary on Twitter and let the algorithm do its work. Definitely less political in nature, but I also find Katie Nolan a solid "irreverent sports takes" twitter follow, who has no association to deadspin.
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Whoever comes cheapest of those.
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The thing that makes the most sense in bringing in Mariotta is the presence of Helfrich, but the idea of bringing back all of the offensive coaches is kind of crazy. Helfrich was a failed college head coach when he took the job. And there's reason to believe he's not up to the task. I think they need to bring in somebody with NFL coaching pedigree. They should probably replace Helfrich and once they do that, the idea of bringing in Mariotta makes even less sense. The part of Mariota that makes sense is that your scheme would be very QB agnostic. Whether Trubisky or Mariota, you're covering roughly the same strengths and weaknesses. Personally I just want them to go as cheaply and high upside at the QB spot. A draft pick and a youngish UFA with decent physical tools, even if unproven. Throw cap resources elsewhere and double down on the plan, hoping for some bounce backs.
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Pick watch. Bears and Oakland are both 7-8 and would occupy 2 of the draft slots between 14-18, so picks 46-50 in Rd 2. 3 teams that are a game above and 3 a game below. So worst/best case is somewhere between 43 and 53.
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Man I think his short throws are consistently some of his worst throws. Yes, guys can usually catch them, but he never leads them, so they're rarely in a spot to advance the ball. His mid/deep range throws are similarly inaccurate, but there's just more margin for error as far as advancing the ball at that spot if the field. He does get those unexplainable deep ones thrown 10 feet high too, yea, but I feel like their rate of occurrence is actually less than they feel.
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First time in a long time that I actively chose not to watch the Bears game.
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Kris Bryant is awesome and we were always right to love him
WrigleyField 22 replied to Brian's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
What in the 1990s straight to VHS documentary music was that? -
And a greater than average amount of fingers between the two of them. Really makes you think. Albert Almora AntoniO AlfonsecA AAAOAA http://www.symbolmeanings.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Inverted-Pentagram-Symbol.svg_.png :shock: :shock:
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Also my perpetual fear that the Bears are always a mere season away from featuring two retreads, a UDFA from Lower East North Arkansas Tech, and a cardboard cutout of Ricky Proehl as their WR corps.
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This is based on little more than intuition, but I feel like WRs with Robinsons profile get a pass until at least 29 for that.
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Theres nothing wrong with the double FS, a SS would be a run stuffer/TE cover guy anyway. Considering the D is ranked #6 against the run, they aren't missing the SS spot. The run D has suffered more form missing Hicks IMO (and really, so have the INT numbers). I'd like to see what Ha-Ha would resign for. They need someone besides Mack and Hicks on the D line. the rest is all O-line, back up RB, TE, and QB1A. I mean the traditional SS is near dead. Any S today would be a FS 20 years ago, and any SS from 20 years ago is at best a hybrid player if not a LB (or just unemployed). I'd be fine with Ha Ha, but that spot should definitely be a cost saving spot on the roster either way. To Kyle's plan, I'd also say extend Robinson. You can probably knock off another 5M of cap at least with a new long term extension with new guarantees.
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It would basically require 1. Floyd really liking it here, 2. Pace saying he will be cut otherwise and 3. Floyd still really liking it here after that ultimatum. Obviously he hasn't hit his potential as a pass rusher, but in the 7-9M per/year range, he'd probably be a good value. That's my thought as well. He's got 13.2 guaranteed if the Bears keep him. But if he likes it here, he could probably be persuaded to take a 4 year deal worth like 30-35Mil with 18-20Mil in guarantees. Increases his guarantees, but also gives the Bears some needed cap space. The issue here is there's next to nothing on the FA market and a draft pick (which would be in the mid 2nd round area at best, mind you) isn't likely to make teams stop triple teaming Mack. So, they might have to bite the bullet on Floyd and look to trade or get a potential comp pick for him after 2020 A healthy Hicks would in theory help with the pass rush. But I could also be convinced to outright dump Floyd and throw a back loaded deal at Clowney. Has multiple seasons better than Floyd and, fun fact, is younger than Floyd. But I'd probably take a reasonably extended Floyd over that option. A trade is an interesting thought. I think on his deal he tops out at a mid third, but more realistically a day 3 pick.
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Kaep looks weird there.
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In the pick watch, Oakland probably finishes no worse than 10th from bottom. They are 6-8, with two road games against below average division opponents (Den, LA). Bears probably end up middle of pack (maybe they win week 17 if it's not meaningful for Minn) So Bears are probably looking at something like picks 44 and 49, give or take. That's about a mid 1st rounder on the trade chart if Pace decided to get aggressive.. :|
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I can't imagine Floyd is a candidate for an extension. It would basically require 1. Floyd really liking it here, 2. Pace saying he will be cut otherwise and 3. Floyd still really liking it here after that ultimatum. Obviously he hasn't hit his potential as a pass rusher, but in the 7-9M per/year range, he'd probably be a good value.
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Its hard to know how much Helfrich is to blame. Wouldn't be surprised if he's kept... No one's going to be calling for his head. Even with Mitch bouncing back some, at the very least a replacement at QB coach seems easy. Maybe Helfrich takes some of the fall there too, though. Wouldn't utilizing Mitch' strengths from Day 1 be a big step in right direction? We know the OL needs some help but, one of the few positives has been the emergence of Miller and to a lesser extent, Horsted/Holtz, they may found something at TE. Horsted/Holtz are interesting flyers, but I think they need to do something at TE. If they don't they have a lot of faith that Burtons issues are all injury related and that he can overcome them. Even then though, they really don't have a great in line TE option with Shaheen busting. There will be some decent TE FA is the good thing... Just gotta figure out how they wanna allocate what space they have.
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Current projected cap space: 11-15M (depending on where 2020 number falls) Cap casualties to watch Long (9.6 cap hit, 8.1 savings) Amukamara (9, 8) Floyd (13.2, 13.2) Gabriel (6.5, 4.5) Patterson (5.75, 5.25) Shaheen (1.9, 1.3) Braunecker (1.6, 1.5) Extension candidates Robinson, 15M cap hit. Only 2m in dead. Fuller, 17.5M cap hit, 9m dead Guess you could throw Floyd on this side too.
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Its hard to know how much Helfrich is to blame. Wouldn't be surprised if he's kept... No one's going to be calling for his head. Even with Mitch bouncing back some, at the very least a replacement at QB coach seems easy. Maybe Helfrich takes some of the fall there too, though.
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Lol crack cubs medical staff using Dr Shin to treat an elbow injury.
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And it took 25 people to accomplish nothing. Wait until PTR looks at the expense accounts for all of those people with no results. End of year is only weeks away, maybe projected profits were running a little hot and they wanted one final large expense to write off.
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Better than Bryzzo.
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Packer Week 12/15, Sunday at noon on FOX
WrigleyField 22 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
He isn't saying that. Obviously, if the Bears win all their games, their chances of making the playoffs increases. He is saying that if you simulated the season, say, 100 times, and then would looked at all of the instances where the Bears were in the playoffs, there would be more instances of the Bears being 9-7 and in than 10-6 and in, merely because going 3-0 is very unlikely. yes, this Wrigley. But the Bears going 2-1 likely means they lose to GB, and horsefeathers that. We're winning on Sunday. Gotcha. Still I don't think those odds would be right if you ran simulations. The odds of the Bears going 3-0 or Rams going 0-3 are both near nil. And even when we look at some hypothetical 0-3 Rams finishes theres probably a decent probablity of some 1-2 Bears finishes in there. So whatever chance of a Rams collapse, the Bears probably have equal odds to collapse and make the Rams collapse moot. -
Packer Week 12/15, Sunday at noon on FOX
WrigleyField 22 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
Man, I still don't follow your logic. A 10-6 Bears would still be more likely to make the PO.
