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yeah, I think Fangio is the next HC of this team anyway. I theoretically hate the idea of trying to force a DC on a new HC like we did with arians/marinelli, but I'd much rather hire someone offensive minded and retain fangio as DC. fangio doesn't really strike me as HC material either. hell, i'm open to the idea that loggains might be a competent coach after the way he made a couple horsefeathers QBs look decent last year (moving the ball...horsefeathers QBs and horsefeathers skill players aren't going to get you in the end zone much no matter how well you scheme) and I have liked how he has called plays in the preseason (well prior to the bizarre things that happened yesterday but yesterday's game is meaningless)....all of that is to say i think i'd rather see loggains elevated to HC than fangio, but i reserve the right to determine that a few months from now. but yeah, option a is hire someone else altogether and i'd love if they could pull off keeping fangio around. would love payton. I'd have to agree. If Loggains runs a good O this year, especially if it's with Trubisky running it a good chunk of the time, might as well just promote him right on up. If Loggains continues to look average, just start the slate clean, even if you lose Fangio as DC in the process.
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A truly exciting time to be a Bulls fan.
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Well the defense ran by the d bag Gregg Williams late hit our future at QB. Knowing he was d coordinator should have been enough to keep Trubisky out, glad he came away unscathed. Wonder what the bounty on Mitchell was?
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I remember NO being mentioned as a salary cap dump team earlier in the off-season. Thought whatever they were trying to clear space for had passed though.
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well i mean this is a different conversation. assuming both are willing to take a backup QB role, both should be on rosters. that's pretty much the end of this. they're both way more talented enough for that role. so either they don't want to be a back-up and are refusing to sign in that capacity or they should have been signed by like 80 percent of teams yesterday. either way, i'm sick of it all. what he did was a peaceful protest. members of our armed forces have come out time and time again and said they have no issues and that is why they chose to do what they do - to protect that freedom. RGIII was pretty bad last year. I mean in theory I guess he's still a top 90 QB, but teams probably would rather take a chance on a younger healthier guy to hang around the bottom of the roster. Kapernick is borderline starter QB, and while I can get around why he didn't land a starter or even open QB competition roll like the Jets (as there aren't many to begin with), his price has dropped enough that the other factors should have taken over, and the ugly beast this controversy has become makes it even less likely.
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Yea, I think part of the whole blackball term is a sticking point to some, as it conjures up hidden meetings with shadowy NFL owner representatives colluding together. It certainly has hurt him. Fit has hurt him to to some extent. If a third of all teams are a bad fit offense wise and a third of all teams have superior depth at their top two spots, it leaves the question about the remaining third teams. Like if Dallas is in that latter third group, we know Kapernick is not going to be cleared by ownership. Probably the Bears too. And that has gotten it to the point for some teams that have kicked around the idea, like Baltimore, to say "let's gauge public reaction to this", which undoubtedly is hurting his chances.
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Yea, I think part of the whole blackball term is a sticking point to some, as it conjures up hidden meetings with shadowy NFL owner representatives colluding together. It certainly has hurt him. Fit has hurt him to to some extent. If a third of all teams are a bad fit offense wise and a third of all teams have superior depth at their top two spots, it leaves the question about the remaining third teams. Like if Dallas is in that latter third group, we know Kapernick is not going to be cleared by ownership. Probably the Bears too. And that has gotten it to the point for some teams that have kicked around the idea, like Baltimore, to say "let's gauge public reaction to this", which undoubtedly is hurting his chances.
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I liked them, but I like the new alternates better. I almost wish they were our primaries, though I still like the regular ones too. I think I'm gonna buy a Trubisky alternate as soon as I see one for sale. I don't remember Urlacher making a fuss about the orange ones, but who knows. Yea the current alternates are way better than the orange ones.
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Wow, that's a pretty good prognosis based on what it looked like.
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Yes, I know that's what the Royals have been doing. You were asking if people could "withhold the meatballery" if the Cubs had done the same thing. Yeah meatballery would not be flipping out about a stretch of offense that bad. Meatballery would be suggesting that we fire Joe, gut the team and start over because the current group is toast. It's that showboat Baezs fault! #meatball
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Well 20 years was hyperbole, but was also a longer point about the value of drafting QB early. That seems the be the part you don't really get, Trubisky aside.
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I'd say less crowing than fans who would rather just watch him than Mike Glennon. Sulley might be crowning him though.
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Everyone knows sulley is a crazy blowhard (only my teams!), but he wears it on his sleeve. Your measured response is concern that Trubisky isn't Andrew Luck as a prospect.
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Derwood's takes are becoming bum-esque. Says the guy with the hottest takes in the thread Bringing up Andrew Luck in a QB prospect discussion is the NFL version of Godwins law.
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Rofl, come the horsefeathers on.
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Dooon't care. Fyi- yesterday's game was supposed to be his first game in the booth. I that Burkhardt/Davis ended up a good team though.
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I think that was just John Lynch who thought that. Seriously, who could have sen that and not thought it was a QB coming off the board.
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Possibly. Has there been any talk the Browns attempted to do so? Also: it's the Browns. And wasn't there a ton of talk that you had a bunch of people throughout the league wondering what the hell the Bears were doing? Again, Trubisky could very well end up being a great pick; it's just kinda goofy it's being spun as this move that required all kinds of brilliant strategy and trading up. You're right; nobody is going to know for sure, but the idea that Pace was just competing with himself seems to at least have as much weight as this idea he skillfully swooped in and was pulling the wool over everyone's eyes playing the long game and snatched away a pick the Bears weren't going to have if they hadn't traded up. Like he doesn't have to be Super GM for this pick to work out. Agreed with the bolded. The other solid rumor was that the Titans were receiving a lot of calls at 5, and those call stopped as soon as Trubisky was picked. Plus Pace obviously knew anyone calling for three. Very possibly no one thought they had to jump the Bears, but I wouldn't necessarily call it needless given all circumstances.
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I'm already spoiled by his accuracy because my first thought was that he had at least 3 overthrows! Stumble aside even, does he look a little uncomfortable under center still. Like he has a little hitch receiving the snap? If I recall from the first two games, they gave him a really high proportion of shotgun reads. Today was probably the most under center snaps he got right?
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I really don't buy that it was primarily a smoke screen, even if that worked as a plus in the end.
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Uh, no? And I hate him but this is just a really strange statement. Nothing baffling or short sighted about it. That much money for a QB who sucks and when you were going to draft a QB anyways is baffling and shortsighted. They couldn't have been sure they'd get Trubisky at that point. I guess you can sit there and debate the cost of Glennon as a hedge v someone like Hoyer, but would have been silly not to hedge, given there were no cap concerns.
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I love JD, too. We have the best broadcasting team in baseball, probably in all of sports. They should stick together for another 50 years if possible. But Len has a chance to be the next Brickhouse/Scully. Maybe JD could be the first legendary color guy? Seems like a long shot though. JD has like 5 percent meatball in him (but i have to imagine every former MLB player does to that degree, at least, most more). But, to support your point, yes, I'd argue best booth in sports hands down.Let's keep this rhetoric going. No meatball would be boring.
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That's how he manages games sometimes, so this checks out actually.
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One guy that can throw, but won't play. And garbage receivers. we'll see if he'll play, it's looking more and more like he'll play. Fox isn't going to sit him if he's the guy that will save his job. and the TE's are a strength now, and I wouldn't say their receivers are garbage. Meredith is good and White is an unknown. They have several slot guys and a dude like Tanner Gentry that could actually contribute. There are guys to throw to. Their line is still a strength both passing and rushing. TEs a strength? Maybe, but not carry the pass game strength.
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Kadeem Carey out 6 weeks with wrist surgery. Could help Langfords odds of making the roster (if he can get healthy himself). If he can't they perhaps will be on the lookout for a late roster cut at RB.
