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On one hand I'd be excited, but also just anxiously be waiting for him to break.

clayton was predicting romo to the bears yesterday idk why he wouldn't go to denver or why they wouldn't be after him but apparently they're happy with siemian Yea hard to imagine Denver not going after a FA QB and not getting whoever their first choice is. Bears might need to trade for Romo if thats what they want. What is everyone speculating about Bradford. I'm sure hes going to get a bog payday now that he stayef healthy and led the league in completion %

So go the Sam Bradford route? That's interesting. Literally hoping for a late preseason QB injury is an awful plan, but they could go through the FA and draft before making a decision on Cutler, for sure.

Romo Cutler camp battle!

Anyone streaming this? Don't have my headphones at work...

I mean they are in no rush to make any decision on him, but I would basically treat him the same way as the slew of UDFA and late round picks who have seen extended time in the defensive backfield. Intetesting bodies that dont hold you up from making FA/draft upgrades.

Wow, surprised about the OL coach - long history with Fox.

At this point, I'm fully expecting to see him dealt for a late rounder, whether we agree or not. That honestly seems optimistic.

no more "same old cubs" when something even a little bad shows signs of happening. this is my favorite one. Is "Cobs" officially retired now?

What's wrong with Cousins? He'd probably be the best QB this team has ever had. Given that the Bears have never drafted or developed a good NFL QB, and this current coaching staff doesn't inspire much confidence in that regard either, I'm not sure why they should be deadset on overdrafting a prospect or trading valuable currency for an unknown like Garoppolo. If Cousins is actually available, they should go after him. For Cousins, a lot would have to do with contract structure for me. If Pace keeps hitting on draft picks, we'll eventually need cap space again to retain good players and we want his deal to be as friendly as possible in 2019 and beyond. If Redskins make any decent effort to retain him, theres no chance he leaves for our situation though. But of he hits the open market he could become the top paid player in the game (for a year at least)

To expand on the last few points. Three of the internal options have a combined 7 starts, and thrown less than 300 NFL passes. One has ended the last two seasons on IR. The other went from looking like a possible backup to questioning if he even belongs on a roster. The third made such a small impression, his HC apparently didnt know he had him in training camp for the past two seasons. And again, none are currently under contract, though, thats mainly formality as any could probably be brought back will little guaranteed money. That leaves us with Hoyer, external FA, and the draft. External FA or trade candidates are likely to carry a cap cost or acquisition cost you apparently agree is not worthwhile. If someone is available at a reasonable cost I have no idea why they'd willingly choose the Bears over a clear ready made situation in Denver, so the Bears could probably get the second best option at best. Of the college guys, while early in the evaluation process, none look prepared to start day 1. And the Bears could still have to settle for their second choice if they were set on drafting a QB. And you've established how important it is for you that the Bears to draft their #1 target. So back to Hoyer. If we accept Jay's 2016 as the new norm, you still have to accept Hoyer's 2016 as his new norm (where he obliterated his previous best completion rate, int rate, and sack rate), for him to be a clear better option. If you take career average Hoyer, its basically a dead heat with 2016 Cutler, again factoring in no improvement from 2016 Jay. Still theres probably a scenario where thats an "okay" outcome, but theres also literally zero reason to rush into the conculsion where Jay is gone because his contract is so flexible. Hoyer probably would take guaranteed money, possibly past 2017. He also could also try to negotiate himself into a better situation if the Bears don't close a deal before their exclusive negotiating period. Which is all not to say Jay should definitely be back, or even be greater than 50% chance at being back. But the Bears position doesn't really allow them to he firm inany one QB outcome unless its to conceed 2017 as another lost season.

Reason #1 to bring Cutler back. He is the only QB under contract.

And not in anyway to be intended as a compliment to Cutler, but he was not outplayed by Matt horsefeathering Barkley.

Leonard Floyd joining Alshon with the Super Bowl guarantee. Is this the just standatd denial phase of greiving for a 3-13 team? Also, first coaching shoe to drop. Stan Drayton will not be back as RB coach (not clear if he left on his own or not- most likely his contract was up as he was hired in 2015).

Pace is definitely in an interesting spot to evaluate. He has consciously gotten rid of some good players to accomplish specific goals (get younger, clean up the locker room). So in some regards, he dug the hole for himself, and if that was the plan all along, there is no reason to shift course due to the record. Still, its hard to like so many individual moves and yet see the overall record degrade. Its kind of wait and see approach while still being really eager/optimistic to see what comes next.

I'm just in a weird spot where (assuming Fox is back), I want them to be bad enough next year that Fox is let go, but good enough that they're fun to watch and we know Pace is the right guy for GM and we dont need another wholesale operations turnover. But then I just go back to wishing they do as good as possible despite John Fox and telling myself he is old and can't stick around that long anyways.

I do think they could take a wait and see approach. At the very least, Cutler is the only leverage they hold at the position, so they shouldn't announce anything until they have a different plan ready.

The idea of Fangio being the fall guy is really weird, but I guess would just confirm the rumors of conflict between him and Fox. The Loggains situation is interesting. Not sure what outside top candidates they could actually attract (given any external candidates are allowed to interview). It could really be a wait and see approach where Loggains isn't fired by tomorrow, but is let go if a better option presents itself. Any offensive assistants from recently fired HC staffs could even still be hanging in the balance for a few weeks as they are still under contract as they wait for their new HC to determine their future. Unless you want to raid the college ranks, you're kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place when you aren't offering up what will be an attractive job.

End of year Press Conference tomorrow. Seems a given Fox is returning, but will there be any changes to his assistants?

3-13 they already suck hard. any qb that tried to step in for him with this garbage team was decimated and/or threw 1,000 picks. yeah, this should be the rock bottom point. the injuries didn't help that record, either. 2015's draft looked mixed at first and now looks awful after two, but pace had a very good draft in 2016. have another very good one in 2017, make some good signings, and start the upswing next year with jay as the bridge at QB. i can't think of anything more disheartening or depressing than if the bears have another awful year next year. it shouldn't take that long. don't we have a horsefeathers ton of cap space too? even if jay is kept around and alshon is franchised? Yea unfortunately there wont be a whole lot to spend it on. Blow the bank on Eric Berry.

And those 2018 QBs could be 2019 QBs. They dont have to pick a QB at number 3, but they have to take the future of the position seriously, and the 2018 draft shouldn't factor in, IMO.

Matt Barkley, starting WR?

Lets hope for fun bad the rest of the day.

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