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If I had to guess, this cancellation is more about looking like HE IS FOCUSED SOLELY ON THE NEXT GAME than about avoiding questions. Eh a two hour radio show or whatever wouldn't affect his game prep unless it was a short week. The BM theory would be stronger, but either way it doesn't matter. Or maybe Trestman asked him to cancel. Still, doesn't matter. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How many are from Mills or Ola? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In an ideal world Mike LB and RT would be 1-2 (or vice versa) in this next draft. Though I'll take BDPA and RT and still be happy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Greene is such a disappointment. Athletically he has everything he needs. Apparently its intellect that he is lacking. A 4th round pick out of Rutgers, he's not that much of a disappointment. I mean it in terms of his athletic ability, but yeah, he's still a 4th rounder. After last year, I thought he needed to lose 10-15 lbs and convert back to a SS. He needs to be back there so the play is in front of him most of the time. That seems like a pie in the sky hope. Just let him be a ST. That's still a potentially okay net return from the investment. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

For the PBP especially I'm okay with someone who's pretty detached except for in the most intense of situations like a game tying shot. For color guys I'm okay with a little homer flair on something like a big dunk (Stacey's "posters" don't bother me as an example) but then I expect a step back so actual analysis can be given on why something happened, whether it was positive or negative. Also Stacey needs to not force nicknames. Pasta was one of the worst in recent memory (get it cuz he's Italian!) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It's always been funny at times and unfunny at other times. Just depends on quality of the use. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

He probably still holds value as a ST, especially for the remainder of his rookie contract. But no reason to give him D snaps. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

At least Brady won't be running read-option. The Bears have no idea how to defend it. I missed a lot of yesterday's game but that 4th and 1 read option in the third was painful. Peyton Manning could have converted that play. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah, quintessential Bears have no chance game. I'm going back and forth. Bears are so unpredictable and the Pats only best the Jets by 2. But it's hard to not be so down on the Bears. They also get extra time to prepare for us. We'll rely on Jay in two ways- to play well obviously, but also to get Marshall together emotionally. Hopefully they have a nice dinner for two tonight and everyone's all happy and motivated on Tuesday. In the end Pats are gonna put up some points. Will it be a shoutout or crushing defeat? Also do we do something with Mills this week? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Offense must get it together. Even with a strong outing from our D, they're putting up 27+. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yep, as long as the offense was good you could ignore his other faults. But when his area of expertise is what's leading to the losses, it is a problem. Yep, that's what I've been saying for a few weeks. If this team isn't scoring 28 ppg like it was last year, what's Trestman's value to this team? He's not a motivator like Rex Ryan. He's not a disciplinarian like Coughlin or someone. He's not a player's coach like Lovie was. He's not strong in-game or as a leader like a Belichick. His value is in getting this offense to score points and win games. They averaged 7 points per quarter last year, they've been held to 7 or fewer points in a half in 5 of the 7 games this year. It's going to be interesting to see what happens if this year continues like this. I've been thinking about it since yesterday, and you kinda have to fire Trestman don't you? The offense is all under contract for next year. You can't blame it on Cutler and toss him aside (which is why I would have just franchised him). You aren't going to be able to trade Marshall, who looks like he might be a problem if this team doesn't do anything significant on the field. All you can do is blame Tucker and retool the defense again. And if they keep playing average-ish, I don't think there's enough you can possibly do on that side of the ball to combat the fact that the offense isn't as advertised. Honestly I think all those traits of other coaches you listed other than Bellicheck are rather small factors. If Trestman had one of those traits, it'd still be a distant factor to the offense not producing. That's the most important thing. The defense is already improved enough to be acceptable. I have a hard time believing the O is as bad as it has been, but it also can't be just above average either, it's gotta be top 5 type. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

To be clear, I am not just implying it was something other than the fact it was an old injured d. I am saying that it was more than just old and injured. I think the coaching situation played a very clear role in the decline of the d. I think the D declined because it had bad players and then Briggs continued to sulk cuz he missed his buddy Lach and Lovie. Peppers was his normal rather disinterested self and Tillman was a pro as you say, and I think kept his influence over the DBs. Anyone else basically didn't matter enough due to their overriding bad at football issue. The D got some new good players, is average, and doesn't seem to be a big locker room issue now. Briggs is still kind of sulking, but he's at least a little ore interested than last year. Winning/performance helps beget a much more harmonious locker room. There is the scheme/technique related coaching issues but that's mostly separate from leadership traits of anyone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

To be clear, I still think losing guys is detrimental, but to blame Trestman for "losing the D" last year implies it was something other than the fact it was an old injured d with bad replacement players that caused that collapse. The current O situation is much more concerning especially with one of the undisputed leaders of the O speaking out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I am not sure what else you'd need to read about last year's defense to see that he lost them. Briggs was outspoken. They all hated Lovie being booted and scoffed at Trestman's style, and the result was a decent defense becoming horrible in a heartbeat. Briggs is basically just cashing checks at this point. Tillman is a pro and possibly the only vet that didn't go through the motions. I really only remember Briggs sulking and then a bunch of basically PS players who sucked at football. Then Urlacher and maybe one other former player coming out and claiming Trestman lost the D rather than the D just having a bunch of bad players. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don't know what you mean but overrated, maybe that it's not really a concern? But I think it is real in this league and I think the Trestman already lost the defensive side of that room last year, when everything fell apart post-Lovie. He maintained credibility while his offense was improving, and doing things no Bears offense had done in years, if ever. Now that the offense has stalled, and fingers are being pointed by and toward half the team, this is a problem again. Trestman has his work cut out for him this week, getting the teams' collective head on straight and figuring out how to make this offense not suck. This team is a bummer. Overrated meaning it is a concern but its impact is overstated. I still don't even get an impression he's lost the defense. Maybe he's just very distant though. Most of the talk of him losing the D seems to have come from former bears defenders. Maybe they're talking to their old teammates and they are frustrated, but until the actual current players are getting quoted it's probably a non issue on the D side. Honestly over the past two years hasn't it just been a bunch of former LB who rail on Trestman/the team? So perhaps Briggs is bitching to his old friends and talking about the glory days but it seems pretty isolated. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think losing the locker room is overrated. You have to keep the trust of your best players and leaders and everyone else falls in line as players self-regulate a lot. As far as possible coaching changes it will come down to Emery's trust in Trestman. If he stays you have to assume he maintains autonomy over his coordinators. Firing just Tucker seems scapegoating to me considering the D has basically done what we expected of it (average) while dealing with injuries. If you do fire Tucker I'm not sure how good of a coordinator you can snatch with the prospect of a HC possibly on make or break year. Certainly you're probably limiting yourself to 4-3 guys. There's too much talent on the O that it couldn't click at any second. Maybe the players and coaches Wil get a sense of urgency going into this week and we'll get a lucky win in a shootout @NE and still head into the bye in okay shape. 3-5 and were basically playing for 1 loss football. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I mean at the very least every college team has someone guilty of sexual assault if not rape right. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I really don't get the equal hate for a Team with a rapist vs a team with annoying fans I mean they're like super annoying though. Especially the ones that actually attended ND. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Look there's the part of you're belief I don't agree with because it's meatbally and thus has an inherently flawed premise. Then there's the part where even if we take your meatball stance as valid, it's wrong: http://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/red-zone-scoring-pct 7th in red zone TD % this year. What's been so untimely? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Also did I hear correctly the other week while watching the game that the Bears had among the highest red zone TD completion in the league this year? Untimely. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Saw this one today. According to Gil Brandt. Pickable passes (ball thrown that should have been INT): Best: Cam Newton (0 in 179 att), Matt Ryan (1-234). Worst: Jay Cutler (9-229) #footballstats I find it strange that some people on here are pretending that the guy isnt the QB that tends to throw a back breaking INT in the worst situations. Statistically an average to above average QB, okay. But he's been an INT prone in bad situations over the last 9 years. To think it's a matter of 'cleaning it up' and that he's going to suddenly 'clean it up' is laughable and mind-numbingly stupid. Dan Bernstein had it right when seriously doubting that he'll ever be able to put together a win streak long enough to take a team to the Superbowl. McNabb is incorrect about comparing Cutler to Romo due to the fact that Romo has better career numbers then Jay. This bad situations talk is just dumb. Sure it's nothing that you can quantify with a stat, but it's definitely the majority opinion about him that isn't necessarily untrue. Kyle is right and maybe my wording of it is off but Cutler throws INTs with the best of them for whatever reason. I too believe he'll never be able to put together a sustained level of play good enough to take a team to the Superbowl. I hope I'm wrong. You can't quantify it with a stat because an interception is almost never better or worse based on situation. About the only factor is field position and pass type which is a coaching issue unless the QB audibles to it. Besides if we're gonna be all meatbally about it then the "worse" time is clutch/4th Q come from behind stuff that Jay is pretty decent at. As a final note I will use my meatball credit on Jays protection of the football in the pocket (ie fumbles) rather than his INT. I'm pretty okay with what happens after the ball leaves Jays hands, taking the good with the bad, obviously. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It kind of is new. Ever since international spending caps were put in place guys without caps have seemed to see a bump. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Didn't Jay like lead the league in 4th quarter comebacks the past year or two. So untimely. I can't remember them all exactly but pretty sure it was happening frequently enough to get talked about during games. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Jackson. I think Allen or Watkins is a bit of a toss up so if you're adamant about no Allen, then Watkins. Seems like lots of guys here at NSBB own Watkins... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Vereen Watkins Tate Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk