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I definitely think that Warren nixed Harbaugh. And the thing is, as much as I love Harbaugh, I get it. He is a meathead. And I like meatheads. I like Vrabel and I like Dan Campbell too. At first i was worried that Johnson was too much of an egghead, but now i see more of his leadership. He's still got some genius boy in him, but he has some Jon Gruden to him too, so I trust him more now. The interesting question, which no one will ever know the answer to, is whether we could have had Johnson last year. And if we could why we didnt. Loyalty to Flus? McCaskeys saying they wont fire a coach with that many years left on their deal? Maybe Johnson wanted to finish in Detriot. Maybe a combination. But however the twisted road got here, we have a QB, and we have a coaching staff. I still think Poles has some issues, but they arent part of his job description any more, so, cool.

Totally agree, he had a soft spot for Flus because they started together but better people in place now , he can let everything evolve. I think Warren interfiled in talking to Harbaugh last year. Don't know if we would have hired him but obviously with Johnson's contract, money wasn't a problem.

Yeah, I never believe anything he says anymore, unless it's a direct quote, usually from a tweet or interview, or a picture. Objective things that I dont need to trust him about? I certainly don't listen to him, or form any opinions from him, I mostly just read the headlines and then go from there. Anything not in quotes, I pretty much skip over. I use him more like a news filter than a source. If there's no link, then it's some stupid rumor he made up.

In the part where Poles is talking to Thuney, I felt Poles is a little introverted and uncomfortable. Same in press conferences, especially the last one he had with Warren. But with the new staff in the building, he doesn't really have to be a leader, he can just focus on being GM, and i think you're right he's learning and with the help of the staff we have now in evaluations, I think he'll do fine. He manages the cap very well and has a really good sustainable overall plan and doesn't step over those boundaries. He's been suspect I think in some player choices he's made, but I think he had no coaching staff that could tell him "please dont give us Velus Jones" I think Johnson has more juice in the building now than Poles, and I think both of them are comfortable with that. Poles feels to me like a team player who wants to make decisions to make everyone happy, give them what they need, while being disciplined with contracts and picks. On some teams the GM has a strong leader personality, and shapes the team. On others the owner has most input, and on some teams the coach is the leader and has a lot to say about which players are Bear players. This is a great structure. It plays to Poles' strengths.

The draft is only a few weeks away. That's when posts get serious.

I like hype videos, it's gets me excited for football. Poles has made mistakes but I think for him he's learning on the job because he never did this before. His first year, people were complaining he didn't have enough weapons for Justin which caused him to reach for Velous Jones and went after Claypool. I think he's starting to get it right.

I'm on his X account and someone mentioned this, his response was ( 310 and lean) . I use to jump on a story without back checking it and have posted bad information on here before. Now I try to get verification first.

Bears do a great job with these videos. Hard not to be fired up after watching this. Of course, I said that last year too . . .

It's hard to have a stable OL we one player is constantly in and out of the lineup. It wasn't just missing a few games but in the middle of a game he would come out. It would be nice as a backup but I suspect we want a couple rookies to develop behind our starters.

Haven't read any reports on his weight drop, but he might be down 10-15#

I use to follow him for the same reason, lots of interesting things he put out. Then I realized he had bad sources or was making stuff up. I don't follow him anymore.

0 to QB in 3 seconds

Agreed. That's just shockingly low ball not even an average salary and it's not like he took less money to go to a winning team in order to polish his resume.

Nice car.

Well if it helps I think a ton of what he writes is absolute horseshit. Every day he has another scoop that we are drafting someone else. it's a lot of clickbait. I certainly dont trust him, or listen to him or his opinions as a source. The one thing that's good about his site is there is a ton of content, and on the rare occasions that there is actual news, he usually has it pretty fast. So from him i get lots of news fast, most of which is crap! But I saw the pic, and just as when he quotes other people, I am able to deal with what they said, and just that Lambert is repeating it doesnt trouble me as long as it is a picture or a quote. But yes, we totally agree, when he says unnamed sources say etc, I dont consider it true at all.

A Carly Simon song comes to mind...

It's not about you but taking a snipe at Eric Lambert, he always puts crap out there and you follow him.

so snippy LOL "sources matter" OK Mr. Authority the pic is the pic.

He weights 310 with less body fat. People think that pic was photo shopped. Sources matter, I'm on his X account. A note: Jarrett, Sweat, Booker, Dexter have been working out together in Florida and a draftee Tyler Baron has been working out with them. Wonder if that will be a sign of him being a future Bear? 6'5"-259-4.62 speed. 6 sacks last year.

totally agree, when hes healthy, he's a good player.

He has to prove he can stay healthy for a season, 3 years of not hurts your money. That's the reason he's not back here.

same time last year...

I dunno what it means. Maybe the picture was taken from a weird angle, but he definitely looks lighter. Ill post it below. Allen likes his ends heavier so maybe it makes sense. Maybe they think Grady Jarrett and Billings are the starters? I didnt think Jarrett had that many snaps in him though? Whatever it means, you gotta admit, the roster is full enough now that is hard to know WHAT theyre up to. Maybe this is how coordinators are going to feel in game week before playing us LOL Here is Dexter arriving to voluntary workouts.

Yup! The only back worth the #10 is Jeanty and it ain't close...

I'm perplexed...