jason

Concur. No injury means people will think he was a possible answer, which he wasn’t.

That thread will be far too long on this board. We have decades of plays to choose bad football.

I just can’t justify burning a first on Jeanty considering Swift’s contract, and the other, obvious holes on the team. This team needs huge help on both lines. Until the lines are fixed, the other players considered skill players on each side of the ball can’t fulfill their maximum potential.

I’ve done next to no research this year. This is my first mock and I just went with availability. Formula for success: OL, DL, ad nauseum until fixed. Stick to big schools. Prioritize schools that are winning. I think 4-5 of these guys start in 2025.

Almost forgot, Caleb Williams needs to understand everything can’t be solved with force. Every throw can’t be a fastball. He needs less Clemens and more Maddox. Reminds of a funny line: "It is until a mosquito lands on your testicles, when you learn that force [violence] does not solve all problems"

Hopefully not. The Bears don’t need to Lovie one or two of the meaningless games and ruin draft position.

1. Keenan Allen can leave after this year. His hands are terrible. 2. Whoever is calling defensive plays maybe should have thrown in a blitz or two in the first half when Sam Darnokd looked like Joe Montana. 3. Whoever is calling offensive plays should be fired. The schemes are unimaginative, extremely risk averse, and do not combine routes in such a way as to confuse the defense. If I didn’t know better I’d say it was Shoop. 4. Caleb is holding the ball too long when people are open, but I wonder how often they’re open. 5. Did Kmet get cut? Haven’t seen him play all game. 6. Why did they not go for the early FG? It was long but it set the tone the entire game. 7. Interim HC definitely is in over his head. 8. why didn’t they challenge the Darnold lefty pass? I don’t think it went past the line of scrimmage. 9. Why did they give up so early? The entire 4th quarter has been like molasses. Maybe they forgot about the Redskins game and what can happen late. 10. OL still isn’t very good, but weren’t horrible. The entire offseason should be focused on FA and Draft OL until Caleb Williams can take a nap behind the OL before throwing.

Love this one. Although, I still contend that while Caleb obviously has the “It Factor” as a passer, Justin Fields had a similar presence as an overall threat. He was just good enough as a passer, and absolutely electric as a running QB. What he never received was consistent support via competent coaching or blocking from this trash organization.

Agree. Poles should probably go, but the Bears won’t do it. He will get one more year to ruin Caleb Williams’ future by putting a franchise 1.1 QB behind an OL of dudes who should be working at Hardee’s.

BTW-I’ve always contended that it’s just for the Bears. Maybe a few other perennial losers. But not applicable to the Niners, Ravens, Steelers, etc.

That’s why I’ve been saying for nearly two decades that fans, particularly hardcore fans, would do better in a draft than the Bears front office and coaches. Then year after year several retort, “No you wouldn’t! You don’t know what they know!” And then 3,4.5 years later, the team still sucks, the draft picks haven’t panned out, and people continue to hold the line on the side of the team. its time to face facts: fans could have drafted better teams over the past 20 years or so.

1000% disagree. Absolutely all resources need to be focused on OL. If there isn’t OL worthy of where they pick, then trade back for OL. Period. Full effing stop. The game today was disgraceful. Nearly every drop back the pocket went from capital C to lower case c in a second or less. No Qb consistently succeeds like that, let alone a rookie QB. What’s worse, it potentially ruins a rookie QB and makes him gun-shy. We know this from experience multiple times. All eggs are in the Caleb Williams basket. Supporting him is the first, second, and third priority.

I haven’t watched much this year. But watching just one game should be enough of a reason to fire this dude. 3rd and short, Bears jump offside. OL can’t pick up stunts. OL caving in every play and there are no outlets or quick passes. Horrible replay challenge. Franchise rookie QB doesn’t slide when in danger on the sideline. Catastrophic end of game clock management. That is ALL COACHING. He deserves to be fired tonight.

I don’t know why it’s so difficult to understand. We’ve only been saying this for years. The roll outs and designed runs is what kills me the most. Fields was lightning in a bottle, and they barely ever rolled out. Williams isn’t exactly slow, and yet it’s 99% drop back.

Concur. PFF is trash in OL grades if they think Jones is in the middle of all starters. That’s nonsense. I know what my eyes are telling me.