jason

I'm guessing on 3rd and 1, with Tebow in the game, the teams load up on the run. Tebow can hit the short 5 yard pass pretty easily. He has trouble with the deeper developing throws, and even then it was more a matter of "trying to ensure the DB didn't intercept the pass" instead of "giving the WR the chance to catch it." Tebow on 3rd and 1 and the Bears success percentage goes up significantly.

GREAT post. Tebow's time on the Broncos should be judged, not his time on the ridiculous Jets team. Why not Tebow as a #2 or #3? He competes and he gets a job. He doesn't, and he's gone. Easy. I have not doubt he'd beat McCown out of the backup role.

I'm not pissed about a backup QB. I'm elated the front office (i.e. not JA and Lovie) finally addressed the OL. It was, quite simply, the primary reason the Bears have not been able to make the next step. It was plain to see, but the experts decided against making the upgrade year after year after year. As for the rest...what makes you think Tebow will blow up the locker room? If anything I'd say he'd help the locker room. People love this dude. Does he need mechanical work? Yes. Does he need an improvement in accuracy? Yes. But, then again, don't most backup QBs? Conversely, doesn't he bring attributes to the table that most backup QBs do not? Absolutely. The plain and simple truth is, Tebow is better than McCown in nearly every possible way, and has proven himself to at least be a capable competitor on an NFL field. Ideally he would have had better success with completion percentage, but his upside next to McCown's upside is a ridiculous comparison. To put it another way, Tebow's upside is somewhere north of the middle point of the Sears Tower (I don't care what the new name is), and McCown's upside is barely climbing above the Billy Goat Tavern (regarding geographic height, not quality of food).

Yes. It was me. I'm on board. He's a better option than McCown. This is not even up for debate. And given the new staff's desire to run some read-option stuff, Tebow is a perfect choice. Put another way, it's 3rd and 1, who do you want in the game? Cutler or Tebow?

Much like Fudge Ripple, I doubt you'd still be employed if half of the plumbing you worked on ended up broken in a relatively short period of time after your work. I suspect you have a much higher success rate and several proven measures used for specific problems. I've done some plumbing, and on a very basic level, there is much more of a cause/effect to the work, with definite fixes on specific issues. Again, someone critiquing your work is different because you can prove results. They can't.

I'm not sold on the Vikings moving that much to get a question mark at WR. Many think he wasn't even the best WR at UT last year.

The first paragraph is contradictory to the closing statement. If they knew so much because of their experience/training/whatever, Lovie and JA would have been drafting this year. I think we should distrust these guys until they prove success.

There is a massive difference between your schooling and training, and that of the front office folks of sports. Your training, in many way, is irrefutable and supported by ridiculous amounts of testing and quantitative study. There's obviously is not. And if you had the success rate with patients that they do with drafts, I doubt you'd still be a doctor.

Each of these teams had great drafts. Eagles Bengals Chargers Rams Cardinals

To do this "we act as a GM"-thing, you can't do trades that didn't happen. You don't know if you could have made the trade.

Better than hanging on to the status quo and expecting wildly different results. Gotta take chances in life. I'm not a big fan of being a B average guy in life. You get some failures along the way, but that's the only way you learn and get better. Playing it safe rarely makes someone better.

Gavin Escobar - People screaming about a Long reach should be upset about even the notion of Escobar at TE in the second. Barrett Jones - His injury scares me a bit too, but his pedigree and experience assuage those fears. Johnathan Hankins and Jesse Williams may be the same size, but they move differently. JH has more quickness and short-term explosiveness (i.e. 3-cone drill & 20 short shuttle). Cornerbacks - Scouts may disagree, but I am just not a fan of Banks or Taylor. I don't really want Amerson in the 2nd either, but I'd prefer him over the others.

I would love that scenario. It would be an absolute coup.

I agree the D is questionable. I've said as much many times since they are not consistently top ten, despite what some Lovie fans would lead to believe. Nonetheless, where there are negatives (you mentioned some), there are also positives. Paea and McClellin are one year more seasoned and not coached by Lovie & crew. Jennings should be a monster at CB this year. The safeties will do better through sheer competition. And despite how much I hate losing him, Urlacher being replaced by the players the Bears got actually adds speed to the LB corp (Will speed make up for leadership/knowledge? We will see.). Terra just made it sound like the D was horrible last year, and we needed to draft a ton of D. That couldn't be anything further from the truth.

I'd say if anything he OVER-achieved. Dude was drafted by the White Sox to play professional baseball, beat addiction, and THEN decided to take up football seriously. In just over a year he took that motivation, earned a starting position on one of the most dominant offenses in college football, and worked his way towards a first round draft pick.

Amen. Maybe they'll (GASP!) address both sides of the team!? Maybe the Bears will be able to beat teams via offense OR defense?! Maybe the offense might actually scare an opponent for a change. I know that concept scares the "3 yards and a cloud of dust"-crowd, but it excites me. Welcome to the 21st century Chicago Bears! Nice of you finally realize this is turning into an offensive driven, pass happy league.

I'm sure Cutler, Forte, Marshall, Jeffery, Bennett, Kromer, Trestman, and Emery disagree.

Figured as much since you think the D sucks so bad yet was ranked 3rd in pts, 5th in yards, 3rd in first downs, and 8th in passing as well as rushing yards.

OOPS!!!!

Wide receiver Keenan Allen, Cal - Not a 2nd rd. need. Robert Woods, USC - Not a 2nd rd. need. Markus Wheaton, Oregon State - Not a 2nd rd. need. Justin Hunter, Tennessee - Not a 2nd rd. need. Quinton Patton, Louisiana Tech - Not a 2nd rd. need. Tight end Zach Ertz, Stanford Gavin Escobar, San Diego State - No thanks. Not in the 2nd. Vance McDonald, Rice - Ditto. Offensive line Menelik Watson, Florida State - No. There's "raw," and then there's "so raw it tries to eat the salad" Larry Warford, Kentucky - Long > Warford. Terron Armstead, Arkansas-Pine Bluff - Small school, no thanks Barrett Jones, Alabama Brian Schwenke, California Defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins, Ohio State Jesse Williams, Alabama - 3/4 NT John Jenkins, Georgia - 3/4 NT Kawann Short, Purdue Linebacker Manti Te'o, Notre Dame Kevin Minter, LSU Arthur Brown, Kansas State - Don't like him Cornerback Johnathan Banks, Mississippi State - Don't like him Jamar Taylor, Boise State - No more Boise St. David Amerson, N.C. State

Good point. I hadn't thought of it that way. More often than not, the talking heads want to downgrade someone "started LT but might need to be moved to OG in the NFL."

Preach ParkerBear. Preach.

Why do you think he'll be inactive? I definitely don't agree. He'll start over Brown.

That would be absolutely ideal. If Te'o fell all the way to the Bears next pick it would be an absolute steal. And then to get Barrett Jones later would be unbelievably good.

Looks pretty damn good to me. Fast hands, fast feet, solid recognition, good technique, extremely mobile, plays to the whistle.