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Intrigued? Maybe. For a 1st and a 3rd? Absolutely not. Stafford is going into his 13th year in the league. The Bears should give up a 1st and a 3rd for a guy who only has a handful of years left, and likely doesn't have the same type of success in Chicago as he did in Detroit? No thanks. The Bears need to get out of the habit of attempting to find sloppy seconds, and actually find their own gem who will stick around for a decade or better. Otherwise that same old "this is how many QBs the Bears have had since the Packers had Farv and Rogers"-graphic gets displayed until we're old and gray.

Great post. I quoted you because that graphic needs to be seen multiple times.

GREAT question.

I didn't see the date. It was a bad idea then, too.

To be fair, Reggie McKenzie got fired at the end of 2018, likely directly related to the Khalil Mack trade. Which is odd, because the tide is turning for many in regards to whether or not the Bears actually got the better on that trade given how infrequently Mack's name pops up with big plays. But back to the point, Ryan Pace is an idiot.

That's hilarious! I hadn't thought of it that way. The Bears could literally hire just about any combination of GM, HC, DC, and QB as they have now, and get similar results to those they have now.

HELL NO. That’s a horrible idea. The Bears need MORE picks, not less. And it’s arguable that a better pro WB May be there when they draft anyway.

Bingo. I called the late Trubisky INT 2-3 plays before it happened. It may have even been on the first play of the drive. As soon as they were behind and needed to stretch the field a bit, the INT was inevitable.

??? I can see Nagy thinking he has figured out some genius play and trying out a water boy because the play is soooo good. ??

Damn right. I hated the Kmet pick. Nice game today, but I hated it. And with Jimmy Graham, it proved not to be necessary.

The crazy part is that it’s 2021 and it’s STILL the same old song and dance. They absolutely have to be fired, and Trubisky needs to go somewhere else.

Just milking the clock is not enough. I thought they were playing OK, not well. Playing well would be exploiting GB weaknesses and getting large chunks here and there. Playing well is not grinding it out and going for it on fourth down 5 times.

Defense jumps in the GB game and Trubisky checks down, like normal. He is almost incapable of throwing downfield, much less throwing accurately downfield.

This is ND vs Bama. The Bears may be able to score by grinding out drives, but it doesn’t matter if GB scores with such ease.

Some sites have Jones listed as a mid-round pick. Apparently the league's GMs aren't sold on him as NFL-capable. I think once the QBs start going off the board, there will be a QB frenzy and the Bears will have trade partners ready to leap. I'm hoping for a trade down into the end of the first round, pick up an extra 2nd and an extra 3rd, and then a Mac Jones selection at the end of the first just to be sure. Round 1 Pick 30 (BUF): Mac Jones, QB, Alabama (B+) Round 2 Pick 20: Rashawn Slater, OG/OT, Northwestern (A) Round 2 Pick 30 (BUF): Sage Surratt, WR, Wake Forest (A) Round 3 Pick 19: Liam Eichenberg, OT, Notre Dame (A-) Round 3 Pick 29 (BUF): Phidarian Mathis, DT, Alabama (B+) Round 5 Pick 20: Zaven Collins, DE/OLB, Tulsa (A+) Round 6 Pick 20: Michal Menet, C, Penn State (A-) Round 7 Pick 4: Monty Rice, ILB/OLB, Georgia (A+)

Lawrence is not in range, unless Pace trades up again (I'll kill him). I'd love Jones or Trask. Just say no to Fields.

On the same token, save money on RB. Emmitt Smith will forever be overrated to me because he ran behind the best OL of all time. And I can't remember all the nobodies like Olandis Gary that Denver trotted out for 1,000yd seasons behind their awesome line and blocking schemes in the mid/late 90s.

Just say no to RPO. Run-oriented, play-action pass is what has been working.

Agree. I've been saying that for over a decade. Sure, we'd have hits and misses, but we'd be better than Pace. It seems the Bears have such a difficult time putting together a GM who can evaluate talent, and a HC who can utilize the talent drafted.

If anyone wants to crown Trubisky's ass, then crown him. But the fact remains, Trubisky is who we thought he was. It's time to move on. Overpaying an average guy who 99% of Bears' fans wanted to cut just two months ago is a horrendous idea, especially when his recent "improvement" is more about game-planning than anything he did personally, and is just average to begin with anyway. Let's be real; he's averaging 250ypg, 2TDs, 1INT over the last five games. That's not exactly stellar; it's just a glass of tepid water for Bears' fans crawling through the QB Wasteland for so many years.

Start off OT, OT, and QB who could very well deserve the Heisman? Then follow it up with an anchor in the defensive middle? THEN get a ball-hawking, play-making LB? I don't even care about the rest of the picks (great picks, BTW), but that's a home run. Is it such a difficult concept to pick a young stud QB and then surround him with maulers who protect him like their lives depend on it? When was the last time the Bears had a draft that anyone, much less everyone, thought was a home run?

Did you really draft two TEs the year after Kmet...on purpose?

Anything 7-9, 8-8, or 9-7 is the Lovie Trap. Sure, there is the brief playoff euphoria, and it's possible for the lowest seed to make it through to the SB, but it's extremely unlikely. And this team isn't really good enough to increase those 1/1,000,000 odds. The end result is a quick playoff exit, coaches who get to stick around when they probably shouldn't, a worse draft pick for a team that needs more draft capital, and a team that is further away from being an actual threat than they actually believe.

Like Leno, Lance Louis, Webb. I just wish it didn't take so long for them to decide the random, late-round guy who is better than the horrible, in-house competition isn't actually a good player.

Amazing what happens when an play caller emphasizes the running game. Also, kudos to Lazor for emphasizing play-action over and over and over again. The Bears looked really good on offense because the strategy was predicated on running the ball, then using the run to work play action with Trubisky rolling out. It reminded me of the old Titans offense with McNair, George, and Wychek. It's nice to see someone who understands how to use the weapons on the team instead of shoving the square into the round hole.