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I expected the Bears to trade down, acquire more picks, and select an assortment of talent that included help for an already below average OL.

Agree! Which is why I don't really want a safety in the draft. Jackson has that "Mike Brown feel" to him.

That was actually the one thing I liked about him. His players loved him and fought for him. And if he were still the coach the Bears would have kept Urlacher for one more year like they should have. But he's not a very good head coach because he can't make in-game adjustments, even to the defense he's supposed to know inside & out. And he apparently hates offense. BTW - He's not going to do anything at Illinois. They are middle of the pack in the Big 10, at best. And pretty much always will be.

Well, that's two sacks in the first half to one of the worst pass rushing teams in the league.

I honestly feel like this entire draft should be OL, WR, DE, OLB. That's it. Unless something ridiculous like Sam Darnold falling into the third round happens.

Browns 21 - Bears 13. The embarrassment seals Fox's fate. Fine by me if the price is right.

I didn't say Trestman's failure was solely because of Lovie, but that team was deteriorating rapidly and would have stunk even if Smith stuck around. The true intent was that Lovie's success was in large part due to the fact that he inherited a team with Brian Urlacher, Charles Tillman, and Mike Brown. Without Urlacher's range and ability at MLB, which revolutionized the NFL forever, Lovie's D was never the same. Without Mike Brown's highly underrated abilities at safety, the D doesn't work as well. And without Charles Tillman turning into maybe the most prolific fumble-creator in NFL history, the team is not the same. It was just incredible fortune for such a limited defensive scheme that gets exposed over and over when ideal players aren't in the game. On top of all that, he completely lucked into Hester, the best return man in history, because of Sadowski and Angelo. Furthermore, he was essentially a .500 coach who probably would have actually won a Super Bowl (or two!) if he could actually make in-game adjustments or gave more than a passing thought to the offensive side of the ball. The defense couldn't stop the Colts from running, and gave up an all-too-frequent long bomb to an uncovered receiver, in the first Super Bowl. What's more, the 2010 Championship loss versus the packers only accentuates Smith's flaws because the Bears were forced to play three quarterbacks after their horrendous line, that gave up more sacks than any other team on the year, pretty much made Cutler a shell of his former self and got him hurt. Last but not least, remember that Hanie (under pressure) was the guy who threw the pick-6 to BJ Raji that essentially ended the game. They should have won that game but their offense sucked, regardless of the QB. I'll meet you in the middle. I wouldn't mind seeing Lovie return...as the defensive coordinator. His players DO love him and play hard for him.

Agree. I’ve always said Love was overrated and just happened to fall into some one in a lifetime talent that perfectly fit his defense. As soon as those players began to deteriorate, it was over. He was just good enough to keep it towthef and decent. A new coach inheriting that situation has nearly no realistic chance to succeed.

I understand the reasoning for the comments about cutting him, but they are way early. If the Bears want to save money, there are plenty of others to cut before Long. His ceiling is far too high to just toss over a few million that can be recouped through cutting bums and scrubs.

Where do you stand on Jeff Fisher throwing his hat in the ring as potentially the next Bears HC? A. No B. Hell No C. Oh HEEELLL No

Up until he went on IR, Mitch Unrein was having a career year. In 12 games he had 1.5 sacks and 24 tackles. That's not a joke. That's his career year. Meanwhile, Hicks has 8 sacks, 38 tackles, and is a general terror on the field. The Bears need to upgrade Mitch Unrein more than they need to upgrade OLB. This is something I said last year. The same holds true. I think at this point I would prefer the Bears to start with a trade down then... 1. Mike McGlinchey, OT, ND - Could start LT or RT, whichever. 2. Equanimeous St. Brown, WR, Notre Dame - Great size and speed. #1 immediately. 2. Da'Shawn Hand, DE, Bama - He's got incredible strength and could be a steal 3. Lorenzo Carter, 3-4OLB, Georgia - Floyd clone. I would like that start because it gets DE in order before OLB. Unrein needs a replacement ASAP.

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I think the Niners are done winning. They have the Jags and the Rams left, and both of those teams are really hot. If the Bears lose out, however, they have a realistic chance of moving up one spot. The Texans will likely beat the Colts, making them a 5-win team.

I like it, but I'd rather not see SS early. That should be, IMHO, the first WR or the second OL.

-Multiple brutal penalties from the OL -No respect for the passing game and it wasn't exploited. Michael Irvin butchered Fox and Low-Gains at half. -Check down city for Trubisky. It felt like a Shoop nightmare. -Poor run blocking as well. -Stupid penalty on the long return. Third week in a row some idiot gets a Cohen play called back? This is starting to feel like Hester. It's gutless football. 4th and 1 and Fox punts?! WTF was that? Bright spots: -Eddie Jackson. He has the "It Factor" like Mike Brown did. He's just always around the ball. I wish he would have punched the long pass away. -Akiem Hicks. One of the best DLinemen in the NFL. Very underrated what he's doing. Also, Kendall Wright needs to be in the concussion protocol or drug testing system if he thinks this team doesn't need receivers. On Trubisky's fourth quarter INT in the EZ, everybody was blanketed. Except maybe Wright, and he was probably the 4th or 5th read. He's really overvaluing his comrades. He's the only legit WR on the roster.

It's so bad I didn't even realize the game was today until the start of the 2nd quarter.

Certainly smarter than you, because my example proves the flaw in the current system and your support of it.

Detroit 27-Chicago 17 I don't trust Low-Gains. All the play-action passing and moving pockets from last game were too obviously successful for him to stick with it. He gets cute and changes things up, to the detriment of the team.

Suppose the Bears were one of the healthiest teams in the league instead of one of the most injured? What scenarios would have played out? What would the record be? The first thing I think of is Kevin White. If he didn't get injured again, would he have blossomed into a star WR this year? Would his ascendancy have led to Glennon performing better and keeping the job?

It's cool. Remember, I never said I thought it was likely, or that it could be proven in any way. My whole secondary argument to that issue was that it's an unknown, he's a good coach, and he couldn't do much worse than the supposed offensive "experts" that have been hired by the Bears for quite some time. I never said it was likely. On random luck alone, I'm pretty sure half this board could have done a better job calling plays than Low-gains this year.

Is English your second language? You do realize there are multiple meanings to words, right? Colloquially (look it up), saying something like "I don't understand the reasoning of that decision." often means "I don't agree with the reasoning of that decision." As for the elevation in draft order and what not, I completely get it still. Your reasoning, and the NFL's, is flawed. You said, "But yes, if two teams have an equal record, the one that played inferior competition is worse." That can easily be proven false. -You race on a track against Usain Bolt, Carl Lewis, and Michael Johnson. You go 0-3. -Rookie Eddie Jackson races on a track against Bruce Jenner (pre-op), Devin Hester, and Randy Moss. He goes 0-3. -If everybody listed raced each other, the three guys you faced would go #1-#3 in whatever order. -You raced against better competition and have the same record as Eddie Jackson. Therefore, you're faster/better than Eddie Jackson.

Who else got to see one in person? I got to see the one versus New Orleans and the whole stadium could feel it coming. Even my wife said there was a buzz in the stadium before the kick happened.

The thing about Hester that makes him the GOAT and a worthy HOF player is not just the record number of kick return TDs, but also the number of huge returns and TDs that got called back. He revolutionized the kick return game, and it would have been even more ridiculous if some of the others hadn't been negated.

It's not doublethink, but you tell yourself what you need to. Teams that tie in terms of record shouldn't have their draft seeding penalized by the fact they just so happened to play damn near every team that is going to the playoffs. That's not a true indication they are better than another team which has the same record but played worse teams.

The reason why it's so implausible is the amount they would have had to trade to get back to #2. Cleveland was/is a horrible team in need of many players, and it would have required at least their next four picks (1.12 = 1200, 2.33 = 580, 2.52 = 380, 3.65 = 265) to get to the value of Chicago's #3 (2200). Even more would have been required to get to #2 (2600). They were easily the worst team in the NFL last year, and their front office would have been eviscerated if they gave up that much to move up to #2 when so many QBs were better situated for their location in the draft (i.e. Watson & Mahomes), and they had/have so many deficiencies on their roster.