jason

Cutler should have told McPhee to put on a helmet and strap up. Oh wait.

Is it overreacting after 2 games of the same BS has been happening for years? Doesn't matter who serves the shit sandwich when you take a bite.

Good post. In a morbid way, I want Cutler gone after this year just so everyone can stop blaming him. Sure, he's not great, but he is good, and would be better if this team had a freaking clue how to protect a QB. It's as if the owners refuse to allow any coaching staff to invest significantly in protecting the most important position on the team.

This whole thread is moot if the Bears spent one of those fourth round picks on Dak Prescott. I'm fine with trading Alshon at this point, however, because the season is already done. Also, I don't like that trade.

For a rookie, I was happy with Whitehair. He needs to figure out stunts a bit better, which may be solved with some cohesion between him and the OGs.

He was sizing Watt up the entire time. Of course, it's probably because he and everyone else knew that the Bears don't have a good tackle on the roster.

Oh, we definitely agreed. I was big on Prescott. He was a one-man show at MSU. In terms of what the Bears should have done, especially considering all the trades, the fact that they ended up with three picks in the 4th round, the idea nearly everyone considered the Kwiatkowski pick a reach, and that they doubled-up on secondary in the same round, there is no reason they didn't find a QB. And that was exactly where they would have taken Dak Prescott, ahead of the extra pick the Cowgirls received.

No. Absolutely not. You can't trust backups from NE. They can make Uncle Rico look good. He leaves NE and the story changes. Besides, Cutler did fine. Guess who failed yet again?

I didn't even see it, and I'm glad you deleted it. I'm sick of hearing about it. I want to hear and read about football.

Great post. I really wanted Dak Prescott as our #2.

That line made me laugh because it sounds like what I wrote in my tagline from however long ago.

Interpret however you wish. But grabbing a few guys who are high reward, low risk is great if one pans out. It's bad when two retire and the others perform minimally. They should have never cut Slausson. Without cutting him, maybe they don't have to take the risk on one of those other veteran toss-up players. The Bears had Alshon, White, Royal, and a few other promising guys, yet still decided to at least spend minimal time on WR. They should do the same with OL. This has been proven for over a decade. Good to great OL + Average to bad skill positions > good to great skill positions + Average to bad OL

The fact that the OL was already questionable, and they played like garbage, just further supports the fact that they should have paid some attention to it in FA since it was not going to be a priority in the draft. The draft was clearly about giving the defense weapons.

Did he ever have on the field issues or fights while with the Bears? My memory isn't the best, but I don't recall anything like this happening while he was in Chicago. Pretty much everyone seems to think he was a tool off the field, however.

This sucks. We need the young talent to survive. Especially the OL, because it appears the plan was/is to develop the talent already in the roster.

Wait, let me get this right... A guy who had iffy hands, who was pretty clearly linked to be the cause of some Cutler INTs, who bitched all the time, who held out of OTAs, who was a weird dude in general, who likely didn't get along with most in the clubhouse, and STILL had career years with Cutler throwing him the ball, wants to talk any sort of trash whatsoever? Yeah, glad that dickhead is gone.

Hey, if he gets swallowed up half the time, and gets sacks half the time, I'm guessing he gets swallowed up a lot more when he draws double-teams as the season progresses. Enter McPhee, Young, Houston, et al.

You can't put the playoff fault on BM, no matter how much you dislike him. BM ripped the league a new asshole on an average Jets team. He caught more TDs than anyone in the NFL. And don't pretend for a second he's not the primary reason Ryan Freaking Fitzpatrick had a career year. He may have been a bad fit for the Bears, their staff, their personnel, their age concerns, and their locker room. But he certainly wasn't the reason the Bears lost on the field, or why they didn't win a playoff game while he was in Chicago. And he's not the reason the Jets failed to win either.

Recently I was at a charity 7-on-7 event that had multiple NFL players. I got a chance to talk to all of them in one-on-on settings. I probably shouldn't divulge who was there, or who said what, but there was a mix of incoming rookies, an all-pro guy, and a few veterans. More than one guy who has played in the SEC. Unfortunately, all were pretty negative about Leonard Floyd. They all think he's fast, explosive even, but they think he's going to get swallowed up by the blockers in the NFL. One player specifically said, "All you have to do is put one hand on him, and he's out of the play." The players are not the scouts, but they generally have a decent feel about other players. I'm genuinely worried about Floyd right now.

I don't think it's true competition for a starting role since he's not really a pass-catching TE. Miller is much more of a pass threat.

Honestly, I don't really like the signing that much. He's a journeyman at best. I'd rather see competition produce the best backup, hopefully someone that can fill in for Miller when he needs a breather. If Miller is going to be a pass-catcher more than a blocker in thi offense, then Moeaki is not his likely replacement.

Slauson. Slauson.

I agree with and like the plan. I have said many times over I like the guys who are B+ players who bust their ass for the betterment of the team. Those guys don't always look like pro-bowlers. They'd rather have five or six on the defense who each have 8 sacks and a ring than having two DEs who have 15 sacks each, yet they get beaten by intermediate passing.

Their intention I don't know, but I suspect you're right. They're trying to find a swing tackle. My point about him being a 7th rounder is that he wasn't that great to begin with, otherwise he would have been drafted earlier. The fact that he's still young means he still has a ton to work on. A #1 overall guy doesn't have nearly as much to work on. All Long has to work on is conditioning and health, two things that may not be controllable. Make no mistake, however, Long is way more talented, and a better player. Whether a lesser percentage of his abilities is better than a 100% Leno is difficult to to measure, but I'd guess it is.

I don't view it that way. I think they saw a guy with 6 less years, much less injury history, and leaned heavily towards him. It fits the M.O. of this staff, since they're all about finding the guys who are rising veterans who have a few years under the belt and untapped potential.