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I dont think it has anything to do with McCown, he is a competitor and wants to play. McCown isnt a threat to him.

Good to give us people to look at I wouldnt have normally found on my own. thanks

He has deserved all the criticizium he has gotten, but he deserves all the credit for maybe the most important game of the season coming threw when we needed it the most. Maybe he finally becomes the pass rush stud he was suppose to be. I still dont think he is an everydown DE( look at the run defense) but as a rush pass specialize maybe we see the beginning of a career.

McCown looks awkward at times but he can get be pretty accurate with his throws.

They keep doing that fake reverse on the kickoff, one these times the other guy will get it.

The coaches are playing chess right now, be interesting to see the outcome. I think we have a much better shot at the win than 2 quarters ago.

With Rodgers out, our prospects are looking up, but with a God awful defense we need to be more consistent on offense.

Just doesnt look very good, but worst for Bears or the league?

the GB game looks unattainable but the Lions are a team that we can beat, remains to be seen what happens but one game at a time.

when you roll the dice sometimes you come up with a 7 or 11 and at worst it wasnt a heavy bet

I think most of the calls are predetermined, according to offensive formations. There is some immediate input but the coaches would make the adjustments if he wasnt calling what he was suppose to.

Would love to have any of them but here is the problem, Salary caps hits this year Byrd-6.9 Tuck-6.1 Babin-4.3 Finnegan-15 We have 2.1 at this point of the season There salaries for the year will be about 60% of that after its prorated , we simply dont have the money and then we get to giving up draft picks, which is something Emery will not want to do. Just a pure dream state, but not reality.

This year will be much different than most, only 30 players under contract, an awful defense, and a big decision at QB. our OLine are Bushrod-29 Slausson-27 Garza- 34 Long- 24 Mills- 22 Brown- 24 Boggs- 26 Britton- 26 Scott- 30 I dont think Garza will be back, I think we can slide Slausson over to OC and install Brown at the LG position. I was, along with you always pushing for more younger OLs, we now have a roster we can live with one more year if we bring back this line.Resigning Slausson is the key and I think we can get that done. Then after this year start drafting OL every year. Seems like a more realistic veiw of rebuilding the team going forward.

I can buy the we need thing, worth a high pick to get him but why would Az trade him? He is young talented, CBs dont grow on trees. A time that passing is taking over the league, Im sure AZ would love to just give him away.

I like the idea of adding OL every year but next year with so many contracts up and dire need of defense, I dont see how we can do that.With 7 picks we need a couple of DL, safeties, DBs and will draft a QB. Maybe a late round pick, but dont see that happening.

Our picks for next year are a total of 7: we traded a 7th away but received a 6th from TB for Carmi. I think depending on how the draft falls we need: 1st-CB or DT 2nd DT or CB 3rd QB or SS 4th SS or QB 5th DT or CB 6th CB or FS 6ht FS or CB

I like Jimmy G , seen him play against NIU, and he has game.6-3 222, same size as Cutler. He is not flying under the radar to scouts. He will be drafted late second or early 3rd which may or may not be available to us. I dont think we go with a drafted QB until either the 3rd or 4th round.

PFF is a good ruler to measure with but I think you put to much validity to it. The eye test, the line is improved over last year, has a lot of improvement to go. We have been successful on offense most of the time and it is due to better play out of OLine. We have a long way to go, but I see us getting better, not the inconsistency from the previous years.I kinda rate the comparison to evaluating a woman when you meet her. You look at her and dont get turned on but as you get to know her you find out that she has more to her than the face. I think Bushrod is slightly above average, Slausson is a good player, Garza is fading, Long and Mills futures look bright. We will look at the OLine much different at the end of the season. Maybe a 20th ranked team by the great PFF? I think we should resign Slausson to a long term deal and move him to center. I think Brown could move into his spot and keep Britton around for depth. Sign another vet on the cheap for depth, and that will be our OLine for the coming years. I dont think we have the draft picks to waste one on drafting another OL.

I dont think we're going to pull a rabbit out of a hat here, we will be just grabbing someone to play STs and go with Greene with Costanzo getting some reps. The defense has been quite awful and it can only play better but will have to come from some existing players playing better.

I agree with Peanut as FS, resign Jennings, and draft a starter with the first round. With so many roster spots to fill no way that were making some big trade. I dont see us getting rid of any of our draft picks either. I think we draft some needs, sign some mid level veterans and this a bunch of minimal pays guys like this year. I would like us to resign Slausson(have him play center), Anderson,Jenning, Collins. Get rid of Peppers, Hester, I think Briggs has one year left.

With the off week and injuries I looked at the 2014 draft. Walters has us drafting a CB.DT,then a QB names Fales from SJS. A west coast type QB: accurate, decent arm, some mobilty. Sounds like they got the positions right, the QB sounds interesting.

Two goods names to throw out there.

It has yet to be determined with so many variables to be considered. When will find out a lot of the coach and team in the games with Cutler out.

I would say the car comparison is a good one, but an Accord with all the bows and whistles. I dont think injury is at the forefront of anybody's thinking. He has had some, name a top 15 QB that hasnt. He is at a position that takes a lot of abuse. If you look at his history propably not any more than other QBs. It will come down to what the sucess is for the rest of the year. If we fair well without him, they may take the risk of going in a different direction. We have only 30 players under contract for next year. I think with a (QB guru) not my speak, drafting a QB that starts right away is a possibility for next year. I would say a salary of 3 mil a year looks more attractive than a franchise tag of around 18 mil. It is just an option to look at , how he plays for the rest of the year, our team success, many things to ponder going forward.

Your spot on, if this groups develops into a mid level OLine, I think thats a good thing. Since PFF is so important, lets say a 15th to 23 ranked OLine will due. Long and Mills will only get better, Garza wont be the center next year, starting to fade. The arrow is pointed up.