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  1. 1PM George presser

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    It sounds like the Bears have indeed become “pussies”.  Slaves to the modern day definition of politically correct behaviour.  Not what I signed up for when I became a fan in the 1960’s.  I will keep an eye on developments but will be watching closely and checking out if this is so.  This team seems to be rotten at the very core 

  2. 3-7, so now what

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    6 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

    IMO, this was a wasted year and it didn't have to be.  I wanted to go into this season with Mitch on a one year deal while we built infrastructure for the heir apparent.  But no, we sign Dalton, keep Graham and fail to secure the OL for yet another season.  Then we get blessed by Fields dropping to us.  Once that narrative changed, the staff couldn't put a growth plan in place.  Yet we keep Graham again and fail to address the OL again.  Now we have 4 TE's that we barely use, an OL that can only run block,  small receivers that can't block and 3 running backs that are collectively good.  And we don't run the ball!  We elect to get our franchise QB murdered every week in attempt to save Nagy. 

    With all that said, I'm going back to square one.  For next year, I want two OL upgrades, find a number one reciever to develop and ween us from this dead ass defense that holds on by a thread every week.  We must run the ball to help Justin Fields and I mean 40x a game.  Next year would be ugly, but it would be identity setting ugly while the guts of the team are built from the inside out.  No more trading picks away and moving contracts to the future.  That's save the GM tactic that should ONLY be used to win a Superbowl.  Nagy ruined that window by failing to install offense.  Pace destroyed next year by screwing up the last 4 years.  How much money has gone out to Dalton, Foles and the giraffe neck guy?  I disagree with anyone that says we are close.  2023 will be our upswing if we are fortunate.

    Agreed with your point that we are going to have to accept a bad team for awhile, I would say two to three years.  I hated moving up all of the time in the draft.  Apart from Fields it was a waste.  Overpaying for free agents regularly, Glennon has to be one of the biggest wastes of money ever.  The philosophy is wrong, always going for today’s answers and ignoring tomorrow completely.  If the Bears don’t dump the management this year I will stop watching, buying or supporting in any way until they do

  3. Week 11 Official Game Thread: BAL at CHI (+4.5), O/U 45, NOV 21, 12PM CST / CBS

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    1 hour ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:

    Oddly enough I think IF Dalton had more opportunities  with the starting group the results would have been different.  A lot of his ‘off’ passes were due to timing and routine with the WRs.  A fair number of the big plays he had were to non-first stringers; Goodwin and Jimmy G among them.  
     

    That being said the loss was not only due to poor coaching but keeping Vildor on the field.  Should’ve put Burns or Graham Jr out there instead. 

    Check out the poll on this site from earlier this year asking which QB should start.  Just like the fan pressure from every angle the choice was Fields.  Dalton would have likely given better results this year but oh well throw the rookie in and get him killed while we lose games anyway.

    Another rebuilding phase to come with at least two years of suckdom.  Only good thing to look forward to is dumping the entire coaching and management staff, which this loss pretty much guarantees.  

  9. Free season for Nagy?

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    27 minutes ago, madlithuanian said:

    Pardon my French, but F&ck no on Nagy.  I don't care what happens with Fields.  If he progresses, it's despite of Nagy, not because of him.  Nagy has to go.  If he doesn't go, I'm buying up cases of Scotch like I'm preparing for the Zombie apocalypse.  F'ing McCaskey's will show that don't give a F about how this team really does if they keep him another year.  Then, we know for sure it's only the money that we fans pour into their coffers like lemmings jumping from a cliff...  Let's let GB and the national media laugh at us another season.  Time to invest in a large paper bags to wear for the season then.  For the past 3 years, for the first time in my life...I'm kind of embarrassed.   SERIOUSLY!  WE ARE A JOKE!  THE PUNCHLINE!  There is no more embarrassing a team than us.  The Raiders are a different real world ick.  But we are a joke.  I'm damn tired of it.  My next letter to McCaskey won't be as nice... 

    Amen.  The last four years plus is nowhere near good enough.

  10. Week 6 Official Game Thread - GB @ CHI , +4.5, O/U 45, SUN 10/17, 12PM CT - FOX

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    1 minute ago, adam said:

    At this point, let him get the game experience. There is zero reason to start Dalton. It is not like he would've done much better than Fields. He definitely throws the ball away instead of taking those two late sacks, but he also doesn't escape and pick up two first downs with his scrambling. The last time he did that he injured himself. 

    The play calling is still too conservative. Outside of the INT, did Fields have any high danger passes?

    He wouldn’t have done worse and he could have watched and learned.  It did no good to start him so why do it?  Rodgers sat for years behind Favre and he turned out ok 

  11. Week 6 Official Game Thread - GB @ CHI , +4.5, O/U 45, SUN 10/17, 12PM CT - FOX

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    10 minutes ago, adam said:

    Every game comes down to 2-3 plays. The Offense is still not good enough to win games. The defense, playing with 10 players (can't count Jackson), held Rodgers to under 200 yards passing and still lost by 10. Games come down to turnovers and penalties. If you lose both of those, you lose the game 99% of the time. The Bears lost both, without even watching the game, you would know there was a really high chance they lost the game. That's just a fact.

    Exactly.  It’s not blown calls it’s lack of production.  We are not a force in the division, we are mediocre.  Why are we giving up draft picks every year?  Why are we starting a rookie quarterback who is not ready?  Why do we have a coach who insists on calling offensive plays when he has been shown to be a failure doing so?  I could go on and on.  The issues are with management 

  16. 2021 Choice

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    The only thing I was thinking was giving Fields more time to get prepared to start, I hate to see him pushed and worry he will be ruined like MT was.  I would have liked to see him have some more time to prepare to start but not necessarily the whole year.

  18. Wide Receiver Group

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    On 24/11/2019 at 8:44 PM, BearFan NYC said:

    I have no problem for him trading up to get a franchise QB he believes in. I actually give him points for making sure he got his guy.

    The problem is he targeted the wrong guy.

    He definitely did in that case, but I would argue he did in Miller's case too.  It seems every draft he is moving up and giving up picks or something in return.  Then he reaches on guys like Floyd and Shaheen.

  19. Wide Receiver Group

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    One of the biggest things that Pace does that irritates me is moving up in the draft and giving up picks.  Think of all of the times, AKA Miller-Trubisky, that we moved up and in hindsight didn't need to.    Quit giving away picks Pace!

  21. This years Rams breakout season(BEARS)

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    I am hoping that Pace and Nagy and company will make the Bears better.  However, I am not entirely sold.

    Pace's decisions are questionable are best; Glennon was a disaster is the easiest example.  Constantly trading up and losing draft picks is something I don't like to see either.

    Burton was third string in Philadelphia.  Trubisky is unproven.  Robinson is coming off injury.  Our second round WR draft pick , Miller, has never played a down in the NFL so who knows?  Nagy is in his first year as a head coach.

    I think there are reasons for hope but am have a wait and see attitude.  There is a lot to be done with the team to get it to a high level and we are in a tough division and have a tough schedule.

    I am hopeful.  But will wait for results before drinking too much kool aid.

  22. Cutler in the Booth?

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    I am really surprised, of all people to have in media JC would have to be one of the last I would think fits. He was criticised by Bears fan for lack of emotional response and he is going to telecast games? Oh well, best of luck to him. I am just glad he is finally gone.

  25. Let's play an offseason game

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    The Bears were 12th in the league with 37 sacks, yet somehow they were last in the league in takeaways. That tells me there were several coverage sacks, and a lot of opportunities missed.

     

    With multiple key contributors missing for the entire year, that no doubt affected the results. Floyd, Goldman, and McPhee playing the entire year likely means at least 5 more sacks, which puts the Bears at a tie for 3rd in the NFL. If the Bears were healthy, however, I don't think they would have had that many more takeaways. Other guys missed some time as well, but none of them appear to be the game-changer takeaway guys the Bears need.

     

    Let's assume full health next year. That means Kyle Fuller is playing for his life and hopefully does better, and the collection of LBs (especially Trevathan) put in a bit better work. But the Bears still probably need someone to catch those INTs. Because of that, I'm steering more towards the idea that the Bears need 3-4 secondary players in FA or in the draft.

     

    FAs -

    1. Eric Berry - Do everything to get Eric Berry. Hookers, condos, deep-dish, add in incentives and bonuses, let him choose a retired number, absolutely everything to get him.

    2. Riley Reiff - He fills a need, he's one of the best available, he's still relatively young, and is better than either OT on the Bears. Added bonus: poaching within the division.

    3. A J Bouye or Malcolm Butler - This is Kyle Fuller insurance. Fuller, Bouye, and Butler are all probably #2 CBs, and could start if the Bears couldn't get a lockdown #1 CB in the draft.

     

    Draft

    1. MG or JA - Either one transforms the Bears Defense when they replace Unrein, who is a place-holder and backup. Adding Myles Garrett or Jonathan Allen as the DE in the 1st adds sacks, minimizes the pocket time of opposing QBs, and increases the chances for INTs.

     

    2. Lock-down CB - I'm sold on the idea that CBs with potential in this class are thin after the 2nd round. One must be grabbed fairly early. There are multiple there, and I think I prefer Desmond King at this spot, but if we were going with my philosophy of needing play-makers,

    , despite me not being his biggest fan (see above), might be the best bet. There is no denying he is an explosive, ball-hawk CB. Also, he doesn't quite pose the "super athlete"-enigma that Jabrill Peppers poses (e.g. Devin Hester). Jackson has always been a CB, who just happens to be such a great athlete that they get him some snaps on O & ST. He'd likely be in the kick return mix as well.

     

    3. Jordan Leggett, TE, Clemson - I like him or Evan Engram here. I think either is a future pro-bowler, but Legget's size is hard to ignore. He would be a great weapon for a young QB.

     

    4. Ryan Switzer, WR, North Carolina - The Bears need sure hands. Few hands are surer than Switzer's. He immediately fills Eddie Royal's disappointing and likely departure. He also competes with Adoree Jackson for kick return duties. He becomes the young QB's security blanket. This is also somewhat hedging the bets on needing sure-handed guys since Kevin White is an unknown, and Alshon is likely gone IMO. There will be a lot of short passing and running, which is fine because it fits the defense-first team well.

     

    4. Chad Kelly, QB, Ole Miss - Speaking of young QBs, here he is. This guy is still probably the best on-field QB in the draft. His ACL injury will drop him in the draft, and he was already going to drop because of his off-field personality. I've been on record many times saying I don't care about that stuff much. He's a leader in the same way McMahon was a leader.

     

    5.

    - He has 15 INTs in the last two years, with
    , and is a very willing tackler. After someone on the board mentioned him a while back, I've done some research. He seems to win every 50/50 ball, has good route anticipation, and destroys plays on the edge. He comes in like a strong safety just itching to blow up RBs on sweeps and WRs on screens. He should be getting more love. He may go earlier than this.

     

    7. Weston Steelhammer, SS, Air Force - With his size, stats, and production, I don't know why he's not getting more love. Last year I called out Kwiatkowski as a guy I thought should be getting more pub. This year I'm about to get on board the Steelhammer train. Great name, tackling machine, rangy in pass defense, great hands, and a rare ball-hawk at SS. Being from a military academy means virtually no character concerns. I wouldn't be surprised if this 7th rounder beats someone out for a position.

     

    I like the way you are thinking, the only thing I might change is a WR instead of a TE. I am worried about the WR position if we don't get AJ back, KW is a big question mark and all we have is CM that is worthy of starting besides AJ.

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