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Might as well. 14-1 is pretty good considering they should be favorites in the NFC.

The bottom line is we need a kicker. If not Gould, then someone other than Parkey at this point. It would be nice to get Gould back, but he needs to kick like he did in SF, not the last year in Chicago.

As long as Pace keeps hitting on 2-3 draft picks per year (a little harder this year), we should have a constant flow of youth and cheaper contracts to balance the cap going forward. Also, you can consider Khalil Mack as our 1st rounder and Anthony Miller as our 2nd rounder this year, because that's who we have on the team for those draft picks. It will be interesting to see what would've been available at the Miller pick this year. We ultimately gained 5 slots for pick 105 and gained a year of Miller (or lost a year depending on how you look at it).

Entire starting offense plus WR3, TE2 all return next year. Crazy level of continuity.

I cut in the actual stats in with the projections and comments. Burton's was spot on with some others that were really close.

Just look at the Mahomes' TD videos, how many of those are to wide open receivers? A lot. How many are with a bunch of yards after the catch. A lot. Mahomes also threw passes to 2x All-Pro's and had an All-Pro on the O-Line. Trubisky had Cohen as the only All-Pro and he got it as a returner. Mahomes to me is flashier and makes some crazy high difficulty throws. However, I don't think the gap between him and Trubisky is as big as the media makes it out to be. We should see that next year. Mahomes probably still has more yards, TDs, etc, but I feel like Trubisky will have a better QBR (and a better record).

8x Pro Bowlers, 4x All-Pro, CoTY, and 3x All-Rookie Team this year. What a year for the organization. Pace is killing it.

Now seeing the KC NE game, Parkey screwed us. We beat all these teams and it is not even close. The one interesting consistent factor for these teams? Elite kickers.

Pundits point out Trubisky's near interceptions but don't mention Mahomes had 3 picks dropped by New England; he barely broke 50% in completions (16/31) and didn't do anything until the Patriots started dropping 8 into coverage in the 4th. He is absolutely going to be a boom or bust QB. I can imagine the media outrage if Trubisky had that many incompletions. The double standard is crazy.

That was pretty bad but you can't let the game come down to a single call. Should have never been that close.

Man, if we beat the Eagles, I can't see how we would've lost to either the Rams or Saints. The Rams won without Gurley and beat the Saints in New Orleans. Funny to see Trubisky still have the 3rd highest passing yards in the playoffs (per game) only behind Brady and Rivers (who were in a shootout).

There was some talk that Ed Reed might come in as a Secondary Coach. That would be some crazy amount of knowledge to impart on Jackson and the other DBs.

I think it comes down to the price. If he is willing to come back for comparable money, then you probably do it for the continuity.

That's my exact point though, time was not a factor for Philly. They had to score based on the amount of downs. They had 4 chances to score with goal to go. Time was not a concern for them. It was for us. Since they couldn't get another first down and needed a TD to take the lead, time was our biggest enemy there. If we stop them then our timeouts wouldn't matter anyway. Our timeouts only mattered if they scored a TD. That's why he used them the next two downs, but by then we lost over 30 seconds. Hindsight being 20/20, that may have been the biggest mistake. Just think if we have the ball at the Eagles 25, 2nd down after spiking the ball with 40+ seconds.

Ugh, freaking Parkey. Weakest link on the team.

or 5 like Parkey? I am done with Parkey to be honest. Yes kickers miss kicks, they don't hit 100% of them. It's kind of odd because technically Connor Barth was a more accurate kicker and we let him go for Parkey who was worse on all kicks.

I know there is a lot of talk about his record as a HC. To me, the biggest jump in coaching is from Coordinator to HC. Not many can do it as seen by the revolving door each year. Some guys are also better suited as Coordinator only handled one side of the ball. I think Pagano is the perfect transition from Fangio. He is well-liked by players and will fit seamlessly into the locker room.

I would not create another hole by moving someone already on the roster. Howard combined with Cohen make up a pretty formidable pair. If we upgrade at RB, it should be for Mizzell and Cunningham. I would focus in the trenches and secondary. That is where we need the most help.

Here are the Bears snap count leaders on offense and defense for the season. If you could replace two players per unit, who would they be? On offense, I feel like our weakness was still our offensive line. Just based on the eyeball test, Massie seemed like the weak link on that unit. The only other "proclaimed starter" that I would get rid of would be Sims. Where else is there a blatant upgrade on offense, in terms of starters? On defense, if feels like the D-Line could use an upgrade outside of Hicks and Goldman. The only other upgrades I could see are at CB and SS (if Amos goes). I think we need an infusion of youth and talent on special teams. Keep Scales, but I would look to upgrade our kicking. Mega-Punt never lived up to his billing and Parkey has been obviously very inconsistent. If we can get two new kickers, let's do it. Offense: QB: Trubisky - 929 RB1: Howard - 624 RB2: Cohen - 585 WR1: Robinson - 771 WR2: Gabriel - 830 WR3: Miller - 614 TE1: Burton - 870 OT: Leno - 1141 OG: Daniels - 836 (every snap of last 10 games) OC: Whitehair - 1149 (played on every snap for the entire season - WOW!!!) OG: Long - 548 OT: Massie - FA (1144 snaps, 2nd on offense) Honorable Mentions: Witzmann - FA: 575, Bellamy: 566, Kush- FA: 408 Defense: DL: Hicks - 808 DL: Goldman - 601 DL: Nichols - 350 DL: RRH - 474 Edge: Mack 755 ILB: Trevathan - 1046 ILB: Smith - 897 Edge: Floyd - 806 CB: Fuller - 1109 (led defense in snap) CB: Amukamara - 929 NB: Callahan - FA (688 snaps, 10th most on defense) FS: Jackson - 946 SS: Amos - FA (1092 snaps, 2nd most on defense) Honorable Mentions: McManis: 489, Kwiatkowski 417, Bush: 407, Lynch: 367, Bullard: 364 Special Teams: K: Parkey P: O'Donnell - FA KR: Cunningham - FA LS: Scales - FA

AZ, Oh yeah, it is very apparent that he doesn't have a consistent setup. There is no way you can kick like that long term. If we are stuck with him, he really needs to train this offseason to fix those issues.

Todd Bowles seems to be a top candidate with ties to Nagy. You would also have to think Gregg Williams is in play with his ties to Pace. I think either would be a great picks. If you are going straight off of character guys, it would hard not to see Bowles as the pick.

Yeah, bittersweet. Highly deserving individual and I wish him nothing but the best. I hope, for our sake, the drop off in defensive play calling doesn't suffer too much. Another concern, does new DC have to be a 3-4 guy? I know they play in subs most of the time, but 3-4 vs 4-3 does play a role in player and skill scouting and acquisition.

As much as I hate to say it, I think Cunningham is back. Of the others, they will probably bring Lynch back at a lower number. I do not want O'Donnell, and if you cut Sims and Parkey, you save some additional cap there as well even if you do incur some dead money. For those wanting Parkey, he had the 2nd lowest combined kicking pct in the league (only behind Boswell) and had the lowest percentage of kicks missed inside 42 yards.

Oh I was just saying that I see this as an average year of injuries and this should be what we expect going forward. I don't think we were better off than other teams, just better than our previous teams.

There is a good chance that most of the players that made mistakes in the Philly game won't be on the team next year. Parkey, obviously; Amos, who did have a pick but also had a bad penalty and was burnt on the first Philly TD. I don't know how the team sees Amos, but not signing him like Goldman should've been an indication. Massie, who played ok, but seemed to get beat more times than not. I am ok if he is gone. Priority in the off-season needs to be OLine and Secondary.