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With age and injury history, probably a good idea to move on and re-sign Paea.

My Baltimore friend at work was a little surprised and doesn't see this as a great hire. I just told him to make sure they fire him after the first year.

With our GM, HC, DC, and Coach hires, here are a list of players (with a positive PFF rating) that they would be intimately familiar with: From SF: Mike Iupati, 28, G, (11.2 PFF) Chris Culliver, 27, CB (8.5 PFF) Perrish Cox, 28, CB (1.2 PFF) Dan Skuta, 29, LB (1.1 PFF) Trindon Holliday, 29, WR/KR (0.0 PFF) From DEN: Terrance Knighton, 29, DL (12.7 PFF) Orland Franklin, 27, G (12.0 PFF) Virgil Green, 27, TE (5.7 PFF) Nate Irving, 27, LB (1.1 PFF) Rahim Moore, 25, S (0.3 PFF) From NO: Mark Ingram, 25, RB (1.2 PFF) Patrick Robinson, 27, CB (0.1 PFF)

Absolutely, but it starts with him. Fox is obviously driving the train now (while Packers are row row rowing down the Loser stream).

SF has some DB UFAs: Chris Culliver, 27, CB (8.5 PFF) Perrish Cox, 28, CB (1.2 PFF)

Just looking at Fox/Fangio against Trestman/Tucker is hilarious. Pace has been nailing these hires.

With Tucker's departure, we just won 2 more games next year.

Congrats to Martellus for making the Pro Bowl. Should be fun on Twitter with him and Long there. http://chicagofootball.com/2015/01/19/chic...o-bowl/bwlxdop/

Yeah, and that he chose us over them which is a huge positive. From a HC and DC perspective, pretty hard to top Fox and Fangio across the league. From Trestman and Tucker (LMAO) to Fox and Fangio. Wow, what a difference a year makes - and GB still sucks.

Yeah, I think he was more relieved that he wasn't the goat with what was going to go down as the worst playoff performance by a QB in NFL history. I like him, a lot of heart, but I think the jury is still out on him performance-wise. Seems pretty tough to get an honest assessment with that defense and Beastmode. Would you believe he owns 3 of the worst 5 QBRs by a QB in a playoff win in the last 5 years? Of all the winning teams and QBs, and he has 3 out of the top 5 (or bottom 5). It is funny how perceptions change if a team wins or loses. Wilson wins and all you hear is about how he "believed" and made plays at the end to win. If the same stats occur, but they lose, all anyone would talk about is how bad he played. Either way, I hope he gets $25 mil a year, which would force Seattle to not re-sign 3-4 other starters from their roster. If they want Thomas, Chancellor, Sherman, Wagner, and Wilson, then they literally will have the rest of their roster all on league minimum deals.

Yeah, in 2008 he somehow made Cleveland into a top 10 offense (4x Pro Bowlers), that alone is amazing.

Once he gets that, the Seahawks will struggle.

With the way the organization was run over the past few years, I don't mind this hire. As long as he has same vision as Pace it is a good move. Saints have been a lot better than us lately.

Exactly and I believe that is the sticking point right now for OC. If we are going after Cooter who is a drunk QB coach who was horrible in Detroit, it is getting bad. Stafford regressed this year.

Yeah he said something about how he reminded Jay that it is only fun when you are winning, and how Jay reaching out to him was a good move. That whole sequence was odd. I also think Jay is why we don't have an OC yet because they are going to want to know who the QB is going to be. I really hope Urlacher comes back in some type of QA/QC or Linebackers coach. He basically already did the job on the field and was always passionate.

I don't know how a team recovers from that type of collapse. That might have been one of the worst sequences in playoff history. Bonehead play after bonehead play, passive coaching, etc. They handed Seattle that game. btw, people really want Russell Wilson? He made 2-3 throws the entire game (and when he had 8 seconds to throw). The difference to me is his team is so good around him that he can play that bad and still win. That is why QB comparisons are sort of irrelevant because if Cutler played like that, we would lose by 60.

Yeah, if I was seeing this from a neutral perspective on a very expensive player, it would lead me to believe that he is gone. Otherwise, he would say that Cutler is the starting QB until we further evaluate the roster. The way he said it, it sounded more like if we can't find a better option, he will be here. Says he wants to be able to run the ball and stop the run, that is the essence of football. He talked about talking to Ditka and repairing relationship with Urlacher.

Anyone is better than Joe D, this is an upgrade.

The NFC Championship Game showed us you don't need an elite QB to play in a Super Bowl, just a great defense and great running game. Wilson was horrible, Lindley-bad, yet he is going to the Super Bowl. Dallas has to be pissed, because they would've crushed Seattle if Seattle played like that. How about Matthews? He has some phantom injury and is out of the game for most of the 4th quarter, yet it gets very little press. Did anyone else notice him on the sidelines as the Seahawks march down and score to take the lead? I can't find a single article about it online. Sherman plays with a broken arm and Matthews leaves with a hangnail. Epic collapse though, a complete coaching failure, playing not to lose (hi Lovie). First, why would they not defend against the fake FG when only a TD would've impacted the game at that point? You can't give up a TD there. Then you intercept the ball and immediately slide down on your side of the field with at least 10 yards of open field, wtf? You then play not to lose and actually lose yards on multiple running plays and give Seattle a short field after a punt. Then you don't clarify their jobs on the onside kick and Bostick heads the ball to the Seahawks with Nelson standing right behind him waiting for the ball. Then you allow a moonshot 2-pt conversion that is one of the most ridiculous I have ever seen. What were the 2 defenders defending over there? An amazing turn of events, but it seemed to come down to poor coaching in the end. Seattle does not deserve to be there either.

Bell is the worst rated player on the PFF Free Agency Tracker with a -33.4 rating. In comparison, Conte was a -3. Bell shouldn't even be in the NFL next year based on that rating. I would rather have Orlando Franklin from Denver and slide Long to Tackle. Hayes would be a good pickup though. I like Thompson, but I think I would go Grasu with the last 2nd round pick instead of Hundley.

Mongo, I hear ya on the idea of getting younger and gaining more cap space but you don't do it just to do it. If you move veterans to save cap space and gain picks, there is no guarantee the new player will be better than the one you lost. In Marshall and Forte's case, I think that is what would happen. Forte is arguably a top-5 RB, and Marshall would be a #1 on most teams in the league. If you can somehow find another player of their caliber for less (than everyone would be doing it and no one would want them). Also, assuming we have a blueprint of Fox's teams, then Marshall and Forte are perfect. Forte is in his last year. I would actually extend him and try to lower his cap hit, if not, then let him walk after this year and get a comp pick. Marshall is dependent on whether he is or is not a locker room problem and is impacting the chemistry of the team.

Those would all be great moves and upgrades all around. Seattle is going to have cap issues after the Wilson contract.

At this point, I don't think the cap space would equal the loss in production from Forte. For Marshall, besides the locker room whispers, has really been a solid player on and off the field (in media) for the Bears. I think both of these guys get one more year. Forte is going to be a FA next year, so we would get a comp pick if he leaves, and Marshall's dead money is way less in 2016 (same with Allen). I believe that is the year we see a huge roster turnover.

Scratch him off the list, so now Shanahan and Gase?

Orlando Franklin is also very solid, he is the top rated FA Guard (per PFF) and 2nd best OLinemen overall.