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The 1st and 2nd would be huge, then getting a LB and 3 skill positions? That would be sweet. 40% of the Bama O-Line? I'll take it. However, based on the odds of early mock draft accuracy, the Bears will not draft any of these guys.

Pretty good read, and always nice to see a positive article about Jay: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown...57266--nfl.html

Now up to 13, wow. The names are pretty impressive. This beats what Buffalo did (Doug Marrone 25-25 at Syracuse), ouch. 1. Mike McCoy - Denver OC * (Still in playoffs) 2. Keith Armstrong - Atlanta ST * (Still in playoffs) 3. Mike Sullivan - Tampa OC * 4. Joe DeCamillis - Dallas ST * 5. Tom Clements, Green Bay OC (Still in playoffs) 6. Pete Carmichael, New Orleans OC * 7. Bruce Arians, Indianapolis OC 8. Marc Trestman, Montreal Alouettes HC 9. Rick Dennison, Houston OC (Still in playoffs) 10. Darrell Bevell, Seattle OC (Still in playoffs) 11. Mike Singletary, Minnesota LB's Coach 12. Mike Priefer, Minnesota ST 13. Dave Toub, Chicago ST

Very slick, Emery is impressing me more and more each day. Just think of how many perspectives he is getting on how to "fix" the Bears. That type of outsider information is invaluable.

Here are a few more links: http://nfltraderumors.co/nfltr-features2013-nfl-free-agents/ http://www.footballsfuture.com/freeagents.html

Yeah, Cousins would've done better. The Redskins defense finally broke when the offense couldn't move the ball.

Thanks. HC Prospects (06JAN): 1. Mike McCoy - Denver OC 2. Keith Armstrong - Atlanta ST 3. Mike Sullivan - Tampa OC 4. Joe DeCamillis - Dallas ST 5. Tom Clements, Green Bay OC 6. Pete Carmichael, New Orleans OC 7. Bruce Arians, Indianapolis OC 8. Marc Trestman, Montreal Alouettes HC 9. Rick Dennison, Houston OC 10. Darrell Bevell, Seattle OC

So are we now officially at 9? 1. Mike McCoy - Denver OC 2. Keith Armstrong - Atlanta ST 3. Mike Sullivan - Tampa OC 4. Joe DeCamillis - Dallas ST 5. Tom Clements, Green Bay OC 6. Pete Carmichael, New Orleans OC 7. Bruce Arians, Indianapolis OC 8. Marc Trestman, Montreal Alouettes HC 9. Darrell Bevell, Seattle OC

I would not do anything with Peppers this year. You simply cannot replace his production and his cap hit is comparable to his performance.

Hard to believe Webb is positive, and I am hoping that is Edwin Williams, not Chris.

I didn't see this posted before, but it looks like Emery wants a new HC by the east-West Shrine Game on January 19th. So there is sort of an internal deadline. If that is the case, how would that affect the coordinators who are currently in the playoffs? I guess the assumption is you will only have 4 playoff teams left at that point and it is highly unlikely it will be GB at ATL AND IND at DEN. McCoy, Armstrong, Clements, and Arians are currently in the playoffs. Sullivan, DeCamillis, and Carmichael are not.

I love that. Wanny, Jauron, and Lovie were all defensive coaches, it will be a nice change.

I would take either, especially if they were also BPA at those positions.

I would be happy with Arians, Carmichael, or McCoy.

Interesting that Reid would rather go there than ARZ or SD. I assume he has to like having the 1st pick, and they must be giving him more control than in other positions. They did have 5 Pro Bowlers, but they didn't seem like the best place to go compared to Chicago, Arizona, or San Diego.

After that performance, it is hard to see him still in consideration.

Thx, added to the list at the top.

Hester and Urlacher will be gone anyway, with Davis, Spaeth, etc. So I don't see this as a complete rebuild. Our main players will still be there. We have the Big-3 on the offense, and Peppers, Tillman, and Briggs will be there on defense. We will hopefully re-sign Melton, still have Jennings, and a whole slew of young safeties. We get a new MLB, address the O-Line via draft and FA, add a decent TE, and maybe add another WR (please Amendola), and we will be right there again next year.

Looks like Matthews won't be entering the draft. https://twitter.com/RUSSLANDE/statuses/286547354151157761

I am mixed on McCoy. It is hard to gauge his actual value when a team brings in Peyton Manning from having Tebow the year prior. I know Fox got a lot of credit for making it work with Tebow, but I assume McCoy had a lot to do with that as the OC. He almost made Orton into a 4,000 yard passer and has experience with Marshall. On the downside, his offense's (other than this year) have been average at best. So sort of a mixed bag. To me Emery has his "type" of guy in mind, and hopefully he gets the top guy from that field, and we don't have to settle for someone other than McGinnis again.

I would say that is Gruden first, then maybe someone like Cowher, who also gets pretty energetic.

We are all of a sudden going to go 5-1 in the Division? We will be lucky to get to 4-2. As I said before, that is a tough schedule outside of the Division, I am hoping for a 4-2 Division record and 6-4 non-Division record for another 10-6 finish. The 6 non-division wins would be PHI, STL, CLE, DAL, NO, and CIN, same as Wesson. For the Division, it is a crapshoot, I see us splitting with Minnesota, sweeping Detroit, and hopefully splitting with GB, but I can see them sweeping us (again), making us finish 9-7.

I merged threads so we don't have a 1,000 on the same topic.

I though Lovie might go there with the defense. If not, he will end up in Buffalo.

Some interesting comments from Emery: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/gm-lagging-of...Y3Rpb25z;_ylv=3