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I meant that they could fast track his hiring should they lose next week, or whenever that is. It's better to get the procedural crap out of the way as soon as possible so another team can't offer him the job before you can.

Upon review, the rule is you have to interview two external minority candidates, and they have to be in-person. So, Thomas Brown wouldn't count. That would explain why the Patriots interviewed Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwhich. I wasn't aware it changed to 2. Means they need another one of these sham interviews to fast track the hire, if that's what they want to do.

Fair point. I actually forgot about the Brown dynamic. Don't think he's interviewed for the job yet, weirdly, unless I missed something. Ron Rivera would be a disastrous hiring for the Bears as a HC. Another defensive retread who can't hire coordinators. He's also publicly stated his support for Jayden Daniels over Caleb Williams. You can't put that genie back in the bottle. If it's not a Rooney rule thing, then it's a useless "favor" interview, as DABEARSDABOMB previously stated.

Apparently, to fulfill the Rooney rule, you must interview a candidate in-person for it to count. Rivera is scheduled to be the only candidate to interview in-person, so far, and I won't allow my mind to go to a place where they'd realistically hire him as the HC. My guess is that they are prepping for in case DET were to lose next week, they could just get everything over quickly now.

The perks of playing in the perennial worst division in football every year. It doesn't take much to win that division. That said, it's still a testament to their coaching that they were able to hold it together despite all of the injuries. I still believe Stroud will bounce back and that you can't really get a good idea on how good a QB really is until after his 3rd season.

Joe Brady was requested today, and Pete Carroll is reportedly interviewing Thursday. This list is way too long, and, once again, leaves me with the feeling that this organization has no idea what they're doing. They interviewed 10 offensive coordinator candidates last year and ended up with Shane Waldron. Just hire Ben Johnson and let's get this thing over with.

Unpopular opinion, but Mike McCarthy is a pretty good coach. It's funny to me the discrepancy between how the general public views a guy like McCarthy and how they view Mike Tomlin. If you compare their resumes side by side, they are eerily similar. McCarthy: -18 seasons - .608 regular season win% - .500 playoff win % - 1 Superbowl Tomlin: -18 seasons - .630 regular season win % - .444 playoff win % - 1 Superbowl He wouldn't be my 1st or 2nd choice, but the Bears could do a lot worse. There also would be something poetic about Caleb Williams being coached by the man who developed his favorite player into a Hall of Famer.

Vrabel has to be the front runner for the New England job now that they fired Mayo. Bears better get their shit together and fire Ryan Poles ASAP before Ben Johnson takes the Jags job.

Will be watching as background noise this week unless they come out playing inspired football. If it looks like a blowout by halftime, I'll find something else to do. Not going to let this team ruin another Sunday.

Man, was I wrong about Thomas Brown. I defended him against the notion that moving him to HC was going to dramatically impact the offense, but those people have proven to be correct. He looks totally clueless, as inept as his processor. Of course, it also could just be a case where he would have been figured out anyways by opposing coordinators. Bears OC's have a tendency to look good for short bursts and then fall into a permanent stasis of bad the more film there is to examine. The Bears never have coordinators who've ever been able to make the appropriate counters after an area of weakness has been exploited. It's a tale as old as time. Thomas Brown has been so bad that an interview would be a waste of time, at this point. I'm not so sure he'll be getting any looks at an OC job next year, either. Just truly awful, in every regard.

That was as bad as Caleb has looked all season. Right up there with the Patriots game. The Bears are one of the only teams I see on gamedays that presumably don't have a hot read package to exploit a blitz. I simply can't fathom how one could run an offense without them. Is the quarterback not adjusting protections, or is it Thomas Brown not giving him the right options to work with? This season cannot end soon enough. I hate everything about this team. We've all been through a lot as fans over the years, but I think this might be the most miserable I've ever been about a season in my 25-ish years of watching this franchise. I legit don't think I'm even going to watch next week, and I've never voluntarily chosen to not watch a Bears game. I want this to be over and done with today. Just hire Ben Johnson, fire Ryan Poles, and let's get to the draft so we can have the annual 4-5 months of off-season optimism before reality kicks us in the face again once the season starts.

The hot name coordinator the year they hired Trestman was Bruce Arians, the reigning coach of the year, who went on to have enormous success with two different franchises. Your point about offense could easily be reversed on defense, too. They've already been down the road of the gritty culture guy and that left them with John Fox and Matt Eberflus, who happen to be #2 and #3 on the all time worst record list in franchise history. As much as we all hated Nagy towards the end, he made the playoffs 2 out of 4 seasons as the head coach, which we would all kill for today. The problem with the Bears is that they never go after the big fish. They chose not to go after Jim Harbaugh last year, and he's got the Chargers already in playoff competition. Ben Johnson is the biggest fish in the pond this coaching cycle, and he just so happens to coach the right side of the ball. For once, I'd love to see the Bears make the obvious hire and stop being afraid of paying big money for a coach in high demand, like Johnson.

100% they have to draft a LT in the off-season. I think they'll be able to sign some interior lineman in free agency. You probably want a veteran center instead of a rookie, ideally, so that could be a direction they look towards. Having too many rookies on the line would also not be ideal. That potential problem is why I think they'll use most of their money on veteran OL and use the draft to target the DL, which is the other area of major need. Also, if I'm being honest, I really want to trade DJ Moore and Jaylon Johnson for draft picks. I'm so tired of listening to these two clowns yap about the state of the team all year while they quit on their team, as captains, no less. Surely somebody would offer a 2nd round pick for their services, and they could use those picks to further rebuild this roster around players who actually give a shit.

Lol a 39 QBR for that game is just freakin insane. That stat is pure garbage. 10 bucks says they docked him like 30 points for the fumble that actually should have been credited to Odunze.

The bar is on the floor, but Caleb is on pace to have one of the best, if not thee best, all-around statistical season of any Bears QB ever, and he's doing it as a rookie with 3 offensive coordinator changes and a head coach being fired in the middle of a season. Cutler has the Bears all-time record for total yards in a season with 4,003. Caleb is right on pace to narrowly eclipse that. The extra game helps, but it still would be a noteworthy accomplishment. Give this kid an OL and a coach who doesn't suck.