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Mike Florio apparently got a text from a coach asking why he wasn't included in his list of coaches the Bears should try to trade for. Most are speculating it's Kevin Stefanski, because of his Minnesota connection. With Florio being a Vikings fan, It would make sense for them to have a relationship with each other. I've been saying the 3 names the Bears should be targeting in trades are McVay, Shanahan, and Stefanski. 3 high level offensive minds. Cleveland might not fire Stefanski after only being a year removed from a playoff appearance. Not to mention, the Deshaun Watson disaster that you can't really pin on him. However, CLE is kind of stuck with Watson and have virtually no way to improve until his dead cap money clears the table. You'd have to imagine they'd listen to offers for Stefanski if they'd be able to recoup some of their lost draft capital and jump right into a rebuild immediately. I'd be all over it if I'm the Bears.

I appreciate Vrabel's no nonsense approach, but I'm out on any and all defensive head coaches. Caleb's already been through 2 coordinators in 1 year as a rookie. If they hire another defensive coach and put the kid through more of this constant coordinator shuffling, I will be livid. Now is not the time to outsmart conventional wisdom. Just hire the best offensive mind available with the highest leadership qualities.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/42737364/nfl-bears-matt-eberflus-fired-ryan-poles-thomas-brown Via Courtney Cronin. This makes me feel better about the search if this is the direction they are looking in. Those are the exact 3 names I had circled as part of my short list. Ian Rappaport essentially said the same thing yesterday, talking about how an offensive mind seems to be the direction the Bears are leaning.

Caleb is on pace to have the best all-around statistical season of any Bears quarterback ever as a rookie. He won't break the TD or yardage records for a single season, but a 20/7, 3700 yards, 4000+ total yards season he's projected to have (as of now) would be, in my opinion, the most impressive season in franchise history. No Bears quarterback has ever gotten close to a 3:1 TD/INT ratio, and Caleb is right there.

49'ers have been hit hard with injuries all year. They'll be down to their 3rd string RB now. The opportunity is there for the Bears to win this game. It'll be interesting to see if we get a new coach bounce.

Bears are going to win next Sunday, I'm calling it. Both 49'ers RB's just went on IR. They've been bad all year and just got blown out by BUF. Perfect time to get that new coach bounce for the Bears.

To me, the 3 front runners right now should be Ben Johnson, Thomas Brown, and Kliff Kingsbury. Don't bother with defensive coaches. You cannot put Caleb in another situation like this year where he'll be in a constant shuffle of coordinators every year and allow that to get in the way of his development. Do the smart thing, for once, and pick the best offensive mind who is the best leader. McCaskey would never go for it, but my personal dark horse candidate would be Gruden.

Relative to what came before and after, yeah, Nagy looks a lot better by comparison. I still wouldn't consider him to be good. He had a great 1st season, but defenses adjusted to his offense, and he couldn't adjust after that, for 3 more years. He really just rode the coat tails of an elite defense throughout his tenure up until the very end when everyone got old and stopped caring. Nagy's career probably would have ended up very similar to Zach Taylor in CIN with Caleb, and I don't think Taylor is a very good HC. In 2018, they probably make the Superbowl with Caleb, and then, who knows what happens after that. The luck of the draw..

Keenan is still dropping way too many passes, but his production has noticeably increased, along with DJ Moore since Brown has taken over. The trade doesn't look as big of a fail now as it did 3 weeks ago. Curious to see if it can continue.

I don't think record is as important as his success with Caleb. He probably does need to win at least a couple games to be able to sell his impact on the team for any interview. More importantly, can he avoid the same end of game blunders as the man he's taking over for? If he can do that, and Caleb continues to look like the #1 pick in the draft, he deserves strong consideration for the job. I hate the idea of them only going after experienced head coaches, but I tend to agree that's the route they'll choose to take, given the situation at stake for the organization. John Fox was experienced and had been to 2 Superbowls, but turned out to be a disaster.

Unless things have changed in recent weeks, everytime I've listened to him on all the various podcasts he's appeared on, he's quick to point out all his flaws and always pours cold water on the things he does well, where he'll talk about how bad the competition was that he faced. But then he won't do that for any of the other rookie quarterbacks. He applies a double standard for Caleb that he doesn't apply to any of the other quarterbacks, which is aggravating to listen to, because he sounds like a twitter troll. I get why people like Vrabel, but I just can't anymore with defensive guys. Caleb is already on track to have his 3rd coordinator in 2 years with a new HC next year. There's too much of a risk to hire another defensive coach and keep Caleb on this cycle of learning new offenses every 1 or 2 years because the coordinator is either bad enough to be fired or good enough to be hired elsewhere.

Belichick hates Caleb and has already made public criticisms at Poles for ignoring his OL. Without Brady, he was a disaster in New England. I absolutely want no part of him. I'd rather have Pete Carrol, if we're going down that road.

I'd be surprised if Brown isn't still calling plays. If he gets the HC job, it'll be because of the job he does with Caleb. Unlikely that he'd willingly give up play calling and risk Caleb looking bad, which would end any semblance of him landing a HC job. Whoever the assistant HC is right now should take some of the load of Brown's shoulders during these remaining 5 weeks and allow him to spend as much time as he needs with the offense. Wins and losses don't really matter right now. All that matters is Caleb.

Thank god! Thomas Brown made the interim. Exactly who it should be.

Adam Hoge just said on his podcast that he doesn't think a decision has been made yet on Eberflus, and that it could take until Monday morning to have final confirmation. The press conference was earlier than normal, and we know the Bears love to dither on obvious decisions that most normal people could make in a fraction of the time (see the Shane Waldron firing).

If it's going to happen, it'll be tomorrow. I won't believe it until I see it, but you have to think someone in that organization has to care enough to make the switch now. The team is done with Eberflus. The players are speaking out, and now the national media has made them into a laughing stock (again). If it doesn't happen, it never will. This is as bad as it has ever been. Worse than Trestman, worse than Fox, worse than Nagy at the end. For once, can things just be different?

I've predicted 10 wins each of the last two years, lol. Although, in fairness to myself, the Bears lost 3 games in historic fashion last year that would have given them 10, and this year, there's been at least 2. Having Matt Eberflus as your head coach is worth at least 3 extra losses a season.

Ah, yeah, that makes sense. Speaking of Stroud: I still have high hopes for Stroud, but his struggles make you realize that nobody is a finished product, even after 1 great season. Same can be said for his OC, Bobby Slowik, who was a hot name in last year's cycle. Consistency is really important for coaches, too.

I knew he had to be close to some sort of record, but I didn't know Kyler Murray was the record holder. I thought CJ Stroud broke it last year.

Maintaining that 2:1 TD/INT ratio and keeping his interceptions in the single digits would be a nice achievement for a rookie season.

I lean towards a Lions blowout, but I honestly wouldn't be all that surprised if the Bears won this game, either. They almost always play the Lions well, even when they've been terrible. No Hutchinson; Lions are historically not very good on Thanksgiving.. We'll know pretty early on what kind of game we're getting. I just hope Caleb can continue to play well against elite competition.

Welp, we're 2 games in and Thomas Brown has now coordinated the two best games of Caleb's career in consecutive weeks against two great defenses.

If it weren't for the 6 drops, he would have had close to 400 yards passing, too, on top of everything else he did. Bears have their QB. Daniels, again, with another bad game today against a rotten team. Nix has played well, but Caleb is still the most talented and best quarterback of this class if you give him respectable coaching.

Suffering through the Eberflus era is like if Denver held on to Hackett for 3 years and missed out on Sean Payton. Worst coach in the history of the franchise. Worse than Fox or Trestman.

They didn't already have Odunze before they traded for Allen. The draft came afterwards. Had they not traded for Keenan, and then somebody else took Rome before #9, every Bears fan would have been livid at Poles for not doing enough to give Caleb talent to work with.