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- Thu May 02, 2024 8:18 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: Post Draft Meatball Overreaction - Three Things
- Replies: 45
- Views: 864
Re: Post Draft Meatball Overreaction - Three Things
If a few things happen, I believe it's possible for the Bears to reach 13 wins and get to the Divisional round. 1. Shane Waldron and staff are a quality teaching and scheme unit. 2. Caleb Williams, after a learning curve period of perhaps 25% of the year, becomes a competant game manager who consist...
- Thu May 02, 2024 6:17 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: Nattering Negative Numnut
- Replies: 40
- Views: 586
Re: Nattering Negative Numnut
I think this is a very good topic. I don't agree with all of the points in the original post. But the ones that hit home for me are... New offensive staff... new scheme... several new players... rookie QB. I think we're going to struggle early on offense. While are defense isn't new, it hasn't been ...
- Thu May 02, 2024 5:52 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: He Gone: Trenton Gill Cut
- Replies: 24
- Views: 476
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:46 am
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: Borom may be in jeopardy
- Replies: 21
- Views: 591
Re: Borom may be in jeopardy
Sale: Larry Borom for a 2025 R7 pick. Good size, has some starting experience and cheap. Come one come all.
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: The War Room
- Topic: R5 P144: Austin Booker, Edge - Kansas
- Replies: 77
- Views: 1783
Re: R5 P144: Austin Booker, Edge - Kansas
I bet #9 is still available. If this guy is Mark Anderson (whose Jersey I bought, btw) from R5 of a very shallow edge draft, it's a grand slam.
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:20 am
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: The 2024 Draft
- Replies: 1182
- Views: 19933
Re: The 2024 Draft
Post-draft thoughts... There's always that debate between drafting for need or BPA. Poles continues to show that he leans harder toward BPA, while still considering need. If he was a "gotta fill needs" guy, Odunze wouldn't be a Bear as WR is not the need that starting DE is. And with the r...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 9:02 pm
- Forum: The War Room
- Topic: R1 P1: Caleb Williams, QB - USC
- Replies: 144
- Views: 2715
Re: R1 P1: Caleb Williams, QB - USC
What leaps out, but nobody is talking about is what a breath of fresh air Williams is in interviews compared to JF1. He's very relaxed in that environment and expresses himself clearly and confidently. Note that this not meant to be a criticism of Fields in any way. He just has introvert wiring and ...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:35 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: 2024 Draft: Is This Our Greatest Draft Ever?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 669
Re: 2024 Draft: Is This Our Greatest Draft Ever?
1983 was pretty darned good...
Jimbo Covert
Willie Gault
Mike Richardson
Dave Duerson
Tom Thayer
Richard Dent
Mark Bortz
And none of those players also involved paying an exorbitant salary which come along with Sweat and Allen.
Jimbo Covert
Willie Gault
Mike Richardson
Dave Duerson
Tom Thayer
Richard Dent
Mark Bortz
And none of those players also involved paying an exorbitant salary which come along with Sweat and Allen.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:56 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: The 2024 Draft
- Replies: 1182
- Views: 19933
Re: Is It Too Soon For Thoughts On Pick #9?
He plays DL, therefore I’d be happy with the pick. Sure. And let's not forget that we never replaced Justin Jones at DT. Even if you subscribe to the Dexter improved enough to start argument, there's little behind him to rotate in. That would be quite a rotational pair. Or put them on the field tog...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: The 2024 Draft
- Replies: 1182
- Views: 19933
Re: Is It Too Soon For Thoughts On Pick #9?
I've been running this logic through my head and I'm not liking the answer I keep coming up with. WR just isn't making logical sense to me. We traded a 4th for Allen. We are taking CW at #1. Allen is a UFA after this season, and we aren't really in a position to think Super Bowl this year. So, a lo...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: Borom may be in jeopardy
- Replies: 21
- Views: 591
Re: Borom may be in jeopardy
https://heavy.com/sports/chicago-bears/ol-larry-borom-trade-chip/ I didn't realize it, but Borom had enough snaps in his first 3 years to trigger the automatic pay escalators https://overthecap.com/proven-performance-escalator (He's the only one this year, but a truckload of Bears will hit it in 25...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: Caleb Williams News and Rumor thread
- Replies: 2313
- Views: 49507
Re: Caleb Williams News and Rumor thread
Draft prediction... When Williams is picked, he WON'T wear jersey #1, which is customary. Instead, he will have already picked his new number and will wear that for jersey pictures. And in interviews when asked why, he'll say that's JJ's number and he needs to respect that. And it won't be #13 eithe...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:44 am
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: Predicting the Bears Offensive Success
- Replies: 19
- Views: 993
Re: Predicting the Bears Offensive Success
Good question.
I’m torn between bottom 10 and the middle. Rookie QB with entirety new O staff is a huge degree of change. But an experienced O staff with KA13 and a whole year of quality defense pushes my prediction barely out of the bottom 10. Barely.
I’m torn between bottom 10 and the middle. Rookie QB with entirety new O staff is a huge degree of change. But an experienced O staff with KA13 and a whole year of quality defense pushes my prediction barely out of the bottom 10. Barely.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 1:45 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: I think we Bears fans are traumatized
- Replies: 86
- Views: 3414
Re: I think we Bears fans are traumatized
I’m a big “law of averages” guy, so I feel near certain that we have a big run of good football coming our way. We are way past due. We often agree. But this logic is a head scratcher in my eyes. This assumes great similarity among NFL ownership competence which is clearly not the case. If this is ...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:27 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: The 2024 Draft
- Replies: 1182
- Views: 19933
Re: Is It Too Soon For Thoughts On Pick #9?
Bunch of articles today on Poles staying at #9 to take a second blue-chipper in the 1st round, that he's not stressing about the low number of picks. Of course, no GM worth his salt is actually going to reveal anything concrete about his draft plans a month out, it's all part of the poker games goi...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:55 am
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: Justin Fields traded to Pittsburgh for conditional pick
- Replies: 242
- Views: 5646
Re: Justin Fields traded to Pittsburgh for conditional pick
Couldn't we have gotten a much better comp pick in 2025 if we just released him and let him go wherever he wanted? Wouldn't that outcome have been better for us and for him??? He was a full time starting QB in 2023 after all.
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:42 am
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: What Bagent is up to
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1816
Re: What Bagent is up to
If the plan is to sit Caleb a) Strongly believe you need 2 vets ahead, so that one injury doesn't ruin your plans b) I'm not at all comfortable with locking myself into 17 games of Bagent, no matter what I'm grabbing somebody like Bridgewater, if that's the plan So you don't like Brett Rypien? lol ...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:14 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: Who will wear #13 for the Bears in 2024?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 703
Re: Who will wear #13 for the Bears in 2024?
I'm voting for Keenan Allen, because he's the most experienced and highly paid player who would want that number. He can outbid CW. Tyler Scott will be happy to make some extra dough by taking another number. Hell, he should probably want to take another number to make everyone forget his 2023. It'l...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:10 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: Who will wear #13 for the Bears in 2024?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 703
Who will wear #13 for the Bears in 2024?
Silly topic, I know. But I couldn't resist.
Lay out how you think it will go.
Lay out how you think it will go.
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:44 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: Justin Fields traded to Pittsburgh for conditional pick
- Replies: 242
- Views: 5646
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:35 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: Bears sign DE Jake Martin
- Replies: 14
- Views: 523
Re: Bears sign DE Jake Martin
A 236# 4-3 edge? I know there's some guys close to that size who are really good. But that's REALLY light.
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:32 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: What Bagent is up to
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1816
Re: What Bagent is up to
Love that kid. Imagine the following... Team wants to let Caleb Williams (or whichever drafted QB) sit and absorb the offense the first year and just hang onto Fields to wait for an injury to wake up the trade market. Week 2 it happens and a team throws us a high draft pick in 25 for Fields, who dep...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:59 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: Bears New Stadium Nonsense Repository
- Replies: 1097
- Views: 113543
Re: Bears New Stadium Nonsense Repository
I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to this stuff. What about this high level plan? - Bears and White Sox build their own stadiums and can lease out areas within the stadiums for various vendors, shops, etc. Teams own their own stadium, but pay property tax to the city. - Bears additionally pay to dem...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:45 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: Bears sign S Kevin Byard to 2yr $15m deal
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1639
Re: Bears sign S Kevin Byard to 2yr $15m deal
That we signed a significant contributor who starts the season at 31 means what Poles is looking for and how he views the team has progressed beyond just rebuilding.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:10 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: JF1 + Caleb options are exceptional opportunity?
- Replies: 105
- Views: 2162
Re: JF1 + Caleb options are exceptional opportunity?
Perhaps this is off topic, but I've been watching tape on CW13. I think the people who think today that he should start on day 1 should take a close look at the offense he ran at USC. There's a whole lot of same concept on both sides of the field, pre-snap look the defense over to pick a side of the...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:04 am
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: JF1 + Caleb options are exceptional opportunity?
- Replies: 105
- Views: 2162
Re: JF1 + Caleb options are exceptional opportunity?
I think Fields is a stand-up guy when he's the starter. This is not some attempt to assassinate the dude's character, but it's widely reported that Fields did NOT want to work with established vets like Dalton and Foles because he believed he was the unquestioned starter. This is the first I've hea...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:02 am
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: JF1 + Caleb options are exceptional opportunity?
- Replies: 105
- Views: 2162
Re: JF1 + Caleb options are exceptional opportunity?
Here's how this works out if we keep Justin and draft Caleb: -Justin is the presumed starter from the get go because if we're keeping him, the plan is to bring Caleb along slowly. -Then Justin gets his yearly injury, Caleb is thrust into the starting position when Justin got all the first team snap...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:17 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: Edit: Update - Barkley signs with Eagles
- Replies: 75
- Views: 2078
Re: Loosest of speculation: Bears may push to sign RB Saquon Barkley
Not a fan of this move at $12M or whatever it would be for a RB who has an injury history and is heading toward declineville. I'll take the opportunity cost of that $12M to spend elsewhere.
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:11 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: JF1 + Caleb options are exceptional opportunity?
- Replies: 105
- Views: 2162
Re: JF1 + Caleb options are exceptional opportunity?
Have to agree with the Wabster here. This is not a case where you can split the baby. By drafting Williams you are saying, "We think this guy is worth more than all the players we could get by trading the pick." IMO, that means you're pushing all your chips to the middle of the table on h...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:46 pm
- Forum: Halas Hall
- Topic: JF1 + Caleb options are exceptional opportunity?
- Replies: 105
- Views: 2162
Re: JF1 + Caleb options are exceptional opportunity?
Can you really bring up GB and how they have went about their QB situation? Favruh was pretty much a HOFer when Rodgers was drafted. Plenty of teams passed on Rodgers. QB needy teams felt he wasn't the one. He fell into GB's lap. Love was drafted at the time Rodgers was perceived to be an HOFer as ...