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by karhu
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:08 am
Forum: Halas Hall
Topic: Bears trade 4th rd pick to Chargers for WR Keenan Allen
Replies: 291
Views: 5400

Re: Bears trade 4th rd pick to Chargers for WR Keenan Allen

Bears Whiskey Nut wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:40 pm He had 1200 receiving yards last year which is great, but
I just read this.

And re-read it.

Is there any reasonable way to complete that sentence?
by karhu
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: Halas Hall
Topic: Bears sign S/ST Jonathan Owens to 2yr deal
Replies: 41
Views: 1107

Re: Bears sign S/ST Jonathan Owens to 2yr deal

Yogi da Bear wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:39 pm
karhu wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:35 pm

She specifically asks to be shown no more than once per game, and broadcasters have obliged.

So...no.

Not on accomplishments or looks either, IMSO.
Who is "she?"
Of Biles and Swift, the one who appears no more than once in telecasts of NFL games.
by karhu
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:35 pm
Forum: Halas Hall
Topic: Bears sign S/ST Jonathan Owens to 2yr deal
Replies: 41
Views: 1107

Re: Bears sign S/ST Jonathan Owens to 2yr deal

HisRoyalSweetness wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:03 pm Is Simone Biles going to become the Bears' Taylor Swift?
She specifically asks to be shown no more than once per game, and broadcasters have obliged.

So...no.

Not on accomplishments or looks either, IMSO.
by karhu
Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: Halas Hall
Topic: Bears sign S Kevin Byard to 2yr $15m deal
Replies: 51
Views: 1488

Re: Bears Sign S Kevin Byard

LacertineForest wrote: Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:21 pm Can't say I know much about him, but filling as many holes ahead of the draft makes sense to me so Poles can go BPA in the draft.
Absolutely nails as a tackler and twice as many interceptions as Jackson. Perfect complement to Brisker in a SS/FS way...if he's still got enough in the tank at 31.
by karhu
Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:20 pm
Forum: Halas Hall
Topic: Bears sign S Kevin Byard to 2yr $15m deal
Replies: 51
Views: 1488

Re: Bears sign S Kevin Byard to 2yr $15m deal

I'd forgotten just what a Patricia'd-up mess the Eagles were on defense last year. If there's no catch, this is a solid deal for a massive upgrade.
by karhu
Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:01 pm
Forum: Halas Hall
Topic: Bears sign S Kevin Byard to 2yr $15m deal
Replies: 51
Views: 1488

Re: Bears Sign S Kevin Byard

Huge fan of his in his draft year. But now? Holy moly, it looks like Poles thinks he knows something that Byard's last two employers missed.
by karhu
Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:29 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Day 3 Favs
Replies: 14
Views: 517

Re: Day 3 Favs

If we're still in the market for an OT, I like Frank Crum a bit. Lots to work with, and that's about all you can ask for on day three. Crum is athletic and has some physical gifts. He's the kind of guy Day 3 was made for. LOL (FWIW, I am always a little leery on offensive linemen over 6-6.5 or so. ...
by karhu
Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Day 3 Favs
Replies: 14
Views: 517

Re: Day 3 Favs

If we're still in the market for an OT, I like Frank Crum a bit. Lots to work with, and that's about all you can ask for on day three. Still a Marshawn Kneeland fan. Assuming that we land a top-flight WR early, I kinda like doubling down with Luke McCaffrey. He's switched schools and positions and a...
by karhu
Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:40 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: 2024 Combine Talk
Replies: 77
Views: 3071

Re: 2024 Combine Talk

I don't watch a lot of college football or know much about the translation of prospects into pros, but with such a seemingly deep receiver class, do you guys think it makes sense to target another position at #9? Or do you think there's enough separation between the top 3 guys (MHJ, Nabers, Odunze)...
by karhu
Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:54 am
Forum: The BFO Lounge
Topic: The Vince Staples Show
Replies: 1
Views: 151

Re: The Vince Staples Show

dplank wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2024 1:10 pm Looking at you Karhu - new Netflix show and it is excellent!!
Thanks for the tip; I'd have overlooked this, but it's pretty damned good.
by karhu
Sat Mar 02, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: 2024 Combine Talk
Replies: 77
Views: 3071

Re: 2024 Combine Talk

Just looking for mid-/late-round guys who might fit in well with us. Kendall Milton might be a big-school sleeper in the Roschon mold. He's had some MCL problems, but those were a few years ago; his more recent injuries were a strained groin and hamstring, and I always wonder if better hydration and...
by karhu
Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: The BFO Lounge
Topic: Free Talk // Open bar, we're not turning the lights off
Replies: 1644
Views: 35772

Re: Free Talk // Open bar, we're not turning the lights off

All in due time. If only I had that voice! Or just go a different direction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg Ahem. Great stuff; jealous that you saw some cuttlefish (we lived in the Caribbean for a while and got out there a bit, and it took me too long to discover that I was looking in ...
by karhu
Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: 2024 Combine Talk
Replies: 77
Views: 3071

Re: 2024 Combine Talk

Well, Tip Reiman's not a secret anymore. A shame, because he'd have been an excellent complement to Kmet. Just a bonus that he thinks power lines might be pigeon-recharging stations. Reiman's issue is production (or lack thereof). In general I am not a fan (though I will certainly point out that I'...
by karhu
Sat Mar 02, 2024 1:10 am
Forum: The War Room
Topic: 2024 Combine Talk
Replies: 77
Views: 3071

Re: 2024 Combine Talk

Well, Tip Reiman's not a secret anymore. A shame, because he'd have been an excellent complement to Kmet. Just a bonus that he thinks power lines might be pigeon-recharging stations.
by karhu
Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:19 am
Forum: The War Room
Topic: 2024 Combine Talk
Replies: 77
Views: 3071

Re: 2024 Combine Talk

Kneeland just hit the top tier of my third-round wish list. But I don't think he'll be there. I dunno. Since 2016, the two non-Power 5 conference edge defenders who've gone before Round 3 (Marcus Davenport in 2018 and Payton Turner in 2021) haven't lit the league on fire, and both were bigger than ...
by karhu
Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: NFL General Discussion
Topic: 80's uniforms were great
Replies: 25
Views: 966

Re: 80's uniforms were great

also i was surprised that the bills logo goes back to 1974, and that red buffalo was barely around, because it's SOOOO much better. https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_12_desktop/bills/jgfwtamgssutxi3mc0tg.jpg I like how the original herd of buffalo diminishes over time...
by karhu
Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:20 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: 2024 Combine Talk
Replies: 77
Views: 3071

Re: 2024 Combine Talk

Still vacillating on adding Cedric Johnson and especially Marshawn Kneeland. Not sure at "only" 6'3" they hit the thresholds Poles and Flus have in place, but both might be long enough, and Kneeland was certainly impressive at the Senior Bowl. Kneeland's wingspan meets the diagnostic...
by karhu
Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:03 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: 2024 Combine Talk
Replies: 77
Views: 3071

Re: 2024 Combine Talk

Kneeland just hit the top tier of my third-round wish list. But I don't think he'll be there.
by karhu
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:31 am
Forum: The BFO Lounge
Topic: Bad journalism and the failure to communicate
Replies: 21
Views: 1696

Re: Bad journalism and the failure to communicate

The Sun-Times online edition took a big risk by going completely non-profit and making subscriptions donations of any rate. Makes donations tax-deductible, too. It’s only been a couple years, but I’m curious how that has served them and impacted their reporting quality. Not sure; I haven't lived in...
by karhu
Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: Halas Hall
Topic: Coach 'Flus gets a glow-up
Replies: 51
Views: 1945

Re: Coach 'Flus gets a glow-up

He looks like Gentile Jon Stewart (also his wrestling name, which is why he had to switch careers).

Or like Wendy Shawn, 20 years and a few rehab stints after we last saw him:

by karhu
Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: 2024 HBCU
Replies: 3
Views: 281

Re: 2024 HBCU

I just went back to the HBCU combine results, and yeah. Lots of terrific college players there, but no one jumped out at me (Huggins was never a consideration). It'd be down to a developmental guy, probably at QB or OL.

Ah, well. Saves me from a repeat of the year I wanted Jequez Ezzard.
by karhu
Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:44 pm
Forum: The BFO Lounge
Topic: Bad journalism and the failure to communicate
Replies: 21
Views: 1696

Re: Bad journalism and the failure to communicate

Quick follow-up after some reflection and a chat with an old colleague. Advertising-supported journalism websites are dead or doomed. All of them. They're also inherently suspicious. The measures and indicators actually used by larger news sites to define and assert their value to advertisers are sh...
by karhu
Fri Feb 23, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Only 20 Prospects with R1 Grade
Replies: 15
Views: 709

Re: Only 20 Prospects with R1 Grade

Yeah, the best way to read a list like this is probably to view it as a breakdown of players who could force someone to draft them in the first. "Well, we don't really need a CB, but Wiggins should've been gone ten picks ago," that sort of thing. It's easier for an edge player or CB to for...
by karhu
Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:49 pm
Forum: The BFO Lounge
Topic: Bad journalism and the failure to communicate
Replies: 21
Views: 1696

Re: Bad journalism and the failure to communicate

Ante: My wife was a journalist for decades, and I've dabbled, too. Lots of great points here, and I might not be adding anything but my perspective, but what the heck. There's a great need for good journalism, but no market for it. Anyone who worked for Vice until recently can tell you that. A godaw...
by karhu
Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:04 am
Forum: Halas Hall
Topic: When We Growled: A Time Capsule
Replies: 53
Views: 1876

Re: When We Growled: A Time Capsule

There was a time that we had a coach with dignity, self respect, and even a personality. His name was Mike Ditka. Mike Ditka was a horse's ass. I think there's a lot of wires crossed about how people saw Ditka's behavior, which at the time some may have considered manly or "alpha" or some...
by karhu
Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:44 am
Forum: Halas Hall
Topic: Since 2021 79 sacks come from Justin Fields holding the ball over 4 seconds
Replies: 169
Views: 5738

Re: Since 2021 79 sacks come from Justin Fields holding the ball over 4 seconds

FWIW, every GM Brad Biggs has spoken to at the senior bowl is certain that the Bears are taking a QB with the first pick. Which makes sense whether or not Poles intends to choose one there. I mean, he's choosing one at 1.3 or 1.2 because there are five or six QBs in this draft who're better than Fi...
by karhu
Sun Feb 04, 2024 1:10 am
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Way too early 2024 mock draft
Replies: 119
Views: 15794

Re: Way too early 2024 mock draft

PFN. One trade: 1.1 (Caleb Williams) to New England for 1.3, 2.34, 3.68, 2025 1st, 2025 2nd. Let's say our big FA signings are S, swing tackle and IOL. With a rotational DE or two and the usual end-of-the rotation shuffle of WRs and RBs and such. 1.3: Jayden Daniels, QB, LSU. He's got more to work o...
by karhu
Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:24 am
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Way too early 2024 mock draft
Replies: 119
Views: 15794

Re: Way too early 2024 mock draft

Moriarty wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:41 am Did a lot of trades. Basically amounts to trading down from 9 for 28, 51, 81, fR3, fR4 and a some spare change
Excellent mock; love the double-down on TEs. That's precisely the way I hope we'll go if we fill out that corps through the draft.
by karhu
Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:03 am
Forum: The BFO Lounge
Topic: For our UK brothers and sisters
Replies: 2
Views: 333

Re: For our UK brothers and sisters

This is not their best foot forward here (who here has even heard of the Libertines?), but I'm not sure HMHB records anything they don't have fun with, and that's good enough for me. And it might as well have been written for Tyson Bagent, so there's that. Great fucking song to boot. https://www.you...
by karhu
Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:50 am
Forum: The BFO Lounge
Topic: For our UK brothers and sisters
Replies: 2
Views: 333

For our UK brothers and sisters

Just throwing this out there: our countries each have some seriously stupid (and in some ways stupidly similar) problems these days, and it's always been difficult for each side to convince the other of what really makes it special. But. You have Half Man Half Biscuit, and we don't. Heck, we don't h...