I can't give Flus a game ball considering how flat the team came out. He certainly hasn't done anything to quell my concerns about his ability to prepare the team adequately for game day. Credit due for the adjustments and his defensive play calling, and you can't deny the team's resolve through a ...

Darrell Taylor An excellent Bears debut. 8 tackles, 7 of them solo, including 2 sacks. Any concerns about his work ethic and effort against the run seem misplaced. I remember that review from a Seahawks fan that criticized the way Carroll used Taylor. Trying to make him into a 3-4 OLB. The poster s...

Here’s the full list of inactives, as announced by the Bears on Sunday morning: DT Zacch Pickens OL Kiran Amegadjie WR Tyler Scott LB Noah Sewell OL Bill Murray RB Roschon Johnson DE Dominique Robinson Here are the Titans inactives: S Jamal Adams LB Otis Reese IV OL John Ojukwu TE David Martin Robi...

grendel2000 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2024 4:45 pm

HisRoyalSweetness wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2024 3:50 pm

Lotta hugging going on in that building!

All cool, but I try to envision that in my career and it makes me chuckle... Hugging my boss after a meeting? That was NOT a thing... lol.

Ugh.

I guess keeping 6 DEs pays off, at least for this week.

Head coaches love to be conservative.

But I'm still surprised. Were there any big returns in the preseason? I don't remember noticing any.

If he stays healthy this year, I'm pretty sure at least 1 team will pay him like his injury woes are a thing of the past and never happened.

I couldn't do it.

For the first time this morning, I did a sim draft where I gave myself a R4 from Pitt, instead of a R6. Clearly it works just like voodoo.

Minimal change on the injury front:




Bates better, Walker drops in

Z Bear wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 10:59 am
The pass at the 19 second mark was sweet....DJ was not even close to turning around and CW put it exactly where it needed to be so he could make the catch. Those are the type of throws and separate the men from the boys.

anticipation

Did a quick check to confirm - I'm good. But are we ABSOLUTELY SURE it isn't "100% beef" that's then been liquefied and reconstituted into a patty-like object? PS - I love WC sliders... Not kidding. My stomach loves them less these days, but I absolutely enjoy them when I'm in a town that...

Also, Hard Knocks reveals: Not really a surprise though. Rypien's older, has been around the NFL for a few years and was ahead of Reed throughout camp and preseason. Both played well. Reed was a nice alternative if, as happened, Rypien secured a place on another team's 53. Not to me. But I'm throwi...

Nice compilation. It's possible Webster might have won. However, 1 botch in the preseason notwithstanding, Carter has been doing this for a long time - 6 years and 132 returns. I'm reasonably confident in what he can do as a returner. Webster would have had to win out on contribution as WR5, which n...

grendel2000 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2024 11:01 am

Moriarty wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2024 9:36 am

As long as there's no caramelized onions involved, I'm in.

How do you feel about "meat" that appears to be made from gilled baby food?

Did a quick check to confirm -

White Castle burgers are made with 100% USDA beef

I'm good.

Maybe we can trade him back and get a 5th??? Or send them DomRob or Hardy. :rofl: :rofl: You'll love this. The Seahawks traded a 6th round pick to the Jaguars for one Trevis Gipson. It's not clear whether the pick they gave up is the one they got from the Bears for Taylor or their own, but in effec...

Giving this thread a bump because the Jets have just signed NB Michael Carter II to a 3-year $30.75M extension with $19 million in guarantees. That makes him the highest paid slot corner in the league and gives an indication of the sort of amount Kyler Gordon might cost at the end of the year if Po...

grendel2000 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2024 5:56 am

Bearfacts wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2024 10:27 pm

LOL.....well there's a reason Baskin and Robbins offer 31 flavors too.

He he... White Castle Pizza sounds bizarrely delicious, but I fear the things it would do to the colons of our great country...

As long as there's no caramelized onions involved, I'm in.

Also, Hard Knocks reveals:

Z Bear wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2024 7:43 am Interesting they were going to keep Rypien over Reed, until Rypien signed with Minny.

Colbert was PS last year. This year Moore beat him out for it.

FWIW Poles was approached about a trade for Velus Jones. Episode 5 reveals that another team inquired about a trade for Jones ahead of the roster deadline. “I’m trying to draw the line in the sand about what I would do,” Poles tells Eberflus about potentially moving Jones. “I would never go below a...

Sevenfeet wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2024 4:43 pm <Tap tap>

Is this on? Haven't been here since 2017.

Trubisky & Glennon broke you, eh?

Probably a good thing you sat out the Fields era.

I think 7-11 is reasonably possible. I think I've guessed too high 4-5 years in a row now (like most everyone here, just not quite as far off as everyone else) - which makes me want to lean lower than my instinct. But they have what looks like such an easy schedule from today's perspective. I'm prob...

NFL teams out in force at UGA-Clemson game … With the NFL on hiatus this weekend, there was a big turnout of NFL personnel people at yesterday’s big game between Georgia and Clemson in Atlanta. Indeed, 24 teams had reps on hand including 4 with GMs in town. They included Brandon Beane of Buffalo, C...

Flus is also larger than I realized

Oh and for those who didn't watch today's player pressers, the practices Jaylon Johnson missed a few days ago, which Eberflus said was because of a "good" personal reason, were due to the birth of his daughter Xoel (pronounced Zo-El). 3. That is an absolutely abysmal name, but we are in t...

yeah, i was looking at Aiyuk's numbers this morning too, and man does it feel like we got a steal. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/47619/brandon-aiyuk Florio is wrong and annoying about lots of things, but I 100% agree with his stance that if a team wants to re-sign a good player, they need...

I really liked what I saw from Reed and am really happy we managed to retain him. He just looked like he belonged out there, which for a rookie is really impressive. Bagent had that same vibe last year. I would have thought they would try and keep Rypien just to have somewhat of a vet presence play...

Moriarty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2024 2:05 pm oh, and no Rypien is shocking (unless someone picked him up?)

Vikings just cut Hall to sign Rypien to their 53 man.

WR Samori Toure DL Sam Roberts LS Scott Daly QB Austin Reed WR Collin Johnson TE Stephen Carlson G Theo Benedet T Jake Curhan DE Jamree Kromah DT Byron Cowart LB Micah Baskerville LB Carl Jones CB Reddy Steward CB Ro Torrence S Tarvarius Moore G Chris Glaser Some movement, as they add Glaser, and du...

I seriously Hope Bagent sees the field every week! He should play every 4th quarter, After QB1 stakes the Bears to a 35 point lead by the end of the 3rd, to save Calebs arm for the playoffs! Ah, but it's considered bad form to run up the score. If they give Bagent the fourth quarter they'll have to...