Hank Fraley, if hired as OC, should have good input into this.

Was driving from FL to Texas in 1981, a massive ice storm swept the south. Stuck in NOLA for 24 hours, slogged to Texas and fought a massive snowstorm to get home. Little in the way of snow removal equipment, made driving not so fun.

Just for shits and giggle#. Ben Johnson OC '22-'24

Sam LaPorta, TE: 2 years, 146 catches, 1615 yards, 17 TDs
Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR: 3years, 340 catches, 3939 yards, 28;TDs
David Montgomery, RB: 2 years, 404 rushes, 1790 yards (injured this year), 25 TDs
52 catches, 451 yards, 0 TDs
Jamyr Gibbs: RB ...

Smith is going to get at least $21M annually, making him the highest paid guard in the league. I'm not saying to not do it but I'd think the Bears are going to look more like signing Zeitler, re-signing Shelton, and drafting another G.


We've pretty much backed ourselves into a corner though ...

Smith is going to get at least $21M annually, making him the highest paid guard in the league. I'm not saying to not do it but I'd think the Bears are going to look more like signing Zeitler, re-signing Shelton, and drafting another G.

In other HC news, the Vikes have extended Kevin O'Connell with an undisclosed contract. They are working on an extension for their GM. O'Connell is 34-17 as Vikes HC.

Why does it feel like the cowboys are going to be stuck holding the bag?


McCarthy ... oh wait. Maybe Kellen Moore?

The Raiders now have to pivot after theri full court press with Johnson failed. They have interviewed the following guys:
Aaron Glenn
Pete Carroll
Vance Joseph
Todd Monken
Ron ...

Pardons if this was previously posted, I didn't see it but, then, I'm good at missing things right in front of me (just ask the wife):

https://x.com/ChicagoBears/status/1881796230000295989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1881796230000295989%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https ...

It is expected for Mike Vrabel to offer Josh McDaniels the OC job in NE. Aaron Glenn is interviewing the Jets today and he is the frontrunner for the job. The Saints are conducting a series of interviews later in the week. Deion is negotiating a contract extension with the University of Colorado and ...

I had forgotten. The Commanders are playing also playing under a first year owner. They have won as many playoff games this year than they did in Dan Snyder's 24 years of ownership.

Read that the Rams starting defense counted $21M against the cap in '24. Unbelievable. That's the type of talent evaluation every team which it had.

If that's true that means they had more in dead cap charges to their D for Aaron Donald than their active roster. That's hilarious.

Of course ...

Flop no more. Day and Ohio State vindicated themselves. Ohio State played the NIL game well. They spent approximately $20M on the football team, which is more than most universities on all sports. They also managed to convince several potential 2024 draft picks that analysts thought would go highly ...

Not knowing the $ Johnson is being signed for but McCaskey stepped up. Maybe all the ridicule and frustration got to him. I will say once he hires someone, he shows restraint in telling them how to do their job so Johnson will be alright on that front. Warren, we'll have to see, he has a yen for ...

Two good threads on the topic

https://x.com/MathBomb/status/1630197804927680516?t=-ML9RdDcg_yIsAHlA4HbpA&s=19

https://x.com/ezlazar/status/1879314426823913646?t=TRhjkHRUZVcNpkhGrXEn-A&s=19

In several areas the Rams are analytically focused. I doubt they actually throw away the Combine stuff ...

He hasn't signed a contract yet but has obviously reached agreement to coach the team for an agreed up amount of $. Hopefully just a formality.

dplank wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 1:36 pm

Dayamm....

With some interest in Marcus Freeman, I thought it would be interesting to see how the salaries of top college coaches compare to their NFL counterparts. Kirby Smart of Georgia is #1 at $13.2M. Freeman just received a raise to $9M. Andy Reid makes $20M, another guy makes $18M, two coaches receive ...

I'm figuring the Bears will have a new HC by Friday, maybe Thursday. Johnson or McCarthy or Monken.

Who can forget:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXDSPbZ_OUw

Jarron Gilbert, 1st round pick in 2009, impressed people with his athletic skills. Too bad his football skills weren't at the same level. Wasn't there another guy, Dan Bazin or something out of some small college in Michigan who impressed ...

Marcus Freeman has opened the door to at least talking to the Bears following tonite's national championship game between Notre Dame and Ohio State. Kevin Warren is feening over him as a leader of men although the record of college coaches with no NFL experience being successful is not too good ...

Reportedly some in the state legislature have said they're willing to use state infrastructure funds up to $460M+ for improvements around the Bronzeville site to assist in a Bears stadium. There is great interest in developing this area. But there is significant push back for any funds for this ...

I live NE of Philly about 75 miles. Blasting snow down where I live. Getting heavier in Philly, definitely affecting the game. That was a great play by Carter although Philly had to settle for a FG. Snowing in Buffalo where the Ravens-Bills play in a bit; Buffalo gets some bodacious snow falls.

Lots of wheeling and dealing to get four 2nd rounders:

1-20: Tyler Booker, G, Alabama: A massive man, okay pick at this spot
2-41: Deone Walker, DT, Kentucky: Another massive man, a run stopper +
2-42: Landon Jackson, DE, Arkansas: Tall, powerful
2-48: Kevin Winston, S, Penn State
2-58: Tate ...

I’m clearly just blowing in the wind at this point, but after watching the Commanders the last two weeks I might prefer Kingsbury as my #1. He’s done the most with the least IMO.

How Poles passed on him for Waldron Ill never understand.


I've come around to that view also. He knows and coached ...

Looking at Kevin Zeitler. He's 34 but apparently one of those IOL guys who just keeps on going.King of the anti-Tev, rarely injured. Excellent run blocker, good pass blocker. Made $6M last year and would take him away from Detroit.

Another is Cam Robinson. 29 year old LT traded to the Vikes ...

Fields and Jenkins both pre-date Poles but the analytics dept. still ranked all players. Poles, though, does seem to have a prediliction for guys with certain athletic traits.

The Bears have said they're going to interview Eddie George on Sunday. His head coaching experience is several years with Tennessee State. This interview will satisfy the Rooney Rule for the Bears, but I know that's not why they're doing it :rofl: Not sure why they didn't request an interview with ...

So, they hire Dan Quinn, who lost the HC job to Eberflus in '22. They hire Kliff Kingsbury, who interviewed for OC in '24 but lost out to Shane Waldron. They took Jayden Daniels after the Bears took Caleb #1 and he becomes the 6th rookie QB to lead his team to a league championship game including 2 ...

ESPN has published a piece highly critical of Trace Armstrong's influence on George McCaskey. Besides representing the last 2 coaching failures, apparently it was Armstrong's influence that Ron Riviera got an interview this time around:

https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-bears/greg-olsen-floats ...

Greg Olson, former Bears/Panthers TE and current broadcaster, floated the idea of returning to the team in a front office position. No specific position was mentioned. The Bears already have a GM, Olson couldn't make the move to that job like John Lynch did with the 49ers:

https://www.sportsmockery ...