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G08 wrote: Sat Jan 18, 2025 11:27 pm IT IS TIME!!!

Ben: take the rest of tonight, tomorrow, and even Monday if you need it.

Get his ass in here for his second interview, offer him the job 24-48 hours later and if he doesn't take it offer it to your next choice.

You turned on Mike McCarthy that fast?

I officially want a Ravens / Commanders Super Bowl.


We'll never hear the end of rookie Jayden Daniels making the Super Bowl, and "what could have been in Chicago."

Of course the outcome would have been the same, but the sports media gotta spin.


I truly don’t care about any of this. I care ...

I officially want a Ravens / Commanders Super Bowl.

I sort of find myself rooting for Washington. Not because of the coaching situation, but because they are honestly super fun to watch.

I don’t want him as the coach, but goddamn Kingsbury is calling an incredible game.

I don’t want him as the coach, but goddamn Kingsbury is calling an incredible game.

Two questionable roughing the passer calls, but the Texans lost that game all on their own.

dplank wrote: Sat Jan 18, 2025 4:27 pm

G08 wrote: Sat Jan 18, 2025 10:48 am God help me.

I think I'm starting to bump McCarthy up to my #1 choice. On paper -- ON PAPER -- at the same points in their respective careers, he's practically Andy Reid.

I blame wab, for all of us

I’M SORRY OK

As a Greg Olson fangirl, I would love this.

Arkansasbear wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:06 pm HALO is just bad. I started the first season and made myself finish it, but I think that's it for me.

Also I'm excited for the next season of Reacher.

I honestly liked Halo

Yeah I don’t think it’s as damning as people are making it out to be.

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 from ...

I'm really starting to love this dude.

I think Wright is a better OT than Taylor so it’s a push to me. Taylor greatly benefits from playing next to the best guard in the NFL. He was dogshit when they tried him at LT… but YMMV.

The rumored 15M simply isn't acceptable.

Yes, there's no coaching cap, yes, it's not our money, yes, they can afford it.
But if it's true, it indicates a ridiculous arrogance and lack of awareness about the established market, his (extremely brief) resume, and his leverage, which is very ...

G08 wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 4:23 pm

This, to me, sounds more like he was talked into giving them a chance and viewing them with an open mind.


What say you?

I think Ben Johnson is going to take the job he wants.

I won't fault the Bears for not paying Johnson 20 million. 15 is even a pretty big pill to swallow, but there's no way he should be the highest paid coach in the NFL as a rookie.

American Primeval on Netflix is great. Limited series…6 episodes that very in length from a little over 30 minutes up to a little over an hour.

I think it was supposed to be a movie but they didn’t want to condense it to a shorter running time.

Yeah, Lioness is great.

I also sorta want the Lions to win the whole thing so that the Bears can get a coach with that Championship Aura.

The crazy part is what they do with Dak if this becomes a thing.

He just signed a 240 million dollar deal that is incredibly difficult to get out of for a few years. The dead money is pretty bonkers. He's at least there through the 2025 season, maybe 2026 too.

How does the Sanders camp feel ...

I find myself in an interesting headspace... do I want the Lions to lose so we can figure out this Ben Johnson thing ASAP? Or do I want the Commanders to lose so all this "Jayden Daniels should have gone #1" bullshit can start grinding to a halt?


I care more about the future HC of the Bears ...

I can't really put McCarthy in a tier with guys like Johnson and Monken.

I have more of a first time HC tier and an experienced HC tier. McCarthy is definitely at the top of that experienced HC tier...by far.

So for example:

First time guys tier:
1 - Johnson
2 - Monken
(small gap)
3 - Cohen ...

My slight annoyance is that the David Shaw interview could have been in person, knocking out the Rooney Rule requirements. I know that rule matters more to the Bears then most other teams, I just hate that we're limited now till we get that knocked out for better or worse. It's not that they chose ...

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Again the hyper focus on me is just weird AF. "Following my posts" for several weeks is just bizarre, obsessive ...

So from a media perspective, there's nothing the Bears can do right, and they have earned that reputation.

They could be interviewing maybe 1-2 candidates waiting for Johnson and the local press would eat them alive for not doing their due diligence. Now they're ridiculing the team for ...

Bearfacts wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:51 am

dplank wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 8:21 pm

Jeezus, I read his stuff nearly every day and this guy gripes more than Wiederer and Haugh.

Nearly every Bears media person has become insufferable over the last 6 weeks.

If the fat jokes are off the table (which they probably should be), those same people should cease the BiQueens and Fudge Packers bullshit.

I have ALWAYS hated that shit. It's just super low IQ stuff.

I always picture the people saying like the guy in Can't Hardly Wait when he says "Aman-DUH ...