Yeah I thought that timing was sort of cruel. Kind of like going out somewhere and seeing your GF walking out of some other dude's crib and having her say "oh yeah I've been meaning to tell you about that".

They both matter. But it's no coincidence that his elevations from 4th-3rd and 3rd to 2nd string both happened after quality preseason game performances. 7/26 - 8/11 there wasn't any depth chart movement at QB. Then, in the next 2 weeks - which included the first 2 preseason games - there was 1 mov...

Biggs announced Hicks is taking Vildor's number 22, so....

I did see that in some tape, including JTs. As a result I'm going to retract some of that on Mooney (the get open part if not the separation part). But then unfortunately that means JF1s outing was even worse than I originally thought. The truth hurts. If I Venmo you money, will you stop? Sorry to ...

It is amazing how year after year, people get sucked into the preseason when it does not matter. Sure Fields could be a bust or a superstar or anywhere in between. But the preseason isn't telling you anything in regards to that. I addressed that I think fairly in my post above. Watch the JT tape - ...

The All 22 film basically showed Mooney getting open multiple times and JF1 not seeing him or not pulling the trigger. To say that Mooney is unable to get open or is 'slow' doesn't sit right. Now, perhaps he has not recovered well from his ankle injury. That I can't say. The Bears staff (and the NF...

Not a Bear but megapunt got punted from Green Bay.

What are we doing. Intentionally just being deliberately not good as some sort of a preseason head fake to fool Green Bay?

Dear. Lord. I think this website just caught the dreaded “Chet from Oak Park” virus. Please run your Antivirus scanners ASAP Was that for me? I mean of course it would be absurd given the circumstances to believe a D2 kid could in any way push an ostensibly emerging star, MVP vote discussion point ...

Yogi da Bear wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:31 pm IE, wanna bet they don't trade Mooney?

No. But I can see why they might, if some other dependencies are met (as I've been clear about).

Jordan Love does look like he's going to be pretty good. But there is still a huge gap between that and what Rodgers was. The Lions will be good and better than last year but they could end up only winning 9-10 games because last year they won a bunch they shouldn't have. They're not going to be dom...

I love JF1 but he's got a job to do. A big job, that is going to require a LOT of improvement this season. Sure, JF1 can win 8-9 games a year on a decent team because he's such an amazing athelete. But that isn't what we want, and that is not OK. We want ALL the wins. I like the kid pushing JF1. Whi...

We know they all really like Mooney. Just like they liked Monty. And Roquan. And Quinn. And all the other Bear players that we all loved at one point or another but were part of the reason our team was stuck in mediocrity. Let's play a game: Let's start rattling off games that were won by Moon makin...

It's simply not happening, and if it does, I'd have to seriously question Poles. He's spent the past two years getting Fields weapons while also having Fields work closely with Mooney during that time. It would be completely counterproductive to now eliminate one of the main weapons Fields has. It ...

The way it is now is just so stupid. It takes the spot of another roster player and screws the rest of the positions for the benefit of a third QB. I mean it's not like the QB position doesn't get all the benefits as it is. Fuck this. It's like the privileged becoming more privileged. No lie. When ...

OK so the limit on PS cycling is 4. That doesn't seem workable when you want the emergency QB there every week. And that also would mean each time you have to kick someone off your 53. What I'm saying is I think team don't want to waste a spot on the 53-man roster with a third QB because they only ...

Side thought: Did they maybe hate that deep route they sent Moony on last Saturday (the one where the pass hit him in the back, literally) and conclude they'd rather have those other guys running it and getting actual separation? That was friggin' ugly. But maybe an actual fast guy would have done ...

I could be wrong but I don't think the emergency QB3 can be activated from the PS. They have to be on the 53. Now of course at any time you can elevate a player from the PS to the 53 - so technically you *can* do it. But you have to make room on the 53 which means waiving someone else. And you *cou...

lol at "an actual fast guy". Mooney is younger than Velus, give him time to develop! I know you're joking but both Velus and Scott would smoke Mooney in a race even before injury. And then with pads on it is a different story altogether. Mooney doesn't demonstrate any notable speed in pad...

Completely unfounded, but here we are in the middle of cutdown chaos. I don't see it, but who knows. https://twitter.com/PFF_Brad/status/1696164741515714619 In his article about this, https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-surprise-nfl-trade-cut-candidates-2023-deadline-analysis-landing-spots, he listed Caro...

37 ? Old? My mustache makes you guys seem like youngsters. I think the Bears keep Bagent at QB2 and put Peterman on the PS as no one's going to claim him. Then Peterman can be activated as QB3 on game days. S* happens, maybe Peterman just couldn't pick up the offense with such a short pre-season. I...

A little bit. However, you can always still keep QB3 on the PS and do a gameday elevation onto your 48 man active , if need be (4 times). Or just sign them to the roster after your 1 goes down. Yea, it's not a slam dunk thing. But there did seem to be a pretty clear trend when the old emergency QB ...

CB Michael Ojemudia

I thought he was a feisty guy and around the ball a lot in games. But this is where Plank's point about them forming judgements in camp on players for the most part is probably true.

Brad Childress has had a decent rep as a QB coach over the years. But saying he developed Mahomes because he happened to be on the payroll as a consultant strains credibility. I could see it is possible for sure that they helped Bagent with some mechanics and also training for a good showing at the ...

Leatherwood was playing better focused on LG and I do believe it is that specialization that forced their hand. I do think he'll be back on the PS because he was playing better and he's only like 24. I don't really care either way, though. If they can pick up a more versatile final cut from somewhe...

One thing I can tell you from direct experience and being "in the room" on several occasions when this sort of discussion has taken place, at both pro and D1 levels - is that they weigh practice most, and it's not close (obviously D1 doesn't do preseason, but they do Spring work that is r...

IF they have confidence in Velus and Scott (and they *might* - both guys have been reputed to have had excellent camps, and both returners and ST-ers for added value) and they also like Ford (maybe) or maybe they do want to keep ESB around ... why would they not take draft capital for Mooney who wil...

I'll be LIVID if JF1 doesn't look improved against the Pack in Game 1, and will start feeling very much like I've been "Nagy 2.0-ed" and "Trubisky'd" again. What we see in Game 1 will largely and likely be what we see all year - it is just the truth. Of course a turnover here &a...

I'll be LIVID if JF1 doesn't look improved against the Pack in Game 1, and will start feeling very much like I've been "Nagy 2.0-ed" and "Trubisky'd" again. What we see in Game 1 will largely and likely be what we see all year - it is just the truth. Of course a turnover here &am...

Leatherwood was playing better focused on LG and I do believe it is that specialization that forced their hand. I do think he'll be back on the PS because he was playing better and he's only like 24. I don't really care either way, though. If they can pick up a more versatile final cut from somewher...