Riddick will not get the job. He is smart, experienced, and insightful.
Unfortunately, he has FAR too strong a personality. Too direct, too forceful, too strong. I don’t see any of these owners wanting to move him into leadership.
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Funny I actually mentioned Gannon type career for Mitch to a buddy not too long ago. Agree with the points on Riddick and Mitch as well.
Maybe it’s hindsight but I hadn’t really thought of Leaf anywhere close to Manning, just that Leaf was likely to be 2nd since he was a QB. I like Polian but never really gave him much credit for that pick, though wulfy’s what if they had 2nd pick is very interesting.
Maybe it’s hindsight but I hadn’t really thought of Leaf anywhere close to Manning, just that Leaf was likely to be 2nd since he was a QB. I like Polian but never really gave him much credit for that pick, though wulfy’s what if they had 2nd pick is very interesting.
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I've been saying since Mitch's 2019 struggles he was gonna end up leaving the Bears and then sometime down the line have a brief/late career resurgence. There always was something there, but his brain broke under Fox/Nagy and he'll probably need to reprogram himself. Sitting should help in that regard.BearsFanInMN wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 11:07 am Funny I actually mentioned Gannon type career for Mitch to a buddy not too long ago. Agree with the points on Riddick and Mitch as well.
Maybe it’s hindsight but I hadn’t really thought of Leaf anywhere close to Manning, just that Leaf was likely to be 2nd since he was a QB. I like Polian but never really gave him much credit for that pick, though wulfy’s what if they had 2nd pick is very interesting.
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The evaluation was bad on Mitch. He should have never been drafted where he was drafted and that was not to his benefit - then add the extra draft capital on top of it and that set off a lot of people from day one (personally don't care about the extra draft capital if it's the right player - if it was Mahomes, no one would give a shit about a 3rd or whatever they gave up). If he had gone late 1st, there would be a very different narrative on him.
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There’s so much revisionist or hindsight on Mitch as far as I’m concerned. I know at some point he was one in a lot of mocks. I remember Mahomes in the discussion late but he was the guy that seemed like he rose during combine. Wasn’t on my 1st round radar if I’m honest, though I never looked at any plays. I just remember people saying he was an athletic player with shades of Brett Favre. Didn’t see any of Mitch until bowl game where I immediately told a friend he reminds me of Blaine Gabbert at which point I was out until Pace drew me in. I was Watson only 1st round talent 100%., but didn’t do a lot of research.
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