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O-Line, RB, and Edge have been issues for most of Poles time as GM. Wasted picks could've easily filled those gaps. Not even counting 2025, Poles drafted Johnson and signed Homer, but passed on James Cook, Rachaad White, and DeVon Achane. The ripple effect of the picks is huge too. 2022 Brisker Cam Jurgens - OL, Trey McBride - TE - 2511 Yds, Luke Goedeke - OL, James Cook - RB - 3088 Yds, Nik Bonito - ED - 30 sacks Jones Jr Bernard Raimann - OL, Terrel Bernard - LB - 169 Tackles, Rachaad White - RB - 1296 Yds, Kerby Joseph - DB - 20 INTs 2023 Pickens Tank Dell - WR, Byron Young - LB - 21 sacks, Josh Downs - WR, Tucker Kraft - TE, DeVon Achane - RB, Kobie Turner - DL 2024 Amegadjie Puni - OL, McMillan - WR

I don’t like modern pop music I prefer to see and hear people playing real instruments.

The biggest demographic of NFL supports would be similar to our age group. How many young people are on here? I would say more of a 35's on up? I Have never heard of Bad Bunny and I travel a lot overseas. I dont think its political who they put on the half times shows, I think the NFL is trying to expand its market and would pick someone like this for that reason. Classic type performers that transcend all age groups would attract the most viewers for the half time show but people will turn off it if they dont know the performers. JayZ has a partnership with the NFL since 2019 and sets up the entertainment. I watched Sharika and Rihanna but could care less about the others. Some of the most watched are the recent ones but the popularity of the NFL brings record numbers. K. Lamar set the record with 133 mil viewers but to compare the difference Michael Jackson had 133 mil back in 1993. My favorite: Whitney Houston, Prince and U2. Back in the day I preferred Tom Petty-Kid Rock-Rolling Stones-The Who. I go to a lot of concerts and would have loved to have seen Pink Floyd play a SB, it would have been hard to set their show up in real time because its massive. Was lucky enough to have seen them once. Super Bowl LVII (2023): Rihanna. Super Bowl LVI (2022): Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, and Mary J. Blige. Super Bowl LV (2021): The Weeknd. Super Bowl LIII (2020): Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin. Super Bowl LII (2019): Maroon 5, with guests Travis Scott and Big Boi. Super Bowl LVIII (2024): Usher, with guests Alicia Keys, Jermaine Dupri, H.E.R., will.i.am, Lil Jon, and Ludacris

One of my favorite bands from way back in time. Brings back fond memories.

At the Bears Raiders game Earth Wind and Fire performed and it was awesome...

Bad Bunny is top of the charts worldwide. Leave the country and watch a music channel and you will see the name. When I was in a resort pool bar in Cabo, I loved the music. The timing seems political, but who knows. Just remember people are easier to control when divided, so everything these days will be polarized. I will enjoy it like every superbowl. Watch a little ofnthe game and enjoy the food, drinks, and people.

Music has splintered into so many sub genres, since the internet and streaming changed the nature of what a hit song is and who hears it. It's really difficult to find a performer who is young and relevant, and known by everyone in the family. Some few do break out, but to find someone that for example the players would think was cool, and mom and dad at home with the kids all can sing along with is kinda impossible now. And that's gonna be an ongoing problem even after Bad Bunny does his thing.

I will probably skip the half-time show. I don't speak Spanish. Bad Bunny can speak English, but has insisted that all of his music be in Spanish. I can't see him changing his commitment to his native language, and that's fine. However, I would not enjoy the show if I had no idea what the lyrics were. I wonder if they may have two performers? I believe they've done this before.

I'm not here to start anything, but simply don't understand the choosing of this artist for the Superbowl. He doesn't sing in English. I've been blasted on other platforms for being racist, old and out of touch. To me, it's the demographic. I'm being told the demographic is not what I believe it is. I don't get it..

Great points. You have moved my grade to C-. If Booker and Turner pan out on the DL, he gets to C+. It's gonna take both though.

The Bears have one of the lowest snap counts for drafted players, yet have had extra higher draft picks in the last few years which should translate into more snaps. I feel like he is at about a "D" at this point. If you auto-drafted based on mock draft pre-draft rankings, you would be a "C" as a GM. Poles has drafted worse than that. If you look at the trades, the Bears have lost pretty much every one of them, except for the Carolina trade, and even that one was a no-brainer. So it is not like Poles worked the Panthers into a crazy return. It was market value and he got Moore instead of Burns, which forced him to overpay for Sweat who has underwhelmed. Same with getting Ben Johnson, it was a no-brainer hire. He drafted a punter over Bucky Irving when there was a need at RB. Velus Jones, Pickens, and Amegadjie. You can't miss in the top 75 every year, yet he does. I liked the Thuney trade, but didn't like the Bates trade. I like the Dalman signing, but he overpaid for Odeyingbo. So if you just assessed each move as a plus, minus, or push, he would have more minuses than pluses, which lands him with a D for me.

Year one: he inherited a team with a terrible o-line, cap hell and no number one receiver. Not much to do, but fix the cap and try to accumulate picks. Year two: we get year three of the Justin experiment. Terrible o-line, the DJ Moore trade, Flus, Darnell Wright, Sweat and still no pass rush. Year three: the payoff. Draft Caleb and Rome. Terrible o-line, no pass rush and flus fired. Drafted a punter in the fourth instead of trench help. Year four: draft offensive weapons Loveland and Burden. Traded and signed entirely new IOL. Left tackle problems continue, no pass rush and no running game yet. History may judge him for not drafting an LT and EDGE with the first two picks of this draft. Nobody will ever know the truth about the who and why of coaches and players, due to how the organization was run. I believe Warren has been a stabilizing influence on Poles. Poles is young and will continue to grow. For him to get above average, he must get LT, pass rush, RB, S and LB. All upgrades! He says it would be a five year process and I think he's a year behind schedule, given that he will have to hit big to fix LT and pass rush. My grade: C A very incomplete grade at that. I left a ton of info on the table, so fire away with your thoughts...

Bingo. Add in historical underperformance in prime time games and I’d say the odds are probably right. It will take a stellar game from someone to win this one.

It’s actually crazy how long this has gone on considering I was once removed from being an admin because I took out actual political content. But now there is an all out war without repercussion. As if the Bears team itself doesn’t cause enough unnecessary stress.

For how well Mayfield and Darnold have turned it around, that is definitely a strong class, just without a SB win.

Yeah, rarely does that work out.

Here's a video that shows Monangai and explains a few carries that affects his overall stats. He had one where they blitz and caught him in the backfield that cost him a 7 yard loss and a 11 run that was called back with a holding call (questionable) that didnt get into his stats.

If the Bears traded Moore, they could fit Crosby or Simmons under the cap pretty easily.

Those are just the players I’d be interested in trading for. I have no clue on availability but never rule anything out among the teams needing a QB. Teams can find RBs off practice squads. We know that because the Bears have done that.

We can't run or stop the run. That's a recipe for disaster. Add in that we can pressure the QB is a trifecta. This team is on the rise, but not yet ready.

I would love to have all three but with Crosby being paid 106 mil over the next 3 yrs, and Simmons-75 mil those seem out of reach plus the players or picks it would cost. Hall is in his last yr of his contract but Allen is our for most of the season, so Isaiah Davis is the only other RB besides Hall. He has never been over 1000 yds in his first 3 yrs. He is better than Swift but are they ready to cash the season in after 5 games? They have a first yr coach, not sure he is ready to give up yet. He was in Detroit when they went 1-6 and finish 9-8. Hall and Swift would be a good duo but I dont think Jets are ready to dumb players. They have 13 on the injury list with several ready to come back. I think decisions will be made at the trading deadline on Nov 4th, so they get a better read of how the season goes. After going 2-2, and players coming off injury, I think the Bears will see how the next 4 games go before they make changes.

OFF vs DEF EPA Comparison Right now the worst component for either team is CHI's Offensive Rush attack that has a -0.16 EPA/P which is downright terrible. On the flip side, the best component is WAS's Rush attack at +0.09. CHI OFF (Pass +0.01 / Rush -0.16) vs WAS DEF (Pass +0.03 / Rush -0.07) Pass +0.04 / Rush -0.23 Composites Diff +0.27 WAS OFF (Pass +0.04 / Rush +0.09) vs CHI DEF (Pass -0.05 / Rush +0.01) Pass -0.01 / Rush +0.10 Composites Diff +0.11 The bottom line is the Bears either need to magically fix their running game, or pass more to offset how negative the run game is. The Bears have faced the 1st, 3rd, 26th, and 31st defenses while WAS has faced 9th, 12th, 15th, 25th, and 26th defenses. WAS is 22nd in EPA, so they are closer to OAK/DAL than they are to DET/MIN. CHI is 20th in EPA, which is closest to 15th (GB), who WAS lost to. So there is that too.

For sure Simmons is my top target too. I'd give up a 2nd but not sure that's enough. I've got tradeable players that I'd toss in too: Kmet, or Moore, and possibly Braxton Jones although he'd be more dressing on the deal. On Crosby that's exactly what I was thinking. Raiders get a pick, keep some stability at the position and more roster flexibility (i.e. cap space) to do as they wish. Both require cap space so a trade of a player is likely.

Thanks for the info. We need Booker to play like he did this preseason. I hope he is ready for action.

They designated Booker and Homer for return. They have a 21 day window to place them on the active roster.