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I think many of us who love smash mouth defensive oriented teams have been disappointed in the past that our team has not done better offensively to allow us to return to the SB and now that an emphasis is being made to improve our team offensively our defense may slide a bit. Bottom line is the win and loss columns, playoff appearances and making it back to the SB. Hopefully all 3 phases of our team will kick butt but for some reason I am feeling the offense will be on the rise and the defense may take a small step back.

New article on Bears Website, discusses new DC and other positions filled today. Mel Tucker hired as Bears defensive coordinator

I have loved it when I saw a team switch from a 4-3 look to a 3-4 look during the game, I cannot remember which team I saw do this, but it was very successful and really threw the opposing offense off trying to adjust. So even if we stayed primarily a 4-3 (which I think we will for now) I would like to see, in certain situations (must pass, long 3rd down play) a switch to the 3-4.

Looking at the past season, I would take Luck over RG3 and I assure you I am not a racist because of my opinion. I just feel that long term Andrew Luck will have greater success. Both certainly proved to be excellent QBs this year. But I still take Luck over RG3.

IMO bringing in Tebow would be just leading to trouble. I never cared for him in Denver, I thought he was a major distraction and useless in NY and would prefer not to take the chance to bring him to Chicago. However, I have faith in whatever Tressman & Emery decides to do (until they prove to not deserve my trust, LOL).

From their website: 2012 - Bischoff is in his fifth season with the Alouettes working as the running backs coach, the assistant to the Head Coach Marc Trestman and enters his third year as Special Teams Coordinator.

Of the 3 being mentioned I would prefer Trestman or Arians.

If we still had Lovie as our HC and Tice as our OC I would agree. However, maybe the new HC & OC will actually bring the Bears offensive schemes a new look that will utilize the TEs properly. If not, the Bears should have just stayed status quo.

LOL, I would hope he would not listen to me, I am wrong more often than I am right when it comes to being an armchair GM or HC.

I am not that high on McCoy. If you ask me all he did this year was carry the clipboard and the title of OC in Denver. Payton Manning this year, as he always has done, calls the plays he wants on the field. Who is going to argue with him? I am not sure McCoy would give us what we are looking for. However, needless to say, I could be wrong and if Emery goes that route that is fine by me, not that it matters, LOL.

My guess, purely a guess, is that Toub requested permission to interview with other teams due to either the uncertainty in Chicago as to his job security under another HC or because he was upset over Lovie's dismissal. I am sure Emery does not want to "show Toub the door".

Gannon: Trestman, Cutler would be good fit

You should really see a doctor, you seem to puke a lot, LOL

Maybe Emery took a look at the complaints about him interviewing so many candidates and decided to stick it to the critics, LOL. Hey, it does not hurt to interview as many as he wants as long as the process does not allow the one we really want to sign with someone else first.

Here is an article on the top 10 Pro Prospects that will be playing tonight in the BCS Game tonight, I thought it was very interesting as it mentioned several players I would love to see in a Bears Uniform and some who have already been discussed in this forum. Pro Prospects Playing Tonight in the BCS Game

Added an interactive link for you. Good find. A lot of talented OTs "potentially" available. I am sure many may resign with their clubs.

Good reason to pull for Seattle to take Washington out of the playoffs tomorrow and free up Shanny for an interview.

He said basically that the players (OTs) who remained of the board at the time we traded up to get Jefferies did not prove to grade out better as OTs than Webb & Carimi this year. There was one he said graded out a "little bit" higher. This, IMO, was not an endorsement of our OTs, just trying to excplain the decision to go Jefferies instead of OL. I went back and listened again to the portion of the news conference that Emery held discussing the offense, the OL, the reason we went with Jefferies instead of OT in the second round, etc... It is my favorite part of the one hour conference held on Tuesday. Emery, IMO, showed such knowledge in the 18 minute segment that I was blown away in the detail and rationale of his moves last year in the off season. This guy has his eyes wide open! He fully understand and acknowledges our need to: Improve out OL Get more play makers to help our offensive production, especially in "mid field". Better utilize Matt Forte If you have not listened to this segment, here is the link to the part of the news conference I am referring to: http://www.chicagobears.com/multimedia/vid...8a-b6e76f7a5337 Please take time to listen to it if you have not already. I think this speaks volumes as to why we seem to be targeting HCs prospects with offensive backgrounds. I think this is going to be a very interesting off season for us who wants to see us become a better offensive team while holding our own on defense and special teams.

Melton could not play DE in a 3-4. Assuming we are able to resign him, where would he play in a 3-4? I do not want to see us rebuilding the entire defense for the next 2-3 years. I want success this year! I think that is what Emery was also getting at when he suggested it would not be his first choice of moves to make.

I agree with everyone who has watched / listened to the press conference. Emery was very impressive and answered all questions presented to him with good solid responses, detailed and direct. I came away very confident that he has total control over the situation.

Here are two links that list the top Head Coaching Prospects, varied opinions.... http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100000011...hing-candidates http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1417173...oaches-for-2013 Anyone else have any good resources. I would love to read up on other possible canidates that might be brought in for interviews in the next few weeks by Emery.

NFL.com has a head coaching tracker and makes this report. I am sure there will be many more additions as time progresses. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100000012...-search-tracker

My God, you are alive, Great to see you post! miss hearing from you. Been very busy with my internet marketing trying to stay afloat. Have not had much time to post but come to the site daily to get caught up on my Bears' news.

The pass interference play going down the field was a bad call. If anything, Rice was guilty of Offensive Pass Interference. The ball was clearly intercepted in the end zone by the Packers. No question. Tate never had control of the ball, never. Really bad call. Then to make it even worse, they review the call (which was a call not reviewable) and still get it wrong. Hey guys, I love it when the Packers lose, I am as big a Bear fan as any of you. But the Packers were ripped off, plain and simple. They should have won. If these same plays were involving the Bears costing the Bears a victory I assure you the views in this thread would be entirely different.

Out of frustration I called Comcast. I saw they had the NFL Network offered. Separately it would cost 6 payments of around 40 a month. No way I can afford 240 dollars for the network. To upgrade my package to include the network would have cost me 60 a month, that is even worse. I then found out I could add a sports and entertainment package for $8.95 a month, no gimmicks or escalating fees, and not only get the NFL network but also a whole host of additional channels. Good deal. I can watch the game. I can afford an additional 9$ a month. Less than a trip to Burger King. LOL If anyone else has Comcast and needs this info, be sure to call them. In less than 5 minutes I was able to access the NFL Network. Here are the channels you can get by adding the Sports Entertainment Package for $8.95: 127 SOAPnet 401 Fox Soccer 508 Hallmark Movie Channel 511 ESPNU 512 ESPN Classic 513 ESPNews 514 NBA TV 515 NHL Network 516 MLB Network 531 CBS Sports Network 533 Fox College Sports Atlantic 534 Fox College Sports Central 535 Fox College Sports Pacific 536 SportsNet New York 538 Comcast SportsNet New England 539 Sun Sports 540 Prime Ticket 541 Comcast SportsNet Bay Area 542 Military History 543 Crime & Investigation Network 547 NFL Network 548 NFL RedZone 552 World Fishing Network (WFN) 553 Outdoor Channel 554 Sportsman Channel 556 GolTV (in English) 557 The Tennis Channel 559 Outside TV 563 TV Games Network 564 HorseRacing TV 607 Fox Movie Channel 684 Hallmark Movie Channel HD^^ 819 Centric 920 NFL Network HD^^ 949 MLB Network HD^^ 960 NBA TV HD^^ 961 ESPNU HD^^ 962 ESPNews HD^^ 963 CBS Sports Network HD^^ 964 NFL RedZone HD^^ 965 NHL Network HD^^ 966 The Tennis Channel HD^^