ASHKUM BEAR
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Below are the 1-4th round defensive picks from Angelo's last 5 years. A couple of those firsts were gone because of the Cutler trade and a second missing from the Gaines Adams trade and so on. 2011 2nd Paea 3rd Conte 2010 3rd Major Wright 4th Corey Wootten 2009 3rd Jarron Gilbert 4th Henry Melton 4th DJ Moore 2008 3rd Marcus Harrison 4th Craig Steltz 2007 2nd Dan Bauzin 3rd Michael Okwo Edit: Melton and Wootten are starter quality, but nothing special. Those 5 years should be the veteran strength of our team right now.
This time frame you are using is when Lovie Smith was awarded his contract extension and power of player personal. Just like he has now in Tampa. Here is an article from the Chicago Tribune:
"The Bears missed the playoffs in five of Smith's final six seasons after a post-Super Bowl power play when Smith began exerting the type of influence the Bucs just granted him. It was February 2007 when Smith, armed with a new contract, proclaimed "trust me'' after firing defensive coordinator Ron Rivera. A month later, Smith pushed to acquire safety Adam Archuleta. Later, he endorsed Devin Hester as a No. 1 wide receiver. Lest we forget linebacker Jamar Williams, who supposedly made Lance Briggs expendable."
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The Bears have a really good line and depth. With the absence of Kromer, their play may change. This year they were just severely injured. The Bears had to start 9 different line ups in 16 games this year. The only thing really missing is a RT. That can be addressed a number of ways. Long could slide out, draft a RT later in the draft, trust the guys on the roster will develop more, or free agency. Bushrod isn't perfect but he's pretty darn good. Slauson was a great pick up last year, but was lost early in the season. DLP and Garza have center covered. Long is a 2 time Pro Bowler. Obviously, I think the Bears need a QB. If that's not available, then they need to find a special player on defense. The Bears defensive tackles are pretty deep, so any other position. I don't want to see the Bears trade down. The D needs a game changer, and the top talent at a few D positions will be there at 7.
I think with the depth at oline and players developing (Groy, Ola, Leno) we can select later round guys again in this draft. Kromers philosophy of inside out protection will be gone, so moving Long to LT/RT is a possibility. I would like to find a RD4/RD6 Center, I am not as sold on Grasu/Reece as draft boards have them 2nd or early 3rd RD prospects. Improving the defense though the draft is one option, which can go like this.
RD1- Landon Collins S
RD2- Benardrick McKinney ILB
RD3-Durrell Eskridge/Anthony Harris FS
RD4- Eric Murray CB
RD6-Brandon Vitabale C/ Mike Matthews C
Or rebuild the defense through FA, and improve the offense like:
1-Toddy Gurley/Melvin Gordon RB
2-La'el Collins/Tyrus Thompson/TJ Cummings RT
3- Reece Dismukes C
4-Ben Heeney LB
6-S Issaiah Johnson S
7-CB Wayne Lyons CB
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Before any moves are made, below is the list of players under contract and the year they become a FA.
C-Garza 2016
G-Slausen 2018
G-Long 2017
G-Ola 2017
G-Groy 2016
OT-Bushrod 2018
OT-Leno 2017
OT-Mills 2017
QB-Cutler 2021 (2017)
QB-Fales 2017
RB-Forte 2016
RB-Carey 2018
RB-Perry 2017
TE-Bennett 2017
TE-Annen 2016
WR-Marshall 2018
WR-Jeffery 2016
WR-Wilson 2017
WR-Mariani 2016
WR-Bellamy 2016
K-Gould 2018
P-O'Donnell 2018
DT-Ferguson 2018
DT-Sutton 2018
DT-Ratliff 2016
DT-Dunn 2017
DE-Houston 2020
DE-Allen 2018
DE-Young 2017
DE-Washington 2017
DE-Bass 2016
LB-Bostic 2017
LB-Jones 2017
LB-McClellin 2016
LB-Greene 2017
LB-Lattimore 2017
CB-Fuller 2018
CB-Jennings 2018
CB-Louis-Jean 2017
CB-Mitchell 2017
S-Mundy 2016
S-Vereen 2018
Biggest needs:2-S, CB, MLB, TE, C, RB
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I'm wondering if they are holding onto the right to hire the coach, and possibly chasing off some GM candidates.
That is possible. How quickly can they identify 3-5 candidates and make a decision? I also wonder if they are open to the Phillips position being open if someone like Ozzie Newsome can be swayed into a GM/President position?
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Did anyone pick up on something I missed? I didn't hear a definitive answer on that process.
From the presser, I took away this.
-They wouldn't rule out hiring a Coach first
-When asked who would hire the GM and Coach, George and Teddy committed to final say on the GM but no mention of the coach
-Multiple times, they commented on Accorsi being hired through the process of finding a GM and a coach
-The specifically mentioned that half a dozen representatives for coaches had contacted them, and they add to the list once it's sorted out
I don't know if the Bears are going to relegate to a GM the ability to hire the new coach.
Accorsi did tell the Bears it is ok to hire a HC first if they find one they don't want to lose out on.
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One guy I see as a finalist is Marc Ross, Giants director of college scouting. He is an Accorsi guy and was a finalist for the Bears in 2012. He also was brought in by Seattle and Indianapolis to interview for GM at the same time. All 3 passed on him, so there has to be some reasoning in that. He has brought in some talent to NY and they won a couple of Superbowls 2007,2011. Any thoughts?
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Once again, we are basing our opinions off of a Mel Tucker ran defense. Was there any players that looked consistently good under this D? Sure Paea and Ratliff had some inside presence with sacks, but teams gutted the inside with running. I would throw away all opinions, except of Shea, Shea we know is terrible.
The Bears will have a healthy cap going for next season. One thing the Bears want to get away from is relying on Free Agency to fill position of needs. They have said this process will take up to 3 years to get where they would like.
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As an undrafted free agent, Jones finished third on the team with 68 tackles. He also had 2 sacks. I believe he has earned a starting position next year.
Thoughts?
Peace
I think Bostic would make a decent WLB and Jones a SLB, just need to find the next great MLB. Shea can provide depth, I know guys want to cut him, but might as well ride his contract out unless some is willing to trade a late pick.
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#1- Garza has been terrible for 5 years, and is not a starting center at this stage of his career anymore. This extensions makes no sense..
#2- Why is this Bears front office making moves for next season already. This tells me that Emery is coming back. If he was going to be fired, you'd think he wouldn't be allowed to make such a move..
This is so depressing..
1. I expected to see De la Puenta to get this type of deal
2. The draft is not very strong for Center. The top two are categorized as zone blocking scheme fits and would do better moving in space. Later round picks Brandon Vitabile or Nick Martin might be an option, but wouldn't be expected to be NFL ready. Cameron Erving played C, but may get drafted to play OT. So they are insuring they have an option and might also re-sign DLP.
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I had an interesting conversation from a person that spent some time with the team. I'm not naming my source, but...
On Trestman: Knows offense like crazy. Runs an ultra soft camp. Players were actually lobbying to hit more. Some pleading to the staff that they needed contact. Practices lacked intensity. Offense completely dominated the defense.
On talent: Cutler is a stud. Of all the QB's he's played with, Cutler was the best at running practice and making sure players were in the right position and accountable. Quoted, "dude is misunderstood", "good teammate", "leader I would follow", "hard worker".
Marshall, Bennett, Jeffery and Forte are talented in that order. We all know about Marshall, but it was said that Bennett is a beast. Probably the 2nd best "all around" TE in football.
Eric Weems: Team misses him. Held ST together
Hester: Team scratching head. They all knew how good he still is. TeamlLost some heart when he left.
Peppers: Team understood the math, but see Hester.
Briggs: No comment
Conte: Softest safety he's seen. Doesn't like contact. Fast with good instincts in passing game, but...
Vereen: Clueless with no instincts. Doesn't understand how he was 3rd rounder. Didn't even game plan against him when he was at U of Minnesota.
The team has good individual talent but lacks direction. Again, stated Trestman was a good offensive coach and the O destroyed the D.
All said, I'm wondering if our D was so bad that the offense had nothing to work against. Remember how they used to say our defense made our offense better? Haven't heard that this year from anyone.
Vereen was a late 4th, nearly a 5th RD pick.
But interesting info!
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Down to a few days until Black Monday. I am ready to put an end to the season and see how devoted the Bears ownership is to selling their product to the greatest fan base in the NFL. I have to say I will not be satisfied with their actions unless they put a football mind in charge of all decisions. The coaching staff has to go, which is easy because the players will never buy into them again. Emery may survive, he has made costly mistakes, but with structure above him and a competent coach below him, he may be servicable. If they drop only the coaches and Phillips and Emery survive, I will be highly disappointed and would expect more mediocrity and expect to see more women in green and gold.
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If we could get some team to take his contract and we get a pick for him, I say dump him. I would rather move forward with Clausen and whoever else we can get and start over completely. I totally agree we need a rebuild in coaching all the way up to McCaskey.
It will be very unlikely that any team will trade a high enough draft pick to make it worth our while and it's unlikely a team will take his 26 million guaranteed contract anyways. Chicago fans and media, not saying you, have always wanted their QB ousted. Going back to the days after McMahon and Harbaugh, this team has not had stability until they actually committed with Jay. Getting rid of Jay, just to get rid of him would be a huge set back on a team already depleted on talent. Most people see that the bigger issue to fix is the structure of this team from top management, to the GM, and to the HC. If ownership gets serious and invests in those first, let them evaluate and put pieces together.
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I was going to say 6-week PUP list for sure. Peace
This created a huge need going into next season. Pass rush has been disappointing this season to begin with, especially since we invested into 3 big name FA's. I cannot see them releasing Jared Allen to create cap and our #1 pick might have to go DE.
Randy Gregory, Leonard Williams, Shane Ray, Trade down: Dante Fowler Jr, Round two: Shawn Oakman, or Noah Spence.
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Lovie didn't have the history of Austin when he was brought in. Named coackes are good for rebuilding, but most coaches don't succeed on their second or third run.
Arians is the coach ppl name that should have beern brought in over Trestman. He was successful with one of the best QBs in the league in Indy Austin was also an interm coach and went 2-1 when he was with a team that fired their coach before.
3 Super Bowl experience as a position coach and turned around a D that we have seen break down when it matters. Detriots O sucks, their D is why they were in the playoffs and why he is a great canidate.
I think he would be a good choice as long as he knows of a good OC that can groom QBs.
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There is almost no doubt now in my mind that Cutler is not the right one for this system. With essentially two journeymen able to come in and run it effectively then there is no question they wasted all that money on Cutler.
IF Clausen were able to continue to play like he did today then yes I'd be ok if he started. Like to first see how he does next week before I finalize my judgement.
Speaking of a Cutler deal with the Titans. How about the Bears make a deal straight up for Locker?
"This system" will most likely not be the same system they run next season. I did like the moxy Clausen showed. You can hear and see him run the offense before the snap. I am not sure he if he is the answer at QB, but he showed how it should look like.
The only way I would want to see Cutler traded is if we recieved good compensation. The rumor of it would cost a 2nd for a team to take his salary would be crazy for the Bears to do. They will have a lot of cap room next season with his salary regardless. To be honest, the benching may be the best thing for him. He will have to compete to become a starter again and if he screws up enough I wouldn't hesitate to sit him again.
Only a week away for the firework show to start. Should be interesting to see how serious McKaskeys are.
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Keep Trestman and start Clausen!!!! We found our HC and QB!!!!!!!!!!!
Now we stop hearing about your love for Lovie!!!!! Lol
Now what can we get for Cutler lol? I heard Kristen is even trying to trade him off.
Now that Trestman has this team going. What will this team do now? Fire Emery for signing Jay and forcing him on to the coaching? Hate to say it, but Clausen has moxy right now and the team is starting to buy in. The defense is even up beat.
Safety Prospect - Holliman #8
in Bearstalk
He has some flaws since this is first full season of starting but I would welcome him in RD2 or 3.