CrackerDog

I'd never bring him back. Too old, too assholish, too slow.

Problem is, the answer to that is "maybe".

I think the solution is to force both teams to use the exact same set of balls, eliminating catering to QB's and their preferences. It's simply dumb that this is how it's done and it led to one side, it appears, taking advantage of the situation. If this were a one time thing, only the Indy game, I'd agree with you 110%. But it appears they've been doing this for a long time now and small advantages can be the difference in games. The Baltimore game the week before the Indy game, for example, comes to mind. Or you make the acceptable inflation range wider. I don't care if Brady wants the balls more deflated, I doubt many in the league would. Then again, if it gives Pats WR's and RB's a better grip on the ball than other teams, helping them to have fewer turnovers, it might be a BIG problem. At the end of the day I'm enjoying the cheater reputation the Pats are getting because while I respect them as an organization, I don't like most of their team. Arrogant dicks, all. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of assholes. Whatever the rules are, all teams should be forced to follow them. If they're caught cheating, the Commissioner has a duty to punish them. I think in this case that'll come in the form of lost draft picks. Just my guess. He isn't going to let them call out some ball boy as their patsy and let this go. But we'll see.

Oh, and I wish people would stop tacking "gate" onto the back end of every damn scandal. Ridiculous.

I think rules are important but didn't see this as a big deal. Some of you have made a good case why this should be taken seriously and I respect that. Unfortunately I think this is another case of "everyone does it" so they'll likely give them a hand slap and let it go.

Ha! Well, to me, this is the Bears saying to Jay and everyone else, we gave you everything you asked for so now it's on you. I agree with you, he's back for 2015, at least.

If we're running the ball effectively, controlling the clock a bit and keeping our D off the field, even if it's improved, we'll be far better off. And Jay will benefit. With that said, our schedule next year suggests to me that even if we aren't rebuilding, it's going to look like it next season as we struggle mightily to just get to 500.

Probably because their usual arrogant attitude is reserved for callers. But in this case it was directed at another host/show. I can't listen to them very much as they just irritate me. Congrats on being able to hang in there for 5 years. They are intelligent but the way they berate people is simply unacceptable. As far as we know, his source on Ted Phillips was wrong too. I know there's chatter that behind the scenes he relinquished all football duties to Pace and that appears to be the case but that's not been confirmed by anyone at the Bears, AFAIK.

They're both arrogant assholes but they can be entertaining. Often I get ten minutes into their show because I switched to it during a commercial on another channel and it's about then they get too smug and I switch back to Waddle and Silvy.

Yep, and we'll have to take risks on guys like Willis where the reward will be high if there's a hit.

WHAT A SURPRISE.

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Me too. And it's exactly why I'm not sure Pace gets 100% of the credit from me on this whole thing, which, admittedly went WAY better than expected. Look, I'll take it, to be sure. But if Elway doesn't lose his mind, I wonder where this would've ended up. I'm glad we'll never know. Now let's pray for a great FA and draft season and a return to at least respectability in 2015 at Soldier Field. Amen.

Well all I know is that diva blocks the hell out of his guy downfield on running plays. Marshall is the complete player at the position. Unless he raped Virginia's cat or some shit, he belongs on this team next season..

I like it. My only concern would be if he harbors some ill will that he wasn't chosen for HC.

I agree except for that 2016 guarantee that kicks in when March 13 rolls around. So your GM needs to make this decision, not the coaching staff. And that's when it gets interesting.

I've heard the same and agree. But then again, I'm not the GM so we'll see.

Well, except that he might think "If the Bears are still paying me for 2015 anyway and my name is mud now so I'm not going to get the next 'big deal' from another team unless I play well this year" in which case he might have some incentive to think about it. I just don't know what the ramifications of changing that date would be on other cap calculations.

I doubt the Bears will have the kind of success next season that would lead to him being considered that quickly. I know he was on various radars this year but the blush will be off the rose once he's on a team that goes 8-8 or worse. Once the team is again a playoff contender, sure.

Yep. I probably should have said "positions we plan to target in the draft" rather than who we get. The pressure is clearly on to make these decisions quickly. Does anyone know if they could go to Cutler and ask him to give up that guarantee in his current deal, maybe move that date back until September or something? That way he could prove himself to the new coaches while not killing the 2016 cap.

I don't think we can say for sure, one way or the other, which way thing will go with Cutler or Marshall. I suspect it'll be determined by a lot of factors including who we get in the draft, money available, free agents we may be targeting... And how much either player really pissed off the McCaskey's and/or Gase/Fox in the past. I'm sure of one thing, none of those details are available to anyone here. Rumors are not fact. And whatever their sources, the guys on the Score have been wrong at least as often as they've been right. So I won't give what they say any special credence since they're just flipping a coin.

LOL!!!

I think Elway is going to learn a big lesson here. His ego got in the way on this one, I believe. Only time will tell. I do wonder if Manning hangs 'em up now, not wanted to start all over again with a new offense. And it's possible the Broncos lose some big name starters on both sides of the ball. I'm not saying they'll be a bad team next year but they won't be as good as they were this season for the first ten games of the year. Of that I'm confident.

I think I heard somewhere this weekend (one radio show or another) that Fangio isn't married to the 3-4 and could run whatever he thought was the best fit for our talent. So while we're all assuming it'll be a 3-4, there's no guarantee.