CrackerDog

Maybe it's that they've put their reputation on the line and have some skin in the game, unlike internet expert like yourself. Correct. You should've just said that in the first place. I'm tired of schooling you in public. The only one around here fellating anyone is you with Urlacher's big sweaty. The rest of us live in the real world. I've said over and over again that Webb sucks but you've found a way to miss it over and over again. Grow a brain. His drafts. You're also apparently ignorant of the role a GM plays on the team. So here, where it supports your argument, you're willing to give Emery the benefit of the doubt. But not when he says there'll be competition at every position. Interesting... I think the problem was so evident last year it couldn't be ignored by anyone with even modest competence. Frankly Emery's drafts have been very questionable so I'm not going to hang my hat on anything he's done until it proves out.

Boo hoo. I have a sad now. Why, so I can see yet another argument where you assumed your opinion was reality? I'm not saying there isn't a connection but I continue to say he didn't knowingly start him to the detriment of the team. I've now said that 25 times and you're obviously too damn ignorant to get it. Williams sucked too. Hard. You're the only one crying for him. No, I'm just not selectively reading his quote and seeing what I want to see. Once in while you ought to concede the same about yourself you arrogant ass. Nobody said that. But you're just as willing to take Pompei's statements as fact so what does that say about you? You're cherry picking my friend.

Irrelevant. He was probably "smitten" with dozens of guys for various reasons. He wouldn't have given him the starting job if there was a better answer on the team. You don't hear about all the other guys he was smitten about because they didn't get picked. Straw man. I never said they were infallible, just smarter than you. And you prove that over and over again each day. You "believe". Thanks. Unfounded. Next! Good answer. Previously you basically insisted he was part of some grand conspiracy to give Webb the job without any competition this year. You're growing. When you don't know the answer just say so. And Tice isn't here and you're still talking the same shit about Webb getting the job without competition. I hate to say it but it seems SCS might just be right about you. You hate this guy so much you can't help but get emotional about it. Not that I blame you, he really really sucked.

Thanks.

I hope so. And yes, it was the death of Dollar Bill that started everything moving in the right direction. We'll have to wait and see about next year. I know a lot of guys (Shaw, Bickel and others) have earned bigger paychecks. I don't know when their contracts expire so it's hard for me to say for sure if they're setup for next season or not. Let's finish this season strong and then worry about next year!

It was post #38 in this thread when Jason final said "If" and that was after I pointed out that you two were accepting the writer's opinion as fact. And even then Jason said "yadda yadda that's all we've got to go on, yadda yadda." Well, no we don't. We have common sense to go on as well. And the fact that the coaching staff has told us they were going to have competition at every position. I very clearly defined what I thought Pompei meant by his comment and you were already too emotional about the subject to see how logical what I was saying was. Threatening me with violence shows just how badly you've lost this one dude. Let's move on. I'm done here.

Now you're just being a child.

Thank God for the Chicago Blackhawks! Baseball in this town is just abysmal and our basketball superstar took the season off, months after he was cleared. I'm not that into other sports, Bears football is my #1 by a long shot, but hockey started being fun again when Rocky took over the team. And now, hopefully they'll win two more and we'll have another parade. It should motivate guys in other sports and on other pro teams when they see how this town celebrates a winner! If they want to be heroes and they succeed, they'll get rewarded beyond their wildest dreams in this city. And even if the Hawks don't win it all, they've been awesome and they've gotten us to being within a month of when the NFL starts to lace them up! GO HAWKS!!! GO BEARS!!!

Even if you (or I) did, it's all in good fun here and we should be vocal and excited about our opinions. With that said, the thing you'll see me "jump on someone" for mostly is conspiracy theory nonsense and stupidity. All of a sudden because of one article by Pompei our staff was handing the job to Webb. Oh, OK.

As long as he's not related to Spud Webb...

In your opinion. See, they've actually made a different assessment than you and Jason The Great. In each case, those professionals have looked at all of the evidence and said these are my best 22. They clearly aren't right all of the time but they also clearly aren't sitting a guy for someone they feel is inferior. THAT doesn't happen, ever.

You realize all your old posts are still available here in this thread, right?

LOL! Man you're reaching now. So because a coach watched a private workout he's personally vested in the guy? And what would explain what you claim to be the same thing happening again this year? Also, did Emery have such a vested interest in the guy LAST YEAR that he decided to blow off the line for a season? Get real.

Your understanding of the Pompeii article is nothing more than that, your interpretation. In fact, you're reading into it based on your own bias. All I'm doing is looking at what the man said literally. He never says Webb is being handed the job, that's you and Jason. And stop talking about Webb like I'm defending the guy. He's sucked. Maybe if you actually read my comments before hitting the reply button this would be a better discussion. PS. If you honestly think TWO coaching staffs in a row are giving Webb the starting job despite their observations, you're both delusional.

Fact is I never said my name belongs on the list whereas Jason honestly believes he could do better than at least 80% of the personnel guys and coaches out there today. So you're bringing me into this portion of the argument is moot.

Easy killer, I never once said Webb was good. And now even you're saying Webb could be the best guy for the job this year which I certainly hope isn't the case unless his maturity and "finding Jesus" or whatever makes that big of a difference. Yes, they absolutely thought (no repetitive quotes are necessary) he was the best option or he wouldn't have been out there. Period. Lovie was protecting his job so there's no reason to say "Webb sucks and Player X is better but I really like Webb's ass so I'm going to put him out there despite his lack of talent so I can watch him run around in tight pants." No, the problem was that the Bears GM's didn't draft better players for the O Line who could beat Webb out. The real tragedy is we're still digging out of that hole because even after three years of poor to average performance, he might end up being our best option again THIS SEASON. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. If Webb plays this year, he beat out all other options. We're in agreement that we hope that isn't the case unless Webb steps up significantly.

Good to see Trestman do that, I agree. Particularly to a rookie. I think Lovie relied more on his assistants and other players to do that (based on what I've seen over the years at training camp) and I really like to see the head coach have that fire. I hope it translates to a winning attitude on the field.

Pure conjecture on your part. The rest of your post is a giant straw man argument. I never once said Webb was anything but shitty. Unfortunately, the Bears didn't have someone better or he would've started. That's my opinion. Your opinion about other options means less to me than that of Lovie's. Despite the fact that he was fired, you've never even been hired. In fact, if there was a list of guys the Bears were considering for personnel jobs with millions and millions of names on the list, you wouldn't be on the list. Get over yourself.

I shot down SCS earlier in this thread so I think it's only fair that I say, IMO, Jason and Bowlingtwig are full of shit on this issue. The actual quote is: The only way someone beats out Webb is if Webb falls on his face in camp. To me that means there's a competition but Pompeii believes Webb has them all bested on talent. Nowhere does Pompeii say Webb is being handed the job. I'd say shorthand for what he's saying is "It's his job to lose because nobody else on the team looks to be better." And that's how I feel Tice and Lovie evaluated the situation too. I don't believe he ever got a job handed to him. I think the former staff looked at the same things Pompeii is seeing and said "He's got what it takes and we need to establish some continuity in the line ASAP so we're going to name him the starter." The failing was not having someone better because Webb sucked donkey balls. But I don't believe for a second that Lovie or Tice thought they had a better answer on the team and ignored it. It isn't logical. But then again, most of the childish arguments here have little logic in them. Carry on ladies.

You're taking the writer's opinion as fact. It's my opinion that the Bears bringing in all of the bodies they did at OL can mean only one thing, they're looking for competition at EVERY spot on the line.

LOL!

We're only about a month away. Does anyone remember when the official schedule typically comes out? I've got some vacation days to use and always like to hit camp at least once. Weekends are nuts.

I couldn't agree with you more there. Constant blitzing is just as ineffective as doing it too little. Modern offenses need to be kept off balance.

LOL! Yeah, they did... Against the entire league! Listen, Lovie had his faults, no question, but with shitty offenses and QB's, historically, his teams won a lot more often than they didn't. Hell, he even got us into a Superbowl with Rex Grossman running the offense! And he was running successful D's before he got to the Bears. It may not have been as aggressive as many, including myself, would've liked. But blitzing guys like Rodgers and Brady ain't going to make matters better.

True. We have like 18 offensive lineman on the roster now, don't we? EDIT: Ha! I actually thought I was guessing high but if you count TE's we've got 19 linemen on the roster right now.