Lucky Luciano

cheapness and also the mckaskey family are born idiots. every one of them. how can you be around a sport/business your ENTIRE life and know absolutely nothing about the sport or how to run a franchise. you had people thinking they were smarter than anyone else, mikey especially. even george halas was a terrible owner. the same applies to him. CHEAPNESS and stupidity kept this franchise in the dumpster since the 60's and maybe before that too. this franchise was a cash cow first and a sports franchise second. exception: the hiring of wanny was a good move at the time as he was one of the best candidates out there. i think they paid out decent money also but, whew, what a freaking failure. he certainly didn't get any help from out idiot GM mikey but still. this formula it seems is the role model for all chicago sports. you had in baseball: wriggley who was maybe the worst, commisky, veck, and reinsdork who ranks up there with wriggley. new cubs guy? don't follow baseball anymore. football: halas/mccaskey and bidwell basketball: don't follow this sport but i have to put reinsdork right up there. as far as sports franchises go, chicago is the city of big shoulders, big pockets and small brains. EDIT: mugs halas seemed to be the future of the bears franchise and wasn't given enough time as the president to turn it around before he died.

wanny was a terrible HC. remember the spying on players in the locker room rumor? as a HC he too was leagues under the sea. a good DC and I like him at his current status as a commentator and evaluator but as HC atrocious. add to your horrible failures as HC ditka and those before him with the exception of the one who left in the late 70's. can't think of his name, was HC of the oilers for a while. not the best but at least an average HC. add armstrong to abe gibron and even before. a total shite show throughout the decades.

runs a 4.51 and is only an inch shorter and 2 lbs lighter than Kevin Byard

i completely agree. the brass ring is there for the taking with talent and coaching and we want to get cute and cut/trade some very good players for more draft picks? yikes!!

IDIOTS!!! the SHITSHOW continues. the absolute last position we need to draft we waste #10 on a TE not even ranked the best. DT, DE, CB all good players and we get a TE who is NOT good at contested catches? FIRE POLES.

there is NO way we draft a WR at 10. we would be wasting either this pick or last years in odu. that would mean we have 2 top ten receiver contracts coming due at nearly the same time. with all the other holes to fill, WR this high is NOT one we need that high. if they do that they are insane.

alright convince me on ashton jeanty at #10... small, listed under 5'9" (5'81/2") skipped the combine workouts AND many pro day workouts. no 40 times at all. so how fast is he really? how strong is he? didn't he skip the bench press and other workouts too? WHY? 2024 138 receiving yards? that is basically nothing if you want a dual purpose running and receiving running back threat in the NFL especially if his speed or ability to be evasive is supposed to be top end. he has a lot of carries in his college career. that is wear and tear. suspect blocking skills or abilities due to size? compares to barry sanders or gibbs from the lions? first of all the division he played in is SECOND RATE compared to sanders big 8 conference and gibbs alabama SEC conference. didn't gibbs share duties with a hard inside running back, montgomery, with the lions? who is our montgomery type back still on our team right now? do we have to draft 2 backs this season? i seem to remember people on this board calling it crazy that the lions even drafted gibbs that high last draft. my conclusion: with a RB heavy draft we are going to possibly draft a guy like this at #10? if we traded down and had the chance to get him in the middle of the first maybe but at 10 with all the other talent in this draft at positions we really need do we do that? i would rather see us trade down for a future first round pick if we don't see a player of need or value at 10. give us 2 firsts next year to move up in the draft if we needed to.

i have to ask.... that small of a RB (5'9") in the nfl of today against 300+ lb tackles and ends seems like a stretch to me no matter how good he looks in college. he will get crushed and so i question how long and how effective this size of back can become. that is skat back size not your bell cow. if you draft him at 10 this is a freaking reach. if you move up to get him giving away draft picks it is criminally stupid.

am i misreading this? trade a 2nd round draft pick to move up and pick a 5'9 running back at #5? if so, i am TOTALLY against that scenario. even picking a 5'9 or 5'8 running back is questionable at #10. at that size his receiving skills are questionable and anyone covering him has size on him. i just don't see it. if poles does that he is nuts.

guard in the draft is still a possibility. thuney is 32

agree. cutting a good TE sound familiar? martz was an idiot.

the big money all pro type free agents... before throwing large amounts of cap space at single players they need to do the following: 1. evaluate how the quality of the player they plan on acquiring works with the players next to him. if it was the guard from KC for top dollar, how is he going to work with the center and tackle playing next to him in chicago? is he suited to still play at an all pro level with them? how do they compare to the players on the team he is leaving as far as skill sets that will utilize all of this FA's talent? this is also true on defensive FA's. i realize the players on our team might not be of the same quality but how do they work together with the big payday player is critical. 2. scheme: how will this FA relate to the the scheme we are going to run here? if it's not the same and he has to adjust will that also equate to his playing at an all pro level? 3. if we are looking at an OL free agent how does the skills of our QB compare to what his requirements were to protect the QB on the team he is leaving? scramble ability, quick release etc. 4. assume this FA will be playing at the same position he did before leaving. if not do we end up like we did with the all pro right tackle we acquired a number of years ago for big money and switched him to become a mediocre left tackle (can't remember the name at the moment()?

in my estimation this is the dream team in coaching. we have a HC who is the best choice of what was out there. That has happened only once in my memory and that was wanny. wanny didn't work out but at the time he was the best choice. add johnson the best offensive option with the best DC available who has HC experience and is considered the best or close to it DC available and we should be set on both sides of the ball. also allen is in all probability not jumping into a HC job after a year like some coordinators would have. we FINALLY have two coaches that can move this franchise into the 21st century. if it works out we should be superbowl contenders within 2 years.

turnovers absolutely killed the lions. it flipped the points. one pick 6 and some int's in the redzone or endzone if i remember correctly. it was a qb's nightmare of a game.

goff lost that game. the lions should have won by a lot. the offense had multiple opportunities to come back but goff kept throwing int's at critical junctures. he is responsible for at least 21 point against the lions. nothing wrong with the lions offense i could see.