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You think that’s a knock on Desai as DC or just the dumpster fire that is the current condition of the team? If I were to hazard a guess he had his best years under Fangio. So they’re reunited.

Meh. I honestly didn’t know much about Golladay until the Bears started sniffing round. If we’re thinking at best he’d be a #2 or #3 receiver (after Mooney) then we could safely look at any of these current FAs and probably save money while doing it. Hilton, Watkins or Fitz could fill that role for a year or two.

Saw this on FB earlier. Couldn’t help notice Dalton will be Paces NINTH starting QB!!!!

That would be nice. Problem is the defense will suck so it’ll be a few years before we see it equal out again. Lol. Oh to be a Bears fan.

Yep I get it. It’s about being able to keep teams competitive. It just sucks when it affects your team this way. Another thing I heard yesterday was that the NFL signed a new long term contract with ESPN/ABC, FoxSports, etc in the neighborhood of a couple Billion dollars (yes with a B ) through 2033. One analyst said that equates to each team earning roughly $400 Million starting 2023. I assume all of that won’t be cap money but they said it will in fact impact each teams cap. Enough to where things like the Bears losing Fuller wouldn’t have happened. This sounds like an Adam type story as I was a bit vague on the details.

Perhaps he’s not being thrown at as much? Remember Johnson was a rookie last year and was replaced by other various players when he went out. But going with your ‘plan’ idea, who on the roster replaces Fuller? Did Pace just add another draft need by doing this?

Listening to ESPN tonight they think part is why Fuller was released was due to ARob signing his Tag. The guy on “Freddy and Fritz” (didn’t catch his name) thinks the Bears were hoping Robinson either wouldn’t sign it and go for a long term deal or they could trade him. Doesn’t sound like either played to their favor. Yay... Glad to have Robinson just not at the expense of helping dismantle our defense.

I couldn’t help but LOL at this!!!

And not that this was enough but Keeping with the theme of “dumpster fires”. Remember the blockbuster trade that wasn’t (for Wilson)? The one that allegedly involved those 1st round picks and a few “unnamed” starters? Turns out those starters were Hicks and Mack. Can’t imagine Pace and Nagy having anymore respectability with the team at this point. Next season is lost. https://sports.yahoo.com/bears-offered-seahawks-khalil-mack-162217721.html

Rumors are that Hicks is on the trading block. As someone else speculated, signing Blackson earlier this week suggested it might be the case. https://beargoggleson.com/2021/03/18/chicago-bears-akiem-hicks-trade-rumors-instagram-trade-block/

If given the opportunity to play in Buffalo I suspect Mitch will succeed. The talk of OC Daboll is nothing but good. He runs a very similar style offense that Andy Reid does. I've heard comments that Daboll has cobbled together a little bit of everything he's learned in his years of coaching, to include his time as OC for Alabama in 2017 to come up with what they're doing with Josh Allen at QB. Once they added Diggs their offense took off. They ranked #2 overall in total yards, #3 in passing yards and #2 is points scored.

Off to the Bills https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31087811/buffalo-bills-mitch-trubisky-agree-1-year-deal

You seriously can’t. Don’t GMs with scouting backgrounds do some sort of research? You’d think Mariota was one option they looked at and maybe even talked to or heard about Oakland’s plans? Wasn’t Pace on the record as saying he pursued Mariota when he came out for the draft? Again, seems like he’d have done some level of homework. Agree. Time for Pace to go...now.

That is interesting. The lower INT rate is encouraging. Hard to get excited about him. He did well most of the games he played for Cincy during the regular season. Well enough to get them into the playoffs a few times. But then sucked outright while in the playoffs. Then while in Dallas failed to really do much with talented players around him like CeCe Lamb, Amari Cooper, Zeke Elliot and Michael Gallup. I suppose the one excuse was their line was beat up all season. So there’s that.

Saw a funny meme today.

I think he’s trying to be funny.

Because this seems like a good trend of a string. Imagine being a fan of the Cardinals with Fitzgerald, Hopkins and now Green with a QB sorta like Russell Wilson, but younger? <sigh>

The last half of this was both hilarious and sad at the same time. Can’t wait to see Pace try and out maneuver whomever for that next ‘can’t miss’ player.

Yeah I can see why. This is allegedly what they were willing to do to get Wilson. And instead signed Dalton. Talk about a major whiff. Desperation much?

Coward was a converted DLman if I recall. Sorta like their failed experiment with Sowell. Lost in all this is what is Juan Castillo doing during this whole mess? I thought he was brought in to replace Harry Heistand and improve things, not make them the same or worse? I also find it interesting two of Heistands former players at Norte Dame, Bars and Mustipher, appear to be the missing link for the oline at least on the inside. I was curious how the rest of the line stacked up. And what you say with Lazor taking over about the same time the Oline got re-tooled things stated to look better. Agree that at this point, right now, Leno is the weak link and in huge need of replacement.

Out of curiosity, how did Bars and Mustipher compare? Of course with Daniels going out early he doesn’t really figure in. And then there’s Ifedi who was just resigned.

Couldn’t help but notice AJ McCarron on the list. Not all that long ago a few here speculated how he might look in Chicago. He’s got the “Bill Parcell’s” pedigree with him coming from a big school (Alabama) and a winning record (won two BCS championships).

Sadly I think this is accurate. After his first injury he came back and was somewhat effective but after the last one he seems to have not been as effective. Probably time to cut our losses.

I’m curious what they’re thinking about their QB position. Last year there were murmurs of Rodgers possibly leaving especially with their choosing Love in the 1st round. Think they’re gonna see how much they can squeeze out of Rodgers before they need to try Love or?? Not sure how any of it will count against their cap. Obviously Love has at least a few more years before he counts towards their contractual commitments, being on a rookie contract and all.