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I couldn’t help it but we do have sports cars here. And some dummies do drive them year round. Lol.

I think this is reasonable. I would not want to put our eggs in one basket for this guy. Not too keen on taking anymore of Jacksonville's QB castoffs. His record in college (between East Carolina and Washington State) was 14-16 to include an 11-2 record in WA State. Considering he himself was a 6th round draft pick for the Bears to give up anymore than that would be foolhardy.

Yeah I saw that repeated somewhere else. As much as Pace has fudged these type situations in the past, he did well here. Must have his eye on someone else...which may not be a good thing.

(Not sure where to put this) So the other day I saw the Bears were considering putting the Franchise Tag on Robinson (which I think would be a great idea). Now I’m hearing Jacksonville may be trying to lure him back. What with new HC Urban Meyer and possible QB Trevor Lawrence I can’t say I blame him for at least considering it.

At the outset this concerned me as well. But I think part of why Mike Pettine was hired was to help Desai make the transition. And due to his (Desais) being a Fangio disciple, they believed he could bring back his style of defense; which was quite a bit more successful. Another thing to consider is the teams future after this year is uncertain and they were probably were having difficulty in getting already established candidates to consider the job. Even a candidate like Jay Rogers left to do the same job elsewhere probably based on that knowledge. This is an inside hire with a guy they know. Maybe because of his being an unknown it will be to the team’s advantage. I’ll be interested to see what he comes up with.

Even though he hasn't been successful - yet, we need to get pseudo-GM Corradelle Patterson on the phone.

No chance they could shitcan Quinn? It looks like his top 5 “possibles” don’t include Chicago. But TB, GB Pittsburgh are among the possibilities. GB only because he went to school in Wisconsin and Pittsburgh because both his brothers are currently there.

Thought it worthy of its own thread. Watt has been released. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30886997/houston-texans-part-ways-jj-watt-asks-release

Probably true. Which I suppose is the best case scenario. I mean having a winning season and actually making the playoffs on their own merit would be nice.

I see that JJ Watt has requested to be released and apparently will be. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30886997/houston-texans-part-ways-jj-watt-asks-release

Depends on what your definition of retread is. Mine was just that he’s coached elsewhere before. I went into this more tongue-in-cheek but after thinking of it, there’s been a few “re-treads” over the years who have made good on it. Even the great Bill Belichick who was 36-44 with the Browns before he ended up with NE.

Dunno but I know there’s a mutual appreciation between HC Reich and Wentz; or at least familiarity. And as far as being set up for better success now (on offense at least) he’d be better off in Indy.

At this point and after hearing Wentz would prefer Indy over Chicago, I’m ok with bowing out of trying to get him. Really for him the better of the two scenarios are with the Colts. The Bears should focus more on the oline and other needs (like on defense). And aim lower for a capable QB like Mariota. I saw a brief mention of him being available in some capacity. Whatever ends up happening the Bears need to draft a QB in the later rounds if not 1st or 2nd.

Like Bruce Arians? ? ?

Honestly I see him as a potential interim HC if (and when) Nagy blows it before the halfway point of next season. And really how difficult would it be to notice the difference if one day Nagy left and the next Petrine showed up? They look like they could be brothers.

My next door neighbor who is a GB fan let me know the Bears just hired recent GB scapegoat Mike Pettine as a "Senior Defensive consultant" (or something rather). Hmmm... https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bears/ct-chicago-bears-mike-pettine-senior-defensive-assistant-20210210-xq3ygx5dq5bovjsv4e7qumf2xu-story.html

Question: what do you think the catalyst was for Pedersen getting fired? Just the general disarray of the team or that he flopped on the replacing of Wentz with Hurts? If it’s the second reason I wonder whether his credibility is intact enough to give the Bears a good assessment of Wentz’ ability? Allegedly before he was fired he said he wanted Wentz to return as the starter next year. Which leads me to believe why not only was he fired but why the Eagles are willing to let Wentz go for only peanuts. And really the year they won the SB was with Foles, not Wentz.

Wow, no Oline until the 6th round? Are you sure your account hasn’t been hacked? I would think at this point Trvevathan is more a weakness than either Urban or Nichols are (and I live Danny). But I see you addressed the ILB position in the second and with a Bama guy no doubt - nice. If we’re only focusing on defense I’d think they might want to look at a FS type player (I don’t know where from yet) just to lite a fire under Jackson a bit. He’s gotten a bit lax this last season especially. Maybe if he thought they were looking to replace him he’d get back to his 2018 self.

Yeah I broke my wrist twice (non dominant hand) and you're spot on, no amount of repair or healing has helped it to feel just right. I can't imagine if it was in my right hand how that would complicate things like throwing; yet his was on his non-throwing side so again not sure if that figures in. I've also never benefited from the marvels of science at the disposal of NFL teams these days. As I sit here now I'm on week 8 of a broken left fibula and just started to walk with my walking boot a few weeks back...but then I'm also almost 51 and way removed from my more athletic years... lol. Then you have Alex Smith who nearly had his leg amputated and came back to the win the "Return Player of the Year" this season. I think with injuries you fall into two categories. Players like RGIII or Drew Brees. On the one hand you have RGIII who I think was projecting upward until he started getting injured more in the NFL and his career sorta derailed after it. Especially when his strongest attribute, his legs, were impaired. Where with Brees and his multiple injuries this year not withstanding, he's had a few significant injuries to his throwing shoulder (2005 labrum tear and 2015 rotator cuff tear) and still has been able to do what he's done. With Wentz the number of injuries in the relative short span is concerning. The one common denominator to Wentz and RGIII are the concussions which may or may not be a huge factor; RGIII has so far had three to Wentz' one - and for reference Jay Cutler had four in his career. I'd have to think if anything the concussion may have played into his regression. Especially knowing it was at the end of last season. Concussions are indeed a dangerous and unpredictable animal.

Forgot possibly the biggest factor; Nagy and Arians. They win that one hands down.

Not sure what I think of getting Wentz at this point. I remember rumors were that Pace was making a try for him back when he was drafted so I’m not too surprised he still has a ‘GM-crush’ on him. Of course he also did for Mariota and we don’t have him so there’s that. As far as the weapons available; I agree If they can do whatever they need to keep ARob that is a definite goal they should focus on. I also read the other day that Jimmy Graham wants to finish his time out in Chicago. Say what you will about the guy but he is a definite red zone threat. And despite Nagys misuse of him early on he still showed an improvement from his time in GB with Rodgers as his QB. So if he can make good with the mess we have in our offense then he’s a keeper in my book.

I had there might have been a rumor that Philly was interested in seeing Foles come back. Pace might thing he’d be getting a good deal if her were to trade them straight up...or something hair-brained like that. Of course i believe that was before Pedersen got canned so maybe that’ll be our saving grace.

He played back up to Marquise Williams while at NC. Who since leaving NC has been in the NFL, AAF and XFL. Need not say more.

I’m with Stinger on this; total opinion piece. There are teams that are WAY too unpredictable like Cleveland and Pittsburgh to rate them higher than what the Bears are at. And really GB is one Aaron Rodgers injury or retirement away from turning into the next 2020 Patriots. When you throw in COVID and all the things associated with that I’d say this season was a ‘one off’. To me the Bears aren’t as bad as people think they are. You just need a DC that can make the best of the players you have and call plays on the offense that match your players skillset. It was obvious to me at least that the offense ran a lot more effectively under Lazor than it did with Nagy. And as much a fan as I was of Pagano it’s possible he wasn’t able to adjust his scheme to how the offenses are running today. Maybe this new guy can.

So now that Stafford is LA bound and provided this was true, does that set a barometer on the Bears chances for legitimate trade opportunities of other available QBs like Watson? Watson has to be worth more than what LA gave up for Stafford. (???) And since Chicago didn’t pull this off...maybe they’ll have to focus more on the draft?