jason

It's not my fault your "funny" reply was misleading and compared a dog to a person. The point of the board is to express opinion. Sometimes it's better to have unorthodox replies instead of a bunch of "Yes" and "Agreed." I'm sorry the analogy wasn't to your liking. As for your final comment, maybe you should change your screen name to Jonathan Martin. -Full Disclosure: I don't think switching from Cutler to McCown is the right move at this time, but if McCown were to stay in for three or four more games with very similar results, I could be persuaded to think a move to McCown would be better for the overall health of the team (e.g. cap, roster, etc.).

I'm not sure if I don't understand your analogy or if it's an incredibly stupid reply to an honest comment I posted. In case it's the latter... My Dad = Cutler Mechanic = McCown In both situations there are two PEOPLE who do things differently based on a skill-set, and it's possible that the guy with the lesser skill-set may just be better suited for this specific job.

I still say the defensive struggles can be pinned on two specific things: 1) Missing a leader in Urlacher 2) Missing the starting DTs

My Father is one of those "I can fix it"-kind of guys. No matter what it is, he can do it. Even if he doesn't have the right tools to do it, he'll fight, fight, fight, and get a pretty good result most of the time. Is it 100%? No. Is it workable? Yes. He's got the skills and the know-how to make things work. One time we worked on removing a timing belt from my fix'er-up Firebird. It was awkward, we didn't have the right tools, and we got dirty, scraped, and still probably didn't have it on as well as it should have been. We took it to a mechanic friend who had the right tool, didn't try to do more than was required, knew exactly what to move and how much, and the end result was a replaced timing belt with zero grease, zero scrapes, minimal effort in about 5 minutes. My Dad is probably more handy overall than that mechanic, and there's usually extra effort and a few setbacks on the path to success, but that mechanic just did what was required.

No shit. When that happened I thought, "Finally." And then I was reminded when Garrett Wolfe was run into the middle of the line, multiple times in a row, despite the fact that he's the furthest thing from a power-back. Now that was some incompetent coaching.

Good fan. I thought the same thing.

I don't care about what he did before or after. There are certain Bear players who deserve their own little niche in Bear history. Two of those players are Corey Wooten and Shae McClellin, for obvious reasons.

If Tuck could be had for a 6th or a 7th, that trade should have already happened. 7th rounders are by and large wasted picks. Tuck at 75% is better than 95% of all 7th rounders.

Are any of these even remotely possible? http://www.sportsworldreport.com/articles/...jason-babin.htm Pretty fun to dream.

I'm not sure I ever saw this on the site before... http://www.stack.com/2013/09/26/can-you-pa...ditioning-test/ I plan on trying this soon. I don't think it should be an issue.

I suspect your post is partially in jest, but that's how it starts. I'm sure they thought that many times over: "Yeah, but we need this mooooorrrre." We can get OL next year. Or, "Well, I'll be. It IS the 7th round already and we haven't drafted OL. Again. Anyone out there who has the potential to not get cut on the first day?" Do it two or three years in a row, and you have a QB throwing off his back foot and ducking like he hears a drive-by shooting.

PREACH. :headbang :headbang

Continuity shmontinuity. Give me five dudes who can play who have never met one another over five guys who have sucked collectively for a decade. And you're right about the boneheaded plays. Just not happening. And the level of pressure being indicated by the "stats" just doesn't pass muster as far as I'm concerned. I haven't watched all the games for every team, but Cutler was running like a Kenyan marathoner last year. This year? Not nearly as much. I'd say about 1/3rd as much. That leads me to believe, to speculate, that there have to be other teams doing worse. The Bears' OL just doesn't look as bad pass blocking as the "stats" indicate.

Yeah, I'm not buying it. Big shocker. Just doesn't pass the eye test. I'm guessing whoever does their stats and watches the Bears games is a Packer fan.

:cheers :cheers

LOL. Because of this post, Conte's new nickname is "Benjamin Button".

I think you give him vet min plus a little "thanks for being a Bear legend"-money, like they should have done with Urlacher. If money needs to be saved, then save it by cutting Weems like you said.

That was Lovie Smith's philosophy regarding OL, and we saw how that worked out.

Sorry to tell you, but it's not a bad call. On regular kicks, the philosophy is: A foot down past the free kick line. On onside kicks, the philosophy is: ANY part of the body past the free kick line. There is no debating the fact that Weems had the entire top half of his body beyond the free kick line before the ball was kicked. Blame Weems, not the officials.

Can't play the fade, can't tackle, can't lay a hit in the goal line, and can't play centerfield.

It's the football Gods rewarding us for the lack of QBs.

I remember that vividly, and the reactions were priceless. Before the game Vick was, by many's opinions, too fast to be caught. After Urlacher ran him down a few times, big eyes and dropped jaws everywhere.

Preaching to the choir. But nooooo, Lovie needed Dan Bazuin and that dude who could totally jump out of a pool.

Agreed. I don't buy the "it was a good deal" thing. It was a low-ball offer that he refused. And once the rest of the league saw what was being offered by the home-town team, and the fact that the offer was refused, they didn't want to spend a whole lot more on a veteran with lots of miles on the odometer. Simply put, the Bears could have offered him a little more, fit it easily in the cap, and had the heart of their defense, their team, for one year (maybe two), which would have obviously helped. And then an easy transition to Bostic.