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11 hours ago, Mongo3451 said:
Why the holy hell are we interviewing 13 freaking people for the HC position? The real candidates must be shaking their heads. Not a good look. Just stupid...
Agree. If you believe a guy is Lombardi or Papa Bear, you interview him. You don’t set up interviews with ten other dudes for practice.
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18 hours ago, BearFan PHX said:
We were playing a 2 gap front with those two, and now we play a one gap style, and a hybrid style, where the NT may be a 2 gapper, but the 3T isnt.
That 2 gap style that leaves the LBers free to roam was popular n the early 2000s, and the Ravens were the best at it. i think modern offensive fronts, zone blocking schemes and fast release style offenses have made the 2 gap front archaic right now. of course everything comes back in fashion at some point, but i dunno if now is the right time for a 2 gap front?I don’t believe it’s archaic. Having two monster 2-gap DTs occupies 3 blockers (GCG) and immediately puts the defense at a numerical disadvantage.
And the defense is actually up two players unless playing against a running QB.
OTs on DEs one on one is exactly what you want on defense.
The obvious added benefit, of course, is that it limits the running lanes, allowing your LBs to blitz and gamble on big plays since A and B gaps are essentially clogged.
I’d take Traylor and Washington in a heartbeat. Just like you can’t teach height in basketball, you can’t teach playable girth in football. A dude who can carry around 340 with mobility is not normal.
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On 1/6/2025 at 6:55 PM, ASHKUM BEAR said:
I am a little intrigued with the big man Deone Walker DT. I want size and strength in the trenches and that is exactly what this guy is. He will command double teams, plug run lanes, and be disruptive. A Billings/Deone Walker next to Dexter/Pickens is a strong inside. Sweat, Booker, Demarcu Walker, Taylor and Dennis-Sutton rotating the end brings an edge that can contain or attack the QB. An oline with LT Banks, LG Trey Smith, C Shelton, D Jackson/Jenkins RG, Wright RT will rejuvenate an offense and become the stars of the town if they can find a scheme that fits them.
RB Sampson is a lightning bolt (4.35), but will more than likely be gone rd 3. Majors another C to groom, and Mitchell Evans TE who may be a hidden gem since his QB was more Tim Tebow than Caleb.
Remember when the Bears had Traylor and Washington? I always loved those years. They don’t get many sacks, but they solve the run game issues. That allows others to free lance a bit more, and more exotic blitzing becomes possible.
Thats’s my way of saying I also like Walker.
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On 12/30/2024 at 11:28 AM, adam said:
I know hindsight is always 20/20, but I keep getting "smartest guy in the room" vibes from Poles.
It’s like the Bears are simply opposed to selecting the common sense pick.
The common sense formula:
- Great success in college
- Big-time football program
- Consistent production against all opponents
- No injury concerns
- Position of need
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None. Easy.
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2 hours ago, BearFan PHX said:
Hard to know if those sacks show that Caleb is a super stud doing all that with no protection, or a result of his holding the ball too long.
Just like it's hard to know if all those passing yards are Williams making something out of nothing, or working against big zones because we are down multiple scores early in the game.
By my eye, he's a winner and will develop into a true stud for us. That's my bet.60% Bad OL
25% Bad Coaching/Scheming
15% Holding the ball
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8 hours ago, BearFan PHX said:
Poles and his staff failed at player evaluation in each case, and now we have very little to build on on the OL. Even depth pieces like Pryor, Shelton and Curhan have been awful.
When you look back at Claypool, Velus Jones, Pickens, and others, the pattern emerges: we are not good at player evaluation. Anyone would have known to pick Caleb - that was hardly a test of Poles.
I'd like to fire Poles and bring in a good GM.
While I obviously think Williams has better QB skills than Fields, the role of a GM is to win games. And the team overall would likely have been better off keeping Fields, and trading the #1 for a boatload of picks that contained the various missing pieces. Fields had flaws, but teams have won with much worse QBs.
So Poles failed in two regards. His player evaluation failed, and he also failed in terms of draft capital management.
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15 hours ago, Stinger226 said:
Here is a Jason draft
Let’s go!!😂😂😂
Honestly, it would be looked at as one of the most bizarre draft day moves of all time, like Ditka trading everything for Ricky Williams, but at least it would show a serious effort to protect Caleb and put him in the best possible position to survive.
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On 12/22/2024 at 7:22 AM, Mongo3451 said:
I'll be pissed off about this until we start winning again. We ALL knew it and Poles blew it!
100% agree.
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11 hours ago, adam said:
Since the Hail Mary before Flus was fired the defense was allowing 24.2 pts and 380 yds per game, and since he was fired 27.0 pts and 380 yds per game. So zero yardage difference and 2.8 pts. They also played 60% at home vs 50% at home, so the difference of 2.8 pts is easily within the margin of error for schedule and opponent. Meaning, the defense has been about the same with or without Flus over the course of multiple games.
Proof Flus made no difference. Hilarious.
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11 hours ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:
We need an offensive line that knows their assignment and execute it 16 games in. We need a QB that understands 3 seconds and not stretch it to 5 or more seconds. We need WRs that know what the QB is thinking and can catch the damn ball. I don't care that we are down to 4th string players, they have been practicing all year and are still making preseason mistakes.
One game left, the media is now saying they need to sit Caleb to protect him. It's too late to for that. No, they want to alienate him and destroy anything he has to hold on to. Let him finish the season whether he can play well or not.
100% concur on all of the above.
It seems like 3-4 times a game someone comes absolutely clean into Caleb’s face with almost no contact. That’s day one stuff.
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Regarding rules, you’re mistaken. It’s more about the intricacy of the verbiage, and how a single word or a comma can make something legal or illegal. Trust me, you don’t really know. For instance, if I said PSK to a fellow official, they know what it is and the implications immediately. For example, the foul in high school is horse collar tackle, which implies the tackle has to happen to get the foul. But that doesn’t hold true in the NCAA or NFL.
The rules are FAR from ambiguous, but whether or not the officials call the fouls is different. I used to be the liaison between a large officials group and dozens of coaches, and literally the top two things they wanted and mentioned were communication and consistency. So your consistency argument has some validity. However, consistency also has to do with a variety of factors related to each type of foul.
You and all smart fans understand general points of emphasis, but not specifics related to what the league wants, which players the league has identified, techniques for which they are seeing trends. I’ve seen numerous NFL officiating training videos and best believe they narrow down to minute details.
As for overturning a call, it really just comes down to one official saying, “Hey Jim, I had a great view of that one. It wasn’t a foul. You should come off of it.” When an official trusts his crew, he would agree to wave off the flag.
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4 hours ago, adam said:
Serious question, why are there not TEs chipping on that side? Just stick Kmet or Lewis there and smash them inside to squeeze the DE and DT.
On the play that Caleb got sacked where players ran on either side of Borom and he blocked neither, there were 2x OLinemen blocking air to the right. The line needed to shift left. They didn't, which is the norm.
I’ve been asking that same question all year. Same goes for a FB or RB. Make the pocket more secure. Add in protection. Make Williams feel safe.
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15 hours ago, Lucky Luciano said:
ok, then why is there a HUGE discrepancy on who gets the calls and who doesn't get the favorable calls. it seems the darling teams get these calls at critical junctures in a game and that can't be just a coincidence as often as you see it. the same instances for the penalty/non-penalty happen throughout the game on both sides yet magically the flags fly when certain teams are moving the ball or in scoring position. as a fact, the rules are made so the refs can control the outcome. there is no good call and no bad call. the refs are ALWAYS right and that can be manipulated by the gambling cartels.
it doesn't take the entire ref collective to be on the take to shape multiple games.
i am not big on conspiracies without proven facts but when the obvious keeps slapping you in the face it is certainly a cause for concern that the nfl should investigate just to keep itself above the stench.
First, I’d say it’s just perception bias.
Second, and no disrespect to you, is fan ignorance. Over 99.9% of the fanbase hasn’t read the rule book for the league they’re watching.
Third, fans don’t truly understand the mechanics or philosophies of officiating, much less NFL officiating. In other words, the layman doesn’t know what officials are watching, why they’re watching it, how long they’re watching it, and what truly constitutes a foul.
Last, no one but insiders understand NFL points of emphasis, and why the NFL decides to draw attention to specific types of fouls. They get directive and scouting reports every pregame.
Having said all that, it’s possible that a very small number could be purposely cheating like the NBA scandal. But they get harshly graded every game, and that wouldn’t last long. Further, officials often have overlapping responsibilities, and many bad calls would get overriden by colleagues who challenge the call.
Possible? Sure. But so is winning the Powerball.
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On 12/21/2024 at 7:25 AM, Lucky Luciano said:
EDIT: "There is no overall conspricy by refs to overturn games." and you know this is a fact? clue me in. where are are your sources to state that?
I know this. It’s a fact. I have officiated with multiple people who are NFL officials. I have talked with several other high level and retired officials. I’m acquaintances with a couple dozen high level NCAA officials who are in the NFL developmental program and their recruiting pipeline. There is no conspiracy. There is no way they’re all in on it. Furthermore, the ones I know are far too upstanding and hyper-critical of their craft to even attempt to purposely cheat. They simply couldn’t stomach it.
What I can say, however, is that the NFL can push what they call points of emphasis that benefit certain team’s playing styles. That’s why QBs are more and more protected. The NFL can also point out specific team tendencies they’d like “fixed,” like when a defense back is too handsy and isn’t getting called for it. That naturally leads to greater offensive production.
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On 12/21/2024 at 2:54 PM, BearFan PHX said:
Also, it's interesting to note that Ben Johnson's mentor was John Shoop.I once saw someone spin a sharp knife in the air and try to catch it by the handle. He didn’t. He ended up in the ER getting stitches.
I also saw a dude jump off 2nd story balcony with a sheet as a parachute substitute. He broke his ankle.
I learned from both of those guys. I don’t flip knives or jump of 2nd story balconies.
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This dude had the same responsibility as a 6-year old playing freeze tag and he couldn’t do it!
There literally wasn’t a snap count and he jumped!! How do you anticipate a snap when there isn’t a snap count?!
Cut him; Enterprise is hiring.
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1 hour ago, Mongo3451 said:
It was both. Caleb throws heaters way too much.
100% correct. Part of the reason he has the rookie lack of interceptions record is partially a reason his receivers have so many drops: he throws rockets regardless of route. On probably 9 of 10 passes he guns it in with all his might, like the anti-Greg Maddux.
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This is the most peewee, rudimentary, visionless, cowardly offensive strategy I’ve ever seen. There is no misdirection. No creativity. No execution. It’s atrocious.
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I don’t care who this guy is, what his potential is, or anything else about him.
Cut him tonight.
How does an OLineman jump when the entire play is designed to NOT MOVE?!
Cut him tonight.
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58 minutes ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:
Pete Carroll enters the chat.
Sold. Bring in Carroll. He’s got the undeniable pedigree. Check the rings. He’s got swag. He controls a room with Pat Riley vibe. Pay him, give him full authority, and get the F out of the way.
Poles and Carroll can talk draft. After that, get the F out of the way.
Warren? Never heard of her. Get the F out of the way.
McCaskeys? Seriously, sign the checks and get the F out of the way for good.
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6 hours ago, adam said:
These are not all of them, but the Bears stacked their OLine and DLines for the 85 Team, using 5 1st rounders in the trenches, with the others being McMahon, Gault, Marshall, and Wilson. So 5 out of 9 in the trenches, all others were starters at their positions.
1979 #4 - Dan Hampton - DE
1981 #11 - Keith Van Horne - OT
1981 UDFA - Jay Hilgenberg - C
1983 #6 - Jimbo Covert - OT
1983 #91 - Tom Thayer - OG
1983 #203 - Richard Dent - DE
1983 #219 - Mark Bortz - OG
1985 #22 - William Perry - DTThe Bears hit on every 1st round pick from 79 to 87 (Harbaugh), then the wheels fell off after that (Muster, Wendell Davis, Woolford, Armstrong, Carrier, Stan Thomas, and Spellman.
Give me that 1983 draft. Still amazed every time I see it. Hit after hit after hit. Only a random TE sticks out like a festering zit on an otherwise unblemished face.
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On 12/22/2024 at 2:43 PM, adam said:
Bears Franchise Record (Passing Yards)
1. Erik Kramer, 1995: 38382. Jay Cutler, 2014: 3812
3. Jay Cutler, 2009: 3666
4. Jay Cutler, 2015: 3659
5. Jay Cutler, 2010: 3274
6. Caleb Williams, 2024: 3271 (2 games remaining)
This one is crazy. Even with moderately successful games, say 200yds a game, he moves into third ALL TIME.
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Holy shit. I hadn’t thought of Saban.
1,000,000% if he is interested. Best college coach ever. If it doesn’t translate to the NFL it is not about his coaching ability, and more about something exterior like bad drafts (GM), bad ownership (McCaskey), or bad culture (spoiled millionaire players).