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Interesting that Reid would rather go there than ARZ or SD. I assume he has to like having the 1st pick, and they must be giving him more control than in other positions. They did have 5 Pro Bowlers, but they didn't seem like the best place to go compared to Chicago, Arizona, or San Diego.

After that performance, it is hard to see him still in consideration.

Thx, added to the list at the top.

Hester and Urlacher will be gone anyway, with Davis, Spaeth, etc. So I don't see this as a complete rebuild. Our main players will still be there. We have the Big-3 on the offense, and Peppers, Tillman, and Briggs will be there on defense. We will hopefully re-sign Melton, still have Jennings, and a whole slew of young safeties. We get a new MLB, address the O-Line via draft and FA, add a decent TE, and maybe add another WR (please Amendola), and we will be right there again next year.

Looks like Matthews won't be entering the draft. https://twitter.com/RUSSLANDE/statuses/286547354151157761

I am mixed on McCoy. It is hard to gauge his actual value when a team brings in Peyton Manning from having Tebow the year prior. I know Fox got a lot of credit for making it work with Tebow, but I assume McCoy had a lot to do with that as the OC. He almost made Orton into a 4,000 yard passer and has experience with Marshall. On the downside, his offense's (other than this year) have been average at best. So sort of a mixed bag. To me Emery has his "type" of guy in mind, and hopefully he gets the top guy from that field, and we don't have to settle for someone other than McGinnis again.

I would say that is Gruden first, then maybe someone like Cowher, who also gets pretty energetic.

We are all of a sudden going to go 5-1 in the Division? We will be lucky to get to 4-2. As I said before, that is a tough schedule outside of the Division, I am hoping for a 4-2 Division record and 6-4 non-Division record for another 10-6 finish. The 6 non-division wins would be PHI, STL, CLE, DAL, NO, and CIN, same as Wesson. For the Division, it is a crapshoot, I see us splitting with Minnesota, sweeping Detroit, and hopefully splitting with GB, but I can see them sweeping us (again), making us finish 9-7.

I merged threads so we don't have a 1,000 on the same topic.

I though Lovie might go there with the defense. If not, he will end up in Buffalo.

Some interesting comments from Emery: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/gm-lagging-of...Y3Rpb25z;_ylv=3

No prob.

https://twitter.com/JayGlazer/status/286194232891424768

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/2468/bears-offense I thought it would be easier to put all the new rumors and news about the new coach into one thread. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I will update this portion as names come up: HC Prospects (13JAN): 1. Mike McCoy - Denver OC * 2. Keith Armstrong - Atlanta ST * 3. Mike Sullivan - Tampa OC * 4. Joe DeCamillis - Dallas ST * 5. Tom Clements, Green Bay OC * 6. Pete Carmichael, New Orleans OC * 7. Bruce Arians, Indianapolis OC * 8. Marc Trestman, Montreal Alouettes HC * 9. Rick Dennison, Houston OC * 10. Darrell Bevell, Seattle OC * 11. Mike Singletary, Minnesota LB's Coach * 12. Mike Priefer, Minnesota ST * 13. Dave Toub, Chicago ST * * - Interview completed

Lovie already contacted by four teams. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/report-four-t...08665--nfl.html So 4 out of Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers, Cleveland Browns and Arizona Cardinals. Buffalo and Arizona have similar defenses in terms of impact players and that is where Lovie is most interested. Peterson could be Lovie's new Hester, and the offense can be just as bad.

I was actually thinking of a great slot receiver like Amendola (UFA) instead.

Yep, I can't tell you how many times we have let teams back into games by first playing uber conservative on offense which would result in numerous 3 and outs, and then switch to prevent and allow teams to play pitch and catch all the way down the field for a score.

I was surprised to hear similar sentiments on ESPN (not like that is surprising). They kept saying, "I am sure Buffalo would love to be where the Bears and Eagles have been" and "be careful what you ask for" and "who are they going to get that is better". How many times did the Bears have back-to-back winning seasons under Lovie Smith (9 seasons)? 1 (2005-2006) We had back-to-back winning seasons once in the last decade. To me it is surprising that he lasted this long. He should've been given 3 years after the Super Bowl loss. What did the Bears do in those 3 years? 7-9, 9-7, 7-9, and no playoff appearances. He should've been fired after 2009, but since it was Cutler's first year, apparently he got a free pass. I also didn't like how he ousted Ron Rivera after the SB, and the defense has never matched the same dominance after that.

Final numbers for wins against winning teams: 2006 - 2 wins 2007 - 2 wins 2008 - 3 wins 2009 - 2 wins 2010 - 3 wins 2011 - 2 wins 2012 - 2 wins (Dallas going 8-8 reduced total by 1) So for 2012, we went 2-6 against winning teams. If we went 3-5 we make the playoffs. Amazing how a few plays in an entire season can impact coaching careers. If the Bears stop Seattle from scoring that last minute TD or hold them to something other than another TD in OT, and we win, who knows where we would be right now.

No, it was a team effort. Lovie was on the hot seat the moment Emery was hired. He either succeeded this season (and was well on his way after a 7-1 start), or failed (which occurred with a 1-5 stretch against playoff teams (2-6 overall).

I would prefer Arians or McCoy over Muschamp, and would prefer an NFL coordinator over a college coach.

After his performance this year, I can't see Emery paying him with Weems on the roster. Weems has been a ST stud and can handle return duties as well. Hester was electric in his prime, but he has lost a step or the rest of the league has gotten faster, because doesn't make anyone miss anymore. Sad to see his decline because I thought he had 2-3 good years left.

Yeah Peyton Manning carried that team for a decade, they should've won 2-3 with him at the helm.

Gruden built a Super Bowl team in Oakland, then got traded to Tampa where he beat his former team. So he essentially had 2 Super Bowl teams in 1 year, now that is efficient.

To me most decent coaches could've done what Lovie did with these players over his tenure. Any defense, with players like Urlacher, Briggs, Peppers, and Tillman would be good. Lovie gets some credit, but not all of it. Tillman alone accounted for most of "Lovie's ball hawking defense" as someone pointed out recently. Every year it seemed like we never lived up to expectations. This year as well, we had a top 5 defense and special teams, and an offense with Cutler, Marshall, and Forte, and we couldn't get it done. The Super Bowl loss was a missed opportunity as was the NFC Championship as home.