House of Dysfunction

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Ty Dunn wrote a 3 part article about 2024 Bears and it throws Caleb under the bus. I read where one coach that is quoted said this was not suppose to be public. The writer lied to get quotes. It makes Celeb look very bad.  Throws Poles under the bus also. 

I have only seen some quotes and the article comes out Monday. My opinion is some things are true and some things are opinion. He made this a sensational article to get clicks. We have Ben Johnson now and everything is going well, I could care less what is true and not true. BJ came here because of Caleb and its all a new year , the sh+t show left last year with the coaches. 

[DABEARSDABOMB]

 Regarding Caleb - I said it  a couple months back - there are plenty of red flags on him just as there were on the coaching staff. He has to learn from what he did wrong and I legitimately think he bought into his hype too much and did not take it as serious as he should of and also had a bit of an entitled attitude and perspective and that played out and there were enough rumblings of that. 
 

He got his ass kicked last year - in many ways. Now I hated that he spent any time wasting it on the quotes that drove the Flus hit piece earlier in the offseason cause it still shows a total lack of maturity. 
 

With that said - I think the whole culture has changed and hopefully he had the rude awakening needed and is now all systems go with a staff that is going to really push and some added vet presence in the qb room to help. We won’t know in first 4 weeks - but as season goes on, theexpectation has to be we are seeing some above average and at times high end play from that position. 

[AZ54]

12 hours ago, DABEARSDABOMB said:

 Regarding Caleb - I said it  a couple months back - there are plenty of red flags on him just as there were on the coaching staff. He has to learn from what he did wrong and I legitimately think he bought into his hype too much and did not take it as serious as he should of and also had a bit of an entitled attitude and perspective and that played out and there were enough rumblings of that. 
 

He got his ass kicked last year - in many ways. Now I hated that he spent any time wasting it on the quotes that drove the Flus hit piece earlier in the offseason cause it still shows a total lack of maturity. 
 

With that said - I think the whole culture has changed and hopefully he had the rude awakening needed and is now all systems go with a staff that is going to really push and some added vet presence in the qb room to help. We won’t know in first 4 weeks - but as season goes on, theexpectation has to be we are seeing some above average and at times high end play from that position. 

I've been critical of the need to keep Case Keenum on the 53 as I don't really see the need for that.  In light of all this chatter about Caleb's need to learn how to be a professional QB maybe that is the need.  Poles obviously saw what was going on last year and there's no doubt he consulted with Ben Johnson about that.  They knew what they wanted and recruited Keenum out of retirement so it wasn't just finding another QB to compete for the backup role.  I know everyone talks about how having a vet presence can help Caleb but I'm saying that was the sole reason he was hired and put on the 53.  

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2 minutes ago, AZ54 said:

I've been critical of the need to keep Case Keenum on the 53 as I don't really see the need for that.  In light of all this chatter about Caleb's need to learn how to be a professional QB maybe that is the need.  Poles obviously saw what was going on last year and there's no doubt he consulted with Ben Johnson about that.  They knew what they wanted and recruited Keenum out of retirement so it wasn't just finding another QB to compete for the backup role.  I know everyone talks about how having a vet presence can help Caleb but I'm saying that was the sole reason he was hired and put on the 53.  

100 percent and I believe Keenum got really rave reviews for his work with Stroud as a backup too. Some back ups aren’t right fit some are. I think Bagent works hard but as a back up he also wants to be the dude given where he is at in his career - keenum just wants to be close to the game and if he’s put in and gets a shot be there to serve as the bridge guy and maybe win a game in sake the qb has to go down. 

[Mongo3451]

8 hours ago, DABEARSDABOMB said:

100 percent and I believe Keenum got really rave reviews for his work with Stroud as a backup too. Some back ups aren’t right fit some are. I think Bagent works hard but as a back up he also wants to be the dude given where he is at in his career - keenum just wants to be close to the game and if he’s put in and gets a shot be there to serve as the bridge guy and maybe win a game in sake the qb has to go down. 

I like that BJ has some ammo in his holster.  He can look at Caleb anytime and say, "your backup outworks you".  Whether it's true or not, to Caleb there has to be some believability. 

As to Braxton, the book "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", it says that if you do the same thing for 21 days it becomes a habit.  Maybe they are trying to keep Braxton on edge in an attempt to bring consistent technique.  To me, he seems lazy.  This happens to big guys.  When trying to maintain weight, you gotta eat bigger meals and sleep more.  Comfort also breeds stagnation.

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1 hour ago, Mongo3451 said:

I like that BJ has some ammo in his holster.  He can look at Caleb anytime and say, "your backup outworks you".  Whether it's true or not, to Caleb there has to be some believability. 

As to Braxton, the book "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", it says that if you do the same thing for 21 days it becomes a habit.  Maybe they are trying to keep Braxton on edge in an attempt to bring consistent technique.  To me, he seems lazy.  This happens to big guys.  When trying to maintain weight, you gotta eat bigger meals and sleep more.  Comfort also breeds stagnation.

To double down on that (Braxton) , BJ said he looked good in practice with consistency and then ( KC game), he said he got lazy in his technique. 

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Watching first couple series of WAS vs NYG, and Jayden Daniel's is still doing it to start year 2.  He may not have a body for durability, but he makes the throws and moves the ball.  NYG have one of the best Defensive fronts too.  Playing against him in FF today too, so was hoping he was a fluke last year...not looking like it.