9 minutes ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Rumor has it the NFL is going to change the rules to eliminate the banana ball ;-)

I hope you are kidding.

1 hour ago, DABEARSDABOMB said:

I hope you are kidding.

Of course, but if he keeps producing turnovers you know some teams will want a rule change.

The wink ;-) was added to hint i was kidding.

On 10/19/2026 at 12:01 AM, AZ54 said:

Dennis Allen continues to show he can get the most out of the talent he has on the field.

I know the defense and Dennis Allen seem to be on a see-saw/teeter totter each game depending on the outcome, but has done well with the healthy players he has. I think he deserves some praise.

I also heard his vision for his DBs. He wants interchangeable pieces from CB to S. The confusion that will cause QBs trying to figure out coverages or a blitz will be a huge advantage. We get Coby Bryant back, then Kyler, Malik, and Cam are all CBs that can play inside or out or maybe some S. Coby and Dillion can play FS or SS and Coby was a CB in college and started his career as a slot CB for Seahawks.

3 hours ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Rumor has it the NFL is going to change the rules to eliminate the banana ball ;-)

BS (not you, if the league does it). Seems if they allow crap like the ‘tush push’ they certainly should allow this. It takes a lot more skill to do what Taylor does than to simply push someone by their ass.

PS: Just saw your note about being sarcastic. Derp .

2 hours ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Of course, but if he keeps producing turnovers you know some teams will want a rule change.

The wink ;-) was added to hint i was kidding.

It was a good one…I was pretty sure you were kidding but with NFL nothing would surprise me (as you said someone will complain).

21 hours ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:

BS (not you, if the league does it). Seems if they allow crap like the ‘tush push’ they certainly should allow this. It takes a lot more skill to do what Taylor does than to simply push someone by their ass.

PS: Just saw your note about being sarcastic. Derp .

Tush push stuff does not bother me. I love the scrums and seeing our Oline rally behind guys like Swift, Burden and Monangai in recent games gets the whole offense fired up. When the defense stops one it’s the same effect. On the 4th and short it doesn’t happen often but it does happen and we’ve done it. I loved the fumble Nashon took from Hurts last year on a tush push.

Tue is film study day since that’s when most of the pundits post on Youtube. After watching film of Luke Newman I realized playing next to him was our rookie Logan Jones. On the outside Ozzy Trapilo.

Now I’m thinking Ben was toying with Atlanta. We were on the road (albeit with a strong Bear fan presence). Ben loses his starting RG. No problem, we’ll sub in the backup and still keep the rookie center out there. While we’re at it, for fun let’s also play the guy still working his way back from a serious knee injury who hasn’t played all year. Again on the road, protecting a QB still recovering from a hamstring injury. No problem, we got this. Now if it turned out poorly Bear kingdom (aka us) would have been all over this mid-game. Instead the offense just kept trucking along like nothing changed and I didn’t even pickup Logan Jones next to Newman during the game.

Most of my life has been spent not wanting to see some of our starting Oline on the field, much less backups. Have we ever had a coach who just tossed Olinemen out there for a series or two mid-game like that? Wouldn’t the safe play, or at least conventional wisdom, be to put the starting OC back in the game once Jonah went out?

I’m still hoping to see Jones start at OC sooner than later. Bradbury still gets walked back into the QBs lap too often. I’ll see what happens tomorrow night if Jones gets a couple more series.