TLEH
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I think Jahns is my favorite Bears reporter, but I don't mind Hoge. I think he has become more of a douche being around the morons at CHGO.
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Romang67
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Neat that the top 3 teams in on the Ben Johnson sweepstakes right now must have seen the reporting about his wanting alignment with the GM and strong understanding of previous mistakes from ownership, and responded with retaining Poles, Wolf, and Baalke.
He’s entering his next media phase of hot takes which leads to douchery
TLEH
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They're trying to build a network and doing that means being on every day, talking way too much, running out of things to say, and needing clicks which means hot takes like you mention. Its just a bad network.
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Romang67
BitterSwede
I really liked their beating the Packers in Green Bay, but man I would have liked to have the #9 pick instead. Williams worries me quite a bit. Outcomes of drafting athletic freak defensive end with lackluster production have a vast range. They could be Danielle Hunter. They could also be Travon Walker or Tyree Wilson.
Difference was that Hunter was a day 3 pick IIRC. The other 2 were top 7 picks. Those guys you can swing for the fences with on day 3.
Bears, top priority is DL and IOL. So IOL is either via free agency since they have Wright on a rookie deal still so have the cap room to pay an OG or early round 2 which is where they are rated mostly. Later in the first onwards.
TLEH
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Big fan of Will Campbell. You never really have a good idea where guys will go until after the combine. Maybe he'll be there. I bet he won't be but you never know.
Sadly for Johnson, those 3 clubs also have the best QBs of the open positions. Jets don't, Saints, you know what you have in mid 30's Carr.
Romang67
BitterSwede
Exactly. I don't see a clear choice at #10 if Banks and Campbell are both off the board.
Though this is largely not worth discussing right now. Especially for OL, I don't really think it's worthwhile discussing until actual scouts start leaking their rankings closer to the Senior Bowl. I can say when I think a QB throws the ball well to the right players. I can say when I think a WR runs good routes. I can't say much about OL play other than when it seems like they don't trip over their own feet and can anchor against a bullrush.
I've heard that people REALLY liked Josh Simmons' play this season before his knee injury. To the point where, had he kept that up, he'd probably be OT1 in the draft.
TLEH
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Would have been dope if we took the haul and had MHJ to pair with... checks notes... Shedeur Sanders, Cam Ward or Milroe!
Romang67
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Pierce fired, so Vegas job is open.
Can't imagine that will massively affect the top of the crop in the job market. The Raiders job is... rough.
Can't imagine that will massively affect the top of the crop in the job market. The Raiders job is... rough.
Blackhawkswincup
RIP Fugu
I mean if its a guy like Johnson wanting to go to NE then you get that shit done ASAP
It would be dumb to let him talk to other teams if he wants to be part of organization
Its Raiders so I am going to guess
Coach Prime and trading up to draft his son!
Romang67
BitterSwede
They can't officially hire Johnson until after the Lions are out of the playoffs. So they have at least until the divisional round to get everything in order to make that seem legit.
I'm guessing this is about Vrabel.
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Any AFC South job is more attractive than the Bears just because the road to the playoffs is so much easier. The Texans win it by default for the foreseeable future and yet they're a joke to the rest of the playoff teams.
Pick wouldn’t have had to be MHJ, and let’s not pretend Caleb looked like a young Dan Marino.
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Dan Marino he was not, but he had the most all-purpose yards for a Bears player ever, as a rookie. He's also the only rookie Bear QB to ever defeat the Packers. Not just in GB, literally the only Bears rookie QB to beat GB period.
But to me what was most impressive of him was to not just throw the towel in. He got his ass kicked, had a joke of a coaching staff, and kept a positive attitude and stuck up for his offensive line when everyone was criticizing them. It would have been really easy for any QB to throw the towel in on this season with everything going on.
Here is to hoping we see a huge leap in year 2.
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I think having HC and Son at QB can work In college. But, for pros not a good thing for the player. There will always be players who don’t like the coach. Don’t want that to spill over to the son.
Was a while ago but when Lacroix was Avs GM and Eric was on the roster eventually they had to trade Eric.
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I know they say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but that is not a confidence inspiring trio of men to find the next HC and potentially GM for a billion-dollar football organization.
Hilarious picture, to be honest.
TLEH
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He looked pretty good in what ended up being a terrible situation. Also is a way better prospect than this whole class combined.
Romang67
BitterSwede
I'm hoping that they stumble ass backwards into Johnson and he's as good as he seems with the Bears. I think it's possible to win with a great HC and a great QB, regardless of the quality of the GM and ownership.
Bears are going to f**k it up, aren't they? I feel like 2025 is already punted.
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