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biggestbullsfan wrote:
The bear claw is somehow very cheesy but kindve awesome at the same time lol
GYBE wrote:I don't think my behaviour changes at all when I'm drunk. But when I'm wasted, my girlfriend becomes a real klutz. She starts walking into doors and falling down stairs. Weird.
MAQ wrote:biggestbullsfan wrote:
The bear claw is somehow very cheesy but kindve awesome at the same time lol
I think the fact that it looks so lame and cheesy yet they do it anyway is what makes it really endearing, at least for me. I don't know them, but big time athletes give off the "too cool for school" vibe all the time. No way they'd commit to doing something so obviously lame. Yet there they are...
MAQ wrote:biggestbullsfan wrote:
The bear claw is somehow very cheesy but kindve awesome at the same time lol
I think the fact that it looks so lame and cheesy yet they do it anyway is what makes it really endearing, at least for me. I don't know them, but big time athletes give off the "too cool for school" vibe all the time. No way they'd commit to doing something so obviously lame. Yet there they are...
Brad Biggs wrote:Fields was in the bottom third of the league in too many key statistical metrics for the Bears to commit to the idea of trading down from the first pick for a bundle of future assets and then building around him.
MAQ wrote:biggestbullsfan wrote:
The bear claw is somehow very cheesy but kindve awesome at the same time lol
I think the fact that it looks so lame and cheesy yet they do it anyway is what makes it really endearing, at least for me. I don't know them, but big time athletes give off the "too cool for school" vibe all the time. No way they'd commit to doing something so obviously lame. Yet there they are...
molepharmer wrote:CHGO podcast one on one with special teams coach Richard Hightower. First ~27min were just basically background on RH. He gets asked about Tory Taylor ~27:30 and is almost giddy at ~28:40 because other teams (via texts) hated the Bears taking Taylor off the board.
fleet wrote:Almost Retired wrote:No GM is going to hit on every move. But when you honestly assess the revival of this franchise since he took over you cannot help but conclude that he has done a magnificent job overall. We were going nowhere fast with aging vets on big contracts and very little draft capital. Now we have a roster that set to compete in our tough Division and with experience and another good Draft next year we should be a contender for even more. I'm jacked up for the coming season.
He’s done very well overall. I can’t go magnificent, yet history will certainly judge his job as magnificent. Results seem magnificent. He has been incredibly lucky without which the team’s fortunes might be much less defined. I am satisfied. But he couldn’t repeat this if he tried. Nobody could.
Dresden wrote:fleet wrote:Almost Retired wrote:No GM is going to hit on every move. But when you honestly assess the revival of this franchise since he took over you cannot help but conclude that he has done a magnificent job overall. We were going nowhere fast with aging vets on big contracts and very little draft capital. Now we have a roster that set to compete in our tough Division and with experience and another good Draft next year we should be a contender for even more. I'm jacked up for the coming season.
He’s done very well overall. I can’t go magnificent, yet history will certainly judge his job as magnificent. Results seem magnificent. He has been incredibly lucky without which the team’s fortunes might be much less defined. I am satisfied. But he couldn’t repeat this if he tried. Nobody could.
We've been dealt a very, very good hand, but Poles has also played it like a champ. His decision not to take a QB last year, and then TO take a QB this year were both decisions that got criticized by many, and opened him up to a lot of second guessing, but ultimately ended up being exactly the right way to play things. We got a massive haul for #1 last year, and took a generational talent at QB this year.
TheJordanRule wrote:Dresden wrote:fleet wrote:He’s done very well overall. I can’t go magnificent, yet history will certainly judge his job as magnificent. Results seem magnificent. He has been incredibly lucky without which the team’s fortunes might be much less defined. I am satisfied. But he couldn’t repeat this if he tried. Nobody could.
We've been dealt a very, very good hand, but Poles has also played it like a champ. His decision not to take a QB last year, and then TO take a QB this year were both decisions that got criticized by many, and opened him up to a lot of second guessing, but ultimately ended up being exactly the right way to play things. We got a massive haul for #1 last year, and took a generational talent at QB this year.
What we got out of passing on a QB last year for that haul is unprecedented. DJ Moore, legit #1 WR. Darnell Wright, our best OL and starting RT. Tyrique Stevenson, our best starting CB. Caleb Williams, who not only was the consensus pick at #1 this year, but who woulda been the first draft pick last year if he had entered. And we still have a second rounder next year to spend on some other potential stud. Addresses a ton of team needs in one deal. Never seen this before.
Almost Retired wrote:Has an NFL team ever had 3 players with 1,000 receiving yards during the same season? If so, when?
Yes, there have been five.
The most recent was the 2008 Cardinals led by Fitzgerald with 1,431 receiving yards.
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Let's make it #6.
sco wrote:TheJordanRule wrote:Dresden wrote:
We've been dealt a very, very good hand, but Poles has also played it like a champ. His decision not to take a QB last year, and then TO take a QB this year were both decisions that got criticized by many, and opened him up to a lot of second guessing, but ultimately ended up being exactly the right way to play things. We got a massive haul for #1 last year, and took a generational talent at QB this year.
What we got out of passing on a QB last year for that haul is unprecedented. DJ Moore, legit #1 WR. Darnell Wright, our best OL and starting RT. Tyrique Stevenson, our best starting CB. Caleb Williams, who not only was the consensus pick at #1 this year, but who woulda been the first draft pick last year if he had entered. And we still have a second rounder next year to spend on some other potential stud. Addresses a ton of team needs in one deal. Never seen this before.
The shame of it all was that we whiffed on Fields. Imagine where we'd be if he panned out. We could have traded the pick for another haul.
Almost Retired wrote:Has an NFL team ever had 3 players with 1,000 receiving yards during the same season? If so, when?
Yes, there have been five.
The most recent was the 2008 Cardinals led by Fitzgerald with 1,431 receiving yards.
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Let's make it #6.
CBS7 wrote:Almost Retired wrote:Has an NFL team ever had 3 players with 1,000 receiving yards during the same season? If so, when?
Yes, there have been five.
The most recent was the 2008 Cardinals led by Fitzgerald with 1,431 receiving yards.
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Let's make it #6.
I know the league is more pass happy nowadays but Caleb isn't prime Peyton Manning or Kurt Warner.
TheJordanRule wrote:sco wrote:TheJordanRule wrote:
What we got out of passing on a QB last year for that haul is unprecedented. DJ Moore, legit #1 WR. Darnell Wright, our best OL and starting RT. Tyrique Stevenson, our best starting CB. Caleb Williams, who not only was the consensus pick at #1 this year, but who woulda been the first draft pick last year if he had entered. And we still have a second rounder next year to spend on some other potential stud. Addresses a ton of team needs in one deal. Never seen this before.
The shame of it all was that we whiffed on Fields. Imagine where we'd be if he panned out. We could have traded the pick for another haul.
Folks woulda paid what we got from the Panthers and THEN SOME. Caleb was rated the highest QB prospect for not just last year, but perhaps the last decade. Maybe three 1st round picks, three second round picks, and another young superstar like DJ? Whoo! That woulda been fire. On the flip side, I'm not sure I'd even want to go that route with Justin performing at a high level. Damn. At the start of last season, I was so pro Justin that I hardly recognize myself. Shout out to Fleet, Dresden, Doug and all of you who helped raise my football IQ. It matters to me now that Justin was still working his way out of obnoxious habits like staying stuck on option 1, abandoning the pocket too early and scrambling out of plays for inexplicable reasons. I quit being a Justin fanboy for those reasons. While Lamar proved that Justin's particular style can be effective, Lamar also showed us that this style is not conducive to being a multiplier. Caleb is a multiplier. Justin is not. And Lamar, who represents Justin's upside, is not a multiplier either. The trade off with those 3 1sts, 3 seconds and one young stud is that we'd be stuck with a nonmultiplier at QB. I'm not sure that's a better outcome.
CBS7 wrote:Almost Retired wrote:Has an NFL team ever had 3 players with 1,000 receiving yards during the same season? If so, when?
Yes, there have been five.
The most recent was the 2008 Cardinals led by Fitzgerald with 1,431 receiving yards.
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Let's make it #6.
I know the league is more pass happy nowadays but Caleb isn't prime Peyton Manning or Kurt Warner. We also have Kmet, Everett and Swift who will all get some targets.
I'd guess it goes down like this:
Moore 1000 yards
Allen 800 yards (misses some games)
Odunze 700 yards
Kmet 700 yards
Everett 300 yards
Swift 300 yards
Everyone else 300 yards
Even thats 4100 yards from Caleb.
TheJordanRule wrote:Dresden wrote:fleet wrote:He’s done very well overall. I can’t go magnificent, yet history will certainly judge his job as magnificent. Results seem magnificent. He has been incredibly lucky without which the team’s fortunes might be much less defined. I am satisfied. But he couldn’t repeat this if he tried. Nobody could.
We've been dealt a very, very good hand, but Poles has also played it like a champ. His decision not to take a QB last year, and then TO take a QB this year were both decisions that got criticized by many, and opened him up to a lot of second guessing, but ultimately ended up being exactly the right way to play things. We got a massive haul for #1 last year, and took a generational talent at QB this year.
What we got out of passing on a QB last year for that haul is unprecedented. DJ Moore, legit #1 WR. Darnell Wright, our best OL and starting RT. Tyrique Stevenson, our best starting CB. Caleb Williams, who not only was the consensus pick at #1 this year, but who woulda been the first draft pick last year if he had entered. And we still have a second rounder next year to spend on some other potential stud. Addresses a ton of team needs in one deal. Never seen this before.
