I know we're knee-deep in a great baseball season for Chicago, but there are things happening in the football world. The Bears picked up a new running back (fresh off ACL surgery) for league minimum. It's a potentially good deal, but there's a high risk of failure, too. I feel like Garrett Wolfe is going to get the bounce before he ever got to prove himself.
There are rumors of an interest in Chris Sims which just seems like adding a third QB that's exactly the same as the other two. What's the point? I think any money spent at QB this year is a waste of resources. (There are too many other needs.)
My plan for this year is to hang on for the ride. I think it'll be bumpy and ugly at least, maybe sad. The one spot I will watch, however, is special teams. If the Bears are a bust but the special teams squad is still performing at a high level (with significant personnel changes), that's testament to the coaching ability of one Dave Toub. Maybe I'm crazy here, but if the Bears tank, I'd start the petition to put Toub at the helm.
Maybe I'm idealizing this, but special teams has to be concerned with offensive and defensive play - plus kicking. Toub's guys always seem prepared, disciplined, and angry - just what we need on our offense AND defense.
Don't get me wrong - I like Lovie, but I am very sick of our limp offense. I blame Turner for this 100%. Ron Turner, that is - I blame Angelo for not landing Michael Turner as soon as the season was over. Shit, I could see that Benson was well on his way to bust-ville before the shenanigans this spring. I think I called bullshit on him after the Superbowl appearance. And if you know a year in advance that T. Jones is a short-timer, don't you start looking if your draft pick (Benson) has already wracked up two injuries?
I'll reserve judgment on the defense because of all the injuries last year. However, if they have less injuries and are not a top ten defense this year, it's time to show Bubba, and at that point Lovie, the door. Instead of re-tread, Toub is my choice for a replacement.
Of course, the defense has some phenomenal players and our offense (depending on the line and running game) could be good - anything seems possible with Devin Hester.
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To bad Devin isn't going to be playing this year.
JA might be the most clueless bood to ever hold a GM postion in football.
He must suck a great dick. Cuz it's the only way I see him haveing a job.
I hope I am wrong but the Bears could be REALLY bad this year.
Not only that they could be bad for a LONG time. We have alot of ageing players and no one really ready to step up into those spots.
Olin might be out also... holy fucking shit are we screw or what...
I don't know - Olin is getting old, too. Plus, if the bad snaps were isolated with Grossman, I'd blame Grossman. But, there were bad snaps with all three QBs last year. That makes it more of a center issue. So, since the o-line is already pretty much new, why not start back-filling his position, too?
The biggest issue, in my opinion, is we need an offensive coordinator. Then, JA only has to go out and get who that person wants.
One other thing - JA has been getting the good guys paid. He tried more than once with Briggs, too. But, now we have all the superstar players (Tillman, Urlacher, Vasher, Harris, Hester, Briggs, and even Gould) under contract for a few years. That's a pretty good core. And, if you think about the time before JA, we couldn't keep a team together because the Bears were notoriously cheap. At least now they're paying guys that play well.
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