Bears thread 13

[SalmonsSuperfan]

Beggers can’t be choosers, but this is a chance to do something different, and Chicago chooses the cookie cutter

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I don't know what I hate more, suburban stadiums or architectural renderings. In this case, both equally. Maybe the rendering slightly less because they just put some, I dunno, boxes instead of making it look like disney world. It's somebody's job to make this and the architectural firm is like "that's awesome, let's show the public".

[Chi town]

MHJ has the yips. Yikes. Dude can’t hold onto a ball right on the numbers.

[Chicago-Bull-E]

MHJ isn’t interested in playing. Both INTs are on him, I’m watching every route cause he’s on my fantasy team. Hes hoping the ball doesn’t get thrown to him, he’s pulling up near defenders.

May have had to quit football if this team went the MHJ and Fields route. Holy smokes

[fleet]

That was the main alternative plan a faction was pushing. Trade down to build around Fields and MHJ. Out of all the questionable things Poles has done, he didn’t bite on that one.

[jnrjr79]

That was the main alternative plan a faction was pushing. Trade down to build around Fields and MHJ. Out of all the questionable things Poles has done, he didn’t bite on that one.

I’m not sure whether he deserves any credit for this, as I don’t really remember there being any “MHJ might suck” sentiment around, but it definitely looks like a bullet dodged.

[Dresden]

Running backs with fewer yards per carry than Swift this year:

Christian McCaffrey
Saquan Barkley
Josh Jacobs
Omarion Hampton
Treyveon Henderson
Ashton Jeanty

[dice]

I don’t even care about the completions. No, I do. Caleb the last 2 weeks has played quarterback more how it’s supposed to look. You know it when you see it. Yes, he still has left some throws holstered. Hopefully some of those develop into targets. The main thing is, decisiveness is increasing. Nervousness decreased. We gotta stack some games now.

Bears have finally right talent at QB, and right talent at coach position to make this happen. I think we can finally say that coach is just as important as QB.

top coaches win over 60% of their career games. top QBs win over 70%. but top coaches are certainly the better bargain. and don't count against the cap!

[fleet]

That was the main alternative plan a faction was pushing. Trade down to build around Fields and MHJ. Out of all the questionable things Poles has done, he didn’t bite on that one.

I’m not sure whether he deserves any credit for this, as I don’t really remember there being any “MHJ might suck” sentiment around, but it definitely looks like a bullet dodged.

That potential was never the rationale for not doing a MHJ “haul”, correct. That’s just an unexpected bullet dodged if it goes that way. As far as the availability of receivers in that draft, as well as the quarterback question, it never made good sense to roll those dice in that direction. I don’t believe Poles considered it for a second, to his credit.

[Dresden]

Nice comeback by AZ. A little redemption for Marv who has had a nice second half

[Dresden]

What a blunder by the AZ kicker, not getting the kickoff past the 20.

[SalmonsSuperfan]

MHJ isn’t interested in playing. Both INTs are on him, I’m watching every route cause he’s on my fantasy team. Hes hoping the ball doesn’t get thrown to him, he’s pulling up near defenders.

May have had to quit football if this team went the MHJ and Fields route. Holy smokes

the first one wasn't. kylah "should've played for the oakland a's" murrah is just a really bad qb. he threw it directly to the defender.

should've caught that second one...but he didn't 'pull up', he just bobbled the catch. "hoping the ball doesn't get thrown to him, he's on my fantasy team" seems like a gambler take.

not to mention premature. he manufactured a TD and a 3rd down conversion en route to tie the game. the TD catch against U of I's finest DB, 2 time pro bowler in 2 seasons, was simply an incredible catch. lesser receivers (anyone on the bears) don't catch that.

[Chicago-Bull-E]

MHJ isn’t interested in playing. Both INTs are on him, I’m watching every route cause he’s on my fantasy team. Hes hoping the ball doesn’t get thrown to him, he’s pulling up near defenders.

May have had to quit football if this team went the MHJ and Fields route. Holy smokes

the first one wasn't. kylah "should've played for the oakland a's" murrah is just a really bad qb. he threw it directly to the defender.

should've caught that second one...but he didn't 'pull up', he just bobbled the catch. "hoping the ball doesn't get thrown to him, he's on my fantasy team" seems like a gambler take.

not to mention premature. he manufactured a TD and a 3rd down conversion en route to tie the game. the TD catch against U of I's finest DB, 2 time pro bowler in 2 seasons, was simply an incredible catch. lesser receivers (anyone on the bears) don't catch that.

No the 1st is clearly on him. He stopped his route, the route he actually ran isn’t an NFL route. Could have pretty easily got a hand on it or even caught it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/s/OlNhMibB7Q

Rome is literally known for his contested catches, he could easily make that catch. Rome has been flat out better, Arizona would gladly make that trade.

Glad he caught the late TD, now I can try and trade him.

[Almost Retired]

From the obscure stat category.....

K Fishbain tweet "From @SandoNFL ’s “Pick Six”: Ben Johnson joined Bill Belichick “as the only coaches since at least 2000 to throw on fourth-and-goal from the 4 or longer while leading by 10 in a second half, per TruMedia.”

For a first year head coach who started his career 0-2 that took a tremendous set of balls. Most new coaches would have played not to lose and kicked the FG. I think we have a potentially special HC. I just hope he gets more input on personnel in the future. Poles strikes out far too often.

[molepharmer]

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[Chi town]

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The Canadian Eagle going to get the start.

My prediction is he plays well and will eventually take Braxton’s spot. Would be surprised if Wright gets moved to LT.

[fleet]

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TBF this was mostly a media/fan narrative for Trapilo, but he was baby Alt there for awhile in Bears nation. I can’t recall when I saw a player’s reality Vs his media stock be so different the way it has for Trapilo, but anyway, if he can’t even be the backup RT, gotta question his upside. He should be squashing UDFA types. And TBH, the Bears were trying to hand him the LT job, but he would not take it. So it wasn’t just a media and fan narrative.

[Dresden]

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TBF this was mostly a media/fan narrative for Trapilo, but he was baby Alt there for awhile in Bears nation. I can’t recall when I saw a player’s reality Vs his media stock be so different the way it has for Trapilo, but anyway, if he can’t even be the backup RT, gotta question his upside. He should be squashing UDFA types. And TBH, the Bears were trying to hand him the LT job, but he would not take it. So it wasn’t just a media and fan narrative.

We are always so quick to write off players, often based on very limited knowledge of the situation. I think it's safe to say that someone like Kiran is not living up to expectations, but far too early to say that about Trapillo. Instant gratification is not always the best path to follow with young players.

[Dresden]

Peanut quits the FBI. Kudos to him for sticking to his beliefs:

"Let me start by saying this: FBI was great to me. I did awesome. I worked with an amazing group of individuals. I think some of the things that they’re doing now, I personally didn’t agree with ... immigration. I didn’t agree with how the administration came in and tried to make individuals do things against their — it didn’t sit right. An example being immigration, right?

"Everybody was told, ‘You’re going to go after the most dangerous criminals,’ but what you see on TV and what actually was happening was, people weren’t going after that. Personally that didn’t sit right with me, that didn’t sit right with my conscience. You have the ability to refuse an order.”

[dice]

MHJ isn’t interested in playing. Both INTs are on him, I’m watching every route cause he’s on my fantasy team. Hes hoping the ball doesn’t get thrown to him, he’s pulling up near defenders.

May have had to quit football if this team went the MHJ and Fields route. Holy smokes

the first one wasn't. kylah "should've played for the oakland a's" murrah is just a really bad qb. he threw it directly to the defender.

should've caught that second one...but he didn't 'pull up', he just bobbled the catch. "hoping the ball doesn't get thrown to him, he's on my fantasy team" seems like a gambler take.

not to mention premature. he manufactured a TD and a 3rd down conversion en route to tie the game. the TD catch against U of I's finest DB, 2 time pro bowler in 2 seasons, was simply an incredible catch. lesser receivers (anyone on the bears) don't catch that.

No the 1st is clearly on him. He stopped his route, the route he actually ran isn’t an NFL route. Could have pretty easily got a hand on it or even caught it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/s/OlNhMibB7Q

Rome is literally known for his contested catches, he could easily make that catch. Rome has been flat out better, Arizona would gladly make that trade.

PFF 2024:

87 nabers
85 bowers
82 thomas
81 ladd
77 marv 885 8TD

64 rome 734 3TD

marv had a much better situation, but the idea that rome has surpassed his stock value in 2025 is premature

many would've taken worthy over rome after his amazing playoffs too. redrafts i've seen from the offseason have rome going anywhere from 20 to 2nd round

[SalmonsSuperfan]

MHJ isn’t interested in playing. Both INTs are on him, I’m watching every route cause he’s on my fantasy team. Hes hoping the ball doesn’t get thrown to him, he’s pulling up near defenders.

May have had to quit football if this team went the MHJ and Fields route. Holy smokes

the first one wasn't. kylah "should've played for the oakland a's" murrah is just a really bad qb. he threw it directly to the defender.

should've caught that second one...but he didn't 'pull up', he just bobbled the catch. "hoping the ball doesn't get thrown to him, he's on my fantasy team" seems like a gambler take.

not to mention premature. he manufactured a TD and a 3rd down conversion en route to tie the game. the TD catch against U of I's finest DB, 2 time pro bowler in 2 seasons, was simply an incredible catch. lesser receivers (anyone on the bears) don't catch that.

No the 1st is clearly on him. He stopped his route, the route he actually ran isn’t an NFL route. Could have pretty easily got a hand on it or even caught it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/s/OlNhMibB7Q

Rome is literally known for his contested catches, he could easily make that catch. Rome has been flat out better, Arizona would gladly make that trade.

Glad he caught the late TD, now I can try and trade him.

You say it as though he "stopped playing" on every possession. The talk about his "interest in playing" is what stands out to me, like the 'fantasy' person has any insight into the 'real' person's psyche sitting at home on his couch. It's fantastical thinking, innit. This possession 'looks bad' but an equally plausible explanation is he isn't open and is about to run into traffic, so he's going to cut back to open field, unfortunately the QB has already fired it off to a part of the field that even The Flash isn't going to get to. Miscommunication and poor QB play led to an int. That **** happens. That pass wasn't actually close to him, my guy, whether he pulls up or not. Don't need to bring his heart or brain into the equation...

The actual bad possession was dropping the pass into a defender's hands. But, you know, **** happens. I'm not saying this guy is a superstar or that the Bears should've selected him, but you're being very dramatic and emotional and I assume it's because you're gambling on your fantasy league.