Rants and Raves 2024 Edition

Obviously I haven't forgotten the years between Gould and Santos. My point stands, if the game comes down to a long FG we are at a decided disadvantage. Do you trust him to make that clutch kick with the big game or season on the line? I don't fully.

 

Ehhhh…I’m with EV. I’m not there yet, and no, I don’t need to recall Barf, Barfey, Eddie, and the off-season where 30 names none of us ever heard of had a kicking competition. Santos has to suck hard in critical games later this year to open to discussion about replacement.

My biggest takeaway about the missed kick was that multiple packers players/defenders post game said they studied Santos, and even with Soldier Field’s windy, swirling nature, they were most perplexed by Flus’ decision not to try to gain more yards, because a 3-5 yard gain would have changed the FG trajectory from low line drive for distance to a kick with some air under it.

Forget the fact that their defense studied opponents, pays attention to tendencies and where the game is, and were prepared—like a smart fucking team does—but when they think you play for the win and you do that? Another indictment of our latest dipshit HC.

But that’s okay guys, Eberflush sent video to nfl refs because one guy jumped over the long snapper and the refs missed it. That fixes his lack of competence and preparation.

 

But Hey! The Bears played "complementary football" where participation trophies are the norm under this regime as well as the last one and the one before that and well, so on and so forth.

 

Jesus are we handing out juice boxes again?

Honestly, the ground hog day bullshit here is really too much for me. I'm higher on Caleb than I have been the last two QBs, but it really doesn't fucking matter. We've all had these discussions. Over and over and over again. Nothing has changed. Everybody and their brother outside the organization knew a jettison of Justin and draft Caleb was the right move. We ALSO all knew that a "complimentary football" jettison of Eberflus to pair him with an offensive mind is the recipe for success. Instead, they are super proud of this search for their new OC Waldron, who somehow ended up being ONE OF THE WORST OCs IN BEARS HISTORY. Fuck guys, you cannot be proud of a process that results in....that. Fuck me.

This team is fucked from ownership, full stop. I don't care about Poles anymore, nor Flus. Not even Mr. Lakefront Stadium President. Only one thing fixes this org, and it starts up top. The old bag has to die AND George has to sell the team / give up control. It worked for the Blackhawks, it worked for Cubs, it's working for Washington seemingly. The rot is at the base, and it's existed since Papa Bear died, WHO IS THE ONE WHO HIRED DITKA. Outside of the Lovie smith years where we were competitive (and Lovie couldn't find his offensive buddy Ryan), this team has been an absolute shitshow. Fuck man, I've been talking with most of you guys since that Lovie blip of excitement, that was now fucking 20 years ago.

The media loves to shit on our QB history, how about our Coach history? Eberflus, Nagy, Trestman, Wannstedt, Jauron, the ghost of John Fox?

FIRE EVERYONE.

 

Another nail in the coffin for the blunderkid GM. Knew he was preinjured to the point he was about to retire, traded for him anyway, let him go to another country for treatment, and afterwards the pain returns quickly for Bates. That's so bears.

Ryan Bates was going to retire this past offseason with advanced shoulder arthritis. Another body to replace on the OL next year.

Fire everyone.

Bates “credits a trip to Panama to receive stem cell therapy for reviving his career,” Biggs revealed Bates “probably would have had to retire” if the therapy didn’t work.

“Nothing was structurally wrong with it. He was battling arthritis that was more severe than anything he’d previously encountered in a career that, before this season, never had included a trip to IR,” Biggs wrote on November 18, adding:

“The shoulder pain would calm down a little as Bates rested during training camp and the preseason, but each time he returned to play, the shoulder lacked strength and the pain quickly returned — worse than before.”

Bears' $17 Million 27-Year Old Nearly Had to Retire This Season: Report

 

It reads like a page right from Jerry Angelo's book "Legacy Of Ineptitude"
I didn't even know Poles was an understudy with him, but something about that Kiran Amegadjie selection reminded me of Angelo's tenure and the Chris Williams selection.

 

Piniero is the most accurate kicker in NFL history.

 

What a fucking joke.