Rants and Raves 2024 Edition

I want to have zero emotional investment in this loser franchise. If they hire McCarthy I'm out too and I'd be better off for it

 

...The Bears are undefeated in 2025.

 

Black Monday has already seen a lot of moves. Missing the big one so far.

Doug Pederson and Mayo fired. Daboll retained. Bears ask to speak with Ben Johnson, Aaron Glenn, and Vance Joseph this week per cbsucks.

Edit***

colts announce Ballard and Steichen returning.

 

That was fun. Not really but it's a win against the Packers so I'll take it.

But can some explain why we must throw the ball behind the LOS 50% of the time? Or why our receivers can't block in space despite screens being such a big part of our offense? Or why a second play where Keenan Allen is looking to throw was called after he had already thrown a pick?

Thomas Brown seems like a geniunely good guy. He's very well spoken and he seems to know exactly who and what he is. The way he handles a room of media guys is actually very refreshing. And from a coaching perspective he seems like a guy that knows what is going on. When he was just focusing on offense we saw improvements. Asking him to come down to the sideline and coach the entire team with no preparation was just setting him up for a no win situation, literally. I hope he lands somewhere next season where he can regroup himself and put his coaching career on a good track.

Now on to the Bears coaching search where they seem hell bent on selecting a defensive coordinator.

 

Yeah we did not play well yesterday but the Packers, specifically LaFleur out retarded us in the last 2 minutes. They should’ve run the clock another 30 seconds before kicking that FG, they shouldn’t have given us that easy pass to DJ to set up the FG (felt like us with the play before the Hail Mary).

But I’ll fucking take it. It felt good and really happy for Caleb and nice for Santos to get redemption.

Of course Poles isn’t getting fired so this won’t be a happiest black Monday, though I am happy because we beat the hated.

 

I thought the stack right with DJ isolated to the left was just a really good call. DJ ran a good route...I think the CB expected him to cut to the sideline. But that was a good play...you force the isolation and rely on a good receiver to run a good route.

It's nice to know we have a QB that can dial it in at crunch time.

 

The names being mentioned most on Twitter...

Vance Joseph - No thank you
Anthony Weaver - Don't know much about him
Mike Vrabel - Fuck no
Ben Johnson - Yes
Liam Coen - Wouldn't hate
Joe Brady - Don't have the idea
Thomas Brown - No thank you
Pete Carroll - eh
John Gruden - Go fuck yourself
Kliff Kingsbury - Don't completely hate
Kyle Shanahan - Not happening
Brian Flores - I actually like this guy but don't think he's the right fit
Mike McCarthy - Absolutely no fucking way

 

It was but they had 3 guys back at the 20 yard line and so it was easy to execute, which we did in the clutch.

 

Yeah and they only rush 3 when evidence suggest just bringing 4 probably gives you a chance against that offensive line.

 

Add Drew Petzing and Mike Kafka to the list

 

It is fucking appalling but unsurprising that the Bears are going to hire a new head coach under Ryan Poles - a GM that will almost certainly not be here within the next few years, whether they let him go at the end of this contract or eat years off of a new one - just so that we can repeat history for again.

Start over. Build this thing the right way. Stop being so fucking dumb about everything. An incompetent GM whose time here is limited - they'll sign him to a new contract so that head coaches feel better, but he won't see the end of that contract, causing an even bigger mess for the roster - will mean that we don't get the best head coach in the door, which means that the team loses, the GM gets fired... and we see the cycle again.

I really hope this isn't true, but I have trouble seeing how it won't be. This is pure cynic / doom and gloom, and hey, I was wrong about the NCAAF scores in the last round, so maybe I'm totally off the mark here. Christ, I fucking hope I'm wrong. But I have a real concern that the guy who keeps prioritizing the defensive secondary and receivers / running backs over offensive linemen is going to fix the offensive line in front of his young franchise QB and scat back in one year. Because boy, if there's one thing that good teams don't do, it's let great offensive linemen walk. Injured guys or underperforming guys who might miraculously have a good year? Sure. But Ryan Poles has bet his last three years on fucks like that, and not a gotdamn one of them has worked out.

So, the guy who passes on the top center in a draft in order to draft a corner with limited traits... the guy that feels confident in the offensive line that almost got Caleb Williams murdered... the guy whose priority free agency signing the year that he gets a franchise QB was a running back that's allergic to pass blocking... that's who the Bears are betting on fixing the OL.

I hoped for more today. And I always get punished for hoping. Silly me.

 

They are casting a wide net in this search. Probably because they have no idea what they want or need.

 

Also, listening to Briggs and Wootton on their postgame show from yesterday - they're talking about how the Bears need a power back, and Roschon isn't that guy. I'm not saying that Roschon has the weight to be a thunder guy, but he goes north / south and HE FUCKING PASS BLOCKS. Roschon and Kmet saved Caleb from the grave multiple times this year. I'm not caught up on tape, but gotdamn. You lose Roschon, you'd better get someone who can actually pass block, because Swift will get Caleb killed if the OL doesn't, first.

 

The bears must not want me to be a fan.

They’ve requested permission to interview McCarthy from Dallas per Adam schefter.

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1876372188821160307

 

My buddy sent me this, and I am with you guys, I am legitimately going to be fucking OUT on this team in they do this. I mean, I thought the whole Flores thing was the Bearsiest thing to do, no, I was wrong, McCarthy is the absolute dumbest move ever so OF COURSE it's on the Bears roadmap. Flores is the second coming of Papa Bear compared to that fat fuck. No NO NO NO NO.

Johnson is the pick if they can do it. Can he be a HC is the question, but it's the kind of move you take a chance on, the hot shot young coordinator looking to get promoted to HC, paired with your #1 overall QB in need of a good scheme. If they grab a Defensive minded coach again, whoever it is HAS to have a GREAT plan for an offensive mind for Caleb.

I don't hate Chucky, but there is a negative percent chance he would ever be the Bears HC with ownership who it is. Which for all Flores positives (and yeah pat, I agree he has some), there's also no way they hire him when he's suing the NFL. If I were to bet, it would be either Vrabel (though I can easily see NE going after him hard), or some no name that's not even close to on anyone's radar.

 

They couldn't give us 24hours could they. Not one fucking day before they resumed pilling on the misery.

They are actually gonna do it all over again arent they. Note for note. And then be bemused when it doesnt work out. Then tell us how lessons have been learnt, then start the exact same bullshit all over again.

This fucking team.

 

It is appalling. It is a total fucking disgrace. Im not even gonna list all the fails, we know what they are. But to bring this fucker back after all that, i hate this ownership so much. A plague on every fucking one of them.

Thats probably exactly whats happening.

 

They're setting this up so when they do hire someone they can boast about having left no stone unturned until finding their "guy". Of course their guy will need Georgie's seal of approval, which is why I have no hope they'll make the right hire.

 

And now former Stanford coach/broncos front office guy David Shaw is getting an interview for HC per Rapaport.

Wanted him a decade ago when he was beating superior opponents with mid-level college talent, and Andrew Luck for his 1st year as HC. I'd have plenty of questions. He took a shit at the end of his days at Stanford (back to back 3-9 seasons) and resigned instead of getting fired. Now he has one of those obscure, undefined 'personnel' jobs for Denver. This guy peaked.

 

What is most frustrating about this, is they said the same thing during the Eberflus hire. And no stone unturned isn't a bad approach, but what happens when your evaluation is demonstrably terrible? Do I have the timeline right and we could have had Mike McDaniel or KOC over Everlose? Do you learn anything? Bring in other "football minds" to make the decision for you?

It's not the process that's flawed, it's the decision makers. We have to hope we get lucky and we hit the number on the roulette wheel.