How will management fuck this up?

To be fair to this dorky motherfucker, that chant is the lamest shit I've ever heard.

 

Not all of it.
He didn't mention saging the place, so when the first odd Tuesday of the month comes and Georgie doles out my allotment of urinal pucks to distribute with his butter knife counting them one at a time like he's a fucking Walgreens pharmacist, I'll do my rounds and sage the place. It will give me a reason to fire up this blunt, and if I encounter anyone along the way I'll tell them I'm saging and clearing all this tight-assed air. Wish me luck.

If he were the Bears' head coach, I'd quit watching football and become a Packers fan. I need to count my lucky stars like Georgie does pucks.

 

Florida

 

Since Johnson’s media tour after just being hired, he’s mentioned the OL as a pressing need at the top of his list. I hope your last line is correct.

The popular consensus from everybody is utilize FA, as you do point out a decent amount of cap space.

I’m not exactly sure what fans are expecting, but the first thing I’m going to do is caution people. Do not expect guys like Trey Smith or Ronnie Stanley to actually hit FA. Yeah, the chefs and ravens—for now—have 12 and 7-9 mil cap space available (depending on your persuasion and paraphrased from OTC/spotrac). I’ll point out that going-on 33 year old Joe Thuney is going into the final year of his 5/80 with KC, and if he’s designated as a post June-1st cut (and other cuts/restructures at KC’s disposal), they save a good chunk of change and the cap space idiot fans assume they don’t have is suddenly there to keep a top OG who’s 25 and hitting his prime. I’d expect KC to look at dealing Thuney too, a trade I’d make if we’re talking a late round pick, and he’s a better “vet presence” than a 36 year old Kevin Zeitler, with the ability to fill in at LT.

Stanley will be harder for Baltimore to keep than Smith for KC. But a few restructures and cuts mixed with backloading the deal, they’ll comfortably be able to keep Stanley. There are some suggesting that he may be like Terron Armstead a few years back, where he’s established and good, but due to cap and injury, New Orleans moved on. Miami swooped in and paid him big time day 1 of FA. That’s what it will take, and you have to give him 5/100+ with 70+ guaranteed.

Drew Dalman is the most likely the biggest name you can get. The Atlanta C is the odd man out after ATL gave out big $$$ to Jake Matthews, Caleb McGary, and now Chris Lindstrom’s 100 mil extension starts and they walk into the offseason 10-11 million in the red. Even if they find a sucker to take Kirk Cousins, they eat a lot of his $$, and on top of that, 3/4 of their starting DL from last year are FA, as are a couple guys in their secondary.

Now what concerns me is a year ago, Poles had zero urgency with a plethora of names at C available. I remember wanting Cushenberry, Williams, Biadiasz, And a few other names and Pace let them all sign and settled for Coleman Shelton. Does Johnson give him a newfound sense of urgency? That remains to be seen.

Then I look at the commies and how they went from a bottom 3 line in 23 to a top 10 in 24. Signing Biadiasz, then Nick Allegretti at LG did wonders for a rookie LT who replaced Charles Leno. The bears tried to sign Nate Davis some years back in similar fashion, but one guy has SB experience and helped his young qb, but Nate didn’t want to play.

I urge anyone who thinks taking an IOL at 10 is a bad idea or “too rich” for them to reevaluate. There’s a tremendous chance we’re stuck with Braxton for one more year, but a good placement at LG can turn a body into something better.

 

God speed, cap'n. We're counting on you.

 

On a super off topic note, it has been pissing me off people using "Da Bears" for teams other than the Chicago Bears. We played a hockey team from Iowa? They are chanting "DAAAA BEARS" all the time for their team (who are the Bears, yes). Then I went to a major junior hockey game of Everett vs. Seattle and because there's a player on Everett with the last name Bear, I get to hear "Da BEARS" from this douche-canoe all game any time the kid makes a play. That's MY TEAM BRO, not some shitty junior hockey player.

I get SNL was making fun of Chicagoans with that whole sketch, but they didn't pull it out of thin air, my grandparents sounded *exactly* like that. And it did become an awesome chant that these guys all appropriate. Pisses me off.

To be more on topic, here's the Jaguars Super Bowl Shuffle:

- never forget.

 

Often imitated never duplicated.
Team as well as the song.