I was rooting for Vikings to beat the Bears. I know that is the rational thing, but it still felt kinda weird. I was watching the Texans game 90% of the time, and just flipping back to Bears during commercials. It was amazing miraculous that Texans won. Among other things during their final drive, they converted on 4th and 20.
David, I felt the same way.
Did you watch the Texans game? It was an incredible game and very exciting right down to the final 2-pt. conversion to win. The football luck gods were smiling on the Bears that day!
I was rooting for Vikings to beat the Bears. I know that is the rational thing, but it still felt kinda weird. I was watching the Texans game 90% of the time, and just flipping back to Bears during commercials. It was amazing miraculous that Texans won. Among other things during their final drive, they converted on 4th and 20.
David, I felt the same way.
Yeah, not saying it's pleasant. Its awkward. End of year was hoping somehow for Fields to play well but Bears still lose.
It's painful psychologically but that's the price you pay to clean yourself out from cap hell and jumpstart a rebuild. Short term pain for longer term gain. Beats the slap a bandaid on it approach Pace and Nagy took toward the end. That didn't get us anywhere.
More and more it looks like this (or something similar) is gonna happen. It just makes too much sense for both sides.
Ballard HAS TO make a move.
That sounds so good. This snippet from the article mentions Michael Pittman. What do you think of him as a Bear?
"According to longtime Bears insider David Kaplan, the Indianapolis Colts are “ready to put a deal together” to trade for Chicago’s top pick that could include wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. along with multiple picks and “potentially” another player. “Sources around the NFL say the Bears are going to be inundated with phone calls,” Kaplan reported on his YouTube show, reKAP, on January 13. “There are a lot of teams ready to pay a stiff price to get the Bears’ No. 1 pick. It certainly looks like the Bears are all-in on Justin Fields. In fact, the Colts reportedly [are] ready to put a deal together that could include wide receiver Michael Pittman, potentially another player and a bevy of draft picks.”
More and more it looks like this (or something similar) is gonna happen. It just makes too much sense for both sides.
Ballard HAS TO make a move.
That sounds so good. This snippet from the article mentions Michael Pittman. What do you think of him as a Bear?
"According to longtime Bears insider David Kaplan, the Indianapolis Colts are “ready to put a deal together” to trade for Chicago’s top pick that could include wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. along with multiple picks and “potentially” another player. “Sources around the NFL say the Bears are going to be inundated with phone calls,” Kaplan reported on his YouTube show, reKAP, on January 13. “There are a lot of teams ready to pay a stiff price to get the Bears’ No. 1 pick. It certainly looks like the Bears are all-in on Justin Fields. In fact, the Colts reportedly [are] ready to put a deal together that could include wide receiver Michael Pittman, potentially another player and a bevy of draft picks.”
Colts are low hanging fruit ripe for the picking.
Ballard's seat is actually an electric chair with a crazy man (Irsay, the owner) holding his twitchy finger over the red button. You can almost smell the desperation. We are gonna make serious hay with this #1 pick.
Another scouting report from Greg Gabriel here. In summary:
Lacks Carter's huge possible upside ("lower ceiling"?) but has greater college production and a higher floor (higher motor, less fitness concerns). Far less hype and visibility as a prospect at this early pre-draft stage.
David, I bring this up to demonstrate that there are other good DE and DT candidates out there in this draft so don't slit your wrists if Poles trades past #4 or Seattle drafts Carter like you say.
To square this with the possible Indy trade, I'd say right now Poles needs to target an offensive player from Indy (Nelson or Pittman) and take a defensive player in round 1. Outside of QBs, this draft seems light on 1st round O talent and no way Poles can go D twice with these two high-profile acquisitions. He'd get skewered in the press and probably with good reason.
Another scouting report from Greg Gabriel here. In summary:
Lacks Carter's huge possible upside ("lower ceiling"?) but has greater college production and a higher floor (higher motor, less fitness concerns). Far less hype and visibility as a prospect at this early pre-draft stage.
David, I bring this up to demonstrate that there are other good DE and DT candidates out there in this draft so don't slit your wrists if Poles trades past #4 or Seattle drafts Carter like you say.
To square this with the possible Indy trade, I'd say right now Poles needs to target an offensive player from Indy (Nelson or Pittman) and take a defensive player in round 1. Outside of QBs, this draft seems light on 1st round O talent and no way Poles can go D twice with these two high-profile acquisitions. He'd get skewered in the press and probably with good reason.
Not sure draft is that light in first round O talent. Top 10 may be light but 4 or 5 OTs, 1 TE, 4 or 5 WRs, couple OG 3 QBs is roughly half the first round. Definitely light on the top though.