You can’t get better every year forever. In 100+ years NFL history it has never happened. I wonder what is the NFL record for improving W-L record for “x” consecutive years. You have to cash in when you peak. That’s been the history.
True. But it can be done. At some point when you win the SB, the goal is not so much to get better but to maintain. It depends on how structured you are with the cap and how well you are at bringing in talent. So far, so good
I did a little research on this. Since 1960, the Cowboys have been one of the most successful franchises. Their longest streak of improvement in W-L record is 3 years. You may recall that 2025 is my Super Bowl ready year. It would be 3 years of consecutive improvement. The peak is going to be 2025-26 if history is any guide. That’s about where you have to start unloading players under cap pressure. I figure that will be Poles time to be Super Bowl ready.
True. But it can be done. At some point when you win the SB, the goal is not so much to get better but to maintain. It depends on how structured you are with the cap and how well you are at bringing in talent. So far, so good
I did a little research on this. Since 1960, the Cowboys have been one of the most successful franchises. Their longest streak of improvement in W-L record is 3 years. You may recall that 2025 is my Super Bowl ready year. It would be 3 years of consecutive improvement. The peak is going to be 2025-26 if history is any guide. That’s about where you have to start unloading players under cap pressure. I figure that will be Poles time to be Super Bowl ready.
That sounds about right give or take a year. And what is stopping you from getting new, less expensive players if you are good at player evaluation?
Comes down to cap management and the ability to evaluate and draft good players to stay relevent.
Been a long, long time coming. Feels mighty good up here with 'em on board. Regarding the on-boarding, weneedmorelinemen I am checking each one as they board - checking for decent arm length. Which begs the question: How long should their arms be?
LINK National experts jump on the Chicago Bears bandwagon The Chicago Bears may be ready to finally take the NFC North and never take it back.
Once Williams is officially selected by the Bears, there is no doubt that the Bears will be a better team after the 2024 NFL Draft than they were at the end of the 2023 season. Excitement is building for the Bears and national experts are taking notice. Kirk Herbstreit of ESPN's College Gameday and Amazon's Thursday Night Football joined The Pat McAfee show on Monday and expressed his excitement about the Bears.
Oh man, that bandwagon picture brings back memories. Didn't you initially use it for the LT mafia on the CBMB? I can't remember anymore. We had all kinds of goofballs on there. Like Omeletpants.
Unless the LT mafia had a different picture, and this one was for when the Bears were going to be good again because they got rid of Jerry Angelo.
Been a long, long time coming. Feels mighty good up here with 'em on board. Regarding the on-boarding, weneedmorelinemen I am checking each one as they board - checking for decent arm length. Which begs the question: How long should their arms be?
Oh man, that bandwagon picture brings back memories. Didn't you initially use it for the LT mafia on the CBMB? I can't remember anymore. We had all kinds of goofballs on there. Like Omeletpants.
Unless the LT mafia had a different picture, and this one was for when the Bears were going to be good again because they got rid of Jerry Angelo.
So this was Angelos fault and I get to say "I blame Jerry" one more time?
Been a long, long time coming. Feels mighty good up here with 'em on board. Regarding the on-boarding, weneedmorelinemen I am checking each one as they board - checking for decent arm length. Which begs the question: How long should their arms be?
LINK National experts jump on the Chicago Bears bandwagon The Chicago Bears may be ready to finally take the NFC North and never take it back.
Once Williams is officially selected by the Bears, there is no doubt that the Bears will be a better team after the 2024 NFL Draft than they were at the end of the 2023 season. Excitement is building for the Bears and national experts are taking notice. Kirk Herbstreit of ESPN's College Gameday and Amazon's Thursday Night Football joined The Pat McAfee show on Monday and expressed his excitement about the Bears.
I forgot to answer the question. There is no arm length requirement to get on the bandwagon. All you need is the ability to not look too hard at the team and believe it is going in the right direction.
Then, when the bandwagon flies off into a ditch in training camp because the entire starting offensive line is injured, yell and scream the GM sucks.
Been a long, long time coming. Feels mighty good up here with 'em on board. Regarding the on-boarding, weneedmorelinemen I am checking each one as they board - checking for decent arm length. Which begs the question: How long should their arms be?
I forgot to answer the question. There is no arm length requirement to get on the bandwagon. All you need is the ability to not look too hard at the team and believe it is going in the right direction.
Then, when the bandwagon flies off into a ditch in training camp because the entire starting offensive line is injured, yell and scream the GM sucks.
Been a long, long time coming. Feels mighty good up here with 'em on board. Regarding the on-boarding, weneedmorelinemen I am checking each one as they board - checking for decent arm length. Which begs the question: How long should their arms be?
Oh man, that bandwagon picture brings back memories. Didn't you initially use it for the LT mafia on the CBMB? I can't remember anymore. We had all kinds of goofballs on there. Like Omeletpants.
Unless the LT mafia had a different picture, and this one was for when the Bears were going to be good again because they got rid of Jerry Angelo.
I think (if memory serves me right) one of the wildest rides on the bandwagon came when the mighty Harvey Unga came to town. He was Gale Sayers and Walter Payton - all wrapped up in a 7th round draft pick. If you recall, he set the franchise record for the number of practice squad assignments (dude was impressive)... he never gained a single yard in a regular season game, but he sure lit it up in summer camp.
But maybe the last big ride was 2016 when John Fox was our head coach. Shea McClellin was on that team too (destined to be Dick Butkus II). The fans were crazy-hopeful that summer in training camp. Dowell Loggains was our OC back then. Hopes were sky-high that there would even be a Kevin White sighting at WR - remember he missed his entire rookie season due to injury... that was back when we drafted people in the top-10 of the 1st round - who came to town pre-injured and couldn't actually, you know, play football. To his credit, Kevin White did play a few games that 2nd season - before breaking the same leg and missing that 2nd season too. But it didn't phase us up on the bandwagon that year. Because we flat KNEW we'd eventually see Kevin White in some future year (maybe even as soon as his 3rd year on the Bears) and walking upright on two healthy legs. Yeah, those were glorious days aboard the bandwagon.
I remember them well. If you recall we had QB David Fales, wowing the fans that camp too. WR Daniel Braverman had us dreaming we had another Jerry Rice in the making. Yeah, we were riding high that year. But then the season, the real season began. We did win 3 games that year. That John Fox team was so bad that even HE couldn't watch it at times. But that rascal, Ted Phillips loved Fox... so did the McCaskeys - and they even brought him back for 2017. Yeah, those were the days...
Oh man, that bandwagon picture brings back memories. Didn't you initially use it for the LT mafia on the CBMB? I can't remember anymore. We had all kinds of goofballs on there. Like Omeletpants.
Unless the LT mafia had a different picture, and this one was for when the Bears were going to be good again because they got rid of Jerry Angelo.
I think (if memory serves me right) one of the wildest rides on the bandwagon came when the mighty Harvey Unga came to town. He was Gale Sayers and Walter Payton - all wrapped up in a 7th round draft pick. If you recall, he set the franchise record for the number of practice squad assignments (dude was impressive)... he never gained a single yard in a regular season game, but he sure lit it up in summer camp.
But maybe the last big ride was 2016 when John Fox was our head coach. Shea McClellin was on that team too (destined to be Dick Butkus II). The fans were crazy-hopeful that summer in training camp. Dowell Loggains was our OC back then. Hopes were sky-high that there would be a Kevin White sighting at WR (after missing his entire rookie season due to injury... that was back when we drafted people in the top-10 of the 1st round who came to town pre-injured and couldn't physically actually, you know, play football). To his credit, Kevin White did play a few games before breaking the same leg and missing that season too. Yeah, those were glorious days aboard the bandwagon. I remember them well. If you recall we had QB David Fales, wowing the fans that camp too. WR Daniel Braverman had us dreaming we had another Jerry Rice in the making. Yeah, we were riding high that year. But then the season, the real season began. We did win 3 games that year. That John Fox team was so bad that even HE couldn't watch it at times. The Ted Phillips loved him though and even brought him back for 2017. Yeah, those were the days.
Wasn't Unga the guy that Emery (I think) recreationally released and signed over and over again for his entertainment pleasure?
BTW, that is a great pic of Fox trying to come up with the next play. Or he could be defecating.
I think (if memory serves me right) one of the wildest rides on the bandwagon came when the mighty Harvey Unga came to town. He was Gale Sayers and Walter Payton - all wrapped up in a 7th round draft pick. If you recall, he set the franchise record for the number of practice squad assignments (dude was impressive)... he never gained a single yard in a regular season game, but he sure lit it up in summer camp.
But maybe the last big ride was 2016 when John Fox was our head coach. Shea McClellin was on that team too (destined to be Dick Butkus II). The fans were crazy-hopeful that summer in training camp. Dowell Loggains was our OC back then. Hopes were sky-high that there would be a Kevin White sighting at WR (after missing his entire rookie season due to injury... that was back when we drafted people in the top-10 of the 1st round who came to town pre-injured and couldn't physically actually, you know, play football). To his credit, Kevin White did play a few games before breaking the same leg and missing that season too. Yeah, those were glorious days aboard the bandwagon. I remember them well. If you recall we had QB David Fales, wowing the fans that camp too. WR Daniel Braverman had us dreaming we had another Jerry Rice in the making. Yeah, we were riding high that year. But then the season, the real season began. We did win 3 games that year. That John Fox team was so bad that even HE couldn't watch it at times. The Ted Phillips loved him though and even brought him back for 2017. Yeah, those were the days.
Wasn't Unga the guy that Emery (I think) recreationally released and signed over and over again for his entertainment pleasure?
BTW, that is a great pic of Fox trying to come up with the next play.
Rumor had it that Unga lived out of a backpack and duffel bag. He never unpacked when the Bears brought him back from the practice squad. Dude was like a modern day nomad drifting from practice squad sessions back like a yo-yo to the active roster. I will always believe the "real" reason for those brief call-ups was to weed Virginia's tomato garden... the weeds would come back, and so would Harvey.
Wasn't Unga the guy that Emery (I think) recreationally released and signed over and over again for his entertainment pleasure?
BTW, that is a great pic of Fox trying to come up with the next play.
Rumor had it that Unga lived out of a backpack and duffel bag. He never unpacked when the Bears brought him back from the practice squad. Dude was like a modern day nomad drifting from practice squad sessions back like a yo-yo to the active roster. I will always believe the "real" reason for those brief call-ups was to weed Virginia's tomato garden... the weeds would come back, and so would Harvey.
Unga would fondle Virginias tomatoes and she would make Emery bring him back. Makes sense.
