Sugashane Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 This mock is based off the results of the poll, in which Jim Harbaugh was chosen to be the new Head Coach of the 2022 Chicago Bears. This is not what I think will happen, but what I would love to see. So lets take a deep dive. First Priority - Restructure of the Bears’ Front Office What the Bears have done hasn't worked. Financial backgrounds don't know football, they know marketing, revenues, etc. Let them take care of that and let football people take care of football. Accountants don't need to dictate who runs an organization, hires, or anything of the sort. With there being a restructure of the Front Office, George will be completely removed from all football decisions. He gets to be concerned about revenues and profits. Pace will be moves to a Vice President of Business Affairs or Arlington Heights Director, or George’s Personal Labrodoodle. This means they have to hire a guy for the long haul on the football side, someone who will be the President of Football Operations and have the 10-year plan to ensure. He will report to the owner and no one else. He will help re-focus and offer guidance to the GM. Then the GM will have the constant state of the roster, heading scouting, pro personnel, salary cap, coach hires, etc. He will have his hand in the day to day building of the teams. GM will report to the President of Football Operations and the owner. Assistant GM will be the traditional role. He will be able to partner with the GM and aid him in the day to day oversights of all happenings in the football operations side. He answers to the GM and Pres of Football Ops. Head Coach is the one driving the team’s performance and playstyle. He runs practices, oversees any weaknesses, aids his coordinators, and is the one making all final calls on Sunday. He works directly with the GM and President of Football Ops, and is as high-ranking as the GM. His role is defined, but his opinions are warranted. As Parcells said, “"If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries." The HC isn’t told to shut up and cook here, he is paid very well and will have valued input, even though the GM will have the final say. Bears Front Office and Coaching Changes Ted Phillips – Re-aligned away from Football Operations, becomes President of Business Affairs He clearly has no idea what he is doing and wants to let the team succeed, and the best way to do that is to take himself away from all decisions that involve football. He will become the figurehead he is qualified to be, and will work on TV deals, sponsors, the Arlington Heights deals, etc. Ryan Pace – Re-aligned away from Football Operations, becomes Arlington Heights Director Essentially Pace is told he either moves to a more administrative role outside of football ops or he is fired. Pace takes the easier and less financially rewarding position so he can keep in Ted and Georges’ employ. He apparently was huge in the renovations to Halas Hall so he will be able to be Ted’s assistant for the Arlington Heights planning and developing too. Matt Nagy – FIRED A year too late but better now than a second later. Nagy was an abject failure, a sub-.400 coach that was propped up by a string of damn good defenses his first 3 years. Bill Lazor – Fired He was a better playcaller than Nagy but not by a lot. His offense was almost as bad and the lack of work he had to make a gameplan for Fields over the several months after his drafting was damning enough to fire him by the preseason. Juan Castillo – Fired Borom and Jenkins playing well early seems to be more in spite of him than because of him. Anyone under him has regressed after being with him for more than a year, even Mustipher – who had the bar set low enough he should have progressed. Castillo should have been stubborn and downright loud about players not getting tossed from position to position from season to season and in season. Sean Desai – Fired Sorry Desai, while you had the passrush going well and had no names play really well against the Vikings last week the fact your scrubs outplayed your starters means you likely can’t judge talent to begin with. Hirings – President of Football Operations – Rick Smith Rick has spent a lot of time running the Texans from being a crappy expansion franchise to being a playoff contender with a really special core of players. He is a football guy through and through and has a great eye for talent. When people were thinking Reggie Bush was Barry Sanders 2.0 he didn’t bite. When Vince Young was a statewide treasure he didn’t bite. He took the best player he could in Mario Williams – and was right to do so even with the backlash he got. Look at his first two round hits. Mario Williams, JJ Watt, Clowney, Hopkins, Watson, Mercilus, Kareem Jackson, Brian Cushing, Connor Barwin, Duane Brown, Demeco Ryans… He clearly has an eye for talent and look at what happened to Houston when he stepped away. Clearly he was not getting the help from the top brass in Houston, and they fell apart after he was gone. Smith can be the one that sets the goals and vision for the franchise for the next 10 years. General Manager – Joe Horitz He has been under the top brass in BAL for years, has seen the team adapt and grow to continuously contend. He has helped add playmaking talent to BOTH sides of the ball. Tenured with BAL since 1998, he has been with some of the best football minds in coaching (Billick and Jim Harbaugh) and management (DeCosta and Newsome). He has seen the Ray Lewis’ career, Ed Reed, and all the way to Lamar’s ascension. The picture of stability this team has had 4 losing seasons this century while dramatically changing the entire offensive philosophy. Assuming they make the postseaon this year, they will have the same amount of postseason appearances this century than the Bears have had since 1980! Both will have 14 appearances, BAL in the last 21 years and Chicago in the last 41. Horitz has seen the shift from Flacco to Jackson, he knows exactly what it means to give the coaches the players they need to fit their systems. That is critical as the Bears is in flux and has their best shot at a franchise QB in the last 50+ years. This is why Smith chooses Horitz, his experience and fit to support the QB and coach. Head Coach – Jim Harbaugh Jim finally finds his way back to Chicago. He is abrasive, he is loud, and he is a damn winner. No more buddy systems, not more HC being scared to upset his players, no more hoping players correct themselves. Now we have a real HC. I don’t care that he bashed with Baalke in SF. Baalke was a trash GM and didn’t build the core of that roster, it was there when he took over. Harbaugh brought in the talented coordinators (Roman and Fangio) and got the team to go. He helped rejuvinate Alex Smith's career. They had Kaep who was a limited passer but had great mobility and built around him. They used Frank Gore as the battering ram to build everything off of, and their OL was downright malicious. The defense was physical and sought to dominate the LOS with their front 7, and the team did something with regularity that Chicago hasn’t done since the 80s – beat Green Bay. Whether in Stanford, San Francisco, or now Michigan Harbaugh has brought a lot of the old-school Bears mentality to his teams. Be incredibly physical to own the LOS, play with violent intent, and wins come before personal accolades. In San Francisco he never had a true number one because the passer was a better runner and they ran so much based off Frank Gore being a menace. The OL was huge and imposing, the WRs were talented but were rangy to help the developing QB, and the defense was physical across the board. This will be the first offseason to getting toward that. Harbaugh is a pro-system running coach who will happily incorporate college wrinkles into the scheme to aid his QB. His system rarely had WRs with great personal accolades but focused often on getting to the open guy (as one year their FB Bruce Smith was 3rd in receptions). That being said if the QB is better than Kaep – and I think Fields ABSOLUTELY is a better passer – then he will allow the system to open up. Harbaugh was known for making practice very physical and not accepting poor reps, something that is a stark contrast to what Nagy has allowed in his time here. The physicality is something that Chicago needs to embrace to keep Fields upright and clean. The guy has won everywhere he has went, bringing Stanford up, having a stellar record in SF, and now getting Michigan to the playoffs and ranked #2 after is has been relegated to purgatory from the failures of the previous regimes. Plus with his extension Michigan made his buyout ridiculously cheap, so Chicago just has to bring the Brinks truck to pay him. Assistant GM – Champ Kelly He has been a rising star for the franchise and has had at least 2 interviews for GM gigs over the last few years. If he is not taken then Horitz is going to be smart to promote him to his right hand man, and that allows Horitz to get more of a feel for how things were run and the feelings of the roster from within. Getting to spend time under Horitz and Smith will only help him in the future. Director of Pro Personnel - Josh Lucas Another highly regarded member of the FO, he will also get to gain the benefit of working under Horitz and Smith. He has apparently played a role in several of the bigger deals that Chicago has made. Director of College Scouting – Scot McCloughan He was the GM before Baalke, but alcoholism caused him to be let go. He went to SEA as a Senor Personnel Executive for a few years before becoming the GM of the Redskins for two years (in which they had winning seasons) before the same issue arose (allegedly). After that he went back to running a scouting agency and has been employed by CLE and PHI, due to their ties through the players Harbaugh lobbies for him to be hired. ***Smith, Horitz, Kelly, Lucas, and McCloughan make for a hell of a core to look at personnel and college players. OC – Bill O’Brien Here is one that is tied to Rick Smith with Harbaugh’s blessing. Harbaugh really didn’t have a strong group to hire from in his offensive cast. Some would be lateral moves that teams would block and obviously Roman isn’t going to be let go by John without it being for a HC gig. So Smith suggests BOB, noting his development of Watson and how productive that offense was even without Hopkins. Harbaugh still gets to run the show but BOB gets to come in and be a playcaller, and try to raise his stock as a potential HC (doubt that happens unless a smaller college program calls). BOB gets to come in and develop Fields, and gets paid well for his switch. DC – Mike MacDonald Harbaugh brings his current DC with him to Chicago. Mike served under John Harbaugh (under Don Martindale and Dean Pees) and was referred to him by John after being a position coach for 5-6 years. Michigan’s defense has been stellar and just like how Jim brought Fangio and Donatell, I think he makes the right choice and brings MacDonald with him. ST – Chris Tabor Yep, I’m keeping him. Santos has been great, POD is average but I think with better talent in drafting we can get better coverage too. Plus the returners have been solid under him when there is talent back there. All in all I’m not sure who would be better but if Santos wants him then I’m keeping him. Position Coaches of Note QB Coach – Flip is retained A broken system goes beyond a QB coach, but I have seen enough progression with Fields and seen his accuracy jump out enough at me that I think he would be ideal to work with BOB. BOB’s offense will be installed, the emphasis on physicality will be forced by Harbaugh, but the detail work will be a joint effort by BOB and Flip. Fields is having a TON of changes, so this bit of familiarity will be essential for him. OL Coach - Richard Angulo Yes, the former Bears Tight End! He is the assistant OL coach for BAL and has been learning under D'Alessandris. They favor big, powerful guys and that will help the run game immensely. BAL has a ton of physicality just as the Harbaugh brothers covet and would be the best hire they could bring in. TE Coach – Jay Harbaugh Jim is going to bring his son and try grooming him, and with the lack of production we get from the TE role already and his time already coaching that group it is the obvious choice for his son to work on. Hopefully he will help Kmet be more. DL Coach – Jim Tomsula His HC “career” was a joke, but he was a scapegoat who never had a chance. Baalke had already fractured the FO’s connection with the coaches, York was too stupid to know what was going on, and Tomsula was paid to be the fool. Whatever happened, he was still a damn good DL coach and Harbaugh has a long connection with him. So he's coming back and the mustache is coming with him dammit! ***The rest of the position coaches can come and go as the staff wants Second Priority - Making Moves ***Cap is set at $43.133 mil Trades Bears Trade DT Eddie Goldman for a 4th and a 7th round pick in the 2022 draft - Saves $6.66 million - Goldman hasn’t been the same and has been a ghost for the bulk of this season. Rip off the bandaid and let someone else pay him to be a body and hope for 2018 again. Cap is $49.799 Extensions Roquan Smith – 5 years, $100 mil (lowers 2022 cap hit to $6 mil) - Dude is a stud and the defender we will build around for the next 8-10 years. Extension adds to his 2022 salary so we get him for 6 years and it lowers out 2022 cap hit while we clean house with some bad deals. Cap is $52.799 Cuts Nick Foles – saves $3 mil - Guy brings nothing to the team really. Another bad Pace signing. Tarik Cohen – saves $2.2 mil - Assuming his knee is shot, he is released to open up some cash for a depth utility back. Danny Trevathan – saves nothing – post June 1st cut - Another terrible Pace move. Could have re-signed Floyd to be the ILB and pair with Smith but chose DT. He’s just not athletic enough to play anymore. Cap is $57.999 Re-signings Akiem Hicks – 3 years, $21 mil, $10 guaranteed 3/8/10 - Hicks is a warrior, he is the one you want setting the tone for the defense and has the heart I wish Goldman had. He will take the Justin Smith role in the defense and try to help young guys develop. Nichols – 2 years, $14 mil, $8 mil guaranteed 4/10 Not overwhelmed by his play this year, so this is a deal where he can either produce in 2022 or be moved on from for cheap. If he reverts to 2022 (and hoping Tomsula can get him back there) then he is worth the $10 mil cap hit or a bigger extension to make his cap hit better. I’m not sure his market is going to be that strong honestly and think he may be a goner in 2023. Ifedi – 2 years, $4 mil, $2 mil guaranteed 1.5/2.5 - Cheap depth, he can jump in and not be horrible and has physicality at least. Peters – 1 year, $2.5 mil - Peters can either be a depth OT for another year or slide into OG as a starter while a young guy is groomed, allows the Bears to draft without having a glaring hole in two spots since Daniels was not retained. Ogletree – 2 years, $3.5 mil 1.5/2 - A pleasant surprise, he has outplayed Trevathan but is still not a guy we want to rely on for long. I think he is an excellent option for the cost. Grant – 4 years, $11.5 mil, $6 mil guaranteed 2/3/3/3.5 - Depth at WR and will be the primary returner for us. If his production falls as a returner he will be a free release the last year. Gipson – 2 years, $4 mil, $2 mil guaranteed 1.5/2.5 - Not someone to be excited about but plugs a hole for one year at least while focus is put on more pressing needs. Mustipher – 1 year tender, $900K - Not a good player but cheap and provides depth. Houston-Carson – 2 years, $2.1 mil 1/1.1 - Mostly brought back for ST and cheap depth Goodwin – 1 year, $1.2 mil - BOB puts him in a depth version of Will Fuller’s role. Allows speed and depth at WR for at least one more year. Bars – 1 year, $900K - Depth at IOL, and can be plugged in as a blocking TE. We have already seen he has that “versatility” this year. Horsted – 1 year tender, $900K - Horsted gets his chance to become the move TE, gets a legitimate shot to fight for PT. Scales – 3 years, $3 mil (vet min I’m assuming). - Guy is just a stellar LS, why mess with it when it works and you have so much success between him and Santos? Just pay the guy and forget about the position. Tabor – 1 year, $1 mil - Another depth and ST signing. Apparently the defense did fine with him playing more time. Cap is $37.499 Free Agent Signings WR Chris Godwin 5 years, $82 mil, $42 mil guaranteed 6/18/18/19/21 *If player meets games played and production marks in 2023 and 2024 the deal goes up to $61 mil guaranteed - Godwin is super talented but had a major ACL tear late in the season. He may not even get to play in 2022, but I am willing to take the cap hit for him to heal for the year if that is the case. If he can play then we get a stud WR for Fields. He gets the same deal ARob got coming off his deal while having more likely time sitting out - even if he never heals well. If healthy he will be our version of DHop (a step back compared to what DHop was in HOU, but still) and his deal jumps up with another fully guaranteed year. iiiIt's a big gamble but one I think would pay off wonderfully. WR Michael Gallup 4 years, $50 mil, $40 mil guaranteed 8/12/15/15 - Gallup is a smooth guy who is reliable, runs good routes and is a serious potential #1. He, Godwin, and Mooney make for a dynamic WR corps. If he and Mooney are the top two you still have a talented duo. CB Donte Jackson – 3 years, $18 mil, $12 mil guaranteed 5/6/7 - CB with some injury concerns but is a turnover machine. CAR brought in Gilmore and I doubt it was a one year rental move. DL Taven Bryan 3 years, $8 mil, $4 mil guaranteed 2/3/3 - Hasn’t lived up to draft hype but still is a physical presence and has a good motor. Might be able to develop into a 5T who kicks inside or becomes a full time 3T for passing downs - which he seemed successful in before they moved him around. FB Patrick Ricard – 3 years, $8.5 mil, $5 guaranteed 1/3/3.5 - An absolute mauler that will get to blast holes open for Monty and Herbert, and if we go heavy with him he and Bars can both line up as blocking TEs even. Love the mean streak the guy has shown when I’ve watched. He also has a little versatility. I mean look at him too. That's a big sumb**ch to have running at you. NT Danny Shelton – 2 years, $3 mil - Danny isn’t near what he was hoped to by in the draft but still anchors and fights double teams. Comes in to be a back up/rotational NT for Tonga. AJ McCarron – 3 years, $4 million, $2 mil guaranteed - Dude has a hot wife, just happy to see her in the stands. Ok, really he sucks as a QB but he was under BOB for two years and would help Fields with the system. At this point he knows he is just a back up player trying to stay employed so he takes the role of mentor happily. Also helps get more reps and corrections for the WRs in practice. Cap is 12.499 Draft Bears already have: 2nd (1 pick) 3rd (1 pick) 5 (1 pick) 6 (1 pick) - That is not enough, so we are trading down for more swings rather than trading up. Bears gained a 4th and 7th for Goldman Bears trade their early 2nd to BAL for a late 2nd, and 2-4th round compensatory picks Bears trade their early 3rd to PHI for their later 3rd, a 4th, and a 5th Bears trade their early 4th for a late 4th and late 5th · Ravens have traded back twice in the first round before and regularly trade back. This is also not a year they expect to do much more than make a major shift forward and change the culture. This is why Smith, Horitz, and Harbaugh want more guys that fit THEIR program. Now the Bears have 2nd (1 pick) 3rd (1 pick) 4th (4 picks) 5th (2 pick) 6th (1 pick) 7th (1 pick) Picks 2nd round – OT/OG Dan Faalele (Minnesota) – 6’9”, 400 lbs Guy is a mammoth and will be the one to be our version of Iupati. Yes, he has movement skill too, I’d say he has better movement than Orlando Brown did coming out with even better size/length. Former rugby player like Mailata (another big guy that converted and looks great that I was high on). I’d feel comfortable putting him at RT or OG but with Borom showing promise at RT and Jenkins looking like the LT of the future, why bother them? Get this guy crushing DTs and opening lanes for Monty and Herbert. Plus with his size Fields can get lost from the DL’s view. With his speed that is dangerous. 3rd – CB Jermaine Waller (Virginia Tech) – 6’1”, 185 lbs Newer to playing CB than most as he was a QB convert, he is an athletic kid who has length and is a ballhawk as well. He is a willing tackler who isn’t afraid to mix it up, but is underweight. I think he can be either the CB to pair with Johnson on the outside in a year or two OR would be an ideal person to replace Jackson if he doesn’t rebound in a big way. If we release Jackson post-June 1st in 2023 we save $13 mil, so Waller may just slide into FS this year to give him a chance to develop there. 4th – ILB Leo Chenal (Wisconsin) – 6’2” 250 lbs Reminds me of Brandon Spikes without being as athletically limited. Guy is a tank who will lay the boom on you any chance he gets, he takes on blockers really well and is a leader for Wisc. He can blitz too, and with Smith being the smaller and more athletic guy Chenal can be the JACK backer that does the dirty work like Kwiatkowski did when he was in. When in SF Patrick Willis had Bowman doing much of the same role. He will get a year to compete against Ogletree but he may find himself getting on a lot in early downs. I’d love to see him and Smith taking turns blasting RBs and QBs. While he isn’t going to cover Waller or Kelce he can put a hell of a hit on them then set the edge for you while Mack, Quinn, and Hicks pressure the QB. 4th TE Austin Allen (Nebraska) -6’9”, 260 lbs His other acceptable name is "Corn Thor" Definitely weird to see him play but the guy is actually pretty fleet of foot. He has massive range and has some accolades to his name. Right now though the TE room has Kmet (blocker) and Horsted (converted WR) so if one goes down there is a legitimate hole in that role. Plus while Kmet is doing well enough between the 20s he has been a nonfactor in the redzone. Allen’s length and receiving ability make him a serious threat in the redzone and may take reps away from Kmet early because of it too. 4th EDGE Zach Harrison (Ohio State) – 6’6”, 270 lbs Harrsion has great length, size, and has a sprinter level startoff. He doesn’t bend the corner as well as you would like but with time should be able to get some more flexibility. This pick will be a tweener, not so much in a 3-4 OLB = 4-3 DE but more of a big 3-4 LB or 5T based on what you want. He can grow into either role, I would like him to take on a McPhee kind of role where he sets the edge rather than be a traditional 5T. He should compete with Gipson and may even find himself playing as a 3T when in a NASCAR package. The first step looks special even if he has little moves. 4th – IOL Andrew Stueber (Michigan) – 6’6”, 335 lbs He was supposed to be a RG but kicked out to RT after Mayfield opted out for the season. He actually did well too, but doesn’t really seem like he is a surefire OT for the pros. I’d like to move him to OG and let him grow there. He has good athleticism for that spot and can play in space. 5th – QB Malik Cunningham (Louisville) – 6’1”, 200 lbs Freak athlete, like legitimately is around the same athleticism of Fields, Murray, and Jackson (still behind Jackson obviously”. He has physical traits that will allow him to run much of the same offense as Fields once he gets coached up some, but he doesn’t possess the arm by any means. Has a strong enough arm, but nothing that will challenge deep like Fields. He allows us to continue to run RPOs, rollouts, and so on without having to drastically change the offense like we have the previous years under Nagy. I think he could – if his hands aren’t bad – convert to be a WR prospect too. 5th – RB Max Borghi (Wash St) – 5’10”, 190 lbs We need another Great White Hope – this will wash away the failures for Braverman and Gentry. In all actuality he is a speedy guy coming from a pass-first offense so he will be able to be the receiving scatback we lost with Cohen going down. Limited rushing attempts but in 3rd and a mile keeps Monty and Herbert from taking a hit and has better long speed than either. 6th – NT Tyarise Stevenson (Tulane) – 6’3” 365 lbs Just a mammoth of a man. He isn’t going to do much more than eat up blocks but he can rotate in and do that well. I will note he gets off the line way better than I would have expected someone his size and does have a swim move too. Maybe he can learn and grow under Hicks to take over the Justin Smith role, IDK. But I do know Tonga will need to split reps to be as effective and Shelton is a band aid. I like the idea of having a him lose some weight and eating the double teams for the ILBs. 7th – IOL Emil Ekiyor (Bama) – 6’3”, 325 lbs He has experience at OG and C but has been the G for O’Brien in the 2021 season. One thing about Bama OL is that they are all physical and hardnosed, I would like to see him kick into C because he lacks the athleticism and length of Steuber and has some experience snapping the ball. I think he could do well enough anchoring and should immediately challenge Mustipher. Maybe he becomes the future Bozeman for us. UFA – Michael Turk (Oklahoma) – 6’0”, 230 lbs Assuming he wins the competition between him and a min priced vet, he comes from NFL bloodlines and can absolutely boom the ball. Depth Chart QB – Fields, McCarron, Cunningham HB – Montgomery, Herbert, Borghi FB – Ricard WR – Godwin (PUP), Gallup, Mooney, Goodwin/Grant/Newsome TE – Kmet, Horsted/Allen LT – Jenkins, Ifedi LG – Peters, Stueber/Bars C – Whitehair, Musipher/ Ekiyor RG – Faalele RT – Borom LE – Nichols, Bryan/Edwards, Blackson NT – Tonga, Shelton/Stevenson RE – Hicks LOLB – Mack, Gipson/Harrison, Kamara ILB – Smith, Ogletree/Chenal, Snowden ROLB – Quinn CB – Johnson, Jackson, Waller NB – Graham, Vildor FS – Jackson, Tabor/Waller (CB) SS – Gipson, Houson-Carson K – Santos P – Turk LS – Scales 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugashane Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 I'll add pictures later, going to get dinner going. Let me know what you think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinz D. Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, Sugashane said: I'll add pictures later, going to get dinner going. Let me know what you think. It's nice work, Very well thought out. Love the Rick Smith addition, hate the Harbaugh addition. I actually have less reservations at having O'Brien being OC than Harbaugh being HC. A lot of good stuff in your write-up, though. Absolutely love the addition of Ricard and the trade of Goldman. I'd cut Cohen regardless of the condition of his knee, and there's no way I want Mustipher around this team any more. Also, I'd trade Whitehair and keep Daniels, who I feel has been the better player this year. My two cents. 🙂 Edited December 25, 2021 by Heinz D. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmike90 Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Great amount of work and detail in this so really well done...an offseason with Gallup & Goodwin would be an instant up for me as doubtful as it is...really like the draft outaide of the first pick...just not a huge fan of his in the pros...front office and coaching staff would be excellent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugashane Posted December 25, 2021 Author Share Posted December 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Heinz D. said: It's nice work, Very well thought out. Love the Rick Smith addition, hate the Harbaugh addition. I actually have less reservations at having O'Brien being OC than Harbaugh being HC. A lot of good stuff in your right-up, though. Absolutely love the addition of Ricard and the trade of Goldman. I'd cut Cohen regardless of the condition of his knee, and there's no way I want Mustipher around this team any more. Also, I'd trade Whitehair and keep Daniels, who I feel has been the better player this year. My two cents. 🙂 Harbaugh will rub a lot of people the wrong way. Part of the benefit for me is I don't have to deal with him. lol Actually not a bad point. If Whitehair would have been cut pre-June 1st then it would have made us pay $200K over his cap hit. But post-June 1st cut would free up almost $8.1 mil for the year. We would have a dead cap of $4.2mil this year and $8.3 next year though. I think I'll stick with it this year though because Whitehair at least fits the power scheme that Harbaugh values, and a post-June 1st cut/trade for 2023 would only have us down for $4 mil over the two seasons each. It would allow us to be a bit more aggressive after moving on from a few bad contracts and so on. Mustipher sucks but as a back up we could definitely do worse. I wouldn't keep him if he goes much over $1 mil. But limited resources and a lot of gaps to fill. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugashane Posted December 25, 2021 Author Share Posted December 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Madmike90 said: Great amount of work and detail in this so really well done...an offseason with Gallup & Goodwin would be an instant up for me as doubtful as it is...really like the draft outaide of the first pick...just not a huge fan of his in the pros...front office and coaching staff would be excellent. Before I switched and traded back (my first run through I traded back in the 3rd and 4th but kept the 2nd) I snagged Darian Kinnard from Kentucky to put there. Another mammoth of a man who I would love to plug in at G and just let him be Iupati 2.0 but once I made the trade back I figured I'd have to find someone else. If you like we can pretend he has a bong photo circulate pre-draft so he falls to us! Anyone here good with photoshop? 😉 Really though I think Faalele can be good, if he plays RT he might have to have the chip assistance on major speed guys but literally when he gets his hands on you and can get his weight on you it's going to be a long 5-6 seconds for the guy. Do that 30-45 times? Good Lord that guy is dead tired come the 4th quarter. If he is able to bend and anchor in the middle (and I think he can) then he can be a massive pain for DTs. He might have a rough start but Mailata is doing great in PHI from what I've seen this season, and Faalele has a lot of the same traits but bigger and more experienced in American football. I'll take the gamble. Wouldn't (probably not at least) in the first but comfortable with the 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardown3231 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 My only issue is the 2nd rounder. Obviously a nee FO has no allegiance to Borom or Jenkins but to see one of those go to the bench almost right away would kind of suck. Otherwise thanks for the work you always put into these 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugashane Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 11 hours ago, beardown3231 said: My only issue is the 2nd rounder. Obviously a nee FO has no allegiance to Borom or Jenkins but to see one of those go to the bench almost right away would kind of suck. Otherwise thanks for the work you always put into these Appreciate it! If Faalele was only able to play OT then he would go to RT and Borom would be sliding to RT. I think he would be able to do either though so I'd put him at RG. Borom has shown more than enough promise to get locked in at RT for me. He and Jenkins are the bookends until proven otherwise to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAF-N72EX Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 --I like the Pace move. --Not the biggest fan of Smith as a GM but I wouldn't be upset with him as president (just as long as he lets the GM do his job). Smith wasn't responsible for the 2006 draft since he didn't get promoted to GM until June of that year so you can't give him credit there. 2007 was technically his first draft, but overall it wasn't too bad. Great in the 1st, good in the 2nd, terrible in the 3rd, below average in the 4th, terrible in the 5th, average in the 6th, and solid in the 7th. You need balance to build a team thru the draft and mid-late round picks are invaluable. He got Watt and Nuk early but failed to ever build around them. He had 11 years to fix the QB and OL positions and couldn't do it. I can't even give him credit for signing or developing Matt Shaub because that was Kubiak's choice by all accounts, and that man was known for getting the most out his QBs with a long list of notables like Young, Elway, Manning, Plummer, Griese, and Flacco. We can give him credit for Watson right now, but his draft history is going to look significantly worse if Watson declines or doesn't take another snap in the NFL and both are possible outcomes. You could make an argument that Pace has actually been more successful as a GM than he was in the draft (yes, I've gone thru this scenario). --I love the Horitz pick as GM. Although I'm not sure he would actually take a GM job. IIRC he's been receiving FO considerations from other teams for years so I'm not sure he would take a lesser job. --Harbaugh would be bad choice for HC IMO. We need someone who can develop a QB (Fields) and Harbaugh is the opposite of this. Pairing a HC, who can't develop a QB, with a president who can't spot talent seems like a recipe for disaster. --I like the choice of Champ Kelly's position. He would flourish under Horitz. --I never cared for McCloughan, but I also haven't done my due diligence on him either so I'll withhold judgement. --Bill O’Brien......god NO! This guy doesn't belong anywhere near a football team in any capacity. Signing him is bringing back memories of the Ravens signing former HC Trestman to be an OC and we saw that worked out. --I wouldn't be opposed to giving MacDonald a chance at DC, but I feel like it would be similar to giving Desai another chance in the sense that both seemed to have benefited more from the coaching staff built around them than anything else. --Agree with Tabor. The man can spot talent and put them in the right positions. I was totally wrong about the addition of Grant. The fact that Tabor made Grant, of all people, a volatile part of STs still blows my mind. --I'm on the fence about Flip. The same way that you feel about Castillo not being in control and taking reigns over decisions being made about realigning the OL is the same I feel about Flip not taking over at QB and saying "hey, this QB is not going work within your offensive philosophy". And as a vet, I would expect this. But all in all, I'm not opposed to keeping him. --I was on board with the Godwin train but that train derailed with the ACL. Much less, paying him THAT much money. The guy has a history of injuries, so this isn't a Arob-like signing. Arob wasn't dealing with a list of injuries before a level 2 ACL. --I agree with Gallup. I would add more opinions but I get back to work. Nice work Suga. I don't have to agree with it but I appreciate the time and effort nonetheless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardown3231 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Also: HorTIZ not HorITZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskieBear Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 take the gallup money and go sign ryan jensen we have tonga, sign shelton, and draft another NT? seems excessive we have ben mason on our PS now - he was a stud under jimmy at michigan. save the ricard money and lets actually develop and use a FB. mason also played ST and DT at umich. don't spend anymore money on ifedi thats all i got. love the jimmy and rick smith hire. good with all FO and coaching moves. i think some of the draft trades might be a little unrealistic, and some of the picks unnecessary - i think instead of another NT and RB, we grab a S, CB, WR, or DE 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugashane Posted December 27, 2021 Author Share Posted December 27, 2021 16 hours ago, beardown3231 said: Also: HorTIZ not HorITZ Look, it took me a while to get Jeffery and not Jeffrey, that Brandon has two l's in Marshall, Chase not having an S in Daniel, etc. Give me a few more months and I'll lock Hortiz down too. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugashane Posted December 27, 2021 Author Share Posted December 27, 2021 4 hours ago, HuskieBear said: take the gallup money and go sign ryan jensen we have tonga, sign shelton, and draft another NT? seems excessive we have ben mason on our PS now - he was a stud under jimmy at michigan. save the ricard money and lets actually develop and use a FB. mason also played ST and DT at umich. don't spend anymore money on ifedi thats all i got. love the jimmy and rick smith hire. good with all FO and coaching moves. i think some of the draft trades might be a little unrealistic, and some of the picks unnecessary - i think instead of another NT and RB, we grab a S, CB, WR, or DE I'd love to have Jensen here, but I'd be nervous of having Godwin out and trying to force Mooney into the number one role. Maybe he will be ready for that next season though, I just am skeptical. Hicks hasn't played 16 since 2018. He's a ******* warrior but I'm betting there is a game or two he'll miss at minimum. If Hicks goes down for any extended time then we likely need Shelton to kick out to 5T (where he played a lot for NE) for a lot of downs since Blackson and Edwards aren't as stout vs the run as we need. I'd prefer Stevenson get some time to develop or go in on obvious running downs. Good call on Mason, I forgot him entirely. I really don't know much more than him being a defensive convert. So I'm assuming he is aggressive as hell. If so, he should get a shot. Yeah, with the picks being so much in flux I didn't want to actually bother with the chart. Its gonna change so much in the last few weeks anyway so I just looked at who have multiple picks and went with that. lol Appreciate the feedback! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugashane Posted December 27, 2021 Author Share Posted December 27, 2021 23 hours ago, JAF-N72EX said: --Bill O’Brien......god NO! This guy doesn't belong anywhere near a football team in any capacity. Signing him is bringing back memories of the Ravens signing former HC Trestman to be an OC and we saw that worked out. --I wouldn't be opposed to giving MacDonald a chance at DC, but I feel like it would be similar to giving Desai another chance in the sense that both seemed to have benefited more from the coaching staff built around them than anything else. --I'm on the fence about Flip. The same way that you feel about Castillo not being in control and taking reigns over decisions being made about realigning the OL is the same I feel about Flip not taking over at QB and saying "hey, this QB is not going work within your offensive philosophy". And as a vet, I would expect this. But all in all, I'm not opposed to keeping him. I would add more opinions but I get back to work. Nice work Suga. I don't have to agree with it but I appreciate the time and effort nonetheless. Two questions: For BOB, wasn't he the one who worked with Watson the most? Tim Kelly was a TE coach before becoming the OC so he might be able to call plays well enough but didn't have a hand in developing Watson. Carl Smith was only the QB coach for a year, and Sean Ryan spent two years with Watson but things are looking really bad in CAR (and Stafford was already really developed the last two years in DET obviously). So is it more because he is a complete d-bag or do you have reservations about his ability to develop QBs? Kubiak was lured out of retirement once, maybe we can snag him to work with Fields for a few years. lol When I was looking for coaches to fill out I looked through Michigan's coaching staff. I didn't come across thinking they were over-qualified in their spots though. All the defensive guys were position coaches, a high school coach in his first year of being a position coach, or they might have had 1 year as a DC elsewhere. I actually thought their defensive coaching staff was a little light on experience for being in a major program. That being said I didn't look at previous years so there might be a lot of talent developed through those coaches. Was that why you felt the staff around him was important? Definitely have concerns with Flip as well. The biggest positive to me is the familiarity for Fields. Everything else would be a massive change so that might lessen the "jarring" for him I hope. Plus looking at Jim, Smith, and recently in BAL there has really only been Roman and O'Brien that have seemed to developed a QB, so there wasn't much in the way of connections that seemed better. Appreciate all the feedback too. My football viewing has been REALLY limited this year so I'm only trying to go off players I have actually seen the last two. I bet I couldn't name 50 college players (non-Gators) off the top of my head without struggling so there will be some picks that are WAY off their actual spot. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAF-N72EX Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Just now, Sugashane said: Two questions: For BOB, wasn't he the one who worked with Watson the most? Tim Kelly was a TE coach before becoming the OC so he might be able to call plays well enough but didn't have a hand in developing Watson. Carl Smith was only the QB coach for a year, and Sean Ryan spent two years with Watson but things are looking really bad in CAR (and Stafford was already really developed the last two years in DET obviously). So is it more because he is a complete d-bag or do you have reservations about his ability to develop QBs? Kubiak was lured out of retirement once, maybe we can snag him to work with Fields for a few years. lol When I was looking for coaches to fill out I looked through Michigan's coaching staff. I didn't come across thinking they were over-qualified in their spots though. All the defensive guys were position coaches, a high school coach in his first year of being a position coach, or they might have had 1 year as a DC elsewhere. I actually thought their defensive coaching staff was a little light on experience for being in a major program. That being said I didn't look at previous years so there might be a lot of talent developed through those coaches. Was that why you felt the staff around him was important? Definitely have concerns with Flip as well. The biggest positive to me is the familiarity for Fields. Everything else would be a massive change so that might lessen the "jarring" for him I hope. Plus looking at Jim, Smith, and recently in BAL there has really only been Roman and O'Brien that have seemed to developed a QB, so there wasn't much in the way of connections that seemed better. Appreciate all the feedback too. My football viewing has been REALLY limited this year so I'm only trying to go off players I have actually seen the last two. I bet I couldn't name 50 college players (non-Gators) off the top of my head without struggling so there will be some picks that are WAY off their actual spot. lol Gotta go for now but I'll get back to this tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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