SLCbear Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 On 5/9/2024 at 8:42 AM, chisoxguy7 said: A lot of potential for trick play kickoff returns, too. With players having to remain still until the ball is caught, it's almost like a play with a snap. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of formations, motions, blockers pulling, etc. that the NFL can come up with. I think it's going to be more exciting than what we've had (which, when it hasn't been a touchback fest, has rarely been that exciting) YES There will be ALOT of initial space for returners to do their thing ! These new KO formations are RADICALLY different than anything that has been done before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLCbear Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Velus is VeRY likely going to kick *** with the new Kick-Off formation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLCbear Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 (edited) On 5/9/2024 at 9:23 AM, dll2000 said: This guy has same resume as Treston Ebner who we took in 6th in 2022. They were both back up RBs with blazing speed. I think Velus is going to kick some serious ***$ returning KOs this year. Not on punts tho 🤣 nunca mas 🤡 Ebner had plenty of talent, what happened ? Cunningham is a 25yd KR AVG in 52 career returns (Ebner only had 20) and Cunningham CAN catch and hold onto punts.. Edited May 11 by SLCbear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardown3231 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I don't even care that it's May 11: Taylor shanking a bunch of punts yesterday isn't great. ST specialists can be so streaky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAR FACE DOWN ARROW Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Yikes. Jerzhan Newton is going to have a second foot surgery. I remain really afraid of big dudes with foot injuries in the draft. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dll2000 Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 20 hours ago, BEAR FACE DOWN ARROW said: Yikes. Jerzhan Newton is going to have a second foot surgery. I remain really afraid of big dudes with foot injuries in the draft. You see. Bill Walton was before my time, but many years ago I was first turned on to this by an interview I heard of him talking about how his career would have been so much different, but for foot problems. He said something to effect that big athletes and foot problems are a bad combination and once they start they don't really go away. They tend to reoccur and each time get progressively worse. It makes sense. All that weight coming down and then being an athlete on top of that. Ever since then I have been very wary of that combination in NBA centers and NFL linemen. I think I would drop any big guy with foot problems two rounds at least going forward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 On 5/11/2024 at 8:36 AM, beardown3231 said: I don't even care that it's May 11: Taylor shanking a bunch of punts yesterday isn't great. ST specialists can be so streaky Bears fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAR FACE DOWN ARROW Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 11 hours ago, Ty21 said: Bears fans. Yeah, Bears' fans. With such a long and mediocre history we've got every possible failure mode internalized. The best season we've had in decades was undone by a special teams gaffe. We are going to worry about the punter. We are going to worry about RBs going out of bounds. We are going to worry about a safety doing his worst party trick at the worst time. We are going to worry about Staley the goddamn bear calling in sick in the playoffs. In more of the same, but different news, had a customer preemptively complaining about how it's going to suck that we might have to pay Caleb as a top QB in a couple years, and how crippling that is from a "dollars and cents" point of view. Yeah buddy, it would suck have a QB worth keeping, so that we'd have to give him a Cutler final contract but if he was actually good. If you're susceptible to that sort of thing, we should really just start a 2025 draft thread and starting aruging about Shadeur Sanders. Actually let's just accept the inevitable and start the hand-wringing about Arch Manning being spoiled. If that's not long term enough, we can argue about football inflation pressures at the eventual heat death of the universe. Actually that one would be cool, let's do that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 44 minutes ago, BEAR FACE DOWN ARROW said: The best season we've had in decades was undone by a special teams gaffe. No it wasn’t. It was lackluster, overly conservative playcalling on offense. Parkey made 3/4 field goals that day and with how the defense was playing, not getting even one more touchdown was criminal. The offense was pretty flat all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 50 minutes ago, BEAR FACE DOWN ARROW said: In more of the same, but different news, had a customer preemptively complaining about how it's going to suck that we might have to pay Caleb as a top QB in a couple years, and how crippling that is from a "dollars and cents" point of view. Yeah buddy, it would suck have a QB worth keeping, so that we'd have to give him a Cutler final contract but if he was actually good. Hilarious but not unexpected lol. A tag and trade when it is time to pay him could net us the first pick, and we could keep the rookie contract cycle going forever like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAR FACE DOWN ARROW Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 15 minutes ago, Ty21 said: Hilarious but not unexpected lol. A tag and trade when it is time to pay him could net us the first pick, and we could keep the rookie contract cycle going forever like that. Finally getting the haul, nice. Lovie Smith deserves a cut of the interest on that pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAR FACE DOWN ARROW Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 18 minutes ago, Ty21 said: No it wasn’t. It was lackluster, overly conservative playcalling on offense. Parkey made 3/4 field goals that day and with how the defense was playing, not getting even one more touchdown was criminal. The offense was pretty flat all day. Yeah but your thing is less funny, and doesn't contain the word "doink." That matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dll2000 Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 23 minutes ago, Ty21 said: Hilarious but not unexpected lol. A tag and trade when it is time to pay him could net us the first pick, and we could keep the rookie contract cycle going forever like that. We make fun, but a bunch of teams have gone to SBs with QBs on rookie contracts. And many have speculated and discussed this as a serious strategy. Let me do some quick research ... Recent QBs in SB on rookie deals: Purdy this year, Hurts in '23, Burrow '22, Mahomes '21 and '20, and Goff in '19. Wentz kind of in 2018 with Eagles. Russell Wilson in 2015 and 14. Collin Kaepernick in 2013. That is more than a coincidence. QBs on rookie deals are in SB a lot. There is a definite advantage obviously even though I don't believe salary cap is truly hard, there is a definite payroll budget that is real for each team. And payroll resources for each team has limits that have to stay within a certain range of cap for each team. But no one is seriously going to do it though. No one has confidence they can pick out a Purdy, Wilson or even Kaepernick on regular. And you can't otherwise. If your team is good you aren't able to pick top QBs. You have to correctly identify a guy despite his flaws which isn't easy obviously or someone else would take him sooner and he wouldn't be available later. Nobody is jettisoning a top 15 QB at end of rookie deal. They will all be resigned unless you are drafting in top 2 and a really good prospect is there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 45 minutes ago, BEAR FACE DOWN ARROW said: Yeah but your thing is less funny, and doesn't contain the word "doink." That matters. Funny isn’t my thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardown3231 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 (edited) 5 hours ago, Ty21 said: No it wasn’t. It was lackluster, overly conservative playcalling on offense. Parkey made 3/4 field goals that day and with how the defense was playing, not getting even one more touchdown was criminal. The offense was pretty flat all day. A field goal percentage of 75% is terrible Nevertheless it was a combination of a lot of things, but in typical Bears fashion, the defense played well enough to win. The offense played crappy but did have them in position to win at the end. The bible thumping loser kicker blew it. Hilariously (or not) I called for them to cut Parkey all year. He missed in Miami. He missed in the rain vs NYJ. IIRC he missed in Arizona. He missed all of those kicks vs Detroit when it was windy. If you can't kick indoors, in the heat, in the rain and in the wind, where can you kick? Neptune? The guy was a head case all year, and while he was paid a lot as a kicker, it wouldn't have effected much if they cut him and told him to beat it Which brings me to the point I was making on Taylor. Specialists, specifically kickers (so yes I know it doesn't apply), are very fragile and streaky. Gould stunk in his final year here so the Bears cut him and he went on to have a great remainder of his career. Pineiro was good here, lost his way and now is having a solid career in Carolina. I believe Chris Boswell was on 2-3 teams before the Steelers and now he's great. I just hope Taylor stays head strong and punts the piss out of it otherwise that was a waste of a pick Edited May 14 by beardown3231 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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